v i t r i o l
@vitriol.bsky.social
Tattooer, Garden Goblin, Big Fan of Big Wooden Boats. Amateur Sewist, Professional Ne’er-do-well. RVA & beyond.
I regret to inform you all that I am back on my bullshit* *undertaking extremely labor-intensive handsewing projects in a futile effort to keep the Horrors at bay
(muffled voice from inside a coffin) it's called dressing for the job you want
If you have never felt what 84°F at 87% humidity is like there is simply no way to describe how oppressive it is. Stepped outside this morning & felt like I got hit in the face with a wet sock while putting on a weighted vest. Absolutely punishing out there, I want no further part in it!!
I’m gonna be honest with y’all all week I thought we were mad at the YouTube fella who recreates historical recipes 😐
perhaps art, like kicking ass, lies in the ass of the beholder.
A good marriage is built on love, respect, and the ability to shepherd each other through the horrors of the modern internet without judgement.
I am delighted to report that my husband has informed me you can type “old.” before the Reddit URL and it will revert to the browser version of yore !!
v i t r i o l@vitriol.bsky.social · last wk.I am also just absolutely hoppin’ mad that their annoying little tactic for forcing account creation might work. We used to have WEBSITES! I can still read model shipbuilding forums from 2009 with no account!! I’m considering having my husband read threads to me out loud from his account instead.
I do not want a Reddit account. I have never wanted a Reddit account. I simply want to read a thread in my browser bc Reddit is now the only place to get real human answers to search queries. But they blocked browser scrolling and it’s finally annoying enough I might have to make a goddamn account
“food for thought” buddy my thoughts don’t need any food at all. been trying to starve them fuckers for years and they still keep doing the thing
lol nevermind I do not in fact have a neurology appointment today because I fucked up and didn’t schedule an MRI first Evidence beginning to mount!!
v i t r i o l@vitriol.bsky.social · 2w agoI’m mostly anxious about this appointment because I always convince myself that I will be In Trouble! At The Neurologist’s Office despite having absolutely zero historical evidence to support that
I have an appointment with my neurology team tomorrow that I’m pretty anxious about. Apparently I channeled all that panicked energy into… spending 6 hours building out an event budget spreadsheet for work? I did not intend to spend 6 hours of my one precious life in Google Sheets today. And yet.
artist pulling out their hair over a desk covered in used mugs, an ash tray full of cigarette butts, knocked over whiskey glasses, eyes blood shot, screaming "WHAT IS MY TAKE ON JIMOTHY" to the heavens
I’ve been thinking about this kind of “algorithmic folklore” for a while now and if I had more time and energy I’m convinced there’s some compelling research to be done on how well it maps to historical oral traditions and new religious movements
Corey Brickley@coreybrickley.bsky.social · 3w agoI always think it's funny how instagram makes people into village soothsayers coming up with and passing around folk wisdom because the platform runs on like a million obscured algorithms and no one knows how it works. Advice feels very 'A rooster crowing at night is a sign of rain coming.'
Another delightful cockchafer fact: There was a very popular type of trim used on 18th-century garments that modern costumers call “fly fringe,” but original sources, especially French, often referred to it as “sourcils de hanneton” — “cockchafer beetle’s eyebrows”
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 3w agoMy four favourite facts about the cockchafer beetle: 1. It's called a cockchafer beetle. 2. It’s also sometimes known as a “billywitch”. 3. It’s unusually loud and clumsy by beetle standards and bangs into lots of things when it flies into your house by mistake. 4. It looks like this, close up.
If anything bad happens to the weird little bowling ball gremlin raccoon, don't tell me about it
Flightless Birds: Evolving Expressions of Masculinity Through Napoleonic-Era British Maritime Costume As Depicted In Weir’s ‘Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World’ (2003) in this essay I will—
v i t r i o l@vitriol.bsky.social · 3w agopinched a nerve in my neck so horribly that I’m fully immobilized today Sofas are now battlefields
pinched a nerve in my neck so horribly that I’m fully immobilized today Sofas are now battlefields
“Do I treat the brain basically like a fae?” Yeah. I absolutely do and you should too.
I once asked a priest to bless a printer that I was in the middle of fighting with and he went "I only bless things when there's a chance it'll take" and then turned and walked out of the room.
✨hauntedtoasters✨@hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · 4w agoI am tech support to the bone and do not like to mystify computer stuff but I genuinely believe in my heart of hearts that printers have demons in them. There is literally no other explanation.
I got my lashes done today and can’t get them wet for 24 hours, which means no crying for 24 hours. A big ask from my lash tech at this present juncture.
Heat index of 122°F just feels made up. Like how is this the real weather. you’re tellin me it feels like ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO OF DANIEL GABRIEL FAHRENHEIT’S DEGREES?!
celebrating the good parts of america today. if you don’t think there are any good parts, just look to all the stuff the fascists are desperate to stifle
People who spiral out overusing LLM chatbots are really just experiencing the kind of brain-damaging stream of unconditional validation that’s always been the norm for the hyper-wealthy, which explains a lot.
Jon Hendry@jonhendry.bsky.social · last mo.Worse than Twitter, private discussions (text, email, whatever) among like-minded wealthy lunatics who are all surrounded by yes-men who talk like ChatGPT in maximum ass-kissing mode.
All my neighbors are out practicing their synchronized lawnmowing routines to try to beat the heat and I am in sensory hell
I’ve pulled 9lbs of blackberries since Friday, send help
