To Keep and to Be Kept

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by ringwaldo

The quiet and lonely dissatisfaction of Eddie’s entire adult life had finally taken shape: The shape of the boy who had come to him in his desperate sleeplessness, six weeks previous.

Words: 33579, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

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You know what I think is really cool about language (English in this case)? It’s the way you can express “I don’t know” without opening your mouth. All you have to do is hum a low note, a high note, then another lower note. The same goes for yes and no. Does anyone know what this is called?

These are called vocables, a form of non-lexical utterance - that is, wordlike sounds that aren’t strictly words, have flexible meaning depending on context, and reflect the speakers emotional reaction to the context rather than stating something specific. They also include uh-oh! (that’s not good!), uh-huh and mm-hmm (yes), uhn-uhn (no), huh? (what?), huh… (oh, I see…), hmmn… (I wonder… / maybe…), awww! (that’s cute!), aww… (darn it…), um? (excuse me; that doesn’t seem right?), ugh and guh (expressions of alarm, disgust, or sympathy toward somebody else’s displeasure or distress), etc.

Every natural human language has at least a few vocables in it, and filler words like “um” and “erm” are also part of this overall class of utterances. Technically “vocable” itself refers to a wider category of utterances, but these types of sounds are the ones most frequently being referred to, when the word is used.

Reblog if u just hummed all of these out loud as you read them

how could anyone doubt hannibal was fucked up and evil when he held his wine glass like this

🎃 [source: lemonthelop on instagram]

badweird feelings

not to be a communist on main but these are literally the modes of alienation under capitalism that marx described

PLEASE be a communist on my posts its literally capitalism thats making me feel this way

pokemon go to the fucking polls tomorrow

if you have not yet voted TOMORROW IS YOUR LAST CHANCE

if you do not know who/what to vote for you can see everything that will be on your ballot and what it all means here

if you or someone you know sees or experiences any intimidation, harassment, or illegality while voting call one of the numbers above — there are lawyers waiting to help protect you and your right to vote

even if you live in a red/blue state there is more to vote on than just the president — there are state and local elections and ballot measures/propositions that you can vote on where the popular vote matters and you can really make a difference in your community

even on a national level, while the final decision will be made by the electoral college, every vote for joe biden is a vote against literal fascism and the accelerated destruction of the planet and we need to run up the score

my fellow americans, this is our last shot at democracy. get it while you can.

okay, i’ve gotta ask what the deal is with all these bob’s burgers character blogs that just steal *relateable humor* posts from other twitter/tumblr users, because now they appear to be stealing posts from each other? is it some sort of ad revenue scam like those CGI elsa finger family videos? are they some sort of AI gone rogue, having learned to feed off each other in an infinite loop of Quirky Humor? i need answers here

They seem to be a front for a gambling app called Qriket

I wish we could have normal crimes again

wish women’s fitness was more about boosting our energy and getting our bones and joints ready for our old age and getting strong enough to punch men and less about losing weight while getting a bigger ass

Wish women’s fitness was more about joyfully moving our bodies to heal our minds and less about avoiding the shame of not being fuckable.

I wish Women’s fitness was more about discovering amazing things you can learn to do with your body and not about punishing it for wanting to eat.

I wish women’s fitness was more about becoming stronger and more limber and not about achieving Body Goals™.

does this mean finn’s backpack is red to him, and BMO is red too? Is the treehouse red to him??

Fin is Red Green color blind, most people who are red green color blind are white males. 

(via)

I was wondering why all the comparison pictures were the same, then I remembered I’m colourblind…

^^^ I’m sorry but I did a good hardy evil laugh from reading that

On the way down from Östertangen in Dalarna, Sweden. 

About three things I was absolutely positive. First, I had a pokemon. Second, there was a part of me - and I didn’t know how dominant that part might be - that wanted to be the very best, like no one ever was. Third, Gary Oak was unconditionally and irrevocably a douchenozzle.

Reblogging for the comment

How old are you? 

“ten”

How long have you been ten?

“…”

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TEN

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TEN

if 👏 you 👏 are 👏 not 👏 bi 👏 you 👏 cannot 👏 decide 👏 what 👏 is 👏 and 👏 is 👏 not 👏 biphobic 👏👏👏

This!!!!