Popular with the Beatles, the Monkees and several James Bond villains.
From the 1968 Sears catalog.
“see, i wanna look like a catholic priest but still get laid, you got anything like that?”
“yes sir, and it also comes in Dog Shit Brown, as you can see here.”
“nice nice i got this great cursed talisman to wear with it.”
THIS IS WHY I FUCKS SO HARD WITH PACRIM AND GUILLERMO DEL TOTORO <3
A Carolina Wren building a nest in the water softener.
I and some colleagues were talking about how we wish everyone could see the safety videos that our company was showing us, because I don’t think most people understand how traffic works in a truck. So here’s some things we wish everyone on the road knew.
- we’re not kidding about tailgating. If you’re right behind us on a straight highway? Chances are we have NO IDEA you’re there, which means we can’t anticipate any of your movements. Plus slowing down takes multiple downshifts, so we might start decreasing speed way earlier than you expect.
- We’re not kidding about any of our blind spots. WE CAN’T SEE YOU, GUYS.
- That bit about slowing down taking a while? The same goes for when you’re in front of us. Don’t cut off a truck. Oh god, PLEASE don’t cut off a truck. If you cut me off, I’m not irritated, I’m terrified. For YOU. It can take 7 to 9 seconds for us to stop. DON’T CUT OFF TRUCKS.
- Before you get mad about how slow we’re going on the highway, keep in mind that many companies govern their vehicles so they literally CAN’T go over 60 or 65. This is a good thing, I promise. Because…
- Do you know what happens when a car meets a truck in an accident? The car gets totaled and the truck needs a new coat of paint. You will not win this fight. I know nobody likes getting stuck behind a big dumb truck, but it’s not worth your life.
We are trying our best to protect you from our 80,000 pound death machines. Please help us out.
This information is actually useful. Thanks for posting.
I learned how to drive on highways on I-81 outside of Carlisle PA. It is an extremely busy shipping route that is just FILLED with trucks. (In fact, my father was a truck mechanic for 15+ years. I have ridden in trucks before.)
(I was glad when I started driving around the DC area that there are SO FEWER big rigs around. Like, by like 85-90%, it feels like. You know how unnerving it feels to be stuck in a lane between 2 big rigs? Yeah.)
ALL OF THE ABOVE IS TRUE. SO YES SIGNAL BOOST.
Also, depending on the size, shape and weight of your car, you can get caught in the draft/slipstream/drag of one of those big trucks. And SURE yeah, it’ll save you on gas. But they CAN’T SEE YOU. And that pull, is a force against your own driving and thus dangerous.
So you really shouldn’t be too close up under them.
Greek Mythology/Roman Empire on tumblr
I couldn’t read that last one and not see this face
“toO LaTE!”
Oh my god. I love this.
Hear his mighty roar.
ADORABLE <3
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Public Service Announcement: If you are not a virgin do not presume to wear a white wedding dress. It is an honor that is earned from chastity and virtue. Not a tradition for you to soil if you lacked the same.
what about anal? does it count
The idea that the white wedding dress is “an honor that is earned from chastity and virtue” is historically bullshit.
In the west the white wedding dress has it’s origins in the Victorian era, specifically in the white dress Queen Victoria wore in her marriage to Prince Albert. At the time, red was the most popular color for upper-class women to wear at their wedding, and her wedding dress was sort of the contemporary version of Lady Gaga wearing some outlandish outfit to a red carpet event. (She also eschewed the ermine and crown traditional for a queen to wear, which was quite startling to many people.)
After that, a pure white dress became a fashionable way for wealthy, upper-class women to show off their money. Because a pure white dress would quickly yellow and could be ruined by a single spill or a little dirt in an era before 20th century laundering techniques, a white wedding dress was a way of saying “that’s right bitches, I’m so rich I can afford to have this beautiful, elaborate gown made for me and I’m only going to wear it once. Plus odds are good I’ll never work a day in my life or come into contact with anything that might soil it so yeah, great to be me, right?”
Connotations of spiritual purity and eventually virginity only came years later, when the idea of a “white wedding” began to appear in etiquette and housekeeping guidebooks. Even then, it was more because these qualities were associated with upper-class women rather than because the white dress was an honor earned through keeping hands off one’s genitals. Even then, most women just wore their best church dress to their wedding for quite a while. It was the image of thew white wedding dress in post WWII Hollywood movies that finally cemented it as a standard and iconic part of the culture.
Nowadays of course, the American wedding is an orgy of conspicuous consumption, and every woman regardless of her financial situation is expected to get married in a dress she’ll never wear again.
tl;dr, that tradition you’re so keen on protecting has less to do with virginity than is does with showing off big wads of cash.
Poor people would traditionally wear their Sunday best to get married in. They were usually black, brown or other dark colours, because Sunday Best outfits had to last for years and be appropriate for all occasions, including funerals.
Reblogged for historical debunking
I’m always in favor of historical debunking that also gives the middle finger to Magical Virginity.
The giant golden-crowned flying fox is a rare megabat and one of the largest bats in the world. The species is endangered and is currently facing the possibility of extinction because of poaching and forest destruction. It is endemic to forests in the Philippines. The bat can reach up to 1.2 kg (2.6 lb) in weight and 1.7 m (5.6 ft) in wingspan. Like other megabats, this species is non-aggressive towards humans and is frugivorous. Even though they are not aggressive, handling the bat without proper training and vaccination is dangerous, as some can carry deadly diseases. (Source)
Here are some other intriguing animals posted on @sixpenceee that you may enjoy:
Oh that’s fucking awesome
YALL YALLL YALL
so apparently guys call girls the second she gives them her number to make sure its the right one
when the fuck did this start happening?
like i saw it happen last night and my eyes literally got really wide
this some new level shit forreal
I feel like it started getting more popular in like the past 4-5 years? Coinciding with the rise of smartphones. Honestly and unfortunately your best bet is getting a Google voice so that you can give them a fake number that works and then you can just block them in the app. Dudes are disturbingly entitled and that’s probably the safest way to go about things right now.
It’s really gross that the only way that you can fully protect yourself is to do something you don’t wanna do. Also it doesn’t protect you from the core issue at hand or from those pushy guys that will ask for your phone so that they can put their number in themselves then proceed to call their phone from your phone (also becoming more popular).
You can also use Burner App! You can have multiple numbers for different purposes (ie. if you want one for douche guys, and guys you actually want to talk to) and when you’re done with it, you can trash the number completely. Your phone WILL ring if they call it, but when you get home you can just “release” that number and they’ll have no means of contacting you again.
boost for burner app info!
I finally got messaging! ☺
you have been blessed by the christmas chan
like and reblog and you will prosper from the blessings of the great jackie
won’t even risk it.
I like this one best because there’s no threat to not reblogging it so even if you don’t there’s no worries but if you do then you’re gonna have an even better time.
It’s Jackie Chan in a Santa hat. Why is that not already rebloggable enough?
