If you were too little to remember 9/11 or you werenāt even born yet, you need to know something:
late 90s/very early 2000s commercial compilations on YouTube are like a time capsule from the pre-9/11 days, especially something like this one from January 2001:
I was 14 at this time and I remember a lot of these.
Take note of diet culture and landlines and the computers and even the āhanging chadā jokes. Also the corniness and light-heartedness.
Take note of how unsuspecting we were.
Now look at commercials from later that year, after 9/11:
Take note of how somber and traumatized everyone is, yet thereās intense patriotism. It was America the Beautiful 24/7 there for a while.
Yet life goes on and ads donāt stop for long.
But for a time channels that didnāt show the news went off air basically. And there was lot of this on most every channel:
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Our cat Mr. Smee got lost a year ago this month š
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Quick when do you think these photos were done?
Give up?
The 1960s/70s/and 80s, before photoshop. š¤Æ
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this post hasn't left my mind since i've first saw it
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Rainbow is my favorite color šā„ļø
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has this been done yet
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Someone took my lighthouse statuette from my ākeep safeā shelf at the thrift store today and I want to know who and why
It was for my beach themed bathroom and it was supposed to bring me a smidgen of joy so thanks
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Iāve been dying cotton with plant based material recently and I actually use a little camp stove outside! Pretty fun!
To me the smelliest stuff is metals like when I use iron or copper water.
Or onion skin. But honestly boiling up flowers and leaves isnāt bad so far, just like a potpourri scent.
Safety instructions for dyeing wool at home
Here are a few safety recommendations if you dye wool with plant-based dyes at home in your kitchen.
Put away food and clear ample space for working.
You should have seperate utensils for dyeing such as at least one big pot, a ladle, colander, cooking thermometer etc.
I recommend second hand shops to get cheap equipment.
Enamel pots are ideal because they do not react with the chemicals you put inside.
Alum is a non-toxic mordant but still be careful when using it. Donāt ingest it and donāt get it in your eyes. Same goes for all other chemicals you use.
Wear gloves and an old apron. Again, the plants I use are mostly non-toxic but walnut peels can dye your hands and clothes brown, alum water may dry your skin out etc.
When you dye wool inside, always open a window and make sure there is good ventilation. Some plants such as tansy set free essential oils when you cook them that can irritiate your eyes andā¦ wellā¦ they stinkā¦ ;D
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When you outgrow the fandom:
But then you get to share a fandom with your kids!!
Coming into a fandom late
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Those cookies are well traveled and they have traveled more than most
OKAY CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE FUCK YOU SHIP A PACKAGE OF COOKIES TO A FRIEND WHO LIVES IN NEW JERSEY, ONLY TO HAVE IT NOT GET THERE ON TIME BECAUSE IT SOMEHOW ENDED UP IN GUAM?
I JUST
GUAM?
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Last nightā¦
ā¦I dreamt I went shopping with Kim k and she bought 3 teardrop shaped white beads for $98.
I said āwow that could buy my family groceries for most of a week.ā
She said āitās a really good deal for these tearsā
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My phone is actively cracking into pieces from wear and it fell into a rain puddle yesterday maybe itās a sign i should run over it
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