“but if kyoko and byakuya already know all the answers then why do they make makoto say it every time” because the class trials are ruled by popular vote and kyoko and byakuya have like zero charisma and can’t convince any of their classmates that what they say is correct. they make makoto say it because makoto is everyone’s favorite good boi and they listen to him
Byakuya doesn’t even know the answer half the time either he just pretends he does and then hopes nobody notices he’s actually stupid
Almost all the Of The Devil characters dialogue boxes are labeled by their last name. Except for David (close personal friend), Fran (a kid, and their relationship with Morgan is a long-term and positive one), and Emma. And Emma is just that ADA that keeps beating Morgan. Who Morgan absolutely isn’t obsessed with. At all. Which is why her thinking of Emma by her first name is totally normal and reasonable and not surprising at all, despite them not being even colleagues.
frankly i’m fascinated by whatever network executive signed off on fionna and cake. remember adventure time, that show for twelve year olds that pioneered “shmow zow” and “mathematical”? yeah well it’s a show for adults now. they talk about having sex and say the words ass and shit. whoever allowed that is goated i’m just stunned it happened
see usually when people say that they mean it in more of a general way like “oh the themes got more mature” and stuff like that. i don’t think it usually actually increases the age of the target audience like this. like there’s gore and stuff now, i dont think kids should watch this
no really, squeeze it. Does it feel like it’s got sand in it? is’s sharpening sand. Stab the tip of your needle into it back and forth and it’ll help put a sharp edge back on a pin or needle that’s been blunted by use, or has a little bit of rust on it. It can’t fix anything worse then a little of either, and won’t work on something REALLY blunted, but its a lifesaver.
also it is a pepper
It’s not a pepper and it’s not for sharpening!!
It may seem like it should be a pepper, since that would go better with the flavour of a tomato (and the mass produced modern ones are admittedly more pepper shaped), but it is and has always been a strawberry. Here are some antique emery strawberries, which are much more strawberry shaped, and some of them have seeds.
And it’s for cleaning needles, not sharpening them. I can’t imagine how jamming a blunt needle point around in a bunch of loose grit could possibly sharpen it in any significant way, and all the historical sources I’ve seen only talk about cleaning.
“Every sewer’s work basket or work box should contain an emery bag, as shown in Fig. 2, through which to push a needle when it becomes rough, squeaks, or sticks in the material. An emery bag is usually shaped like a strawberry and consists of a rough denim bag filled with emery powder, which is a very hard material used for polishing metals. Such a bag may be purchased for 5 or 10 cents in any store that sells sewing materials. Needles often become rusted from the perspiration of the hands or from being left in damp places. The beginner may use a small emery bag to remove rust; or, a small piece of emery paper may be used instead.”
“An emery bag is inexpensive and is useful to keep needles polished and smooth. If the hands perspire and it is difficult to push the needle through the cloth, running the needle through the emery will relieve the condition.”
“It was very hot to sit and sew. The needle would get sticky in spite of all the little emery strawberry could give it, and Beth’s fingers had never felt so clumsy and uncomfortable.”
This patent from 1873 mentions an emery slab for sharpening pins, which is quite different from a cushion, and which sounds like it actually would work for sharpening.
“C is a slab of emery or other sharp and fine grit, for sharpening needles or pins”
Then later down the page it also says
“E is an emery cushion, secured in the body of the holder A, and is used for polishing needles and keeping them smooth.”
So. Strawberry for cleaning. Not pepper for sharpening.
Gentle reminder - modern sewing tools are made from treated or plated metal, or stainless steel. In terms of human civilisation, this is a wild advance of technology. Needles are some of our oldest tools; rust was formerly ubiquitous, and attacked every form of everyday metal. A rusty needle tears fabric, or worse, stains it. The luxury and technology of rustproof needles and pins - forgotten in a few generations of human memory - and yet it is remembered in the strawberry. Memory is stored in the strawberry!
hey, I was just at the Kroger, I think I just saw your living weapon look both ways sheepishly before scanning her dehumanizing barcode tattoo to see what would happen. it rang up as a Mountain Dew voltage. so like, is that intentional or
Reminder that Kroger and their “family” of subsidiary companies (Dillons, King Soopers, Safeway, Harris Teeter, Gerbes, JayC, etc) are a monopoly that has been driving independent grocery stores out of business and artificially inflating food prices since the 1950s.
i’ll tell my friends to take their brainwashed living weapons and homunculi elsewhere then
