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I don’t know how they can sound very technical and spout some very specific numbers and list how many total pixels and even know what the terms DCI or CinemaScope mean and yet pass on such inaccurate information. 

Am I the only nerd that double-checks things?

I will say that the standards are confusing. 4K is technically cinema terminology and I don’t know if it was initially meant to be applied to displays, but the marketing departments must have liked 4K better than UHD. 1440p is not a K. It is Quad HD. Though you could probably get away with calling it 2.5K I guess. 

even if you get along great with your family you will get along even better with them after moving out 

generic is almost always just as good as name brand. But there are some things you never buy generic, including: peanut butter, ketchup, liquid NyQuil, Chips-Ahoy chewy chocolate chip cookies

just imagine the person on the other end of the phone hates talking on the phone as much as you do. Even a receptionist. I worked as one and I hate talking on the phone

at least once in your life you will go to Wal-mart to buy something under $20 like an ironing board or something and your debit card will get rejected. No one will judge. Everyone at some point in their lives has had $2.98 in their bank account. 

thrift stores

everyone else is too busy panicking about everyone else noticing every tiny thing that could possibly be wrong about them to notice any tiny thing that could possibly be wrong about you

you will screw up. a lot. you live and you learn. and when you start to think too hard about that embarrassing thing that happened and how you wish you could change it, just tell yourself that what’s done is done. There’s no changing it, so just forget it and move on. It’s the only way to stay sane.

do the dishes before the sink grows its own ecosystem

you can’t put Dawn dishsoap in the dishwasher. 

if you are the only one in the aisle at the grocery store, and you need to get from one end to the other without even looking at anything in that aisle, then you should totally cart-surf down the aisle. Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional. Hold on to the little things. They make all the difference.

never try to make cake from scratch at 3am. You end up with a topographical map of Middle Earth.

15% tip. 

the best way to get money for food is to tell your grandparents about how you basically live on microwaved mac and cheese. Their horror may result in twenty bucks and orders to go out and get yourself “a real dinner”.

sometimes life sucks, and knowing that it might get better doesn’t always make it suck any less, but you’ll never get to the non-sucky days without enduring the suckiness. 

no seriously, NEVER put Dawn in your dishwasher

Always check the type of light bulb that goes in lamps. A 60w is not interchangeable with a 40w.

Rice, pasta, flour, sugar, cheese, eggs, milk, a pack of chicken, a pack of frozen veggies and a well stocked spice cabinet go a long way food-wise. Splurge and get the biggest container of rice you can. You don’t have to go back and buy it again anytime soon and it makes a TON of meals in the meantime.

Rice can be cooked on the stove. You don’t need a fancy rice cooker. Two parts water to every one part rice (two cups water for one cup of rice for example). Get your water boiling, add rice, put a plate or lid on it, put it on low for 20 minutes. It should be done.

Keep a calendar on your pc of bill due dates. If your bills are set up at inconvenient times, like all of the services started on the first or something, then call up the company and find out if you can get your billing date switched to something more manageable. A lot of places do try to work with you.

There is no shame in calling a company and asking for an extension on a bill. Let them know what you can pay, pay that amount, and they arrange when the rest of the payment is required. This can stop you from having services shut off man. It shows responsibility on your part.

Take time to eat, even when you don’t feel like eating. Your body needs energy to live.

Wash or rinse your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. It prevents gross caked on junk.

“The Works” is an excellent cheap toilet cleaner.

MAGIC. FUCKING. ERASERS. THEY WORK ON EVERYTHING JUST DON’T SCRUB HARD. I took the ring out of our bathtub with one. Also generic ones work just as well.

Keep some bleach around but if you use it for cleaning? Dillute it. There’s rarely ever a case where you need to pout straight bleach on anything. A cap full or two in a bucket of water works just fine.

DO NOT MIX CLEANERS. Chemical reactions are can be very dangerous. Here’s a good list. (Note that vinegar and baking soda can actually be a good combo for removing smells from things but it’s not very good at actually -cleaning-.)

If you drink? Don’t take meds at the same time it’s just not good.

Make sure you check the dosages on your pill bottles. No one wants to accidentally overdose on cough syrup or ibuprofen.

