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Cake day: March 16th, 2024

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  • The “conventionally attractive” Marx brother, who usually played the straight man. Still better known than Gummo, if I were to guess.

    We’re personally fans of Harpo, mainly because of the metaphorical whiplash that comes from watching his scenes. One minute you’re laughing at the comical clown or admiring his musical skill, and the next you realize that he’s actually a dangerous maniac. (Run, children!!! He is not safe!!)


  • I sort of like snakes, but am hesitant to handle them because 1) they’re wild creatures and therefore unpredictable and 2) I heard that they will poo on you if they’re alarmed. I don’t need that. It’s more practical than visceral.

    Spiders? Hell no. It’s not even an option.

    Most people I know fall on either one side or the other. It’s not a bad ice-breaker or conversation starter.


  • So I’ve got some cats. They’re small, but they can fuck up your day.

    That being said, I rely on them solely as an early warning system. If I’m home alone and hear a strange sound that may be cause for alarm, I look for cats. If they’re sleeping peacefully there’s no external threat. If they can’t be found, someone is nearby. It may just be the mail delivery, but they know when a human is in the vicinity.








  • Is it possible for everyone to stop saying this?

    My apologies if you happen to be a SLAMS/BLASTS/BREAKS HIS SILENCE bot and are just following your programming. It’s just beyond tiresome because we know. We fucking know. It’s a lazy and hyperbolic headline filler. But now we have lazy headline writing followed up with a lazy comment pointing out that the former is lazy.

    And it’s starting to break my mind in the same way “This” did on Reddit.

    One more apology for me being bitchy tonight. It’s not so much this comment, but every single identical one that came before it.






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    It was a long time ago, but I have a vague memory of my mother making something distressingly close to this. I want to say she used one of those Easter lamb cake molds or something similar. She was a good cook and didn’t lack artistic ability - but had no sense of “this looks like an abomination.” Or “maybe I should slice this before trying to serve it.”



  • Many years ago I was acquainted with college kids who used it exclusively to mask the fact that they didn’t believe in deodorant. Weed was certainly involved on some level, but I remember sooooo many unsolicited lectures about the dangers of bathing with soap every day and wearing “chemicals” when all you really need is a good sebaceous barrier to protect your skin and some nice patchouli.

    Barf. Barf barf barf.

    It was years before I smelled patchouli on its own - without the underlying BO funk. It’s not objectively bad, but I can’t disconnect it from the unwashed masses of prep school kids who were suddenly untethered from their dress codes.