Im a nerd

Fat woman: *is shamed and ridiculed by men for “not taking care of herself”*

Athletic woman: *is shamed and ridiculed by men for looking too “manly” and muscular*

Curvy woman: *is shamed and ridiculed by men if any part of her body is surgically modified*

Hey guys! I finally got a hold of the Trials of Apollo: The Burning Maze! And Rick Riordan has officially abandoned all pretense of this being children's’ books:) Anyway, I got in the mood to do a study in metal, and the nostalgia hit kinda hard, so here are the swords from PJO and HoO

These are not the same as on the wiki; I kinda added some creative license to the mix. Percy and Luke both have a Greek Xiphos Sword. Jason has a Gladius, Nico a Spartan War Sword, and the two daggers aren’t based on anything specific. The drakon-bone swords is basically just sharp bone wrapped in drakon intestines and stuck together with monster saliva??? So I can’t say finding a good ref was easy:/

Y'all rushing to that reblog button:

I said yes! 

Anyone mind telling me the name to these

I’m a non-offending killer of people. Or, NOM/NOKOP for short.

I just think it’s 100% okay go kill people, you know? Like, who doesn’t look at someone and think “wow, I could totally kill them right now.”

KOPs and NOKOPs are 100% valid and shouldn’t go to jail. It’s not like we can help our urges!

KOPs don’t need help! We need acceptance.

My killing range is preferably 6-15. Anyone older is gross and contributes too much to society.

I don’t want to kill anyone myself, and actual murderers are gross, but I just can’t not look at someone and want to shove a knife in their chest!

See how horrible and sickening this sounds? Lemme repeat the same things but with “map”.

I’m a NOMAP.

I’m a non-offending minor attracted person.

I just think it’s 100% okay to date a child, you know? Like, who doesn’t look at a child and think “wow, I could totally have sex with them right now.”

MAPs and NOMAPs are 100% valid and shouldn’t go to jail. It’s not like we can help our urges!

MAPs don’t need help! We need acceptance.

My age range is preferably 6-15. Anyone older is gross and contributes too much to society.

I don’t want to have sex with a kid myself, and actual pedophiles are gross, but I just can’t not look at kid and want to have a sexual conversation with them!

* some things have been exaggerated for dramatic effect

You want to say being a nomap is perfectly fine. Would you say the same about a murderer who just simply hasn’t committed a murder yet? About someone who thinks rape is 100% okay? About someone who thinks abuse is 100% okay, but would do it themself?

I’m a non-offending killer of people. Or, NOM/NOKOP for short.

I just think it’s 100% okay go kill people, you know? Like, who doesn’t look at someone and think “wow, I could totally kill them right now.”

KOPs and NOKOPs are 100% valid and shouldn’t go to jail. It’s not like we can help our urges!

KOPs don’t need help! We need acceptance.

My killing range is preferably 6-15. Anyone older is gross and contributes too much to society.

I don’t want to kill anyone myself, and actual murderers are gross, but I just can’t not look at someone and want to shove a knife in their chest!

See how horrible and sickening this sounds? Lemme repeat the same things but with “map”.

I’m a NOMAP.

I’m a non-offending minor attracted person.

I just think it’s 100% okay to date a child, you know? Like, who doesn’t look at a child and think “wow, I could totally have sex with them right now.”

MAPs and NOMAPs are 100% valid and shouldn’t go to jail. It’s not like we can help our urges!

MAPs don’t need help! We need acceptance.

My age range is preferably 6-15. Anyone older is gross and contributes too much to society.

I don’t want to have sex with a kid myself, and actual pedophiles are gross, but I just can’t not look at kid and want to have a sexual conversation with them!

* some things have been exaggerated for dramatic effect

You want to say being a nomap is perfectly fine. Would you say the same about a murderer who just simply hasn’t committed a murder yet? About someone who thinks rape is 100% okay? About someone who thinks abuse is 100% okay, but would do it themself?

Do you like books!?

OF COURSE YOU DO

Do you like reading books?

DUUUUUH!

Do you collect books and let them sit on your shelf!?

WHAT IS THIS!? AMATEUR hOUR? OF FUCKING COURSE! 

Do you spend WAAAAAAY too much money on books even though they’re totally worth it but holy fucking shit fifteen dollars is the median and why is the world so effortlessly cruel?

Who’s got two thumbs and an empty wallet! Yes yes and yes!

WELL HAVE I GOT A SOLUTION FOR YOU

Thriftbooks is an amazing online site that sells used books! These books are, for the most part, in great condition. I’ve used this website for everything from textbooks to fiction to everything else in between! It has a wide selection with an even wider selection of options per book!

You want softcover? They’ve got it! Hardcover? Of course! Audio? Why not!

Hell! They even sell the books in other languages!

You might say to me, humanity, why are you telling us this? We already have barnes and noble!

Because, my poor, naive friend, thriftbooks sells the majority of it’s books for under four dollars.

That’s right. You heard me. Under. Four. Dollars.

And right now, they’re having a huge deal!

2 books for $7

3 books for $10

4 books for $12

But wait! There’s more!

If you leave a book in your cart for long enough, chances are you’ll be alerted when a seller nearby, for a cheaper price, has the same book! You’ll get it cheaper and faster, with less waste of paper and time!

And prices change! That book that would have cost you $3.79 one day might be $3.45 the next, and man oh man isn’t that the best thing to see when you check up on your cart.

So what are you waiting for, book lovers! Go! Go shop!

Go and rule the world!

AND THAT EVER $50 YOU SPEND THEY GIVE YOU $5 BACK.

guys

five dollars

on this site

is a book

that is the cost of an entire book

So to prove my very real point, I went to Barnes and Noble and picked out some of my favorites books that I already have on my shelves

(also, fyi, y’all should read these they’re bangin)

AND BECAUSE THE SHIPPING IS SO INSANE, IT WAS MEAN TO COME OUT TO $47.85 (and that’s at an online price, which discounts by a few dollars)

But with shipping, handling, and the extreme cost of books, my total came to this:

$72.30

Okay. Then I went onto thriftbooks and chose the same books in the same formats (hardcover, softcover, etc.)

Keep in mind that not all books are under $4 due to size, availability, how new they are to the world yada yadayada

But this was the final shopping cart.

Look.

Look at those lovely books.

My final check out price?

$21.86

AND THAT DOESN’T INCLUDE ANY OF THE AMAZING DISCOUNTS, DEALS, AND/OR PROMO CODES.

If you do the math, I saved $50.44.

And even if Barnes and Noble had given me that free shipping, I still would have saved $25.99. Do you know what that could buy you? That could buy you four more books on thriftbooks!

Thriftbooks fucking saved my broke college ass. And I’d encourage you all to use it if you can. Shipping may take 4-14 days, but I swear to god it’s worth every dollar that I would have burned. 

THIS IS IN NO WAY AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO STOP SHOPPING AT BOOKSTORES. PLEASE DON’T. LOCAL BOOKSTORES ARE IMPORTANT AND VITAL AND SHOULD BE SUPPORTED!

HOW

HOW CAN IT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!?

It can’t. There’s no way!

WELL YES IT FUCKING CAN, BOOK NERDS!

Did you ever think to yourself; I love to read. But I sure wish there was a way to read my own books while I multi-task by helping the environment, the economy, and the seemingly never-ending and growing gap between low-income schools and libraries and their availability to reading material all at the same time…

Well, there is.

It’s called shopping at Thriftbooks

And what’s more:

Boom.

Right there.

This place is fucking amazing as hell and you should use it as often as you possibly can.

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