couples costume
Oh sick this photography book I ordered came with free snacks
I was KIDDING I was JOKING you shouldn’t eat these because they’re not sanitary!! They’ve been touching equipment and packaging and people’s grubby little postal working hands! The notes on this post are FULL of people declaring how much they love shoveling these little puffs into their faces and every day I wake up to more. Yes I have eaten one before to see what it was like, I’m human, but please. Please. Love yourselves.
Our home security system is being updated today, and the guy in charge is just peak Gen Z, no professional fucks given vibe and it’s hysterical.
“I mean, I’m supposed to recommend stuff, like you should probably put a sensor on that window too, but like, that’s really a you decision. I just have to say this stuff out loud so I don’t get sued if you get broken into.”
“So, like, just to clarify, you don’t want the cameras, right? Only I need to make sure because sometimes people say no on the phone, and then when I’m leaving, they ask me why I haven’t installed the cameras yet, and I’m just like, that’s a you problem, I’m going home.”
*leaning around the corner of my office to talk to me* “Hey, do you know where [Mothman] went? Actually, never mind, you’re probably the detail-oriented one. I can tell by the *gestures at my candy-floss-colored goth office* whatever this is.
So like, the new alarm panel is smaller than the old one, and the old one pulled off some of the paint, I can try to hide it, but it won’t be perfect… You don’t care? Sweet. I’m always ready for people to yell at me.”
“Hey, so I need to test the smoke alarm before we put it up, but I don’t want to frighten your little dog. I’ll try to muffle it, but you might want to hold her.” *clutching the alarm to his abdomen like Steve Rogers falling on a grenade* “I’m sorry little dog, I’m so sorry.”
I'm completely normal about this entire episode.
The rocket will also carry the ashes of other Star Trek figures including Gene Roddenberry, who created the series; his wife, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, who played Nurse Chapel in the original series; James Doohan, who played Montgomery "Scotty" Scott; and Douglas Trumbull, who created visual effects for Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Nice they're getting Jimmy Doohan up there legally this time instead of smuggling him aboard the ISS, which he would have loved too.
It's where they all belong, up there with the stars.
It recently came up in conversation with my toddler that some birds can talk, and this has caused her great concern.
See, we were talking about how movies are pretend and how in real life, animals don’t talk. I mentioned that there are some birds who talk a little bit, but not like the animals in movies, and she just looked at me like “???”
So I informed her that some kinds of parrots can copy sounds that people make, and can learn how to say words. I thought this would give her a giggle, as fun new facts often do, but she was just deeply perplexed and a little worried about this.
“Birds can talk?” “Do they ask questions?” “What do they say?” Why do they talk?” “Do chickens talk?” “What about Blue Jays?” “Why do some birds talk?” “How do they talk?” “Birds TALK???”
We showed her a video of a parrot doing the “Hello, pretty bird, give a kiss” thing, and she was dead silent the whole time, hugging her comfort pillow with her knees to her chest. We asked if she wanted us to turn it off, and she shook her head. But we also asked if she wanted to see another one, and she shook her head even harder.
I don’t know why it has distressed her so greatly to learn that some birds can mimic human speech; but then again, I don’t know why it doesn’t distress the rest of us more to know that some birds can mimic human speech.
I keep thinking about that post that’s like “The first person to hear a parrot talk was probably Not Okay.” Because that’s exactly what happened. She had never been introduced to the concept, and her entire worldview got SHOOK.
Part of why Ravens are considered Spooky Bad Things We Associate With The Faeries is because they can and do mimic human speech - but much, much better than a parrot. With a parrot, you can tell something is off about the sound. You can tell it doesn’t belong to a human. Ravens don’t sound like that, no, cause they’re overacheivers. (And passerines). They sound EXACTLY like the voice of whoever they are mimicking.
But more importantly they love the sound of human laughter. No one knows why. But it is totally, 100% possible, and it happens to this day, to walk along the paths in the Black Forest and suddenly hear a strange kind of giggling sound, or maybe even a very clear, definitely human sounding “hello?” “Hiiiii!” Or “let’s go!”.
However, it takes a lot of practice for them to copy sounds as perfectly as they do, so you’re equally likely to hear something that definitely sounds human-like, but the words make no sense and the sound is unlike any language you know.
Ravens at the Tower of London do this all the time. Theyre pretty sociable with humans though, so they do it quite openly. I have seen videos of people, mostly Americans, look absolutely spooked out of their skins when a big ol’ raven (mind ye, these are birds that are 2 feet tall with a 5 foot wingspan) comes waltzing up on the deck and starts talking to them.
And ravens, especially the ones there that have been bred and raised by humans for centuries, don’t just imitate - they have one of the same language processing genes we do, and they understand the way a toddler might that things, places, and individuals have names, and can string together basic sentences much like an african grey.
I know because I used to work with one, Darlene, who knew, quite well, what she wanted and how to ask for it. If you were preparing her breakfast, she would hop on up and investigate. She used to be an illegal pet, and had been taught “manners”. That is to say, if she went for something and you told her, sternly, “mind your manners missy!” She would stop, look at you, perhaps for up to a minute, and then point with her beak to what she wanted. If that did not work, she would ask, in plain English, “grape?” Or “Darl have grape?” And lord help you if you gave her anything less than what she asked for. She would throw it at you, and try to bite you, sometimes while saying “No!” In the same tone as I imagine she was reprimanded in her home.
So yeah. Parrots arent the only ones.
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Was anyone gonna tell me that ravens can talk or was I meant to read about it on a tumblr post?!
Why does he sound so human??!
I love Mischief! I want to be his friend.
drawing self-ship art or writing self-insert fic is fun and good actually. the only people who think it's cringe are people who are allergic to having fun.
stop the allergens. rise above. draw yourself holding hands with your blorbos.
Goat Simulator (2014) dev. Coffee Stain Studios
Untitled Goose Game (2019) dev. House House
Stray (2022) dev. BlueTwelve Studio
I must admit, star trek fans are kinda scary. Like you mention something off handedly that you saw in an episode once and someone's like "ah yes Star Trek Footjob, season 72 episode 14, the bling-blongening"
“His first day was on location with Kylie Minogue, but all eyes, even Kylie’s, were on Bernard. He’d turned up with a suitcase full of props, just in case, including a rubber chicken. And what an actor. Oh, really though, what a wonderful actor. We once took him to the TV Choice Awards and sent him up on his own to collect the award, and the entire room stood up and cheered him. That’s a lovely memory. He’d phone up and say, ‘I’ve got an idea! What if I attack a Dalek with a paintball gun?!’ Okay, Bernard, in it went! He loved Gill with all his heart; he mentioned her in every conversation we ever had. A love story for the ages. I’m so lucky to have known him. Thanks for everything, my old soldier. A legend has left the world.” — Russell T. Davies
BERNARD JOSEPH CRIBBINS, OBE (29th December 1928—28th July 2022)
I had to research Corn Flakes for my American Icons class and I came across what may be the funniest fucking image I have ever seen.
#behind every great man is an uncomfortably buff box of corn flakes