she was so inspired by brokeback mountain that she decided to make yaoi real

Shout out to that blonde guy in the last panel clearly giving the most empassioned line read of "I ain't quittin' you!" of all time

Making gifs is so much fucking fun

A friend of mine asked “whatever happened to the guy who wrote Love Hina?” and assumed I was joking when I told her the answer.

Man right after wrapping uq holder too

they hit that shit clean

him: hey what's up with tiktoks and other short videos that are structured like dialogs even though only one person is talking

me: oh those are socratic dialogs. they're named after this old dude socrates. they weren't written by him though, they were written by his student aristotle who used socrates as a mouthpiece for his ideas

him: weird

me: the idea is that you basically have someone really smart and well-informed who's talking to basically a straw man that they can bounce ideas off to help you make your point

him: mmm okay i think im following

me: but the weird thing is that changing people's minds usually doesn't work that easily in real life. people who disagree and want to argue with you will have their own opinions, usually strongly held, that are often based on whatever they heard first, no matter how trustworthy that information is. and people are very resistant to changing their opinions. it's not just a matter of facts and logic but rather engaging with the other person's concerns and trying to get your point across in a way they understand. a socratic dialog basically dumbs down this process to the point it's no longer useful as a guide for talking to people about specific issues

him: whoa I've never thought of it that way before

him: you're like. really smart. can i suck your dick?

me: yeah sure

*15 minutes of the filthiest tgirl porn you've ever seen*

PLATO. His student Plato. Aristotle was Plato's student, Plato was Socrates's student. (This is a reblog because replies for the original post are restricted.)

you're like. really smart. ca-

*15 hours of the filthiest tgirl porn the world has ever seen*

what about the reshaping of modern technology, by the human body?

never forget that that a frequent oricon chart top ten artist wants to be jotaro kujo’s waifu

Ma Dong-seok in Train to Busan (2016) dir. Yeon Sang-ho

So many actors trying to look swole and roided up as possible for their superhero roles and yet not a single one of them can bring the ‘I could absolutely kick the shit out of an army single-handedly” energy that Ma Dong-seok and his dad-bod does.

no offense but why didn’t crysanth abort that thing

How else was she supposed to become an abusive mother?

On related note, a few years ago, the Entomological Society of America officially discontinued the use of "gypsy moth" and "gyspy ant" as common names for Lymantria dispar and Aphaenogaster araneoides. L. Dispar is now known as the "spongy moth," so named for the appearance of their eggs, but I don't think a new common name has caught on for the ant species yet.

These changes we brought about, in large part, by the advocacy of Romani people in academia. You might not think that bug names are a very serious issue, but I believe that language matters. These species became known as "gypsies" because their attributes were likened to certain stereotypes and negative perceptions of actual Roma, so the continued use of those names reaffirmed those negative associations in the public consciousness. Slurs and pejoratives can never be truly decontexualized.

In my mind, one of the biggest obstacles that Romani people face when we are trying to advocate for ourselves is a lack of recognition as a marginalized group that deserves the necessary consideration. Even for seemingly trivial matters, like bugs or comic book characters, the way that people talk about us-- and talk down to us, when we get involved-- is telling. So, I always think that changes like this are a win, because it means that people are willing to learn and grant us the dignity we deserve. And there's nothing wrong with wanting to effect change in your own field, even arts and science.

Kathleen Jennings