Oct. 28th, 2019
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armchair-factotum:
humandisastersquad:
why do ppl in scifi have such a hard time saying ‘thank you’ to robots. i say thank you to inanimate objects all the time and sure as hell would thank a robot for doing even the bare minimum
I worry about sci-fi writers, because none of them seem to realize humans have empathy for actual literal toasters and the Mars rover and would certainly treat humanoid ones like people
armchair-factotum:
humandisastersquad:
why do ppl in scifi have such a hard time saying ‘thank you’ to robots. i say thank you to inanimate objects all the time and sure as hell would thank a robot for doing even the bare minimum
I worry about sci-fi writers, because none of them seem to realize humans have empathy for actual literal toasters and the Mars rover and would certainly treat humanoid ones like people
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seekingidlewild:
So, I have always had a really hard time understanding why people do self-insert OCs in fics and RP. Like, this is not a judgment call at all, I have just never understood it. I can’t wrap my brain around it.
I’ve wondered about this for years.
And then like, the other day I was pondering this again after reading a positivity post about self-insert OCs being totally okay. And the thought suddenly occurred to me:
Maybe the people who write self-inserts don’t fucking hate themselves.
And it finally made sense.
But now I’m sad.
I’ve been thinking this myself recently. “Maybe I *should* write self-insert fic. Maybe it’s time to romanticise myself and let myself see (a character like me) as the hero.”
I’ve always learned a lot from writing characters - forcing myself to write more female characters really helped. Maybe forcing myself to write a self-insert fic or two will also teach me something interesting.
After all, you don’t have to hate yourself forever. There’s got to be a point at which you can learn not to any more. It’s worth trying :)
seekingidlewild:
So, I have always had a really hard time understanding why people do self-insert OCs in fics and RP. Like, this is not a judgment call at all, I have just never understood it. I can’t wrap my brain around it.
I’ve wondered about this for years.
And then like, the other day I was pondering this again after reading a positivity post about self-insert OCs being totally okay. And the thought suddenly occurred to me:
Maybe the people who write self-inserts don’t fucking hate themselves.
And it finally made sense.
But now I’m sad.
I’ve been thinking this myself recently. “Maybe I *should* write self-insert fic. Maybe it’s time to romanticise myself and let myself see (a character like me) as the hero.”
I’ve always learned a lot from writing characters - forcing myself to write more female characters really helped. Maybe forcing myself to write a self-insert fic or two will also teach me something interesting.
After all, you don’t have to hate yourself forever. There’s got to be a point at which you can learn not to any more. It’s worth trying :)
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convallarias-art:
After TLJ, in the cave:
- Let’s go, there’s nothing for us to do here anymore.
convallarias-art:
After TLJ, in the cave:
- Let’s go, there’s nothing for us to do here anymore.
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badjokesbyjeff:
If you rearrange the letters of MAILMEN
you get them VERY ANGRY
badjokesbyjeff:
If you rearrange the letters of MAILMEN
you get them VERY ANGRY
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lyledebeast:
As we’re drawing closer to the release of Rise of Skywalker, the thing that’s been most fun for me is all the villain fans going, “Well, shit. If Kylo’s going to get a redemption arc, why not Hux/Gallius Rax/other sequel trilogy villain, huh?”
I have no time for the idea that redemption storylines are always problematic. It too often goes with the belief that fiction should be instructive and that wickedness should always be punished, and other such Hays Code era nonsense. Star Wars needs to be better than that.
I’m not even interested in whether Kylo deserves a redemption arc or not. None of the other villains deserve one either. They’ve all done bad things to good people; otherwise, they wouldn’t be villains, would they?
What I think these villain fans are asking is, why is Kylo, and only Kylo, getting a redemption arc a better story than any other villain, or multiple villains, getting one? And it feels like, no matter how RoS answers that question, the real answer is going to that he’s Han and Leia’s son, Luke’s nephew, and Anakin’s grandson. And it’s not the best reason, and it certainly wouldn’t be the best storyline. It’s certainly the safest, though.
lyledebeast:
As we’re drawing closer to the release of Rise of Skywalker, the thing that’s been most fun for me is all the villain fans going, “Well, shit. If Kylo’s going to get a redemption arc, why not Hux/Gallius Rax/other sequel trilogy villain, huh?”
I have no time for the idea that redemption storylines are always problematic. It too often goes with the belief that fiction should be instructive and that wickedness should always be punished, and other such Hays Code era nonsense. Star Wars needs to be better than that.
I’m not even interested in whether Kylo deserves a redemption arc or not. None of the other villains deserve one either. They’ve all done bad things to good people; otherwise, they wouldn’t be villains, would they?
What I think these villain fans are asking is, why is Kylo, and only Kylo, getting a redemption arc a better story than any other villain, or multiple villains, getting one? And it feels like, no matter how RoS answers that question, the real answer is going to that he’s Han and Leia’s son, Luke’s nephew, and Anakin’s grandson. And it’s not the best reason, and it certainly wouldn’t be the best storyline. It’s certainly the safest, though.
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aiwa-sensei:
Master of all snakes XD
Hands up who had that phone tho. ✋
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aiwa-sensei:
Master of all snakes XD
Hands up who had that phone tho. ✋
Patreon
Instagram Twitter Pillowfort Redbubble
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nite0wl29:
reylofest:
maytheforceormaynot:
updated:
Kylo please 😂
Never not reblog!! 🤣😂
nite0wl29:
reylofest:
maytheforceormaynot:
updated:
Kylo please 😂
Never not reblog!! 🤣😂
dkafterdark:Caliban’s War, Fave
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dkafterdark:
Caliban’s War, Fave Lines
“These cunts are digging into my grandma time,” she said. (Avasarala)
Amos picked the grenade up casually and tossed it back through the doorway.
Amos ran up the ramp and grabbed Alex in a bear hug that yanked him off his feet. “Man, it’s fucking good to be home!” he said.
“Cap,” Amos said with a grin. “Anything that kills me has already killed everyone else. I was born to be the last man standing. You can count on it.”
“Seriously. Get me a gun, I’m a soldier. Get that suit for me, I’m a superhero.” (Bobbie)
She’d stopped looking tired a while ago and had moved on to whatever tired turned into when it became a lifestyle.
“I don’t use sex as a weapon,” Bobbie said. “I use weapons as weapons.”
“Why fly?” Alex repeated with a laugh. “‘Cuz it’s fun, Doc. Because it’s fun.”
“I love you guys. You know that, right?” (Holden)
“Ferns can be very aggressive,” Prax said.
“How the fuck do you keep your hair like that? I look like a hedgehog’s been humping my skull.” (Avasarala)
“I’m an engineer, not a damned hairstylist,” Naomi said
“I still feel haunted,” she said. “I thought it would go away. I thought if I faced it, it would all go away.” “It doesn’t go away. Ever. But you get better at it.” “At what?” “At being haunted.” (Bobbie, Avasarala)
“Political favors are how I express affection” (Avasarala)
(there are more but I started taking notes late, like everyone talking shit about Holden’s beard is gold)
dkafterdark:
Caliban’s War, Fave Lines
“These cunts are digging into my grandma time,” she said. (Avasarala)
Amos picked the grenade up casually and tossed it back through the doorway.
Amos ran up the ramp and grabbed Alex in a bear hug that yanked him off his feet. “Man, it’s fucking good to be home!” he said.
“Cap,” Amos said with a grin. “Anything that kills me has already killed everyone else. I was born to be the last man standing. You can count on it.”
