Just Keep Trying

My name is Victoria, currently 26 years old. Sideblog for warhammer stuff is yuzu-kiku!

[kushblazer666]

[kayliflower]

with the resurgence in popularity of calvin & hobbes, I’m so surprised no one has included this

[yvesdot]

I have seen a young lady with her table loaded with volumes loaded of fictitious trash, poring day after day and night after night over highly wrought scenes and skillfully portrayed pictures of romance, until her cheeks grew pale, her eyes became wild and reckless, and her mind wandered and was lost — the light of intelligence passed behind a cloud, and her soul was forever benighted. She was insane, incurably insane from reading novels.

-- an anonymous pastor in 1864, on the greatest threat to young women

[abyssalbloom]

People complaining about the current romance book trends ruining women

[robot-roadtrip-rants]

Let women enjoy porn in peace

[beggars-opera]

*Looking at a gay couple* so which one of you is Colin Mochrie and which one is Ryan Styles

[cam1lla]

*looking at a gay couple* so which one of you is Laura Hall on piano and Linda Taylor on guitar

[moghedien]

I feel like I need to share this because idk if Europeans are familiar with the presence of Aldi in the US, but at least especially in my area they’ve been growing a lot recently. Like Aldi bought out some local failing grocery chains where I live (Louisiana) and have opened Aldis in all these somewhat rural communities and small towns, which for the record I’m fine with

But as a result of this they are advertising a lot more in my area and also in many cases, the people in these areas have never been confronted with Aldi or any European grocery store. So the ads that Aldi is pushing out to its new US customer base feature a cowboy shopping at Aldi who is explaining to new Aldi customers how Aldi works. Like this cowboy is explaining you gotta put a quarter in the shopping cart and why there are very little name brands. A cowboy is how they want to reach their American customer base. They gave us a cowboy

[moghedien]

Here he is, the Aldi Cowboy

[mysharona1987]

[lynati]

If the trash pickup people stop doing their job for two weeks you'd be throwing a fucking tantrum. Same for the janitors who keep your office spaces and bathrooms clean. (And that's before the various illnesses start to spread all over your city from the build up of pathogens.)

The people responsible keeping our spaces clean (and thus, mostly disease-free) should both be paid more AND thanked more.

[madgastronomer]

Thank a sanitation worker for their service.

[qillermeme]

[wordfather]

idk if this is an usamerican thing or not but it always blows my mind as a small european country resident that yall have many names and types of apples???? what do you mean its not just red yellow or green??? why is it so complicated??? who is granny smith????

[wordfather]

'whats your favorite apple' 'red' 'no i mean like what type' '??????' actual conversatiom i've had with a mutual from usa

[wordfather]

THIRTY TWO??????

[phillyphillyphilly]

Listen that doesn’t even account for all the weird shit local farmers are getting up to.

May I present the best apple:

[wordfather]

the world is so big and beautiful

[bumblesteak]

A pyromancer who burns most of her outfits 🔥🔥🔥 (Adara's 4 year redesign)

[paper-mario-wiki]

in case you're wondering what the greatest AMV of all time is, it's this one from 2008.

[paper-mario-wiki]

[en-tailsgaythings]

y'all need to watch this this pride month

[the-big-mood]

Britney Spears on the set of "... baby one more time" in 1998

[manafromheaven]

Finally giving in and admitting to yourself that you have a fetish you were avoiding

[rnoistness]

my favorite part about this is that are no tags, no comments. everyone knows what theyre guilty of

[vaporwavevocap]

[libertarian-druid-ny-separatist]

I feel this on a spiritual level.

[vaporwavevocap]

Me.

[bgm05]

ideas for discourse i came up with

having OCs is bourgeois

people who write erotica should be considered sex workers

only americans believe in aliens

it's misogynist to draw touhou characters with big boobs

the "godzilla" franchise is harmful because it teaches children that they should be afraid of lizards and other animals

feel free to argue about any of these, credit not needed but appreciated

[puddox]

saw someone including "Mandate of Heaven" as one of those christian terms tumblr likes to use to sound profound. which i get where you're coming from but t☝️hat one is chinese

[yuriinullification]

holdon

what the fuck is going on in this site's backend

[hareofhrair]

Divine Right of Kings: A political argument that because the king derives his authority from God (or specifically from his direct genetic descent from Adam) therefore his rule is absolute. Specifically used to shut down criticism and de-legitimize rebellions and usurpers, since they obviously cannot have the innate descent from Adam.

Mandate of Heaven (Confucian): A philosophical argument that a virtuous ruler who has the support of his people has been approved of and put in his position by heaven. If the ruler then fucks up and loses the support of people and is overthrown, he clearly does *not* have the mandate of heaven.

So, Divine Right: "Overthrowing me is actually tantamount to rebelling against God because God wanted me to be king." Mandate of Heaven: "If God wanted you to be king, why was I able to overthrow you?"

[artisticdissonance]

Minor wording correction!

Mandate of Heaven: The Heavens have approved of the current Emperor to sit on the throne, and it is now his responsibility to care for the country as a just ruler. If he fucks up, such as driving the country to poverty or being corrupt, the Heavens will send signs (ie. Droughts, famines, floods) that he is no longer fit to rule. Therefore, the common folk are allowed and encouraged to revolt. (Where we get the meme “the Yellow River is flooded, the Mandate of Heaven has been lost”)

So rather than “if God wanted you to be king, why was I able to overthrow you?” It is more “the Heavens have deemed you unfit to rule, and so it is our right to overthrow you”

(Chinese person here who also did a quick search. I’m no expert in Confucianism or Chinese history, but this wording is more in line with the philosophies)

[beardedmrbean]

Congratulations on the cat

[cannibalchicken]

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