The only thing funnier than the FOB We Didn't Start the Fire cover is libs handwringing over the "Shinzo Abe blown away" line as "tasteless" since a) it's literally just an update of the lyric "JFK blown away" and b) Shinzo Abe getting murked by a Fallout 4 contraption shotgun was one of the funniest and coolest things to happen in the last ten years and he 100% deserved it
FOB went hard on that one
I hate it when you’re reading smut and you can’t figure out what position they’re in.
sometimes it just ends up being something like
ITS BACK
lord
Y’ALL NEED JESUS
Please stop reblogging this post
This post made my water break
In honor of my daughter’s first birthday next week, I’m sharing the post that made me laugh so hard that it broke my water.
WHAT
God, I love this accursed website.
Hey internet, the girl that was born from this post is 4 years old today (July 2 2021) also, the gif still makes me laugh. Happy Birthday, Marceline!!
Tumblr used to be so easy, so simple.
"Touch my butt and buy me chicken nuggets"; 40k notes
What happened when did we stray so far from the light of god
reblogging SPECIFICALLY for the End Note which is widely applicable
You are Superman, aren’t you? Lois, look, we’ve been through these hallucinations of yours before. Can’t you see what you almost did? Throwing yourself off a building 30 stories high? Can’t you see what a tragic mistake you almost made? I made a mistake? I made a mistake because I risked my life instead of yours. Lois! Don’t be insane! And don’t fall down ‘cause you’re just going to have to get up again! Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
This scene features one of the best things about Chris Reeve’s portrayal, which is that he physicalized his different choices between playing Clark and Superman. Like, look at the difference:
He could go from Rick Moranis to Chris Evans with just his posture. It’s like his glasses are weighing his entire body down. Here it is, in motion:
Acting.
This is a perfect example that proves that the Clark Kent disguise actually does work….and how it works….
Christopher Reeve was the best Superman and still is
Are we gonna discuss that Lois Lane rationalized that Superman wouldn’t even feel a bullet, thus wouldn’t even know he hadn’t been hit, causing Clark Kent to reveal himself for who he truly is without her having to risk anybodies life?
God I love Christopher Reeve’s Superman because some of Clark’s clumsiness can be seen in Superman too. The fact that this man didn’t realize it was a blank even though he can see things move in slow motion is really funny to me
Like he grew up thinking he had to hide his powers and I just assume that sometimes he forgets he has them because Clark is Clark. He might be superhuman but he’s still a clumsy dumbass and that’s his biggest flaw.
You don’t need kryptonite when you’re dealing with a good honest clumsy man and Lois knows that because she knows Clark!
It’s why I don’t like pretty much any other Superman movie as much. They make him too perfect, that’s not what makes this Kansas man so charming!
Reblogging specifically for the shot with the glasses (so fabulous a transformation) and also for the emotional context of the scene, which his face continues to do extraordinary things—including signaling a kind of vulnerability that has nothing to do with being proof against bullets.
Matchup 4
Only your vote can determine which of these autistic girlies will move on to the next round.
BARU CORMORANT MASTERPOST NORMA KHAN MASTERPOST PERIDOT MASTERPOST
[Image ID. Image with a purple to pink gradient background that is split into thirds by two jagged white lines. There is a purple 'VS' symbol in the centre of each line. On the left of the image is Baru Cormorant from The Masquerade Series. In the centre of the image is Norma Khan from Dead End Paranormal Park. On the right of the image is Peridot from Steven Universe. End ID.]
Matchup 7
Only your vote can determine which of these autistic girlies will move on to the next round.
MABEL PINES MASTERPOST MARINA MASTERPOST AYDA AGUEFORT MASTERPOST
[Image ID. Image with a purple to pink gradient background that is split into thirds by two jagged white lines. There is a purple 'VS' symbol in the centre of each line. On the left of the image is Mabel Pines from Gravity Falls. In the centre of the image is Marina from Splatoon. On the right of the image is Ayda Aguefort from Dimension 20: Fantasy High. End ID.]
They are not as high-profile as the WGA, but I would like to bring everyone's attention to the imminent strike action by thousands of hotel workers in Los Angeles. They are set to go on strike tomorrow, July 1st, 2023.
More than 15,000 hotel workers are seeking higher pay, better benefits, and working conditions. This includes an across-the-board $5 an hour raise, as well as affordable healthcare and better pensions. They also are seeking a ban on the use of E-Verify, which is used to deny employment to undocumented workers and workers involved with the criminal justice system. You can follow what is happening at their Twitter.
