I'm alive, I think.

.Homesteading Queer wife. Too many animals to handle and little internet time.

[afeelgoodblog]

True acceptance

[yknotstop]

[liberalsarecool]

These are quarterly profits.

[emily-axford]

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN - “Perfect Game”, 1.08

[millennial-review-deactivated20]

Everyone loves quitting their job.

[thesevenkingdoms]

Rhaenyra Targaryen & Alicent Hightower in House of the Dragon | Episode 01 Season 01

[skellybonesandtrees]

This was awesome lol.

[caroldanversenthusiast]

anne hathaway is so sexy for this

[july-19th-club]

[finrays]

Thinking about it, I’m pretty sure my ancestors would be horrified with me.

Not because I’m lazy or unworthy or anything like that…

…but because one of my distant uncles was among the eight survivors of the Essex, the ship that inspired the ending of Moby Dick and sank after being rammed by a whale, and what do I fuckin do after my bloodline has this Ordeal at Sea?

I get a fuckin degree in Marine Science and go back the fuck out there.

[retroactivebakeries]

#op its your job to kill that whale

[gaygalaxys]

[beroyas]

"they're just fictional characters, they're not real!" ok. but you do know that the poc you share the fandom with ARE real tho, right? right? you know they can see the way you react to and treat marginalized characters, right? please tell me you understand that at the very least. please.

[failnation]

Tax. The. Rich.

[arrghigiveup]

TiL (click to go to the thread, which probably has more interesting tidbits I missed).

Bonus:

[drst]

These are my people.

[petermorwood]

Betting I’ve reblogged this before. Betting I’ll reblog it when it turns up again.

In addition to the print terminology stuff: the visual shorthand icons and ad graphics for something about writing are still often pen-nibs, fountain pens and typewriters…

…while graphics of a monitor, keyboard and mouse remain visual shorthand for computing…

…even though most writers now use monitor /  keyboard / mouse or even laptop / touchpad.

In addition, headers for “this blog / website is about writing” are often in one of the many imitation typewriter fonts complete with smudges, or just Courier.

The start and end call icons on most / all smartphones is still the handset of a classic desk telephone, and sometimes the open-app icon is a complete phone.

The term “hang up” for “end the call” refers to something even older - one of these…

And of course the Save icon is indeed a 3½ inch floppy disc.

Why it wasn’t a 5¼ floppy is a mystery. The icon version is just as distinctive.

Also, why various OP updates never changed “Save” to the graphic of a CD / DVD or flash drive is another mystery, and nowadays a Save icon should probably be a cartoon cloud.

Graphics and terminology are funny things.

[nehirose]

reblogging this again for EVEN MORE information.

[porcupine-girl]

I’m mostly entertained by the guy who thinks you need to know that “case” means “box” in French as though that’s not what it means in English.

[catgirlforeskin]

skeumorphism my beloved

[bizships]

It’s fascinating. This post alternately made me feel old and taught me something. Tumblr is amazing.

[ariminiria]

I wish Mythbusters would do a special comeback season just to bust all the nonsense TikTok has brought into the world

[vbecker10]

Well this is just annoyingly accurate...

[myoxisbroken-deactivated2024022]

[dduane]

This.

[witchyangela]

People really need to realise that “media can affect real life” doesn’t mean “this character does bad things so people will read that and start doing bad things” and actually means “ideas in fiction especially stereotypes about minority groups can affect how the reader views those groups, an authors implicit prejudices can be passed on to readers”

[k-eke]

Sleeping liquids

[saywhat-politics]