reblog if your name isn't Amanda.

We’ll find you Amanda.

this has almost 11 million notes what is this

I’ve never seen this post once in 10 years on this site

@hellsite-hall-of-fame

I’ve never even heard of this before tho??? Wtf??????????

oh my god, I didn’t think there were any surviving versions of this post left

For those who weren’t around in the Deep Lore times, this is one of the relics of the editable post era. This post has THE SINGLE HIGHEST NOTES of ANY post on this site, bar none, but with more than a dozen variations. Every single post you’ve ever seen with more than 3 million notes has been a different version of this one.

This is the “Dean’s Gym Shorts” post. This is the Flubber post. This is the original “Reblog if you support gay people” post. it was ALL of them. before half the site got nuked, it had even more notes than it has now - at one point, well over 15 million, and that was years ago.

This, with no exaggeration, is the ONE TRUE heritage post

Someone elaborate on the last pls

“Baby It’s Cold Outside” has a premise of a man and a woman (in most versions) enjoying a romantic evening together, but the woman half-heartedly makes an excuse to leave, and the man replies “but it’s so cold outside! You’ll need your coat!“ etc. The banter back and forth between the couple consists of the majority of the song, with both of them bringing up points and either refuting those points themselves or letting the other refute them, until they both reach the conclusion that they really just want to spend more time together and disregarding any excuses as to why they can’t do that (propriety, etc). “Let It Snow” is a simplified version of that, with the singer (solo this time) saying “let the weather be as bad as it’s going to be, because either way I want to stay here with you.” It’s the same thesis of bringing up inclement weather & using it as a excuse to stay with your romantic partner. They have different themes and executions, but both songs come to the same conclusion: let the storm rage outside, because neither partner actually wants to leave.

Reuploading because of tech issues! Go watch ATLA my friends!!

Reuploading because of tech issues! Go watch ATLA my friends!!

THE SHAPE OF WATER (2017) dir. Guillermo del Toro

These are the best tags @puddle–wonderful

Seggesting a character might be ace.

Being ace

hey @snark-n-snack pls credit @bamsara they’re the original artist of these two images

Loona, Blitzo, and their relationship

Spring Broken has focused on Loona and Blitzo and. I. Am. Loving. It!!

Something I love about the show so far is that each episode adds some level of depth to the characters while there's always room for much more. And Spring Broken and Loona were no exception!

But today I want to focus on Loona and her relationship with Blitzo.

Not gonna lie, I really loved how competent Loona was in this episode until she interacted with Tex (still, her way of acting around him was so precious!).

The pilot showed the most apathetic, sourly and jerkass side of her character. Under that light, it looked like she indeed only kept her job because Blitzo doted on her (and it still is pretty much the reason). But both the screen time she had in Murder Family and this episode show that she can actually be very competent, maybe even more so than Moxxie and Millie.

Her reaction to finding out neither has a human disguise and, therefore, they've all committed terrible crimes in plain sight says it all.

Besides, as I said before, before she spotted Tex she was incredibly focused on her job! She blended in, lured their victims away, and allowed I.M.P to land perfect kills.

Go Looney!

Not to mention, it was heavily implied that the only reason why she doesn't often go on missions with them is because Blitzo is very overprotective of her (we all saw the furry shaming look). So it wouldn't be surprising if Loona were actually better as a field agent, rather than a receptionist.

And now that I mentioned Blitzo... I wanted to talk about their interactions together.

At the beginning of the episode, Loona was so focused on the impression she'd left on Tex to prevent her affection for Blitzo slipping, she almost called him dad! While near the end they had a heated argument about their family and her adoption, when she said he wasn't her dad.

Quite the contrast, am I right?

Leaving aside the part of her who was probably just embarrassed at his antics before her crush, these two instances reveal a lot about their relationship, moreover, Loona's stand in it.

