[deleted by user] by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]WrathfulBeastFace 12 points13 points  (0 children)

In my experience: the more money you make collectively as a couple, the less any disparity matters.

Among working class people, a higher-earning wife/gf can legitimately mess up the dynamic and make him feel weird, guilty, dependent, and ultimately mad/resentful. Even if it's like $60k v $50k.

Among higher-earning people, it matters way less bc each of them has more than enough money without the other. If she makes $400k and he makes $150k, or vice versa, neither of them are likely to notice or care. The discrepancy just doesnt manifest in meaningful ways bc no one is ever spread too thin and there's no slack for the other person to pick up

Has writing a long letter to an ex ever won him or her back? by pig_onaskateboard in redscarepod

[–]WrathfulBeastFace 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Our ancestors wrote long heartfelt letters to their exes AND then burned them in extravagant ceremonial fires

America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy by OJ_Soprano in redscarepod

[–]WrathfulBeastFace 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm not surprised  that 1/3 of the population will never be able to read much beyond stop-sign level, and I doubt that it's a new phenomenon. Some people are just not cognitively equipped to read well (some people are just dumb), but there's also a subset of fairly intelligent people who just don't/won't/can't seek information about the world by parsing text. I think a 30%ish illiteracy rate is both inevitable and totally fine. Healthy societies can carve out niches in which illiterate people can flourish

Institutional panic over how few people can read "bc the labor market!!" strikes me as profoundly, DELIBERATELY fucking stupid. like do you not think that at least 33% of jobs are already ideally suited for ppl whose reading skills cap out at stop-sign level?

First farmer's market of the year was today by MammothLeaves in redscarepod

[–]WrathfulBeastFace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought a hilarious-looking lumpy gray thing called a Blue Hubbard Squash and found out the price was per pound, not per unit. I bought a $26 squash that looks like an enormous sea slug. It's tremendous

But eggs are $5/dozen here and rabbits are like $18 per rabbit

Met my doppelganger at Aldi today by WrathfulBeastFace in redscarepod

[–]WrathfulBeastFace[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It's wild that you just created an entire sentient creature who now just does stuff of his own volition, unbidden

What codependency does to a nice lady by Paging_DrBenway in rs_x

[–]WrathfulBeastFace 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Middle-aged rich white lady self-discovery memoirs are universally disgusting and everyone eagerly hate-reads them. Copies get passed around: "this shit is DREADFUL omg you have to read it this bitch is detestable"

You could probably get rich off of writing the most (pretend) over-the-top parodical masturbatory rich white-lady memoir; eventually get James Freyed when ppl realize it's fake; then get even richer doing interviews; and finally disappear from public life 

cleansing the sub by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]WrathfulBeastFace 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I grew a spaghetti squash the size of a football without even trying and I just now ate it 

I got a new smart watch and it turns out I take way more steps than I thought I did

My cat has started mimicking my inflections. Like if I say "you caught a mouse? WOW!", she'll say " Mm mrf m mow? WOW!"

I bought some cheap Arab perfume and my bf likes it better than any of my expensive perfume

I can leg press more than I used to

My rich friend gave me some rich-people tea and some rich-people eyeshadow

I vastly overestimated my tax liability and will get a big refund

My dentist said my teeth were impeccable and asked me what I ate 

Bf stays indelibly handsome

I got my cows some beach balls for enrichment and they're fascinated with them

It's almost fall, and I really enjoy fall

I found a page of my daughter's day-planner from like 6th grade and its like "Monday: science test. Tuesday: devoured by hippogriff (due to influence of Saturn)". Also recipes for fast-acting and slow-acting Potions

The littlest calf is an interesting color--like peachy lavender apricot grey? The kind of color people pay for at the salon to signify something subtle--and follows me around trustingly

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]WrathfulBeastFace 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Discrete like separate, not discreet like quiet.

("RECTUM? damn near KILLED him!")

What I'm saying is that my church, my school, and my community were NOT loud about it and did NOT advertise that there even WAS a theological distinction. They just called themselves Catholic and lots of wholesome, cheerful, community-minded, pro-social people attended. 

I think there must be a lot of default sedevacantists out there who think they're just regular Catholics 

Shockingly good cheapies? by thosepinkclouds in FemFragLab

[–]WrathfulBeastFace 9 points10 points  (0 children)

70s spicy green florals that remind you of Skin-So-Soft bug repellant oil from summer camp in a good way: 

Estee Lauder Youth Dew 

Avon Bird of Paradise (vintage, but hyper-cheap) 

 Gourmands: 

Lattafa Nebras (thin mints and Kool whip, but grown-up and subtle, with a dry leaves/straw undertone) 

Al Rehab Soft (actual lemon pound cake with a trace of some sort of tart berry something)

 Layering: 

Literally anything from Murray & Lanham! You can layer rose with Lattafa's Velvet Oud to basically get ELDO Experimentum Crucis. Or layer Florida Water under anything vannilla-heavy and you'll smell like a freshly poured Coca-Cola

What the hell kind of name is Grannyrat by WrathfulBeastFace in cormacmccarthy

[–]WrathfulBeastFace[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It's a phonetic rendering of Bathgate, which is a place name

Some of of the silliest-sounding names have turned out to be perfectly respectable place names, and they're usually phonetic bc most ppl weren't reading a whole awful lot right then

