The Violet Hero

No one discovers “a secret third thing” better than people with ADHD

In King Ludwig II’s defense, if I had basically infinite discretionary funds, was accountable to absolutely no one, and was king of a country full of picturesque landscapes, you couldn’t stop me from building myself a big gay fairytale castle on a mountaintop either.

This post is spreading and I feel bad about it because it contains misinformation, so for the record: Ludwig II did not in fact have infinite discretionary funds. He only acted as if he did. He never dipped into the public coffers for his building projects, but he spent his own fortune extravagantly and borrowed heavily from everyone he could think of. By 1885, the year before his death, he was 14 million marks in debt.

I always find this inspiring because try to name another prince of a German state. What did the rulers of Hamberg do? The Grand Duchy of Hesse? Gone with the wind, no one knows them anymore. But Mad Lad Ludwig built a top 5 most famous castle in the entire world. Money is fake, castles are real. Go broke and die like a winner.

Why do they even make apps for ADHD. You want me to use my 24/7 handheld immediate distraction device? To manage my 'gets distracted too easily' disorder? Ooooh we developed the perfect tool for managing your anemia. Its hosted in Dracula's castle. 👍

Picked up my phone to consult my task list for today and now I'm reblogging this instead, case in point

Let’s fucking go

@mememic-bry

Dating and marriage is so scary. What if he looks at me and is only able to see "catholic ✅️ not bad looking ✅️ good with kids ✅️" so he decides I'll do and starts acting the way he expects me to want him to act and then I don't notice and get married but he doesn't like me specifically, he just didn't dislike me and I happened to be there, so we spend our days solving the normal issues that show up until we burn out of this and start fighting about dishes and the kid's behavior, nothing truly bad, but since he never liked me specifically, the mundane kinda sucks and we'll be told all marriages are like that because taking care of a house and raising kids is hard by itself and we'll to believe that the dishes and the time it takes to get ready to mass really are to blame and we never solve anything and we really start to believe this is how things goes and I'm just feeling sad because I have too high ideals for happiness and I should just accept that arguing about the washing machine will just be part of my routine now and other woman have it so much worse, it's just the washing machine

I don't know who needs to hear this, but the magic ratio for ganache (a firm one, such as you would use to make truffles or enrobe a cake) is 1 tablespoon of heavy cream per one ounce of chocolate. Chop the chocolate (or use chips), then boil the cream, immediately pour it over the chocolate, and whisk until smooth. People get so impressed whenever I make ganache but it is literally so easy. When it's freshly made you can dip fruit or cookies in it or use it to fill doughnuts, and if you let it cool and harden somewhat you can roll spoonfuls into balls to make truffles or use it as a filling for sandwich cookies. Also if you're feeling gremlinous you can just eat it with a spoon.

Important addendum I discovered last year: the above is the magic ratio specifically if you are using dark chocolate (which I always was because it's my favorite). The process is the same, but for milk chocolate the ratio is 1 tablespoon of heavy cream per 1.5oz of chocolate and for white chocolate it's 1 tablespoon of heavy cream per 2oz of chocolate. This is because milk and white chocolate have less chocolate per chocolate so they behave differently. Now you know. Go forth and make delicious ganaches.

accidentally let slip "you will be buried in my pyramid when I die" to a coworker last week btw

okay that was not my last straw but i have maybe 3 to 4 straws left at most so watch out.