#3 for a dollar

[gibbearish]

love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking

#yes i want things to be free like ??? that is not a weird desire #'but but it costs money to keep up' ok and? how is that my problem #the government has plenty of murder dollars they could reallocate a few to make internet services universal if they wanted #also these companies were perfectly capable of supporting themselves before the internet got drowned with ads so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #edit: muting notifs on this post bc new additions have kind of petered out #so no one feel bad about adding something someone else has said‚ it is not bothering me im just trying to keep my #notifs page cleanish lol #also since i saw some people are being redirected to read my tags: firstly hiiiiii this is a special secret message for you:3 #secondly i have learned since making this that the reason they were able to support themselves previously was because #of investors bankrolling everything #and theyre now finally realizing that theyre never going to actually make a profit and arent as willing to invest #however thats just a minor correction and doesnt change my overall point #once again. so many murder dollars #so thats why im just adding it here in the tags rather than making an actual correction #anyways . love yall 💕 #origibberish #bigger gibbers

[pseudospectre]

So it turns out you can just buy old x-rays off ebay

#i had wire and a 3 dollar lamp from goodwill that had no shade #what else was i supposed to do? #handmade #arts and crafts #spooky #creepy #xray lampshade #bones #Halloween #once i figured out how to accurately cut the panels to the right size and shape #it went together pretty easy #and now my work office is that much cooler :)

[s-ccaam-era-crepe]

i think everyone who's ever had migraines should be financially compensated forever btw

#camera talks #disability stuff #this is for my chronic migraine girlies (gn) <3 #i think we should all get 1 million million dollars everyday actually #this is the worst fucking night of my life (everytime i have migraines) (specifically rn tho) #chronic pain #chronic migraine #migraines #chronically ill #disabled

[inkskinned]

you're in the habit of denying yourself things.

if someone asked you directly, you would say that you love a little treat. you like iced coffee and getting the cookie. you drink juice out of a fancy cup sometimes, and often do use your candles until they gutter out helplessly.

but you hesitate about buying the 20 dollar hand mixer because, like. you could just use your arms. you weren't raised rich. you don't get to just spend the 20 dollars (remember when that could cover lunch?), at least - you don't spend that without agonizing over it first, trying to figure out the cost-benefits like you are defending yourself in front of a jury. yes, this rice cooker could seriously help you. but you do know how to make stovetop rice and it really isn't that hard. how many pies or brownies would you actually make, in order to make that hand mixer worthwhile?

what's wild is that if the money was for a friend, it would already be spent. you'd fork over 40 without blinking an eye, just to make them happy. the difference is that it's for you, so you need to justify it.

and it sneaks in. you ration yourself without meaning to - you don't finish the pint of ice cream, even though you want to. the next time you go to the store, you say ah, i really shouldn't, and then you walk away. you save little bits of your precious things - just in case. sometimes you even go so far as putting that one thing in your shopping cart. and then just leaving it there, because maybe-one-day, but not right now, there's other stuff going on.

you do self-care, of course. but you don't do it more than like, 3 days in a row. after that it just feels a little bit over-the-edge. like. you can't live in decadence, the economy is so bad right now, kid.

so you don't buy the rice cooker. you can-and-will spend the time over the stove. you can withstand the little sorrows. denial and discipline are practically synonyms. and you're not spoiled.

it's just - it's not always a rice cooker. sometimes it is a person or a job or a hug. sometimes it is asking for help. sometimes it is the summer and your college degree. sometimes it is looking down at scabbed knees and feeling a strange kind of falling, like you can't even recognize the girl you used to be. sometimes it is your handprint looking unsteady.

sometimes it is tuesday, and you didn't get fired, and you want to celebrate. but what is it you like, even? you search around your little heart and come up empty. you're so used to denying that all your desires draw a blank.

oh fuck. see, this is the perfect opportunity. if you had a mixer, you'd make a cake.

#warm up #this isn't good #writeblr #this is complicated by the fact i can't stand up too long or i fuckken pass out and <3 hit my damn head <3 #but i did take a deep breath and buy myself the stupid rice cooker #and!!! a very cheap sushi kit!!! i have been wanting to try making sushi for literally YEARS #the kit was only like 15 dollars!!!! and i haven't purchased it bc?!!??!?!?!?!!? #..... i didn't get the mixer tho that felt. like a lot. like too much. #on my list is a kitchenaid. one day when i get a check and i have paid off my student debt #and medical debt #i will put that first little bit of cash #into a kitchenaid 5qt stand mixer (with attachments) #i really do just go into their refurbished section and stare lustily at each option #but yeah i feel guilty about the rice cooker even tho i know for a fact this damn thing is gonna be a lifesaver #oh shit also fuck i forgot to mention . poached eggs

[hoshizoralone]

me and the bad bitch i pulled by being stupei

#i am not playing the remake…i dont have 70 dollars to spend like that. but i love chidori/junpei so yeah. #persona 3 #junpei iori #chidori yoshino #loneart #hall of fame

