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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • CAN SUM1 TELL ME WHERE THIS DUDE GOT HIS BADAZZ JACKET AND HAT?? I HAVEN’T SEEN COOL SPIKES LIKE THAT SINCE BACK IN THE 80S WHEN I WAS LIVING THE RAIDER NATION LIFE AROOOO

    IT LOOKS LIKE THE SPIKES WOULD HELP HIM STAY GRIPPY IF HE HAD TO CLIMB UP A WATERSPOUT LIKE HOW SPIDERS DO WITH THE HAIRS ON THEIR FEET. BARB TOLD ME SHE HATES MY FEET HAIR AND DOESNT CARE THAT ITS FOR MY HOBBIT COSPLAY

    IF HOBBITS COULD CRANK THEIR HOGS AT STURGIS LIKE RIDERS OF ROHAN SOME OF THEM DAMN WELL WOULD BARB!!!














  • If anyone is down for a fascinating video essay about this by a textile historian: Standardized Sizes Ruined our Clothing Quality

    Have you ever wondered how we let clothing quality get so bad? It wasn’t just desperation for cheaper options- the 18th century consumer would never have been willing to pay so much for such poor quality cloth. And yet, they stayed clothed. Even their cheaper options lasting years of hard wear. But they knew what quality looked like and for the most part, we don’t.

    When did we forget how to shop for good clothing rather than just trendy? What makes clothing “high quality” is so complex and nearly impossible to track with online shopping. Even in person, it’s not a simple answer. But it used to be that more money meant more quality, plain and simple. Where did we mess up this system? Turns out, standardized sizing allowed (and even encouraged) far more than just issues with poor fit and body image.





  • Depends on the minerals. It absolutely matters, in a way apparent to most folks’ palates when drinking a quality cup. At the high end, or for finicky industrial testing, or for things like comparative tastings in different locations, there is even engineered coffee brewing water with controlled chemistry for peak performance.