Nat | chaotic-neutral-knitter

favorite pizza I can currently get is cream sauce, prosciutto, parmesan, mozzarella, arugula. second favorite is bacon, cheddar cheese, garlic sauce, green onions (think baked potato pizza). if I make it for myself it's pepperoni and black olives all the way down.

do not under any circumstances take a proofs-based statistics course just because you "like math" you will get 11/35 on the midterm, past the point where you could drop the class, and regret every choice you have ever made in your life up to that point.

Older sketches from www.patreon.com/c/unsounded
Emil and Pantoffel on the monny ranch, as puppies. Seemed the right time to share now that he's taken his bow! What a handsome country boy.

five classes I took in college.

- biochemistry (fun)
- statistical inference for engineers (horrible)
- quantum mechanics (fun!)
- stand up comedy (stressful)
- beekeeping (fun)

I checked my notes and this was actually all in one semester. gotta balance out the math with whimsy, I guess.

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yeah I read that earlier and it was not worth the time tbh.

they always feel like the passive aggressive worksonas of regular emoji to me

and I agree it's worth thinking about which accents are rarely/never spelled out: an rp english accent is very different from an american accent but americans aren't usually writing it out with all the r's taken off the ends of the words (other non-rhotic accents DO get that treatment tho)

yeah my question is often "who are you spelling this out FOR." bc something written phonetically for someone with an american midwest accent is not necessarily written phonetically for someone with a different accent.

yeah I think there's some nuance bc having a character say "fuckin" instead of "fucking" can actually add a layer of meaning if it's an intentional choice, but if it's just a default for that character all the time then it's worth asking why you feel the need to do that.

like to use myself as an example - I have the pin/pen merger which is not common where I live now. if someone was writing dialogue for me and they spelled things like milk -> "melk" or pillow -> "pellow" I would consider murder lmao. cuz it's not misspelled. it's how the word is pronounced. to me.

I think this is a thing where two things can be true 1) ed definitely says "fuckin'" sometimes but not all the time 2) relying too much on "spelling out" someone's dialect/accent or informal way of speaking in written text can be insulting/ othering, bc it marks it as not "normal"

short answer: yes
long answer: the book "Doppelganger" by Naomi Klein

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Script.

When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?

not too late for a flu shot btw, flu historically often peaks in february and by all accounts it is pretty bad this year

yes I’m happy to clarify. when I do it it’s called discourse. when you do it it’s running off at the mouth all wild style and whatnot. these are just technical terms

have been working on a sequel to Slippery When Wet and there are TWO chapters now, here's a link to the whole thing for those who may be interested. Title is Ed and Stede Hide a Body. You'll never guess what happens in it 😇

archiveofourown.org/works/754791...

I struggle to reliably spell words with double letters. Committee is ok bc all the ones you think should be doubled are doubled (bc they need a quorum obvs) but words like tomorrow and unnecessary and vacuum are not my friends.

it's the friendland blanket/shawl by raina kruus! knit with malabrigo arroyo in the colors peggy and carnival ❤️

lmao SO valid though considering I never post any photos of my knitting despite it being right there in my username 😅 I forget!

that's so cool!

Not ofmd-related but I knit this baby blanket for my sister's kid and ngl it's pretty sick.

that camel table kind of kicks ass tbh. it's just that when literally every single piece of furniture and decor is a statement piece it feels like the whole room is yelling at you.

yes yes absolutely.

YEAH

my wife does a thing called postcrossing where you send post cards to random people around the world and get cards back. it's pretty cool!

anyways it's a great album I highly recommend it. it is 19 minutes long.

and, incredibly, I did not actually make the connection that I was listening to an album about organ harvesting while recovering from my own (less violent, consented to, hopefully no one ate anything) organ harvesting until like three days post-op.