[image description: a photo of several hotel workers]
Like two months into dating my boyfriend softlaunched “I love you” by telling me if he ever said it while we were in missionary to disregard it because he had the overwhelming urge to blurt it out when he looked at me during sex and I think about that a lot
Man setting boundaries and expectations. He knows his worth AND his flaws.
Goblin King shit
Are fedoras really that bad?
YES YES THEY ARE
ask-omnipony:
I don’t really believe this mumbo jumbo
I mean it’s a goddamn hat.
Right..?
The white rose, it symbolizes the unique beauty of all the women who wish not to be with a nice guy such as myse-
I wonder if this works with other kinds of hat…
Nothing ventured, nothing gained…
WHEEEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE LIKE A BIG PIZZA PIE THAT’S AMORREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Men of Tumblr are my favorite kind of people…
wait, does that mean?
oh boy…….
Luckily, this nonsense doesn’t work on girls.
Observe…
IT’S GOTTEN BETTER!
This post is immaculate
It can’t be true.
And it can’t possibly work on motorcycle helmets.
I must test it.
Nothing happening so far…
HOLY SHIT IT WORKS
What in the world?
Oh why not? This should be interesting.
Here we go!
Were all mad here in Underland!
What the hell! Never Again!
… Actually …
One more time.
Alright, I gotta try this!
Can’t be that bad!
….
…oh my god…
This is one of my favourite things to look at
holy shit this stuff is back
The Gravity Falls one though
i wonder if it works for flower crowns?
here goes nothin-
w HAT THE
DID I JUST-
WHAT THE FUCK
Okay Clearly something is up.
Hmm… I wonder
I’m sure nothing could possibly…
HOLY SHIT
IT GOT BETTER
I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING SO LONG FOR THIS POST OH MY GOD!!!
I wonder what happens when you wear 8 of these at once…
Never not reblog
IT’S ON MY DASH. ACTUALLY ON MY DASH.
Oh my God, there are so many new ones
It’s like looking at an influential piece from an art period…
Waiting for people to fuck up so you can cancel them, gatekeeping, communities self-policing to the point of self-destruction, debating each other's validity, communities infighting over terminology, fighting over the Best way to exist, trying to define what a Bad Community Member is/does, vilifying those people.
Besties I think we fucked up and internalized the surveillance state or the omni-present judgment of god or purity culture or perhaps just maybe all 3
If some of you remember the comic draft I shared a couple months ago- this is the final draft! Just wanted to say another thank you from everyones input and I really hope you enjoy the finished version. It’s part of a bigger project where i’ve interviewed multicultural people and told some of their stories relating to their experience.
[Image Description: A seven page comic, done in grayscale with green backgrounds. The main narrator in the comic says, “I was born in Lebanon. I grew up in Nigeria. My family is Palestinian. But I don’t have a single one of those nationalities in my wallet.” There’s a wide shot showing that the main narrator is sitting at an outdoor café by a cathedral. The main narrator says, “On paper, I’m French.”
Back to a close shot of the main narrator. They say, “My mother has Senegalese nationality which makes my sisters and I French. Sort of as an apology from France for colonizing it. But I’m not French. Even if I tried, French culture is almost impossible to integrate into.” There’s a close up of the main narrator’s drink. They continue, “It’s elitist. Conversation is a cycle of humiliation to prove who is smarter. And the way people complain! They feel entitled to everything. It’s no joke!”
Another wide shot of the café. The main narrator says, “I came to Montpellier to study medicine 3 years ago. And I know what you’re thinking, it’s just the people I’m around.” The person the main narrator is sitting with says, “Haha, I mean, you are in medicine…” The main narrator replies, “Haha okay I mean maybe that’s some if it… But because I didn’t grow up with this culture, it’s hard for me to understand a lot of social cues. Especially when it comes to people being ‘honest’.”
There is a whole page shot of the café and the cathedral. The narrator says, “I don’t mean to offend at all, but you have to understand. It’s hard to be around people who have everything and complain about nothing. I come from a small town in Lebanon. We have one of any store that Montpellier has 5 of. One cinema, one mall, actually, that closed down. In 2006 we went through a war, my friends and I grew up processing fear, trauma and gratitude. We see things differently.”
The main narrator and the person they were drinking with are now waking side by side. The main narrator says, “For me, it’s incredible to be in France, to walk in a road that isn’t just dirt, next to cars that won’t run you over, and (underline) public transport (end underline)! France is so accessible, when someone comp,Ian’s about trams taking too long to be remodeled, I just want to shake them- and say: look what you are complaining about! In a way I completely understand. When your country truly appreciates art, culture, education, and loves it’s people… no wonder they turn out smart, and defensive of their rights.” The main narrator winks and says, “And yes, elitist, but like I’m saying - I get it!”
