The Rambler

Artist, Writer, Nerd Extraordinaire. My friends call me Prongs.

[siegfriedandroy]

im crying

[hmsindecision]

Do you know how many dogs I’ve met that get scared or anxious around men because in their previous home men hit them? A lot, and they are very protective of the women who have adopted them now.

Men who are violent towards women are often violent towards animals as well. They think we’re all chattel. If a man wants you to choose between your dog or cat or him, dump the guy. Those animals will love you for the rest of your life, loyal and true.

[corpsefluid]

Actually, I have something to add.

The other day I saw a story where a woman was asking why her dogs had suddenly started growling at her boyfriend whenever he was in the same room as her son.

And my immediate thought was ‘that boyfriend has hurt the kid somehow.’

Spoilers: that was exactly the case.

Trust ur dogs when they say something is off.

[katnissdoesnotfollowback]

The first time my sister came to visit, via plane, after I got my dog, pupper growled at her and wouldn’t go near her for the first day. Next visit was by car (two day drive)and pupper LOVED my sister. They snuggled and played and none of us could figure out why the change. We thought maybe the scent of my sisters cat had lingered on her clothes, making that first visit a rough one. Whereas when she came by car, the scent had had time to wear off. Well that was partially true…

Fast forward about six months when I went north to visit my family. My sister walked into my parents’ house and pupper ran to greet my sister. Stopped dead in her tracks and started growling and barking. Hackles raised, full protection mode. My sisters husband had just walked in behind her.

My precious puppy wanted NOTHING to do with him. She barked, growled, ran away, and sat between him and my sister. Y'all my dog had spent maybe a weekend a half around my sister but protected her like this was her flesh and blood.

Eventually, my sister filed for divorce on grounds of “Extreme and repeated mental, emotional, and sexual abuse.” Divorce was final in less than a month because her claims were substantiated.

Trust the dog, honey. They KNOW.

[catscatsholyshitcats]

I’ve never owned dogs, but I used to work with horses (which are a lot like big dogs).

There was this one horse I worked with named Tonto. He was a doll. He followed me like a puppy, snuck treats out of my pocket, he was the sweetest thing. We were practically inseparable.

A guy I was considering dating came to visit me one day, and Tonto wanted NOTHING to do with him. Normally well behaved, he shoved himself between us and would NOT let this guy near me. He was stomping, acting really aggressive, and tried to bite the guy. This horse was practically dragging me back toward the barn. At that moment, despite being like, 17, I knew something was up, and ultimately things didn’t pan out for guy and me.

A year later I found out he had lied about his age (he said he was 18 but he was actually 27) he was arrested for sexually assaulting an 11 year old girl.

TRUST THE ANIMALS.

[cellular-thirst-deactivated2017]

ALWAYS TRUST THE BABS

[purplepints]

Animals recognize predators.

[naamahdarling]

The reply with the mastiff gets me every single time. I’m not a dog person but my god, they are Good Animals.

[markantonys]

so who do i have to pay to get natalie, mark, and hayden all in a room together??

bonus:

[lamelinam]

For that last addition

[hydro-homies]

A true hydrohomie

[spideymoth]

Oh my god I was literally there for this

[eyes-alight]

Seriously though as a teacher this is like the worst thing you can do. The teacher’s trying something different to add variety and to engage everyone without putting people on the spot and this absolutely ruins it

[spideymoth]

I absolutely understand your concern, but I promise that this was purely a positive experience for the class. We did word clouds like this daily for the entire quarter, and this was the only time anyone tried to spam it. As for being engaging, the entire auditorium started to laugh, even students who were half asleep, and the professor herself. As a one-off event, this was far from a bad experience for the teacher or class!

[writing-prompt-s]

“You recruited who?”

“Look, if we’re going to have any chance at all of making this rescue successful we’re going to need a master of breaking and entering.”

“Yes…”

“And they’re going to need to be good with kids.”

“It will probably help…”

“And we’re probably going to need to transport all those kids in a single night, right?”

“I guess I see your logic.  But still… Santa Claus?”

[johncribati]

Just about every joke in Avatar: The Last Airbender is peak comedy but conceptually my favorite moment is that scene in The Waterbending Scroll where Zuko’s crew was fighting some pirates and Aang was lost in the middle of a smoke cloud.

Now, Aang being an Airbender, the logical thing to do would be to blow the smoke away, which he does.

This would be funny enough in and of itself, but what really gets me is that Aang just nopes his way out of the situation by… Calling the smoke back?

