life has become so much better since deciding to consume media with unbridled joy. i don’t care if people think it’s cringe, i don’t care if there are flaws. i can simultaneously acknowledge these faults while loving and consuming media that brings me joy.

Blue Tube Quilt - optical Illusion 

Montse Forcadell Biasco

Cambrils Tarragona Spain

Spanish Patchwork Association Show.

basil, tomato, and mozzarella the new superwholock

I am here for players roasting Fred

(source)

A HERO.

I spent more time on this meme than I should have.

18 year old Emma Raducanu from Great Britain becomes the first ever qualifier to win a Grand Slam, and without throwing a set in TEN matches, and by scoring an ace as the match point.

We just witnessed history, what a legend ✨

I had better see y'all get just as hyped for the Paralympics, because you think traditional rugby is violent?? wait until you see it played in wheelchairs

oh you think you're good at table tennis? how about you try it using your mouth and one foot

your backstroke is pretty fast? now take away both of your arms and show me

like to play around with the wheelchairs at the store? go do that for 800 meters in under a minute at over 30km/h

your favorite sport is soccer? nice, play it blindfolded

think fencing is cool? alright let me see you do it without arms and legs

The Paralympics are just as valid and prestigious as the traditional Olympics, and the athletes who compete deserve your respect and admiration as much as your favorite able bodied Olympians

This is out of the blue! I am Afghan and I am currently living in Afghanistan. Today (15 Aug 2021) the Taliban entered the capital city of Afghanistan which is Kabul. The government is going to change to an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. They ruled in Afghanistan for 5 years, 20 years ago. I've heard stories about them since I'm 19 and luckily was not yet born. And let me tell you the stories were terrifying, but they were just horror stories to me and I never thought that I'd be living under their regime, but here we are.

Let me tell you something shocking: girls can only study up to 6th grade. The future of female students in universities hasn't been decided yet. According to what I've heard they go from house to house and ask for girls and women (12 to 45 year olds) for marriage.

As they are just pieces of crap, I don't really believe that they'd let us have mobiles or use the internet. I really hope this isn't my last post in here! But if it is I want to let the world know of what they've done and what they're doing.

Don't forget us!

leaders of western countries who spent the best part of twenty years bombing and commiting war crimes in afghanistan and are now trying to avoid taking afghan refugees as a humanitarian crisis unfolds, get fucked challenge

Can I just say that I love that Nyck is the first Dutch world champion & not Max? 😂😂

So I got called into jury duty…

And I was put in the seat instantly, of course. I said, “your honor, I can’t be a juror on a two week trial, I have opera rehearsal.” And she said, “opera huh, well, sing something for us.”

And I did. In a federal court of law, in front of the judge, 75 jurors, the lawyers and the fucking DEFENDANT, I sang o mio babbino caro.

And the judge excused me.

@districtswiftie13

YO I DIDNT EMBARRASS MYSELF IN FEDERAL COURT SO YALL CAN DOUBT ME.

I know a lot of opera singers, and singing a full-on aria in a court room with only a hint of provocation is EXACTLY what they would do.

I know a lot of judges, and demanding an impromptu opera solo on a whim is also something they would do.

(And also one of the main reasons you can be excused from jury duty is economic hardship–basically, it would cause you unreasonable financial damage. If you’re a professional singer, a two week gap in your rehearsal schedule could do that for sure.)

As a muso, I absolutely believe this. I’ve got my accordion out of my carry-on and played a tune when airport security couldn’t recognise its weird mass of levers. Singers and musicians are just Like That.

Accurate.

My friend got stopped at the Canadian border coming back into the US. Border patrol took one look at his tattoed, ear-gagued, mutton chop wearing, hipster self, and said “I don’t believe you’re an opera singer. Sing something for me.” His wife immediately put down her knitting and plugged her ears, because Matt’s a contrabasso, and he does NOT sing quietly. Every other booth along the border stop had a head poking out of it within twenty seconds. And they let them pass without further contest.

The unwillingness of some people to believe that literally anything remotely interesting happens in other people’s lives is truly astounding.

Can we all please just take a moment to appreciate that OP’s url is literally @melodramaticsoprano and yet she still was doubted?  

The only thing I don’t believe is that she was embarrassed. My mom is a soprano. Sopranos know no shame.

I’m a soprano; we know no shame.

I love the Olympics, because there's this group of the world's best athletes competing against each other in intense sports while the rest of the world sits on our asses the whole time and judges them like we're experts on sports we know nothing about

An athlete from your country wins an Olympic medal, it is the best day of his/her/their life

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