if you would be so kind as to reblog this if you feel insecure about your writing skills.
In a way Goncharov (1973) really is the greatest gangster movie ever made. There are thousands of people dreaming up their own versions of this movie. With more plot threads than could ever actually fit into a 2 hour movie. No actual film could ever compare to the imagination of a million strangers and that's weirdly beautiful.
i'm so confused rn, can you explain the goncharov thing?? i get off tumblr for five minutes
(This post will be kept pinned & periodically updated until 28 Nov)
Lmaoooo
Nah I getchu. So this post has been circulating for like two years:
But yesterday, it had inspired someone to do this:
Meta analysis. So many fake meta essays. Disturbingly good ones. And of course the memes. (Edit: HAVE I SAID THIS SHIT IS DISTURBING)
As you can see, the myth just started to grow, characters and ships and tropes being added one after the other, almost bizzarely without contradiction, until there was enough of shape to the whole thing for people to start posting fanfic about it on AO3. "No beta we die like ice-pick Joe" is already a tag.
It was hilarious in the beginning, but the way it's developed within less than a day, kind of like it's being willed into existence, is freaking me out a bit. We're toying with powers beyond our comprehension. 😂😂😂
Of course, there could be an ulterior motive as well.
Edit: guys, please tag these posts "unreality" so people with disassociation issues can filter them out (not this one, this is an explainer). <3
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Edit 2: Aparently the boots in the original post are actually referring to a movie called Gomorrah that came out in 2008, directed by Mateo Garrone, based on the Scampia Feud. And other people had also been making posts about the fake movie for a while before the poster took off.
found by @thepotch
Edit 4: Alt text added to all images courtesy of @valentineish ❤️
Edit 5: Turns out tumblr has done this kind of thing before. Nine years in this hell place and I had to have "Squiddles" and penis smp explained in the replies.
Edit 6: This post collects the Lore so far.
Edit 7: Lynda Carter (real one)/ earns more/ Tumblr cred.
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I made this post 18 hours after the movie poster went up. Closed edits 27 hours after first posting. So all of the above happened within 45 hours of the movie poster going up.
Edit 10: Google document live-compiling all the lore so far (Day 3)
Edit 11: Masterpost of Goncharov soundtracks (Day 3)
Edit 12: Entertainment news articles covering the Gonch-posting (real) (Contd from yday)
Edit 13: The music from the masterpost all compiled into a 31-minute original score with video edits on YouTube (edit: unfortunately taken down)
As of closing on Day 3 there are 371 works in the AO3 tag.
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Updating with Day 3 shenanigans I missed yesterday:
Edit 15: Goncharov TV Tropes page
Edit 16: Ethics of Gonchposting
- Important PSA 1 (how to reduce harm to Tumblr's neurodivergents)
- Important PSA 2 (reality affirmation, anti-bullying)
- Important PSA 3 (why you should stop trying to vandalise legit information sites)
Edit 18: What we know about/ Director Matteo JWHJ0715 (#unreality)
Edit 19: Link to post with screenshotted and described NYT article (scroll down) and this golden exerpt from BuzzFeed: 💀
(alt text included)
End of Day 4 there are now 485 works in the Goncharov tag on AO3
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Didn't get to update this on Day 5, so these are the Day 5 doings:
More trailers!
I also just found out about the Goncharov Game Jam.
It appears this opened a day after after the meme took off.
Goncharov was first entered into Wikipedia between Day 4 and 5 (attempts to vandalise it with fake info don't count, incidentally – please knock that shit off) under List of Internet Phenomena. This was then expanded into its own Wikipedia page at the end of Day 5 because, according to the talk history: "the topic now meets the notability threshold for its own artice due to significant coverage in The New York Times and other sources cited." We're on Wikipedia, people!
And then we made The Guardian half a day later. So while the meme is definitely dying down to embers by now, it still stays winning.
YouTube channels with episodes on the meme:
End of Day of 5 there were 511 works on AO3, and End of Day 6 (today) there are 556.
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🚨BREAKING 🚨 from Martin Scorsese's daughter's TikTok (real actual)
tw: unreality:
We did it you guys!
Clarification: Francesca Scorcese asked her Dad about the meme and Martin played along. Please reblog this PSA to help Tumblr people with psychosis. Thanks.
Losing my mind remembering that pic chelsea manning posted of the extremely undercover and not at all obvious fbi agent who was tailing her after her release
what kind of sixth sense do american have to recognize fbi agents that easily
to paraphrase her, its always the shoes.
americans please explain to a foreigner, he looks like some random dude to me
1. They all have the same haircut, almost everybody in law enforcement and the military have the same haircut due to regulations.
