o_O... I haven't had enough coffee to deal yet.

American, 39. Aro/Ace. She/her pronouns (They/them works too) Prepare to see geekery on a multi fandom scale and general bitching about the world.

[iftadwascool]

average Star Wars fans

[pmamtraveller]

"Break Free," created by artist Disha Dua.

[afurioushawk]

[captain-price-returns]

[quasi-normalcy]

I don't understand how this is even a defence in the age of drone warfare.

[graham-folger]

Or even like... Cannon warfare.

[quasi-normalcy]

Yeah, the Ottomans could have taken this in the fourteenth century.

[the-haiku-bot]

Yeah, the Ottomans

could have taken this in the

fourteenth century.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#ok but this wouldve popped off in the age of zombie doomsday prepping

ngl it would be a fantastic larp location.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#why do people think shipping containers are the cure to every issue????#unless youre filling them with sand theyre not bulletproof#and theres no fucken roof

Fill the shipping containers with concrete to make Giant Bricks

[maniculum]

I think even “cannon warfare” is giving it too much credit. These ain’t exactly the Theodosian Walls; I can’t imagine this compound standing up to really any degree of siege warfare — it really is more in the “zombie prepper” tradition.

The reason for that, I would wager, is that the contingent of right-wing USAmericans who think like this aren’t REALLY concerned about any kind of organized military force so much as they want to keep The Poors away from their stuff — in the propaganda they imbibe, homeless people, refugees, etc. are portrayed in a manner not dissimilar to shambling zombie hordes. So there’s going to be overlap between zombie prepping & manifestations of right-wing paranoia.

Though, also, given the cultural milieu from which this originates, how certain can we be that the person putting walls & guard towers around their rural compound is doing so to keep people OUT?

[aniseandspearmint]

Ok, so this is a mock up (hopefully) and not anything anyone has actually built? But lets treat it like it's real for the sake of ripping it apart.

It's not even good zombie apocalypse prepping tbh, there's definitely not enough space in that cube to grow actual crops for even a single family. Those four dinky little green houses won't grow GRAIN.

No space for farm animals either.

I wonder if they're using the containers as storage? Filled them in? Or if they're sitting there empty? Only a ONE container wide wall?

And look how they're stacked! It looks like they're just stacked one on one and not done in a more stable overlapping pattern! Weak! That wouldn't stand up to being hit! That might not even stand up in a STORM. Or an earthquake or flood. I wonder if they carefully checked the ground to make sure the shipping container wall was on solid, stable ground? If not they might just sink unevenly over time and it will topple on it's own.

And holy cow, look at the infrastructure vulnerability in that ONE little shipping container pathway to the 'garage' area. One freaking hit and there goes the access to the vehicles. What genius thought that up? Instead of having the garage courtyard being part of the main structure?

[dorksidefiker]

Also, I'm not seeing any way to actually get to those guard towers. Are they seriously expecting someone to climb up and down a regular old ladder twenty to thirty feet while hauling their rifle and whatever other supplies they might need to take for their shift? At least twice a day, probably more often? Though I fully expect that the waste management plan is 'piss and shit off the side of the tower'.

[beggars-opera]

"I had a perfectly cordial 20-minute conversation with Mitch McConnell about world politics. I don't know why you would doubt this. Here is a photo of the conversation to prove it"

[cheese24k]

[beawtybrat]

anjefkjdjhff 

[rose-valhalla-blog]

lol how they looked at each other when the song started like oh shit this our jam lolol

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

they are teenagers now

[angelinamei]

[mickstart]

You know what really fucking Annoys Me about internet censorship is stuff like swear words being heavily censored because that's entirely an American cultural hangup being forced on the rest of us. I don't know a single country where swearing is as taboo as it is in America. In fact most languages have swear words that would have the same effect on an American as giving a Victorian chimney sweep a pepsi max cherry.

[mickstart]

Demonitizing Irish people's videos for having swear words in them is a kind of hate crime and psychological torture I think.

[raven-6-10]

"Hell" isn't a swear word. Neither is "damn". You just live in a country run by religious fanatics.

[aniseandspearmint]

Neither is 'shut up', or 'crap'.

And a bunch of the words that were MADE UP to be swapped with swear words are being treated like actual swears now?

Freaking is not a swear word. Neither is frigging or flipping! Or heck, or DANG, or BLEEPING.

[kiisaes]

everyone eat more vegetables NOW!!! and mention the last vegetable you ate in the tags so we're all on the buddy system. I'll start: bok choy

[vidapuppen]

Donate to Standing with Vida After Her Seizure, organized by Kassaundra Burrow

On Friday, June 19th, around 2am, my heart dog Vida had a pretty severe seizure… Kassaundra Burrow needs your support for Standing with Vida

Getting Vida the MRI she needs is going to be a big financial struggle, especially after the financial hit we already took this year from my car getting wrecked. Any shares or donations will be more appreciated than you can imagine.

