#or something ridiculously low

[foolishaetherguardian]

So I went to a weird highschool.

And I don’t mean like weird by normal standards. I mean I have had my college friends consistently refer to my school as a cartoon school.

And I didn’t believe them until I had to explain the yearly events my school had. We had the normal stuff, homecoming, prom, mole day, etc. But we also had some weird stuff. Like the yearly crosstown scavenger race that was held on halloween and that you could win two letter grades worth of bonus points to applied to whatever classes you asked for it in, you could spend them in 5′s. It’s a schoolwide event. So the upperclassmen had the advantage of being able to drive, everyone else had to get an approved guardian to drive them. Oh and to participate you had to dress up in a costume fitting that years theme. Teams could be up to 8 but tended to be two couples and the matchmade pair. The matchmade pair is whoever the two couples wanted to get together so it was a massive event where couples tried to set up their friends with each other. But every year there were a few junior and seniors that were made “dream teams”. Like the smartest, most athletic, and the person with the fastest car all would team up to win.

Well come sophomore year and I know I am going to fail Geometry if I don’t get the bonus. It’s only October but I’m already floundering. I’m a sophomore. My group is mostly sophomores, but we all wanted to win at least once. We decide we’ll win this year. The scoring was broken down into getting the right time, the right mileage (the route was a secret and encoded so this was almost impossible to get right), completing all the tasks, and school based trivia (Like which teachers dated when they were in highschool? Who wore mascot outfit in 1999?). Because time and mileage were so difficult to get right the trivia and tasks tended to decide the winners. We couldn’t win trivia without cheating or stealing a senior and making a “dream team”. We would never stoop so low. So we decided to go for the perfect score in the other three categories, which had only been done once before in the 30 years our school had done this for. I was the navigator, Cade was the timekeeper, Dax was in charge of backtracking miles we missed, Daniel was in charge of tasks, Clayton was there as a limiter (keeping us from undershooting the time and mileage by taking short cuts) and we recruited the most dangerous approved guardian we could, Cade’s mom. None of us were really well equipped for our roles. This was our gamble. If she drove slowly or too fast we’d lose on time. But we all wanted to win. But we practiced, distance estimation, guessing destinations based off of context, tracking miles by block, tailing the route designer to figure out how fast she drove. The announcement of the theme was made. And we show up dressed as the dalmations from 101 dalmations with Cade’s mom, unprompted, showing up as cruella deville. We were the only unisex sophomore team that year. The senior’s had two dream teams, the genius twin’s team and the drama team, both of which we had ties too. The genius twins were close friends of mine and the drama team was just all around great people. But it didn’t matter if I liked Ben and Abby as people and if the drama team all were the biggest scariest teddy bears I’ve ever met. We had come to win.

