#useless numbers

[katiethedane12]

Farold: Casey gave me a get better soon card.

Wryden: That’s sweet!

Farold: I wasn’t sick, he just thought I could do better.

#farold #casey #wryden #sch #scarecrow hat #useless numbers #incorrect quotes #my oc #my story #oc

[werebutch]

ok completely different subject but seeing a 'squishmallow alternatives' post is so wild to me. i know you guys like those things but theyre so soulless its horrible to me. the fact that you cant boycott a company unless you have some other company to give all your money to is so crazy.. dont you have any other hobbies. this is like funko pops all over again its horrifying

#genuinely disgusts me i dont even know like. LMAOOO #but buying useless products made entirely of plastic disgusts me anyway like.. anime figures funko pops plushies etc.. <- saying that with #applejack collection i know. but seriously. #if you cant live without plastic heap landfill-material squishmallow frog number 17 maybe you should try to become a person #this goes for buying large amounts of stuff btw. idgaf if you buy yourself a plush every once in a while. LMAO #I mean I do think that people should shop secondhand whenever they can. or at least buy things made of natural materials.. but I know most #people don’t so I won’t go there LOL

[coldarena]

we criticise lt spiers' terrible "we're already dead get used to it" advice to blithe compared to winters fatherly words of wisdom and care, but we seriously dont badmouth hillbilly jones' "lol idk just remember ur training" enough

#'im scared' 'just remember what they taught u in school' #useless. too busy thinking about the Good Old Days on Guadalcanal :/ staring after the skipper :/// #the pacific #band of brothers #hbo war #i am number one eddie jones defender tho his four mins of screentime was not enuff

[pinkeoni]

I personally don’t like Mike being directly connected to the supernatural for many reasons but one of them is that it speaks to his tenacity as a friend. Mike believes he is a useless nerd but fails to see how far he is willing to go for those he loves despite not having powers. Knows nothing about possession but will sit by your side and offer support as you go through the terrors. Can’t offer powers to the psychic fight but will strike a flayed person with a barbell. Can’t fly but will jump off a cliff to save a friend. Mike isn’t a hero because he has superpowers; he’s a hero because of what he does and is willing to do in spite of that.

#mike wheeler #stranger things #also i know that the cliff jumping thing is also indicitave of mikes mental state but sshhh im trying to make a point #mike called himself a useless nerd except he figured out the number in the pen #and that the number was connected to a computer #AND that they needed to find suzie to hack into it #the supernatural doesnt fuck with mike but mike will fuck with the supernatural!! #byler #<- target audience #elmike

[canisalbus]

What do you think would have happened if (somehow, idk how but somehow) Machete rose to the rank of pope?

To be perfectly honest? I think most realistically he would've ruled maybe six months at best and then keeled over from stress and exhaustion.

#seriously he wouldn't want to be the pope papacy is for chumps but if he had to #he would've kicked out so many cardinals #his former colleagues riddled with corruption nepotism incompetence and moral decay #it would've upsetted so many elite families but what are they gonna do #pope's power is absolute he could totally do that #just excommunicate the whole lot #do something to get Holy See's finances in order he's been crunching numbers they aren't looking good #build sturdier foreign relations probably he's a diplomat I think he'd likely be extremely done with superfluous wars and useless bickering #maybe commission some extravagant artworks art is nice he knows to appreciate beauty when he sees it #become the senselessly rich patron to a handful of top notch artists although I think he already does that in canon timeline #I'm not sure how he'd handle the ongoing counter-reformation I guess it depends whether this was before or after the inquisition times #minimal public appearances because lord that's way too many people too many eyes being a figurehead is not his strongest suit #develop stomach ulcers get sepsis #historically it's actually not very uncommon for popes to expire relatively quickly after they're elected #they don't even have to be particularly old stuff's just tiring they get frazzled out #answered #anonymous #Machete

[trek-tracks]

Being a Type 1 diabetic Trekkie means that sometimes your two autocorrect suggestions are “insulin” and “I, Sulu”