2. They all wear the same shoes. Same boots, and same overpolished dress shoes.
3. They act different. Shifty eyed and always on their own.
4. They’re kinda really bad at their jobs. I’ve encountered plenty of “undercover” cops outside of bars that ask questions no regular person in their right mind would ever ask. “How are you getting home?” “Who did you come here with tonight?”
5. America is a police state on a budget. Most officers are poorly trained, fbi agents require a 4 year degree (I think), but lord knows how much training they actually get. And the dumb kids from your high school always become cops.
It’s always the dense as a brick kid, with something to prove that becomes a cop. The kid that mouth-breathed and couldn’t chew gum and walk at the same time.
Their shirts are never form fitting so they can conceal a weapon and cuffs.
Always look at the watch, it’ll be expensive but in neutral tones (uniform standards strike again).
They will always sit where they can see their target and the nearest exit.
They will have a partner who is less obvious but wil point a recording device (phone or camera) at you. Check elevated positions, it gives them the clearest view to track you and keep an eye on their partner at the same time.
One time when i lived in phoenix, I was driving home through residential streets from Panda Express on April 20th and there was a 40something year old white man standing quite literally in the MIDDLE of the fucking road wearing a brand new straight from the store weed jersey (jersey #420 with a big pot leaf), a wornout old raiders hat, regular-fit straight leg jeans, and cop shoes. This man proceeded to try to wave me down to stop since I was driving slowly (again, residential neighborhood) and as he did so fully yelled “You buying bro? You buying? 420 bro 420 you buying?”
I almost choked laughing so hard. I couldn’t stop myself from just yelling “NO THANK YOU OFFICER” as i drove by him.
for the past 60 years law enforcement, military, and even literal espionage/intelligence based organizations have assumed that rigid conformity to dress code was more important then actually training how to go undercover, blend in, or understand what the fuck theyre doing largely because the ‘we are infallible’ mindset is too strong for them to consider they might not be doing very good
shoutout to the two “undercover cops” who were at my school to monitor the student body for a week, acting like “substitute assistants” and literally all of the kids immediately recognised them as cops and everyone would address them only as “officer” which annoyed the hell out of them because “we aren’t cops” like sir you literally have your badge in your back pocket and a taser what fucking substitute assistant would have an actual police badge and a whole ass taser??
Just a casual reminder that this is what secret police are. Like, this is the literal definition. Police who are (badly or otherwise) pretending to not be police.
i know this has eight billion notes already but i love sharing these images
This thread reminds me of this story lol
random american citizens r better @ spotting “undercover” cops than the cops r
Losing my mind remembering that pic chelsea manning posted of the extremely undercover and not at all obvious fbi agent who was tailing her after her release
what kind of sixth sense do american have to recognize fbi agents that easily
to paraphrase her, its always the shoes.
americans please explain to a foreigner, he looks like some random dude to me
1. They all have the same haircut, almost everybody in law enforcement and the military have the same haircut due to regulations.
2. They all wear the same shoes. Same boots, and same overpolished dress shoes.
3. They act different. Shifty eyed and always on their own.
4. They’re kinda really bad at their jobs. I’ve encountered plenty of “undercover” cops outside of bars that ask questions no regular person in their right mind would ever ask. “How are you getting home?” “Who did you come here with tonight?”
5. America is a police state on a budget. Most officers are poorly trained, fbi agents require a 4 year degree (I think), but lord knows how much training they actually get. And the dumb kids from your high school always become cops.
It’s always the dense as a brick kid, with something to prove that becomes a cop. The kid that mouth-breathed and couldn’t chew gum and walk at the same time.
Their shirts are never form fitting so they can conceal a weapon and cuffs.
Always look at the watch, it’ll be expensive but in neutral tones (uniform standards strike again).
They will always sit where they can see their target and the nearest exit.
They will have a partner who is less obvious but wil point a recording device (phone or camera) at you. Check elevated positions, it gives them the clearest view to track you and keep an eye on their partner at the same time.
One time when i lived in phoenix, I was driving home through residential streets from Panda Express on April 20th and there was a 40something year old white man standing quite literally in the MIDDLE of the fucking road wearing a brand new straight from the store weed jersey (jersey #420 with a big pot leaf), a wornout old raiders hat, regular-fit straight leg jeans, and cop shoes. This man proceeded to try to wave me down to stop since I was driving slowly (again, residential neighborhood) and as he did so fully yelled “You buying bro? You buying? 420 bro 420 you buying?”
