#you can substitute stuff if you like

[cassierain]

Cassie's Comforting Mac'n'cheese

Ingredients:

1 can of Spam original

1/3 brick of Velveeta

1 box pasta shells

Splash milk (any)

Cube and fry spam, set aside. Cook pasta according to box or to taste, mix in 1/3 brick Velveeta while still hot. Stir vigorously. Add milk until desired thickness. Mix in fried spam. Consume.

For added nostalgia, pair with a glass of tang.

#old comic I forgot to post #don't look too close at sturges I don't know what happened there #sanctuary 5 #fallout #fallout 4 #preston garvey #mama murphey #sturges #fo4 #fanart #cooking comic #cooking #recipie #codsworth #my art #you can substitute stuff if you like #if you take a bite and feel instantly full you've done it right #you will have leftovers #that is a threat

[danothan]

everyday i log onto the internet i am forced to fisticuffs combat the halbarry default yaoi allegations. THEY’RE NOT A BASIC BRUNETTE/BLONDE JOCK/NERD DYNAMIC THEY’RE MORE THAN THAT (coping)

#i can’t talk to certain dc fans some of them are too immersed in fan conversation that they lose their fresh perspective #yk krillers doesn’t know anything abt superheroes and actually told me that they thought halbarry were the opposite #bc hal’s got that plane autism and barry is basically a track star #and i think that is far more enlightened than some of the stuff i see in my peripherals #but they can’t be reduced to fanfic tropes like that either way… they are special… TO ME #it’s just wild to me that i’ll see 2013-style yaoi fanart in 2023 #they’re not twinks!!! they’re not twinks and they’re not seme/uke substitutes!!! #i think a good rule of thumb is that most of their dynamic goes both ways #<- not referring to seme/uke but that too ig (does not know which word means what) #but you’ll especially notice this in older vs newer iterations of their relationship #does ‘i won’t let you get lost to the speedforce. don’t let me get lost in the stars’ mean NOTHING to you ?! #they’ve done it all! #older hal used to be the one to reach out and bridge their early friendship while barry was the stick in the mud #and newer hal struggles to adapt to barry’s way of friendship while barry is the one to usually initiate their bonding #also i love hal annoying barry bc that is honest to god his love language #but i never see the reverse in fanworks? #ig bc barry’s way of being annoying is more understated but it’s still pretty egregious #hal is annoying bc he likes attention barry is annoying bc he likes to see hal’s reaction #thank god they have each other so they can (relatively) contain their annoyingness to themselves 💚 #except the pda is rly just shameless. why are they always all over each other in front of the justice league. #i’m not even rly complaining anymore i’m honestly just waxing poetic abt their relationship #they have a sedating quality abt them (when they’re not riling me up in a fit of passion) #halbarry #the flash #green lantern #barry allen #hal jordan #dc #danbles

[inklingofadream]

Just randomly remembered an incident in 5th grade where a sub mentioned she'd spent her summer in, like, the Caribbean. Somewhere that was extremely exotic to 10-year-olds. And I was like "oooh, jealous!" because... that's not the Best way to interact with a stranger but it one I'd seen modeled. Like that's a common response to someone talking about a cool vacation. Also, again, 10,

And she SNAPPED at me that no! she worked hard! to earn that vacation!!!11!!!

I would love to hear her side of that. Like... was there some serious personal life stuff that made her overreact? Did she really hate substitute teaching and was already in a bad mood? What was her logic behind yelling at ten-year-old me

Because I stand by my logic from then, once I'd calmed down enough to think about it- it doesn't matter if she worked hard for her vacation. I was ten. I could be the hardest-working ten-year-old on Earth, and it is still quite unlikely that a vacation would manifest itself. A vacation you bled to earn and a vacation handed to you on a silver platter are both equally unobtainable to a child who cannot buy plane tickets.

Like I get being annoyed if a peer said what I said, I acknowledge that that's a response you save for friends, not strangers... But I've done stuff teaching summer art classes for a few days, and while that's obviously a big leap from regular school subbing* not once was I tempted to raise my voice in anger. What is the end goal of yelling at a child, exactly? What was going on in her life that led her to that?