“Seriously. Get me a gun, I’m a soldier. Get that suit for me, I’m a superhero.” (Bobbie)
She’d stopped looking tired a while ago and had moved on to whatever tired turned into when it became a lifestyle.
“I don’t use sex as a weapon,” Bobbie said. “I use weapons as weapons.”
“Why fly?” Alex repeated with a laugh. “‘Cuz it’s fun, Doc. Because it’s fun.”
“I love you guys. You know that, right?” (Holden)
“Ferns can be very aggressive,” Prax said.
“How the fuck do you keep your hair like that? I look like a hedgehog’s been humping my skull.” (Avasarala)
“I’m an engineer, not a damned hairstylist,” Naomi said
“I still feel haunted,” she said. “I thought it would go away. I thought if I faced it, it would all go away.” “It doesn’t go away. Ever. But you get better at it.” “At what?” “At being haunted.” (Bobbie, Avasarala)
“Political favors are how I express affection” (Avasarala)
(there are more but I started taking notes late, like everyone talking shit about Holden’s beard is gold)
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transtarks:
“you have to stop buying every mug you think is cute” what’s that? i can’t hear you over the sound of all my mugs clinking together in the cabinet as i try to find space for this new mug i bought
transtarks:
“you have to stop buying every mug you think is cute” what’s that? i can’t hear you over the sound of all my mugs clinking together in the cabinet as i try to find space for this new mug i bought
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moonbeambucky:
all1e23:
suz-123:
alreadyspooky2k19:
kindofrecovering:
wasteofspce89667:
marva00:
why-cant-i-just-love-myself:
wishingforthought:
dried-piece-of-celery:
painkillers-dontkill-thepain:
dried-piece-of-celery:
depressedpowerpuff:
feettogether–thighsapart:
seb-is-sad:
fitnesschangesjourney:
skvnnnnny:
catscalling:
cataclysmic-cliffs:
shiveringskinny:
catherinegrant:
maynothingeverstopyou:
castiel-assbutt-winchester:
whatifdestiel:
i-m-p-a-l-a-6-7:
senoralfredo:
pixelz01:
imnotaboyorgirl:
lostinmyweight:
dainty–wintergirl:
chaneldiets:
crazyworkswell:
destielsolangelotrash:
queefinchicken:
obnoxiously-phan:
annoyedvertigo:
mimi-shake-draws:
catchaglimpseofalleble:
clloudy:
flustered-custard:
silentshivers:
every single person who reblogs this
every
single
person.
ALL OF YOU.
no limit, no one skipped. EVERY PERSON WHO REBLOGS THIS.
DON’T ASK WHY, IT’LL MAKE SENSE LATER
WHAT DOES THIS EVEN MEAN
Just wait…it’ll all make sense.
I REBLOG THIS BECAUSE I AM CURIOUS. I AM WAITING
I REBLOGGED AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER
I reblogged as a joke and i swear that it happened five minutes later omg
ME TOO
WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?
I don’t know whether to be afraid of this post but it won’t get off my mind
scared af
What
Whaaat
Well ok
Oh boy
Ok Then
?
Ok. What’s gonna happen?
Okaaay…
it worked. I had to go back and find this because… it worked.
What the fuck I reblogged this a couple hours ago and they really do mean every single person no one skipped O.o h o w
let’s hope is something goooood
what does this mean
wot in tarnation
What?
IM SO GLAD IM SEEING THIS AGAIN. REBLOGGING AGAIN CAUSE ITS REALLY EVERY SINGLE PERSON NO ONE SKIPPED.
IM SO CONFUSED
WHAT
Huh??
ConfusEd?
YES IM FUCKING REBLOGGING THIS AGAIN CUZ AGSJXKSGEJD I CANT FUCKING BELIEVE IT LIKE B R U H
I literally dont understand this post yet i keep reblogging??
what?
I’m so confused?
What’s going on?
Lmfaooooo what
???
Why??
Let’s see what happens
moonbeambucky Maybe Lance will show up with a pizza?
all1e23 PLEASE! 🙏🏼
moonbeambucky:
all1e23:
suz-123:
alreadyspooky2k19:
kindofrecovering:
wasteofspce89667:
marva00:
why-cant-i-just-love-myself:
wishingforthought:
dried-piece-of-celery:
painkillers-dontkill-thepain:
dried-piece-of-celery:
depressedpowerpuff:
feettogether–thighsapart:
seb-is-sad:
fitnesschangesjourney:
skvnnnnny:
catscalling:
cataclysmic-cliffs:
shiveringskinny:
catherinegrant:
maynothingeverstopyou:
castiel-assbutt-winchester:
whatifdestiel:
i-m-p-a-l-a-6-7:
senoralfredo:
pixelz01:
imnotaboyorgirl:
lostinmyweight:
dainty–wintergirl:
chaneldiets:
crazyworkswell:
destielsolangelotrash:
queefinchicken:
obnoxiously-phan:
annoyedvertigo:
mimi-shake-draws:
catchaglimpseofalleble:
clloudy:
flustered-custard:
silentshivers:
every single person who reblogs this
every
single
person.
ALL OF YOU.
no limit, no one skipped. EVERY PERSON WHO REBLOGS THIS.
DON’T ASK WHY, IT’LL MAKE SENSE LATER
WHAT DOES THIS EVEN MEAN
Just wait…it’ll all make sense.
I REBLOG THIS BECAUSE I AM CURIOUS. I AM WAITING
I REBLOGGED AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER
I reblogged as a joke and i swear that it happened five minutes later omg
ME TOO
WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?
I don’t know whether to be afraid of this post but it won’t get off my mind
scared af
What
Whaaat
Well ok
Oh boy
Ok Then
?
Ok. What’s gonna happen?
Okaaay…
it worked. I had to go back and find this because… it worked.
What the fuck I reblogged this a couple hours ago and they really do mean every single person no one skipped O.o h o w
let’s hope is something goooood
what does this mean
wot in tarnation
What?
IM SO GLAD IM SEEING THIS AGAIN. REBLOGGING AGAIN CAUSE ITS REALLY EVERY SINGLE PERSON NO ONE SKIPPED.
IM SO CONFUSED
WHAT
Huh??
ConfusEd?
YES IM FUCKING REBLOGGING THIS AGAIN CUZ AGSJXKSGEJD I CANT FUCKING BELIEVE IT LIKE B R U H
I literally dont understand this post yet i keep reblogging??
what?
I’m so confused?
What’s going on?
Lmfaooooo what
???
Why??
Let’s see what happens
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Gross porn blogs:
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alkjira:
hollowedskin:
undead-trans-lesbian:
elliesaurus-rex:
What is it about my page that entices you? I’m not interested! Get lost!
The bots are using tumblr to scam Google.
Let’s say someone is looking for porn and they put “wife caught her husband cheating,” into Google. There are a lot of porn sites (and some news sites) with that title. So Google has to decide which order to show them in, because most of the time, people pick something off the first few pages of Google.
Google wants to have the very best “wife caught her husband cheating” (or whatever else you search for) sites on the first page of the search. Google has several ways to try and decide which site are the best, but one of them is that it looks at how popular it is by seeing how many other websites link to it. If a lot of other sites are linking to it, it was probably useful to them, so Google will put it on the front page.
So if I’m a sleazy pornsite owner, I could create like a thousand websites and make them all link to my “wife caught her husband cheating” site, and act like a whole bunch of different websites thought it was pretty great. They’d be like “xdfgt .com”, “xdfgy .com”, “xdfgh .com,” just nonsense addresses nobody else was using, or whatever. I’d try to make Google think my site was awesome, because all these other websites are linking to it.
