#IT WAS WORTH ALL MY MONEY

[fellow-queer-birdguy]

I LOVE MY CANE!!

I have no leg pain at all???!! That's literally insane!?!! And no one commented on my cane, only the teacher asked what it was for and I said bad knees. None of my classmates cared?!!! Other regular people didn't care!!?! It's amazing! I felt so much more confident!!

#I LOVE MY CANE #IT WAS WORTH ALL MY MONEY #cane user #mobility aid user #mobility aids #cane #walking stick #chronic pain #disabled #chronic illness #pain log📋

[yaolmao]

Unironic out of context event that has recently occurred:

#puss in boots #puss in boots the last wish #shrek #dreamworks #one of THE best movies I’ve ever laid eyes on #watch it in theaters it is genuinely worth all your money #edit: I need more people to talk about their favorite scenes it would make me the happiest person ever #I’ll go first. #the entire movie is my favorite scene

[cryxdraws]

Judging by my feed, it’s the DP anniversary. Good time to post this commission then, huh?

#dp #danny phantom #memes #johnny 13 #dash baxter #paulina sanchez #worth #there was a lot of time and money spent to make this #also Wes being the only soul alive to utter the word ‘p-stan’ is objectively hilarious i dont make the rules #i wonder if yall can find all the references #not canon compliant and never will be #(unless paid) #(but neither was my commissioner so >:D

[grozen]

the fire around me

#the perspective is so dog and i only noticed it when i was done rendering real fml moment #funny thing is i havent even started this dlc i just like the way this dude looks and the edgy shit i saw him say in a youtube video #edgy bitch #joshua graham #fallout new vegas #art #fanart #drawing #digital #painting #also i know i forgot his fucking shirt lmaoooo dont @ me im int 3 #also all of his lines ive heard #which were like 30 seconds worth of dialogue #hoaugh all of it goes hard as fuck #and i know he's ultra fucked up ive heard the lines about him in game #and what was the cause of him turning into that cymball falling off a cliff #but still wow man #what a charismatic bitchass #oh yeah and i also bought new vegas after i heard his dialogue #saw a psycho go on a religious rant and thought oh fuck my balls now i gotta spend money #worth it though #the gameplay in new vegas is fucking dog but i keep armycrawling back to get beat in the face some more because the writing is so brilliant

[ipushedthewrongbutton]

i’ve been scratching my head over the whole watcher situation. I’m not a fan myself but got dragged into it cus of the people I follow, i only watched their puppet history series and the buzzfeed unsolved series from way back- honestly, i couldn’t care less if they locked all their stuff behind a paywall. I’m so neutral on this whole thing, i might as well be swiss.

but i’m not neutral? In fact, the whole thing really bothers me and i couldn’t figure out why.

cus i get it, yanno. As a company that thrives on creativity, i understand you’d wanna cut yourself off the mega-capatalist-giant that is youtube to get rid of annoying restrictions, and asking monetary support from your audience so you can really stretch the limit of your creativity. I GET IT.

And it STILL bothers me!

And then I figured it out:

the whole “any future videos they’ll be making will EXCLUSIVELY be available through a streaming service you have to pay a monthly subscription for” comes less across as “please support us monetarily so we can grow as creators”, and comes more across as “if you want to continue being a fan, or even being a part of the audience, you’re gonna have to pay up. You have no choice in the matter. It’s either pay, or you’re not a ‘real’ fan or a ‘real’ part of our audience.”

THAT’S what’s bothering me about it. It feels like they’re gatekeeping who gets to be part of their community with money (that not everyone might have). And knowing where they come from and how they started…. That’s… extremely tone deaf. To put it gently.

