So, I finally tried The Flavor. It was genuinely bizarre, because there is a taste but it's not really anything that's meaningful. It is like drinking "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously".
Which, actually, brings me to my conclusion of why it is like this. It's genuinely kind of interesting. There are no real disparate elements between the two beverages, nothing that would expressly taste bad if mixed. But, also, cranberry and cucumber aren't really good together, or bad, just weird. Then there's the makeup of it all. Salt, sugar, and alcohol. I genuinely think that when these things combine in this way they actually do sort of short out your brain and get NULL as a response. Because you do taste something, it's just nothing.
My primary reaction to it was that it was heavy. Not the way cream or oil is heavy, but the way a small weight in your mouth would be heavy. My brain prioritized the mass of The Flavor before it could work out what it tasted like.
Like I said, this is "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously" of drinks. There is nothing wrong with the actual composition of the beverage, but it is incoherent nonsense the second it has to stand up to actual review.
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I hc that shuichi isn’t snobbish 1. Because that just not how he was raised 2. Naegi during the winter/thanksgiving holidays takes him to give back like volunteering at soup kitchen going to shop for caned food to give to food drives, when shuichi grows out of clothes they take them to be donated(with out togami because he gets emotional) when shuichi doesn’t use or gets disinterested in toys that he doesn’t have sentimental value with he donates them.
I feel like shuichi was raised to show a lot of compassion towards people, with parents who gave the people who were territist a second chance and built the world back up again with wanting nothing in return he picked up on it. But he was also told and taught to not let his compassion allow for others to walk all over him or his friends second chances are good, but they are meant for the people who regret their actions
Sorry for the ramble I find upbringings interesting
Do not apologize for rambling I’m bopping you with the ramble foam bat this is a ramble household where we explore ideas and have fun and eat hot chip
I could see a lot of that stuff not just coming from who his parents are as people but also just the crazy situation that was his upbringing.
Homeboy was born and growing up at the mid point and tail end of the apocalypse and literally watched his parents work to rebuild the world. Yeah he probably wasn’t physically there for all of it but he still grew up around it and I could totally see Naegi taking a tiny Shuichi with him on shsl hope business trips as:
A) a way to show Shuichi the world (in a travel sense not a hey son look how fucked your generation is kinda way dw) and
B) a way to show Shuichi how you CAN have an impact on this world and that no matter how small, your actions can do a ton of good if you allow them too yknow
Upbringing and nature vs nurture n stuff are really interesting. Shuichi got the combo package he’s kind by nature and was nurtured to use that kindness to help others
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I know I kinda disappeared and have been quieter than usual the past week but that’s because honestly I'm sicker than I’ve been in a long time and that medicine I took by mistake for my sinuses really fucked me up and made my anxiety go nuts. Usually when I’m having sinus problems my doctor will give me a steroid shot and knock this shit out within a couple of days bc I can’t take most cold medications due to the ingredients, but when I went to the clinic the other day, my pcp wasn’t in office, and the doctor that saw me kinda just ... completely ignored all of that and threw a z-pac antibiotic prescription at me and told me to take a different otc. And then the otc she told me to take? Turns out I can’t take that either, it has that same ingredient that incites my anxiety so I’m just having to tough this shit out with only the antibiotics lol
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With the upcoming holidays, I feel it's important to remind yourself, that you are not obligated to love your family unconditionally. Just because someone's your blood, does not mean you have to respect and love them. Some people have terrible families, that have been nothing but poison in their lives. You are allowed to cut people from your life and to leave them behind. The people who choose to stick by you and accept and love you as who you are, are the ones that matter. Not your mother and/or father or any other family member, who put you down.
Just because people from older generations grew up a certain way, does not excuse them being queerphobic, racist, ableist and other terrible things. Every person is capable of being better, and if they refuse to even try, leave them in the dust. Sometimes, the bad things people do or say are born from ignorance. But sometimes, people are just bad. Bad people exist. But we do not have to keep them in our lives, it's alright to think of yourself first. Being selfish can save your life and mental health.
Stay safe and never give up. Things will get better eventually.
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