We were slow out the gate, getting a starting place of like 23rd out of 36 cars. But that was fine. Fastest time didn’t win. Correct time did. We made it to the first task and blew it out of the water. We felt good. We make it to task two by a combination of good guesswork on my part and Dax figuring the miles that the official route would take. With the miles figured Cade figured how long we needed to loiter circling the block after arrival. Second task is ultimate frisbee against alumns. And this is where our refusal to make a dream team hits us. I’m not athletic. Dax would be if he wasn’t in a boot. Cade Danial and Clayton are our only real players here. Against 6 alumns, all of who had gotten basketball or track scholarships to big schools. We thought this would be where we lost. If we lost to much time scoring our three goals we’d lose the whole thing. We hadn’t left breathing room. There were also 3 other tasks. But we go all out. Dax plays back, acting as a relay to save the rest of us. I ran interception. Dax’s relays keep us in the game long enough to score. But we can’t get the frisbee back. So as per usual I do something stupid and get myself hurt. I sprint up in the blind spot of the target of the latest pass. We both go up. And I swat it. Then the 220 lb college basketball player lands on top of me. Me who weighs 120 lbs and am built like a twig at this point. My shoulder dislocates on impact. But we scored before anyone realized that my arm probably shouldn’t be in front of my shoulder, myself included. I’m a literature nerd, I read all sorts of books but I had recently been reading James Patterson. So I decide I’ll use the books description of how to relocate a shoulder and I pop it back in. And then the EMT, who the school has on call for this event, puts me in a sling and we keep going. The alumns let us score the last point as an apology. The next task is an alphabet shopping spree with a cost limit of 30 dollars. Cade’s mom takes the lead here. She finds brands we didn’t know existed and we complete it with enough money left over to spend W on a quart of whoppers. The next two event are easy enough, tag in an abandoned auditorium and a haunted house they had made in an old factory in the depot district. We get to the final destination and loiter. We are desperately doing math to figure out our desired arrival time. And it’s in two minutes. But our mileage is off. So we need to close the gap. Cade’s mom then pushes 70 up and down the nearest major street at nearly midnight, once again unprompted. And we come in and hand in our blank trivia sheet, 5 task badges, mileage and time. Tasks are perfect, time is perfect and mileage is correct. If no one else got 3 perfect out of 4 we’d win. Genius twins arrive next. They see us and laugh, goodnaturedly. We’d been joking about winning for the last month. And they handed in their trivia, 3/4 done, time a few minutes off, mileage well short, and task badges, all done. We smiled and ordered food at the restaurant that was our final destination. Two other senior teams arrive then the drama team arrives, perfect trivia good mileage, all five badges, time off by a half hour. We were pretty sure we won now. And so we all basically melted into the booth, shakes and burgers crowded in front of us like a 90′s teen drama dinner scene. Ben and Abby sat with us and ate as the rest of the teams who hadn’t quit, or DQ’d in two cases, trickled in. On Monday we heard the results, we had won. But because we had three perfect scores and one zero they decided to change the rules to evenly weight the categories next year. None of us on that team won again.

#long post #my school was normal #I swear #I also don't believe any one else on our team needed the bonus points #but I also never mentioned it #because everyone at that school got either straight A's #or were so athletic it didn't matter #so I just figured I was the only one who would ever actually use those points on a single class so I never have to repeat #I recall that Cade was valedictorian by 2 points #or something ridiculously low #so I think it might have actually helped him win those but #he might not have used them #he was weird about bonus points #that school is part of the reason I have no idea what normal is #I think #I assumed everyone under 6ft was short because everyone hit 6ft by sophomore #but me #so i assumed I was short #and I mean everyone. #Danial's girlfriend was taller than most guys I know now #same for a lot of the people in my class

[phineas-and-herb]

can't stop thinking abt how ferb canonically has incredibly long, willow-y legs and his pants just have an extremely low crotch by design. lil british boy dressin like MC hammer

#do they have drop crotch pants in europe #seems like something the ukranians and maybe persians would be into #but i can't imagine a swiss person or an italian in those pants sksksk #phineas and ferb #pnf #dwampyverse #ferb fletcher #pnf ferb #i checked the low crotch pants wiki and it doesnt mention anything about location so i assume it was written by americans #so idk if these pants are soley an american hip-hop thing but i bet the aussies have em too #seems like the kind of thing aussies would have a ridiculous word for like the way they call flip flops thongs

[thresholdbb]

You know what I like? Star Trek

#had a conversation with my sister today and kept denigrating my current passion and lifestyle but like... maybe don't do that? #listen ok I've been trying to be cool my whole life #and I have failed cause at my core I am just not a chill person #shamelessly leaning into something that I like isn't something I did openly before #and honestly? it's changed me for the better #low key it's the reason I don't have a real job right now #because I've been miserable in every structured job I've had (except for maybe college teaching) #and the last conversation I had with my grandpa before he died he asked me if I was happy because that's all that mattered #and while this little shift in existence is ridiculous in the grand scheme of what I've accomplished in my life #and hustling is harder than just showing up and getting a paycheck #and however much I'm not meeting my parents' vision of my potential #I am closer to actually being able to answer his question honestly than ever before #also it led to the wild neurodivergent revelations #so being able to declare openly that I like something is already a shift #and being able to engage with people who are honestly the most open kindest group I've ever encountered? #amazing #cause I'm actually a mega loner who barely talks to people #I'm honestly so glad I got lost in the delta quadrant cause without boyager I wouldn't have come to these conclusions #so yeah I'm kinda really into Star Trek #and if you've read this I'm sure you already know how severely uncool and locked into this I am but alas I can confirm by talking inthe tags #en fin

