7-10$ for a bottle of cheap alcohol of your choice at your local liquor store.
However much you want to spend on frozen fruit, juice, and yogurt
Alcohol takes longer to freeze than water, but most home freezers can get down to around 15-20 degrees F, which is where you want to aim.
Fill just over half your blender with frozen fruit
Slop some yogurt on top, idk like a half cup?
Pour wine into the blender until the ‘fill’ line is about a quarter-up.
BLEND THAT MOTHERFUCKER LIKE IT INSULTED YOUR GRANDMA.
You want the texture to be pretty thick (thicc), because a thick smoothie will usually harden beautifully in the freezer – forms a nice solid popcicle.
If its too thin, add more fruit.
Pour your new slurry of goodness into your popcicle molds
If there’s empty molds, repeat above steps for more delicious sludge. Maybe switch flavors?
Stuff into the freezer. Make sure freezer is set to ‘really freaking cold’ (alcohol freezes at a lower temp than water)
Wait a day or two.
(Eat the leftover smoothie)
VICTORY
If you’re not into alcohol, just replace the alcohol with a red or white juice and you’re good to go. I don’t recommend citrus fruits/juice because they can interact badly with dairy. You can leave out the yogurt and replace with half a banana or avocado if you REALLY want to use citrus and want to keep the smoothness.
You can also google delicious fruit smoothie recipes for ideas on fruit combinations.
You can also just use chocolate ice cream and coffee with bailey’s and kaluhua to make a fantastic chocolate popcicle.
Wine is only 11.5%–13.5% alcohol, so splashing a bit of vodka or rum (usually around 40% alcohol) can EASILY get the mix to have ‘more alcohol than a glass of wine)
Nice try but the first 3 are not gay. You Tumblr degenerate send your wishful thinking. seriously do you people have to ruin everything…
Deadpool is pansexual. Loki is bisexual and gender fluid. Wonder Woman is bisexual like all the Amazons. Educate yourself about comic canon before saying something ridiculous.
Do you have any reliable sources that can back this up?
You mean… besides the fucking comics?!
Wonder Woman was shown as canonically bisexual in the main DCU continuity in Wonder Woman: Year One (She was heavily implied to be numerous times before then but it was stated canonically in that comic that she had romantic and sexual relationships with multiple Amazons and left her girlfriend behind to journey to our world to stop the threat of Ares sons bringing chaos and war to the world)
She’s also canonically bisexual in Wonder Woman: Earth One where she straight up tells Steve Trevor that another Amazon is her lover and also in DC Comics Bombshells where she and Mera were girlfriends
Loki is canonically bisexual and generfluid…they have shifted from male to female multiple times stating that both are their real form and Odin, Loki’s father, referred to Loki as “Their child who is both male and female” in a published Marvel comics
And anyone who thinks Deadpool is straight has not only never read the comics but also apparently never been to see either movie either because I’m not sure what part of Deadpool grabbing Colossus’s chrome plated ass and dry humping him made them think “Yeah this is a Totally Straight Hetero Just Bros Being Bros”
Fake fans 🙄 Read the comics. all your faves are queer
Wait did people literally not get the memo on any of this?
Fake fanboys act like google is broken and literally the only way they can acquire information is by harassing queer ppl on tumblr with these inane questions.
It’s called sealioning. They don’t actually care about sources they just want to wear ‘the opposition’ out by drawing out the argument or debate as painstakingly as they can. It’s manipulation and cowardice.
That’s the most succinct definition of sealioning I’ve seen. I can finally apply it to the zillion debates I’ve had with -splainers and gatekeepers…
Also, deliberately ignoring and arguing against the obvious sexual orientations of Deadpool and Wonder Woman is laughable. Like, I barked out a laugh.
And, uh, Loki is a mythological deity. Literal stories for thousands of years show him as bisexual and genderfluid.