I almost choked laughing so hard. I couldn’t stop myself from just yelling “NO THANK YOU OFFICER” as i drove by him.
for the past 60 years law enforcement, military, and even literal espionage/intelligence based organizations have assumed that rigid conformity to dress code was more important then actually training how to go undercover, blend in, or understand what the fuck theyre doing largely because the ‘we are infallible’ mindset is too strong for them to consider they might not be doing very good
shoutout to the two “undercover cops” who were at my school to monitor the student body for a week, acting like “substitute assistants” and literally all of the kids immediately recognised them as cops and everyone would address them only as “officer” which annoyed the hell out of them because “we aren’t cops” like sir you literally have your badge in your back pocket and a taser what fucking substitute assistant would have an actual police badge and a whole ass taser??
Just a casual reminder that this is what secret police are. Like, this is the literal definition. Police who are (badly or otherwise) pretending to not be police.
i know this has eight billion notes already but i love sharing these images
This thread reminds me of this story lol
random american citizens r better @ spotting “undercover” cops than the cops r
What are your top 10 ethical pigeon breeds?
Ethical/unethical pigeons aren’t really breed specific, but there are traits to look out for. When choosing a pigeon breed, you want to look for functional beaks, muffs and grouse feathers that don’t impede movement, and posture that does not impede movement or cause discomfort.
Muffs: Muffs are the feathers around the feet. Harli, for example, has muffs, but they are short and she can still fly and walk easily.
Muffs like the image below would be too long and impede movement:
Posture: This is a bit harder to demonstrate to the untrained eye, but pigeon posture should look fairly close to a regular feral bird. Some extreme and unethical postures include:
Fantails like the above, with an extreme curvature of the neck and spine.
Modenas and show king pigeons with extreme spine curvature.
bokhara trumpeters, which are just. no.
There’s more as well, so if you find a random pigeon that you’re wondering about, please let me know!
It makes me so sad seeing all those fancy breeds that are basically very unhealthy and unhappy pigeons :( poor babies
There are plenty of fancy breeds that are perfectly healthy and absolutely beautiful!
Classic Old Frill (avoid Modern Frills, as their beak is too short, but classics are amazing little birds!)
Lucerne pigeons
Frillback pigeons (make sure the muffs are a decent length, but most have grouse muffs!)
Archangels
Smerles
Felegyhazer pigeons
Old Dutch capuchines
Garden fantails
And so, so many more! If you want a pigeon that doesn’t look like your standard homer that’s still healthy, there are many options out there for you!
i think more haunted houses should have haunted clawfoot bathtubs that move and exist as separate, distinct demonically possessed entities
Fun fact! Haunted bathtubs are an example of coevolution with haunted houses! As houses became more elaborate, haunted water fixtures changed to match the opulence. As such, the haunted hut and its symbiotic counterpart, the haunted well, gradually changed into the more inviting haunted estate with the haunted tub now being an internal parasite instead of an external one. You are correct, more haunted houses SHOULD have haunted clawfoot bathtubs because they promote the health of the house and indicate a functional paranormal ecosystem.
this website is so utterly detached from reality i love it
I just imagined a haunted house as a full on ecosystem that needs each haunted piece in order to function as a whole. So if one spirit is exorcised then the whole system goes nuts and eventually ceases to operate. Meaning that once an exorcism takes place the entire house suddenly gets 10x worse till balance is restored.
“Listen, ma’am, we can’t just exorcise this one poltergeist, this is a load bearing poltergeist, ok? We remove this one, we may as well rip out the whole damn ectosystem.”
#velvet highbacked armchairs live at the top of the predatory chair hierarchy despite being pack poltergeists much like their haunted kitchenware counterparts #apex poltergeists such as haunted beds and chaise lounges and dining tables strongly dislike being moved
Haunted lamps flicker in alluring ways to attract mates. They typically lay only one or two bulbs at a time and guard them fiercely due to both their fragility and small numbers. A bulb eventually hatches into a spooky Halloween nightlight. This process has never been witnessed, and thus is not very well understood. The nightlights are entirely dependent on their outlets, and must still rely on the protection of their parents to survive. Only until they grow into their juvenile state, table lamps, can they leave their parents to explore their surroundings and find their first lampshade. Like hermit crabs, lamps must replace their shades periodically as they reach their adult state, the floor lamp.
Elaborate haunted carpets and bloodthirsty Persian rugs may seem like scavenging bottom feeders, and technically they are, but if stomped on or run upon they have been known to take down a full grown adult with ease.