#star trek #star trek tos #hikaru sulu #sulu #type 1 diabetes #diabetes #diabetic life #Trekkie life #are there any sentences where either would work #insulin saves bev’s life #I Sulu saves bev’s life #close enough #had my site ripped out while I was sleeping and woke up to an off the charts high blood sugar #no number just HIGH #could use Sulu to stab my stupid useless pancreas

[gavidaily]

like coach, like player

#gavi #pablo gavi #fc barcelona #xavi #fcb #la liga 23/24 #it's a small angry number 6 thing you dont get it #barcelona vs getafe #what a stressfull match dear god #??? like??? #how HOW was that a handball by Gavi????like???? #you gotta be kidding #also la liga's new scoreboard will be on the wayyyyyyyy every damn gif #useless #*23/24 #*23/24 ak

[accio-victuuri]

this is stupid and i feel like i’m losing brain cells. totally a joke and an attack most of us have anticipated. it’s the same song & dance. just as he dominated PFW — the yibo vs jennie HS pops up & now awards season is upon us, some people are getting so anxious once more cause wyb is gonna trample everyone else.

i really didn’t want to make a post about it cause of how absurd. the hs in the morning did not have his name on it, it just said #wigconcert and the comments were clarifications. but as of writing, the hs already has his name and on #1 in entertainment. It’s not WYB himself who refuted, it’s the fan club.

i’ve read a good comment that said these “rumors” spread about wyb always have no hard evidence, but catchy enough for people to click. for passerby to second guess and have doubts on his credibility. remember he also did that break dance promo for hangzhou asian games so positive talk about him was on the up & up. another thing that is being implied here is he did it so he can be with his previous female co star.

the fact that yxh are acting like the concert was something very recent when it was actually last 8/25/2023. Last night, the video was cut and purposely made out to be this rumor that is now being passed around.

I feel sorry for the girl caught in this, who looks like a staff member of the artist.

• Where is the protruding adam’s apple that is wyb’s defining feature?

• The shoulders? Hmmmmmm.

• The small hands? Lol. Yibo fans know that his hands are bigger than his face. 👋🏼

the height too. the venue has this moshpit kind of thing and they are supposed to be standing. Does this look like WYB’s height to you? he is known as someone who stands out wherever he is no matter how much he covers. there is also about how this “girl” was walking, i won’t even upload it here cause it’s obvs not yibo.

i know it comes with his position as a celebrity, a formidable & talented one at that. plus how freakin shady c-ent is as a whole. but like, give him a break.. it’s not his fault that he effortlessly puts everyone else to shame.

#wang yibo #and as usual yuehua is useless in defending their talent #EVIL WILL NEVER WIN ‼️‼️‼️ #now im excited for the awards season nominations… #i have been his active fan for a good number of years now and have seen all sort of rumor but this is the most absurd

[katiethedane12]

Erin: I've caught this stupid disease because of Brooklyn.

Wryden: For the last time, emotions are not an illness.

#erin #wryden #incorrect quotes #oc #my story #my oc #useless numbers #Brooklyn

[spacecravat]

link to google sheet for more data and larger view

Total number of bg3 fics as of February 21, 2024: 20,669

I was trying to figure out what counts as a BG3 rare pair so I compiled some stats. Included technically romanceable/fuckable characters (plus Gortash) in the screenshot. Anything highlighted in red has under 50 fics.

#useless data collection hooray #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #the minthara numbers........ i know everyone is killing her so they never get to meet her properly but STILL #she deserves more

[auseyre]

I can't choose between them.

#kpanniversary2024 #prompt 1 favorite main character #I love them your honor #tryna learn to gif -useless skill number 20 #kinnporsche #kinnporsche the series #porsche pachara #vegas theerapanyakul #kp anniversary 2024 #kp rewatch

[worstloki]

saw someone on twitter say "one of the main characters in a loki show should have been thor odinson, not some random Sylvie or Mobius.

...... It's like a written law"

wdyt do you agree

I don't think it was necessary to make Thor a main character in a Loki show, the same way it WOULD be possible to throw together a Thor movie without having Loki be a main focus.

The issue comes in the quality of the narrative itself, and writing that if evidently without intention to care for (whichever) main character's importance will not work out. Neither the Loki series nor Thor 4 cared about the arc, motivations, history, or continuity of the titular characters beyond trying to make the media marketable.