*(in some ways harder, since I was the one lesson planning and there were Many things that could go wrong and result in stains/injuries if my gang of 4-15 year old kids was supervised too lightly, but easier because literally every kid I've ever met would rather play with rhinestones than learn math and even the kids who were obnoxious I had to deal with for One week)

#rambling #i just. really wish i could get a play by play of the other side of stuff like this #it's very unlikely that this woman on her best day was still pro-yelling-at-children-like-that #like... did i perceive her as being angrier than she felt her reaction was? was it anger she felt bad about once she'd gotten home? #yes some of this type of thing it's a desire to pull gotchas bc stuff i got in trouble for was def related to the brain ghosts #but usually it's stuff where i didn't have an explanation then and don't now #but would still love to know. like i don't even have a bad faith one here #she did not give the impression she didnt want to be there the way other substitute teachers do. like you can Tell #i mean the real conclusion is that subs are extremely fraught for like. obvious reasons #unless they arent in which case i can only assume this school district and especially that elementary school are cursed #ink post

[outeremissary]

Having one of those weeks of "is this the monthly Malaise or am I about to have a real mental health rut"

#I think I feel a bit bad for not having seen success for a bit on a large project or one for other people #my to-do list... I'm trying #think I just feel socially weird too. as usual I would benefit from touching grass #I know I've been on more than is good for me lately and I'm just trying to distract from not liking how creative projects are going #or feeling lonely but not very socially confident for a while #for me social media is generally an extremely poor substitute for other forms of interaction (including other online interaction) too #it's like candy. it's fun in moderation but the more of it making up your diet the sicker you feel #and socially ambiguous in a nerve wracking way with how uncertainly part private/part public it is #especially on tumblr where so much interaction is indirect and one way. it's not how I function best I fear #it can be fun! I enjoy it much of the time. but it can also be very stressful and confusing. #a solid 'touch grass' (or touch snow) time is likely approaching if I feel weird a little longer haha #but jeez! I should knock some stuff off the list first. #I'm up too late tonight. I know that. lack of satisfaction on projects I know #okayyyyy I'll maybe prep one last thing (sunk cost fallacy) and go to sleep properly like I should've ages ago. morning will be rough. #I do miss the ways people interacted on Twitter #rambling #you should know half the time I have some way too long tags it's because I meant to say one thing and then just kept going without thinking #I think I talk too much online because offline I don't talk very much. not many people to talk to.

[aeide-thea]

also like. gay queer trans boudoir photography when

#probably someone’s doing it somewhere honestly #but like. every once in a while when i’m getting undressed i catch a glimpse of something masc in me i actually buy and i’m like #*that*. i want a photo of that. #probably the actual answer is become the photog i wanna see in the world tbh #might have to like. get a better camera lol #you can do remarkable stuff with some phones but. the one i have is not one of them‚ lol #i just have this very clear vision of like. gawky-ugly-honest-compelling me. wanna manifest it #(anyway i’ve forcibly wrenched my sleep cycle around by a brutal number of hours and i’m running on vapor so don’t mind me) #(early bedtime for little Ks) #also like #that may sound like a redundant series of adjectives but i mean like. gay mlem aesthetic but with room for 🌫✨🌈 me #(emojis 2 be parsed as gender-erotic-gender substitution sequence) #(wow is that intelligible at all. i’m tired. tvstatic adoresadmireswantstofuck lotsofgendersinagayway. did that help. zzzzz)

[strikethematchworks]

So I’m subbing for high school today, right? I usually work on things for my Etsy because I’m so dang behind on listings and their updates and creating new ones for my recent additions for products. I have NO motivation to do so.

MAYBEEEE I’ll write some instead, see if I can work on that new part of that dadzawa fic I’ve been writing. Or move something from my phone notes over to my google drive and see if I can get something ready to post.

#substitute teacher #sub for high school #HOW AM I OLD ENOUGH TO BE IN CHARGE OF THESE KIDS I’VE ONLY BEEN OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL LIKE 4 YEARS #am I old #I do look like I should be in charge of a kindergarten class tho #(which I would NEVER) #KINDERGARTENERS ARE THE SPAWNS OF SATAN I STG #yes I may be traumatized from one hour with that class #I literally have colorful flower overalls #like botanical #and I drew little pink hearts by my eyes #showing these kids you can wear the weird stuff as an adult and not give a shit

[gribblehusband]

Hiiii it's the person on AO3 who sent you this long message on how much I love your fic and the characterization.

The moment I saw your message and that it's okay to ask about your sister fic I had to immediately go to your blog and ask!

Ramble as much as you want I don't mind, I love reading about people's passion projects and things that make them happy/give them some sort of enjoyment :))!