Demonic doors are obviously capable locking/unlocking, jamming/releasing at will but their hinges only squeak when they are asleep so you only have to worry about the doors when it’s quiet.
i want what they have
what, blood? what is this post
relatable and sexy is what it is but you can go home if you’re not having fun
what...is the relatable part?
their gender. next question
i'm beginning to think y'all are misusing that
oh so now the hannibal rp blog is gonna preach to us
at least our ship is canon (on both sides)
miss girl a ship war? in twenty twenty one? LITERALLY what are you doing here
hey. hey anyone smoke we
hmmm
world heritage post speedrun
Thats not a heritage post, that was a living fossil that got carried to the surface from some dark crevice of the ocean by some random current
i posted this last december
World Hostage Situation
People are always talking about making John Green say “I love cocks” when it comes to having fun with tumblr’s ability to edit everyone’s posts but that one post where that person was saying fuckers and it got repeatedly edited to fudgers and meaners was 10000% funnier
This one?:
#none of this reaches the level of one time when staff made a post about a website update #and someone deleted the whole post and instead wrote #Were Deleting This Website Sayonara You Weeaboo Shits #i think about that literally every day its been ten years #every night i think to myself Sayonara you weeaboo shits (@cryptovocel)
choclay ornage is also pretty high up there
Back when this site truly was lawless.
November 5, 2021 - Y'all know why. My job is done, I can log off now.
Just joking. This would be very rude of me.
So it's been a year since Castiel was sent to Turbohell. November 5th, 2020 caused a warp in reality as, little did we know, it only kept getting worse. Instead of dying down as most shows that come to end and living up to the "there'll be peace when you are done" theme, Supernatural continues to prove that there is no peace. None. There's only chaos.
For a little nostalgic trip, have a look at this post by @spn-season-16-chronicles which lists all of the batshit events starting Nov 5, 2020. To see the times Supernatural has trended since, check out this and this post.*
The fandom has been celebrating for the third day in a row [x] [x] while various Supernatural-related tags continue to trend on Twitter and Spn memes take over other unrelated trends [x].
Happy November 5 everyone 💜
The person who writes news tickers in Sun City, AZ when llamas are let loose one day: I’ve been waiting my whole life for this…
Some things that might help you with NaNoWriMo this year:
Now that National Novel Writing Month is upon us, we’re faced with the daunting task of writing 50,000 words by the end of the month. Here are some things to do/keep in mind to make the daunting task a little less daunting.
- 50,000 words in 30 days is a little over 1500 words a day. That’s only 5 pages of your book every day.
- If you have a busy schedule, save some words for the days you’re not as busy. If you have work or school 5 days a week, try shooting for 1,000 words on weekdays and 3,000 on weekends.
- Skip parts that you’re stuck on. Since NaNoWriMo is all about time, skip the parts that waste it. Don’t know what your first line should be? Don’t worry about it, what happens directly after it? Tell the story, hook your reader later.
- Understand where your story needs to go. Whether you’re a detailed outliner or a pantser, knowing where your story is going will speed up the process between Point A and Point B. What’s your inciting incident? What’s the climax? Connect the dots.
- Try not to worry about quality. Emphasis on try, because I’m assuming you still want something that resembles a novel after this. But your main goal during the event is your wordcount, you can go back and edit on December 1st.
- Find a routine that works for you. What space do you feel allows you to write the most? What time? Do you need your lucky socks?
- Put your phone away! Writing can already be pretty distracting on a computer, but I find that phones are even more distracting because you have all of your apps on top of what you have access to on your computer.
- Figure out what gets you in “the zone.” I personally use playlists (and if you make one for your project, you can add it to the project information on the site!) that remind me of the story, so I have an auditory reminder to write as well as the task at hand. I also like looking at the Pinterest boards for my project, because it gets me excited to add words to the images in my head!
- Less of a tip, more of a reminder: if you drink unhealthy amounts of caffeine (no shame, I do too) I just ask that you drink some water with it too.
- Have fun! I feel like I say this in every post, but it’s true. We write because we enjoy it! Don’t let NaNoWriMo stress you out too much, and if it’s starting to become overwhelming or bad for your mental health it’s ok to take a step back. No one is going to strip you of your “Writer” title.
Wedding Release necropsy
This is the wedding release baby that passed away just after arriving, prompting the angry, heart broken post back in August.
Graphic photos under the cut of what happens way too often to wedding release pigeons.
This was an even more heart breaking necropsy than they usually are.
This child suffered an exceptionally cruel death for a wedding’s aesthetic.
He was purchased too young to possibly have been trained to find his way back.
Even trained birds can’t avoid getting hawk struck, but this child was tossed into the air with out even *that* much effort put into ensuring his survival.
