remember that you are mortal

Adam Hall ~ “Hair Line Cracks” - Oil on Panel  40 x 60

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) dir. Peter Jackson

I think the most unintentionally pretentious part of me is I genuinely forget that most people do not have a near-encyclopedic knowledge of mythology and folklore. I literally just assume most people know at least the name of every Greek god. My mom and I were watching the Banshees of Inisherin and at the start, she asked "Do you know what a banshee is?" and I was so stunned because it would never occur to me to ask that question because I would never assume the average person doesn't know what a banshee is. The average person knows what a banshee is right. You know what a banshee is right. You know the names of the greek gods right. You know that norse myth where loki fucked the horse right. Right. RIGHT

Actual conversation I had last week:

Coworker 1: - so I've suggested we name the project Charybdis

Me: haha yeah, because [stuff relating to the project and to mythical monsters], and if the sister project goes ahead too we can call it Scylla

Coworker 1: exactly my plan

Coworker 2: what in the actual living fuck are you guys talking about

I'm gonna link to the animations in case y'all either don't remember or have never heard of some of these.

A quick note: these were made in the 2000s. Comedy is subjective, there's some strong examples of dark and/or "lolz teh random" humor in these. Maybe some cultural blindness, too. That said, enjoy a time capsule of stuff made before/during the birth of Youtube, now hosted on Youtube.

Kenya

Salad Fingers, episode 2

End of Ze World

Schfifty Five

The Hamster Dance

Badgers

"Rejected" by Don Hertzfeldt

Charlie the Unicorn

The Llama Song

Peanut Butter Jelly Time

i told you sooooooooooooo 🫡

💫💖 super graphic ultra modern girl 💖💫

if they don’t make sci-fi like this i don’t want it

Official Post of Massachusetts

you don’t like country/folk/americana? you don’t like the soulful lamenting and colorful storytelling of poor workers and immigrants of the past? banjo banjo🪕?

You need to draw and make art or else all the images will stay in your head and you'll get sick

David Shrigley

Julien Baker, Loss Protocol

girlie that's not a random headache u are dehydrated malnourished over caffeinated over stressed and sleep deprived

talking to people while holding a beverage is awesome because you don't have to know what to do with your hands and when you don't know what to do with your face you can just take a sip

I think any inanimate thing you regularly care for becomes a little alive.

Quick question: Have you ever heard of either animism or panentheism?

Cause this is kind of those.

I have heard of animism and pantheism yes.

more importantly have u ever heard of the velveteen rabbit?

cuz this is exactly that

I am aware of many things.

Have you heard the lone cricket cry in the cool, cool grass?

have you heard of armored core 6 that game fucking rules

Armorws core 6 so badass...