mum: i don’t know how you do the things you do. if there’s a problem you just teach yourself how to fix it, and fix it. i never had that.
me: after decades of dad telling me that i can’t do things honestly 99% of my insisting on doing shit myself without his help and just working until it’s fixed is pure unadulterated spite
mum: next time he tells you you can’t do something like mow the lawn just look him square in the eye and say, “what do you think i’m going to do, set the mower on fire? only an idiot would do that” and watch his face
me: ???
mum: oh man there’s a photo you gotta see
me: holy shit was that taken in the 80s?
mum: yep
me: is he trying to put out a petrol fire with water?
mum: yep
me: this is magnificent
mum: yep
me: honestly this whole thing is making me so fucking happy but my favorite part is that you literally stopped to go and get the camera and take a picture
mum: i just knew i’d need it one day
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My buddy read an article about octopus intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler dumped some shrimp into an octopus’ tank. Then he went into another room and sat at his desk.
A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.
The octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the lot, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its caretaker. Not only does this showcase their problem-solving capabilities, but also that it could have escaped at any time. It just broke out this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at its handler. That’s not just intelligence, that’s a human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder exactly how smart these guys can be…
OH MY GOD
I went to the aquarium once and we had a tour and we walked past the octopus tank and it was duct taped shut so I asked why and the guy was like. “Well, we had a problem before because these fish were disappearing randomly at night and we had no idea why. Turns out the octopus had memorised the night guards rounds and would creep out of its tank, crawl across the floor to the fish tank, have a little snack and be back in its own tank with the lid shut before the guard came back.” they are super smart
I love octopuses so, so much.
@_@
I am both delighted and FUCKING TERRIFIED.
Once I went to the aquarium where they had a baby pacific red octopus in a tank. I had gone there to work on a few real life sketches, obviously I wanted to do one of an octopus. So I kinda just kneeled in front of the tank, and started sketching. The octopus didn’t mind, he sat happily. Then, 5 minutes later, he started moving to the front of the tank, where I was. This tiny octopus faces me directly and starts posing. I don’t know how other to explain it but he started curlung his tentacles in this really graceful way then wouldn’t move for a few minutes. Then again, a new pose. That tiny cute motherfucker knew I was drawing him.
Basically, the only thing keeping them from taking over the world is that they don’t live very long, and they haven’t yet come up with a written language to pass what they learn between generations.
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Police Shoot Unarmed Man and his 6-Year-Old Autistic Son in the Head Multiple Times Killing Son
As of Thursday morning, at least 834 people had been shot and killed by American police officers so far this year.
Six-year-old Jeremy David Mardis is the youngest among them.
The autistic first-grader was sitting in the front passenger seat of a car being driven by his father, Chris Few, in Marksville, La., when city marshals “allegedly” attempted to serve the man a warrant about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night. But when checked with the County Clerks office, no warrant could be found in the database.
Police claim Few fled, eventually turning down a dead-end street. And that Few then attempted to back his vehicle out, striking officers’ cruisers, prompting an exchange of gunfire between the officers and driver that left him hospitalized and his son dead.
However, An official briefed on the shooting said that Few was unarmed when two officers opened fire, shooting between 13 and 18 bullets combined. Five of the officers’ bullets pierced Jeremy’s body, Mayeux said, with the two fatal shots hitting him in the head and chest. That official said it is unclear if the shooting was captured on camera.
The police involved in the shooting all had criminal records including rape.
After the officers names were released, It didn’t take long for local press to uncover extensive rap sheets for both officers:
- Derrick Stafford, the officer indicted for rape, also has five pending civil suits against him for various complaints of excessive force, including breaking the arm of a 14-year-old girl on a school bus as well as assaulting and pepper-spraying a 15-year-old boy at a Fourth of July celebration.
- Norris Greenhouse Jr., the other officer implicated in the murder of 6-year-old Jeremy Mardis, is named in several of the same suits for acting in tandem with Stafford.
