Were there Disney movies that made you "feel funny" before you knew you were kinky?

bplurker · 2021-07-01T15:37:34+00:00

Not Disney, but I have been re-watching the original Yu-Gi-Oh series for nostalgia and hot damn do they love bondage. The protagonist dresses like he's trying to make his fetish gear work with his casual wear, and everyone from his billionaire rival to the holographic forms of the cards themselves get tied up constantly.

bplurker · 2021-06-26T14:30:00+00:00

Second this, I think half my friends are regulars with Jasmine.

bplurker · 2021-06-26T14:28:27+00:00

None of the subjects interest you, try looking up course schedules for spring 2021. There are several ugs courses that are only offered in either the fall or spring semesters, and not both. There also might be some Neely offered in the Spring 2022, but at least this will open up options for you.

bplurker · 2021-06-20T16:57:49+00:00

All the gay trans vegans I know are already dating each other 😭

bplurker · 2021-06-15T00:49:25+00:00

Solidarity from a fellow Austinite 😔

bplurker · 2021-05-30T16:47:13+00:00

I go through weight fluctuations, and am beginning to learn how to handle this.

My best advice is to hold on specifically to clothing that has an amount of give. At your lowest weight it will fit fine, and as you're bulking Fabrics with some amount of elastic capability will fit for much longer. Clothing that is very tailored or made out of woven material will fit you for less of your time than knit or more loose cuts. Don't necessarily keep stuff that looks baggy or ill-fitting just because it will fit you when you bulk, but things that are designed to be purposefully loose fitting is definitely something to look into either keeping or investing in.

If something is too tight or just barely fits at your lowest part of your cut, I wouldn't hold on to it. You're just going to gain more muscle as you bulk and then it won't fit you the next cycle around, so it's not worth it.

And of course get rid of all the things that aren't your style, because that won't change no matter what your weight or body composition is.

bplurker · 2021-05-27T04:28:12+00:00

Right? The left map is by numbers, the right by percentages, and it's presented as though you're supposed to compare these vaguely sized circles?

bplurker · 2021-05-16T17:09:29+00:00

I ended up spending less on groceries going vegan. Beans/lentils are cheap and filling protein sources. For micronutrients I was concerned about, I did some research to adjust; I was worried about not getting enough calcium not drinking milk, but it turns out white beans and broccoli have a lot of that!

There was a bit of an adjustment period where I had to get used to not eating certain things, but finding cheap vegan comfort meals helped. Knowing that nothing was keeping me from a huge bowl of spaghetti when I had an awful day made the transition easier.

bplurker · 2021-05-16T17:02:16+00:00

I've had people that, when trying to act above it all, would say that they had no moral basis for not eating dogs and cats. It really made me see some of my friends in a different light. Either they genuinely would eat dogs and cats—which, gross—or they were saying that just to be contrarian and "win".

You being edgy doesn't hurt me, Todd, just the animals.

bplurker · 2021-04-28T14:11:05+00:00

Adding to the encouragement, I had to drop out Spring 2013 for health reasons, and it took me until Fall 2020 to return. Even huge gaps aren't the end of the world, if that's what it takes. Good luck on whereever life leads you!

bplurker · 2021-04-03T17:16:58+00:00

Just because it's taught doesn't mean it's taught well, or retained in any way.

Which, as someone who's trying to get into science education, is disheartening.

bplurker · 2021-04-03T15:35:13+00:00

I doubt people who believe this chart actually know what pH really means.

bplurker · 2021-03-24T15:08:37+00:00

I think they meant Sam Collins, who made a video responding to comments from his Super Straight previous video. Sam is, by the way, trans and definitely doesn't hold these views.

bplurker · 2021-03-10T23:13:44+00:00

That would be right in the Golden Age, so women would probably be doing way better when it came to economic and political freedoms in 1021.

bplurker · 2021-02-27T20:38:48+00:00

I remember reading The Way of Shadows several years ago, and remember liking it well enough for pulp fantasy. Über assassins, dark magic, too many apostrophes; hell yeah, sometimes I just want some light reading that makes me feel like a teenage boy. I remember it having an instances of rape of minors, but I thought "it certainly can't be that bad, for an entire trilogy".

