bjurnberg:

My work boots are the most expensive shoes I’ve ever owned.

Also the most comfortable. I chose them after trying on several different brands and comparing lifespan vs usage vs comfort - I needed them for a physically demanding job, not the weekend hiking trails. I could have easily chosen cheaper boots that would have lasted long enough to be worth their low price, but I know the Sam Vimes Boot Theory and knew weaker, less comfortable boots would make my life harder in the long run.

So when the outside edge of the heel started wearing down after three years of heavy use I went to the shop I got them from and said “hey this is a common problem for me with how I walk but now it’s affecting my ankles and knees and I don’t wanna have to buy a new pair, is there a way to fix this?”

The salesman at this very fancy upscale boot store said “oh yeah, there’s a shoe repair place that can give you some heel guards - it’ll keep the rubber from wearing out.”

So at 8am this morning right after my 9hr shift ends I went to the shoe repair shop and it is the most hole-in-the-wall, is-this-a-real-business-or-a-mafia-front, am-I-gonna-get-shot tiny cinder block cube I’ve ever seen in my life. I grew up plenty poor and love me a good hole-in-the-wall business, but going from upscale store to this cash-only repair shop gave me whiplash. Wasn’t expecting this when a guy who wears three piece suits to sell boots said it’s the best place to go.

The skinny kid behind the counter looks somehow 16 and 25 at the same time, but when I tell him this place was recommended he smiles and says to hand over my boots. I hand him the vaguely warm foot-smelling boots, and stand in my socks in the 3’ square entryway surrounded by every color leather polish you could buy and watch as he turns my boots around in his hands, sizes up a crescent moon bits of plastic, and unceremoniously hammers tiny nails through them before handing them back.

The heels are perfectly level again. I can walk without almost rolling my ankles. They don’t clack loudly on the pavement or feel different. This is gonna fix my knee pain. It cost $10.

This kid had every tool he needed within arms reach, worked fast and smoothly, I was in and out the door in less than 8 minutes, and it only cost $10.

I didn’t think anything could cost only $10 anymore. I’m so used to hyperinflation prices I was spiritually thrown back to the 1400’s visiting the cobbler in town square. This kid might have been that cobbler and just decided to never die.

I’m still reeling from the whiplash, and gobsmacked at the price, and thrilled I didn’t have to go buy new, worse work boots (cuz I don’t have that kind of money for a second pair, I’m expecting these ones to last a decade) and it feels like I just experienced one of the rare little chunks of magic that floats around our world.

12/18-23
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jimalim:

Saw this on Twitter I think this is a really great theory

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05/30-23
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05/23-23
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ifriqiyyah:

when gretchen said “because no one ever chooses me, jimmy. not in the end. in the end no one ever fights for me”

05/23-23
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marril96:

Yellowjackets 2.08 | It Chooses

05/21-23
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elliesgaymachete:

Ok but seriously Nat was the only sober one why’d she kiss Lottie on the cheek and then walk away and then why did Lottie FOLLOW HER? Lottie being the one that convinces Nat to get up and dance with her? It’s a little fruity

It is A LOT FRUITY and I am 100% here for it 😂

05/15-23
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hopemikaelsongf:

LOTTIE MATTHEWS & NATALIE SCATORCCIO
YELLOWJACKETS | 2.07 Burial

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I was initially like how tf did Nat just have a complete attitude change so quickly after getting to Lottie’s place….

Now it makes sense 🤣🤣

05/15-23
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natalia-dyer:

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LOTTIE & NAT
YELLOWJACKETS | 2.07
05/14-23
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politijohn:

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05/06-23
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This guy really just said “love is weakness” lmao I can’t with these people. Literally are you a Disney villain? Have you seen any movie ever?

Stop talking about love because it shows weakness?? Nah. This woman is challenging our entire fucked up corporate greed fueled system, she’s much stronger than you are, little man.

05/06-23
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stregaomega:

curses-upon-you:

regiinamilfs:

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Seriously, though, the CU shot of the pie. 

Wow. Look at those nails. Those beautifully manicured, soft and short nails. They don’t look as long and curved as I’ve seen them before.
Makeup must have been very concerned that day for the pie’s well being.

What?

05/01-23
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yellowbugifs:

Queen of Sass™

04/30-23
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safins:

REGINA MILLS & the Four Pillars of being a Witch Bitch™ (x.)
happiest birthday @rebeccasweltons <3!

04/30-23
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sapphicscholar:

lizardsister:

honestly soooo fucked up when people send adventurers on quests to slay an evil sorceress or witch or medusa or whatever like have you ever considered maybe she just needs some good lesbian sex

04/30-23
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hipsters-watch-tv:

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Lana is gonna be in a queer comedy I could cRY

04/29-23
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