OMG HI! you have no idea how excited i am to talk about this most of my ideas come from music, i have a massive dotf playlist and will inevitably have a playlist for this fic too. but i was listening to my liked playlist on shuffle and was hit with VISIONS. the plot goes:

you were born a genius. thats what everyone has said and thats what you believe. you graduated high school early and college came and went not long after. science was your passion, though you never forgot your roots. those rainy days with your grandmother as she encouraged you and your inquisitive mind with baked goods and as much love as she could muster. so when your grandmother asked you to join her on a top secret project, you agreed easily. while the subject may not be of interest to you - and quite honestly, you believe her goal to be impossible, if what she wanted to be done worked, it would prove the existence of the soul, a concept you are dubious even exists - you miss her dearly. this is an opportunity to reconnect with her. that is, until the machine works and you are faced with consequences you never thought possible.

the man is kept in the lower levels. he doesnt fight, he doesnt even attempt to escape. the only thing he says to you was that he should be dead, and you can’t help but feel as though you have done him a great disservice by bringing him here. whether the man is broken by you or what happened before you brought him here, you’re not sure. there’s not much you can do for him now. even still, everyday you go down to where he is kept and practice your violin outside his cell. after all, your grandmother always says that music is a balm for the soul.

basically tfw hamet is your grandma and you body snatch a cybertronian, accidentally proving the existence of souls and body swapping in the process, which you dont even want to think about right now, and feel really bad about it. its kind of a prequel but then goes along into the timeline of dotf. its gonna be called balm for the soul! the love interests will be tarn, helex, and tesarus.

#dotf #tarn miserable and stuck in a cell: what isbthat melody #i do have some stuff i need to work out here like helex and tesarus’ characterizations though i have some vague ideas and scenes #also how tarns transformation addiction would translate if he was a human like can you go through withdrawals from that??? #i assume he would pick up another vice to substitute it #also debating on his human design a little bit especially regarding his face. i have ideas tho

[la-galaxie-langblr]

Above is a recording of my first few sections of orals, it's linked to my podcast Google account so thankfully I won't be doxxing myself skdhsksjls, anyway yeah if you click on it you can listen :) I'm not great at pronunciation though so apologies in advance. If you're new here I have a fairly severe speech impediment, and I will take advice and corrections on pronunciation and grammar but not on how to stammer less.

Transcript under the cut:

Ellis: Bonjour Tumblr, et aujourd'hui je vais dire mes réponses à mes questions orales au sujet de l'école et l'université. Donc, la première partie est les questions sur les plans futurs.

1) Je n'ai aucune idée à propos de mon métier futur, par contre il vaut mieux que le travail me fasse plaisir et que je pourrais gagner ma vie. J'espère que je saurai le boulot que je voudrais faire quand j'aurai fini mon diplôme universitaire.

Et alors, le deuxième section est l'études futurs.

2) Mes parents veulent que je fasse un diplôme en gestion, alors que moi, j'aimerais étudier le français et la linguistique au niveau universitaire l'année prochaine.

Mistakes I made and I'm aware I made: should be la deuxième section and les études futurs.

#french #speaking practice #galaxiegoals #ok to rb #mini tag rant: frick you every substitute teacher i've ever had for french making me feel ashamed of my stammer by either #not letting me talk or discouraging me from talking or making me talk longer than everyone else because i hadn't said 'enough' or making #unsolicited comments on how i need to breathe more frick you for docking my confidence and making this the scariest thing i've ever posted #i was less afraid about promoting my podcast where i talk for 30+ minutes at a time than posting this 5 min clip of me speaking french #shout out to every teacher i've had who's been normal about my stammer (99%) and an anti shout out to the english sub who asked me what #traumatic event had happened to me to stammer like that and offered to give me speech therapy after school because #'my friend is a speech therapist so i know loads of stuff; you can also talk to me about What Happened' #anyway #yeah why were my french subs so weird about it like obviously there's native french speakers who stammer too so is their french less 'good' #because of their speech impediment? of course not that's just how they talk!! #my french kinda sucks because of my pronunciation and grammar not my stutter #thank you for coming to my tedtalk #langblr

[taupewolfy]

im sure this opinion of mine will change over the years but having like 'draw everyday even if it's little' drilled into me in a period of my life that wasn't so great def had me come out of that despising myself and my art a bit more. I don't like not drawing but when it's at the point of years long blocks where i can't do it i've had to find ways to kinda counter that...and i've found that training my eye to be the best way of doing that?

