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Oh my god, food extract is not the same as an essential oil.

Food extract is the flavoring of something cooked down into a carrier oil or alcohol that is safe for human ingestion.

Essential oil is the pure extract of the plant refined down and distilled for concentrated medicinal purposes to a significantly higher strength than simply adding ground up mint leaves to your water. The two are not comparable in any way.

Cinnamon extract and cinnamon essential oil are not the same thing.

One is about 100 times the strength of the other and can also cause acute organ failure. I’ll give you a hint, it’s not the food extract.

Sweet gods I’m not trying to be mean, I want you to be aware and safe and stop putting yourselves and others at risk. Please.

I recently ran into this problem while writing and when I did some google searches for a solution I wasn't able to find a lot. My story is written in first person and I don't know how to introduce my character's name without sounding cheesy or cliche. The "My name is [character] is so cringey but I'm not sure how to introduce my character to the reader in a way that sounds natural. Any advice?

Have someone they talk to call them by their name. 

Have a stranger ask them their name for a good reason (e.g. a barista or nurse).

Have them feel annoyed at seeing their name misspelled or hearing it mispronounced.

Have them fill out forms and whoever receives the form comments on the name (e.g. ”Oh, that’s a pretty name” or “Nice, that’s my cousin’s name” etc.).

Have them respond to hearing their name or one similar to it when it isn’t them someone is trying to communicate with (e.g. Kara hears someone call out “Karen” on the street, and turns her head).

Have them mention that another person in their social group has their name (e.g. ”The other Rachel in our book club said…”).

If they primarily go by a nickname, have someone who calls them by their full name make an appearance (e.g. a sudden phone call from their mother, who insists on calling them by their birth name).

Have someone make a joke/pun with their name (e.g. a rival calling them “Dick” when their name is Richard).

Have something associated with them carry their name (e.g. a family business called “Bob Howard & Sons” or a vanity plate on their vehicle).

They like searching through personalized keychain racks and magnet displays to see if their unusual name is in there this time.

Have it mentioned in roll call (this one’s a bit common in a school setting, but roll calls can happen in certain other settings too).

Have them read a letter, email, or something else addressed to them.

There must be a dozen other ways. Use these to brainstorm and find one that fits your story better.

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Stretch Armstrong and Why You Should Watch It

1. Stretchy bois

2. DIVERSE stretchy bois!!! Jake has a single, overbearing father and his mother passed away, Ricardo is a black teen with two successful parents who are never home, and Nathan is a Chinese (???? Not stated explicitly) teen with a massive, loving family.

3. Scott Menville (Robin, Teen Titans) and Steven Yeun (Keith, Voltron: Legendary Defender) voice two of the three main leads which is fucking amazing to listen to and provides great amv fodder

4. Main black character who used to be in a gang but pulled himself up and now helps manage and run the most successful company in town

5. Sly Chinese grandpa who finds out the kids are superheroes and instead of telling offers them a cover story if they need one

6. Bad ass female characters who don’t need no man (but still date because girls can do what they want)

7. Boys who aren’t afraid!!! To have feelings!!! And one who’s learning that thats okay!!!

8. Terrible humor and making fun of slang terms. So many puns about stretching.

9. Criminals who are only criminals because they don’t really have another choice who are given second chances instead of jail time

10. Really nice looking animation????

11. A continuous story arch but each episode is still unique to the show

12. Overall diverse show??? Like even background and side characters aren’t just white?? I haven’t watched the whole series and so far there isn’t lgbt stuff, but I wouldn’t put it past them.

13. Botany teacher who is WAY too into plants. And everyone loves said plants. Also botany teach is super protective of his students

14. Bois who enjoy some schoolwork but also hate it. You know, like a normal teenager.

15. Side character bully played by Josh Keaton (Shiro, VLD) who HATES Nathan (played by Steven Yeun [Keith]) which is fucking hilarious

16. Such polite bois who say please and thank you to the villains

In conclusion pls watch this show I’m so pleased with it thus far its worth your time I promise

Lazy cat isn’t much help in a fight

How do they work so perfectly well handcuffed together??

Iconic.

Some domestic things we know about the boys

Nathan has never had detention.

Nathan hates dodgeball.

Jake had a crush on Riya, and according to Nathan, Jake wants to marry her right after college, have 2.3 children, and live in a penthouse on the bay.

Jake knows how long he’s known Riya, down to the days.

On day 2 of knowing Jake, Ricardo is already calling him ‘bro’ and trying to help with his girl problems.

Wingspan mentions he doesn’t have pockets in his superhero costume, but knowing all the costumes are made similarly, we can guess Stretch and Omnimass don’t have pockets either.

They always get snowcones after a mission.

Nathan’s grandpa used to run a newspaper.

Nathan lives with his parents, grandpa, five brothers, and his one sister, Isabelle. We can see that Isabelle and two of his brothers are younger than him.

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