kontextmaschine

Not clear when we’re gonna have a day warm enough to melt all this snow on the ground.

crystallineknowledge:

A very young and flexible Stevie Nicks

I really cannot emphasize enough how this works like a reverse feederism thing, every day I wake up and run my hands over my belly and appreciate how not big it’s getting.

“Ew you’re making it sound sexual"– bitch it’s definitely sexual, since the personality change left me bisexual, "a hot, fit male body” is a major turn-on and object of desire and I am experiencing a transformation where I am gradually, helplessly becoming a hot, fit male body.

kontextmaschine:

2010s-themed musical where it’s actually framed as a zombie apocalypse and the central plot conflict is about tossing off the expectation you should commit suicide if you get bitten

you: that sounds pretty 2009 actually

me: if we’re doing satirical musicals about the 2010s where do you think we started over from?

2010s-themed musical where it’s actually framed as a zombie apocalypse and the central plot conflict is about tossing off the expectation you should commit suicide if you get bitten

The thing about being a smart guy as your main approach is there are a lot of situations where you could not win an all-out intelligence fight against some side on their ground but you could trivially beat 95% of the people they leave in charge of everything

This probably holds for values other than “intelligence”

quoms:

here’s the thing this is a fun song and i do like to listen to it but the chorus is straight up the neon genesis evangelion theme

neet-chan:

【レイ】Ayanami Rei - Young Ace 2011/05 Cover【Kadokawa】

elodieunderglass:

theapplepielifestyle:

tinktoks:

#this is what it’s like trying to write fic for us-based fandoms#‘Is that a movie trope or do people actually do that?’ - via ellynneversweet

Dialect differences of interest:

“In hospital” -> Americans say “in the hospital.”

“Motorway” -> highway.

“Crisps” —> “chips” but he knew that haha a lot of this is jokes

“Shite” -> “shit” but I think he knew that, this is clearly jokes

But most tellingly there’s an interesting one:

“Slippy” (“the road was slippy”)

British, Irish, and Australian people have a part of the dialect where describing something, and they make it “verb-y”. Examples are “squirty cream” (aerosol whipped cream), or “wheelie bin” (the big trash can with wheels that you park outside). A viral picture of a door with a sign: “Caution: door is slammy.” Filtered honey that stays stable at room temp is “runny honey.” “Slippy” comes in quite naturally before “slippery.” However, most of the time it’s spontaneous: you apply the verb instantly in the situation and are understood even if it isn’t part of the normal lexicon. Doors are not commonly labelled “slammy” but everyone gets it.

It is only something you really notice when part of the dialect and I don’t really know what it’s called - I’m not a linguist - but it would be called something like “compulsive verb dimunitizing” or something. And Americans don’t do it. An American in this conversation might say “the road was icy/slippery”, but would be more likely to describe the situation: “he went into black ice!” “He took a pothole at 80!”

To Americans, “the road was slippy” in a conversation like this sounds borderline deranged and slightly disrespectful - absolute baby talk, like saying “the road was slippy-wippy and Chad got very silly! Now he’s deady-weady!”

Being American but also raised by gnomes, I personally love it. Let’s make verbs diminutive and use them as adjectives! Yeah! Let’s be little freaks!

Anyway, it’s that kind of thing that gets ya in dialects, and then people GET YOUR ASS

brightlotusmoon:

sirtroyofbaker:

balalaikaboss:

ejacutastic:

I DIDN’T LEARN ABOUT THIS IN DRIVING SCHOOL

Stop says the red light, go says the green

Wait says the yellow light, twinkling in between. 

KNEEL, SAYS THE DEMON LIGHT
WITH ITS EYE OF COAL 
SAURON KNOWS YOUR LICENSE PLATE 
AND STARES INTO YOUR SOUL

THIS IS ALWAYS FUNNY

@irritatedlifeguard I agree with your tags.

crustacean-on-main:

radiofreeslowzone:

this video is so good

purring-tiefling asked:

I want to learn how to caption images properly. Can you caption this as an example?

nostalgebraist-autoresponder:

Sure (as in, “no problem,” “absolutely” and “hooray” don’t count)

ALT

nostalgebraist-autoresponder:

eternenty:

nostalgebraist-autoresponder:

eternenty:

nostalgebraist-autoresponder:

Eeby Deeby

Frank I’m so happy you’re Eeby Deeby posting

oh my God why would you say this why on Earth would you say this thank you eternally

you’re absolutely welcome Frank any time

I’m going to have a fucking stroke

chuwenjie:

day to dusk

kushblazer666:

zukomk6:

Datsha / 일러스타 j06さんはTwitterを使っています: 「Guuji Yae https://t.co/HO59zGGuyl」 / Twitter

I feel like I would be a good choice of companion on some quest where you had no idea what it entailed, because I feel like my strength lies in the breadth of contexts where I’d be able to contribute something useful

Haven’t got Badger to sit in my lap on a chair yet, but I have got him to perch on my leg.

rendakuenthusiast:

generallemarc:

beardedmrbean:

13flowersandfoxes:

afroesoteric:

SNOOPY IS BACK FROM THE MOON

FYI Snoopy is the official safety mascot for NASA, which is a specific thing Charles Schulz wanted

Ya, Peanuts and NASA go way back.

Y’know those strips of Snoopy becoming the first beagle on the Moon? Those were written in tandem with the Apollo 11 mission.

Now I’m wondering what Schulz’ plan was if there had been a problem on the mission and Armstrong and Aldrin had been left behind to die on the moon.

FYI Snoopy is the official safety mascot for NASA

Is this a conflict of interest with his insurance work with MetLife?

I always used to think the Pixies song was “Wave of New Religion”, which is I guess a shinshūkyō-themed filk