During their argument, she revealed Blitzo adopted her when she was still 17. But we don't know how long has passed since? Although, judging by Loona's characterisation, we could say it's been... 3 or 4 years tops?

Look at that. She spent her whole life not knowing him and she already sees him as her dad! Even if she doesn't want to admit it. Imagine, 3-4 years after being adopted and you already see the person who adopted you as a parent.

That actually means that their father-daughter relationship is actually a very close one. Maybe even similar to Stolas and Octavia's.

On the other hand, this also explains her refusal to admit she views Blitzo as such and her attempts at distancing herself from him. As I said before, she was almost 18 when Blitzo adopted her. As far as we know, she spent her whole life living on her own. And if being an orphan can be hellish in real life, imagine how it'd be in Hell! (Yes, I know I'm mixing two realities up, bear with me).

Loona's probably used to the feeling of abandonment. And it's even more likely that she shares Octavia's fear of being abandoned by her dad because of it. Trusting someone only to be left behind hurts. And what's the "best" way to avoid getting hurt because you let someone in? Simple, you keep your distance.

In other words, Loona doesn't want to think of Blitzo as her dad because she fears he might abandon her, and loving him would only make things harder for her.

But, whilst Loona doesn't want to be hurt by family, Blitzo is desperate for one. Despite everything, Loona is his baby and he would do anything to protect her and make her happy. I'd even say, there's nothing Blitzo desires more than being part of a loving family. And Loona and his employees are his best shot.

But his attempts at connecting on a familial level can be overwhelming, and even intrusive, much like Stolas' own way of dealing with his crush on him. Meaning he needs to learn to reel his energy back in, or he risks spooking his loved ones away.

Summing up, what these two need is a compromise. Loona needs to allow herself to be vulnerable with her dad, and Blitzo needs to reassure her of how important she is to him, without coming off as too strong. And I, for one, can't wait to see that happen.

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Nice work, Spindlehorse crew!

…what???

this is a universal experience because education is chronically underfunded across the world

At my old elementary school, not only did these things become permanent, they added more and even built infrastructure to dress them up more like real buildings but they’re not

Swords are bougie garbage, spears and axes are the weapons of the honest working man

IMAGINE GETTING KILLED BY WILD ANIMALS BECAUSE YOU FAILED TO DISTANCE YOURSELF

THIS POST MADE BY POLEARM GANG

I have a Sword and a Spear, because my family makes pottery and aren’t low class farmers like yours

Lmao this dude doesnt even have an axe.

I mean, we’re potters, not glass blowers. Look at this fucker talking about owning three weapons

Halberd gang rise up. It’s like a spear AND an axe.

yeah well lets see you split wood with it

Can’t hear you from all the way over there! I’ve got my halberd between us! Poke poke.

hey hey

bitch

YEAH WELL LET’S SEE YOU SPLIT WOOD WITH IT

The fuck’s all this bougie shit about? Who the fuck has money for metal weapons in this economy?

elitist jackass talking abt ‘crafted weapons’ just pick up a rock you fucking snob

Weapons without metal

Get the fuck off my lawn, ya larping hobos

Dasha found my photo 20 years from now

What’s that slung on his waist?

Also yeah, bad larpers too. Like some peasant wouldn’t own an axe or bow, but would have a fucking lance.

Shotgun shell bandoleer

fuck dude. end of an era. 2020 has taken everything from us

Dude. The trends are insane tonight...

isn’t that the neck tattoo guy

This guy needs to slow down 😂😂😂

THAT’S WHERE I RECOGNIZED HIM FROM

But how could you leave out this masterpiece???

I love him

yall r missing the BEST one

I might have just found myself a new idol

Unsure if real or an elaborate character but in any case he’s fighting the good fight so 🤷🏻‍♀️💯

He shouts a lot. What a fun guy.