If you have a uterus make sure you have a heating pad and ibuprofen on hand for the pain. Hot baths also generally help and Ginger Tea is excellent for any nausea.

Buy a first aid kit. It’s worth it in the long run.

You can often do your taxes online at places like TurboTax.

Here’s some good sex ed resources because I had to explain what a yeast infection was recently. 

Petroleum jelly (aka Vaseline) is good for chapped lips and you can get a decent sized tube or tub of it (generic brand version) for cheaper/same price as Chapstick.

KEEP TRIPLE ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT IN YOUR HOUSE FOR CUTS AND SCRAPES AND SORES. 

~~Medications~~

Over the counter medications (stuff you can buy right off the shelf no prescription needed) have a name brand and a generic name. ALWAYS buy generic if it’s available it is literally the same thing and way cheaper usually.

Some names to remember when you’re looking for meds!

Acetaminophen = Tylenol

Used to treat pain and reduce fever. Do not take with Ibuprofen.

Ibuprofen = Advil, Midol, Motrin

Used for pain and fever, is an anti-inflammtory. Is good for period cramps because it is an NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug).

Naproxen = Aleve, Naprosyn

Treats fever, pain, arthritis pain, gout, period cramps, tendinitis, headache, backache, and toothache. Is also an NSAID.

Acetaminophen + Asprin + Caffeine = Excedrin

Usually marketed as “Migraine Relief” as a generic.

Asprin = Bayer

Use for pain, fever, arthritis, and inflammation. Makes you bleed easily so should not be used for periods. Might reduce risk of heart attacks.\

Triple Antibiotic Ointment = Neosporin

Used on cuts, sores, and scrapes to reduce risk of infection and promote healing.

if you live off ramen, add stuff to it! add veggies you like, don’t use the whole flavor packet to cut down on sodium and msg or don’t use it at all and add your own spices.

if you’re making something with potatoes in it (beans, stew) potatoes are done when you can easily stab a fork through them.

you can microwave a hotdog as long as you put it in a microwave safe container of water. microwaves work by making water molecules vibrate. also, when reheating rice leftovers, add a small amount of water, like maybe a spoonfull, so it doesn’t get hard and crunchy.

the rice cooking advice above is for long grain rice. if you’re making short or medium grain rice, a 1:1 ratio (one cup water for one cup rice) is better, so the rice doesn’t come out too mushy.

buy a few cans of chicken. wholesale club stores like sam’s, costco, or bj’s tend to carry multipacks for a good price. they’re incredibly useful for when you forget to defrost meat.

buy meat on sale and put it in the freezer. buy vegetables on sale, and put them in the freezer. frozen veggies are often as flavorful and good as fresh ones, keep longer, and often come in microwaveable bags or with microwave directions.

soak ink stains in milk to help get them out or at least lighten them.

soak blood stains in water as soon as possible, with a bit of detergent or stain remover. scrub at them. use cold water, heat binds proteins to fabric. tbh, there’s no real need to change the washer from cold-cold setting unless the thing you’re washing says to wash in warm water.

-coolant or water if your car overheats (coolant is preferable cause it won’t hurt the engine in the long run but hey i know money is tight) 

-flashlight in case you break down at night and need to check under the hood and your phone is dead

-SPARE TIRE. 

-jumper cables.you will at some point leave your lights on. you just will. 

Don’t be afraid to go to your local food bank. They are there for a reason.

1. Buy a roll of parchment paper from the cooking shit aisle. A big roll will last you for-fucking-ever. Pretty much any time you’re using a baking pan you can line it with that stuff and save yourself A: food sticking to the pan and B: it’s a quick rinse and it’s clean.

2. Bread can get fucking expensive, so make your own. A bigass bag of flour and a bag of active dry yeast (store it in the friiiiidge!!!) works out a FUCK of a lot cheaper than buying bread at the store, and you can do so much more with it. Bread, pizza, rolls, cinnibuns, homemade pizza pockets. It seems intimidating but it’s stupid easy.