#Watcher #i had to get that out #My condolences to the watcher fandom you actually fucking deserve better #This perspective coming from someone who was only really subscribed for puppet history #Like to me and people like me this announcement is really just “your mediocre support isn’t enough” #“We’re gonna make it so you HAVE to watch all our content in order for the price to be worth it” #“Or you don’t get to watch any of it at all” #And like… yeah fine no more watcher it is then nbd #But did you HAVE to push out like THAT?? #Listen I’ll GLADLY pay 6 dollars for every episode of puppet history #The money is clearly on screen and it’s cheaper than going to the cinema so it’s MORE than earned #I am however not paying that same amount monthly for all the watcher content including all the stuff i’m not interested in #Your content ain’t THAT good

[aspiringhorrorauthor]

As is tradition with Dracula Daily, let me give you today’s Cultural Lesson Based On Today’s Entry. Let’s talk about money.

See, if you’re thinking Dracula and the characters are handling what we see today as British money, don’t be fooled! Dracula is set in the 1890s, and they use an entirely different money system to what we use now, it just seems on the surface that it’s the same.

For context, if you didn’t know, Britain uses pounds (£) and pence (p) as the currency now, with 100p to £1. This is called decimalisation, and has been in practice since the 1970s. Before then, we were the last country in the world to still use the Roman monetary system.

In the Victorian era, there were 3 used measurements of currency: Pounds (L), Shillings (s) and pence (d), which was written in that order: l.s.d, so a sink in a shop may list the price as 1.7.2, which would be 1 pound, 7 shillings and 2 pence.

Now lets break those down a little more. There are 240 pennies to the pound, and 12 pence to the shilling. That makes 20 shillings to the pound. Most working class laborers would be using shillings as their highest coin in day-to-day living. You could get a pint of beer for a couple of pence. A pound was an incredible amount of money to your average person (maybe less so to the fancy characters of Dracula).

But I want to talk about the coins.

See, a penny was not the lowest coin in circulation. That was a farthing, which was worth ¼ (a quarter) of a penny. Then next was a half penny (or ha’penny if you prefer). Of course there was the penny. Then there was a two pence (tuppence) and a three pence (thrupence) piece. Then you had your half shilling (sixpence, pronounced more like sixpunce, with a ‘u’ rather than an ‘e’), and the shilling itself (twelve pence, remember? Also known colloquially as ‘bob’). Then you had the florin, which was 2 shillings exactly (24 pence). From there you had your half crown, which was worth 2 shillings and six pence, for a total of 30 pence (though you’d never call it that), and then a crown, which was 5 shillings. From there the next step is the half-sovereign, worth half a pound (120 pence, or 10 shillings), and finally the gold sovereign coin, worth £1, or 240 pennys, or 20 shillings.

Yes, that’s genuinely the method of money these characters are using. Some old people insist it was easier than the current system.

Here’s some more fun money facts in case they come up later!

A guinea is a pound and a shilling (1.1.0, or 252 pence), and was used to make things seem a little cheaper to wealthy buyers. It’s used from time to time in Victorian books so it’s worth knowing.

The correct way to read out prices is ‘[x] and [y]’, so say you were selling something and wanted a shilling and fivepence for it, you’d ask for “1 and 5”. This is often used for the stereotypical cost of a half a crown, so when someone in a period drama asks for “2 and 6”, what they’re asking for is 2 shillings and sixpence.

There is a fairly obscure coin that I’m not sure was in circulation at this time which was nicknamed ‘The Barmaid’s grief’, it was only used for a few years. This was worth 4 shillings and was the same shape and (very nearly) size as a crown (5 shillings). So people would buy a pint of beer, the barmaid would pick up the coin in a hurry and not realise that it wasn’t a crown, and give 4 shillings back along with change from a shilling for the beer. So people made money from buying beer. It was not a good time to be a barmaid.

#Dracula daily #money #british money #Yes I also laughed when i found out old british money was written as Lsd #For someone who is not all that interested in coin collecting I love knowing about the old coins! #My dad was a bairn when they changed the coins around. His dad used to keep the old coins for him from the shop and give out the new coinage #Some people of a certain age get the value of shillings mixed up because post decimilsation a shilling could still be used and was worth 5p. #I worked as a social historian for one summer can you tell? I was paid £8.75 an hour to tell people this. So you guys owe me like £3.50 #For my work here.