I just spend a long time observing things, like really soaking them in - how does the colour on that leaf shift, how does it's shape affect the ones near it? how would i draw that to represent a cluster? how does the light shift through, around it? and so on and so forth. If i can draw it in my mind with clarity then i can draw it on paper when i can finally face it again

#idk training the 'eye' (in the sense of visual understanding of the object) helps a great deal. it's enough of a substitute for me now #still. would like to employ what im learning #otherwise like i think this is something you can do without needing to visualise it. HOWEVER #ref is still king. you'll still have gaps in places when you recall something #that's also why i spend a long time just observing #look. i'll stare at a anatory of the arm diagram day in and out to understand those muscles and bones etc #and i'll stand in front of a mirror moving my arms around to see how they are working together #put the understanding of the two together and i *should* be able to draw it #it's just foundation stuff for when i want to set the framework up

[thedreadvampy]

mad about work but nobody to vent to 🥲

#red said #i said a week ago 'hey we have staff at multiple locations should we run this celebratory lunch as a hybrid event'? #no that would be too hard #we'll do it in person only and record the presentations #so uhhhhh that event is on Thursday and as of today oops no don't bother with catering we'll do it online to make sure everyone's involved #which means no we aren't offering our staff a free lunch to celebrate their work. #instead we're asking them to spend their lunch break at a teams meeting. which is obviously the same fucking thing. #so a) once again i am forced to ask Okay Well Why Have I Spent A Week Preparing Stuff We Aren't Using #and b) in a period where there's mass dissatisfaction and 16 people just got laid off without warning #leadership are making the decision to substitute 'we will buy you lunch and give you the chance to hang out and celebrate' #with 'stop what you're doing so the CEO can talk at you for an hour'? #i mean it's like they WANT to help my organising efforts. which is appreciated i guess. open union meeting this month 😘 #OH also it's bc 'attendance wasn't high enough' when 40 people have RSVPed yes in the last week which is 1 in 5 of the org #i don't know what numbers she was fucking expecting given that we have a bunch of staff who don't work Thursday #or who work out of office

[muirneach]

i guess what i really hate about the duolingo update is that if i want to study a particular topic, like future tense or whatever, i can’t do that. the new units are literally just the entire course in one single thing and it’s a different selection every time. which is good because you get a more complete experience with the language (instead of having One unit on One grammatical structure and then moving right along) but like i said. sometimes i like to go back and review a specific topic i can’t do that

#i can click anywhere on this stupid path thing and it will be an amalgamation of like bare basics and highly advanced #i can click on the same thing multiple times and it will be entirely different every time #so i cant even get a linear idea of how its laid out. it seems like it’s literally just whatever #which again good because obviously when youre speaking a language with people its all gonna be different stuff #but still. couldnt they have made like both. i still need to go back and review a lot of courses and now i cant #its like it’s trying to be an effective substitute for a conversation but they cant #youre not RESPONDING to anything youre just translating words/sentences so its better as a learning resource not an interactive one yknow #which is why it makes more sense to have the old defined units #<- also I Know they have premade conversation thingies etc but!! those are not available in many or even most programs #like when i did french on here all the features were lovely #every prompt had audio and there was stories and podcasts and conversations and more #but girl. i main irish. there is rarely even a prompt with audio we do NOT have the conversation feature #duolingo #not to talk about this Again but i didnt actually say what i wanted to in my other post i just said i disliked it but not why i do #also seeing as i have a 700+ day streak. you can understand why this is kind of a large part of my life at this point. #im invested in all the details of this site

[willowcrowned]

my blender is hands down my favourite thing in my kitchen. your priorities are so right

THANK you I am so tired of everyone sleeping on blenders

#a lot of stuff in the kitchen you can get around needing a specific appliance for #juicing citrus? not ideal but workable with just your hands #blending spices? eh if you cut them up small enough it works #you can even substitute a saucepan with a tight lid for a dutch oven with a lot of recipes #but like. if you don't have a blender you don't have a blender #and if you DO have a blender but it's tiny and shitty and cheap #well then. an immersion blender is a dream come true for someone who likes soups that require a little tender love and spinning blades #asks #anon

[rebellum]

Magic is like baking. Where it seems like a lot of people are like "there's 1 way to do this or you fail" and I'm over here measuring by handfuls and whims like "what the fuck are you guys talking about"

#TO BE FAIR #its only wiccans that act like theres 1 way to do magic #and most are chill #it gets a lil weird tho. 'what about the law of 3/return?' babe im not wiccan #SRSLY THO WITH BAKING. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT. #as long as you know what Stuff Does you can do whatever!! #leave eggs out! put more in! substitute that liquid for another liquid! add chocolate or various extraxts!

