#only I could afford…

[willgrahamsleftear]

Do y’all know about Photoblepharon palpebratus. Also known as the one-fin atlantic flashlight fish. Do you know it practices symbiotic bioluminescence with an unknown species of biolumescent bacteria. Do y’all know about how bioluminescence works. DO YOU

#hold on I’ve been encouraged to infodump hold on let me get my shit together #BASICALLY #p. palpebratus can be found in the indian and pacific oceans #its relatives can be found ALL OVER THE PLACE!! #theres a species related to it that lives near the gulf of mexico in the atlantic and AUGHHGHGGHG I want to go diving and see it so bad. if #only I could afford… #anyways #its got bioluminescent pouches under its eyes #it practices symbiotic bioluminescence #argh #they can be kept as pets but its really fucking expensive and difficult #They are nocturnal #aughdgdhf #I used to remember all this stuff but its been like a solid year since I’ve properly researched anything I’m passionate about #Curses! #I’m pretty sure I actually ysed to write essays in my spare time if I can dig those bitches up

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

Tried to tip a tumblr blog at 1am and it was such a suspicious transaction it immediately put a full fraud freeze on my account

Fortunately, banks no longer just ask 'did you make that transaction' they want to make sure you weren't scammed into making that transaction and 5mins after their call will give away all your money anyway.

This is an honest to goodness life saving movement and I cannot be happier banks are adopting it

Unfortunately, it meant I had to have the most embarrassing financial call of my life

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Me: Ah yeah I was just trying to tip a tumblr blog

Cash: right and were you directed there by a Facebook link? An Instagram advert?

Me: no I was just on tumblr...on purpose

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Caah: and this person asked you for money?

Me: oh no they just had a funny story, which happened to be about money and I thought, "wouldn't it be funny if I tipped them"

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Me: * covering a reblog by reblog update on the adventures my mutual was having *

Cash: okay I don't think that can actually happen though..

Me: It might not have, but i was happy to tip them just because it was funny

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Cash: and how well do you think you know this person?

Me: *considers explaining how much I know about a beloved mutual without ever knowing their name or face* ... I have no idea who this person is

I think in the end Cash decided there was no saving me from myself

#Chase unblocked my card #But I did not come off well #But this is a good thing! #Be fraud aware! #Tipping a blog should be like handing money to someone in the street #Only do it if you can afford it and WANT TO and do not care what it goes on #It COULD be a scam #You've got to be alright with that #YOU DO NOT KNOW THESE PEOPLE #THE VET BILL ASKS ARE A SCAM #scams

[t4t4t]

Idk new post bc the last lost traction, no donations in a week. We need 450 for the rest of February, 450 for a deposit, and 950 for March, 50 for the rest of the utilities. We were homeless since Aug 2020 excepting 4 different months whose places fell through for various reasons, have to get rid of the van we were living in because it's falling apart, Collie got FFS December 28th, she's recovering well and maybe could do something with a car if we had a better car, given her ability to drive. I still haven't found much work but I'm still looking. Anything helps.

paypal.me/NoraEstherRose

venmo: nora-esther-rose

venmo: Leah-Esther-Rose

#i wish i could get a loan ? i hate how little my parents have ever helped me. we rely too much on collies mom who can only do so much #we both have various disabilities we still are in the process of understanding.... i hope i get adhd meds soon. :( #we havent been able to afford better anti depressants for over a week now. i hate feeling dependent #i wish it were a prescription.... stupid world. stupid time

[ecoplasma]

02.02.

#persona 3 #p3r #p3 #minato arisato #makoto yuki #persona 3 reload #illustration #happy reload release!!!!!!!! now if only i could afford it #:')) #all my funds went into the nier concert next week

[avisisisis]

I know everyone likes to make fun of Ezra for believing Maul, but I honestly really liked that, because. Like. He's been working so hard to learn to trust people again. His new-found family is teaching him how to open up and how to let himself love others without being too afraid of losing them to connect

And he doesn't immediatly trust Maul, which shows that even if his trust issues are much better now, he's still not stupid and knows to be careful around strangers, especially if you found them inside a Sith Temple

But. Maul shows and tells him what he wants to see; he acts kind with him, reassures him when he's in doubt, and manipulates Ezra (who is a CHILD) into beliving in him so he could get what he wanted