He has only one brain cell and he uses it to live life 

I imagine in my head that he can only make one facial expression and it’s the perpetually confused and indignant one from these photos

Riff raff 2

IM LAUGIHNG HARDER THAN EVER RIGHT THIS SECOND

Reblogging this again because Chris just made me realize that sheep are so stupid that I can’t even think like them:

These sheep? They are actually running away from the car.

They are so stupid that they’re following each other in a circle around the thing they are running from.

SHEEPNADO

when your group cohesion is set higher than your flee response distance.

Moshpit

This is actually called a sheep cyclone and it happens because sheep don’t have a hierarchy. In most herds, whichever animal is the leader will sense danger and take off running. The rest of the herd takes it’s cues from the leader and follows. Sheep, on the other hand, don’t have a leader. If the flock runs, they run, and they follow whatever fluffy tail happens to be in front of them. Usually, this works out fine for the sheep. Occasionally, however, the sheep in the front starts following the fluffy tail of the sheep in the back so the whole flock ends up running in circles, going nowhere fast.

sheeps are morons lmao

is this what the doggos are for

@gallusrostromegalus

This is, to my understanding, excactly WHY we have both herding and livestock guardian dogs.  Sheep are… really amazingly dumb most of the time.  

Then, once in a while, you get one sheep that’s Entirely Too Cunning and that’s when all hell breaks loose.

…that sounds like a horror story

I have been informed by those who study domestic animal behaviour that it’s not so much that they’re stupid with the occasional intelligent one, as that their priorities are so different from our priorities - in part because we did things like deliberately breed dominant traits out of them over thousands of years - that you have to change how you think about how they work at all. 

The one, major, overwhelming priority of sheep: Stay With The Herd. This is why you get sheepnados: every single sheep is doing his or her devoted best to stay with the herd. So the sheep runs out of the way … .to the rest of the herd. At which point the other sheep follow it and … .you get sheepnado. 

The sheepnado continues in part because there’s nothing to stop it: the car doesn’t actually present a clear and present threat (none of the sheep have been hurt), and there’s no farmer or dog to take that lead position and give them direction. It’s ore or less succeeding at what it needs to, which is that no sheep are being run down by the car, but, THE HERD IS STAYING TOGETHER. 

If you want to see how smart a sheep gets, take it away from the herd. 

(And if you think about this, it makes perfect sense: “stay with the herd” has HUGE SELECTION PRESSURE on it for domestic sheep. Domestic sheep who stray, die without reproducing. Domestic sheep that get stroppy with the farmer or interfere with the leadership of farmer and his dogs … die, usually without reproducing. Domestic sheep that Stay With The Herd? Usually live and reproduce. The herd becomes ALL IMPORTANT. It’s not that they don’t know they’re running in circles, it’s that running in circles achieves The Goal.

It’s not that sheep have no survival instincts: it’s that we as a species have actually redirected their survival instincts in one overwhelming direction, and evolution is a messy kludge.) 

And then if you want to give yourself a head-trip, combine this with those Humans Are Weird SF posts and start wondering what kind of behaviours WE have that could look, to an alien with a very different priority set, as stupid as sheepnado.  

I mean really, AS A SPECIES: full-contact team sports. 

We expend lifetimes of effort and time and energy to risk catastrophic life-and-quality-of-life-threatening injury (concussion, broken neck, broken collar bone, broken face … ), in order to chase a ball around the field. Never mind the sheer level of engineering, money and resources necessary to make a hockey rink. 

And the spectators are even worse. People spend huge amounts of resources going to strange places in order to sit in the stands and watch people do the above. 

I don’t really think we have that much ground to mock sheepnado. 

Actual sheep expert here! (Like, my doctoral thesis contains three years of sheep behavioural experiments)

I think the mistake everyone is making here is assuming these sheep are scared. Note the guy by the wall. If they were scared of humans or cars that’d be sufficient to not only break the tornado but also have them running for the hills. The problem is basically they are not scared enough.

Let me explain!

