deadcatwithaflamethrower:

callmedawgz:

gay-hopeless-romantic:

The U.S. in a gif series.

Pls keep reblogging this till this become a classic tumblr post , because it needs to be

I still have no idea how that man just didn’t explode from hearing that complete hypocritical logic fail.

awed-frog:

dependsoncontext:

thanks I hate it

allons-y-dang-it:

systlin:

rowantheexplorer:

t0nberry:

starcunning:

lemonadesoda:

feralmermaids:

maralie:

i really love our generation’s joke trend of like, very calm but incredibly inflated hyperbole. like nobody says “oh she’s pretty” anymore we say “i would willingly let her murder me” and everyone is just like “lol same”

i think “same” is also great and “me,” i love when somebody reblogs a picture of like, a lizard, and just says “me” and we all know exactly what they mean. the current online Humor Discourse is remarkable because we trade exclusively in metaphors and implications and nobody ever, ever says anything outright and yet EVERYBODY understands each other perfectly

#ppl are gonna write their dissertations on this shit (x)

// @antlered-kitten

This reminds me of the time when I was on vacation with my family and we were hiking, and after using a rest stop, the conversation turned to the grossness of outhouses and port-a-potties, and I said that if I ever got splashback from a port-a-potty, “my soul would depart my body.” My parents found that hilarious, and my dad commented that my generation can be so clever with words bc he would only think to say something like “It would be disgusting” which doesn’t convey the sentiment nearly as well as “my soul would depart my body.”

Adjacent but relevant is Tia Baheri’s “Your Ability to Can Even: A Defense of Internet Linguistics”

I find this so intriguing because it opens up so many possibilities for future writers to connect with their readers.

Does that mean we’re literally “Darmok and Jalad”-ing language? We speak in stories and references and memes, never saying what’s actually going on, just making reference to other things.

Yes.

Isn’t it beautiful.

@deadcatwithaflamethrower @phoenixwintersolo

computationalcalculator:

smokehandsmcmike:

The dudes from mythbusters are the ultimate unstoppable force vs immovable object,, every time they interact its just

immovable object is an amazing description for a person who once said “I don’t think our death ray is working. I’m standing right in it, and I’m not dead yet.”

vulnavias:

There is no feminism to speak of at this point in history: no preserved understanding on the part of any of these women that their rule could potentially change the patriarchal system going forward.

In the long run, ancient Egypt was no less cruel and oppressive to women than every other complex society on Earth – but, here, they snatched the gift away after graciously bestowing it. So even ancient Egypt – the only state that consistently allowed female rule – suffered a woman leader only when it had to, expunging her from the eyes of her people as soon as possible.

When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt – Kara Cooney

thisshouldmeansomething:

palewansickly:

orcas:

sscreamss:

just because you don’t look like somebody who you think is attractive doesn’t mean you aren’t attractive. flowers are pretty but so are christmas lights and they look nothing alike

I don’t think anyone could’ve said it in a better way

I reblog these things in the hope that someday I will grow to believe them.

I needed that

10,000 zines and counting: a library’s quest to save the history of fandom

francescacoppa:

I missed this piece when it came out (I worked with the University of Iowa on this project as the OTW liasion), but in fact I think much of fandom has since come to terms with having their work preserved as important.