Then he betrays him, and by blinding Kanan, he proves Ezra's 'little me' right

#i actually think it's beautiful how he still keeps trying even after having been hurt so many times #and it's not even about maul hurting him. it's about maul hurting kanan #like if maul hadn't done that then ezra would've been perfectly fine w having him as a slightly evil friend that his entire family hates #part of the reason why i love ezra is because bc even though he's been betrayed #he still works to be better #he still fights for what's right #still helps others. he can and will jump in the middle of the battlefield to save a stranger because that's who he is #and he always trusts his family to watch his back #he's been tempted by the dark side so many times and yet he's still “dark side? never heard of it” #and even when he DOES use the dark side. he gets better. he realices that what he's doing is wrong and GETS BETTER #ezra's world was violently taken away from him when he was only a child #he lived on the street for years with nothing but himself. he learned to never trust anyone and to always think for himself #he couldn't afford to help others (unless it wasn't TOO dangerous and he could get smth out of it) because he can't put himself in danger #he learns to forget his parents's beliefs #then the ghost crew comes along and they show him that world again #and now that he knows it he will never leave it again #star wars #star wars rebels #sw rebels #swr #ezra bridger #darth maul #star wars meta #sw meta #twilight of the apprentice #avis' post

[benveydraws]

i can't love you in this skin

#twittering birds never fly #saezuru tori wa habatakanai #suggestive #<- jic #interpret this as you will #there's A Lot about gender and yashiro's relationship with gender and heteronormativity especially in relation to doumeki #he asks him what type of Women he likes. they only watch m/f stuff together. “i wonder if he's gentle with women”. #the anger and disappointment when he realizes that doumeki is actually attracted to him #unless he's remembering something that happened he only fantasises about doumeki with a woman and not with himself #(same was with kageyama iirc) #except for that kiss in the elevator but that's a whole other conversation. and even then there was a woman present #he even tells kamiya that doumeki is basically straight and he's just a rare exception #yashiro's is so so desperate to push doumeki towards a “normal” life #aka not in yakuza. not with him. in a normal (straight) relationship #just. a lot of self hatred and internalized homophobia #all that being said. i think regardless of the author's intent reading yashiro as a closeted trans person is also valid #the “i could never afford myself to reflect on this and i also don't care enough about living to even bother atp” type of closet #would it contradict some of the things yashiro says? sure. but he contradicts himself all the time #am i projecting as someone who will live and die in the closet? sure #i think it's interesting that the only person who genuinely asks him about gender is ryuzaki #in the same conversation where he asks him about falling in love #and yashiro's response is basically “it wouldn't change much” and “i'm fine with what i have”. are you tho #there's a lot i can say about yashiro and aoi and yashiro and ryuzaki's girlfriend but i can't articulate it well rn so whatever #the way dumeki's lie about dating a woman affects yashiro is also interesting regardless of which interpretation you go with #which is also why i'm using post time-skip for the art. the topic keeps popping up #but yeah uh. take it as you will i just have a lot of feelings about. This #art tag

[tracle0]

Feast your eyes! My pride stars :)!

#pride stars #origami #paper craft #paper stars #handmade #arts and crafts #so it was my cities pride yesterday and I spent the ENTIRE month of July making these lil stars to give out to people! #it went really well actually #I was saying donations appreciated but not mandatory and some people looked so happy just to have some stars!!! #some people were SO generous too like oh my god???? #I think there was only one experience I disliked during the event where I was vaguely swarmed and people were helping themselves but #yknow we all get excited haha #got a really cute mushroom bracelet as a trade as well!!! #I have a fair few leftover - lots of aro and ace ones #couple of bi and a couple of pan #ZERO non-binary I should've made more!! #nd obvs some rainbow and trans cause I made the most of them #I'd say lmk if you're near me and you can have some but I am pretty sure none of you know me irl so you can't have any I'm afraid #oh also worth saying - I made the stars I could with the papers I had! Bought purple and pink but I did not try more complex flags cause #I mean. I couldn't really afford to haha? #maybe next year I'll try the lesbian flag too! #ok bye xx #trade-marked

[skinnypaleangryperson]

Kind of weird how you have access to every single type of person in this day and age, especially the unhinged Instagram comments of tv show creators. I've been lurking for three years on him now and I'm not sure how to feel about the guy. I guess it's good nothing I think matters anyway