But Google has already caught on to that. Google would know “xdfgt .com” was a crappy fake website, because nobody else is linking to “xdfgt .com”. Any website that is only linked to by crap websites is also crap, as far as Google is concerned. Google won’t put it on the first pages of search results.
So instead let’s imagine the sleazy pornsite owner creates a thousand fake tumblrs instead, like “xdfgt.tumblr .com” and “xdfgy.tumblr .com” and “xdfgh.tumblr .com” and just puts one or two posts on them to add links to the “wife caught her husband cheating” porn site. Google can still tell those tumblrs are crap websites, because nobody else is linking to them. But the difference is … on tumblr, the sleazy pornsite owner can make your website link to him.
Let’s say your tumblr is “mostlyaestheticandfunny.tumblr .com”. If “xdfgt.tumblr .com” likes one of your posts, there’s link on your blog to “xdfgt.tumblr .com.” Somewhere on “mostlyaestheticandfunny.tumblr .com” it will say “xdfgt liked this” with a link from your blog to “xdfgt.tumblr .com.”
Google’s bot looks at “mostlyaestheticandfunny.tumblr .com” and it sees that your blog is a good website. People are linking to it (talking to you or reblogging from you), you write like an actual human being, you have nice pictures, you update sometimes, you aren’t a bot. So Google decides your blog isn’t a crappy scam website. Then it sees the link to “xdfgt.tumblr .com” and it thinks “oh hey, a nice website with good stuff written by a real human linked to this “xdfgt.tumblr .com” I guess maybe “xdfgt.tumblr .com” is a decent website too.”
Then it looks at “xdfgt.tumblr .com” and it sees the link to the porn site with “wife caught her husband cheating”, and it says, “well, I guess that “wife caught her husband cheating” site is a good site. I know that because there’s a good site linking to it here at “xdfgt.tumblr .com.” I know “xdfgt.tumblr .com” is a good site because “mostlyaestheticandfunny.tumblr .com” linked to it, and I know “mostlyaestheticandfunny.tumblr .com” is a good site because it is updated and writes like a real person and people talk to it and link to it.”
So basically the porn bots are using the fact that you have a good blog to make themselves look better and to try and trick Google’s bot into thinking they’re very popular and it should put them at the top of its list when people search Google for porn.
It’s really annoying! It would be really nice if the people running tumblr figured out a way to not be free advertising for every sleazy porn site on the internet
source.
hey wow thats actually really useful! and its written in a way that i (a bird with no knowledge of the wizardly internal workings of a website) can understand!
FINALLY AN EXPLANATION
alkjira:
hollowedskin:
undead-trans-lesbian:
elliesaurus-rex:
What is it about my page that entices you? I’m not interested! Get lost!
The bots are using tumblr to scam Google.
Let’s say someone is looking for porn and they put “wife caught her husband cheating,” into Google. There are a lot of porn sites (and some news sites) with that title. So Google has to decide which order to show them in, because most of the time, people pick something off the first few pages of Google.
Google wants to have the very best “wife caught her husband cheating” (or whatever else you search for) sites on the first page of the search. Google has several ways to try and decide which site are the best, but one of them is that it looks at how popular it is by seeing how many other websites link to it. If a lot of other sites are linking to it, it was probably useful to them, so Google will put it on the front page.
So if I’m a sleazy pornsite owner, I could create like a thousand websites and make them all link to my “wife caught her husband cheating” site, and act like a whole bunch of different websites thought it was pretty great. They’d be like “xdfgt .com”, “xdfgy .com”, “xdfgh .com,” just nonsense addresses nobody else was using, or whatever. I’d try to make Google think my site was awesome, because all these other websites are linking to it.
But Google has already caught on to that. Google would know “xdfgt .com” was a crappy fake website, because nobody else is linking to “xdfgt .com”. Any website that is only linked to by crap websites is also crap, as far as Google is concerned. Google won’t put it on the first pages of search results.
So instead let’s imagine the sleazy pornsite owner creates a thousand fake tumblrs instead, like “xdfgt.tumblr .com” and “xdfgy.tumblr .com” and “xdfgh.tumblr .com” and just puts one or two posts on them to add links to the “wife caught her husband cheating” porn site. Google can still tell those tumblrs are crap websites, because nobody else is linking to them. But the difference is … on tumblr, the sleazy pornsite owner can make your website link to him.
Let’s say your tumblr is “mostlyaestheticandfunny.tumblr .com”. If “xdfgt.tumblr .com” likes one of your posts, there’s link on your blog to “xdfgt.tumblr .com.” Somewhere on “mostlyaestheticandfunny.tumblr .com” it will say “xdfgt liked this” with a link from your blog to “xdfgt.tumblr .com.”
Google’s bot looks at “mostlyaestheticandfunny.tumblr .com” and it sees that your blog is a good website. People are linking to it (talking to you or reblogging from you), you write like an actual human being, you have nice pictures, you update sometimes, you aren’t a bot. So Google decides your blog isn’t a crappy scam website. Then it sees the link to “xdfgt.tumblr .com” and it thinks “oh hey, a nice website with good stuff written by a real human linked to this “xdfgt.tumblr .com” I guess maybe “xdfgt.tumblr .com” is a decent website too.”
Then it looks at “xdfgt.tumblr .com” and it sees the link to the porn site with “wife caught her husband cheating”, and it says, “well, I guess that “wife caught her husband cheating” site is a good site. I know that because there’s a good site linking to it here at “xdfgt.tumblr .com.” I know “xdfgt.tumblr .com” is a good site because “mostlyaestheticandfunny.tumblr .com” linked to it, and I know “mostlyaestheticandfunny.tumblr .com” is a good site because it is updated and writes like a real person and people talk to it and link to it.”
So basically the porn bots are using the fact that you have a good blog to make themselves look better and to try and trick Google’s bot into thinking they’re very popular and it should put them at the top of its list when people search Google for porn.
It’s really annoying! It would be really nice if the people running tumblr figured out a way to not be free advertising for every sleazy porn site on the internet
source.
hey wow thats actually really useful! and its written in a way that i (a bird with no knowledge of the wizardly internal workings of a website) can understand!
FINALLY AN EXPLANATION
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roswell-newton-vargas:
Some great information from their Instagram that just launched.
You can also check them out at https://www.queerappalachia.com/
glutenwitch:
Here to add that the lovely folks at Queer Appalachia have recently started an additional Instagram account (and do real work in their communities) providing resources with helping with harm reduction for queer folk who use drugs.
roswell-newton-vargas:
*kicks down the door* AND ANOTHER THING.
It’s shocking how many people pride themselves on their advocacy for marginalized people – POC, LGBT individuals, mentally ill individuals, disabled individuals – and then turn around and have absolutely no sympathy for those struggling with addiction, as if addiction isn’t a huge fucking problem that widely and often disproportionately affects the very people they claim they’re fighting for.
roswell-newton-vargas:
And giving addicts this level of understanding doesn’t even mean that you have to forgive people for the horrible things they may have done while they were using. You can accept that a person has grown and changed and want them to get better, and still not want them in your life. These aren’t contradictory statements.
roswell-newton-vargas:
And you know what else? You can’t claim to support the “good” addicts in recovery, the ones whose pasts are years behind them, if you’re going to demonize people currently using and systematically deny them help.
