in all the world no greater love than mine

I lost the post on my dash where this would have been a fun addition but these are the krill that blue whales eat! Some people think krill are like nearly microscopic or something but they are very decently sized shrimps

With the hbomberguy plagiarism video on fire right now I want to share my favorite example of egregious plagiarism.

I’m a marine biologist. Currently getting my PhD. I’ve done a lot of scholarly writing. Many classes I took as an undergraduate had big writing components. I took limnology at one point as an elective. This course had one such big writing assignment.

The professor told us a story. He said he once got a student paper that absolutely blew him away. It was way beyond what he’d expected from the class. This was before we had online tools to check for plagiarism. The paper impressed him so much that he brought it home to show it to his wife. She began reading it and then set it down, looked at him, and said, “Dan, you wrote this.”

This student was dumb enough to not only copy a published paper verbatim, but to copy a paper published by the professor of the class.

AND HE NEARLY GOT AWAY WITH IT.

My professor is a linguist and she has the similar story! But she recognised her paper on instant and decided to mock her student a little bit

She just said "I don't believe that you've wrote it". And her student began to defend herself, trying to prove that no, she did in fact wrote it

And after a couple of minutes, my professor finally said "Sweetheart, you've got out of luck. You've copied my paper".

We don’t talk enough about how fanfiction writers love to give character large amounts of non-specific paperwork they hate doing

say more pls

Yeah sure why not.

So most stories take place when Events are Happening, and this means that no matter what kind of job the characters have, they’re probably not too focused on them. Fanfics, on the other hand, often show the down time. Which means that the writer has to figure out what the hell these characters do in their jobs. Unless the characters have a job the author understands or knows well, the author is often at a loss for what to have the character doing.

So they sit them at a desk and give them paperwork. What is the paperwork for? Rarely specified. It is Paper Work for the characters Important Adult Job they have and they need to read or sign it or something. And there’s always a line about how Character Hates Paperwork. Doesn’t matter if Character is a Mafia Boss or a General or a Diplomat, here they are in an office trying to get out of Doing Paperwork.

There’s also a sense of, like, humor and mundanity that comes with it. Like the examples above, it always particularly stands out to me when a dangerous individual is griping about some paper they need to sign or something. The less you can picture Character doing paperwork, all the better to force it upon them. If Character is saddled with Paperwork, they’re usually now concerned about the physical damages their motley crew causes, because damage = More Paperwork.

Anyway I just think it’s fun or funny, Sephiroth doing paper work and Sawada Tsunayoshi doing paper work and this just in, Tony Stark is doing paperwork. Sorry, Phoenix Wright can’t play right now. Yeah, it’s paperwork.

Honestly as an adult in an office job I would find less paperwork not very believable

Truly experiencing the opposite of a gay panic, the aro/ace dread, when I think somebody has a crush on me

This tweet makes me want to throw up god I'm never gonna stop thinking about this now.

The Newsreader + No Context (requested by @poofterfaggot) bonus with context:

said it once i’ll say it again torchwood as a show is genuinely so fucking funny to me bc in dr who it was such a big Thing this giant secretive organization that caused a catastrophic mess and then you cut to the show and its just a tiny team of 5 horny bisexuals who have to stop making out for long enough to save the world and i think that is beautiful. that was the only correct way they could have used jack as a character

that last one can be read from either perspective and i think that's beautiful :)

Being an adult is so crazy i have to navigate the world like I’m not constantly thinking about Jack and his messed up life

Broadchurch is so wild. The 10th Doctor and the Queen of England are investigating the murder of the 13th Doctor's son. Fleabag is defending the Queen's husband who also murdered the 13th Doctor's son. Anthony Bridgerton is a reporting on everything. Everyone thinks Argus Filch is a pedo. Gwen Cooper is in pseudo witness protection. The 10th Doctor wants to put Jarvis in jail. Also, Rory Williams is a priest.

TORCHWOOD 2.04 “Meat"

You know what I want after seeing a significantly more open Doctor?

I want him to meet bloody Jack Harkness. Will be immensely good for both of them.

That’s what I want.

100% believe this is what they got up to in the Hub when the rift was slow

Jack Harkness being an explicitly queer character from the beginning, being played by an out gay man and then GETTING HIS OWN SPINOFF WHERE HE GETS TO BE EVEN MORE QUEER in freaking 2005/2006 is WILD to me and some people would be like “this shows we’re going backwards” and I agree to an extent but it also gives me hope in a weird way

(in the flashback)

Daniel Louis

Sometimes we could all use a reminder. (source)

If you choose not to block them, just lean back and watch as they scream for your attention like a kitty who wants to be fed again. Because that’s what trolls are at the end of the day.