#I've seen every minute flaw and crack up his ass and I don't even know him. These times are wild #but i have about three thousand inside jokes i make about him and his fandom daily despite only looking at his Instagram maybe twice a year #none of this woild be a thing if i COULD AFFORD KIDS AND DIDNT HAVE TO DARE FUCKING CARROON CHARACTERS

[daphneblakess]

that "what's the most expensive piece of clothing you own" poll going around is exactly why i wouldn't trust any of yall with a guillotine bc a couple hundred dollars is a very reasonable price for a well-made and heavy duty winter coat, especially if it's real fur. short of teleporting into a utopian future where ethical and sustainable fashion also comes at a rock bottom price point i would love to hear your alternate proposals

#listen i'm a fellow Poor it's only been the last couple of years when i could afford more than fast fashion #but if you have the means why wouldn't you pay a little more for something that's made better and will last five times longer #yes some of the big name designer brands are cons just price pointing a brand #but if some of you had it your way the revolution would be corporate sponsored by shein

[philsmeatylegss]

What frustrates me most with the Watcher response is that it completely misses the point that people were also trying to say that we don’t watch Watcher because of fancy effects. We watch it because we like Shane and Ryan’s personalities. This is a lukewarm apology, fair enough and good enough, but it’s so frustrating that they missed the point.

#will I be cancelled for saying I’ll remain a casual fan? #I am really frustrated with the concept of what they did and I am glad they acknowledged how insanely ignorant it was to imply everyone #could afford it #but it still felt so out of touch and scripted #I do think this was more of a fuck up than revealing a personal flaw and that’s why I do want to continue being a casual fan #as in only engaging in free content #but just the concept alone is so frustrating #rae’s rambles #watcher #the watcher

[hauntedhowling]

I really really wanna talk about my personal lycanthropy but I've been sitting on it like an egg bc I don't know what to talk about and I'm to anxious to talk to anyone else about it

I really really really wanna socialize with other 'thropes but Jesus God Fuck everytime I try to I feel like im going I to cardiac arrest or like my heart is gonna explode and bruh it is killing me

#whats he yappin on about #clinical lycanthropy #alterhuman #lycanthropy #werewolf #nonhuman #otherkin #therian #ive been nervous calling myself a clinical lycanthrope but it literally is exactly what i am. i feel like im somehow doing harm but its #literally my experince. ive only ever mentioned it a couple times bc i would rather just tag lycanthropy but i may start tagging with it #idk #i wanna talk to others like me so bad but i havent met anyone like me #werewolf kin #i wish i could afford therapy

[somecunttookmyurl]

every time R comes to clean i give her extra money (she asks for £11/h, she gets 11.50-12.50 kind of dependent on my exact change situation but always at least 11.50) and she argues her rate is £11 and tries to give me change and it's like ok minimum wage is 11.44 i literally cannot pay you less than that and at that point you might as well round up to 11.50 but also. i am a white woman hiring a black woman to clean my house. stop asking for slave wages. girl.

#practically every other cleaner is at least 15/h it's why i can afford to hire you in the first place but honey #bestie #look at me #even if i could legally pay you below minimum wage #which as a cash in hand no agency involved situation i totally could there's no paper trail #just like morally i could not do that #it's bad enough i can only pay you *just* above minimum i'm not going under it stop asking me to do that i'm begging

[lastoneout]

We're currently switch my cat's food and litter to try to figure out what's causing this weird mystery allergy she's had for the last like 5 years and I was kinda worried she wouldn't like the new food bcs you never know, but actually she likes it so much it's actually ridiculous. Cuz like when you switch a cat(or dog's) food you have to taper it like a medication, you keep giving them the old food but slowly mix in more and more of the new food while mixing in less of the old, cuz if you don't you can make them sick, and she is SO SO SO mad that I keep giving her ANY of the old food.

Whenever I go to fill up her bowl I first add in the old food and then mix in the new, and while she used to just immediately start eating when I'd pour her food now she just watches me do the first one, sniffs the bowl, and then sits back and stares at me like "uh mother it appears there's been an error" and then when I reach for the other food she looses her MIND and starts shoving her face in my way and meowing and getting all excited and she only starts eating once it's mixed in.

So like, glad she enjoys the new stuff at least!

