Animal snaps
After this week, this gives me faith
he’s mirroring! cats do that to be social that’s also why they will lie on laptops or books. they want to do what their humans are doing because they enjoy being in the same room and socializing that way. getting him his own prayer mat was a really good idea bc now he gets to mirror without being in the way!
The other thing is that cats have a very good sense of time and tend to like regular schedules. If OP’s family members pray every day at the same times, in the same place, the cat knows the drill and probably considers this an official Household Activity which requires Feline Supervision.
hoe 101
oh my god???
That dress is everything
Well shit, can she design me a jumpsuit to wear for commencement 👀
this is it… this is the tweet that ended it all…
Now That’s A Drought
Aint this the nigga that stole the boat from Tom Hanks
Don’t let people make fun of you for liking japanese culture.
I am living in japan right now and let me tell ya:
There are people here who can’t speak or understand English who play nothing but Missy elliot and ludacris, even in businesses like housing offices and restaurants.
There are people who have cowboy hats and dead cow skulls in their home because they idolize what they assume American homes are like.
There are people who learn English strictly through music videos and American television shows.
There are entire karaoke bars with english songs often sung by people who have no idea what the lyrics mean.
Japan often takes American shows like the powerpuff girls and make japanese versions of them.
They often mistake common Americans for celebrities. I have been mistaken for Micheal jordan, tiger woods, Shaquille o'neal, Tyler perry, and saddest of all: queen latifa.
The act of sprinkling English into your japanese sentences is considered cute and cool and is popular with teenagers. Bonus points if you happen to use it correctly.
Japanese stores sell shirts with english on them and people buy them not knowing that most of those word combinations are nonsense.
Don’t let someone shame you for singing an anime opening, using japanese in your sentences, wearing clothing with japanese on it, ect. If anything, this is just one more thing that you have in common with them.
The American/Japanese cultural exchange is so pure and wonderful and I love it so much
OK BUT RESONATE WITH THE SHIRT THING THOUGH
My Chinese relatives buy me shirts from China with English letters on them hoping I think it’s cool
I have a shirt that says “Hi Quality Uality”
It’s amazing
It happens alot.
And then what’s really great is Americans getting tattoos of Chinese characters thinking they mean one thing when they really don’t
Also a topic where the reverse happens.
lemme tell you..i have been in a grocery store in Japan and heard the unedited Get Low playin over the intercom..it was literally a Katt Williams moment
Oh, unsensored songs are pretty common.
I should not be hearing an unsensored ‘Magic Stick’ playing at a family restaurant.
And the best thing is when literally no one shows that they understand what is being said.
I was in a Chinese cafe one time and they had obviously put on their “fuck you” playlist. I mean, uncensored versions of Fuck You by Lilly Allen, Fuck You by Cee-lo Green, etc. No one else had any idea.
Oh, also, I got my favorite shirt ever in a little tchotchky store in Sichuan:
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that last one got me holy shit.
Tracee Ellis Ross
Payback for not listening to her reasonable speech about Earth’s resources.
Hatsune Miku concerts are one big rhythm game where you have to shake your glowstick on beat with everyone else in the audience. If you’re off rhythm, Miku will notice you within the crowd and steal your life force.
it is absolutely insane that this is cgi
My profession is amazing????
Like dude that sand alone is stunning
I love these kinds of videos because they’re super impressive but also the dumbest things and always make me laugh my ass off
Ayeeeee I love Trinidad James lol this video lit af
Lil Dicky went off tho
This song is 🔥
Breh
Yoooooooo
SHE DESERVE TEXAS ROADHOUSE NOT RALLY’S MY NIGGA A CHAOTIC GOOD
the visuals made this track better than it already is
Why wasn’t I in this video tho😭
new anthem omfg
I got casted for this video and didn’t go 😩😩😩😩
Mystical still got bars
🤣🤣
nigga…
“I’m the money right here”😂
Who is she I’m so in love.
If Cthulhu can be summoned by humans who are so far beneath it, why can’t humans be summoned by ants? The answer is they should be.
Well if a bunch of ants formed a circle in my house I’d certainly notice, try to figure out where they’d all come from, and possibly wreak destruction there.
