It was 33C and I was on a bus with no air conditioning and no water.

[apiphile]

I deliberately wore flipflops because the weather forecast was "sky murder" and I thought it would prevent me from excessive walking (original plan was "walk to Camden again" but this was toned down because I didn't manage to exit my filth prison until gone noon

Comments

[wolfy_writing]

Ugh, sounds like the worst luck! I hate it when you're stuck walking in sweltering heat.

Men like pumpkin pie and lavender? What do women like the smell of? (The only thing I know how to attract by scent is my cat, who loves sweaty feet and hates jasmine. Humans don't work like that, I'm guessing.)

Stupid getting carded everywhere. I went through such a stretch of "I just want a glass of wine! I'm more than a decade over the limit for having wine, so can you just trust I'm not some horrible old-looking teenager and give me a glass?"

I have a friend who doesn't drink, does have clinical anxiety and was all "But why drink when valium?" and surprised that I'd never had any. (Actually, considering I give off some bizarre "Needs a heavy-duty prescription" vibe in doctor's offices, and have had to actively refuse opiates, I'm surprised I've never been offered valium.)

[myselftheliar]

I've been researching scents mostly for awkward pheromone manipulation reasons, and women enjoy the scent of chocolate, amber, pumpkin spice, citrus and juniper. This is why a lot of mens colognes have these as base notes, and Spicebomb (my fave!) is a best best selling men's cologne.

all this apparently gets fucked for The Gays, which isn't an exact reversal but tl;dr gay men like pumpkin spice, lavender, musk.

[wolfy_writing]

Ooh, is there anything that makes you smell desirable to queer women?

[apiphile]

Listen the only thing stopping me from shouting VAGINAS is the knowledge that this excludes queer women who ain't got them

[tsuki_no_bara]

how could that cashier look at you and think "this guy is not old enough to buy cider"? ok, so you don't have luxurious facial hair, but you definitely look old enough to drink. what the hell.

is there any kind of war medicine that ISN'T sad?

[apiphile]

IDK because he was a 17-year-old and they can't tell age from shit and he was a fucking Asian 17-year-old and those ASSHOLES CAN ALL GROW BEARDS YOU CAN HIDE A GOAT IN AND I'M LITERALLY TWICE HIS AAAAAGE.

I mean there are individual instances when it's funny? Like Lawrence sulking on his stomach with dysentery and saddle sores? [The one man who has literally fought his own ass in the desert].

[myselftheliar]

IDK man the bears thinking yr a fine nubile twink should only be encouraging

[apiphile]

When in the name of holy tit hell has that ever happened?