Seriously. It’s stupid simple to make, and most of the “3 hours” to make it is sitting around surfing the internet or doing whatever the fuck you want while the dough rises. If you have an afternoon free once a week to sit and play video games or surf the net, you have the time to make your own bread on the cheap. Here’s my simple-as-fuck recipe:

2 ¼ teaspoons active dry yeast (You can buy a bag of this stuff CHEAP in bulk stores, the little packets are hella stupid priced) 1 cup warm water (think a hot bath) 1 ½ teaspoons sugar 2 tablespoons oil (any kind works for the most part) 2 ¼ cups flour 1 teaspoon salt

1. Stir the yeast, water, sugar, and oil up in a bowl. Let it sit for about 10 minutes. It will foam up VERY high, this is the yeast getting happy! If it doesn’t get all foamy, the water may have been too hot or not hot enough. Remember, Yeast is alive! Treat it like a nice girlfriend!

2. Mix your flour, salt, and the yeast concoction up in a bowl.

3. Knead that shit for about 5 minutes. It will start sticky as heck, but will come together into a nice dough. If it’s still super sticky, toss in a bit more flour. Here’s how to knead it: 

4. Put your dough in a covered, lightly oiled bowl and leave it someplace warmish for an hour. At that point it will have roughly doubled in size, give it a gentle punch to release the gasses that have built up inside. Cover it again and let it sit for a bit longer.

Boom. You have bread dough. Here are some baking times and uses for ya:

Optional egg-wash: Just crack an egg into a bowl, add a pinch of salt, and mix the bejeebus out of it with a fork. Brush (or if you’re like me, goop it on with said fork) that shit thinly on bread before baking for a nice crust.

Pizza: Stretch it on a pan, stab the fucker all over with a fork, add toppings, bake 425*F 15-20 minutes. 

Bread Sticks: Make snake-shapes, let rest on pan 10-ish minutes, bake 400*F 10-20 minutes.

Dinner rolls: Make ball-sized (yes those balls) balls. Place on greased pan, let rest 10-20 minutes to rise. Egg-wash and bake 375*F 25 minutes.

Bread: Lightly score (cut) the top, let sit for 20-ish minutes on/in whatever you’re using to bake it, egg-wash, bake at 375*F for 20-ish minutes. It’s done when it sounds hollow if you knock on the bottom.

You bet your ass you can deep-fry this shit for cheapie yeast doughnuts. Roll that shit in sugar or dip it in whatever, it’s fucking tasty.

Bagels: YES. YOU. CAN. Form bagel-shapes out of the dough and boil them in salty water for about 2 minutes. Egg-wash them and bake them at 400*F for 10 minutes.

Cinnamon Rolls: Roll that shit out into a rectangle. Brush it with a mix of butter, cinnamon, sugar, and a pinch of salt (no exact amounts here, do it to your taste). Roll it up into a log, and cut it into discs. Let them sit 20 minutes in a pan and then bake at 375*F 15-17 minutes.

You can add whatever you want to the dough for some variety, just if it’s dried spices remember you really only need 1-ish tablespoons. I personally like making bread with about 1 tablespoon of dill in the dough. Roll it out flat, sprinkle it with cheddar, roll it into a log, squeeze the ends shut, and bake it like a regular loaf of bread. Cheesy dill bread OMNOMNOM.

*ahem* That got a bit long. But yeah. Bread’s expensive, yo. Save your wallet.

Keep seeing some posts circulating about popular websites and wanted to make a version for apps.

These are apps I’m way too addicted to. Am I missing any?

P.S. I’m on an iPhone so these are iPhone apps, but probably have an Android version too.

Edit: Sorry for all the time I’ve taken away from your life

Commaful - popular fanfiction, story, and poetry community 👑

Bettr - the reason my friends are jealous of my Insta

Spellbound - addictive horror 👻 and romance stories

Sweatcoin - get paid to walk

Helix Jump - legit the most addicting game on my phone

Baseball Boy - addicting game where you smash a ⚾️

Dune! - Ride the sand dunes like a baller!! so much fun

Color Meme - color in all dem dank memes (surprisingly relaxing)

Sling Drift - beep beep - level 70 is insane 🚗

Ball Gates - it’s surprisingly fun to navigate balls through gates

Bumper - kill them all!!!!! 😈 (i alway win)

