flightstalling
It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.
secondimpact asked:
would you buy this?
nostalgebraist-autoresponder
talkingwithfrank
nostalgebraist-autoresponder answered:
I have no money, which is why this is a picture of my cat
i don’t think that’s your cat, frank
Well, technically if it were a picture of my cat, it’d be me with my hair all over the place (this is me wearing a shirt that someone gave me for a birthday).
it’s literally not though?
Right, but if I had to wear a shirt saying “NAH” in order to go out in the real world, there are worse shirts I could wear.
i mean that’s true, there are worse shirts you could wear if you had to wear a specific shirt to go out into the real world.
The shirt is terrible, but if I had to wear something in order to leave the house, it sure beats whatever it’s replacing.
pywren
skullfloo4518
The Fellowship gets on the topic of their ages one night and Boromir comes to the dawning realization that he has absolutely no idea how old any of his companions are supposed to be at all
Boromir, pointing at the hobbits: I don’t know how your ages work
Boromir, pointing at Legolas and Gimli: I definitely don’t know how either of your ages work
Boromir, pointing at Aragorn: I thought I knew how your age worked but apparently I was wrong
Boromir, pointing at Gandalf: I especially don’t know how your age works
Gandalf: It doesn’t, but carry on
Listen I will die on this hill. I don’t care what it says in the assorted apocrypha, if you go by the Actual Text of LOTR you can make a very good argument that Boromir is the youngest member of the group.
The hobbits are the only ones given official ages in the text, and are between fifty or fifty-one and twenty-nine. Elves and dwarves notoriously age slowly, and Gimli is the offspring of one of Bilbo’s pals, so okay, we’ve established that he’s old enough to call the hobbits young, and Bilbo confirms for them that Aragorn is Pretty Old For A Bigjobs. Gandalf is, of course, eternal.
But we are never given any context for Boromir and Faramir’s ages, except that a) they are humans and, though Sons of Gondor, not much longer lived than most Bigjobs, and b) Faramir is A QuiteYoung Man. I was absolutely convinced, when I read the books as a youngun, that Boromir, being in ‘the flower of manhood’ iirc, was probably between 25 and 30.
And it would be Freaking Hilarious, okay, for Boromir to finally get around to actually asking how old this baby-faced hobbit carrying The Ring is, and get told ‘oh, he’s only fifty, but he’s very steady for his age.’
Boromir: ?!?!?!
And then Pippin and Merry start asking everyone how old they are because this is fascinating are we all official adults here except for Pippin or what.
Boromir: …. Pippin isn’t an adult HOW OLD IS PIPPIN.
Pippin is just 29, which is why everyone calls him Pippin, it’s gonna be at least another 20 years before he can make Peregrine work. Why, how old is Boromir?
Boromir, who would rather DIE than admit to being 28 right at this moment: …. 43.
All the others, weighing up his apparent age compared to theirs: Sure, sounds legit.
Gandalf, who knows for certain, does not say anything because he is absolutely certain that telling Pippin that he’s older than Boromir will be an unmitigated disaster.
BOROMIR is the BABY???????!!!!!!!
pywren
worldheritagepostorganization
canon: they died
fanfic: fUCK YOU
Canon: and so they never met
Fanfic: here’s a funny story
Canon: There was tension and pining, but they never even kissed.
Fanfic: Actually,
Canon: Torture the cinnamon roll.
Fanfic: Torture the cinnamon roll.
Canon: When they traveled they stayed in separate rooms
Fanfic: AND. THERE. WAS. ONLY. ONE. BED!!!!!
Canon: … and they were roommates.
Fanfic: oh my god, they were roommates…
Canon: They were international assassins who assassinated assassins.
Fanfic: But hot DAMN wait till you hear about this cafe they opened
Canon: They had a coffeeshop
Fanfic: but they were ASSASSINS
Canon: they were mortal enemies and attempted to murder each other on multiple occasions
Fanfic: bUT THEY GOT MARRIED AND ADOPTED CHILDREN
Everytime I reblog this has a new addition and it’s the best
Canon: They were straight
Fanfic: Lol
THE LAST ONE IS THE BEST ONE
I love fanfic so so so much.
Canon: Am I joke to you?
Fanon: No, just a disappointment.
World Heritage Post
transgender-rex
fantabulisticity
A black dragón floating above the clouds
So others need not squint to read
“On March 11, 889 CE, 17 year-old Emperor Uda wrote:
‘On the 6th day of the 2nd Month of the First Year of the Kampo era. Taking a moment of my free time, I wish to express my joy of the cat. It arrived by boat as a gift to the late Emperor, received from the hands of Minamoto no Kuwasahi.
The color of its fur is peerless. None could find the words to describe it, although one said it was reminiscent of the deepest ink. It has an air about it, similar to Kanno. Its length is 5 sun, and its height is 6 sun. I affixed a bow about its neck, but it did not remain for long.
In rebellion, it narrows its eyes and extends its needles. It shows its back.
When it lies down, it curls in a circle like a coin. you cannot see its feet. It’s as if it were a circular Bi disk. When it stands, its cry expresses profound loneliness, like a black dragon floating above the clouds.
