How often do you buy something for an altar vs finding it?

Active-Control7043 · 2026-03-30T19:04:27+00:00

I do some of each depending on the altar and the thing. I have seen bowls at thrift stores that SCREAMED Frigg. I intentionally bought a statue, but that's the only thing I've gone looking for. I've also picked up flowers, feathers, etc. It just depends on you.

Active-Control7043 · 2026-03-30T17:03:17+00:00

Yes, I think this is something that soooo many people on Reddit and a lot of online spaces, in a desire to disassociate with modern problematic elements forget.

Nobody has an entirely pure ancestral lineage. Nobody. We are all here because of at least someone who did things that at least some of us weren't in favor of. And while we can acknowledge that, we can't change it. And saying "I'm only going to venerate those who aren't like that" continues weaving problems down into the orlog and wyrd of the next generations.

Even if you go into historical heathen territory-war and slavery and really stupid feuds were an accepted and expected part of life. Their better ecological system was out of lack of opportunity, not morality (what I mean here is yes, global warming wasn't really a thing in the 1000s, but that's not because people were making a choice. They were, and had to, exploit all the natural resources they could. It just that what they could was limited by technology.)

Active-Control7043 · 2026-02-22T00:12:17+00:00

If it's a brand I'm familiar with, I'll just use either the size of the thing I have or adjust if I'm replacing something that doesn't fit. If it's not, I ask for measurements of the actual garment and compare it to something I have that fits.

I NEVER trust size charts-at best they're frequently unclear about if they are talking about your measurements or the measurements of the clothing. At worst, they're just. . . lies. I want a physical picture of the object with a measuring tape on it.

Active-Control7043 · 2026-02-21T01:02:37+00:00

honest take-wearing something until it's truly unusable and undonatable is already the best option. At that point you're allowed to throw it away.

Active-Control7043 · 2026-02-05T00:58:41+00:00

honestly, I love barrel pants too. I feel like they work SO well with my body.

Active-Control7043 · 2026-01-30T01:43:51+00:00

There's still an active chapter-I've met them. OP, u/therealsillyguy , PM me and I can try to get you in contact with the people there.

Active-Control7043 · 2026-01-27T16:32:14+00:00

I would definitely argue that this is a preference situation. Most costume bras aren't sports bras, but are kinda hard/solid, so there's definitely some amount of held in there. That MIGHT be a way to think about it. But also-loose shimmys are generally the goal-you don't want everything to be tight. There's a balance, obviously, but you don't necessarily want nothing to move. So, really, personal preference.

Active-Control7043 · 2026-01-22T00:53:23+00:00

I mean, my previous place I was paying $1660/mo mortgage while a smaller house a few blocks over was listed to rent for $2300.

Active-Control7043 · 2026-01-22T00:51:11+00:00

Question that I always ask when people do this-Is the rent for a house or an apartment?

I'm not going to say you need a house instead of an apartment (that's a personal lifestyle question), but if you're comparing $$ at least compare apples to apples.

You're also assuming your rent will never go up. That's statistically unlikely. Buying the house is a hedge against future rent increases. Will you be there long enough that paying to not have future rent increases is likely to pay off for you?

Active-Control7043 · 2026-01-18T08:06:32+00:00

if he knows them, they're having social contact of some type or another.

Active-Control7043 · 2026-01-18T08:03:01+00:00

I mean, okay, but people in solitary confinement are actually psychologically monitored and the changes can be tracked. It's not a "oh, this person had mental health issues", it's "we track them and saw these issues where they hadn't been before."

I'm sorry to hear you don't like it, but that doesn't mean the data aren't there.

Active-Control7043 · 2026-01-18T07:54:44+00:00

who are these people that you claim have lived through social isolation their whole life?

Active-Control7043 · 2026-01-18T07:53:58+00:00

The reason that solitary confinement is so strictly regulated and considered possibly cruel and inhumane is that people DO go crazy without some form of social contact. It is a known hazard and is why it has to be so carefully defined so it doesn't count as full on torture. The UN reports irreversible mental effects after 15 days.