Overall messaging can add a layer to the impact a story will have. Musical score can be a bonus way to control tone or tie a story together. Supporting cast can be vital to tell a good story. Prioritising their presence over anyone's (especially Loki's) characterisation is what the Loki series suffered from, not that other, original-adjacent characters were there.

#i'd say it was tell not show but frankly the plotline was so poorly done i don't think showing would have helped #it would have solidified the side characters better though #if they had put effort into characterising Loki right then poorly done side characters could've been a non-issue #messing up the main characters which are supposed to be part of a continuity is the number 1 issue #not managing the screen-time well was the number 2 issue #too much time wasted setting up characters that were going to monologue about their importance anyway?? #too much time spent trying to establish the TVA as something important and controlling but somehow good #so much could have been cut out of the show and still gotten all that across #the relationships people built did so in like 2 days in-universe iirc so i wouldn't call them solid #season 1 was a useless introductory setup for the multiverse that didn't have any impact because there were like 4 other setups #scrap the characterisation and call it a reboot and it still threw Loki out as a weak and completely conventional protagonist #that's not engaging when every other character is also boring overall #even if their concepts weren't boring the way it was done was #The Loki Show #i can't be bothered thinking about the show because there's just so much #where would one start #i don't care enough about it to hate the show but i did find the fight choreography lacking too #the camera angles and general videography wasn't good #i have the same complaints about the choreography with every other disney+ show they put out #not even bothered with the MCU frankly #i'm happy to pretend the movies stopped after phase 2

[fisheito]

head swivels around at owl vertebraesnap speed

save a horse ride a wolfboy???!?!!??!!????!!?!????????

#WHAT IN tARNATION? garu just poppin into every other event??? #ANOTHER SURPRISE PUPPY! i was :0 when he popped up in winter event and i'm :0 again #i wonder if this time theyll give him..REVERSE shorts #like the skin where his shorts would be are all bare. but he's wearings pants for the first time in his life #whatsit. that's a yeehaw fashion right? i'm not a cowboy kid i don't know these things #omg they gonna really fake us out with the next character reveal then. i have no IDEA . my predictions are useless #every day i wonder why they're still on their topbottom nonsense. is it bc there's an uneven number of tops v bottoms? #so now the bottoms gotta pull double shift work just so they can maintain their weird event structure #brb spreading union propaganda to the bottoms #UNLESS NUCA SURPRISES ME YET AGAIN AND THIS IS A DOUBLE BOTTOM EVENT #i would love that. u kno i would. i doubt it'll happen. but i can dream

[worthless-misery]

"I'm so tired of looking into mirrors just to see the reflection cry".

The Number Twelve Looks Like You, "If These Bullets Could Talk"

#the number twelve looks like you #lyrics #worthless #empty #tired #useless #ugly #i want to die #i hate myself #i'm sorry #pain #alone #anxiety #self harm #sad #depression #heartbreak #hurt #hopelass #kill me #lost #lonely #broken #numb #not good enough

[im-a-goat-in-disguise]

What really annoys me about the infinite monkey typewriter thing is that you wouldn't need an infinite amount of time for them to write Shakespeare. Since there's an infinite amount of monkeys, every possible key combination will be pressed in the exact same timeframe, so it'd take exactly as long as if you were writing it out without pausing. The average professional typist uses a typewriter at around 65-75 WPM, and there are 17,121 words in Macbeth, written by Shakespeare. With an infinite amount of monkeys, an infinite amount (but finite proportion) of the monkeys will write at that speed, meaning that it'll only take a total of 263 minutes, or roughly four and a half hours to get an infinite amount of the works of Shakespeare from the monkeys. You don't need infinite time, just an afternoon and infinite monkeys.

#using two dimensions of infinity is useless!!! #if you have one then the others are useless anyway!!! #if you have infinity lots of 10 dice and roll them all you only need to roll once to roll an infinite number of 60's

[bethanydelleman]

Jane Austen Charted #15

How Wealthy are the Jane Austen Heroines?