These assholes just want to whine about their world being not how they want.
you know that dumbass Forbes article advocating for Amazon stores to replace public libraries? It was taken down cause the author got dragged so hard by like everyone who has ever entered a library in their life & now Forbes released a statement basically calling the author of the original op-ed “deeply misinformed” lmao
You know, mabes we socialist types should proactively do something to help our local libraries before capitalists find ways of shutting them down for good. Some kind of mass fundraiser or something, I don’t know what. But they seem like the last holdout for people who believe that everyone has a right to resources, no questions asked.
For many people, the library is the one place they can access the internet, which may in turn be the only way they can apply for jobs or get schoolwork done.
Other technology is also available for use at a library, such as a copier or a printer (ours even has a 3D printer open to the public).
The library is a safe place to go if it’s raining or really cold outside.
Children are enabled to read more books than their allowance could ever possibly afford, and for kids from lower-income backgrounds, it might be their only access to books at all.
Lots of libraries provide classes that are needed in their community, whether it’s ESL or literacy or parenting or what have you. Free of charge.
You can even borrow movies or seasons of TV shows instead of springing for Netflix.
And there is no shame whatsoever in visiting one. There is no social stigma attached to the library, it’s for everyone, period.
Any librarians with ideas for how we could help keep them going?
Support the Library Defense Network! They’re a leftist org made up of library workers and they organize communities to prevent public library closures.
Also: Show up! Go to programs, check out books, use the online resources. Libraries track their numbers and get funding based on community demand. Using your library drives the numbers up!
Hi! I use a method called spoon theory to explain how much energy I have during the day, and why I struggle sometimes to do basic tasks.
This explaination should be simple enough that even a 5 year old will understand, because this is how I explained it to a 5 year old. Whom then brought me actual spoons from their cupboard.
So 1. We don’t mean actual spoons. We mean energy. In this I use both spoons and money to represent energy
Think of it this way, everyday you wake up with [1000] spoons if you are neurotypical. Or have a normal amount of energy. Some people get more, but I get less. In fact, I personally get about [100] a day to do the same tasks a normal person does. Each task will take a certain amount of spoons. Once you’re out? Well, most are out. Thats it thats the end wait until tomorrow to get more. Some will continue doing things, but have those things taken out of tomorrows spoons.
Lets switch to money for a moment. Most of us know how banking works, so this should make it fairly clear!
You go into the bank each morning and recieve a check for [$1000] hooray! You pay $0.25 to get out of bed, $2.50 for the laundry and so on. You make it through the day just fine and you get the same amount the next day. This rarely changes.
I personally on the other hand, stumble into the bank to recieve [$100] to do the same amount of things that you do in the day. That’s one tenth of what you have. So I get pickier with my spending. I overlook smaller tasks if I have to.
And if I run out? I can wait until tomorrow, or I can go into debt and keep doing things. But that debt comes out of tomorrows pay out. The other thing is, The bank gets a shortage or a mixup, and the amount I get can vary from day to day. One day I may have my standard amount, another I may have half of that. I know. I have a terrible bank.
Thing is, I can’t switch for some reason
This is more common than you think, and hopefully this helps explain to Non-spoonies what we mean when we say we are out of spoons.
I’m already seeing people complain about about the 2019 Addams Family movie having ugly designs. Guys you do know that original designs where supposed to be kinda ugly?
The whole point of The Addams Family is they go against societies expectations, they’re not going to care what people say is supposed to be cute or attractive. They’re happy as they are, and they’re considered weird for not caring what people think how they look. THAT WAS THE POINT OF THE COMICS.
Sure they’re even more exaggerated towards looking gruesome now, but I think that’s kind of needed to drive in the point.
I know in the fandom Gomez and Mortica are mostly seen as a hot attractive goth couple nowadays, which is probably why so many people are disappointed. But I for one would really love to see a married couple who don’t live up to the impossible standards of hollywood beauty, be madly in love with each other and aren’t shy about expressing it.
i’m super excited about this and also the voice cast
“It was previously revealed that Oscar Isaac would be filling the role of Gomez Addams, and now he’ll be joined by Charlize Theron as Morticia, Chloe Grace Moretz as Wednesday, Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) as Pugsley, Nick Kroll as Uncle Fester, Bette Midler as Grandmama, and Allison Janney as the family’s arch nemesis Margaux Needler.”