The panels slowly pan towards the main narrator’s shadow as they say, “I guess I mostly feel a gray at my own country for not loving its people the way I do, at the end of the day, Lebanon just isn’t a choice for us to live right now. All my friends there wish they could leave. Lebanese pounds have dropped like crazy, we don’t have any export… it’s unbearable.” The view goes back to the main narrator and they ir drinking partner. The narrator says, “I know how luck I am to be here.”
We go back to a close shot of the narrator. They say, “I am grateful that at least this country recognized me. I can’t claim any legal prof that Ik: front t,he country of my mother tongue. It hurts to be rejected from your home. But I also know that’s just not how culture is defined. Look at me, complaining and getting defensive.” The narrator smiles and finishes, “Maybe I am a bit French after all.” End Description.]
Thank you so much for captioning! ❤️
surely this is a good idea that doesn’t have the capacity to end real fuckin badly
Bridges aren’t supposed to have weight restrictions on them. That is, they don’t come with weight restrictions on them when they’re new. So a bridge with a weight restriction on it is a sign that something has gone wrong and the bridge does not meet current standards.
The maximum weight that a vehicle is allowed to carry on the Interstate System per federal law is 80,000 pounds gross vehicle weight (with a max of 20,000 pounds per axle). That’s 40 tons. That limit applies to every inch of pavement, not just the bridges. Since this is a known cap, a new Interstate bridge will be designed to accommodate an 80,000 lb GVW load on it. You could say the bridge’s weight limit is 80,000 lb/40 tons but that doesn’t really have much meaning, because a load higher than that would be illegal to transport on public roads anyway, and the road leading up to the bridge has the same weight restriction. (In practice, the bridge doubtlessly will be designed to have a little bit of let to it just in case some idiot tries to squeak by a few hundred extra pounds.)
Now, note that that law applies to the Interstate System only, because the federal government only has a governing interest in the Interstate System (and other roads that together make up something called the National Highway System) because they partially fund it. Most long-distance roads are owned and funded by the states. The states could theoretically set lower standard weight limits and/or design bridges with lower weight limits…but in practice they don’t.
One, because all of that 80,000 lb GVW traffic on the Interstate system has to go somewhere when it exits the system.
Two, because a group called the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO, who are best known for picking the road numbers) maintains a catalog of standard components for making bridges that meet Interstate System requirements. Engineers are expensive on a per-hour basis, so if you can direct your engineer to use standard components and make a standard bridge, that’s a lot cheaper than having them design a bridge from scratch to go over the creek in Nowheresville. As a result, most new bridges meet Interstate standards and have an 80,000 lb GVW rating even if they aren’t on the Interstate system. (This is also why all new bridges kind of look the same, but we’re not worried about how boring the bridges are for the sake of this post.)
So a bridge only has an explicit weight limit if it has been damaged in some way (through failure to properly maintain it usually) or because it predates the application of Interstate System standards and the standard AASHTO bridges.
Older bridges often have other problems in addition to the weight limits: many older designs are what we call “fracture critical”, which means that if one component of the bridge fails the whole thing collapses. Modern bridge designs have redundancy designed into them so that if one beam fails the other beams will carry the load until the damaged beam can be replaced. Older bridges also often don’t meet other standards, like height (16 ft clearance) and width (12 ft per lane plus 14 ft for shoulders) requirements.
Biden isn’t advocating eliminating weight limits and letting it be a laissez-faire free-for-all where trucks can just go wherever they want. He’s advocating for replacing bridges that carry weight limits with new ones that don’t have them.
wow i got absolutely schooled thank you for all this this is really informative. i have learned so much
This is a great explanation of what the fuck Biden was talking about in his tweet. because I will freely admit that I also went “…….wtf?????” when I read it. So thank you.
Today I learned about civil engineering.
Today I saw 2 separate seagulls trying to eat what may have been the same dead rat at different times.
The first was too weak to fly high while carrying it and dropped the rat in the road. The second flew over a boat yard and into the setting sun.
20 years is a long time, but perhaps one day, a young peppermint ranger and his pig are exploring the great rock candy mountains, when he notices movement, just out of the corner of his eye, maybe even catches a truly foul whiff of old cheese
maybe he tries to follow it, out of curiosity about a dairy person so deep in candia. but he's just a kid, and the stranger is experienced and careful.
maybe he gets close enough to hear the figure muttering "come on, provolone" before disappearing into the shadows.
you. you get it.
