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"Huh, tumblr really likes this dungeon story, the memes are cute and I'm enjoying the little snippets of lore that cross my dash. Neat."

"Huh, tumblr is still on about this dungeon story. I, too, enjoy the dwarf panty shots. Neat!"

"Huh, it looks like you can read the whole dungeon story so far for free on this website. I might as well give it a try."

Like. At one point he compares using the gelatin from a carnivorous plant with the pectin from a different plant and points out that the gelatin sets better. Gelatin *does* set and bind better than pectin in most cases.

I just read the chapter with frying mandrakes and everything from testing the temperature of the oil with a chopstick to whisking the egg/water/flour batter with a pair of chopsticks (after sifting the flour to make sure it doesn't clump) to talking about when to flip fried foods and at what temperature to fry them is. Just. It's more attention to cooking than I've seen in most media.

(Also if you're not from a culture that uses chopsticks regularly, try whisking with a pair of chopsticks sometime. I make my fried mushroom fritters with the same technique that Senshi makes his mandrake tempura and it's great - chopsticks act like a combination of whisk and tongs and are really handy when whisking batter and transferring battered food to hot oil and flipping frying food, you get so much more control than you would by, like, using a slotted spoon to move the food around in the oil).

The logic that you can use a jar of holy water as a melee weapon against ghosts because they can pass through matter so it doesn't matter if the holy water isn't out in the open they're going to come into contact with it if you swing a jar through them is flawless.

Because the jar is swinging around it goes through a bunch of ghosts and the fluid inside gets mixed up and stirred around; because ghosts are cold, this gets you sorbet.

Look I just cannot explain to you how much a manga that discusses the danger of water intoxication and is considerate about nutrient absorption is my extremely specific catnip.

Sure, the Northern Tribe might have benders, but they have such a different culture/identity around bending compared to the South. We see in Hama's flashbacks that the Southern Tribe had male and female benders at the helm, fighting equally, learning the same things, sharing the same tactics. They weren't left behind as strictly healers or defenseless women given a man's gift, they were strong.

And the thing that separates Katara and Aang's stories being the last benders of their nations is that Aang remembers what it means to be an Air Nomad. There are obviously blind spots because of how young he was, but Aang knows the customs and the culture and spiritual practices. He was able to pass those down to Tenzin and his grandchildren, he was able to start the process of rebuilding what was lost.

But Katara? She was even younger than Aang was when the Southern waterbenders were eradicated. There are Southern practices that are most definetly just... a fractured part of history because she never got to experience them. There are ways of hunting, of building, of navigating the waters, ways of healing, probably even spiritbending, that are simply lost to time.

And maybe her grandmother can clue her into it, memories from a nonbender living aside benders, but it's not the same. She didn't get to hear it from the waterbenders, she didn't get to learn from a Southern waterbender, she doesn't even know what to rebuild because it was never something she was versed in.

That's why The Puppet Master is such a heartbreaking episode. Because Hama could have been the Southern teacher Katara clearly wanted, she could have shown her more, but ended up passing on her legacy of Bloodbending. And on the inverse, I can't even fully call Hama a villain for wanting Katara to know how to bloodbend, because the ache of thinking you were the only one left for so long, the rage against a Nation known for destroying nations, would've driven anyone insane.

Congratulations! You've been reincarnated into a wonderful fantasy world from a game.

Small problem. The game was an early access release that was filled to the brim with bugs.

Luckily for the world, you are an amateur programmer, ready to fix the instability in the land! and going against the Demon King?

Cnetizens: Our ancestors were much more unhinged than us. They used seals the way we use reaction memes.

(OP stumbled upon a seal catalogue from the late‑Ming and early‑Qing dynasties. It was collected by Zhou Lianggong周亮工(1612‑1672), a poet and a seal enthusiast who also loved carving seals himself. He was deeply passionate about collecting seals and compiled an album of seal impressions called 赖古堂印谱Lai‑Gu‑Tang Seal Album, gathering seals carved by himself and other artists. Most of the seals shown below come from this book. Seals are impressed on both sides of every page, with transcribed texts attached. The seals within the volume are arranged from largest to smallest according to their shape. Many of the carved inscriptions are very down‑to‑earth, filled with witty little rants.)

OP: Let’s see just how delightfully laid‑back everyone’s leisure seals are. (cr衡庐篆刻)

Chinese netizens shared their leisure seals(闲章xianzhang). Leisure seals are carvings made purely for personal interest, not the official stamps used for documents. Many people in China enjoy collecting and carving them. One category is book‑ownership seals(藏书章cangzhuzhang, literally seals hiding in books), which people stamp in books while reading. They function much like reading notes, pre‑reading thoughts, or simply mark that one has finished the book.

These are other seals preserved in Lai‑Gu‑Tang Seal Album from hundreds of years ago, leaning toward a more literary aesthetic.

Many museums nowadays also offer souvenir stamps for visitors to leave mementos, and most of them are free of charge. If the stamp runs out of ink, simply ask a staff member to refill it. They can usually get it done very quickly. When you visit calligraphy‑famous scenic spots such as the Forest of Stone Steles(碑林belin), you can get a small portable jade seal carved with your own name as a keepsake.

“I had been at work about two months when Christmas came on – and here I must relate a little anecdote. The principal [the tailor] and his lady were invited to a party among their friends…while it devolved on me to stay at home and keep house. There was nothing left me in charge to do, only to take care of the house. There was a large cat that generally lay about the fire. In order to try my mechanical powers, I concluded to make a suit of clothing for puss, and for my purpose gathered some scraps of cloth that lay about the shop-board, and went to work as hard as I could. Late in the evening I got my suit of clothes finished; I caught the cat, put on the whole suit – coat, vest, and small-clothes [breeches] – buttoned all on tight, and set down my cat to inspect the fit. 

No, you don't want that otter. No, that is not a pet. No, that up close encounter where you can pay to cuddle with an otter is probably not ethical. No, I'm pretty sure that channel with a guy and his pet otters is not a legitimate "animal rescue", stop recommending it to me.

Yes, the otter is cute. Please admire them either from a distance, or behind a barrier at an accredited facility. Thank you.

If you want a pet, you want a domesticated species. If you want a domesticated mustelid (the family otters belongs to), we have one: it's called a "ferret"

One of the white participants left the session and went back to her desk, upset at receiving (what appeared to the training team as) sensitive and diplomatic feedback on how some of her statements had impacted several of the people of color in the room. […] [Later] her friends wanted to alert us to the fact that she was in poor health and “might be having a heart attack.” Upon questioning from us, they clarified that they meant this literally. These co-workers were sincere in their fear that the young woman might actually die as a result of the feedback. 

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