I only had a passing familiarity with Kendrick Lamar until this morning so this is how im reading the genius lyrics annotations

Every time I advocate for voting people are like "no you shouldn't vote! Read this literature, it'll totally change the way you view voting!" And every single time it's the same fucking "you shouldn't vote because both parties are exactly the same so it won't make a difference who wins" bullshit wrapped up in some fancy language

"OP you need to read 'Voting is not Harm Reduction" OP has read Voting is not Harm Reduction. It opens with the acknowledgement that for the most vulnerable people, even a tiny degree of harm reduction can mean life or death and then continues to advocate for not participating in that harm reduction lest you "participate in your own oppression". Pardon me for not finding "vulnerable people should die for my ideology" very convincing.

Naps like this are love to watch

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growing up in a suburban white bread and mayonnaise family that didn't listen to rap at all has certainly made it harder to decipher what is happening right now but my coworkers have been eagerly explaining to me just how badly drake is getting roasted

to shreds you say

5 year anniversary of the miette post \o/

995 years left on mother's sentence

I, of mostly sound body and spirit, request that if I’m ever to die, someone post a new work on my AO3 that says “sorry, she died, ongoing stories postponed forever” because don’t I want my fanfic buddies to think I ghosted them. Amen or whatever you say in a will.

This was written as a joke, but for those who don't know, this is an actual optional service that AO3 provides called Fannish Next of Kin.

they should serve eggnog year round as a controversial milk

meant an alternative milk .

me and the family when the eggnog issue comes up

It’s uncomfortable how the cutting board and cabinets split the picture in halves.

It's meant to symbolize the division created by the eggnog

Ok not to be really insufferable but I think the thing that’s often lost when people talk about the Pokédex is that it’s assumed it’s genuinely a tool for adults. Like the in game professors describe it as a “high tech encyclopaedia” and that’s taken at face value.

But in Japanese the word used is “図鑑” - “zukan”. This means “picture encyclopaedia”. But what the implication of this is is actually mostly stuff like this:

Like the type of thing you read in primary school! Those big illustrated books that give kids introduction to just simple concepts of biology, or zoology. Full of fun facts that may not be 100% accurate but sure are cool! Not necessarily a robust resource for adults.

I’m not saying “zukan” is never used to refer to something a bit more high level. A little search around and I did find zukans that seemed targeted at older people, but honestly I noticed some of these had negative reviews like “there’s no furigana in this! This is too hard for my kid!”. So that to me suggests the connotation is very much like. Kids encyclopaedia.

So my point is when the Pokédex says bonkers stuff like:

It’s more akin to children’s encyclopaedia publishing a “fun fact” that’s just like…could be theoretically true but only if you simplify a bunch of stuff.

Anyway my point is

a) the Pokédex is a resource specifically for grade-school age children

b) Professor Oak is one of those professors that at some point diverted most of his time into children’s science communication.

professor oak is Pokémon bill nye

prof oak the pokébloke

Damage prediction on pears during transportation.

bad and naughty children get put in The Pear Wiggler to atone for their crimes

i may not be gods strongest warrior but there is all sorts of bullshit that he makes me deal with and i hndle it not very well usually

People have been posting so much dungeon meshi on my dash that I just had a dream where I was relentlessly bullied by chilchuck in high school. I don't even know who that is

the wenis is a dance

(thanks to tiktok user @thatbaroneboy for the amazing compilation!)

when you're the sweetest bean and being pet makes you really happy

As someone that has grown up surrounded by beaches and done surf life saving, I know how the sea works. Lots of people dont. Every summer multiple tourists die here because they don’t respect the sea, if you’re going to the coast, here’s a thing I saw on Facebook.

wow.

reblogging for all of us that grew up in land locked states, then visit the ocean and are used to just plunging into a lake.

These are not unique to the sea btw. Rip tides are also a danger in other large bodies of water, like the Great Lakes

I had heard of rip tides, but I would never have guessed they were the calm-looking part. If I had been looking for a safe space to wade, I would have avoided all of the white parts (turbulent! terrifying!) and gone straight for the rip.

lake michigan has rip tides and strong currents and also the highest kill count of all of them because people think of superior and huron as The Scary Ones. lake michigan has beautiful beaches along very big cities, and eats tourists like popcorn. do not underestimate lakes, but particularly not the great lakes.

Why are they all looking at Donnie like he is going to be the sacrifice for the ritual

It’s been so funny and weird seeing something hip-hop related trend so hard on tumblr because I’ve seen people trying to use everything from Minecraft YouTubers, Taylor Swift, dnd, and Greek mythology to explain what’s been going on

scrolling through the dash when the mutuals are in a new ugly guy phase