Today on “rules of English language I didn’t realise were a thing until someone pointed it out”
I read a fanfic once where the writer played with adjective order to make the person speaking sound weird and wrong and dangerous somehow and it absolutely fucking worked
A 1:10 mix of cheap vodka (cheap, unflavored, undrinkable vodka) and water in a spray bottle. Spray down the blazer, inside and out, and either toss it in the dryer for 30 minutes on low, or leave it outside in the sun for a few hours. (This is an old costumers’ trick, and is how I used to get club smoke out of my velvet dresses Back In The Day.)
Get a Dryel “home drycleaning” kit (you want the “starter” kit). Use the booster spray on any stained places, thoroughly soaking them. Then toss the blazer into the special dryer bag, put one of the Dryel sheets in the bag, and toss the whole thing into the dryer for 30 minutes on high.
The one benefit the Dryel kit has over the the DIY vodka/water mixture is that the booster cleaning spray is AMAZING. So far, the only things I’ve not been able to remove from white fabric using it are chocolate and blood. (And OxyClean or similar works on those.) (Look, I occasionally have … issues with my gothic heroine nightgowns, okay?)
I feel like the reason certain dog-lovers insist cats are evil is because they read their body language as if they were dogs. So here’s a very basic guide to common “mean” things cats do that actually aren’t mean at all if you know what they’re thinking.
Rolling and exposing belly- attacks you when touched Does not mean: Give belly rubs! – haha I tricked you! Actually means: I’m playful! If you reach for my belly I’ll grab your arm and bite it because I think we’re playfighting!
Lazily exposing belly – still attacks when touched Does not mean: tricked you again! Actually means: I’m showing you my belly because I trust you. Please don’t break that trust by invading my personal space. I might accept a belly rub if I’m not ticklish and I know you well.
Snapping at you while being pet Does not mean: I suddenly decided I dislike you! Actually means: You’re petting me in a way that gives me too much restless energy. Please focus on petting my head and shoulders instead of stroking the full length of my back next time.
Is in the same room but makes no attempt to interact Does not mean: I’m ignoring you Actually means: We’re hanging out! I’m being respectful by giving you space while still enjoying your company.
Slapping/scratching your hand when you try to pet them Does not mean: I hate you! Actually means: You’ve failed to establish that we’re not playing, or the way you’re approaching me scares me. Be calmer, speak more gently, make eye-contact and blink slowly at me before you try again.
I’m sorry but if I need a pamphlet to understand cats, I don’t want them
Would say the same about a human? Doubt it.
My dad always says “cats are just humans too” and that actually a really good thing to keep in mind. No, cats aren’t human but they have preferences and wishes that they can’t communicate to us using words so they use actions.
It’s no different to a person trying to communicate their own needs but not knowing how to phrase them.
If we make an effort to understand, we’re rewarded with trust and love.
It may only seem like one person, but they send a lot of messages and overwhelm you with clearly wrong but seemingly well supported info.
The trick they’re trying to pull has two steps:
1. Overwhelm
2. Colonize
Overwhelm: By sending you lots of messages all at once they intend to trigger anxiety and cause you to give less than waterproof answers. From here they can deconstruct your answers with a combination of technicalities and fallacies.
Colonize: By making you answer publicly they spread their ideas through your blog. Further by making you look bad they make an example of you and by ganging up through your asks they isolate you from support.
The response?
Block them all.
And after that optionally you can publicly debunk their argument without their input.
People who use these dogpiling methods don’t deserve your blog as a platform.
Important.
They want your time and energy and attention. Delete their asks immediately and block.
Block early, block often. Trust that they will be return to pee in your inbox again, and pull out the flamethrowers.
그리고 영어가 불편하신분들을 위해서 간단하게 작성을 했습니다: “My art was uploaded without permission on Tumblr, and I would like the post removed. This is the original link to my art (소스링크) . This is the post I would like deleted (불펌링크) .”
YOU CAN ALSO SEARCH FOR THEIR URL IN THE SEARCH BOX, CLICK ON THE PERSON’S ICON ON THEIR URL BOX THINGY, AND GO TO “FLAG THIS BLOG.”
HERE’S A QUICK STEP-BY-STEP FOR YOU. YOU CAN ONLY DO THIS IF IT IS YOUR WORK!
#useful #shut up louis
#its exra funny bc really Louis hardly gets to have an opinion #those few times when he does #lestat doesnt care for your bullshit #BASICALLY #poor louis #in truth he could be devastatingly mean to
lestat #but he withholds it bc he
knows lestat cant actually take it
5 Easy Steps to Searching for the Original Source on Google. Someone puts hours and hours into an original tutorial/photograph/illustration and sites like Handimania, Duitang, Tumblr (and many others) steal their images without taking a few minutes to give them credit for their work. But this is changing and the big sites on Tumblr may not reblog your post if you don’t have an original source (and Pinterest, weheartit, etc… don’t count). I’ve been asked numerous times on Tumblr and Facebook how to search for images.
I saw this uncredited piece of fan art on a blog and it took 15 seconds to find the source. The best part? You can download this in a high resolution version for free and I posted it here.
What else can you do with google image search? Find out what photos, facebook pictures or avatars of yours are being used on the internet. It may really really surprise you (and horrify you) where images of you and your work are showing up.
EDIT: You may get a lot of Tumblr and Pinterest hits on your search page, but it isn’t hard to scroll through the pages quickly. You can also tell the original source quickly by looking at image sizes. GREAT TIP: type in -site:pinterest.com to get rid of pinterest results!
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