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Sh!t Linguists Say

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The history of corporate propaganda.

I vividly remember attending a training session with a scan from an 1880-something newspaper that said "unions used to be something we needed, but we're past that now." The corporate propaganda hasn't changed in 130+ years.

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mengjue

Ūropi (Europe)

Ūropi, also known by its indigenous name “Europe”, meaning “wide-gazing” or “broad of aspect”, is a small continent first discovered in 1806 by Moehanga of Ngāpuhi, although indigenous Europeans had been living there for many thousands of years. Modern researchers believe the indigenous Europeans originally migrated from the Middle East, and over time split into separate tribes or “kingdoms,” with many retaining their ancient rangatira (called “monarchs” or “nobility”) to this day.

While many see Ūropi as timeless and exotic, indigenous Europeans have actually adapted well to the modern economy, often exporting cultural products like baguettes and vodka, the former of which may be recognisable as the basis for bánh mì.

hey isn't that the place where River Gulu is

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good female anthro design: 

bad female anthro design: 

Best female anthro design:

cursed female anthro design:

FISH ARE NOT MAMMALS! THEY DON’T HAVE BREASTS! WHAT THE FUCK!?

Fish Tiddies

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pathesis

No no no no hold on wait

We’re not gonna call happy feet’s penguin tiddies good female anthro design

Hell no, hell fucking no

Once again Surf’s Up is coming to kick Happy Feet’s ass

They don’t even make the female penguins curvy they give them vaguely femenine eyes and sometimes markings that look like eyeshadow but some designs are more neutral, like Cody’s mom

Most the time it’s the voice and how they act that tells you their gender cuz they’re fucking birds

official boob post

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hydro-homies
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rethmyc
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splodey-goat

[Image 1 ID picture of coke soda being obscured by a bottle of water with the words “DONT LOOK AT IT”, ITS NOT WORTH OUR TIME”, “COKE IS TEMPORARY”, “WATER IS ETERANAL” scattered around the screen]

[Image 2 ID the first image covered with a DR Pepper soda with the words “FUCK YOU”, “ITS DOCTOR PEPPER”]

[Image 3 ID the second image covered with a Mug Root Beer soda with the words “MUG MOMENT”]

[Image 4 ID with a bottle of water again covering the third image with the words “NO. LISTEN TO ME.” on the top and “YOU DON’T NEED THEM YOU’RE BETTER THAN THIS” on the bottom]

[Image 5 ID the fourth image covered with a Pepsi soda bottle and the words “BEPIS”] [Image 6 ID the fifth image covered with a PS5 and the words “T”S ME BO” then “I’M THE PS” ”]

[Image 7 ID screenshot of a post that says “i love how tumblr users play with jpegs like dolls”]

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I’m so mad because this worked

help me roger

Reblogging myself because… what was that? Five minutes?

O_O

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riskpig

………my friend has made me curious

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maryburgers

help me roger

Update: after I reblogged this someone messaged me offering me tickets to the sold out Hausu screening with a Q&A and autograph session with the director

let’s do it, roger

Roger helppppp

I need you Roger!

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thaebae

ROGER PLEASE

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sackraj

HELP ME ROGER PLS

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ampervadasz

THE CASUALNESS OF THAT COLLIE SLIPPING RIGHT OUT OF THEIR COLLAR. That dude is a Willing Participant of this walk and by god everyone else is going to follow the RULES.

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rapidpunches

"SURVIVING"

maroon-ram

I love the message and artstyle but did they have to give the cute lovable gator depression? T^T carry on lil buddy, this too shall pass

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grimeclown

The gator is the whole point. It's a stand-in for the author that has felt the need to suppress the aspects of themself that others find unappealing, their anger, their sadness, the things people find abrasive or just "weird" in order to make themself more digestible for the people around them because the alternative is to be alone. The gator is only "cute" and "lovable" because it was not allowed to be anything else.

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miraclemaya

this is problematic of me (joke) but i really enjoy the splashing of french into english speech or writing. just adds a pizzazz

*adds a certain je ne sais quoi

see the problem is that despite around 8 years of french schooling the french language has utterly escaped my brain so even the most obvious set up i had created for myself by accident was missed by me. such is life.

*c'est la vie

god damn it

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