amanitaknowsbest
Insufferably Correct
A corpse with opinions ||
32 ||
PhD in monsterfucking
3377 posts
Last active 2 hours ago
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
Last Seen Blogs
milf-and-son
Mom son incest
goosecadet
a waste of good suffering
negedesdolls
Negédes Dolls
jaimelesfillesdechezcastel
Let me write you into history
Text
I’ll never understand why anthropomorphic animal cartoons like Robin Hood and Zootopia will go to the trouble of creating character designs that are meant to be understood as “attractive” or even “sexy” to the human audience but explicitly avoid showing interspecies romances between anthropomorphic animals. Why is THAT weird but, like, trying to make rabbits recognizably sexy-coded to humans isn’t?
322K notes
·
View notes
Text
Well go on, I wanna read this now
Kinda wanna write an epic fantasy series inspired by Avatar and the Late Bronze Age Collapse.
180 notes
·
View notes
Text
1991. A great vintage for depressed faggots.
23 notes
·
View notes
Text
Absolutely mint take, love this, also completely recontextualises the pearls my nanna gave me when I was a teenager
Chrissy's Earrings and What They Mean About Her Family's Social Class
Hello and welcome to a stupid mini rant about Chrissy Cunningham's earrings and their social implications!
So for context: I have spent a decent amount of time in (and have a large family from) the American South, where there are alllllll kinds of stupid little social rules and secrets that signal things to others who know The Codes. Obviously this isn't limited to the south, but it's v prevalent there. And among the Codes are some rules about pearl jewelry. I learned this mostly on accident because I wanted to buy myself a pearl necklace as a college graduation present and stumbled across some very opinionated blogs while researching.
Pearls are kind of a big deal in the south. Less so these days, but back in the days of Debutantes (so like… two generations ago. My grandmother's debutante ball pictures are still on the wall of a local restaurant in my family hometown), ~Ladies~ all had (and wore) a nice string of pearls. And one of the ways you showed how classy you were was obeying a system of rules around who is allowed to wear what pearls. This set of rules extended up most of the east coast. It seems to have been stronger in the bible belt, but this would not be unfamiliar to folks in, say, Kentucky or Connecticut. Obviously it's 2024 and you can do whatever you want with your jewelry (and even 60 years ago it's not like you'd be sent to jail for wearing the wrong kind of necklace, you'd just be viewed as socially inept or possibly trashy), but for the purposes of this discussion, here are the formal rules.
The main thing is size. Pearls can be bought in different standardized sizes. Before lab-created pearls really took off, the only way to get them was out of a clam oyster. The longer the pearl sits in the clam, the more layers the clam oyster is able to put on it, and the bigger it gets. Thus, it takes more time to acquire a larger pearl, making them more expensive. Pearls are measured in millimeters, with small pearls being about 6-6.5mm, and large pearls being about 13.0-13.5mm. To make a piece of pearl jewelry, you need to match a handful of pearls as closely as you can in terms of size, shape (they don't all come out perfectly round), and color (pearls can be white, pink, yellow, black, etc.). Thing is… young women are not allowed to wear big pearls. The general guidelines are:
5-6.5mm: given as "first pearls". Typically you wait until a girl is a little older to gift her her very first pearl jewelry. This might be done as a flower girl present, but 16 is often considered a good age for a girl to receive her first strand.
6.5-7mm: permissible for girls 16 and up. Often given as a birthday or high school graduation present. Might also be gifted to your bridesmaids as a thank you for appearing in your wedding.
7-7.5mm: permissible for women 18 and up. Often given as a high school or college graduation present, birthday/mother's day/anniversary/Christmas/valentine's day present. This is kinda considered the "all purpose" size for women.
7.5-8.0: permissible for women 25 and up.
8.0-8.5: this is where they're generally considered to be more ~luxury~. The jewelry becomes its own statement, rather than a standard all-purpose foundational accessory.
8.5-9.0: permissible for women in their mid-30s or older. Often gifted when a woman makes a significant achievement or attains some power, such as a promotion. (An achievement is not necessary to receive these as long as the age requirement is met; conversely, a woman younger than her mid-30s may be gifted this size if she has a sizable enough accomplishment.)
9.0-9.5: permissible for women when they either A) reach their 40s, or B) become "high-powered"-- upper management, CEO, etc.
