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Friendly reminder that the intro to Lion King….the non english bits leading up to the “circle of life” is not random yelling in *Africa voice* it is an actual language, Zulu, spoken by 10 million people, it is the most widely spoken language (out of 11) in the country of South Africa (1 out of the 54 countries in the continent of Africa, the continent home  to somewhere between 1500-2000 languages and around 3000 distinct ethnic groups)

this isn’t to say that you have to friggin learn the language to sing along with a disney film, it just means that you should be mindful, respectful, appreciative and respectful. don’t be yelling out whatever noise comes in to your head when you hear it

Ok but someone knows what does this say?

The lyrics before the english comes in…in “circle of life”

Nants ingonyama bagithi baba [Here comes a lion, Father] Sithi uhm ingonyama [Oh yes, it’s a lion] Nants ingonyama bagithi baba [Here comes a lion, Father] Sithi uhm ingonyama [Oh yes, it’s a lion] Ingonyama [It’s a lion] Siyo Nqoba [We’re going to conquer] Ingonyama Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala [A lion and a leopard come to this open place] (repeats) [queue English lyrics]

I would like to further add that language has there own cultural nuances so something that can sound extremely meaningful in one languages may not sound as majestic when translated to another (I know this as someone who has an understanding of 5 languages and speaks 3 of them fluently) so if you are thinking “oh it ain’t that deep they are just yelling: the lion is coming!” dial it back

Worth noting that “lion” and especially the word Ingonyama is a very respectful word to talk about a Zulu king, especially in praise. It’s so heavily associated with royalty in isiZulu that a different word is used for an animal lion - Ibhubesi. This isn’t just announcing the arrival of an animal, it’s celebrating the arrival (or coronation?) of the king

/\ Whoop, I didn’t know this

This is so informative thank you so much

sephiroth: …you will rot.

genesis:

Oh fuck me I am dead.

I’m sorry but who told him that he could wear his hair down and that we would survive ??

He definitely wore it down for me. It was up for the show I didn’t attend 😏

It was 100% a message to you

Totally. He was probably flirting with me too.

He also gave you better access to Leon by throwing his head back some for that first pic.

Grandmother said she would send a cardinal as a sign after she passes. Grandmother passed, a cardinal visited, and cardinal doesn’t want to leave. <3

this lady knows exactly how stupid this hat looks

Are you even really gay if you weren’t in love with your straight best friend in middle school?

your ancestors didn’t “discover” it. that implies that it was something new to be found and not inhabited land that was stolen

this is the best tomi lepenne roast i have seen to date

Thank you clam man

Reblog the encouraging clam man to boost someone’s motivation. You know you wanna.

encouraging clam man is always there for me in my time of need. may he be there in yours as well.

“It’s too late for mercy”

IF YOURE EGYPTIAN AND LGBTQ+ GET OFF ANY QUEER DATING SITES, THE POLICE ARE TRACKING AND HUNTING PEOPLE DOWN AGAIN. DELETE YOUR ACCOUNTS.

This is very real.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/amp/human-rights-groups-urge-egypt-halt-crackdown-gays-n806641

I DON’T CARE IF YOU HAVE ONLY ONE FOLLOWER PLEASE EVERYONE REBLOG THIS!!!

HOW ADORABLE IS THIS KITTY

*slams desk* THIS IS THE KIND IF CONTENT THE UNIVERSE NEEDS MORE OF, DAMNIT!

two geniuses in a fullmetal heart

like a year ago I saw a trailer for Some Fucking Romcom where I thought for the first thirty seconds the plot was “bride asks her gay brother and his boyfriend to get heterosexual dates for her wedding”

turns out the plot actually was “bride asks her two Commitmentphobic ™ brothers to get dates for her wedding” which, lame

I like my idea, where two gay dudes and two lesbians have to pretend to be straight for an entire weekend 

“I can definitely pretend to be straight,” Lesbian One says, “I successfully pretended to be a straight man for twenty years.”

“No,” her girlfriend Lesbian Two says, “no you definitely didn’t.”

Lesbian Two, who is butch, discovers an eyelash curler. “What is this, a torture device?”

Gay Guy One hooks up with the DJ, the wedding planner, three caterers and the best man. Shenanigans happen as he narrowly avoids getting caught by the bride.

Gay Guy Two, of course, finds himself falling hopelessly in love with the groom.

At the climax of the movie Gay Guy One falls out of the closet where he’s making out with his latest conquest, the florist. The bride screams, eyeliner smearing from tears, about how he’s RUINING HER WEDDING and she didn’t choose to have a brother who was QUEER and why didn’t he ever think about HER and why couldn’t he just pretend to be NORMAL for her SPECIAL DAY–

the groom is like “honey, I’m bi”

the bride says “no, you’re not! you’re marrying me! you’re straight now!”

and then the wedding is called off and Gay Guy Two and the groom live happily ever after. the after-credits scene is Lesbian Two suspiciously poking her eyelids with an eyelash curler

Please write this movie.

Play It Straight (2019)

IT’S TIME TO BRING THIS GEM BACK TO LIGHT

The Sunday paper was a bit larger than normal this week.

AWWWWWWWWWWW

A VALIANT PUPPER

@blue-mood-blue

Why don’t we discuss the vast amount of underaged dating within the LGBT community? We only crucify creepy men preying on young girls, but it doesn’t stop there.

For example:

I know of a couple that met when one was 15-16, and according to my calculations, that would make her partner at least 26 at the time they got together. Now, they receive a lot of praise on here but every time I saw their pix, I felt sick to my stomach. 

Because we don’t talk about it, we young people walking around thinking this behaviour is okay.

I had a girl try to get at me one time who said she was 21 and ended up being 17. When I found out her real age I ceased communication and dead the shit immediately. She kept trying to contact me because she couldn’t wrap her mind around it…saying she was “grown” and that she’s “been with older women before,” like that makes it okay.

I’m in NO WAY blaming her…I blame all of us who see this shit going on and don’t speak up. When we see men seeking out younger women, we’re all up in arms and are quick to drag them. But when it’s a same-gender couple, why don’t we have the same reaction?

When I went to Pride I remember there was a girl in her 20s who thought I was cute and tried to flirt with me. When she asked my age and I said I was 17 she immediately backed off.

This is how people need to react to this shit. Stop flirting with minors when you’re an adult. Just because you’re gay doesn’t mean that it isn’t just as creepy as when college guys flirt with high school girls

Help please!

Does anyone ever get a weird burning and squeezing sensation that slowly moves up their left arm and into their neck? I’ve been to the ER and Urgent care when it happens and they always say that everything looks fine. They’ve done EKGs to rule out a heart problem and they’ve done blood and urine tests but they never find anything wrong. The sensation usually makes me have a panic attack because I’m worrying about the weird feeling and what could be causing it, so the doctors usually say it’s all just a panic attack and give me Xanax. I don’t think that’s true because my panic attacks usually feel very different. None of the doctors will listen to me when I tell them this. I was calm last night and this morning before the burning and squeezing sensation suddenly started. None of my friends have every had this happen so I’m hoping maybe someone on Tumblr/the internet might have some idea what’s going on. Please send me a message if you have had this happen or you know what triggers it!

Passing along for help. Hope everything works out hun

Anytime I've gotten weird tingling/numbing sensations it's been a panic attack. That's not usually how my panic attacks hit me, but every once in a while my mouth will go numb, or my arm or my foot. If that helps <3

do you ever have second-hand obsessions

like one of your friends is super obsessed with a thing so whenever you see something about it you’re like “YES THIS THING” but you’re not the one obsessed with it. they are. you know very little about this thing and yet it still excites you because it excites your friend