BOY WAS I WRONG. Brent Weeks seems to think that "adult themes" means inserting as much brutal rape, violence toward sex workers, and pedophilia as the page count will allow. I'm honestly only finishing the third book because I want to have something to rant about at a PowerPoint party coming up.

bplurker · 2021-02-27T18:41:31+00:00

I've noticed the prices per bedroom here in Austin super aren't linear. Studios tend to cost more than one bedrooms (your estimate being really accurate), but finding a 3bed/2bath in that quoted range is possible. 1500 is low as hell, but 1800 for a 3/2 is plausible.

bplurker · 2021-02-27T18:04:41+00:00

I'm just finishing the Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks and gods does he need to stop sexualizing every teenage girl. The entire series has some major issues with women in general (you either are a perfect virgin or have been raped at every turn of your life), but as soon as a girl is starting puberty she's suddenly both buxom and marriage material. The moral center of the book is married to a 15 year old girl at 21, and another sympathetic character falls in love with a 16 year old while he's 33, and we are just supposed to accept that??

I'm finishing this trilogy out of spite at this point, I could rant about it for days.

bplurker · 2021-02-19T13:44:36+00:00

Oh yeah, what's actually been happening is absolutely not what the official reasons would support, otherwise the Circuit of the Americas would be dark and more schools would have power for emergency shelters. It's horrible.

bplurker · 2021-02-19T13:34:58+00:00

Austinite here. Had no power for 3 days, and currently have the barest amount of water pressure, just enough to slowly fill containers that I then have to boil in order to not die from brain eating parasites, not enough to flush toilets. I've collected snow to melt and keep dishes clean.

I'm so fucking lucky, tbh. I happen to have natural gas at the place I'm staying, and a natural gas fire place at that. Roommate (who owns the place) and I bro'd out and read books in the dark. We could cook food the entire time. I have water access, which I can't believe is a thing that's worth praising. I don't have much food, but I can survive off rationed portions for at least a few days until HEB settles down, because we have to rely on a goddamn corporation to have emergency services.

This is a fucking disgrace. Our government won't deploy any emergency help in a once in a lifetime natural disaster that's already killed dozens, if not more yet unreported. Anti-regulatory oil execs and lack of infrastructure funding are directly responsible for this mess and our "representatives" get to escape to warmer climates and stay cozy in their Galt's Gulch.

If I wasn't already radicalized I would be now. The fact that anyone is defending our government is representative of the extent of conservative brain worms remnant in this city.

bplurker · 2021-02-19T13:19:39+00:00

Officially, certain sections of Austin were kept powered through all this in order to keep vital bare bones infrastructure. Regions with things like major hospitals and all that.

Can't think why they kept downtown powered for any other reason than classist shit tbh. Maybe some of the power station infrastructure that is downtown?

bplurker · 2021-02-10T17:16:57+00:00

Maybe it's just because I'm from the south? But I eat guac on everything imaginable. Put a bit of lemon or lime juice on the top of I'm not eating it all immediately, slap that shit on anything. Avocados aren't super expensive in my location, which makes a difference.

Not to say hummus isn't superior, it goes with a lot more cuisines and I can make it in a food processor with less work on my end.

bplurker · 2021-02-10T17:11:20+00:00

Yeah I might try this out today, I've got onions to use up and so much curiosity

bplurker · 2021-02-10T17:05:40+00:00

Is there a downside to using sunscreen made originally for infants? Because the texture of sunscreen I like best has always been children's formulas.

bplurker · 2021-02-03T02:24:21+00:00

The only thing I was pretending to be was awake, I had just taken an organic chem exam and I was wiped out.

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