Like on top of this being the literal only instance of an aerokinetic character blowing smoke away in reverse (not the same thing as kicking up a cloud of dust) just… everyone who was fighting just goes back to fighting each other like that didn’t just happen? Like they didn’t just see the Avatar- who they’re fighting over- is no longer tied up?

This five seconds of animation is just the most beautifully hilarious mess.

[silverhawk]

honestly tho that scene in the incredibles where mr. incredible sees the names of all the old super heroes that used to be his friends / that he knew from Back in the Day and how every one of them has been killed by syndrome is such a chilling scene for so many reasons 

like for one, everyone he knew is dead at this point and has been killed on the same island he’s at now and two, its heartbreaking bc that means that almost every hero wanted to try out being a hero again despite the laws against it and wanted to try and help someone out and relive their glory days, only to be straight up murdered like fuck that scene is just so fuckin intense

[allthesebees-deactivated2019070]

[marisatomay]

[theladyspanishes]

I think the core of that scene for me is, when you’re insane like me and you go through it frame by frame, you can work out that Gazerbeam defeated the omnidroid twice - the only super we have enough information to confirm did so. I always wondered about his body in the cave, how and why he got the password… But it makes sense. This thing goes haywire, gets an upgrade, and goes haywire again? He must have been hella suspicious! So he does what any good superhero would do - tries to get to the bottom of what’s really happening on Nomanisan Island. During the process he’s clearly caught and wounded but has just enough time to get himself somewhere he can leave a final message, just praying that the next super to come along will find it and break the cycle. Gazerbeam is my hero.

[xxxtictacion]

Incredibles 2 has a lot to live up to

[thatgirlwithanopinion-deactivat]

All of this and…

I’m just realizing that the name is No Man Is An Island???? As in, everyone needs someone to depend on and connect with, no one is ever completely alone or should act all on their own.

[swan2swan]

Also Gazerbeam probably has X-ray vision–so he not only survived long enough to defeat the Omnidroid, he had the ability to see Syndrome entering the password.

[animagix101]

Holy guacamole! I should pay more attention, I don’t think I got any of that stuff!

[frognonbinary-deactivated202412]

does anyone think about the fact that now mr. incredibles has to live w/ the fact that all his friends getting killed by syndrome could have been avoided if he had just been nicer to syndrome from the beginning

[greenekangaroo]

Yeah and if Lily Evans had just gone on a date with her weird friend he wouldn’t be abusing children.

Buddy was a kid putting himself in a dangerous situation and was treated accordingly. Mr. Incredible could have been more patient but then we all have moments like that.

It is not on him that Buddy decided ‘this adult will not let me risk my life on a regular basis might as well grow up to be a megalomaniac that will definitely show him.’

[arcaneloquence]

Things you can say in response to literally anything, when you have nothing else to say:

As the prophecy foretold.

But at what cost?

So let it be written; so let it be done.

So…it has come to this.

That’s just what he/she/they would’ve said.

Is this why fate brought us together?

And thus, I die.

…just like in my dream…

Be that as it may, still may it be as it may be.

There is no escape from destiny.

Wise words by wise men write wise deeds in wise pen.

In this economy?

…and then the wolves came.

[nightratz]

I’ve reblogged it before and I’ll reblog it again

[amalthea-oberon]

So let's add: ...until the fire nation attacked.

[thenatsdorf]

[thelordanubis]

1-800-AREUSLAPPIN

[amalthea-oberon]

I find this endlessly amusing

[kaijuno]

So my new English professor is my uncle only he has no idea because he hasn’t talked to my mom in about 20 years so do you think is should tell him

[kaijuno]

You know what nevermind he’s a dick I’m going to talk to my mom to get dirt on him so I can blackmail him if the need arises

[cambrian-implosion]

You should write a story about a boy for an assignment and include loads of life details about him that your mum tells you so that it’s obviously him but change all the names then hand it in and be really confused if he questions you about it

[kaijuno]

Oh my god

[amalthea-oberon]

@chipofftheoldsoul

[kaijuno]

So my new English professor is my uncle only he has no idea because he hasn’t talked to my mom in about 20 years so do you think is should tell him

[kaijuno]

You know what nevermind he’s a dick I’m going to talk to my mom to get dirt on him so I can blackmail him if the need arises

[cambrian-implosion]

You should write a story about a boy for an assignment and include loads of life details about him that your mum tells you so that it’s obviously him but change all the names then hand it in and be really confused if he questions you about it

[kaijuno]

Oh my god

[amalthea-oberon]

@chipofftheoldsoul

[unshrink]

last night I heard my mom telling my dad, “I have two children, stop being the third”.