Louisiana State Police announced on Wednesday that they had launched an investigation into the incident at the request of the Marksville Police Department.
#StayWoke
This is heartbreaking.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
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Hey Bernie supporters, don’t give up yet!
We still 28 states and territories to get through! And we have hardly covered the western states (only Nevada, which Hillary won by a hair) and the north, which tend to be more liberal!
Here’s the schedule for Democratic primaries and caucuses!
Tuesday, March 22
Arizona (primary)-85 delegates
Idaho (caucus)-27 delegates
Utah (primary)-37 delegatesSaturday, March 26
Alaska (caucus)-20 delegates
Hawaii (caucus)-34 delegates
Washington (primary)-118 delegatesTuesday, April 5
Wisconsin (primary)-96 delegatesSaturday, April 9
Wyoming (caucus)-18 delegatesTuesday, April 19
New York (primary)-291 delegatesTuesday, April 26
Connecticut (primary)-70 delegates
Maryland (primary)-118 delegates
Pennsylvania (primary)-210 delegates
Rhode Island (primary)-33 delegatesTuesday, May 3
Indiana (primary)-92 delegatesSaturday, May 7th
Guam (primary)-12 delegatesTuesday, May 10
West Virginia (primary)-34 delegatesTuesday, May 17
Kentucky (caucus)-63 delegates
Oregon (primary)-73 delegatesSaturday, June 4
Virgin Islands (caucus)-12 delegatesSunday, June 5
Puerto Rico (caucus)-64 delegatesTuesday, June 7
California (primary)-546 delegates
Montana (primary)-27 delegates
New Jersey (primary)-127 delegates
New Mexico (primary)-47 delegates
North Dakota (caucus)-23 delegates
South Dakota (primary)-25 delegates
District of Columbia-46 delegatesMake sure to REGISTER to vote ahead of time! CLICK THIS LINK IF YOU NEED TO REGISTER!
remember to check your affiliation, too! In PA you have to be a Democrat to vote for Bernie!
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nobody on this website knows what communism is
its the service of christian worship at which bread and wine are shared
No that’s communion communism was a show on nbc about a community college
you’re thinking of community. communism is a form of birth control that goes over a penis
youre thinking of a condom. communism is the travel to a place on a daily basis to go to work
youre thinking about commute. communism is when you share/exchange ideas,information, or news with someone.
you’re thinking of communication. communism is an electronic device used from storing and processing data.
you’re thinking of a computer. communism is a form of symbiosis where one organism benefits and the other has no effect.
you’re thinking of commensalism. communism is a ceremony in which degrees or diplomas are conferred on graduating students.
youre thinking of commencement. communism is the state in which something has been finished.
You’re thinking of completion, communism is an actively deforming region when two or more tectonic plates move toward each other and collide
you’re thinking of a convergent boundary, communism is the process of burning
you’re thinking of combustion. communism is sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others
you’re thinking of compassion. communism is any of a variety of fermented sweetened black or green tea drinks
you’re thinking of kombucha. communism is heterodoxy, a doctrine which aims to be all-encompassing rather than orthodox
you’re thinking of catholic. Communism is an item of food or the general quality of being edible.
you’re thinking of comestibles. Communism is an order or instruction.
you’re thinking of command. Communism is group of people appointed for a specific purpose, usually members of a larger group.
you’re thinking of committee. Communism is being forced to do something against your will.
You’re thinking of compulsion. Communism is a black water bird used for fishing in China.
You’re thinking of a cormorant. Communism is when you try to prove someone wrong by attacking their character.
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Casual reminder: Bernie has lost 16 states to Clinton. Obama lost 21 to Clinton including Florida and Ohio. Bernie is also projected to do pretty well in the next two primaries. Please keep the faith and please keep voting! We failed him today big time, but he still has a chance. Please get out there and vote, because if we give up on him now we will really be failing him. Be loud, be proud, and speak up!
