kontextmaschine

Fucked up thing about the testosterone-enabled muscle growth is I can do some yard work thing that pushes the limits of my abilities, rest for two days while I bulk in response, and then when I get back to it it’s well within my limits

kontextmaschine:

Remember when there were articles about Western urbanites doing the Falun Gong Tai Chi stuff because “Free Tibet” was played out but They hadn’t realized to pivot back to Russia again?

Anyway, I’m not hating on superpowers tryna rouse the public in the name of their geopolitical interests, that’s how it is. I’ve been realizing how much of Clintonite foreign policy was really about tying off Cold War loose threads, and it was really clear with Cuba, Northern Ireland (remember Bono as a Clinton sidekick?) and especially Israel/Palestine that the other side’s propaganda apparatus fell apart without the Russians to prop it up

kontextmaschine:

I love how Dune is, among many things, a 1965 novel about smoking so much weed the CIA co-opts Arab nationalism

Remember when there were articles about Western urbanites doing the Falun Gong Tai Chi stuff because “Free Tibet” was played out but They hadn’t realized to pivot back to Russia again?

Whenever I go down a belt size but then back up in a few days lately it turns out not to be just water weight but rather that long-term sustainable weight loss is being matched with abdominal muscle development, that’s nice

Thinking of early American urban firefighters (well, as late as the Civil War ones in Gangs of New York) depicted as rough-and-tumble young men who’d take the opportunity to lift goods from the households aflame

And thinking about how the underlying roughneck culture of period port cities would’ve been sailor culture, which had understandings around salvage that a crew who preserved goods from certain destruction was by right entitled to a portion of the wealth saved

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duckdotcom:

duckdotcom:

secret hug techniques to be used only in dire emergencies

[ID: a reply from lakevida that reads, “the heimlich” end ID]

solardrifter:

Magic User’s Club -  魔法使いTai! (1996)

Only time I’ve ever done cosplay I went to Otakon like 2002 as Takeo Takakura from Mahou Tsukai Tai

argumate:

Weezer performing “Africa” cover with Weird Al Yankovic huh

grecoromanyaoi:

sorry, i mythologized your boyfriend. yeah i took him and a few other boyfriends and merged them together with local folklore and mystic elements into one legendary figure. he’s going to be really hard to pin down historically. sorry about that. I can make you his consort in some stories if that helps.

afloweroutofstone:

The death of the shopping mall has had a devastating impact on our ability to see young people dressed in strange ways in public. It’s all on TikTok now. Back in the good ol days you used to be able to sit down on a bench near a Spencer’s in any corner of the country and watch some of the weirdest-looking motherfuckers alive walking around with full confidence in their fit. Bring it back

knfwinthemorning-deactivated202:

tinyghosthands:

heysawbones:

an accurate summation of life in Kirkland, WA as told by the local Taco Time™

That’s like the Santa’s Workshop of Costco, right?

determinate-negation:

mapsontheweb:

Favorite Dungeons & Dragons Class by U.S. State

batmanego:

take me down to paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are (remembers im playing at a gay bar on bear night) men

eliluminado7:

im supposed to color this drawing of a flower and stay within the lines… alright, i get it, its kind of amusing. is this supposed to help me develop some sort of cognitive ability? although, i wont deny its more entertaining than i thought. maybe i should shit my pants next

cryptotheism:

cryptotheism:

I love early heresies. Dudes arguing with Tertullian would say shit like “I think Jesus was a big spider. And a ghost.”

And then Tertullian would be like “Jesus is definitely not a big spider. Jesus is probably not a ghost.”