You can’t claim to love someone and be proud of them and also believe that there was a point in their life when they deserved to die.
roswell-newton-vargas:
I’m not conflating being LGBT with being an addict; I’m just saying anybody could be in recovery or currently using without you necessarily knowing it. Addicts are people. They’re your loved ones and your neighbors and your cashier at the grocery store and people you’d never suspect, and they matter.
roswell-newton-vargas:
People will be like, “It’s so ignorant and telling when people who genuinely like me but don’t know I’m gay will be openly homophobic in front of me. It’s like they’ve never considered that anybody could be gay,” and then like two conversations later start talking about how drug addicts and alcoholics are morally reprehensible, irredeemable fuck-ups who don’t deserve sympathy or healthcare.
roswell-newton-vargas:
Some great information from their Instagram that just launched.
You can also check them out at https://www.queerappalachia.com/
glutenwitch:
Here to add that the lovely folks at Queer Appalachia have recently started an additional Instagram account (and do real work in their communities) providing resources with helping with harm reduction for queer folk who use drugs.
roswell-newton-vargas:
*kicks down the door* AND ANOTHER THING.
It’s shocking how many people pride themselves on their advocacy for marginalized people – POC, LGBT individuals, mentally ill individuals, disabled individuals – and then turn around and have absolutely no sympathy for those struggling with addiction, as if addiction isn’t a huge fucking problem that widely and often disproportionately affects the very people they claim they’re fighting for.
roswell-newton-vargas:
And giving addicts this level of understanding doesn’t even mean that you have to forgive people for the horrible things they may have done while they were using. You can accept that a person has grown and changed and want them to get better, and still not want them in your life. These aren’t contradictory statements.
roswell-newton-vargas:
And you know what else? You can’t claim to support the “good” addicts in recovery, the ones whose pasts are years behind them, if you’re going to demonize people currently using and systematically deny them help.
You can’t claim to love someone and be proud of them and also believe that there was a point in their life when they deserved to die.
roswell-newton-vargas:
I’m not conflating being LGBT with being an addict; I’m just saying anybody could be in recovery or currently using without you necessarily knowing it. Addicts are people. They’re your loved ones and your neighbors and your cashier at the grocery store and people you’d never suspect, and they matter.
roswell-newton-vargas:
People will be like, “It’s so ignorant and telling when people who genuinely like me but don’t know I’m gay will be openly homophobic in front of me. It’s like they’ve never considered that anybody could be gay,” and then like two conversations later start talking about how drug addicts and alcoholics are morally reprehensible, irredeemable fuck-ups who don’t deserve sympathy or healthcare.
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ratherbookish:
sushinfood:
reeferkitten:
king-faded:
angelclark:
Historic Black and White Pictures Restored in Color
Women Delivering Ice, 1918
Times Square, 1947
Portrait Used to Design the Penny. President Lincoln Meets General McClellan – Antietam, Maryland ca September 1862
Marilyn Monroe, 1957
Newspaper boy Ned Parfett sells copies of the evening paper bearing news of Titanic’s sinking the night before. (April 16, 1912)
Easter Eggs for Hitler, c 1944-1945
Sergeant George Camblair practicing with a gas mask in a smokescreen – Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1942
Helen Keller meeting Charlie Chaplin in 1919
Painting WWII Propaganda Posters, Port Washington, New York – 8 July 1942
Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge ca 1935
This is awesome.
Not something I’d typically reblog but I like.
This is bloody fantastic.
Honestly seeing old photos in color makes the past so much more tangible.
ratherbookish:
sushinfood:
reeferkitten:
king-faded:
angelclark:
Historic Black and White Pictures Restored in Color
Women Delivering Ice, 1918
Times Square, 1947
Portrait Used to Design the Penny. President Lincoln Meets General McClellan – Antietam, Maryland ca September 1862
Marilyn Monroe, 1957
Newspaper boy Ned Parfett sells copies of the evening paper bearing news of Titanic’s sinking the night before. (April 16, 1912)
Easter Eggs for Hitler, c 1944-1945
Sergeant George Camblair practicing with a gas mask in a smokescreen – Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1942
Helen Keller meeting Charlie Chaplin in 1919
Painting WWII Propaganda Posters, Port Washington, New York – 8 July 1942
Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge ca 1935
This is awesome.
Not something I’d typically reblog but I like.
This is bloody fantastic.
Honestly seeing old photos in color makes the past so much more tangible.
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anthropologicaloctopus:
I seriously read that as an ICE thing until I got to the bottom.
The US is Nazi Germany.
not-safe-for-democracy:
anthropologicaloctopus:
I seriously read that as an ICE thing until I got to the bottom.
The US is Nazi Germany.
not-safe-for-democracy:
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the-haven-of-fiction:
peskipixi:
catsbeaversandducks:
The Great Smudge - Table Cat
Via Lancelot Falk
This may be my favorite meme of all time
It just gets better and better as you keep scrolling.
the-haven-of-fiction:
peskipixi:
catsbeaversandducks:
The Great Smudge - Table Cat
Via Lancelot Falk
This may be my favorite meme of all time
It just gets better and better as you keep scrolling.
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An Invasive Fish That Can Breathe and Move on Land Has Been Found in Georgia:
eartharchives:
Snakeheads have a voracious appetit; they’ve been known to chow down not only on other fish, but also crustaceans, reptiles, mammals and small birds
An Invasive Fish That Can Breathe and Move on Land Has Been Found in Georgia:
eartharchives:
Snakeheads have a voracious appetit; they’ve been known to chow down not only on other fish, but also crustaceans, reptiles, mammals and small birds
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nonstill:
Your face when you did something that Kylo shouldn’t have to know
nonstill:
Your face when you did something that Kylo shouldn’t have to know
DJ the codebreaker
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afonhafren:
I find DJ to be a fascinating character, one I wish we knew more about. There are a lot of things we don’t know about DJ, the codebreaker Rose and Finn meet on Canto Bight, but some of the things he’s said have made me wonder about his background.
DJ is jaded and cynical. DJ stands for “Don’t Join” and he tells Finn, “Good guys, bad guys, made-up words.” The good guys being the Resistance, the bad guys being the First Order. It’s all the same bullshit from years ago when the Rebellion failed to fix the problems of the Empire and the Empire failed to fix the problems of the Republic.
DJ stutters - is this psychogenic stuttering caused by a traumatic event or repeated traumatic events? Where these events that took place in the context of the galactic conflict?
DJ tells Rose and Finn, “Me and the First Order codeage go way back.” Was DJ potentially revealing that he was at one point a member of the First Order or someone contracted by the First Order?
DJ is known to the First Order as a thief - Hux even call him one - but DJ never reveals his name and I wonder if that’s because his name will get him into some trouble. The First Order doesn’t take too kindly to traitors.
DJ, going off the age of his actor Benicio del Toro, is in his 50s and makes him a part of the generation that came between Luke Skywalker and Armitage Hux. He’s likely seen the Empire and the New Republic first hand. Neither seems to have inspired any long lasting loyalty. Likewise, he’s not siding with the First Order nor the Resistance.
“They blow you up today, you blow them up tomorrow. It’s just business.”
I find this line very interesting. DJ has bargained with the First Order for his life by selling the knowledge of the Resistance escape plan. Rose and Finn are about to be executed and the last of the Resistance is about to be blown up. How can Finn, or by extension the Resistance, blow up the First Order tomorrow?