[yaynotgaybutbi]

twt aftg famdom: Nora could just release TSC at any moment and then we would all just buy it and start reading it, it's insane

me, who has been here since 2018, has never held or read a LEGAL copy of aftg and lives in eastern europe: yeah...

#IM SORRY BUT I CANNOT JUST DROP MONEY WORTH MY FAMILY'S RENT ON THOSE BOOKS #NO MATTER HOW MUCH I WOULD LOVE TO #i have read trk a tkm in a form of hand typed google docs don't ask how i got them #for legal stuff this is a joke haha #aftg #all for the game #the foxhole court #tfc #tsc #the sunshine court

[eerna]

So. After 5 years of waiting. I saw Hadestown live last night. And I am still going Insane from it

#i am so so so happy i did this. all the money and the stress was worth it. i was. oh my god. i can't describe #i know it by heart word for word but i felt like i've never seen it before. the cast slayed. the orchestra killed it. #honestly the british aspects just improved it for me i absolutely loved the regional accents #i cant stop thinking an talking about it. it was insane. it was INSANE. #not only was it as good as i'd hoped it was better. BETTER. DREAM COME TRUE #hadestown liveblog

[petitelappin]

My friends and I went to Sleep No More last night, and I'm still letting my thoughts percolate, but it was a very cool experience.

#my art #sketchbook #sleep no more #macbeth #i love any time storytelling is done Weird #and any time i am allowed to Rummage Through Someone's Stuff and read all their. like. funeral home accounting books. #really great piece of theater for Nosy Bastards 10/10 snooping experience #i CANNOT spend any more money on anything extraneous for the next two months but it was worth it

[canisalbus]

I'm sure you get loads of these but heck I said I'd give it a shot anyway!

Your artwork is so inspiring and beautiful. I recently graduated from art school with a degree in Animation Production but I've decided I'd love to be an illustrator some day. Your work really motivates me and gets my brain juice buzzin. Keep it up!!!

.

#oh thank you! I'm glad you did! #first off as a general rule I think it's always okay to message any individual independent artist/creator #and tell them that you like their work #you may think they probably get lots of positive feedback and such and another one doesn't matter #but I would bet money that the actual amount is almost always smaller than you'd think #so every kind comment has the potential to cheer them up and inspire them #and motivate them to continue creating and posting their work online for people to see #messages like that can linger at the back of your mind for ages #I regularly think back to the nice things people have said about my art over the years #especially when I'm struggling with art block and feel like what I make isn't worth anything and that I'm bad and my stuff is bad #this got a little long winded and I'm probably preaching to the choir #but what I wanted to say is don't be afraid to let creatives know if you like their work it's always appreciated #I'm flattered to hear my dog doodles motivate and inspire you! #animation and illustration are both good choices imo #I wish you all the best on whatever you end up doing #answered #starfruitwyne

[puppyeared]

i wrote this as a joke because I wanted to strangle a guy watching tiktoks without headphones on the bus, but im genuinely disturbed that we've gotten to a point where convenience comes first. and it depresses me even more that its used to justify and monetize greed

#like we have so many ways of doing things that could help us in the long run but because we're told it requires more work we just cant #its too resource intensive. or maybe its too much to maintain. we have to overlook benefits so money can go into more important things #we teach each other to do things a certain way so it works for everyone but who was it convenient for first? what abt who it might hurt? #i have to wonder if the rules our current system uses is worth listening to or following if it doesnt have our best interests in mind. u an #me and the ppl around us.. would we be better off if i ate my meals knowing the person who grew it wanted to feed others the way they could #feed themselves? and that isnt to say we're going to be happy doing it but i guess satisfied that its helping someone instead of quietly #accepting that itll eventually go in the dumpster behind a grocery store because it stopped looking appetizing or it wasnt on sale anymore #what about building homes so we can shelter each other? what if we were satisfied with what we did because we knew it would be paid back #with kindness? isnt that what we evolved to do?? heal each others bones and tell stories and help each other?? #why dont houses come with solar panels or generators unless we find a way to make people pay to use the sun? why is our pooled money used #to fund genocides instead of education and hospitals? whose interests and convenience came first when we started this?? #i wont pretend to know the answer because i dont. but we all know we're miserable and im sorry to say that i cant see myself fighting #for a world that wont fight for me too. why do we work if we cant live from it?? why did they stop us from plucking more teeth from our #bosses until they could build more walls around themselves and then go back to underpaying us?? #im so tired. i cant even imagine making it to age 70 #yapping #vent

[thechekhov]

Are you still doing the mighty neintales?