[vidapuppen]

Vida is scheduled for an MRI consult and MRI on July 15th & 16th at the Kansas State University Veterinary Hospital

Going the 8hrs out of state is significantly cheaper, and faster (places around here are booking into August) so I've adjusted the GFM accordingly

[vidapuppen]

Vida's fundraiser is 24% funded and we have 11 days until her MRI - please share or donate if possible, it would be so so appreciated.

[iamnotlanuk]

[dahliavandare]

You’re just not ready. At no point in this video when he says the next thing are you ready.

[captain-price-returns]

[quasi-normalcy]

I don't understand how this is even a defence in the age of drone warfare.

[graham-folger]

Or even like... Cannon warfare.

[quasi-normalcy]

Yeah, the Ottomans could have taken this in the fourteenth century.

[the-haiku-bot]

Yeah, the Ottomans

could have taken this in the

fourteenth century.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#ok but this wouldve popped off in the age of zombie doomsday prepping

ngl it would be a fantastic larp location.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#why do people think shipping containers are the cure to every issue????#unless youre filling them with sand theyre not bulletproof#and theres no fucken roof

Fill the shipping containers with concrete to make Giant Bricks

[maniculum]

I think even “cannon warfare” is giving it too much credit. These ain’t exactly the Theodosian Walls; I can’t imagine this compound standing up to really any degree of siege warfare — it really is more in the “zombie prepper” tradition.

The reason for that, I would wager, is that the contingent of right-wing USAmericans who think like this aren’t REALLY concerned about any kind of organized military force so much as they want to keep The Poors away from their stuff — in the propaganda they imbibe, homeless people, refugees, etc. are portrayed in a manner not dissimilar to shambling zombie hordes. So there’s going to be overlap between zombie prepping & manifestations of right-wing paranoia.

Though, also, given the cultural milieu from which this originates, how certain can we be that the person putting walls & guard towers around their rural compound is doing so to keep people OUT?

[aniseandspearmint]

Ok, so this is a mock up (hopefully) and not anything anyone has actually built? But lets treat it like it's real for the sake of ripping it apart.

It's not even good zombie apocalypse prepping tbh, there's definitely not enough space in that cube to grow actual crops for even a single family. Those four dinky little green houses won't grow GRAIN.

No space for farm animals either.

I wonder if they're using the containers as storage? Filled them in? Or if they're sitting there empty? Only a ONE container wide wall?

And look how they're stacked! It looks like they're just stacked one on one and not done in a more stable overlapping pattern! Weak! That wouldn't stand up to being hit! That might not even stand up in a STORM. Or an earthquake or flood. I wonder if they carefully checked the ground to make sure the shipping container wall was on solid, stable ground? If not they might just sink unevenly over time and it will topple on it's own.

And holy cow, look at the infrastructure vulnerability in that ONE little shipping container pathway to the 'garage' area. One freaking hit and there goes the access to the vehicles. What genius thought that up? Instead of having the garage courtyard being part of the main structure?

[spitblossoms]

[girl-mercury]

'Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose.' 'Don’t put your goods in a leaky vessel.' 'Don’t spend too much on a house you may be turned out of.' There is no man alive who responds more naturally than I to such canny maxims.

I am a safety-first creature. Of all arguments against love none makes so strong an appeal to my nature as “Careful! This might lead you to suffering”.

There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness.

But in that casket — safe, dark, motionless, airless — it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.

-CS Lewis, A Grief Observed

[movementnudge]

Movement nudge, hand mobility! 🙌

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[ruffboi-mags]

1) do this even if you're under 40. seriously. I definitely should have been doing something like this for years and I only turned 40 a month and a half ago

2) if you're like me just now trying this going "oh god i've only done 15 and i think my hands are cramping" start lower than 30 and increase by 5 once whatever number you're doing no longer makes your hand cramp up. I can manage about 15 per exercise at the moment.

[creations-by-chaosfay]

If you're hypermobile, be especially gentle.

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[bogleech]

The christian family in these memes (which are absolutely all over facebook these days) genuinely do always look miserable. Who the fuck is relating to these stock mormon farm cultists. That is a couple who made love only once in pitch darkness with bags on their heads then celebrated the pregnancy with a feast of uncooked potatoes and warm tapwater. The baby seems intrigued though. Maybe only by the bottle of pills??

[sunshine-tattoo]

Could not leave this in the tags <3

[byjove]

the awe on her little face, she just realized there is hope