Because sometimes what you need most is your own personal boxer crab cheerleader, smiling and waving their little sea anemone pom-poms to raise your spirits and urge you to always do your very best:
The boxer crabs and sea anemones have an awesome mutualistic relationship. Although the anemones are not required for their survival, the crabs use them for personal defense and in return the anemones get a free ride that increases their chances of snatching tasty morsels of floating food. Some crabs have been known to live without anemone friends and others use sponges or coral instead. Still, the image of a brave little crab waving two stinging sea anemones about is supremely cute and literally quite cheering.
Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society, New York, May 23, 1925
(Steve saw this joke in 1925. He’s been repeating some version of it ever since.
He offers the set-up to Bucky in 2016, a shibboleth that’s a test-but-not-a-test after they let him out of the vise, because he’s ride-or-die on Bucky Barnes no matter what, but nobody else has to do the latter. Bucky gives him the punchline, but it’s the look of disbelieving horror and “You know that joke hasn’t been funny since 1928, right?” that lets him finally exhale for real.)
[A mom and baby otter are floating together. The baby otter is sleeping on his mom’s tummy so he’s still all dry and fluffy. She keeps giving him little otter kisses.]
i feel like this would inevitably dissolve into preschooler-level giggling fits because (1) steve is extremely ticklish and (2) bucky’s arm inevitably whirrs louder than any noise his mouth is making, which cracks sam up
#steve is just like idgi is this supposed to be sexy?? bc it’s not but it’s hilarious and also bucky needs to wash his hair #sam’s good tho sam you can stay (via
Bushwick 6th grader Ciro Ortiz has been spending the last few Sundays with a stand at the Bedford Avenue L stop, giving straight talk advice to straphangers the way only an 11-year-old can.
Like any superhero, Ortiz has a tragic backstory, which in this case is that he’s bullied by asshole kids at his middle school. Even in the face of that though, Ortiz’s mother says that he takes his profits and buys food and snacks for kids who can’t afford them. Truly, this is a child too good for both middle school and this Earth
Be the change, Ciro. From one bullied kid to another, you are doing the exact right thing. I love seeing young POC doing things like this. Proud of you!
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