[frankensteindotpdf]

the way people keep reacting to that tweet about the person who got overwhelmed trying to figure out how to boil an egg bugs me so much

like. if you know how to do something it seems ridiculous sure but you also hold all kinds of knowledge you wouldnt even think to share! its second nature to you, of course you know how high to fill the pot of course you know whether to set it to high or low and how much salt “a pinch” is and whether you should fill the pot with cold water or hot water and and and

if youve never been taught and youre sent off to live on your own there are so many questions you can have that would have been solved by being able to watch someone but if youve never had that opportunity they stack up!! and if you compound that with other shit like executive function issues or low funds? if you dont have the energy or money to waste failing its a lot easier and less frustrating to just Not Try

is that the Right option? i mean no, you cant learn that way but jesus have a little sympathy tutorials Do Not tell you everything and if youre on your ninth google search trying to follow a tutorial on one “basic” task sometimes sticking to what you Do know is just the best youve got

#i speak #when i was learning to crochet all of my stuff kept turning out Wrong and i couldnt figure out why #until i asked my mom to show me how she did it #and i was inserting the hook in the wrong spot #but none of the tutorials thought to explain where to insert the hook #because it was second nature!!! #but it isnt if youve never seen someone do it #anyway. i think instead of calling people lazy or saying theyre weaponizing learned helplessness or whatever #we should be figuring out better alternatives #we need some good Basic Skills resources #also if youre having issues with this kind of thing youtube can be helpful #again!! i was WATCHING youtube videos and still didnt figure it out when trying to crochet #so its not going to be a perfect substitute for learning from observing someone #but if people act like THIS when someone expresses distress trying to learn something they dont know #then how the fuck are they supposed to feel comfortable asking air quotes dumb or obvious questions #ive had multiple people ask me fucking mind blowing questions when learning something #and i get that your impulse is to be like what the fuck why would you need to ask that #but you HAVE to fight that impulse if you want someone to actually learn #anyway everyone learn a little compassion thanks

[fvckw4d]

I know it's great when the US gov caps medicine costs to less than $100 but I still can't believe we live in a world where the gov pays the research costs for pharma companies to develope medicine, largely with my tax money, and then the pharma company turns around and goes "well, since I spent all money on this research, that'll be $1000" and the gov is like "yeah that sounds fine" and hands them a $1000 check of also my money. And then the gov turns to me and goes "yeah sorry, we can't afford the brand name stuff. Discount bin version ok with you?"

#☠️ #And they'll be like 'legally it's the same' anyone who has to exclusively take generic stuff knows it's not the same. #It's not always less effective (it CAN be though because they have different amounts or types of ingredients #otherwise the patent would be unenforcable #and I'm sick of people bending the truth about that.) #but anyone who has had to take generic can tell you the experience is absolutely different. The pills often taste worse #and have unpleasant textures because they usually aren't coated. The doctors will go out of their way #to correct you and specify the generic brand is the one you take even if they're wrong. #And in many states pharmacies can substitute the generic for the brand name to save themselves money #even if the generic doesn't work for you or has an active ingredient that could fucking kill you. #It's insane.

[nomaishuttle]

making my sillay little apartment checklist

#i need 2 make a littlelike. Actual needs section #specifically for the kitchen stuff bc . truth be told i wont need a stock pot or a loaf pan or a muffin tin or a kitchen thermometer right #away.. but i want them eventually. #i think itll be like... 5 tiers ? one is like. there is no way to substitute anything else for this u need this. and thatll be like. a #frying pan. a saucepan. yk.. just you need those like 2 cook #two is likee. plates and bowls and silverware bc i can get paper and plastic at first yk. but still rather important that i get them #3 is more specialized thangs like. stockpot... etc. #4 is like 3s twins but more expensive so like slow cooker blender etc. Very necessary for the things theyre necessary for but yk #5 is This would just be quite convenient. like a stand mixer or the electric whisk things.. maybe even one day an electric can opener #imagine the luxury i could live in if i had an electric can opener... we had one when i was little but that thing fucking hatd me so bad #it bit me one time. but ya so 5 is like in no world do i NEED this. but it would be rly awesome 2 have.... #now the issue is those r all quite kitchen focused criteria for each thing so i have 2 figure out how to translate for #other rooms like my dining/living/bedroom (im probably getting a studio apt lol) #bc there r definitely things likee. i need a couch b4 i get a coffee table yfm. i should have a bed before i buy a table lamp...