There is one piece of information the DJ has not revealed to the First Order:
BB-8, the adorably dangerous droid, is on that ship. BB-8 took down 4 police officers on Canto Bight and helped DJ steal a high class luxury ship (which BB-8 declined to take credit for in front of Finn). DJ knows just how dangerous BB-8 is and he keeps that to himself, allowing Rose and Finn a very good chance at escape - to blow up the First Order tomorrow.
BB-8 is what comes to the rescue of Rose and Finn by hijacking an AT-ST and shooting stormtroopers - if the actions of Vice Admiral Holdo didn’t put a stop to the execution I am confident that BB-8 was already in position to do so.
afonhafren:
I find DJ to be a fascinating character, one I wish we knew more about. There are a lot of things we don’t know about DJ, the codebreaker Rose and Finn meet on Canto Bight, but some of the things he’s said have made me wonder about his background.
DJ is jaded and cynical. DJ stands for “Don’t Join” and he tells Finn, “Good guys, bad guys, made-up words.” The good guys being the Resistance, the bad guys being the First Order. It’s all the same bullshit from years ago when the Rebellion failed to fix the problems of the Empire and the Empire failed to fix the problems of the Republic.
DJ stutters - is this psychogenic stuttering caused by a traumatic event or repeated traumatic events? Where these events that took place in the context of the galactic conflict?
DJ tells Rose and Finn, “Me and the First Order codeage go way back.” Was DJ potentially revealing that he was at one point a member of the First Order or someone contracted by the First Order?
DJ is known to the First Order as a thief - Hux even call him one - but DJ never reveals his name and I wonder if that’s because his name will get him into some trouble. The First Order doesn’t take too kindly to traitors.
DJ, going off the age of his actor Benicio del Toro, is in his 50s and makes him a part of the generation that came between Luke Skywalker and Armitage Hux. He’s likely seen the Empire and the New Republic first hand. Neither seems to have inspired any long lasting loyalty. Likewise, he’s not siding with the First Order nor the Resistance.
“They blow you up today, you blow them up tomorrow. It’s just business.”
I find this line very interesting. DJ has bargained with the First Order for his life by selling the knowledge of the Resistance escape plan. Rose and Finn are about to be executed and the last of the Resistance is about to be blown up. How can Finn, or by extension the Resistance, blow up the First Order tomorrow?
There is one piece of information the DJ has not revealed to the First Order:
BB-8, the adorably dangerous droid, is on that ship. BB-8 took down 4 police officers on Canto Bight and helped DJ steal a high class luxury ship (which BB-8 declined to take credit for in front of Finn). DJ knows just how dangerous BB-8 is and he keeps that to himself, allowing Rose and Finn a very good chance at escape - to blow up the First Order tomorrow.
BB-8 is what comes to the rescue of Rose and Finn by hijacking an AT-ST and shooting stormtroopers - if the actions of Vice Admiral Holdo didn’t put a stop to the execution I am confident that BB-8 was already in position to do so.
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dark-london:
Hux wanted to share a little happy birthday message to one of his biggest fans
akashne who is a dear friend. An amazing human being, who is equal measures smart and sweet. She’s the embodiment of house Hufflepuff.
Side note: this is my first attempt at writing in Polish… So sorry if I butchered it. I meant well.
LINKTREE below:
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dark-london:
Hux wanted to share a little happy birthday message to one of his biggest fans
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Side note: this is my first attempt at writing in Polish… So sorry if I butchered it. I meant well.
LINKTREE below:
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postmortemmischief:
fun things that tend to get lost in dracula adaptations:
dracula throwing jonathans mirror out the window & leaving; jonathans reaction being essentially “god dammit how am i gonna shave now”
draculas shitty straw hat that he wears during his frantic daytime errands
jonathan trying to whack dracula with a shovel
general respect for lucy & mina
“we should have pity for dracula” “yeah have pity for him when i slam dunk him into hell” “JONATHAN”
quincey quietly stepping out during van helsings long boring vampire lecture & waking everyone up by shooting the fucking window in bc he saw a bat
quincey in general like why would you make the conscious decision to not have a cowboy in your vampire movie
jonathan almost dying bc he ate some spicy chicken
postmortemmischief:
fun things that tend to get lost in dracula adaptations:
dracula throwing jonathans mirror out the window & leaving; jonathans reaction being essentially “god dammit how am i gonna shave now”
draculas shitty straw hat that he wears during his frantic daytime errands
jonathan trying to whack dracula with a shovel
general respect for lucy & mina
“we should have pity for dracula” “yeah have pity for him when i slam dunk him into hell” “JONATHAN”
quincey quietly stepping out during van helsings long boring vampire lecture & waking everyone up by shooting the fucking window in bc he saw a bat
quincey in general like why would you make the conscious decision to not have a cowboy in your vampire movie
jonathan almost dying bc he ate some spicy chicken
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morgynleri-mirrors:
“I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, ‘wouldn’t it be much worse if life WERE fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them?’ So now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.”
— Marcus Cole (Jason Carter), Babylon 5
morgynleri-mirrors:
“I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, ‘wouldn’t it be much worse if life WERE fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them?’ So now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.”
— Marcus Cole (Jason Carter), Babylon 5
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lcn71:
raevenlywrites:
The second rule of writing is we do not write in our notebook hoard
whicheverwarrior:
The first rule of writing is hoard notebooks
The third rule of writing is if you find the right pen, the novel will come.
The fourth rule is this is not the right pen.
lcn71:
raevenlywrites:
The second rule of writing is we do not write in our notebook hoard
whicheverwarrior:
The first rule of writing is hoard notebooks
The third rule of writing is if you find the right pen, the novel will come.
The fourth rule is this is not the right pen.
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tehnakki:
leupagus:
smallest-feeblest-boggart:
tikkunolamorgtfo:
mitsurugireiji:
BLEASE…..WATCH…
Srishti is funnier than every white man who has ever been on Saturday Night Live and you can quote me on that
IT’S THE HOW TO MAKE EVERY INDIAN DISH EVER WOMAN AND SHE’S PERFECT
She’s honestly the best thing that’s ever come out of Buzzfeed and I hope she has a long and delightful comedic career.
tehnakki:
leupagus:
smallest-feeblest-boggart:
tikkunolamorgtfo:
mitsurugireiji:
BLEASE…..WATCH…
Srishti is funnier than every white man who has ever been on Saturday Night Live and you can quote me on that
IT’S THE HOW TO MAKE EVERY INDIAN DISH EVER WOMAN AND SHE’S PERFECT
She’s honestly the best thing that’s ever come out of Buzzfeed and I hope she has a long and delightful comedic career.
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ellalba:
huxloween Day 14: B-List Movie.
Modern Day AU where Kylo is an actor, currently working in a mediocre movie and Hux is his exasperated boyfriend wondering if the restaurant will make them pay for the fake blood on the table.
(Just a quick sketch for today! Not feeling great but wanted to do something to de-stress)
ellalba:
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Modern Day AU where Kylo is an actor, currently working in a mediocre movie and Hux is his exasperated boyfriend wondering if the restaurant will make them pay for the fake blood on the table.
(Just a quick sketch for today! Not feeling great but wanted to do something to de-stress)
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mockiato:
warning-accidental-asshole:
mockiato:
mockiato:
No more military or ex military lesbians in media, we’re antifascist now and that’s that!
Thank you anon for your addition, no more lesbian cops too! No more attempting to tone down the controversial nature of lgbt identities in media by making them cops or military
*knows a trans man who is ex military and going to be cop* *knows a lesbian cop* like man I’m all for not trying to tone down the controversial nature of lgbt is identies, but it’s not like no lgbt people work in these fields.