................well no, not....currently..................

#chekhov answers #would you like to ask me about MORE things I would LOVE to be doing but am not????? #because there are only 24 hours in the day?????? #I AM DOING MY BEST #I CANNOT WORK TO EARN MONEY AND ALSO WORK ON THE COMIC AND ALSO LIVEBLOG ALL THE THINGS YOU GUYS WANT ME TO #WHILE ALSO DRAWING MIGHTY NEINTALES AND GOMENS AND CRITICAL ROLE FANART AND STEVEN UNIVERSE #I AM SO SO TIRED #PLEASE #i love the mighty neintales #i miss drawing the mighty neintales #but also #i frequently leave home at 7am and return home at 7pm #while trying to keep my patreon active and drawing personal requests as well as pumping out 30 pages worth of comics monthly for the past 3 #months #so i am under a little bit of pressure #please understand #im begging you

[seventh-fantasy]

xiaobao's wuxia hero training: lifting wulin jianghu's no. 1 and 2

#TRYING TO MAKE MY MONEY'S WORTH #dfs's lifting llh. but nobody can tell bc it's a messy sketch #the joke is llh's hanging off something(?) idk what #this is all just an excuse for them to hold each other actually #莲花楼 #mysterious lotus casebook #lhl #rin doodles #my posts #dfh #(if i ever find the motivation i will try colouring this....)

[duckydrawsart]

My boss "commissioned" me to redraw one of my dad's old military trucks as a Christmas gift. It was my first time working with charcoal and it made me very angry lol

#i did cheat with the classic 'trace a outline on cheap paper then slap it against your canvas to get a light outline' trick #because there was no way i was going to get the proportions right #he really just walked up with a bag of supplies and some money and handed it to me lol #he's a family friend and the idea was very sweet so i felt obligated to try #through many frustrated nights it finally turned out #and my dad adored it so it was worth it #anyways happy new year!!! hope you're all doing good ❤️

[nymini]

Finally. The chaotic stupid representation we deserve.

#fire emblem #Few3h #Fe3h #I like shez a lot more than I think I would but I still want byleth to kick their ass so badly #Also love that in golden deer claude's all 'hey come join me in the alliance i' ll make it worth your while' #than he completely forgets about giving her a job for 2 years so she's like hey dipshit I need money #and he's all upsi my bad but goooood news we're about to be invaded by the empire I bet you'll like that bestie 😉 #*then #Anyway. The demo was good haha #*thought I would #Can't type today

[miutonium]

Now that my product assestment is over, I can finally take all of the extra whipped soap and make a PPG themed soap heehee 💗💗💗

DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT SELLING THESE!! I'M DOING THIS JUST FOR MY PERSONAL USE!!!!

#i made the labels in illustrator using official assets hhh i dont really put a lot of thought in it #but it's still look cute though hhh #also I actually ran out of shower gel so I did ended up using the soap #the label says it smells like bubblegum but i lied hhhh it actually smells like lemongrass+pandan because i cant find my bubble gum EO #and everyone at home kinda prefers the smell of lemongrass on their body #just in case anyone's asking: no i do not have plans to sell this at all! this is time and money consuming #i spend a ridiculous amount of money for this class project and with the amount of soap it makes in the end it's just not worth it at all #so I'm happy to have 4 jars of soap in my inventory #asuka speaks #ppg #powerpuff girls #ppg blossom #ppg bubbles #ppg buttercup #professor utonium