Some of y’all really think racism in America looks like this:

When it really looks like this

You are not exempt from racism just because your country’s version is not the same as ours

Oh def reblogging this version

💭 head in the clouds 💭

@littlebittyoctober: Today I’m not October, today I’m Kevin the Kitten from @vanessastockard paintings. I think I nailed it! #kevinthekittin

Holy crap best costume on the internet hands down. 

One time, I had a dream that I was making peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, and most of them were the regular measurements in cups and stuff. But at the end of the recipe, instead of saying “2.5 cups of chocolate chips” it said “627 chocolate chips.”

So when I woke up, I made some peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. And instead of measuring out chocolate chips, I counted them (and suffered a lot of odd looks from my family for it).

Well, it turns out that 627 chocolate chips is the amount that the recipe called for (2.5 cups). Not only that, but 627 was the exact amount of chocolate chips that we had left in the house.

Forbidden knowledge was granted you that night

Honest question: Why do pop culture references work and get a laugh in things like Shrek, but in others they just come across as just being lame and forced? What makes a pop culture reference work? 

I think the thing with references in general is that they need to either a) work on their own even if someone DOESN’T understand the source material and/or (preferably and) b) are brief enough that someone who doesn’t understand them most likely won’t notice them, instead of stopping the story shut in its tracks for a minute so you can wink at the viewer and say “geddit? eh? eh?”… metaporically speaking.

Example: in Shrek 2, Shrek sees an old poster in Fiona’s old room in the castle.

When I was a kid, I genuinely didn’t recognize that this was supposed to be Justin Timberlake, because I wasn’t that up on celebrity stuff (and he already wore a full beard at this point). But I still smiled, because even if you DON’T recognize the celeb it still is a solid joke even without that, narrative is still easy to recongize that Fiona as a tween had a crush on some male celebrity, and it ties into character development of Shrek feeling insecure because he’s not human - so it fullfills point a).

And in addition to that: that shot? It lasts for THREE SECONDS. It’s a quiet scene (except for music), noone makes any mention of that poster, there’s no dialog or callback or anything. If you don’t get it, you miss absolutely nothing. So it fulfills point b) at the same time.

True, and even the longer references (like the scene in Shrek 2 where Fairy Godmother sings “I need a hero” and you get that whole Godzilla Cookie bit) don’t actually impede the story, because there’s still stuff going on. Most of the time, when a reference falls flat, it’s because the movie stops in its tracks or doesn’t advance the plot, which tends to get on the nerves of viewers :P

another example: in Meet The Robinson’s, when Wilbur says his dad looks like Tom Selleck and we’re given this picture for a fraction of a second among a bunch of pictures of goofy cartoon characters:

now as a kid this was hilarious bc come on, thats not a cartoon character, thats just a man!!! and it’s absurd and only there for a second. and then i learned later that his dad is actually voiced by Tom Selleck and GOD THATS HILARIOUS

pop culture references usually just fall somewhere on a spectrum from “funny” to “obnoxious,” with “boring” smack dab in the middle

#the concept of an old vampire loving and emulating twilight honestly sort of moves me (via dollsome-does-tumblr)

Yes, I was the only one in a costume, and yes, it was awkward, but I had to rep cryptid goths in my very conservative, corporate workplace

shopping for fabric online and i–

oh

oh my god

yes

YES

YES!!!

I found her! She uses the money from her etsy shop to take care of stray cats and finds them forever homes. In the description for this listing she also posted many updates about her experiences fostering cats.

MCU YOU ARE NOTHING

[transcript:

Andrew Garfield: I was trying team up- team him up with every different Avenger. He wouldn’t get along with Tony Stark. ‘Cause I don’t think he likes-

interviewer: Too arrogant for him.

Garfield: Too arrogant. Ethics are dubious. Um, and uh, you know, Peter’s a man of the people. Peter’s the working class hero, where as Tony’s this rich gajillionaire that, you know, is arguably, you know, not all that responsible or kind of heartfelt.

End transcript.]

mcr stands for my reading comprehension

wait

I wish rich people went back to keeping artists as pets. Like when you’re wealthy enough you pick a cool weirdo to do regular commissions for you, and if you really want to flex on your peers, you’ve got several.

 And you visit them every once in a while like “hello, I’ve paid for your rent and your tools, have you worked on that commission giant oil painting of me getting sucked off by my political opponent, who is unfortunately still the mayor of this town, like I requested?”

 And your favourite feral art person looks up - mouth full of gravel and completely surrounded by art-related trash like “no, but I designed a helicopter.”

And you’re like “that’s fucking lit, the mayor doesn’t have a helicopter. Please carry on as you have.”

breakfast

lunch

dinner

dessert

cool what the FUCKING HECK does this mean tho

you had to be there

Gokushufudou / The Way of the Househusband episode 2

Subs by Blitz Fansub

THIS IS WHAT LIVE ACTION ADAPTIONS SHOULD BE

his best quality: his wiggles

Look at that smooth jello kitty!!! I love him so much!!!

ouch

The Takoyaki cat The black panther oden

Limited prints available on www.dawningcrow.com

new friend! a giant leopard moth

And the words of the prophets were written on the subway walls