proceleon:

iamemeraldfox:

jumpingjacktrash:

the-real-seebs:

the-rain-monster:

w0manifest:

Here’s a cool trick to see if a man actually respects you: try disagreeing with him

A friend of mine did something with online dating where, before meeting a person, she’d say no to something minor without a reason for the no. For example: “No, I don’t want to meet at a coffee shop, how about X?”, or “No, not Wednesday”, or “No, I don’t want to recognize each other by both wearing green shirts”. She said how the potential dates reacted was a huge indicator of whether she actually wanted to meet them, something I readily believe.

I’ve mentioned this to a few people and sometimes I get very annoyed and incredulous responses from guys about how are they supposed to know that it’s a test if the girl is being unreasonable? How are they supposed to know that and let her have her way? I find it difficult to explain that if you find it unreasonable for someone to have a preference of no consequence which they don’t feel the need to explain, then you are the one being unreasonable. You can decide for yourself that it sounds flaky and you don’t want to date her, but you don’t have a right to know and approve all of her reasons for things in order to deign to respect that she said no about it. Especially in the case of someone you haven’t even fucking met yet.

The point isn’t to know it’s a test, the point is that if you would only say “yes” if you knew it was a test, then what if it’s not a test, but because she hates coffee shops, or because she’s attending a funeral Wednesday and doesn’t know you well enough to want to share that, or whatever else? Because if you’re making rules for when other people can have preferences and not explain why… yeah, that is a thing they can reasonably want to avoid.

a while back i mentioned this very method as a way of testing a new friendship, and got some pushback from all genders. toxic people exist in every category, and their response to an unexplained refusal will out them every time.

i mean, i’m sure some of those objecting were simply idealists who found the notion of testing a new friend unpleasant. but mostly it was the “but what if it’s unreasonable” objection. my dudes, that is the damn point.

Ooh good advice!

ludwigplayingthetrombone:

This has 0 context it’s just a silly thing i thought of. nsfw nonsexual nudity under the cut

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willow-wanderings:

deadcatwithaflamethrower:

kumasenpai:

omarthegrouch:

When I see folks didn’t like Deadpool, I’m like whatever. People like different things. I don’t even like Deadpool as a character but the movie was dope. Anyway, if you didn’t like it because it was short or it felt cheap and underdeveloped, that’s because it was. It was kinda set up to fail.
They were given the greenlight the way an impatient parent says ‘fine you can have a dog but if it pisses on the rug, I’m gonna shoot it.’ They had less than a year to complete the movie and were given a budget of 58 million when the average superhero movie budget is between $150-250 million. AND Fox had the nerve to take money out of the budget so they had to write around the money. So Deadpool only having a few bullets? Budget. Forgetting his guns in the car so he can’t use them in the final fight? Budget. Only 2 low profile X-men around, one of which had never been seen before? Budget.
And they still managed to make crazy amounts of money and break all kinds of records. I just feel like it’s worth knowing whether you like it or not because I ended up liking the movie a lot more after knowing what they were working against. Deadpool is like the indie movie of this superhero shit

Hey guys look at this damn film nerd

Look at this film nerd pointing out this massive SUCCESS STORY.

Bonus points for Deadpool making massive amounts of money despite being released in a fucking DEADZONE and being rated R.

An R rating automatically limits the audience, so it was basically kneecapped from the get-go because fewer people would even be able to see it. Releasing the movie in fucking February was a damn near deliberate attempt on its life. February is where movies go to die, ok, even the cheesy date movies don’t always make it out alive.

They didn’t want this movie made in the first place, greenlit it to stop the nagging, gave it a ridiculously tiny budget and then CUT IT DOWN EVEN MORE later on forcing several very hurried bits of rewriting (this is where a few extra digs at the studio were added, because they fucking deserved it), tried to argue against an R rating and when that failed, they tried to kill it by dumping it in the fucking release date graveyard.

And it still made ridiculous amounts of money.
That’s like winning the Kentucky Derby on a 3-legged donkey; “Massive success” is a bit of an understatement.

wyntera:

Sure thing! May I present Jesse McCree’s Famous Popcorn!

So a lot of the amounts on this can be varied depending on personal preference, this is just what I use.

You’re going to need a stove-top popcorn popper like so:

Ours is a bit old and has taken some damage, not dirty I promise! You can get them at specialty stores and on Amazon. This recipe assumes a 3-quart popper, but I know they make other sizes.

You also need a container for mixing/eating from. A bowl is acceptable, a Tupperware container is also acceptable, but the best tool for the job is this bad boy:

You can buy one once at your theater and you keep it all year (cheap refills at the theater too) or you can just get something similar at a store/online. They come with a lid, this is key. Also, who doesn’t like a bucket of popcorn?

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons of unrefined coconut oil (this is just the brand the store had that day, we’ve used all sorts)

2-4 tablespoons of popcorn topping (the golden-orangish flavored oil)

Fine-grain popcorn/nut salt to taste – fine-grain is important! Anything bigger, such as table salt, makes the popcorn feel gritty and pools at the bottom of the container. Fine-grain salt coats evenly and clings to the pieces

And ¾ cups of popcorn kernels. The type of kernels you use is completely up to you! The grocery store has the standard kernels we all recognize, but you can get some really interesting varieties online for cheap! (Remember, popcorn kernels go a LONG way) They have some varieties that have been grown to have less shards, more fluffiness, and even some that make tiny popcorn!

1) Put 3 tablespoons of unrefined coconut oil into the popper.

2) Take 2 or 3 popcorn kernels and drop them on top of the coconut oil in the popper–these are our test kernels for temperature.

3) In a small bowl, put 2-4 tablespoons of popcorn topping – the more you add the more buttery the flavor. Don’t overdo it, or you won’t get the flavor from the coconut.

4) Set oven to medium-high heat.

5) When the test kernels have popped, add in ¾ cups of popcorn kernels and close the lid, then continuously stir with the handle. Keep the kernels moving in the oil to avoid burning! In just a few minutes the popcorn will pop.

6) After the popper fills up, immediately take off of heat and put the popcorn in a big bucket.

7) Cook the butter topping in the microwave on high for 30 seconds.

8) Add fine-grain popcorn/nut salt to taste. Usually I shake some salt over for a very light coating, shake up the popcorn, then repeat 2 more times. Don’t ever dump in all your salt at once or you’ll get an uneven coat. Remember, you can always add more; you can’t remove it once it’s in there.

9) Slowly pour in the butter while shaking up the popcorn. Then, if you have a container with a lid, put the lid on and shake the popcorn thoroughly. Remove lid and enjoy!

I am also experimenting with adding flavors to the popcorn, and if I get a collection I think is Jesse-worthy I will make an addition to this! Thanks for reading, hope you enjoy this popcorn as much as Jesse and Hanzo!