Too early for Christmas? The Betty Cooper Cookies Paradox

Veronica’s annual Pembrooke Christmas Decoration Reveal has always been a source of great frustration for one Forsythe Pendleton Jones the third. Never have his principles been tested in such a savage way. After all, how can one mock the hostess’s extremely premature foray into the Christmas season (seriously though, who in their right mind starts decorating on the 2nd of November?!) when the buffet consists of Betty Cooper’s Very Best Selection of Christmas-themed Cookies?

There is a very small part in Jughead’s already sugar-addled brain that finds Betty’s amusement at his predicament suspicious but the shortbread Santas are melting in his mouth in the most delicious way demanding his full attention. He can get to the bottom of this later. To eat intelligently is an art form after all, and he is nothing if not an intelligent eater. Jughead makes sure to wiggle his eyebrows at Betty next time he licks his lips.

local cuisine 🤌

working at a grocery store has only made me even angrier about inflation and how food, water, and shelter isnt free

like just looking at groceries (not water or shelter) i see just a few bags (maybe around 5 or so) of food costing over $125 USD regularly. I've seen orders upwards of $600. and sure those have been bigger orders but no food should cost that much.

my coworkers and i shouldn't be complaining about the price of food when we get employee discounts.

a single bag of food for myself (usually containing some small pizzas, crackers, milk, and cereal) regularly costs between $50-60. minimum wage in my state is 15/HR. thats about four hours of work for one bag of food

a coworker who works on the front end of our store prides herself on being able to catch theives. everyone says how good she is at it. and sometimes it makes sense, sometimes people are just stealing to steal. but how do you ever know?

when the card reader we take outside is broken we are supposed to have the customers come inside to pay for their groceries if they're paying with EBT. there's a woman who's a regular who has a few small children and when she comes to pick up groceries they're usually asleep in the car.

am i supposed to make her choose between leaving her children alone in the car or waking them up and taking them inside?

four hours of work for one bag of groceries. is this not also theft?

four hours of work. let that sink in. four hours for one small bag of groceries.

we aren't supposed to accept tips but if we don't accept tips then how else are we supposed to afford our groceries?

i haven't seen a single person stealing food. you cannot steal whats already stolen.

although im no longer a christian, the teachings of my childhood have stuck with me, and in the bible it says "When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you."

society has reaped right up the the very edge and beyond of its fields, so it's up to us to reap what we can

four hours of work for one bag of food

y’all really think cis dudes who dress femininely as a joke for views online are more enlightened and nuanced in gender than literal trans women lol

hunters college AU w/ orcabirb

I do not think evangelizing on the double standard of women being expected to wear makeup everyday to grown women is actually productive or respectful (provided they are not judging me for not wearing makeup), we can all make our own decisions on how to walk through this world, however, it is true that whenever a woman in my daily life equates making themselves decent and presentable with having a coat of natural makeup on, I do have to viscerally repress the urge to shake them by the shoulders and scream that they've been had.

do you have any alecto/anastasia hcs?

I think my biggest hc is that Anastasia wanted to be present at laying Alecto down in the tomb, but something went not as planned, cause she helped design it and it's her house, where is she

and not quite a hc but I want Alecto snatch some of Anastasia's bones before leaving the tomb

but tbh the moment I got the ask my mind completely blanked out on everything I was thinking about them, I'll add more to this post if I remember some of it

but thank you for asking!

I love when the grumpy character gets the sweetest mf drink to ever exist and the more energetic character gets the “I’ll just take it black! Like my soul” drink.

Anyways, so you know Angel and Husk-

my dad when we buy FOOD: oh my god??? you guys need to economize, we are in a CRISIS

my dad when he buys 3 cigarette boxes a day and 2 bottles of booze: yippee!!!

kind of funny but had a doctor refer to my transition as ‘your life goal’ and that like, isn’t it. it’s more like smth i Have to do cause otherwise i’ll never be able to live normally and be seen as myself (by that i mostly mean being seen as an adult). not to speak gamer but it’s kind of like having no other choice but to buy a dlc cause you’ve been blocked from the rest of the game and the other options are being stuck forever or quitting which like. no.

May be participate in a hunger strike soon. I'm still planning, but once I start, I will until further notice not eat more than one cup of rice and one apple per day, until actual substantial aid gets in and the people in Gaza can also eat, and eat well, warm and comforting, and dignified, as they deserve, as any human does, nourishing their bodies that have already endured such horror

I am on the verge of death by heartbreak anyway, but I must live, and do what little is in my power to fight that which is killing me and so many others.

Only the living can protect what living remains.

the telltale sign that you've been watching good films is when you get legitimately confused by two-person relationships in media. Like. where's the third person? we need them.

Wafers has a hole slashed in his chest and I'm scared. I can't afford food, nevermind a vet. It's not life threatening or anything, but he's looking at a nasty infection. My poor little brown boy.

I'm trying to sell my mobility scooter and tools and everything I can. I love him.

I have no idea if I'll ever fucking get around to writing Wishbone's lore so I'll explain what the city is outright:

the big reveal by the end of that particular storyline is supposed to be that Wishbone isn't a city, it's the lure on an eldritch anglerfish. the reason why so many citizens have a conflicting view of the city (for example, Kestrel came to Wishbone by train, even though no one else has ever seen train tracks running through the desert) is because it's shaped to fit the individual's ideal view via magic fuckery. everyone that came to wishbone was unhappy. everyone wanted something more. and that Want led them to Wishbone - a city they have never heard of before yet one they innately knew had what they were seeking, and also, somehow, knew how to find. every version of Wishbone is true and none of them are. the beast below is simply stockpiling food for when it wakes from its slumber and gets the desire (not a need, the shade needs nothing.) to feed again. it's why the magic chargers in Wishone are so potent - they draw from the massive, massive well that is the creature. it's also why shade beasts are so drawn to the city - that powerful pull of magic that draws them in with the need to consume. with so many dragons in one place, they assume that's all that the pull is. because once a magic source gets so big, it's hard to tell its actual size. and the maw doesn't mind sharing its food with other shade, it'll end up eating them anyway. they can devour as many dragons as they want, so long as they're prepared to be devoured in turn. the creature feels no malice, only that pure, insatiable hunger that any shade knows, no matter if they act on it or not. dragons Want, and the shade Hungers, and that's how it will be until the great shade that lurks in the depths of space grows big enough to swallow sornieth whole, gods and all, and never knows hunger again.

that's the gist of it at least lol

Unfortunately I can’t boop all day, so if I don’t boop you back right away. Trust me, I will, but apparently I need FOOD to survive so I kinda gotta have priorities right now…

choices - batman: haunted knight

[ID: a black and white panel of Bruce Wayne talking to Alfred Pennyworth. They're both dressed in suits and Bruce hesitantly considers, "Maybe... I don't have to work tonight..." and Alfred responds, "If the choice is between parading about the city in your Long John's or getting a good night rest-". The second photo is a blue thought box. Bruce thinks, "I don't have a choice... Crime never sleeps." The third photo is black and white again and has Bruce's silhouette in the open doorway that leads to the Batcave. The light behind Bruce is pure white and it looks like Bruce has a robe on. Alfred is in an overlaying panel and looks at him with disapproval. He sarcastically comments, "Oh, good show, Sir. For a moment, I was afraid you'd have a rational thought." END ID]