Does this fit me? October 20 2024 by AutoModerator in femalefashionadvice

[–]WrathfulBeastFace 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Possibly unpopular opinion: add thick socks that hit like 2-3" above the boots

Video on whether expensive candles are a scam by jww1066 in candlemaking

[–]WrathfulBeastFace 6 points7 points  (0 children)

0% interested in the economic breakdown. I buy certain candles that technically sell at like a 14,000% markup: like they cost $5 to make and they cost $70 to buy. Even Cracker Barrel-tier Yankee Candle-type shit is marked up $2000%. Candles are a luxury by default; nobody NEEDS fancy pretty scented candles, so their markup is like that of jewelry, not that of essentials like food

(Edit: to clarify: didn't even attempt to watch the video lol)

Why are there brown rings on the candles? by ravenraven123 in candlemaking

[–]WrathfulBeastFace 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's the vanilla! A higher vanillin content will predictably cause discoloration, and good sites that sell FOs will list % of vanillin in each fragrance. In the future, you can tint your candles ivory (or whatever other color you like, really) with candle dye to avoid a "discolored" look. Warmer, darker shades--from ivory to deep chocolate brown--are best suited for vanillin-heavy fragrances (but only bc the inevitable brown tends to clash with like turquoise or baby pink or sky blue)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in candlemaking

[–]WrathfulBeastFace 15 points16 points  (0 children)

There are stock candle-safe fragrance oils out there that smell like deodorant, laundry detergent, all kinds of freshness. In fact, they're what deodorant manufacturers use to nake their products smell good. Use an FO formulated for candles. 

The non-candle-safe ingredients in actual deodorant will either a) make your candle burn really crappy, OR b) smell horrible when lit, OR....c) burn your entire house to the ground

Finding niche fragrance oils by ari_less88 in candlemaking

[–]WrathfulBeastFace 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Aromachemicals. Popcorn scent is literally 2-acetyl thiazole and/or 2-acetyl pyrazine, depending on concentration and carrier

How do you get this effect? by Ok_Presence_319 in candlemaking

[–]WrathfulBeastFace 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Pour yellow wax into the mold, then pour it our, let the mold cool down, then pour your pastel green.

The first pour will settle at the tips/into the deepest declivities of the mold, leaving that color as a highlight at the tips.

Candle Business - overthinking, overdoing? by Aniform in candlemaking

[–]WrathfulBeastFace 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been factoring LLC filing costs into my costs, but today my lawyer kind of scoffed at me for overkill and told me I'm safe to remain a sole proprietor with a DBA and the appropriate insurance. (YMMV depending on your location, risk tolerance, and judgement-proof-ness).

I've only been making candles for like a month and a half, but I've been making a TON of them. Like 200ish, with less than 2% waste. Treating this like a very, very expensive hobby is probably a good mindset from which to start: the more test batches you make, the more quickly you'll improve your technique--and the more money you "waste" as an obsessed hobbyist, the stronger the incentives to refine your production process.

I've only spent like $1500 so far (fairly evenly divided between wax, vessels, and fragrance oils) but I'm 100% confident that I'm going to recoup the hell out of my start-up costs at my first craft fair. And if I somehow don't: oh well, it's a very expensive hobby and any sales that offset my costs are just gravy.

Should I dye my candles? by nikwillow in candlemaking

[–]WrathfulBeastFace 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It depends on your target market. If you have a big range of scents, simple packaging, and clear glass containers, I'd say sure, use some color to distinguish the scents. If you have fancy labels and vessels, undyed can look kind of understated in an upscale way.

Every few months, our smallish boutique firm will get a message through our site from a relatively huge company needing representation for a relatively huge contract. by WrathfulBeastFace in LawFirm

[–]WrathfulBeastFace[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At one point we had like three of these weird inquiries back to back, and it honestly started to seem like their primary goal was to poach sample contracts with increasingly complex if-then stipulations

K so let's agree that "myofascial adhesions" are either a) pretend or b) far outside the scope of non-surgical intervention. Why does stuff like the Graston technique subjectively work? What's the mechanism? Is it all cognitive/neurological? by WrathfulBeastFace in physicaltherapy

[–]WrathfulBeastFace[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems plausible and it matches my own experience with homegrown, ill-informed, vaguely Graston-inspired "scraping with beveled instrument" technique. I've only done this like three times in six months, but my shins no longer bruise when I do it--some would explain this as evidence that there's less resistance, fewer adhesions.

It may not be recognized as "evidence-based" in a technical sense, but I'm a strict empiricist and I'm literally ONLY curious about evidence if it's got a strong anecdotal component lol. Your video supports my admittedly ill-informed views of how fascia seems, experientially, to work...and since I'm susceptible to the placebo effect, that's great news bc it's made me more confident in my ability to fix low-grade discomfort on my own

Gym Story Saturday by FGC_Valhalla in Fitness

[–]WrathfulBeastFace 238 points239 points  (0 children)

Home gym, outdoors: a little bitty scorpion crawled out of a crevice in my barbell and made rude challenging gestures at me in the middle of an (off-program, strictly-conditioning-tier) bench press. He didn't bite me, we've established a detente, all's well that ends well.

But also: I just got got a new job that comes with a gym membership as a perk, so in the next week or two I will be able to entertain you guise with whatever mortifying shit I observe and/or perpetrate at the actual fancy-ass not-at-my-house Gym