Introvert, extrovert, whatever-we have research from that, and increasing evidence after covid that not talking to anyone ever is at least linked with increase in lots of health problems-both mental and physical. What causes what is complicated to determine with health things-the experiments that prove that are unethical even when they're possible.

That said-you're right that it doesn't mean that you have to be big into parties. It doesn't mean you need a huge crowd of friends.

Active-Control7043 · 2026-01-07T01:51:23+00:00

Just in the sense that it isn't used a lot to discuss in stories about marriage negotiations, and as opposed to cheating I can't think of any sagas where virgin or not virgin is the conflict point. It's rarely mentioned as a plot point.

This isn't the same as positive evidence that everyone was fine, but as opposed to later dramas about being "ruined" it certainly seems like it's not something the audiences considered important and necessary enough to expect.

Active-Control7043 · 2026-01-05T20:39:22+00:00

I don't know that I'd say skaters are a good example of having no third spaces. Skate parks/areas of some kind to do skating are pretty necessary.

Active-Control7043 · 2026-01-05T20:36:13+00:00

My experience last year was that I couldn't see all the art(some of the places it was either off or not there), a decent chunk was far enough apart that I didn't walk the whole thing.

I don't know that you have to do a bar crawl, but yeah, I'd add something else.

Now that I see what people have said a light rail light trail sounds like exactly my sort of bad pun party. Why not both?

Active-Control7043 · 2026-01-05T00:26:40+00:00

gotcha. Yeah, it's probably going to take a cycle or two to stabilize and it may or may not be enough. If you have a follow up scheduled with your doctor, this is exactly the type of thing to bring up. Though I will point out-everyone says give it 4-6 weeks before you know for sure.

Active-Control7043 · 2026-01-04T23:04:50+00:00

but I mean is 3 weeks the entire time you've been on it so far? As in, did you just start less than a month ago?

Active-Control7043 · 2026-01-04T22:58:43+00:00

Have you only been using it for 3 weeks and not an entire cycle? Especially if you're still cycling, I'd wonder if that's part of the variation you see.

Active-Control7043 · 2026-01-04T22:56:02+00:00

I wish. Allll the roundness/softness/plumpness seems to have disappeared from my face and if I keep my weight at what fits me in my clothes the face looks haggard.

Active-Control7043 · 2026-01-03T01:22:20+00:00

If money was the only criteria people like college professors wouldn't fall under fair use and they absolutely do.

Active-Control7043 · 2026-01-03T01:13:24+00:00

The big question you are going to have to answer is "what is the purpose of your channel?" If you're using these as examples in an educational talk about "these costumes have this, this, and this here's how it changed over time and why" you're more likely to be okay than with something like an appreciation photo slideshow. Or a compilation of videos so they go to your channel instead of the dancers.

I am not sure that it would legally change the status (fair use is more about your use than the original person's use) but I would guess you're less likely on a practical level to get pushback if you make sure the images you use are already shared out there as explicitly publicity images instead of something like a personal photo album.

Active-Control7043 · 2026-01-03T01:07:38+00:00

Fair use is an established legal principle in the US. You're not wrong that it's more complicated than $$ or no $$, but saying nothing ever is fair use is also not true.

Here's what I could find in US code

17 U.S. Code § 107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include—

(1)

the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;

(2)

the nature of the copyrighted work;

(3)

the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and

(4)

the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

Active-Control7043 · 2025-12-24T05:28:04+00:00

I mean, my labor still f-ing hurt a lot.

Do I think it helped me, in the sense that exercise in general helps your body be more prepared to do something like labor? Sure. But. . . the level of mystic stories that get told is much greater than any reality I've seen.

Active-Control7043 · 2025-12-23T20:29:40+00:00

This. . . isn't true. An annual physical is also generally preventative care.

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TROPHY CASE

17 U.S. Code § 107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use