That’s why knowing and correctly pronouncing the true name is so important to the ritual. Imagine how impossible it would be to not go take a look if the circle of ants started chanting your name. And they’re like, you can’t leave because we drew a line made of tiny crystals - now you have to do us a favor. And you’re like, let’s just see where this goes “yup, you got me… what’s the favor?” and usually the favor is like, “kill this one ant for us” or “give me a pile of sugar” and you’re like… okay? and you do, because why not, it isn’t hard for you and boy is this going to be a fucking story to tell, these fucking ants chanting your name and wanting a spoonful of sugar or whatever. And SOMEtimes you get asked for things you can’t really do, one of them, she’s like, “I love this ant but she won’t pay any attention to me, make me important to her” and you’re like… um? how? So you just kill every ant in the colony except the two of them, ta-da! problem solved! and the first ant is like *horrified whisper* “what have I done”
for some reason my brain won’t let go of this one, so…. Meanwhile another colony of ants invades your house, and evidently that last ant has gotten some of them to join her in a circle and taught them the ritual because you’re coming out of the bathroom one day and you hear the ants singing your name. Sure enough it’s that ant, but she’s dark and fucked up now, and she’s like, “kill the queen. I will rule this colony” and you’re like, sure, I guess I kinda owe her, and you do it. And she manages to become queen, and they worship you. Which is cool, you’re not, you know, very important in the human world, but to these ants you’re practically all-powerful. You can’t be just, doing everything a bunch of ants tell you to, though, when would you watch netflx? So you tend to only show up for super important ants; you teach them some extra words and when hear them you go see what’s up. Usually. Also just to your name, if you’re bored. And, sometimes some of the ants are like, tell us more human names, and you’re kind of jealous of the idea of some other human diluting your private godhood, so you refuse. Your roommate Greg is like, yo, that’s fucking awesome, I want ant worshipers! But whenever he approaches any, they run away, because it turns out that the illusion of control from the named summoning is what makes them feel safe around you. That’s great, because Greg is a dick who never does the dishes, and one day you decide to teach Greg a lesson. So you show up at the colony, and you’re like, “yo, witch queen, did you think there would be no price for all these things? Your colony must do something for me, go to the Room of the Housemate, I will meet you there.” And you go sit on the couch and play Overwatch for a while. You’re like, right there, you can clearly see the ants all marching along the wall to Greg’s room, but to them you’re not even there, you’re so far away they can’t see you. It takes them, like, an ant week to make the journey. They have to figure out ways to get over and around things. Some of them drown, or get stepped on by the dog, or whatever. You win a game, you lose a game, you look over, and they’re trying to get through some cobwebs… looks like they’re mostly going to live, you keep playing, you look over, okay they’re all in there, and you stand up and walk over and by the time they’ve chanted your name once, you’re there. “right, hold on” and you look around and you see a twelve-pack of Greg’s precious fucking soda, that he keeps in his room and refuses to ever share, even though it’s a communal food household and you share your hot chocolate with him all the time. So you gather the ants unto you, and you poke a little hole in each of the sodas and you leave the room to the sound of the ants rejoicing. Greg will suspect of course, but he’ll never be able to prove the ants didn’t chew holes in the plastic and steal his stupid drinks. But later, while you’re at work, Greg destroys most of the colony in a rage, and you come home to find the witch queen gasping her last “the Dew of the Mountain, which you had us steal, was cursed - and so I lay my curse on you” and then she dies. Well first of all, you don’t really believe in curses, but last month you didn’t believe ants could know your name, so that’s unsettling. And second of all, you feel kind of bad. You know, not SUPER bad, cause she’s like, an ant. But still. And most importantly, third of all, Greg must pay. But Greg has done more than kill a bunch of the colony. As you wait for eggs and pupae to replenish the ant population, you discover he has found some ants that didn’t go on the Mountain Dew raid, and he’s spared them, told them his name, and made himself a good sized cult in YOUR fucking ant queendom. Greg has started locking his door. So now you NEED the ants. Once again you direct the ants loyal to you to journey to Greg’s room. You meet them at the door. A locked door means nothing to the ants, they don’t even know there is a door, and can barely perceive the difference between it being open and shut - either passing the threshold on the floor regardless, or being on its surface no matter the position. But you need them to get inside. You’re going to put itching powder in his underwear drawer and leave a raw fish under his bed. So you instruct the leading party of ants how to go into the Cave of Keyhole, and position the Magic Megaliths inside just right to enable the opening of the Great Door and allow you to pass into the Realm of Housemate. Crouched by the door, you can hear when your ants are met by a party of Greg Cultists, who insist that if the Great Door is opened, the colony will be doomed. There is fighting. Your ants prevail, the lock tumblers are moved into place, and you swing the door open… To find Greg! In his room all along! It’s a trap! His cultists attack you! I mean, they can’t do much real harm, but it kind of hurts and it’s super annoying. You order your ants to attack him, and they do, but he storms over and pours bleach down the colony entrance. Now you and Greg are at war, and you both understand the unspoken rules to your fight. You can’t do things directly to each other, why, that would be assault. But anything you can get your ants to do is fine, because “she told the ants to do it to me” isn’t going to get very far with any authority figures that get involved. Later, nursing your anger, you confer with your few remaining ants and stare moodily at your new prize, the ant farm that came in the mail. Bullet ants don’t usually get along with sugar ants, but you’re betting they will if a god tells them to. Meanwhile, you’ve got a laptop schematic to go over with your high priestess. It’s finals week, and if you time it right, he’ll lose everything…
Feel free to add your own stories paralleling human/otherworldly with insect/human interactions! I’m going to have this repost a few times because I want to see which of my mutuals are into this kind of thing because I’m preparing to test drive a fiction share and writing prompt project
The Idea of the old gods obeying us not because of supernatural reason, but because they think it’s funny to watch the tiny animals fight IS the answer to everything
she’s right and she should say it
there are so many white women in the notes giving a half-baked rebuttal as if that rhetoric isn’t exactly what this hijabi is responding to. smh.