(reposted with his permission, he’s my boyfriend @kingtrashlord )
Fighting the symptoms of his anxiety and PTSD from his time in the military, Nikos Callas turns to a popular video game to make his day to day more tolerable. After he becomes an accidental hero in his real life, Andraste decides he’s just what the inquisition needs
Read Chapter 1 below, or click the link to read it on Ao3
Chapter 1: It All Fades to Black
Sparks engulfed Nikos’ vision.
Flashes of his life: holding his baby sister for the first time, receiving his dog tags, waking up bound and beaten, his screams echoing in the empty room, the ringing in his ears as shrapnel tore his flesh open, being afraid to touch his family, Midnight hot chocolate on the kitchen floor with Thea, playing his first video game since coming home, the monotonous clicking of his keyboard, the damp autumn air ruffling his hair.
The screech of tires; His body going limp as people scream – he screams and his world swirls to black.
***
He woke confused. His back ached from his sprawled and twisted body on sanded stone. Nikos slowly sat up, not entirely sure where he was or how he got there. He was in a hallway made of stone with nothing in terms of decoration besides a few large vases that looked severely out of place and ancient.
Static danced in the back of his mind as he pushed himself off the ground and onto unstable feet. Nikos limped over to the closest vase, favoring his left leg and tried to pick it up.
Nikos was surprised by how light it was compared to its size. He took a deep breath, inhaled two lungs full of dust and started to cough. The vase was very dusty, so much so that when he moved his hands off of the vase he could see distinct marks of where his hands took away some grime. Seeing how Nikos had no idea where he currently was, he didn’t want to look a gift horse in the mouth and hefted the vase into his arm.
It was only in his arms for a few seconds before he started to cough again. He set the vase down and took off his over shirt. He wiped away dust and grime, though he focused around the rim and top half; more concerned about inhaling dust than having it all over his clothes.
Once the vase was cleaner than how he found it, Nikos once again hefted the vase into his arms. He favored his right arm and used his left for support more so than to hold it. With the vase in his grasp and dust no longer clouding his lungs, Nikos looked both left and right down the hallway he was in. They were virtually identical.
Nikos wished he had a coin to toss to choose his direction. He always struggled with making basic choices: like to go left or right, what food to eat, when to wake up and other simple decisions of no greater value. He let out a tired sigh and turned to start his journey left.
He had fumbled with the vase as he tried to open every door he passed. Some were already wide open with nothing of real importance inside. Others were locked tight and without his lock picking set, he had no hopes to see what was inside.
“Is anyone even in this place?” Nikos had wondered aloud. His voice soft as he only spoke to himself. “I like I’ve been here for hours, but that could just be because I’m bored as Hell…”
He continued for a couple minutes, he peaked in doorways and wondered if he had gone the right way. The entire time his mind raced. His surroundings were familiar but he had no idea why, and he felt a kernel of dread form in his stomach.
During his entire trek he didn’t pass any other person, and from what he could tell, he was getting near the end of the hall.
He prayed to whatever deity out there that it wasn’t a dead end and there was a door or something that lead to someplace with another living being. He just hoped it wouldn’t be something hostile. He really didn’t want to fight someone with his only viable “Weapon” on his person being an oversized vase.
Just before he gave up hope on there being a door, he saw a double-wide set of doors crafted out of fine wood. Nikos let his shoulders sag with relief, but was quick to tense up and launch into action as a cry flitted through the thick wooden doors.
“Someone, please help me!” The accented voice sounded strained and so familiar to Nikos. Alarm bells were going off in his head, but his instincts took over.