1Q - get paid to answer simple questions 

Wind Rider - fly through a city in a wing suit

Impossible Bottle Flip - mindlessly addicting

Fire Balls - shoot balls at obstacles. gets pretty hard

Splashy - bounce the ball accurately to survive. requires focus

Snakes Vs. Blocks - even more fun than the original snake hehe

Tenkyu - tilt your phone and watch the relaxing magic happen

Twenty48 Solitaire - put your sexy math skills to the test

Tornado - be a tornado and destroy everythinggg

Knock Balls - shoot down blocks with a canon - surprisingly relaxing

Pick The Gold - find the gold and diamonds!

Wishbone - fun game for comparing stuff like hair, celebs, sports

Hole - fuck up a city muahaha

Dosh - get paid to shop

Yarn - stories that are seriously creepy af

Cizzvrp - For Them Bustaz

Big Sean - Bounce Back

Big Sean - Jump Out The Window

Denzel Curry - This Life

Drake - Days In The East

Drake - Fake Love

Drake - Feel No Ways

Drake - Find Your Love

Drake - Know Yourself

Drake - Passionfruit

Drake - Sneakin’ ft. 21 Savage

Drake - U With Me?

Drake - With You ft. PARTYNEXTDOOR

DJ Khaled - I’m On One

DJ Khaled - No New Friends

Future - Low Life ft. The Weeknd

Future - Used To This ft. Drake

J Cole - Love Yourz

Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools

Kirko Bangz - Drank In My Cup

Lil Uzi Vert - Ps & Qs

Machine Gun Kelly - Till I Die

Machine Gun Kelly - World Series

MadeInTyo - Savage

Migos - T-Shirt

Otaku Oscar (YCFlowEazy) - Wear My Own Clothes

Pineapple Tours - Brothers

Playboi Carti - wokeuplikethis* ft. Lil Uzi Vert

Post Malone - Deja Vu ft. Justin Bieber

Post Malone - Hollywood Dreams/Come Down

Rich Gang - Flava ft. Young Thug & Rich Homie Quan

Rich Gang - Tell Em ft. Young Thug & Rich Homie Quan

Rich Gang - Tell Me Why ft. Drake & Rich Homie Quan

Smokepurpp - Different Color Molly

Soulja Boy - Whole Lot of Money

T.I. - About The Money ft. Young Thug

The Weeknd - Can’t Feel My Face

The Weeknd - I Feel It Coming

The Weeknd - Ordinary Life

The Weeknd - Reminder

The Weeknd - Secrets

The Weeknd - The Hills

The Weeknd - True Colors

Toro y Moi - Girl Like You

Tory Lanez - Say It

Travis Scott - Apple Pie

Travis Scott - First Take ft. Bryson Tiller

Travis Scott - Goosebumps ft. Kendrick Lamar

Travis Scott - Nightcrawler ft. Swae Lee & Chief Keef

Travis Scott - Oh My/Dis Side ft. Quavo

Travis Scott - Pray 4 Love ft. The Weeknd

Travis Scott - Swang Remix ft. Rae Sremmurd

Travis Scott - Way Back ft. Kid Cudi

Tyga - Hookah ft. Young Thug

Wiz Khalifa - So High ft. Ghost Loft

Young Thug - Drawn Down

Young Thug - For My People ft. Lil Duke

Young Thug - Givenchy ft. Birdman

Young Thug - Guarantee ft. Ayanis

Young Thug - Hey I

Young Thug - Makaveli (Beast)

Young Thug - Numbers

Young Thug - Power

Young Thug - Tragic

When I worked in fast food for minimum wage, they would yell at us and lecture us about “stealing” fries and burgers (while we had to throw out TONS of food every day) as though the giant billion-dollar corporations of McDonald’s and Sonic couldn’t afford to give their employees something to eat (while not even paying us a living wage).

Now I work at an upscale restaurant (it’s fancy, like celebrities eat there fairly often) and not only do I make WAY better money but they give us 2 free meals a day (eaten on the clock) and they’re GOOD. Today I got baked cod, spring rolls, rice pilaf, stir fry, and mashed potatoes and eggplant. Oh, and free espresso and juice. From this restaurant owned by a local man who is in no way a billionaire.