[iknowwhereyousleepatnight]

MY STUPID POWERPOINT!!!

honestly these slides don't have that much info bc i like to talk so most of my observations will be given orally, and also i was doing the bare minimum, so i'll probably do a small summary for y'all sometime soon <3

and if the link* doesn't work for you i have screenshots under the cut *link opens web-based ms ppt so i'd rec not clicking if you're on mobile. i'm unsure what that will do on mobile, but i feel it'll be painful

i wanted it to look as awful as possible. i hope i succeeded

#powerpoint #school project #this is. something #y'know it low-key has vibes like my animal crossing island. is this just. my vibe. oh no #anyway #i also have 41 excel tabs for the data bc of the ridiculous amount of correlation testing i wanted to do lmao #very fun would recommend microsoft excel we shall be wed in a by the year's end

[danswank]

#ValentinesDaySucks

#atl #alex gaskarth #modern love #all time low #atledit #honestly this campaign is pretty good i’ll give them that #i can’t get on board with the fish and chips nonsense they’re trying to push #but this is quality content #his accent is ridiculous but it’s something

[denkryn]

season 6 of supergirl kinda feels like kara character assasination

#idk something feels off #like her perspectives in many of the episodes just dont feel very kara #i get the phantom zone trauma thing but idk something feels very off this season #the whole nyxly plotline could not be worse im sorry but adding lex in made it so much worse #honestly a whole new low for sg 😂 this shit was so boring and ridiculous #lenas magic storyline was utter ass too #but at least her character remained kinda consistent #kara on the other hand… #txt

[hatterstan-shameblog]

okay, here's a riddle:

im thinking of a character played by aoyagi sho. he's been in a coma. he's got an extremely homoerotic relationship with his distinctively-handsome 40-ish-year-old best friend. he's unusually good at fighting. no matter where he is, he looks like he very much does not want to be there.

...am i talking about tsukumo from high&low or aguni from alice in borderland???

#im not saying the man's being ridiculously specifically typecast but its kinda weird it happened twice #THAT I KNOW OF. there COULD be more of them out there. #aib spoilers #alice in borderland #high&low #high and low #hey. if youre good at something stick with it.

[navajja]

I know Zuko gets a pet dragon at some point, but listen, he also has a pet Turtleduck named Murder CmFlufly or something. It is an insane animal, ducks owners will get that.

#absolutely ridiculous lord of the fire nation with his pet duck #dunk is low key intimidated by the duck #the duck got hurt or something and zuko took care of them #now the duck sleeps on his bed #the real Firelord is the duck #nava talks #atla #zuko

[thadeeliv]

me as a teenager: ugh, why don't adults understand?! my life is awful and everything sucks, and they just think i'm being dramatic!! me as an adult, seeing teenager problems: oh.

#like if i was raised to not see children as people #or had low empathy or something #i'd think teens were being ridiculous too #even without that though #sometimes there really is no answer other than 'you're a teenager' #being a teen sucks tbh glad i grew out of it :P

[diseaseriddencube]

#rave ramblees #akudama drive #some bathroom cosplay because I know a certain someone would enjoy that 🥰 #I wanted to wait till night to go take some photos by some cool architecture by my house #but then I realized some things #1. my parents would see me walking out of the house in this through the cameras and it would look very very questionable #2. walking through the neighborhood in THIS is so embarrassing I'd die #so the reality of owning this stupid cosplay is starting to get to me #like it's only good for taking a photo now and then #and it's so hot I think I'd actually get heat stroke wearing it to a convention #< it's really only wearable in -150000°C weather #though this is a good way to realize that perhaps my dream of owning a fursuit should be reconsidered a lot #< because those are even worse heat wise and also that cost literal thousands #I mean I guess every cosplayer has had doubts about their cosplays #if they buy them it's like you spent a lot on something only good for photos or cons #so it's a ridiculous purchase in general #and for the ones that spend months crafting their cosplays I bet it feels even more worthless once you're past the pride #though $100~ isn't even that bad for a cosplay actually #even at my low hours low wage job I make 3x that in a single month #so it's already paid off plenty. esp since I spent MONTHS considering getting it

