girl dinner (big fucking plate of carbs and protein) girl math (complex analysis) girl career (trades and engineering and politics and compsci) girl sports (dirtbikes and football and weightlifting) girl instruments (drums and bass guitar and electric) girl personality (loud and opinionated and annoying and brash)
i do not apologize for the person i will become and i do not take any responsibility for the actions that i may do on december 20th 2023 and the weeks that will follow. i will be very busy and have very important plans on december 20th 2023 and so i will not be able to take any calls, messages, emails, or any other form of communication due to my occupied schedule. because my very important plans on december 20th 2023 may have a continuing effect, i will also be unavailable for any sort of meetings, gatherings, or any other kind of events on that day and the weeks, or even the month, that will follow. this is my official statement, to look back upon on december 20th 2023, thank you.
My contempt towards a brand is directly proportional to how often they interrupt my playlists.
My late father was the one who taught me to be cynical about advertising, for all that putting up ads was literally his whole job. He taught me from a very young age that advertising is expensive, and they tack that cost onto the price. That if something is heavily advertised, you can count on the fact that there’s an identical product out there, usually even manufactured in the same factory, that’s cheaper because they don’t spend all that money on advertising.
A German friend walked me through Lidl, turning over items to show the factories where the items were manufactured and what expensive brands they correspond to, we did taste tests on some of the more pricey food things later and they were the same product. learning about food manufacturing was a hobby for her.
European glasses and sunglasses are made in the same Italian factories that make the luxury ones, they have the same quality control and warranty. You are paying €100 for a logo.
Some things cost more because they are actually made with better quality materials and where the workers are properly compensated, others are the same product as the off brand version with the brand name markup. It takes a lifetime to learn the intricacies which is why consumer advocacy associations and legal protection by (truly) independent agencies is crucial.
One thing about researching world around you is that it becomes a bit friendlier once you know it better. If you see a random spider- you get scared. You see plants and consider them just weeds. You look at night sky and see a bunch of stars.
And then, you learn names.
Now, it is an orbweaver, and you consider them a friend. The greenery around is a laurel, or an alium, or osmanthus, andyou know which of them to keep away from, and which of them are great herbs for tea. Now, you look up and see a whole parade of Venus, Ursa Major, or Orion. You now know their names, and, if you respect them- they become allies of yours.
really fun how so much of film discourse has regressed to “well some movies are boy movies and some movies are girl movies and if you’re a girl you can’t like boy movies because girls are too stupid to even understand boy movies and if you’re a boy who enjoys girl movies you’re gay (derogatory)” but in progressive language
