WHAT GIRL?

[whitepeopletwitter]

[hilariousgrindr]

[chiplikesit]

[msnormajeane]

I wanted to do a video that was mature. And [director] Sam Taylor-Wood said, “I’ve got an idea of just doing it very simply, one person, not you, lip-syncing to the song. An actor, maybe.” I came up with the idea of Robert. I thought, “God, the lyrics are very close to home. I wonder if he’ll do it?” He was very interested. It all came together in five or six days. We sent him the album, and he said, “Yes.”.  I love the fact that it is a one-shot video. He did 16 takes. They used the very last take because he was completely relaxed by then. It’s so pertinent to what he’s going through, and the way he underplays it is fantastic. - Elton John about picking Robert Downey Jr for the ‘I Want Love’ music video

[misterhunnam]

CHARLIE HUNNAM as Bob Frey Jr. in A Million Little Pieces trailer — August 30th, 2019.

[catchymemes]

[prideprejudce]

every line of this tweet hits like a punch in the face

[dailymarvelstudios]

What were you the god of again?

Thor: Ragnarok (2017) dir. Taika Waititi

[geometrymatters]

Mathematician Henry Segerman demonstrating how a linear third dimensional plane is only a projection of the curved fourth dimensional space time.

via 10/10

[valeria2067]

[scribeofseshat]

3-dimensional space is only a representation of 4-dimensional space-time, which includes time as a dimension in addition to the 3 spacial dimensions you would be familiar with from geometry. The addition of light into the 3D model introduces time into the shape as the light takes time to travel from point A to point B. Since the corners of the square are further away from the object, and light takes time to travel through space, more time must have passed for them to be there. Therefore, the flat square is  just one of many possible representations (or projections) of the 3D model + time.

The implication of this is that the universe, as we perceive it, is in fact far more complex than it appears and that what we perceive is a projection of more dimensions. In a practical sense, this hypothetically means that it is possible to bypass some, or possibly all, physical constraints and limitations within our understanding of the universe, such as the universal constant of the speed of light in a vacuum (the C in Einstein’s equation of Mass-Energy equivalence, a.k.a., E=mc2). It’s the basic principle behind theoretical warp drives, hyperspace drives, and other forms of faster-than-light travel that work by manipulation of space-time, rather simply accelerating to velocities faster than light (which requires infinite energy as the closer to light speed you get, the energy required to go faster increases exponentially, resulting in a similar scenario to always moving half the distance to your goal - namely, that you will never reach it, but always be closer). It might also be possible to travel through time itself via the application of these principles, though doing so is currently beyond our technological capabilities.

It also relates to both gravitational lensing, and time dilation near objects with a  very large mass, such as black holes. Such massive objects actually “bend” space-time near them, resulting in the visible bending of light from distant objects (gravitational lensing) and the apparent slowing of time near black holes (time dilation). Potentially also responsible for spaghettification of objects falling into a black hole, as the object gets stretched across both time and space from the enormous gravitational pull.

[lordfeederdinkle]

[ithelpstodream]

[nightsonguniverse]

😂😂😂😂 holy shit I LOST IT!!!

[just-shower-thoughts]

If you get married in Japan then fly to Hawaii and immediately die after you land, your marriage certificate will be dated after your death certificate

[frogmoss1]

weekend plans!

[moththey69]

Can someone tell me why the fuck the people in my grandparents old folks community dressed up as sperm for Halloween? I feel like I’m having a stroke

[sexindielovess-blog]

[kortzite]

[elementaldeityoffood]

[inahiddenplace]

how we act alone when we don’t feel like we have witnesses.. that is the genuine self.. me walking around my room punching the air talking to myself in a bad southern accent, that’s ME baby. you’re never going to know me like i know me. haha.

[da5haexowin]

*standing in front of the microwave composing a stand-up comedy routine in a bad, fake Scottish accent whilst doing side-to-side squats and waiting for my pizza rolls to finish* and now my soul is free, lads

[jnxi-reeeee-deactivated20180515]

i went to this guys house this weekend and slept on his couch n woke up to this cat standing on my tummy and i said “aww i didnt know you had a cat” and he said “yeah her names bev” then he paused and said “short for beverage”

[rivalwrites]

I think the best piece of character design advice I ever received was actually from a band leadership camp I attended in june of 2017. 

the speaker there gave lots of advice for leaders—obviously, it was a leadership camp—but his saying about personality flaws struck me as useful for writers too. 

he said to us all “your curses are your blessings and your blessings are your curses” and went on to explain how because he was such a great speaker, it made him a terrible listener. he could give speeches for hours on end and inspire thousands of people, but as soon as someone wanted to talk to him one on one or vent to him, he struggled with it. 

he had us write down our greatest weakness and relate it to our biggest strength (mine being that I am far too emotional, but I’m gentle with others because I can understand their emotions), and the whole time people are sharing theirs, my mind was running wild with all my characters and their flaws.

previously, I had added flaws as an after thought, as in “this character seems too perfect. how can I make them not-like-that?” but that’s not how people or personalities work. for every human alive, their flaws and their strengths are directly related to each other. you can’t have one without the other.

is your character strong-willed? that can easily turn into stubbornness. is your character compassionate? maybe they give too many chances. are they loyal? then they’ll destroy the world for the people they love.

it works the other way around too: maybe your villain only hates the protagonist’s people because they love their own and just have a twisted sense of how to protect them. maybe your antagonist is arrogant, but they’ll be confident in everything they do.

tl;dr “your curses are your blessings, and your blessings are your curses” there is no such thing as a character flaw, just a strength that has been stretched too far.

[mareebrittenford]

This is such a fabulous flip side of what I’ve always known about villians. That their biggest weakness is that they always assume their own motivations are the motives of others.

[bookishdiplodocus]

Such a good tip for writing realistic characters.

[catchymemes]

Chance of a lifetime for an epic trick

The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was quietly knifing its way through the waters of the mid-Pacific on its way from Vancouver to Australia. The navigator had just finished working out a star fix and brought Captain John DS. Phillips, the result. The Warrimoo’s position was LAT 0º 31’ N and LONG 179 30’ W. The date was 31 December 1899.

“Know what this means?” First Mate Payton broke in, “We’re only a few miles from the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line”. Captain Phillips was prankish enough to take full advantage of the opportunity for achieving the navigational freak of a lifetime.

He called his navigators to the bridge to check & double check the ship’s position. He changed course slightly so as to bear directly on his mark. Then he adjusted the engine speed.

The calm weather & clear night worked in his favor. At mid-night the SS Warrimoo lay on the Equator at exactly the point where it crossed the International Date Line! The consequences of this bizarre position were many:

The forward part (bow) of the ship was in the Southern Hemisphere & in the middle of summer.

The rear (stern) was in the Northern Hemisphere & in the middle of winter.

The date in the aft part of the ship was 31 December 1899.

In the bow (forward) part it was 1 January 1900.

—

This ship was therefore not only in:

Two different days,

Two different months,

Two different years,

Two different seasons

But in two different centuries - all at the same time!