Cizzvrp - For Them Bustaz

Big Sean - Bounce Back

Big Sean - Jump Out The Window

Denzel Curry - This Life

Drake - Days In The East

Drake - Fake Love

Drake - Feel No Ways

Drake - Find Your Love

Drake - Know Yourself

Drake - Passionfruit

Drake - Sneakin’ ft. 21 Savage

Drake - U With Me?

Drake - With You ft. PARTYNEXTDOOR

DJ Khaled - I’m On One

DJ Khaled - No New Friends

Future - Low Life ft. The Weeknd

Future - Used To This ft. Drake

J Cole - Love Yourz

Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools

Kirko Bangz - Drank In My Cup

Lil Uzi Vert - Ps & Qs

Machine Gun Kelly - Till I Die

Machine Gun Kelly - World Series

MadeInTyo - Savage

Migos - T-Shirt

Otaku Oscar (YCFlowEazy) - Wear My Own Clothes

Pineapple Tours - Brothers

Playboi Carti - wokeuplikethis* ft. Lil Uzi Vert

Post Malone - Deja Vu ft. Justin Bieber

Post Malone - Hollywood Dreams/Come Down

Rich Gang - Flava ft. Young Thug & Rich Homie Quan

Rich Gang - Tell Em ft. Young Thug & Rich Homie Quan

Rich Gang - Tell Me Why ft. Drake & Rich Homie Quan

Smokepurpp - Different Color Molly

Soulja Boy - Whole Lot of Money

T.I. - About The Money ft. Young Thug

The Weeknd - Can’t Feel My Face

The Weeknd - I Feel It Coming

The Weeknd - Ordinary Life

The Weeknd - Reminder

The Weeknd - Secrets

The Weeknd - The Hills

The Weeknd - True Colors

Toro y Moi - Girl Like You

Tory Lanez - Say It

Travis Scott - Apple Pie

Travis Scott - First Take ft. Bryson Tiller

Travis Scott - Goosebumps ft. Kendrick Lamar

Travis Scott - Nightcrawler ft. Swae Lee & Chief Keef

Travis Scott - Oh My/Dis Side ft. Quavo

Travis Scott - Pray 4 Love ft. The Weeknd

Travis Scott - Swang Remix ft. Rae Sremmurd

Travis Scott - Way Back ft. Kid Cudi

Tyga - Hookah ft. Young Thug

Wiz Khalifa - So High ft. Ghost Loft

Young Thug - Drawn Down

Young Thug - For My People ft. Lil Duke

Young Thug - Givenchy ft. Birdman

Young Thug - Guarantee ft. Ayanis

Young Thug - Hey I

Young Thug - Makaveli (Beast)

Young Thug - Numbers

Young Thug - Power

Young Thug - Tragic

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I got a bunch of similar messages asking what happened so I’ll just answer as thoroughly as possible in this post.

We have a visual that’s kinda similar to the one in this video at 1:04 http://youtu.be/11rzoHgB6_k

During the very first part of that vis, I forced my left cymbal down onto my right hand too hard and that’s what the injury came from. I honestly didn’t feel it until about twenty seconds later when I realized my hand was starting to get wet.

It was weird to look at when I was at the medic booth after the show. The cymbal didn’t cut my finger because of its sharpness like a knife would. It was more like the weight of the cymbal plus the force of me pushing it down on my finger pushed the skin back, and the area of contact was thin enough to force the skin apart from itself. Imagine like pushing your finger down on some bread dough, eventually the pressure just separates it from itself until you’re just touching he table. That sort of deal, only within the span of about a quarter of a second on my finger.

I think the reason I bled so much is that I still had four minutes of show left, because the wound itself was pretty small. The thing I’m most proud of isn’t that I pushed through the physical pain, because honestly there was none due to the adrenaline, but that I ignored the voice in my head asking if I was going to pass out from blood loss. What was on the cymbal picture was probably about a tenth of the total amount of blood, based on what we had to clean up off of our floor the rehearsal afterward.