Characters in media are not real people who have agency to make decisions on their own, nor does the disproportionate showing of lesbians as military and cops come from any genuine desire to accurately reflect lesbians’ lives instead of, again, acting as a way to make ~controversial characters more palatable by the mainstream by means of making them aggressively patriotic or putting them in conservative careers. It also serves to sanitize these positions in society which are inherently abusive—by putting members of a group which are often victimized by this position of abuse, it’s intended to erase some of the more difficult to grapple with issues that otherwise are a lot more uncomfortable. Like how media will often have a black cop make racialized assumptions about black and Latino characters, while the white cop either doesn’t say anything or actively combats the unfairness.
This isn’t a case of ‘yeah sometimes that happens and sometimes it happens in media too’, it’s ‘this is a deliberate marketing decision in media’. I understand how the post itself being so flippant might not convey exactly what the problem is—this post was really me venting my frustration on a blog where I’ve discussed these issues more at length which would make going into detail feel a little unnecessary—so I really get why it can seem a bit difficult to follow to exactly what my point was.
I really didn’t expect this post to go past my own blog and maybe my direct mutuals’ blogs at most, or I would have been a lot more clear.
mockiato:
warning-accidental-asshole:
mockiato:
mockiato:
No more military or ex military lesbians in media, we’re antifascist now and that’s that!
Thank you anon for your addition, no more lesbian cops too! No more attempting to tone down the controversial nature of lgbt identities in media by making them cops or military
*knows a trans man who is ex military and going to be cop* *knows a lesbian cop* like man I’m all for not trying to tone down the controversial nature of lgbt is identies, but it’s not like no lgbt people work in these fields.
Characters in media are not real people who have agency to make decisions on their own, nor does the disproportionate showing of lesbians as military and cops come from any genuine desire to accurately reflect lesbians’ lives instead of, again, acting as a way to make ~controversial characters more palatable by the mainstream by means of making them aggressively patriotic or putting them in conservative careers. It also serves to sanitize these positions in society which are inherently abusive—by putting members of a group which are often victimized by this position of abuse, it’s intended to erase some of the more difficult to grapple with issues that otherwise are a lot more uncomfortable. Like how media will often have a black cop make racialized assumptions about black and Latino characters, while the white cop either doesn’t say anything or actively combats the unfairness.
This isn’t a case of ‘yeah sometimes that happens and sometimes it happens in media too’, it’s ‘this is a deliberate marketing decision in media’. I understand how the post itself being so flippant might not convey exactly what the problem is—this post was really me venting my frustration on a blog where I’ve discussed these issues more at length which would make going into detail feel a little unnecessary—so I really get why it can seem a bit difficult to follow to exactly what my point was.
I really didn’t expect this post to go past my own blog and maybe my direct mutuals’ blogs at most, or I would have been a lot more clear.
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iguanamouth:
lordwhale:
iguanamouth:
you scared them
oh no come back
theyve returned
iguanamouth:
lordwhale:
iguanamouth:
you scared them
oh no come back
theyve returned
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batmanisagatewaydrug:
being a fully grown free range adult is so weird because all in the span of 24 hours I booked a new therapist and permanently altered my body with a very cute silly tattoo and ate some ritz crackers and yogurt for dinner like. I’m really just out here existing and there are no rules except ‘pay rent’ and ‘you have to eat sometimes’
batmanisagatewaydrug:
being a fully grown free range adult is so weird because all in the span of 24 hours I booked a new therapist and permanently altered my body with a very cute silly tattoo and ate some ritz crackers and yogurt for dinner like. I’m really just out here existing and there are no rules except ‘pay rent’ and ‘you have to eat sometimes’
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ra-the-hoff:
#baculite #cathedral #drawing in archival #marker, #originalart is $150, prints and other items are available on the following sites:
Society6.com/raliz
Teepublic.com/user/raliz
Redbubble.com/people/raliz
#redbubble #teepublic #teepublicshirts #society6 #baculitefossil #fossil #fossils #gothiccathedral #gothicarchitecture
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4JQYL5HjND/?igshid=1eksn8qtdxqje
ra-the-hoff:
#baculite #cathedral #drawing in archival #marker, #originalart is $150, prints and other items are available on the following sites:
Society6.com/raliz
Teepublic.com/user/raliz
Redbubble.com/people/raliz
#redbubble #teepublic #teepublicshirts #society6 #baculitefossil #fossil #fossils #gothiccathedral #gothicarchitecture
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madeforgardens:
On August 31, 1886, an earthquake rocked Charleston. As the brick walls fell around them, the 64 inmates who were held captive in the jail begged for freedom. Finally, they were taken out into the exercise yard, where, led by a female convicted murderer, 43 of the prisoners promptly jumped over one of the high brick walls, leaving only 21 remaining inmates ad the dust settled.
madeforgardens:
On August 31, 1886, an earthquake rocked Charleston. As the brick walls fell around them, the 64 inmates who were held captive in the jail begged for freedom. Finally, they were taken out into the exercise yard, where, led by a female convicted murderer, 43 of the prisoners promptly jumped over one of the high brick walls, leaving only 21 remaining inmates ad the dust settled.
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mendokayalways:
cryoverkiltmilk:
The face of a man who has taught his son too well.
top 10 anime betrayals
mendokayalways:
cryoverkiltmilk:
The face of a man who has taught his son too well.
top 10 anime betrayals
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moon-dyke:
if you’re lgbt, reblog this with your gender and/or sexuality, your favorite warm drink and your favorite halloween movie
moon-dyke:
if you’re lgbt, reblog this with your gender and/or sexuality, your favorite warm drink and your favorite halloween movie
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generalgrievousdatingsim:
hero: IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO???
villain: *choking back tears* uh, yeah, i’m actually trying really hard here man
hero: *now looking uncomfortable* oh
generalgrievousdatingsim:
hero: IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO???
villain: *choking back tears* uh, yeah, i’m actually trying really hard here man
hero: *now looking uncomfortable* oh
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brothychild:
doragonlw:
warriorsofficial:
theprisonindustrialcomplex:
elucubrare:
gardeninthevoid:
kedreeva:
zeyrablue:
bunjywunjy:
mjalti:
oh it totally does, but you can’t hear it because space is a vacuum and sound can’t travel through a vacuum!
and that’s a good thing,
because the roar of the sun would clock in at around 120db heard from earth, about the equivalent to having a train’s horn go off three feet from your face.
constantly. all the time, even at NIGHT. there would be no escape.
this is simply terrifying. how do you erase knowledge please ?
NASA actually recorded the sun, if you want to hear it:
And they recorded the planets too:
so, the sun and the earth sound about how i would’ve expected, and a lot of other planets just make strong wind sounds which is perfectly reasonable but venus sounds like pure dread?!?! WHY IS SATURN SCREAMING?!? pluto isn’t bad and is actually kinda nice but it’s very strange to me too like Why Does It Do That. jupiter is super chill 10/10. pluto and jupiter need to collab i would buy that album
oh, fuck, guys, you know what this means? it means the ancient world was right about the music of the spheres.
Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
i can hear these photos and i don’t like it
Is anyone going to explain why Saturn is basically screaming?
