During the q&a yesterday someone asked the band where their oddest fan encounter was and geoff told a story about how when he and chloe were shopping for maternity stuff back when they were keeping it quiet & no one knew, he ran into a fan and had to play it off. And I kept thinking about that one anon that went on @waterparksdrama and was like “geoff and chloe are gonna have a baby” and everyone was like “yeah sure ok” and then we found out about rory and I’m like what if that anon was the person that ran into geoff??? Lol can you imagine??

Awsten | x

i can’t believe i used to think people my age were adults

the older you are reading this post the funnier it is

It’s time to activate it…

Bites The Dust! now this entire post will be reversed!

Am I having a fucking stroke

PSA: no name is impossible to pronounce. no name is too hard to learn, no name is justifiably butchered. kids with 'different' names should be taught again and again that being called by their name is a right, not a privilege

there are over 2000 unique phonemes (individual sounds) in the world’s languages, and each language has anywhere from around 20 to 60. you stop learning new phonemes it’s theorized at around age 12. this is where accents come from -- using your own language’s/region’s phonemes to speak

so no name is impossible to pronounce world-wide, but it is very easy to not have the linguistic archive necessary to pronounce a given name entirely correctly. it is a simple case of physically not knowing where to place your tongue, whether or not to vibrate your vocal chords, etc. the only one of the dictators of sound you could be shown is how to position your lips

that being said... obviously you should still try. saying a name as correctly as you physically can goes a long way for making someone feel respected and humanized, and dismissing a name entirely as too hard goes a long way to disrespect and dehumanize people. just also accept that someone’s accent interfering with their pronunciation isn’t a sign of lack of trying, but a sign of physical limits

This is very true. I met a baby at my old store whose name was Navajo. I did my best and actually got a bit frustrated because there was a syllable I could NOT get, and her dad was like “it’s very hard if you don’t actually speak Diné, but thank you. Most people won’t even try.”

Be the one who tries.

Yes, there’s a big difference between getting as close as you can with your native language’s phonology, and just not even trying

"Be the one who tries."

awsten doesn’t like to go camping because of the time he went with jawn and jawn wouldn’t let him in the jawntent and he had to instead sleep in the awstent

no but it is potentially the start of the reverse happening, straights being put in the place of gay people, being kicked out of their homes and/or being killed because of their sexuality, if that starts it’ll set off a viscous loop that we may not be able to break out of

Boo straight people

Boo straight people

boo straight people

boo straight people

boo straight people

#ViscousLoop

Benjamin Alphabet

We’re losing sleep within each dividend & I want this relief but we keep sinking in Love I’m lost but I’m found in your cold heartless gaze Won’t you just leave this house, please don’t scream at my face

If we weren’t so alike maybe we’d work it out but we’re stuck in this rut and my mind’s headed south I’m addicted to you, would you please calm your tongue ‘Cause you used to be rad now I’m no longer sprung

Love I’m a wreck Holy fuck

We’re losing sleep within each commonplace & I want this relief but I keep hearing your name Love I’m bummed but I’m glad cause you’re almost all gone Would you just stay away? Can’t we just move along?

Love I’m a wreck Holy fuck

Maybe one day I might see you around & I hope that you’re glad cause I’m better off now ‘Cause we loved and we danced and we made quite the scene Guess it’s just my romance, you were always so mean

Love I’m a wreck Holy fuck

\Super Whatevr

Chicken Lives Matter

watch what happens next

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portrait of awsten to celebrate the new release

If 2000s bands covered today’s pop music

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WATCH WHAT HAPPENS NEXT // waterparks

MR WATERPARKS!!!!!

oki gotta say, i’m such a fan of creators calling out toxic fan culture through their content. Watch What Happens Next genuinely slaps - maybe I’m biased but like, I like how they talk about how other genres are allowed to grow (ie. “hip hop making country songs”) but they’ve felt sort of stuck in the same box. pop punk/alt tends to do that, reject artistic exploration and deviation. and that’s whack, artists should be able to grow and change

i went back and forth on Turbulent (except for the last verse and outro, that shit slams) but this? i am so excited for what the rest of the album is gonna beeeeee 

it’s still definitely Waterparks, no doubt, but like - i like all their self-aware songs and I’m glad it’s headed even more in that direction.

WHEEEEEE

YO STREAM WATCH WHAT HAPPENS NEXT BY WATERPARKS. SHIT SLAPS SO HARD. ON SPOTIFY AND APPLE MUSIC

Stop! We’re trying to practise!

Watch What Happens Next // Waterparks