[townshendx-deactivated20250925]

@amalthea-oberon I think you’re missing the point. The wife is saying that he needs to stop acting like a child and act like a responsible adult. She’s not belittling him, she’s telling him to act like the adult/parent that he should be. Especially if they have two kids that need their father to be a responsible adult.

[amalthea-oberon]

I get it. I'm married. It's still belittling. There are other ways of talking about it.

And one of them is NOT in front of children. It sets the precident for children of all genders to assume that the male parent (biological or otherwise) will just be that way.

But also talk to your spouse in an honest way not when you're angry and not demeaning. It will do so much more than talking down to him.

[nutella0mutt]

[amalthea-oberon]

Ok. This. This is IMPORTANT. I’m not the “go for it it’s you’re body” type but I am the “do whatever is best for your family” type. Honestly up until reading this I had no idea what choice I would make if this type of situation came up. But I think now, reading this, I would feel less…..horrible of a person for doing the same.

I don’t want to leave my husband behind.

I don’t want to leave any (potential) children behind.

Let me be clear. If you get pregnant because you were stupid, and you don’t want the kid, put it up for adoption. SO many people want to adopt but there just aren’t enough kids to adopt.

But if your life is in danger, the baby wouldn’t survive, you were the victim, then please. That is then your choice.

[malarkay]

That’s simply not true. 23,000 kids age out of the foster care system each year. Granted, they’re not all the perfect undamaged newborns people really want when they claim there’s not enough kids out there to adopt, but they need someone to love and trust much more, and people would be doing a lot more good by providing that to a child who is already here and in need.

- Signed, an adopted ex-foster kid

[amalthea-oberon]

@mararkay I would like to apologize. I wasn't thinking about that side of it. I nanny two foster babies now and have so much more understanding, but still only as much as an outsider can. Bless your parents and I'm so happy for you :)

[asmuchasidliketo]

Martin Mottet

[amalthea-oberon]

@kaelvas @chipofftheoldsoul @megupic @shelbyreblogs @marian-ette

[wordsnquotes]

She’s known sadness, and it has made her kind.

Nathan Filer, The Shock of the Fall (via wordsnquotes)

[tigerator]

I JUST FOUND OUT THERE’S AN EMOJI CALLED MAN_IN_BUSINESS_SUIT_LEVITATING

WHAT FOR???

[rtyretyhthj]

@barrypokemonmaster

[amalthea-oberon]

What NOT for???

[kineticallyanywhere]

Idea for a Superman origin movie

built around two solid points: 1) Lois Lane is the lead character; and 2) The audience dose not know who is playing Superman going into the movie.

So the movie centers around a young Lois, who’s desperately trying to get a job as a reporter at the Daily Planet, despite a hiring freeze as the printed journalism business struggles to keep up, and despite the fact she has no prior journalism experience (at least, not outside of an expensive degree that has yet to start paying for itself). Even though no one at the Planet will even return her calls, she barges in in the middle of a work day, trying to get an interview. She bounces off a lot of people (a number of them tall guys with dark hair and nice eyes who she barely notices) until she tracks down Perry White, who tells her, sarcastically, that he’ll hire her on the spot if she can bring him a properly sourced article revealing the story Metropolis’s new hero, who just yesterday stopped a runaway train with his bare hands. 

She gets to work. Her friends tell her she’s crazy. Her sister bails her out of jail at least once (maybe a montage of times). Her father, General Lane, threatens disownment and/or military arrest. This “menace” broke a muggers arm last week, and is wanted for vigilantism. If she really does find out the identity of this man (who’s been gaining notoriety with every feat) and brings it to a newspaper before the military, her father would have to take action. (This country is his family, after all.)

But the more Lois looks into this ‘super man’, the more she likes what she sees. It’s hard without credentials, but she’s been collecting eye-witness reports for months trying to find the pattern to track; the pattern that everyone’s been looking for. She has dozens of interviews with police, and store owners, and caught criminals, but it’s in the interviews of the regular folk that she finds the pattern:

This man is kind. 

Every headline is about a larger-than-life figure who catches falling statues, wins chases with cars, and stops bullets with his pecs. In the words of the innocent people of Metropolis though, is someone else. Someone who flies broken cars to the shop from the highway during rush hour. Someone who takes a sobbing child from the scene of a bike accident and drops off a smiling one with their parents. Someone who’s been spotted leaving flowers by the headstones of the ones who didn’t make it out of that train crash. Someone who sits in a secluded corner of the park and plays chess with the old woman who’s husband can no longer leave the house. Someone who literally pulled a dog out of a river and a cat from a tree. 

