copgutz [she/her]

lmao what a nightmare. Thankfully this one seems to have plenty of sidebars and tables for the most critical information. I’m still taking my own notes while reading through things just to help me retain what I’m reading, but it feels like there will be something I inevitably overlook. Thankfully, I think my prospective players will be forgiving and bear with my mistakes.

Why is it so fucking wet?

Women’s/girls’ clothing also seems of worse quality on average than men’s/boys’. I suppose this is just another form of the pink tax, but I’ve learned a few ways to make items last a little longer over the years. I’ll share them in the hope it brings you, the comrade reading this, the information you need to keep your favorite garment in rotation longer.

Learn to sew buttons back on and keep the tools on hand to do so. Wrap the thread around the underside of the button a few times once you’ve sewn it on before tying off to add some extra strength to the threads holding it on.

Washing machines are rough on clothes. Buy large lingerie bags to put anything delicate in. If your washer likes to eat the drawstrings of your sweatpants? Bag 'em. If your long johns keep getting tangled up with other garments and stretching out? Bag 'em. They’re also really nice at keeping my socks from getting lost in the wash.

And this one isn’t so much a durability tip, so much as it is a buying one, but if you aren’t looking at what fibers the garment is made of, you should be. Natural fibers breathe better and feel better on the skin than synthetics. I think there are some hi-tech synthetics that are better now but cotton beats the shit out of polyester and acrylic in every metric I care about.

I haven’t updated my wardrobe in a while, but I’ll gladly help you improve yours. There is a thread I commented on not too long ago with some clothing preservation and sewing tips that you may find useful as well. If you’re able, try a lot of things on. Include items that you’d normally not be drawn to in the selection of things to try. If you hate it, no one but you sees you wearing it and you can think about what aspects of the garment you dislike. If you’re lukewarm, take some selfies and think on it or text a friend to get their opinion. Figure out not just what colors you like to wear, but what is flattering for you, or at least work on some good color coordination. Men are usually more hesitant to experiment with colors, so if this applies, try adding more pieces with color into your collection. (Sometimes laundry day will necessitate more innovative pairings.) Sometimes I’ll consider the silhouette I’m after and build from there, but again feminine fashion seems to have more options. I’ve long since succumbed to the battle against cat hair, but simple things like a lint roller, storing clothing properly, and ironing can make an outfit look much more put together. If you have more money and time to really improve your best pieces, you pay to have them altered/fitted by a tailor. I hope this is helpful. If you’ve got more specific questions, I’ll do my best to answer those.

This job still exists, just have to find a quality bakery in a city that supplies to local restaurants.

Not only are they terribly distracting but most of them are really just bullying us because insecurities seem to be a really effective way to move product. Most of what I see these days is some variation of you’re fat, ugly, poor, dumb, lonely, etc. Regardless of the truth of those descriptors, constant exposure to bullying like this is making us all worse off. It really should be something we don’t allow in public spaces, and pointing the harm done by the proliferation of ads out to those who have grown accustomed to the background noise is good.

I can neither confirm, nor deny these accusations at this time.

Are they so devoid of personality they can’t even make one up for their character bio?

Frankly, I probably don’t need too much as it’s fairly divergent from an accurate historical timeline. I am really just getting into the details to flesh things out and bring it to life in my head before I bring it to my players. I’ve also been looking up old photographs to understand the clothing of the time, terrain of the area, existing rail networks, and that has all been much more interesting.

The last few years have made my perception of time so out of whack that I keep being reminded of the Kurt Vonnegut protagonist, Billy Pilgrim, who became unstuck in time.