So you know your personal space bubble, right? You are likely to feel very threatened when that stranger at the party moves in too close and take a step back to keep him at bay. Also, no one likes sitting right next to someone at a cinema or on the train unless the other seats are taken, right? So sheep have that, but it applies to non-sheep that are pinged as possible predators. Cows have it too. Makes sense, right? Anyone who gets in too close who you don’t know is likely to be a predator, regardless of your species.

This personal space bubble might be, oh, say, ½ a kilometre in size if they live in the middle of the outback with 2000 of their buddies and see a human once a season for medication, but are otherwise left to their own devices. Most of the time though it’s far smaller, and there isn’t really one for members of their flock, although if there’s no threats around they’ll spread out to graze across an entire paddock, staying close to their bffs.

(Tangent: the CSIRO found out in the 70s or 80s, by use of some guy, binoculars and countless manhours, that yes, sheep tend to hang out with the same sheep again and again when people aren’t running around scaring them. They may look alike to you or I but they recognise each others faces, just like we do!)

ANYWAY. Say you’re a person coming in to herd them. They’ll ignore you until you get close to the boundaries of that personal space bubble then the ones nearest to you will start looking at you nervously in a, “Gosh, that guy better not be moving towards me. Sandra, do you think he’s coming towards us?” kind of way, and will be trying to decide whether to go or stay - just like one might when the creeper comes into the party and starts walking towards you.

Now, the leader sheep, that they all follow? She’s not the smartest or most independent one, she’s the one with the smallest personal space bubble and the distance you’ve walked to get the others nervous is close enough to get her unhappy. She’ll run in the direction opposite to you. In which case her supportive buddies flocking instincts kick in and they go, “Oh shit, Sandra thinks it’s a threat. Cluster up, girls!” and all zoom off together, away from the threat. Sandra has no idea where she’s going, she’s scared, but if another predator turns out to be in the direction they’re running the flock will split and run on either side of them to merge again, rather crowd at the train station around a pylon kind of way.

(Tangent: In low stress stock handling, the welfare gold star modern method of livestock handling, we take advantage of this by teaching sheep their boundaries will be respected. We move to the edges of their their flight zone - that is, personal space bubble - and let them move away, letting them learn that we will not push too much or hurt them. If they gently keep pace we’ll steer them towards the yard with food while respecting their wishes to not be near us. They don’t get scared, and no one - us or them - accidentally gets hurt by a panicked stamped)

Returning to the above photo! The problems start if they are so used to you the flight zone is tiny. You’re an adopted member of the flock, they actually are cool with you being at arms distance. You can’t cuddle them, you’re not an actual sheep, but you have to really get close, go, “OI! MOVE IT LADIES!” and wave your arms around to get them moving, because they know you’re not a threat. Same applies to cars actually. And they can tell motors apart by sound. The ute is kinda boring, but the tractor or gator? Holy shit, food delivery time!

And that is how we’ve ended up with sheepnados around the gator, which we were using because it was a four wheel drive and the ute would get bogged, but I had experiments to do. And they decided this meant food and bailed me up until I fed them. I didn’t even have more than a bucket on me. I had to run ahead, sprinkling it like bird seed to get them to move, so we wouldn’t accidentally kill them. Annnnnnd I’ll bet you anything that the sheep in the picture were used to being fed by exactly the same kind of ute, if not by the same one, and the poor driver is trying to inch forward to get to town but the sheep are just FRIEND? FOOD FRIEND? HI FRIEND. FOOD NOW? NOW?

Supporting visual evidence? Look at how there’s no running away from the car, when ute herding, complete with horn beeping is actually a very common way to herd flocks. Look at how the ute is miserably inching forward, giving them a clear direction to run, but they are so not scared that at the moment flocking instinct has kicked in but not enough panic to actually direct it. I Imagine the driver is honking like crazy, to no avail. Look at the random terrifying predator human by the wall, who is sensibly turning his back to the sheep, because if the predator has his back turned you can run behind him! But no sheep is utilising the supplied alternate route. Yeah, these guys aren’t scared, this is an armed robbery of an empty pizza delivery truck.