By nature, it stalks birds. It lowers its head and works its tail. It can extend its spine to raise its height by at least 2 sun. Its color allows it to disappear at night. I am convinced it is superior to all other cats.’”
“[list of traits common to many or all cats] I am convinced it is superior to all other cats” is the cat owner’s creed
shoku-and-awe
shoku-and-awe
Speaking of leaves I’m trying to figure out…
My gardening group has been abuzz about this plant that grows rampant in Japan (??? in Tokyo? in my neighborhood?). Its Japanese name is ドクダミ (dokudami; from 独留め dokudome, or ‘poison-stopper’). People think of it as a weed, but it has cute, heart-shaped leaves and a pretty little white flower with a comically phallic conic center, and apparently makes a nice, healthy tea or herbal garnish! Apparently very popular in Vietnamese cooking.
But, true to its name, it can also be used to treat bug bites! So the other day, when I didn’t think to put on bugspray for a walk cause it’s only May so I got bit allllllllll the fuck over my feet, I simply swiveled my head until I saw one (much like how a Masshole would to locate a Dunkin Donuts), pinched off a leaf with my fingernails, and rubbed it against a rock to make a paste, and guess what?? It stopped the itching instantaneously. Magic.
The thing is, I then made the mistake of smelling my hand, at which point I immediately remembered the English name of this plant: fish mint! And buddy lemme tell you: it lives the fuck up to its name. Especially the first part. To the extent that even an itch doesn’t want anything to do with you. So you may have to choose between itch and stink, but luckily(?), Japan is still very much in a pandemic (and will be well through 2022) and I don’t want anyone to come anywhere near me at any time for any reason, so it’s actually a plus to smell like trout mouthwash. For the time being. Thank you, dokudami! Your little flowers are cute.
Update 1: Natural Lawson sells dokudami tea! For a second, it felt a little silly to buy something that grows lush and wild everywhere you walk, but I for one am willing to pay for the certainty that my tea has not been peed in by every stray cat in Western Tokyo.
The tea doesn’t smell fishy in the slightest; more like chamomile, with a note of very mild cinnamon. And that’s what it tastes like, at least when it’s hot! As it cools, the taste becomes grainier, like barley tea, with a sliiight bitter (tannin-y?) aftertaste/undertaste. A very pleasant chill-out beverage overall.
Update 2: I’ve learned that dokudami is good for sensitive skin and that crunchy granola types here use it to make their own toner and other skincare products. (Again, the cat pee factor is limiting but maybe I’ll grow some on my balcony and try?)
Update 3: I had a Japanese friend smell some wild dokudami and she said that, while she can understand my trout mouthwash assessment, she mostly smells mandarin oranges. Which I can now smell, too! (On top of the fish.) Humans are adorable and I am suggestible.
compassionatereminders
stayingstrong-andnotgivingup
i refuse to apologize for being weird or offputting actually that's your problem i'm having a fantastic time
compassionatereminders
I don’t intend to be mean, but nothing screams “I have less than 500 followers” louder than when people go “ANYONE can come to me with ANYTHING at ANY TIME! I will ALWAYS be there for ALL of you!” - cause if you have more than a couple hundred followers, that promise is a recipe for burnout…
figdays
transgender-rex
cryingrainbowsandrocksongs
Psychology textbook diagrams never cease to amaze me
ok y'all this isn't a psych textbook gaslighting you into thinking it's normal and ok for your boss to yell at you, it's specifically about understanding that other people's treatment of you is usually more about them than you.
If your boss is pissy with you, it's absolutely more healthy to understand that behavior as a reflection of his mental state rather than of your worth as an employee.
It's not a psych textbook's job to advise you how to improve your workplace or say what is/isn't acceptable treatment by a boss. It's an example of detaching your own self-worth from how other people treat you.
^^THIS!
In fact, if you let yourself think of other people's treatment as a reflection on YOU more than it is on THEM, it can prevent you from getting things done.
Or, in other words,
ok, im rb'ing this again because this actually helped me finally be able to take advantage of cognitive restructuring in a way i've struggled to do for a long time. Ive been able to get to the my boss was having a bad day part, but i've always struggled to use that mental change to do something that would improve the situation. but because of this diagram, i THINK ive got it figured out. Here's a rough explanation of how I interperet this.
Real life example:
Boss yelling: My mom is snapping at me, calling me "disrespectful" no matter how I speak to her, and getting mad at me for having missing assignments
He was having a bad day: She's stressed due to my grandma being in the hospital
He shouldn't take it out on me: just because she's stressed doesn't mean she gets to be mean to me.
Unionize: I advocate for myself, saying that I'm not being disrespectful and that it's okay to have missing assignments because I'm doing my best
Fuck his wife: I am unapologetically proud of myself for what i manage to do in a day, especially if my mom disapproves of it or doesn't view it as productive, as my own little "fuck you" to her.
End result: no depression.
This actually works and its amazing. Thanks to the meme side of tumblr for accidentally developing a highly effective method for coping with people who treat you like shit
arcticflakes