Without his notice, Nikos forgot about his gimp knee and arm and threw his newly energized body against the doors. They flew open and slammed against the walls with a loud thud. What greeted him made Nikos pause for only a brief second, His flashbacks didn’t register in that moment and his need to protect spurred him into action.
In front of him was a scene from one of his favorite video games. He saw Divine Justinia be suspended in midair while Corypheus held the damned glowing green orb in his nasty clawed hands.
“Hey, Fugly!” Nikos shouted to gain Corypheus and his cronies’ attention, “Let the old lady go!”
Nikos relied solely on his instincts and threw his only possible weapon with adrenaline-fueled strength and watched as it flew through the air and smashed against Corypheus’s gross spindly skeletal body.
When the vase shattered against the red lyrium covered man, Divine Justinia was able to smack the orb out of Corypheus’s hand and in Nikos’ general direction.
Without thinking of the consequences, or what was even happening, Nikos crouched and grabbed the orb with his left hand like he did when he played catch with his dad.
“Grab the elf!” He heard Corypheus roar and watched as the man seemed to glide over the floor and charged forward.
Before he could be caught, Nikos gasped as an acidic green light enveloped him and once again, within an indeterminate amount of time, his vision left him.
***
Nikos came back to consciousness on his hands and knees. His chest shook with heavy breaths and nearly choked once he took notice of the sinister green mist that surrounded him.
“Where the Hell am I?” He coughed and stood up. The ground was covered in jagged rocks. Only the thin soles of his worn sneakers kept the sharp points from cutting his feet apart.
If this wasn’t a dream somehow, Nikos could only guess that this was the fade. He couldn’t tell if this was a really vivid dream, if he was high or if this was actually happening somehow. The only proof he had that pointed to the latter was the scrapes that burned the palms of his hands.
He wandered aimlessly for a while. He avoided stepping in puddles or any form of liquid and tried to find a way out. If this was a dream he should be able to just envision himself out of the fade. Maybe… If this was really actually happening Nikos had only the fainted idea of how to escape the fade. He needed to find Divine Justinia and if he was lucky, get them both out of the fade alive.
He tried to keep an eye out for a path that would maybe lead him to that weirdly steep hill, but he couldn’t see anything of the sort. He tried to keep his pace steady, but when a crescendo of skittering legs reached his ears made a shiver shoot down his spine, he took off into a sprint away from the sound.
Skittering followed him as he ran and Nikos whipped his head around rapidly. He broke out into a cold sweat as he remembered the opening scenes of inquisition.
“They’re all around me…” Nikos panted and cursed his lack of exercise from the last couple years. Just when Nikos caught sight of the mountain he felt his foot catch on a rock. “Shit!”
Nikos ended up eating gravel but he pushed himself forward. He couldn’t let the spiders catch him. He couldn’t die like this.
“Divine Justinia!” Nikos called out. He saw her distinct silhouette atop the mountain. “Get out of here!”
Justinia stayed despite Nikos’ cry and urged him to keep running. It felt like an eternity, but he finally made it to the top with a swarm of spiders on his tail.
“Come on!” Nikos grabbed the elder woman’s offered arm and tugged her towards the glowing green portal in front of them. “We gotta go!”
He led her toward their only exit when she dropped to her knees. She was caught on something and had fallen forward. Nikos tried to help her up, tried to save her, but she looked up at him with an unsettling resolve in her eyes. Divine Justinia was accepting her fate – no. She was sacrificing her life for his.
“I’m not leaving you here to die!” His voice cracked
“No you’re not” she protested, “You are saving your life and many others!”
After she freed herself from Nikos’ grasp she pushed him away as hard as she could. Nikos let out a dry sob and turned away from the woman who saved him and fell through the portal.
“Maker guide you young one.”
He watched through hazy vision as armored warriors approached him demanding answers to unheard questions.
All that raced through Nikos’ head was his failure.
“She died for me…” He collapsed into a heap for the third time and prayed that this was all just a dream.