These aren’t actually sounds per se, they are radio emissions frequencies converted to sound frequency in a process called “data sonification”. It helps scientists understand the radio frequencies better that way. Idk why Saturn b scream tho I just want y'all to know this is not actually how they “sound”
brothychild:
doragonlw:
warriorsofficial:
theprisonindustrialcomplex:
elucubrare:
gardeninthevoid:
kedreeva:
zeyrablue:
bunjywunjy:
mjalti:
oh it totally does, but you can’t hear it because space is a vacuum and sound can’t travel through a vacuum!
and that’s a good thing,
because the roar of the sun would clock in at around 120db heard from earth, about the equivalent to having a train’s horn go off three feet from your face.
constantly. all the time, even at NIGHT. there would be no escape.
this is simply terrifying. how do you erase knowledge please ?
NASA actually recorded the sun, if you want to hear it:
And they recorded the planets too:
so, the sun and the earth sound about how i would’ve expected, and a lot of other planets just make strong wind sounds which is perfectly reasonable but venus sounds like pure dread?!?! WHY IS SATURN SCREAMING?!? pluto isn’t bad and is actually kinda nice but it’s very strange to me too like Why Does It Do That. jupiter is super chill 10/10. pluto and jupiter need to collab i would buy that album
oh, fuck, guys, you know what this means? it means the ancient world was right about the music of the spheres.
Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
i can hear these photos and i don’t like it
Is anyone going to explain why Saturn is basically screaming?
These aren’t actually sounds per se, they are radio emissions frequencies converted to sound frequency in a process called “data sonification”. It helps scientists understand the radio frequencies better that way. Idk why Saturn b scream tho I just want y'all to know this is not actually how they “sound”
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wodneswynn:
doing stuff is Good Actually
You’ve heard people say “There’s no ethical consumption under capitalism.” And that’s very true. Individual consumer and lifestyle choices will not have an appreciable effect on broad socioeconomic problems; not using plastic straws and dumpstering all your groceries isn’t going to appreciably counteract the petrochemical industry. There’ll be no individual solutions to collective problems; only the broad and sweeping change made possible by a mass political movement can save us. It’s true, there is no ethical consumption under capitalism.
But too often, people take that to mean “Do nothing.” People take it as a justification for apathy, inaction, nihilism. And that’s not the way forward, either. So I’d like to pair it with another twee little quote for us to live by:
“You cannot begin building at the moment of crisis; by then, it is too late. The structures we need must already be in place when the insurrectionary moment arrives.”
Your #ZeroWaste lifestyle is just that, a lifestyle, and isn’t going to affect change on its own; but it’s also practical, educational, will develop habits and teach skills that we’re all going to need. The community garden isn’t going to solve food insecurity, but it is bringing people closer together, teaching neighbors to be friends and friends to be family, and someday it just might be all we’ve got. Locally sourcing the commodities you use isn’t just about “supporting the local economy” or w/e, but about developing connections, learning the structures we’ll need to navigate should a day come when “local” is all we can depend on.
No, lifestyle changes aren’t going to change the world and are not what your political activism should be focused on. But we have a long way to go and a lot to learn, and it will be too late to start learning at the moment of crisis.
Like the wobs say, “We are building the structure of the new society within the shell of the old.”
wodneswynn:
doing stuff is Good Actually
You’ve heard people say “There’s no ethical consumption under capitalism.” And that’s very true. Individual consumer and lifestyle choices will not have an appreciable effect on broad socioeconomic problems; not using plastic straws and dumpstering all your groceries isn’t going to appreciably counteract the petrochemical industry. There’ll be no individual solutions to collective problems; only the broad and sweeping change made possible by a mass political movement can save us. It’s true, there is no ethical consumption under capitalism.
But too often, people take that to mean “Do nothing.” People take it as a justification for apathy, inaction, nihilism. And that’s not the way forward, either. So I’d like to pair it with another twee little quote for us to live by:
“You cannot begin building at the moment of crisis; by then, it is too late. The structures we need must already be in place when the insurrectionary moment arrives.”
Your #ZeroWaste lifestyle is just that, a lifestyle, and isn’t going to affect change on its own; but it’s also practical, educational, will develop habits and teach skills that we’re all going to need. The community garden isn’t going to solve food insecurity, but it is bringing people closer together, teaching neighbors to be friends and friends to be family, and someday it just might be all we’ve got. Locally sourcing the commodities you use isn’t just about “supporting the local economy” or w/e, but about developing connections, learning the structures we’ll need to navigate should a day come when “local” is all we can depend on.
No, lifestyle changes aren’t going to change the world and are not what your political activism should be focused on. But we have a long way to go and a lot to learn, and it will be too late to start learning at the moment of crisis.
Like the wobs say, “We are building the structure of the new society within the shell of the old.”
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naniiebimworks:
Aziraphale getting to fuck shit up with huge swan wings.
Crowley getting a bit of pranking out of his system.
Swans and sneks hissssssyyyy
naniiebimworks:
Aziraphale getting to fuck shit up with huge swan wings.
Crowley getting a bit of pranking out of his system.
Swans and sneks hissssssyyyy
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ace-spacepup:
riotlion:
realityrainfall:
glowingangel:
smartassjen:
ithelpstodream:
the kids are alright.
This is kinda perfect.
if anyone ever tries to tell u that racism/sexism/ableism/etc. are “natural” just show them this video
Those two that just could not come up with any differences! They were like “we both got glasses, both got these red sweaters, maybe we’re different heigh- nope we’re the same height… well shit we’re perfectly the same!”
Those kids were perfect
Whenever I see this video I’m always struck that the kids are so quick to say what their friends are GOOD AT or what their friends enjoy. They’re so quick to build each other up!
ace-spacepup:
riotlion:
realityrainfall:
glowingangel:
smartassjen:
ithelpstodream:
the kids are alright.
This is kinda perfect.
if anyone ever tries to tell u that racism/sexism/ableism/etc. are “natural” just show them this video
Those two that just could not come up with any differences! They were like “we both got glasses, both got these red sweaters, maybe we’re different heigh- nope we’re the same height… well shit we’re perfectly the same!”
Those kids were perfect
Whenever I see this video I’m always struck that the kids are so quick to say what their friends are GOOD AT or what their friends enjoy. They’re so quick to build each other up!
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couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name:
anyway now that a Tom Holland and Tom Hardy movie seems unavoidable, we need to make Peter Parker a photographer again, so we can reintroduce the Workplace Rivalry dynamic between him and Eddie Brock, which will be a MILLION times funnier with the actors’ age gap.
End of the movie Venom, Eddie was getting back on his feet and judging from the post credit scene had his reporter job back. Can you imagine, he’s feeling great, he’s feeling like a star again, and then here comes this 17 year old asshole hotshot crazy talented photographer who is stealing the hearts of everyone in the office. Peter is being his usual sweetheart self to everyone BUT Eddie because Eddie sets his spidey sense off and he can’t figure out why. So there can be a running gag of Eddie trying to convince people Peter is a total brat and then they cut to him offering to help 3 different coworkers at the same time while also handing out cupcakes. Eddie’s trying to convince Anne something is up with the kid and then they pass him on the street walking 10 dogs and offering to carry a woman’s groceries for her so Anne thinks he’s crazy again.
Meanwhile Peter IS being weird around Eddie, mostly because of the spidey sense issue. But also because Eddie has been trying to undermine all his work since the moment he started there- like, SURE, he’s TECHNICALLY cheating with the great pictures of Spider-Man, but Eddie doesn’t know that!! And he takes other pictures too!! So he starts taking advantage of his super hearing so he’ll know what story Eddie is planning on doing and he can get the scoop first lmao. This just drives Eddie crazier because he’s SURE this means the kid is spying on him but he can’t PROVE IT!! He keeps complaining about it to his boss and the boss is like Eddie my man,,,,,he’s a teenager,,,,you’ve won a Pulitzer before,,,,focus your energy elsewhere,,,,
but he DOESN’T.