Don’t think of it as us failing him. Tuesday was the last big bunch of Primaries where Clinton has a major advantage in the polls. We’ll pick up from here.
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Why Tony Todd is awesome.
Lemme tell you a story about Tony Todd.
You know him. Yeah, you do.
This fly mofo has been in everything. Like, seriously. He’s been in some major Hollywood movies (Platoon, for example, The Rock and all the Final Destination movies) but is probably most famous for playing the Candyman, and starring in about a million B-horror movies. His list of TV credits reads like a comprehensive list of genre and procedurals. Your favorite show? He was probably in it. He’s just been cast in a recurring role in “The Flash.”
But among geeks, he is probably most famous for his recurring role in both TNG and DS9 as Kurn, Worf’s brother.
Kurn was a fantastic character with a developed arc over many seasons (which ended horribly but we won’t go there). Todd also guest starred in DS9 (sans Klingon makeup) as an older Jake Sisko
Also he has a voice like deepest smoothest melted chocolate.
Tony was a guest at Shore Leave, a fan-run mostly-Trek convention I attended many years ago in Towson. He was a great panelist, funny and honest.
Now, Klingon cosplayers are always a big deal at Trek conventions. They do not fuck around. Their outfits could walk right onto a set and be filmed. Shore Leave always featured a whole contingent of Klingons. They’d run a Klingon Jail – you could pay to have your buddy kidnapped by Klingons and put in jail, and they’d have to raise money to make bail, and then all the proceeds went to charity.
Most Klingon cosplayers I knew weren’t that into Worf. He was just too…Starfleet. So when Kurn came along (and before Martok, the ultimate Klingon character of Trek), he was sort of the standard-bearer. He had been raised Klingon (unlike Worf, who was raised by humans) and was the very image of an honorable Klingon warrior. So you can imagine the excitement when Todd was a guest.
After the panel, we all left the hall, and there in the lobby was a big group of Klingons, standing in formation, in all their costumed glory, waiting to greet Tony. We all stood around to see.
He walked out and saw them. He didn’t greet them. He didn’t smile. He didn’t say hi.
No. Without missing a beat, he strutted up to them, and started…dressing them down.
Suddenly, he WAS Kurn. No makeup, but it was like Kurn was there. Walking up and down the ranks, calling them maggots, criticizing their attention, their bearing. Asking why none of them had bruises. Were they not fighting? Was their bat’leth practice falling behind? Where was the blood? And WHY WAS NOBODY DRUNK. He really tore into them, a little twinkle in his eyes.
The Klingons stood there, responding with SIR YES SIR when he addressed them, quivering with joy.
It was so awesome.
This is everything.
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— The first time you touched my console, you said…
— I said you were the most beautiful thing I’d ever known.
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ATTENTION TUMBLR ARTISTS
SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE STEALING YOUR GODAMN ART?
Can’t find the godamn ask to tell the blogger to kindly take your art down?
NO MOAR!
Email support@tumblr.com with links to your originals and the repost, and they’ll take it down.
NOW REBLOG THE SHIT OUTA THIS AND SPREAD THE WORD!
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Korean translation
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“My art was uploaded without permission on Tumblr, and I would like the post removed.
This is the original link to my art (????) .
This is the post I would like deleted (????) .”YOU CAN ALSO SEARCH FOR THEIR URL IN THE SEARCH BOX, CLICK ON THE PERSON’S ICON ON THEIR URL BOX THINGY, AND GO TO “FLAG THIS BLOG.”
HERE’S A QUICK STEP-BY-STEP FOR YOU. YOU CAN ONLY DO THIS IF IT IS YOUR WORK!
Yoo this is for just incase any of this has happened to anyone or anyone worried about it happening. Id be pretty pissed if anyone stole my art.. So yeah here you are.
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The most progressive tastemaker in the fashion world just might be 17-year-old Jaden Smith. Smith’s latest gig is the cover of GQ UK, and in the cover story he drops yet more wisdom on the gender fluidity that is becoming our norm.