[the-punforgiven]

For all my mutuals who got out of For Honor while they still could I'm envious of you bc rn the balancing is in a state in which Tiandi (agile, dodge-focused vanguard with a relatively smallish sword by this game's standards) does roughly same amount of damage per hit as Highlander (one of the slowest characters in the game, who wields the biggest, heaviest weapon of the entire cast)

#Highlander's offensive stance lights do less damage than Tiandi's neutral ones #Tiandi's top heavy does literally 3 less damage #than Highlander's oversized claymore slamming all its weight down on you #Tiandi's chain heavies do literally 1 point less damage #than Highlander #who's supposed to be a ''Slow But Big Damage'' character #vs Tiandi who is not only considerably faster but also has more health #and like #a move speed that doesn't make you feel like a snail with a sword #and that dodge move with a ridiculous amount of i-frames #and undodgeables #and can actually get a heavy off a guardbreak #and is just generally faster tbh #the absolute state of For Honor's balancing #it sure is something rn lmao #and don't even get me started on the other vanguards compared to HL dude #It's the same with any of them I think #Except warmonger I think #who's damage is bizarrely low compared to the other vanguards #I GUESS it's offset by the bleed but it was the same before she had the bleed so idk man #it's such an ordeal #Pun's text Posts

[lookthetart]

Natalità problem here, natalità problem there: let Italians go EXTINCT already

#italy #my tolerance threshold towards Italian stupid public measures is so low #like everytime I learn something new about the government I just want to eliminate this country from the map #just learnt of decreto lavoro #TODAY of all days #how the wages are going to stay low the employers will not have to pay any minimum wage and they can pay in food vouchers #you can ask unemployment only if you have a family member who is disabled or >60 #and you lose it if you don't accept ANY job offer for ANY duration ANYWHERE in Italy #it's ridiculous #I hate this country so much #they don't live you much choise but emigrating don't they #*leave

[smute]

this is going to sound arrogant but i have yet to hear about a fancy office job that doesn't make me go "oh wow i could do that" and yet when i read an ad for something like junior assistance assistant that pays minimum wage and makes access to indoor plumbing sound like a perk im like "god im so underqualified"

#literally every one of my problems every hurdle every #every obstacle in my life #everyTHING about me boils down to #low self esteem lol #like. its so ridiculous #impostor syndrome this #body image that #i go through life like an ogre #or something #avoid the villagers lest they pitchfork me to death #what the fuck man #anyway im approaching the finish line #mistress's degree wise #and i keep coming back to the same question #namely #phd yes or no #and. yeah. #at this point im worried less about my actual qualifications #and more about the fact that i simply do not believe in myself one bit #how am i supposed to tackle a 5 or 6 year research project #when i still struggle SO MUCH with these feelings of inadequacy and just constantly underestimate myself #like my grades literally could not be better #i cant remember the last time i received negative feedback from a professor #but i just cant own it #i feel like im bullshitting my way through grad school #which is nonsense I KNOW THAT #but every win #every bit of success #is just utterly incompatible with my self image #CLOWNcore smh

[abba-enthusiast]

There’s really not enough bullying in Switzerland

#you know the swiss barber guy on tiktok whose clients always want a low edgar mid taper semipermeable max cut #and the top comment is alwyas something like ‘richtig reingeschissen 👍🏻’ #yeah i saw a kid with a hair cut like that today and i really don’t know how else to put it but. richtig bodenlos reingeschissen #it looked soooo bad. we NEED to bully them out of getting that hair cut #if somebody came to school with that hair cut back in my day he would not have heard the end of it. we’d still call him a mean nickname #related to that god awful hair cut today #suum cuique and all that but if you get a hair cut that looks that ridiculous everything should be fair game

[thebirdandhersong]

sorry marvel grumbling below

not to be like.... gross..... but GROSS. Why is it that objectifying, ridiculing, and (to use an overused word) oppressing men is fine in real life and storytelling nowadays (source of comedy, even), and why is it okay for a female character to openly speculate about someone else's (a STRANGER'S) intimate life?? Why is Steve's virginity such a source of Interest and Obsession, like that's a pitiable or pathetic thing?? and WHY is the Fleabag-Captain Marvel-Netflix Anne Elliot model the template for most female characters now???