#also it looks like her allergy is improving a lot but we're pretty sure it wasnt the food lol #bcs we switched the litter and she IMMEDIATELY improved a bunch #but we still dont think we've found the righ one bcs this one still is a powder kinda and it kicks up dust #and she does still sneeze and scratch her ears more than she should #so we're gonna try this pellet stuff next and see if it works #and I guess we can keep getting her the new food too bcs she really seems to like it lmaoooo #I do hope this is it tho bcs the vet told us we could try this hypoallergenic special prescription cat food #AND BY GOD IS THAT SHIT EXPENSIVE HOLY FUCK #like we could afford it if we really stretched things but only barely #so fingers fucking crossed this fixes it!!!!

[anormalkidingotham]

okay but why did one of my teachers decide that we're taking a class trip to wayne manor of all places? i get that there isn't that much you can do in gotham that is both safe enough and cheap enough for a school to go there...

#it just seems kind of weird #not sure what we're going to do there #but i guess it's better than visiting the joker's new amusement park #not that we could afford that #bruce wayne #only in gotham #just gotham city things #unreality

[snakeeyesdraws]

Overly Analyzing; Favourite Scene in Bowser's Inside Story

Well, analyzing is a bit of a stretch. I moreso just want to highlight my favourite small interaction from this game!

After the main incident that kickstarts the plot of this game, which is Bowser inhaling most of our main cast (no, I'm not kidding. Bowser's Inside Story is a literal title LOL) we control Mario as he tries to find the others.

After reuniting with Starlow, the first person he finds, of course, is Luigi. And yes, this is what inside of Bowser looks like. Just don't think too hard on it.

Luigi jumps back up, takes a couple of glances around their current predicament, and...

-immediately bursts into tears and falls onto his knees, clinging onto Mario. Aww.

Very clear example of Luigi being prone to crying when overwhelmed! But of course, there's no judgement on Mario's end. Hell, the moment isn't even really played for laughs narrative wise, considering Starlow doesn't chime in until after the fact.

Instead, we just get Mario being happy to comfort Luigi. He holds him back and gently pats him while he cries. Mario doesn't think any less of Luigi for have a brief emotional breakdown; they're in a scary and unfamiliar situation! Most people would be rattled and upset, especially someone who is as anxious and scares easily like Luigi, but he at least has someone to comfort him. It's a very sweet moment.

In the remake this scene is largely the same, albeit with different graphics. They do add one cute detail which I find very fun.

The scene is interrupted by some enemies spawning. In the remake, Mario straightens up and repeatedly taps Luigi's back, noticeably quicker than the gentle pats he was giving earlier, to get his attention.

We get a very quick reaction animation of Luigi turning his head while still holding onto Mario, which I just find, so cute. It's a very blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, but it's attention to detail that adds some good personality that I adore out of this series.

Link to the scene in the original Bowser's Inside Story game

Link to the scene in the remake

#snake talks #super Mario bros #smb #bowser's inside story #Mario and luigi #Mario Analysis #was this inspired because of the recent talk about old Mario characterization? perhaps. perhaps #I will take any opportunity to talk about how Mario is a good and caring older brother who would move mountains for Luigi #fun fact this was the only M&L game I owned growing up bc we could only afford so many DS games #I would restart my file over and over to get to see this scene again bc I loved it so much as a kid :]

[nights-at-crystarium]

Y'know, every once in a while someone manages to make a laser-precise observation about the comic, and this time it's tumblr user starlightstripes 😤🖤🖤🖤

I could never tell if I managed to draw a complex expression just so, unless you tell me, so thank you, this's so emotionally rewarding for me. This definitely isn't the sharpest Vivi's looked, no thoughts are found in this elezen head. But it's okay, he's okay, genuinely, ShB gives him everything he's ever needed (sans the Light corruption but he shakes that off with no issue)

Hopefully his behavior in previous episodes makes more sense now.

Feo Ul sorta happens to be around most of the time when he's chilling, they turned out to be a reliable new friend and a repellent for the other humans :'>

#replies #vivien rell #re: patreon i actually asked my current patrons if they could afford to raise their pledges #they actually did and it restabilized my income for the time being #i just wanted to let you know that people helped taking my mind off those worries #and when i don't have to think about money the only thing that matters is your feedback #so thank youuuuu