ALSO! Posters higher up in the thread, please stop saying sheep are stupid? They’re not! Just panicky and scared of us! I’ve taught sheep to solve mazes and remember the route days later. You can teach them stuff in a day that takes a month to teach monkeys! If you’ve ever frozen up in an exam or while public speaking, surely you’d know how hard it is to be smart when you’re frightened? The first step to intelligence testing a sheep is to either automate everything - or do what I did and more or less raise them from birth so they bail you up for cuddles when they see you, and follow you as leader sheep. Downside? They will learn to open multiple kinds of gates just to follow you, and any sheep you take with you to put in the maze, half a kilometre down the road because GUYS YOU FORGOT US!!! :D :D :D (“Sheep, no, stop! I left you there to get shorn! It’s SUMMER, you’re HOT, please stay here for your haircut! You’ve finished the maze, you know the route too well! I can’t give you reward treats when we’ve established that you’ve memorised it, that’s cheating!”) Or, you know, become impossible to herd and mill around you, and your car, because they want to hang out and have no sense of urgency.

THERE YOU GO EVERYONE. SHEEP: EXPLAINED . XDXD

@elodieunderglass animal behaviours - intersting stuff! Sheeps!

I do love sheeps! and isn’t it amazing how much seemingly bizarre behavior can be explained if you just respect and honor the motivations of the organism? It works for people, children, herd animals, plants, enemies, friends, arguments, advertising… and sheeps.

I really hate tumblr’s automatic response of “haha dumb animal” because people can’t stop trying to place human logic on other species. it’s… wrong.

SOMEONE FINALLY SAID IT

So if a teenager is at school for roughly 8 hours, and they are doing homework for 6+ hours, and they need AT LEAST 9 HOURS OF SLEEP FOR THEIR DEVELOPING BRAINS, then they may have 0-1 hours for other activities like eating, bathing, exercise, socializing (which is actually incredibly important for emotional, mental, and physical health, as well as the development of skills vital to their future career and having healthy romantic relationships among other things), religious activities, hobbies, extra curriculars, medical care of any kind, chores (also a skill/habit development thing and required by many parents), relaxation, and family time?  Not to mention that your parents may or may not pressure you to get a job, or you might need to get one for economic reasons.

I will never not reblog this

“…but teenagers have no reason to be stressed.”

Me in high school trying to explain stress to my mother 🤯

College was stressful too, especially if you’re trying to maintain a high GPA. Professors often feel the same way and treat their class as if it’s the only thing that exists (and yes, there is still homework). Plus you have to figure out how to Adult (cooking, cleaning, working, grocery shopping, transportation, exercise, social commitments, internships, etc).

But it’s better than high school, because if you just really need a day to catch up on sleep, you can give yourself that. If you really want to skip all the reading and binge all your studying the night before midterms, you can. You’ll still be stressed, but how you deal with it is largely up to you now.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ all of this

whatpath:

I couldn’t be happier to reblog this.

this is amazing.

Lets rephrase that shall we

Imagine a world without *terorrist*

People still honestly think that terrorists who killed hundreds of people in the 9/11 attacks are considered “Muslim” in any way whatsoever? There is no religion in the world that condones killing innocent people and performing acts of terrorism. You really think Islam (which is just Christianity with a few more prophets) seriously allows or encourages literal terror attacks?

people wouldn’t say a world without terrorists because then the police forces, military, and mostly white communities would no longer exist

this includes: literally all terrorism and forms of terrorism, including ICE.

never blame a whole group for the actions of a few people. if we did that, then literally everyone in the world would be to blame for something. but we don’t for this exact reason: it’s unfair and untrue and frankly bigoted and in this case, islamophobic.