[transgirltinkaton]

i find it funny how like 1 in 10 posts on my dash is a gofundme for a person who is trying to not fucking die but they never get the money they need because the people who have that money only care about stupid fucking CRABS

#bee's buzz #and before anyone tries some ''but you participate in society'' shit i have 3 dollars in my bank account

[solmesia]

some of my sketch work found on patreon

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #astarion #halsin #halstarion #my art #astarion x halsin #bloodhoney #bloodbear #support me for as little as 2 dollars lmao #i will promote my work until i pass away i suppose

[zu-is-here]

original from Veil (2019)

#zu art #dream!sans #cross!sans #studio #zudio #backstage #redraw #meme #undertale #undertale au #utmv #finally— a million dollars smile! (〃ω〃) #I just found this manga thanks to Orange and it's so good?? (*⁰▿⁰*) #couldn't help but redraw this scene <3

[vinceaddams]

I'm so good at not buying things at regular stores, but estate sales are another matter entirely. So many odd little tools in the 1-5 dollar range. So many old little thingies. I do so love to acquire weird old little thingies. Yesterday I had no salad forks of any kind, but now I have silver plated salad tongs.

#they were 3 dollars and I'm definitely going to use them! #thrifting #estate sales

[clowningaroundmars]

page full o' hobies 🎸

top pose inspired by @spectra-bear

process pics under da cut ↓

#mine #spiderverse #across the spiderverse #hobie brown #spider punk #well YEEHAW im finally finished with this #after 3 trips to the craft and dollar store to buy stuff i needed #this page is FINALLY done good lord #its been... 3 weeks? since i 1st started this? #needless to say im sick of looking at this thing #im simultaneously kinda scared to post this bc im not 100% happy with it #but at the same time im like… so ready to just post this thang and be DONE with it #never lookin at this again jfc im sick of it #i love hobie dont get me wrong and i love drawing his face #but geeze louise #me doodling this while crying: hobie hates consistency hobie hates consistency hobie hates consistency hobie hATES CONSISTENCY 😭😭😭 #thats my excuse for not really uhhh getting his face down 100% #also god yeah i didnt get his skin nearly as dark as i wanted cuz uhhhh #ya boi was workin with shitty dollar store crayons #im ngl i kinda.... miss my alcohol markers :/ but whatever ig i did what i could lol

[cheeriochat]

GUYS GUYS LOOK AT WHAT I SAW AT MY LOCAL DANGERFIELD

'ASTARION APPROVES' 😭😭😭

Omg I was so gonna buy the necklace but I thought to leave it on the mannequin for the next bg3 fan.

#it was 19 dollars so that was super good #especially for dangerfield iykyk #but cool reference lol #i love it when chain buisnesses let their employees customise the store #it just brings more life and personality into what would just be another branch of the store #god knows my workplace would never #lets go megacorp buisness #i was gonna suggest making a book reccomend thing for our book section but then again im literally the only one who cleans there #anyways yeah dangerfield is great!! #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #astarion

[ego-meliorem-esse]

Alfred

but also Alfred

#idk man he has his inner battles #he's the guy at work who you know has heaps of cash but still asks you for a dollar for the vending machine snack #duality of man #hws america #hetalia #alfred f jones #myart #my art #i hate this dude <3

[zvaigzdelasas]

Showing stock market tickets of boycotted companies and then celebrating a random 2-3% drop in value as a marker of a successful boycott is one of those things that online activists regularly do that rly just undermine their position of authoritativeness among anyone who's looked at the stock market more than twice

#'thats X billion dollars of valuation!' and it gets wiped out and rebuilt 3 times a week welcome to financial speculation #5% is like a minimum for claiming an effect imo and thats still not huge #5% several days in a row without that being in line w broader macroeconomic trends? thats something to celebrate

[piplupcola]

Aww is Trolls 3 trending on tumblr instead Wish? Let me bring out my tiniest violin for Disney's worst attempt at making a movie.

#trolls #trolls 3 #seriously tho trolls 3 is actually funny and the music is awesome #go listen to mount rageous #velvet and veneer #are actuallly amazing villains #and the entire production was done on a rush because they messed up some softwares at the beginning of making the movie #and you cant even tell #meanwhile disney had a billions dollars and all the time in the world to make this 100th movie and this is what they came up with #disney #wish #trolls 3 band together

[shiftythrifting]

I thought it was a piece of bark at first glance but upon closer examination it appears to be a piece of broccoli attatched to a slice of some kind of root vegetable.

#thrifting #submission #shiftythrifting #what the shit is this #food glued to shit #that'll be 3 dollars #just throw that shit out #finally some shifty thrifting #food #former food

[zu-is-here]

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#zu art #comic #studio #dream!sans #cross!sans #zudio #undertale #undertale au #utmv #@ Dream: a million dollar smile! <3 #@ studio!Dream: and you. your smile is uh. $3 #awkwardness: UP xp #thank you guys so much for 16 400+! (〃ω〃)