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LESSONS FOR CHILDREN

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Hey there. I'm the host of Steam Punks on ABC3, i'm the video game critic for TheVine.com.au, I blog about games for MMGN, and I spent four years doing nerd stuff on Triple J Breakfast. This site will contain some of my writing, some of the webcomics I've done, and loads of reblogs of junk I dig. You can follow me on twitter (@paulverhoeven), Vine and Facebook if you like, but otherwise, enjoy my sweet, sweet tumblrings. Which actually sounds like a part of the human butt. But isn't. There will be repeated, unapologetic references to Doctor Who, Carlton Banks, explosions and semen. So if you've ever wanted a guide, a series of lessons for those hard-to-reach places, this is it. How good are butts. Seriously. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-4877001-2']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();
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ladymelisande
Luke attacking a family member because he is scared of what they might do. 

But you know, the point of both scenes isn’t that he did it. Is that he stopped. 

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hadassahgrace

VERY IMPORTANT CROSS CULTURAL INFORMATION NEEDED

OK so whatever country you’re from, what do you call frozen sugary ice on a stick, like this:

and what do you call ice cream on a stick that looks like this:

and what do you call ice cream in the middle with, like sorbet on the outside like this:

My friends and I have been arguing for a while now, and we need answers. 

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bugcthulhu

polos

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mousathe14

The first ones people tend to call popsicles but I don’t know if there’s, like, a generally preferred name for the bottom two.

First one’s a popsicle, second would be an “ice cream bar” in the same way a Klondike bar is, third is a creamsicle.

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cliomancer

First is an “Ice Lolly” (As in Lollipop) the other two we’d probably refer to by brand, call an “Ice Cream” or possibly just use Ice Lolly again.

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hypotheticalwoman

NorthWest England here - the top one is an ice lolly, the second is a choc ice. The third… I dunno, I think normally that’s an ice lolly, although usually I think we’d use the brand name.

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occoris

So- northern/central california, in my house it would be Popsicle Brand name (or if its generic we’d call it mockingly by whatever set of words they use for it) Creamsicle

But also the top would just be popsicle and often we will just call the bottom two “good popsicle”

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becauseanna

Australian edition: 1 Icypole 2 Icecream 3 Either depending on how clear it is that it’s filled with dairy.

There appears to be some variation. The Australian words I grew up with are:

Icy pole Choc wedge (if it’s chocolate coated) or paddle pop (if it isn’t) Split

None of these, however, adequately describe the preferred Australian frozen confections, the zooper dooper, the drumstick, and the Golden Gaytime.

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becauseanna

This is really interesting. The choc wedge and paddle pop were specific brands of ice cream thus weren’t extended beyond that for description. And I have *never* heard of a zooper dooper!

I guess it’s similar to Americans referring to all vacuums as hoovers.

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lessonsforchildren

Right, so first up in Australia we’d generally go: 1. Ice block 2. Icecream (or Magnum, given that they’re clearly Magnums) 3. As this goes on I realise if the ICED TREAT in question is cheap and shitty you default to ice-whatever and icecream, but if it’s something specific that you give a shit about - i.e., Weiss Bar, Gaytime, whatever - you go with the specific name. Otherwise you just yell FOOD and eat it the fuck up.

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kumoi-no-hikari

this is that one post that i’ll always reblog

It’s back

the teacher killin it

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mishasminions

HOW IS THIS 6 SECONDS

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thesylverlining

This is literally one of my favorite vines, a masterpiece really and I will always reblog it and it’s just - I love so many just wonderful LOVING TOUCHES about it and it’s

  • The beautiful facial expressions and flawlessly communicative gestures the likes of which would be at home in my college-level dramatic arts classes
  • The universal relateability
  • The technical video and sound editing that’s DIRECTLY on the song beat, absolutely A+ timing and that shit is not easy to do
  • The amazing dramatic use of slow-motion that tells like - this is some Shakespearean drama story - conflict, BETRAYAL, this is Julias Caeser, this is The Iliad
  • The freaking teacher being in on it and being convinced to shake it down now
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leauxgan

in case nobody’s seen the sequel:

WHY HAVE I NOT SEEN THIS BEFORE

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xfilesposterproject

Alright, folks - what was your favorite episode of season 10… and why? 

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starbuck1013

Home Again! All the emotion! I love Mamma Scully! She was such a constant on the show for both Mulder and Scully. And having a case at the same time, the duality of the show reminded me of Beyond the Sea and some other episodes of the original run and it really felt like The X-Files I grew up with.

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xfilesposterproject

Absolutely - I think it was totally channelling a Beyond the Sea vibe. Plus, as @kczar1-blog pointed out, it has some pretty timely social commentary which is also a plus.