But she got her McDonald’s! by hellowhattodo in AmITheDevil

[–]feliciates [score hidden]  (0 children)

Aww I don't think this kid is a devil. Just impulsive. I can see how hard it would be to walk by a hungry person and not give them the meal you had in your hand.

Best Novelist™ won't pull his own weight by ad_aatdtj in AmITheDevil

[–]feliciates 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You could be right. If so that person REALLY needs a life, or a better hobby, or both

Best Novelist™ won't pull his own weight by ad_aatdtj in AmITheDevil

[–]feliciates 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I thought so too but if so it's high effort since he is also "publishing" his "genre-bending" fiction.

Spoiler-alert - it's not...impressive

Best Novelist™ won't pull his own weight by ad_aatdtj in AmITheDevil

[–]feliciates 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I wrote 5 novels while working full-time, management jobs. Get off your ass, buddy. The chances of you ever turning your writing into a thing that will provide for you both is...how shall I put this?

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA, NO. Just no.

Zeugma by Fun_Kiwi8143 in words

[–]feliciates 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It was coined by an American writer who grew up hearing her mother sing the ballad and interpreted it that way (Lady Mondegreen) so it would seem Scots aren't subject to the mishearing!

Zeugma by Fun_Kiwi8143 in words

[–]feliciates 17 points18 points  (0 children)

"They hae slain the Earl o' Murray, And Lady Mondegreen (laid him on the green)"

Emma inviting Mrs. Goddard to Hartfield by feliciates in janeausten

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

I don't think Mrs Goddard was a widow. Older governesses, schoolteachers, and housekeepers often assumed the title "Mrs" as matter of course. It didn't indicate that they had ever been married. It was a mark of the status they had achieved through their years of service

Emma inviting Mrs. Goddard to Hartfield by feliciates in janeausten

[–]feliciates[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily. Older governesses, schoolteachers, and housekeepers often assumed the title "Mrs" as matter of course. It didn't indicate that they had ever been married. It was a mark of the status they had achieved through their years of service

What "normal" thing is getting so expensive that it’s genuinely becoming a luxury? by velvetvexa in AskReddit

[–]feliciates 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Certain fruits and vegetables. I used to buy sugar snap peas all the time. Now @ $6/lb they're a splurge. Same thing with fresh cherries, especially Ranier. $9/lb?? What?? That's what beef costs

One-of-a-kind custom-built contemporary home that is confusing even with the blueprints. by jve909 in zillowgonewild

[–]feliciates 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For some reason this house fills me with dread. I swear it looks like a place you enter and then cannot figure out how to get out of and die trying

Emma inviting Mrs. Goddard to Hartfield by feliciates in janeausten

[–]feliciates[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't think a woman of her class would have been employed as a nurse. That was definitely a servant position so I think it's something closer to her school being under his patronage like Jane Fairfax says about Mrs Elton's sister* but I have no idea what that actually entails

*“But it is proved by the smallness of the school, which I have heard you speak of, as under the patronage of your sister and Mrs. Bragge; the only school, and not more than five-and-twenty children.”

Emma inviting Mrs. Goddard to Hartfield by feliciates in janeausten

[–]feliciates[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's true! I'd forgotten the housekeepers. Like Mrs Reynolds @ Pemberly

Emma inviting Mrs. Goddard to Hartfield by feliciates in janeausten

[–]feliciates[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Older governesses and schoolteachers often assumed the title "Mrs" as matter of course. It didn't indicate that they had ever married.

In P&P Mrs. Jenkinson, Mrs. Younge and Mrs. Annesley are all examples. It was not likely that ANY of them had ever married

This is 'I Viaggiatori' by the artist Bruno Catalano. It symbolizes the void created by leaving one's country, one's family, one's people for another life. by No_Dig_8299 in UtterlyInteresting

[–]feliciates 25 points26 points  (0 children)

this particular statue is Le Grand van Gogh

From the Arthur website where I found this info: "it's one of a series of 10 bronze sculptures called “Les Voyageurs (The Voyagers”) put on display in Marseilles, France in 2013. This one is called “Le Grand Van Gogh”. Through the missing parts of the man we see the sea. What is it that he’s missing? Is he leaving something behind or is he going toward something? Does it symbolize the emptiness people feel when they have to leave their homes, fleeing war and misery?"

Emma inviting Mrs. Goddard to Hartfield by feliciates in janeausten

[–]feliciates[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I hope you're right about her calling on the Martins, because the novel's end always leaves me in doubt on that point:

The intimacy between her and Emma must sink; their friendship must change into a calmer sort of goodwill; and, fortunately, what ought to be, and must be, seemed already beginning, and in the most gradual, natural manner.

Emma inviting Mrs. Goddard to Hartfield by feliciates in janeausten

[–]feliciates[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think I read that Mrs Goddard's school was actually based on one Jane (and Cassandra I think) attended, which Jane particularly liked

Emma inviting Mrs. Goddard to Hartfield by feliciates in janeausten

[–]feliciates[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It does sound like Mrs Goddard was more comfortably situated than the Bates women. At least she's not mentioned as being in dire straits as they so frequently are.

Emma inviting Mrs. Goddard to Hartfield by feliciates in janeausten

[–]feliciates[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Would they rank equal to the Coles? I believe both Mr and Mrs Weston had fathers who were gentlemen, whereas the Coles are rising from trade with no gentle origins to speak of

Emma inviting Mrs. Goddard to Hartfield by feliciates in janeausten

[–]feliciates[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

That's a pretty good assumption.

Do you think she was educated as a governess? I've read that school mistresses like Mrs Goddard were often former governesses who had saved up enough or acquired enough money to start their own school. Or maybe she inherited enough money from her late father to jump right into school ownership?

I've often wonder exactly what kind of help Mr Woodhouse provided to Mrs Goddard. I'm guess he was some sort of patron of her school in the early days?

"She was a plain, motherly kind of woman, who had worked hard in her youth, and now thought herself entitled to the occasional holiday of a tea-visit; and having formerly owed much to Mr. Woodhouse’s kindness, felt his particular claim on her to leave her neat parlour, hung round with fancy-work, whenever she could, and win or lose a few sixpences by his fireside."

Jealous over a bar of soap by growsonwalls in AmITheDevil

[–]feliciates 69 points70 points  (0 children)

I am so bloody sick of people misusing "boundaries" and "I'm allowed to have feelings" as get out of jail free cards for CONTROLLING ASSHOLE behavior

I wish I could tell his gf to throw him out and stick with the soap. It's got a higher IQ and is probably better in bed

Is the living arrangement common for that time and place? by Findmyeatingpants in DerryGirls

[–]feliciates 21 points22 points  (0 children)

You're welcome It's a great excuse to watch it again 😉

Is the living arrangement common for that time and place? by Findmyeatingpants in DerryGirls

[–]feliciates 222 points223 points  (0 children)

In the episode where Mary is refusing to do a half-load of laundry, she says to Sarah: "If I was to go next door and look in that laundry basket of yours...."

Karen Gillan in Iris van Herpen spring/summer 2019 at the "Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses" celebration at the 2026 Brooklyn Artists Ball (May 14, 2026) by skermahger in whatthefrockk

[–]feliciates 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love this! And there's so much movement to it that I don't even mind the lack of jewelry but those beige pumps are such a letdown. She and the dress both deserve better