So, to find the Man of Steel, Lois searches for kindness - and she finds it everywhere. She finds all the coats freely shed for someone cold. She finds all the grocery carts paid for by the previous customer. She finds lonely veterans offered a seat at the family table in restaurants. She finds hate symbols painted over with cute cartoons and symbols of love. She finds dozens and dozens of volunteers who help clean up and serve food and rebuild after train crashes and car wrecks and robberies. 

She finds Superman.

And then she finds a man in the park.

He’s not doing much, just sitting on a bench with his head in his hands. The copy of the Daily Planet on the bench next to him speculates on the dangers of super humans, as it has every day for the last two weeks. Some have even suggested that the Man of Steel is an alien, though those theories have only barely broken into mainstream. Whatever this man is worrying over, whatever weight is on his shoulders, seems much heavier than a newspaper, though. Lois hasn’t worried herself with the same issue’s as her prospective employer, either. Thoughts still on the group of teens she’s just passed, each promising to beat up on some boy for their friend, are still fresh on her mind, and she takes the spot next to the stranger on the bench.

He’s not a stranger, though. Lois recognizes him. She doesn’t know his name, but she saw him that day at the Daily Planet months ago, and she’s seen him across the police tape at scenes she’s investigated. He wrote today’s front page article: “Man of Steel, or Menace of Steel?”

He’s politely flustered when she sits down, and she promptly tells him that everything about his article - she’s already read it, of course - is absurd. She doesn’t care who “made him write it”, the entire thing is just plain wrong. She finds herself repeating stories she’s read and re-read at all hours of the morning. Stories of regular people who’d told her how they’d been inspired by Superman. How they’d taken leaps of faith toward recovery and new lives thanks to Superman. Teenagers have chosen to live because of Superman. She quotes sources, and sources of people, including herself, who have said that the city of Metropolis - maybe even the world - was so much better because of Superman.

“Superman?” the reporter asks.

“It’s just something I’ve been calling him. He’s got that big S on his chest, right?”

The reporter laughs. He hasn’t smiled the whole time, only looked at her with wide eyes. His smile is… nice. His glasses are dumb though.

“Yeah,” she admits, “it’s a dumb name.”

“No,” he says. A weight has fallen off his shoulders while she was flipping through her notebooks. He sniffles a bit. Lois had just torn into his article with all the fury she could muster, is he crying about it? No, he’s smiling, still. “I really like it. Have you written all this down?”

Lois Lane writes it all down. Her new friend (who proofread the hell out of it because Lois is driven as hell but can’t spell) Clark Kent turned it in to his boss. The newest headline reads:

The Story of Superman -by Lois Lane

She’s getting paid more than Clark in under a year. He just seems to be so distracted all the time. Maybe she should look into that…

[sickpage]

A CROW TRIED TO GO IN OUR CLASSROOM AND HE HAD A PEN

[t-hy-lla]

yes hello i am here to learn geometries

[girlwithalessonplan]

That crow is more prepared than some of my students.

[2-steks-an-1-rokc-deactivated20]

You’ve all just like, completely skipped over the possibility that this crow has seen people using pens in this room, found one, and is trying to return it. There’s been videos of crows picking up sweet wrappers and stuff and placing them in bins after seeing humans put their litter in bins. I really do believe that this crow is trying to return the pen and that is ADORABLE AS HELL. 

[vampirepunch-deactivated2015040]

THEY ARE SO SMART I LOVE THEM

[avatarofnightmares-deactivated2]

Crows are thought to be self aware by some scientists. Its perfectly possible the crow wants to return the pen to humans. Knowing it belongs to humans.

[dduane]

Corvids. Who KNOWS. :)

[anagrammatical-blog]

Another cool crow deal: Once, when trying to assess if crows could reason and use tools, scientists had two crows who didn’t know each other each take a wire from a table (one was hooked, one was straight) and try to grab meat from a bottle with it. The crows could see each other, though they had separate bottles. Only the straight wire worked for this, so they hypothesized that if crows could reason, the second trial would have the two crows fighting over the straight wire. The second trial started and, to the surprise of the scientists, the two crows both went for the bent wire, one held it down and the other unbent it. They both got meat out of their bottles. They came to a peaceful solution without verbal communication. Crows are probably smarter than we are.

[elusivebrew]

they still shit all over the place and eat garbage

[jumpingjacktrash]

ok but so do we

[amalthea-oberon]

^^^