(This turned into a long post)

Women in Jane Austen’s novels have two kinds of wealth, fortunes which seem to be guaranteed to already accompany them into marriage, like Emma’s 30k or Elinor & Marianne Dashwoods’ 1k which they have already received from their uncle, and then eventual inheritance, like Elizabeth’s 1k that she will receive after the death of both of her parents. Here are the sums:

And the explanation of each amount:

Anne Elliot’s amount is disputed because of how the text is worded, she is either getting 10,000 or 1/3 of that amount. Here is the quote: who could give his daughter at present but a small part of the share of ten thousand pounds which must be hers hereafter. (Ch 24) It will be paid upon her father’s death.

As to the amount, I usually think it’s 1/3 of 10k. Knowing Sir Walter’s character, and that his wife was not a trade heiress but the daughter of a country gentleman, I think Lady Elliot’s dowry being ten thousand, and Sir Walter never adding to it seems pretty likely. He probably assumed that his children would marry well based on beauty and rank alone.

As for Emma, we don’t know what is going to happen to Hartfield. The fact that John Knightley has a job and isn’t just living off Isabella’s fortune until they inherit makes me think it might be going to Emma (as opposed to how Mary and Charles Musgrove are living), but that is speculation and may also be based in a difference in personality. It is equally possible that the plan was for Spinster Emma to live there with John and Isabella. Also, Emma is counting on her sister’s eldest son to inherit Donwell, not Hartfield, which is another clue that it’s going to Emma, not Isabella.

It seems to me that the best marriage prospects would be those who have a fortune now, not when their parents die. Certainly with men, those who are the most eligible have already come into their fortunes. 

Also, the Dashwoods and Anne Elliot are in a far safer financial position if their remaining parent dies, as they have a decent, though not large income on their own. The three Dashwood sisters could continue to live at Barton cottage and maintain themselves if they worked together.

So how do the heroines compare to other ladies:

The richest two women are Anne de Bourgh, who will inherit Rosings, and Sophia Grey, the future Mrs. Willoughby. Given that Mrs. Jennings, who is from trade, knows Sophia’s relations, we can assume that Sophia is a trade heiress. Depending on what Emma Woodhouse receives when her father dies, she may be as wealthy as both of them.

From the novels, the breakdown of fortune attractiveness:

Nothing - Nothing is bad. However, I have a strong suspicion that this can mean actually nothing or something like Jane Fairfax with a few hundred pounds. Lucy Steele and Isabella Thorpe probably have actually nothing, but I doubt Mary Crawford when she says her friend who married a peer actually had zero pounds to her name. Miss Ross probably had nothing in comparison to Mary.

£1000 - Pretty much as bad as nothing. This isn’t enough for someone to maintain themselves in gentility. The Bennet sisters could pool their money and maybe be okay with their combined £250.

£3000 - Interesting that so many heroines have this amount. It seems like it’s a decent, but not great dowry. Respectable.

£10,000 - This number comes up A LOT in Jane Austen’s novels. We are told in Mansfield Park: Miss Maria Ward, of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park... her uncle, the lawyer, himself, allowed her to be at least three thousand pounds short of any equitable claim to it. From this statement and context from the other novels, 10k seems like the basic “good” fortune. Minimum entry to expect an eldest son match.

£20,000 - This is a big fortune, go after a Mr. Darcy or a Tom Bertram the future baronet kind of money. I don’t get the impression that either Caroline Bingley or Mary Crawford are supposed to be seen as delusional for thinking they can marry where they aim for. It’s more about the guy not liking them than unrealistic expectations. 

£30,000 + Filthy rich

Also, I really wish we knew more fortune numbers! What did Lady Middleton and Mrs. Palmer have? What was an acceptable dowry for a Miss Bertram? (my guess is at least 10k) What did Charlotte Lucas have? (I suspect not much better than Elizabeth, if not worse) 

#I might have forgotten someone but those are all the exact numbers I can remember #and the tags #oh the tags #elizabeth bennet #jane bennet #jane austen #catherine morland #fanny price #elinor dashwood #marianne dashwood #emma woodhouse #anne elliot #mansfield park #sense and sensibility #pride and prejudice #northanger abbey #emma #persuasion #I bet the persuasion tag is useless #me counting the books to make sure I didn't forget one #jane austen charted #so many charts! #literature mixed with numbers #sophia grey #anne de bourgh