if you imagine this isnt about basketball then this headline depicts an intriguing development in a factional war to decide the fate of our world
the senate is lying to us
i was really high attempting to reference this tweet but reading it back the next day just sounds like fucking qanon sorry
funniest thing about the “reddit migration” is that I haven’t seen a single post shitting on anyone coming from Reddit. when twitter started bleeding users everyone was firing rent-lowering posts but with redditors skittering about we’ve left the doors open and put out food bowls
Tags were too good to ignore.
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going from the reddit star wars fandom to the tumblr star wars fandom is giving me insane whiplash. the upside is that people aren’t bitching about every single imperfect detail in the entire franchise, but the downside is that i’ve seen more fanart of obi wan and commander cody tenderly knowing each other than i have ever wanted to in my life in the last three hours and it has probably fundamentally altered the way i interact with the entire franchise
after the initial shock of being plunged into the icy cold lake of seeing my childhood action figures caressing each others sweaty chests in a gentle, hidden moment after a battle, i’ve been able to get my wits about me and realize that yeah, i’m kinda with it
Before you post, think:
- Is it groovy
- Is it smashing, baby
- Is it shagedelic
- Does it give you mojo
- Does it make others randy
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HEAVY George Costanza vibes in this post
one of the inside jokes at my job is doing baby talk in a weird accent and recently it’s started to bleed into my conversations with customers and they just sit there and take it
customer (a grizzled seventy five year old new england man): it’s supposed to rain tomorrow
me: I do not wike that one bit
customer: me neither 😞
me: I forgot to put the pickles on her sandwich :(
my coworker: that was very silly willy of you
customer:
shirtsthatgohard
Incredible shirt you could give to Fidel Castro or maybe crimew.
Does she have a tumblr?
I don't think Fidel Castro has a Tumblr, no.
they really gotta get fidel castro on here
Adding him to my list of men who have never possessed a singular thought in their lives ever.
J.K. Simmons playing J. Jonah Jameson in every timeline has to be one of the funniest running gags ive seen in a movie. anyone can be Spiderman but there can only be one J. Jonah Jameson
DID YOU ALL KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO WHATEVER UOU WANT WHEN YOURW MAKING ART ISNT THAT WILD
i have no defense against this. you've got me
This is the standard winged nightjar and it has one singular stupidly big feather on each wing... if you even care.
Love this guy
That’s standard as in “pennant” or “banner”, not standard as in “normal”.
But it’s not a pennant-winged nightjar. THIS is a pennant-winged nightjar… if you even care.
can’t forget the Lyre-tailed Nightjar! there’s actually a number of these ridiculous guys, and they’re partly why caprimulgiforms are some of my favorite birds
also the Sickle-winged Nightjar, which is. come on, that’s just a weird moth
(Whispers) talk about their mouths now
and if we’re going to make this onto a full-on nightjar weirdness appreciation post, I feel like I’ve got to mention their pectinate claws:
photo from here:
comb-shaped claws on the middle toe have evolved multiple times among a diverse variety of birds, found in nightjars, barn owls, herons, frigatebirds, and a few other groups. and despite looking exactly like they’re used for preening out feather parasites, they might have other uses for keeping birds clean that we haven’t yet identified:
“Balls to the wall” is a great phrase because it sounds vulgar but it’s not so you can say it at work and not get in trouble.
It’s an (antique) aviation term equivalent to “pedal to the metal” for when the engine controls are pushed all the way forward and the ball-shaped grips are up against the wall.
BUT it conjures up vivid imagery of a crass scene in which drop-trou contortionists are bent over and backed up against the wall, perhaps in preparation for some bizarre sexual relay race. Or an execution?
Truly an excellent term that I hope never falls out of common parlance.
I heard it was from centrifugal governors on steam engines!
When the balls go to their maximum diameter (to the wall) the steam engine is running at its fastest speed
Oh, guess I always figured it was an aviation term for like, pulling so many Gs that your balls are getting tugged in an unnatural direction, this makes more sense
It’s such a beautiful and multidimensional phrase, isn’t it? What other idioms do so much simultaneously to evoke sexual acrobatics, body horror, firing squads, glory holes, and aircraft operation? I think we should honor it with an Idiom if the Month award.