people in the comments really think ole girl was talking directly to them it’s really funny
To get a Too Cool! greenlight, we’ll ultimately need to see a brief pitchboard –not a full storyboard– of your short. Thumbnails, more or less. Most of the dialog should be there. We like to consider ourselves as fresh viewers, and shouldn’t be concerned with any sort of the more traditional pitches including bibles and so forth. That said, we’ll look at anything to get the ball rolling and help you out however we can.
You probably know I founded Frederator Studios to work with creative filmmakers and artists making cartoons, and that we’re the producers behind some of the world’s biggest cartoon series, including The Fairly OddParents and Adventure Time. We’ve produced more than 200 creator-driven, animated shorts that have spun off 15 series for Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and our own Channel Frederator.
But, I don’t think I’ve told you anything much about Cartoon Hangover, our new original content channel, or Too Cool! Cartoons, our new shorts series, have I?
You may have read about Cartoon Hangover in Animation Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, or on blogs around the internet. We’ve already proudly announced the first three series, Bravest Warriors, created by Pendleton Ward and executive produced by director/writer Breehn Burns, and SuperF*ckers, created by James Kochalka and with the production supervised by director Fran Krause. The advertising supported channel is one of the Channel Frederator networks, and it’s available exclusively on the YouTube platform.
And we’re excited about Too Cool! Cartoons, with 39 original cartoon shorts we’ll produce over the next two years, right in the tradition of our big idea cartoon incubators What A Cartoon!, Oh Yeah! Cartoons, The Meth Minute 39, and Random! Cartoons, which have spawned all of our hit series to date.
We’ve already greenlit a handful of the first shorts from new creators around the globe we’ve never worked with before, but we’d love to hear from you about any ideas you have.
I’ll paste in the most frequently asked questions about Too Cool! Cartoons below.
If you’ve got a pitch, or just the beginnings of an idea, please feel free to get in touch with Eric Homan (eric@frederator.com) who has nurtured hundreds of our shorts from development to production over the past several years.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you.
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You want to make a cartoon short for Channel Frederator’s Cartoon Hangover? Here’s what you need to know.
How do I pitch?
To get a Too Cool! greenlight, we’ll ultimately need to see a brief pitchboard –not a full storyboard– of your short. Thumbnails, more or less. Most of the dialog should be there. We like to consider ourselves as fresh viewers, and shouldn’t be concerned with any sort of the more traditional pitches including bibles and so forth. That said, we’ll look at anything to get the ball rolling and help you out however we can.
What if I have an idea and I’m not an animator?
We’d still love to hear your idea. If we all agree in the potential, we’ll be happy to introduce you talented cartoonists whom we admire.
May I submit a cartoon I’ve already completed?
For pitching purposes, sure, but it’s important that the cartoons we release are all Cartoon Hangover originals.*
Where will the cartoons be produced?
Frederator Studios will produce the shorts for Cartoon Hangover. In the past, our cartoons have been produced in Burbank, Korea, Indiana, China, Glendale, New York City, Tokyo, Glendale, Italy, Hawaii, Venice Beach, and so on.
You’ve worked with so many great creators over the years, will there be room for people like me that you don’t already know?
We pride ourselves in being open to new voices and ideas. Over 90% of the shorts we produce are from creators we’ve never worked with before.
What rights do I keep?
You own all your character rights, Cartoon Hangover owns the produced film.
Before any production starts, we will negotiate a contract with you that will detail your participation in production and what you’ll be paid in salary and royalties.
What if I have an animation idea that doesn’t work for Cartoon Hangover? Is that all you’re interested in?
We’re interested in hearing about any animated idea you’ve got for television series and animated feature films.
How do I pitch? How do I find out more?
Email Eric Homan at eric@frederator.com. He’ll guide you from there. Eric’s worked with some of the world’s greatest creators, first timers and veterans alike; you’ll be in good hands.
Thanks for reading this far. We’re looking forward your ideas, and hope you’re as excited about Cartoon Hangover and Too Cool! Cartoons as we are.
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* If you have your own YouTube channel, we’d love to have you join our network for distribution. You can write to hey@frederator.com for more information.