#this is about she hulk please ignore i am simply Beyond Exasperated #i just think this is a very low view of womanhood and a very narrow scope of what makes a good and complex character #and marvel's constant jabs at Steve are really.... something....... like that whole bit in civil war about him not liking foul language #and now This #hollywood...... you DO know that the obsession/degradation/lack of sacredness/shallowness you put on sex IS the problem right.... right..?? #or at least ADDS to the problem anyhow. i don't really understand why it has to be steve in particular (a Christian character who is all #about virtue and defending the weak and doing the right thing) who keeps getting rained down on #but i suppose that's been extended to other male characters too. such as thor #in the same manner i've decided to disregard all the marvel mini series non-canonical i am also Not Seeing what they added in she hulk #as far as i'm concerned steve is a Christian character who observes and honours the seventh commandment #and should NOT be ridiculed or criticised for his morals beliefs and life choices #(screenwriters.... you know.... it isn't a 'waste' for someone to not have sex in their lives ever.... life is not about sex..........)

[lesbaurinkos]

6, 9, 20 :)

6. Which musical episode is your favorite?

oh this one is so tough because i love them all in their own ways. before archie the musical i would prooooobably say the heathers episode- it's the one i default to showing friends when they want to catch a glimpse of the show's campiness- but in a post-archie-the-musical-world, well, how can i not say archie the musical <3 but every one of them is so beautiful in its own merit. i remember watching carrie air when i was like idk 16? and being forever changed by cheryl dousing herself in blood. heathers i've seen so many times i could quote it line for line. hedwig has one of my favorite songs the cast has done (origin of love) and i listen to it a lot bc like wow... jughead's verse is so genuinely good the whole thing just REALLY gets ya. next to normal has some of the most fun numbers imo like u can tell they had a lot of fun with it. the pussycats ep is SO GODDAMN FUN every moment of it is a joy to watch. american pyscho was admittedly my least favorite but they did make up for it with betty gay moments (and i think it's funny ras did his own musical). AND THEN THERES ARCHIE THE MUSICAL MY BELOVED ARCHIE THE MUSICAL AND WELL ARCHIE THE MUSICAL IS LIKE MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE <3

9. Which character has your favorite costuming? What's your favorite outfit they wore?

i answered this here but im answering it MORE because i want to talk about how i want these jugkets (jughead jackets) too. this isnt even about costuming anymore its about i can never own too many things that are plaid. YES they all look pretty much the same but YES i would wear all of them on rotation. give me your jackets and sweaters and such, jughead

20. What is your favorite quote?

of course i have to go for a classic because camila is a fucking STAR for delivering "word of my exploits serving nick his comeuppance has seeped into the demimonde of mobsters and molls my father used to associate with" she literally should have won an emmy for that. also forever a fan of "im cuckoo bananas for you, obvi!" because it's another beautiful classic. and also every single time betty has ever said "bitch" it's always delivered so passionately. so beautifully. emmys all around

#also im genuinely fond of epic highs and lows of high school football because it's so... like it's so ARCHIE. is the thing #the absolute sincerity the painful earnestness as he says something that yes is ridiculous. is the POINT of it!!! #it getting memed to death doesnt matter its supposed to be campy and it was supposed to be like archie after everything is still EARNEST! #i will always defend you epic highs and lows of high school football #THANK U FOR LETTING ME TALK ABOUT THE MUSICAL EPS I LOVE THEM DEARLY (insufferable theater kid at heart) #thejugheadparadox #riverdale #ask