For reference, this bird was 9 weeks old.
It takes two weeks for a baby to lose THAT much weight.
Meaning this child was 7 weeks old when he was tossed at this wedding.
7 weeks is all of two weeks into a homer baby even beginning to be capable of flight.
He was hit by a car.
And then he starved to death.
By the time he found his way to help, it was too late to save him.
His organs were necrotic and failing.
I dearly hope these graphic records of this little peep’s death make people think twice about celebrating their union by abandoning a white domestic animal to this kind of hideous end.
do humans do threat displays? at other, non-human creatures, I mean. what Thing can/do we do that says "Do Not Approach"? I know we make loads of eye contact like nature's roaming uncanny valleys and it pisses everyone else off, but I mean something we do that evokes fear and fleeing rather than face-bitey aggression. if a human were to sing Der Hölle Rache at a hyena would that do anything
no, humans don't have a baked-in behavioral threat display, because just BEING a human is enough to ward off most predators!
second-largest of the great apes here, fuck off or I'll talk about taxes at you!
but that's also because humans already DO have an extremely effective baked-in defense strategy, the well-known "wave your arms and yell real loud to summon every other human in the vicinity" defense!
that sounds like a joke, but it's really not- the human ability to call for help is an instinctive response between the human in distress and all other humans in the vicinity, and is also why people in horror movies always go TOWARDS the screams!
deep down in all of us, there's a part of your brain that makes you go investigate calls for help in order to find the human in distress and provide enough backup that whatever predator is attacking them will leave them alone.
this works GREAT on lions and wolves, but is sadly less effective on Michael Myers.
but that's fine because in real life, you're more likely to run across a leopard or something than a horror movie monster, so it's an effective defense that still works well today!
that's right kids, always go TOWARDS the screams! who knows, maybe today is the day you finally get to punch a hyena right in the face.
You know in a stealth game when you fuck up and trigger a screamer mob or something? Humans are like that in real life. The last thing you want is a bunch of creative assholes with thumbs coming after you.
Let! That! Baby! Eat!!!!!!
Perfect tags
Hey, so first and foremost I just wanted to thank everyone who helped make it possible for me to have a roof over my head. My paycheck was not enough and it would never have been possible without all your reblogs and donations. I don’t want to make this post an entire novel but my mom was diagnosed with terminal bone cancer, and 3 months later my dad died unexpectedly from respiratory failure. Mom lost her battle 5 months later to the day. Neither owned a home or had life insurance, so I had to grow up really quick and figure things out. Then Covid happened and my job closed down, and then thankfully I found a new one not too long after. Then someone rear ended me going 50mph, totaling my car and breaking my leg. Then 3 nights ago, I was told that I had to move because I was renting a room from my friends mom, and she needed to move her mother with dementia in because her facility was too expensive. I had 2 days to figure everything out and because of you I was able to.
I hate to ask for help again and feel so guilty, but I spent literally every penny I had to move in. I literally don’t even have $5 for gas. I will need to extend my rental at least another week, which is cheaper than ubering. My job also requires my phone because we have to verify ourselves with text messages to access all our systems. I’ll also need gas for the next two weeks, and hopefully some food (and a set of sheets for my bed, I slept on a towel last night on the mattress). I don’t want this to come off as ungrateful, because having a roof was priority and it wouldn’t have even been possible without help. I’m just asking for a little more help for two weeks to get back on my feet if possible.
If youre in the position to help my PayPal is paypal.me/jpd05, and if not reblogs are always appreciated!! If Zelle is easier for you feel free to message me and I’ll give you my info. I’ll need about $450 to extend the rental, pay my phone bill, get gas, some cheap sheets, and hopefully some food if possible. I’ll update this post as I can. Thank you for your time!
$0/$450
MISHA: DON'T UNDERMINE MY AUTHORITY LIKE THAT????
Jensen: moans..
Dom mode activated, your sub is shaking
Hee
oh he.. OMG HE!!!
with spooky season approaching i would like to once again gently remind the rpc that
- w*ndigo and sk*nwalkers are not generic cryptids and creatures and should not be treated as such! they are intrinsic to specific indigenous lore and should be treated with respect.
- goblins and ghouls can quickly fall into antisemitic tropes so tread carefully and do your research!
- a lot of stereotypical witch imagery can also fall into antisemetic tropes so once again tread carefully and do your research, ESPECIALLY if your witch character is meant to be jewish.
día de los muertos/the day of the dead isn’t Mexican Halloween and shouldn’t be treated as such
