So the boss gets wind of some crazy main plot shit going down and he’s like alright, I need my two best workers on this case, yes they hate each other but maybe this will force them to Get Along.
That’s right folks, I AM demanding a Spidey and Venom buddy-cop type film.
Anyway while they’re working on the story they both realize this is something their vigilante alter-egos should be dealing with- so both Eddie&Venom and Spider-Man are trying to investigate the story for Work, Where They Make Money To Not Be Homeless, but they’re also trying to do their hero job, and they’re both also trying to figure out how to go about that without revealing their identities to each other. Whacky hijinks ensues.
Things that will definitely happen in this movie:
The flash on Peter’s camera going off at a Terrible moment and giving away their hiding place
Eddie and Peter keep wildly getting each other’s ages wrong- Eddie insisting Peter’s prepubescent and Peter insisting Eddie must be in his 70s. At one point when someone asks them who they are while they’re undercover, Peter says Eddie is his grandfather. After they realize each other’s identities, there’s a scene where they’re arguing with a guy, doing Good Cop Bad Cop, and Venom snaps and bites his head off, and Peter’s like ‘I fucking KNEW you were a Boomer’
At the end of the film after they stagger home after a very cinematic superhero fight, they find Anne and Aunt May drinking wine and having a ladies night
Somewhere around the third act after they stop hating each other Eddie is going to have a 'fuck am I a father figure’ moment, but Peter has moved on from his daddy issues and is now in a Men Are Trash stage and refuses to let it happen. Eddie like tries to give him some advice or something like he’s trying to have a #moment and Peter shuts it down so fast lmao. So by the end of the film, even though they don’t hate each other anymore, their comical dynamic hasn’t actually changed which is Great
They’re either going to spend Too Much time having Peter deal with Venom eating people, or they’ll just brush over it altogether
After they do get past the cannibal thing, Venom is going to LOVE Peter just like everyone else and it’ll drive Eddie even crazier
Since both their previous movies leaned heavily into comedy, the identity reveal scene is going to be way more humorous than dramatic or climactic. I’d imagine Tom Hardy doing his whole unhinged thing as he’s finally Validated after being told he’s crazy the whole movie, and Tom Holland could easily match that energy since Peter would obviously be freaking out about Venom. Like the fight ends and they’re both freaking the fuck out on each other lmao
Eddie and Peter will have insulting nicknames for each other but by the end of the film you can tell they mean them affectionately and everyone watching will be Soft about it
This movie…writes itself. And something light-hearted and not done before would be the easiest way to bring back Spidey after the mcu split. Both actors have a great range and with how Unhinged Hardy’s Eddie and how Anxious Holland’s Peter are, it could be hilarious to see then bounce off each other as a team rather than as enemies…Sony. Please. Do what the cowards at Marvel won’t and Call Me.
couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name:
anyway now that a Tom Holland and Tom Hardy movie seems unavoidable, we need to make Peter Parker a photographer again, so we can reintroduce the Workplace Rivalry dynamic between him and Eddie Brock, which will be a MILLION times funnier with the actors’ age gap.
End of the movie Venom, Eddie was getting back on his feet and judging from the post credit scene had his reporter job back. Can you imagine, he’s feeling great, he’s feeling like a star again, and then here comes this 17 year old asshole hotshot crazy talented photographer who is stealing the hearts of everyone in the office. Peter is being his usual sweetheart self to everyone BUT Eddie because Eddie sets his spidey sense off and he can’t figure out why. So there can be a running gag of Eddie trying to convince people Peter is a total brat and then they cut to him offering to help 3 different coworkers at the same time while also handing out cupcakes. Eddie’s trying to convince Anne something is up with the kid and then they pass him on the street walking 10 dogs and offering to carry a woman’s groceries for her so Anne thinks he’s crazy again.
Meanwhile Peter IS being weird around Eddie, mostly because of the spidey sense issue. But also because Eddie has been trying to undermine all his work since the moment he started there- like, SURE, he’s TECHNICALLY cheating with the great pictures of Spider-Man, but Eddie doesn’t know that!! And he takes other pictures too!! So he starts taking advantage of his super hearing so he’ll know what story Eddie is planning on doing and he can get the scoop first lmao. This just drives Eddie crazier because he’s SURE this means the kid is spying on him but he can’t PROVE IT!! He keeps complaining about it to his boss and the boss is like Eddie my man,,,,,he’s a teenager,,,,you’ve won a Pulitzer before,,,,focus your energy elsewhere,,,,
but he DOESN’T.
So the boss gets wind of some crazy main plot shit going down and he’s like alright, I need my two best workers on this case, yes they hate each other but maybe this will force them to Get Along.
That’s right folks, I AM demanding a Spidey and Venom buddy-cop type film.
Anyway while they’re working on the story they both realize this is something their vigilante alter-egos should be dealing with- so both Eddie&Venom and Spider-Man are trying to investigate the story for Work, Where They Make Money To Not Be Homeless, but they’re also trying to do their hero job, and they’re both also trying to figure out how to go about that without revealing their identities to each other. Whacky hijinks ensues.
Things that will definitely happen in this movie:
The flash on Peter’s camera going off at a Terrible moment and giving away their hiding place
Eddie and Peter keep wildly getting each other’s ages wrong- Eddie insisting Peter’s prepubescent and Peter insisting Eddie must be in his 70s. At one point when someone asks them who they are while they’re undercover, Peter says Eddie is his grandfather. After they realize each other’s identities, there’s a scene where they’re arguing with a guy, doing Good Cop Bad Cop, and Venom snaps and bites his head off, and Peter’s like ‘I fucking KNEW you were a Boomer’
At the end of the film after they stagger home after a very cinematic superhero fight, they find Anne and Aunt May drinking wine and having a ladies night
Somewhere around the third act after they stop hating each other Eddie is going to have a 'fuck am I a father figure’ moment, but Peter has moved on from his daddy issues and is now in a Men Are Trash stage and refuses to let it happen. Eddie like tries to give him some advice or something like he’s trying to have a #moment and Peter shuts it down so fast lmao. So by the end of the film, even though they don’t hate each other anymore, their comical dynamic hasn’t actually changed which is Great
They’re either going to spend Too Much time having Peter deal with Venom eating people, or they’ll just brush over it altogether
After they do get past the cannibal thing, Venom is going to LOVE Peter just like everyone else and it’ll drive Eddie even crazier
Since both their previous movies leaned heavily into comedy, the identity reveal scene is going to be way more humorous than dramatic or climactic. I’d imagine Tom Hardy doing his whole unhinged thing as he’s finally Validated after being told he’s crazy the whole movie, and Tom Holland could easily match that energy since Peter would obviously be freaking out about Venom. Like the fight ends and they’re both freaking the fuck out on each other lmao
Eddie and Peter will have insulting nicknames for each other but by the end of the film you can tell they mean them affectionately and everyone watching will be Soft about it
This movie…writes itself. And something light-hearted and not done before would be the easiest way to bring back Spidey after the mcu split. Both actors have a great range and with how Unhinged Hardy’s Eddie and how Anxious Holland’s Peter are, it could be hilarious to see then bounce off each other as a team rather than as enemies…Sony. Please. Do what the cowards at Marvel won’t and Call Me.