There’s something significant about the fact that all the known Wheelwalkers are women, right? That can’t just be a coincidence.

Ok ok but has this been done

Darlington:

Alex:

#NO BUT LET US TALK ABOUT COLIN IMMEDIATELY EXCLUDING HIMSELF#from the team fistbumps#but Roy said FUCK THAT YOU ARE MOST CERTAINLY STILL PARTICIPATING#THEY ARE A WE YOUR HONOR (via @trent-crimm)

That is a fun noise there

neoliiii

You MUST unmute this the text DOES NOT do that cat justice.

Source

okay, but where is, “I’M THE SMARTEST RACCOON I KNOW”

better

Okay good i didn’t want to reblog this without the racoon one

the raccoon one tho

Favorite commercial thing.

These were what I lived to see as a kid. I loved these commercials

HES STILL AROUND, like two days ago I saw a new one where he was a glitch in a smart house’s system keeping the garage door from opening and he was LITERALLY GLITCHING, it was so clever XD

— Unknown

Hunchback of Notre Dame Translation (almost) Masterpost

Yesterday I spent a solid amount of time on Google, trying to find Latin to English online translators that weren’t complete and utter bullshit (even I, the Mandarin speaker, know that “pacem” does not mean tiger. Holy shit). Anyway, I translated all the Latin I could transcribe from the soundtrack, and after hours of fact-checking with my sheet music and putting the same phrase through four different websites, I got the translations. I did not translate most of the Entr'acte, simply because I had no idea what they were saying and I didn’t want to assume. Please enjoy.

OLIM “Olim, olim deus accelere, hoc saeculum splendidum, accelere fiat venire olim” means “Someday, someday let it come, Godspeed this bright millennium”

THE BELLS OF NOTRE DAME “Kyrie eleison” means “Lord have mercy” (Which I started saying about an hour in. But how meaningful for the choir to sing that when Esmeralda is at the pyre? Or when Frollo is about to drown baby Quasimodo?)

“Dies irae; dies illa solvet saeclum in favila” means “Day of wrath; that day shall consume the world in ashes”

TAVERN SONG (THAI MOL PIYAS) “Ándo bírto zhas thai mol piyas; ámare love das thai mol piyas, thai gilaba” means “Into the tavern we go and wine we drink; our money we give and wine we drink, and sing” (This is in Romani–or what the proper name is. I don’t know–but it’s not Latin. I just looked this one up on YouTube)

HELLFIRE (This one is my personal favorite. The bitter irony is magnificent) “Confiteor Deo omnipotenti” means “I confess to God Almighty

“Beatae Mariae semper virgini” means “To the blessed ever-virgin Mary”

“Beato Michaeli Archangelo” means “To blessed Michael the Archangel”

“Sanctis apostolis, omnibus sanctis, et tibi pater” means “The holy apostles, the holy saints, and to you, Father”

“Quia peccavi nimis cogitatione, verbo et opere” means “I have sinned in thought, word and deed” (Has Frollo never seen a woman before? Has he never been in a sex ed class? Holy shit.)

“Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa” means “By my fault, by my fault, by my most grievous fault!” (Stephen Schwartz said he loved writing that part. I don’t blame him)

ENTR'ACTE “Et dona nobis, dona nobis pacem” means “And grant us, grant us peace”

“Libera me domine de morte aeterna” means “Liberate me from eternal death” (This is also sung, I think, when Quasimodo saves Esmeralda during the finale, and it’s amazing)

“Quando caeli movendi sunt caeli et terra” means “When the heavens are moving with the Earth” (I’m not 100% about the meaning of this one. If you know it, please correct me)

“O salutaris hostia quase caeli pandis ostium” means “O saving victim who opens the gate of Heaven”

“Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi” means “Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world”

“Agnus Dei, dona nobis pacem” means “Lamb of God, grant us peace”

FINALE “Judex crederis esse venturus” means “We believe in all that is coming”

“In te domine speravi non confudar in aeturnnum fac populum tuum” means “I put my trust in you, Lord, not confined forever in that dreadful day”

“In die illa tremenda” means “In the day of thy people”

“Dum venere judicare saeculum per ignem” means “Shall come to judge the world by fire”

“Salutaris hostia, bella premunt hostilia sit pemriterna gloria” means “Saving victims, our foes’ defeat will be everlasting glory” (I’m not sure about this one either)

“Semper sanctus in excelsis” means “Always in the highest”

“Quantus tremor est futurus quando judex est venturus?” means “What trembling is to be when the judge is to come?” (This line was originally sung during The Bells of Notre Dame, when Quasimodo’s mother was running from Frollo. The double entendre here is great: the lyrics could be referencing the literal judge, Frollo, or referencing Frollo’s imminent demise…)

— Shayne Mcclendon

— Jennifer Nevin

a collection of motivational insights regarding content creation and creative hobbies

and of course the classic

Look at every city. The nicest buildings are usually the post office and the library.

We need libraries. They are a reflection of our society. Cops do not need more money, especially at the expense of libraries.

Eric Adams will never feel shame. He is drawn to decisions that are horrible for society.

despite everything …. I’m grateful I got a chance to be alive… to experience love and good food and sunsets. isn’t that the point of it all really

2023 cultivate a childlike sense of wonder

2023 spend more time alone in nature

2023 look up at the sky

I *knew* that companies have been trying to shift blame for damage to the environment onto regular people's buying habits, but it has still somehow been a shock to research a topic and find the internet totally dominated by the narrative that "consumerism" and the desire to buy more stuff is entirely responsible for pollution and landfill waste, instead of factors such as planned obsolescence.

It's insidious—this widespread idea that average people are too greedy, and that's what fuels climate change and pollution. Not greedy companies.

"Consumers shop for clothes to stay on-trend and throw away perfectly good old clothes." "Consumers only wear clothes a few times before throwing them away." "A huge amount of landfill waste comes from clothing that consumers throw out." "Consumers replace their wardrobes arbitrarily to stay on-trend." "Consumer demand for 'fast fashion' is rising spite of the environmental impacts."

Statements like this make it sound like regular people want to buy and waste vast amounts of resources, and normal people's unchecked addiction to shopping is causing environmental devastation. It's horribly misleading when products are being deliberately designed to break or wear out within one or two years and to be impossible to repair.

Instead of "Americans are buying way more clothes than they did 20 years ago, causing lots of landfill waste!"

Where are the articles entitled "Clothing brands are selling poorly-made clothes that have to be replaced much more often than 20 years ago, causing lots of landfill waste!"