Basically, you have to "earn" your right to wear larger pearls, either with age or power. You're allowed to wear any size you've "graduated" from (an older or powerful woman can wear any size, if you're in your mid-20s you can wear anything 5.0-8.0 but not above, etc.), but you shouldn't wear sizes you haven't attained the "right" to wear, as this is tacky. Even when you have the "right" to wear big ones, it's worth considering occasion-- larger pearls are more luxurious, so you may choose to wear your 7.0mm strand for your day-to-days and bust out the 9.0s when you have a fancy event. Alternatively, you might wear your 9.5s to work every day to remind everybody what a badass you are.
So now that that's sorted, these are Chrissy's earrings:
They're… big. I'd estimate maybe 10-11mm based on this picture, assuming GVD has normal-sized ears. The sizes listed above are for necklaces, and you can go a little bigger for your earrings, but a 17 year old girl really shouldn't, according to pearl rules, be wearing 11mm earrings. Like, she could get away with 7.5s even though she hasn't graduated/isn't 18, but 11mm is crazy.
For reference, here's what 10-11mm looks like on a jewelry store model-- about what Chrissy is wearing:
And this is a 6-7mm, which is "age appropriate" for her:
Chrissy's possession of these indicates that her family is not aware of pearl rules. She shouldn't even own earrings this big, let alone be wearing them to cheer practice and drug deals. Maaaybe Laura could have them, if she works outside the home and has a high power career (not outside the realm of possibility), but Chrissy would probably not be stealing Mommy Dearest's earrings for a pep rally, based on their characterizations.
Chrissy's family is obviously shown to have money. However, they aren't aware of the opaque rich people social codes. Thesis? The Cunninghams are nouveau riche and that’s why image is such a big deal for them. Laura's very careful composition in public, that family portrait oil painting, their huge/pristine house, and all of the fanon decisions made about Chrissy's need to uphold a reputation/Laura's pressures and expectations of her... they're all to help the family force their way into the moneyed community of Hawkins and pretend they belong.
(Edit: to the girlies tagging this as hellcheer I am kissing you on the lips)
89 notes
·
View notes
Text
My brain purged the upcoming thoughts so it could dedicate 100% to pondering this, I think I stopped breathing
Modern AU Halsin would so be obsessed with the lore for FNAF and would be an obsessive Freddy/Foxy and Bonnie/Chica shipper. I am not accepting constructive criticism at this time
17 notes
·
View notes
Note
*Puts all of Shane's thing on a really tall shelf*
hey quick question.
what's your fucking deal?
116 notes
·
View notes
Text
POV: you unintentionally survive the final battle but when you wake up your best friend is disrespecting your hospital doorway (it is a polite kiss)(rightfully confused)
143 notes
·
View notes
Text
Alexander Deineka - Basketball (1950s)
158 notes
·
View notes
Text
a stud in black leather on a black motorcycle just revved their engine at me and thank god I tore my demonic uterus out ages ago because I think that would have finally knocked me up
28K notes
·
View notes
Text
WOAH!
tw: death/souls
WEBCOMIC - INSTAGRAM
26K notes
·
View notes
Text
Being in the Pennyworth fandom will have you googling shit like "How to fortify an umbrella against acid rain" to try and give a smidge of credibility to the storyline you're plotting.
Meanwhile, the official writers are just giving interviews like, "Yeah, the mad cultists who got turned into super weapons by a drug activated by a popular song sung by Alfred Pennyworth's pop star girlfriend survived the nuclear bomb that got dropped on London, so now there are these irradiated mutant cultists cannibals roaming the streets of London who go ballistic for 70s pop ballads. What do you mean, 'how did we plan to resolve that?'"
747 notes
·
View notes
Text
RIP i lockpicked my chastity cage again so this time instead she's installing two lil guards next to my penis and one of them can only tell lies
3K notes
·
View notes
Text
my dead goth son and his friendly neighborhood personified concept of insanity
14K notes
·
View notes
Text
idk who needs to hear this rn but suffering is not noble. take the tylenol
279K notes
·
View notes
Text
the thing is you are going to get older and you are going to die. you don't have unlimited time on earth. you have to spend all your time on your phone now
#idk#unbroken streak of being alive#seems I'm more likely to keep living#after a while my level will be high enough that my passive healing will outmatch any damage
19K notes
·
View notes