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[mysharona1987]

Never mind the “Who shot first?” stuff; THIS is the defining moment of the Han Solo character:

Everyone else was just like: “Oh, fuck: It’s Vader!” and standing around in shock and terror when Vader was revealed. Even Chewie.

Most people, I suspect, would have that reaction. 

Meanwhile, Han’s first reaction, instinctively, in less than a second, was to grab a gun and try to flat-out end the guy.

He failed, of course. But God Damn if you can’t appreciate the effort. 

[mandatheginger-deactivated20170]

Also, he grabs his girl’s hand. Not only is he going to end Vader, he’s going to do so while reassuring the woman he loves that this monster who tortured her won’t hurt her again as long as he’s there to do something about it.

[mysharona1987]

The point of this scene:

Han was nothing to Vader. Not really. Han was just a normal, average guy. Vader didn’t think too much of him. 

“I have superpowers; you don’t!”

But then: doesn’t Han show more love, affection, guts and courage in this moment than any Jedi warrior ever could? 

Thus, Vader is shown up.

[cumaeansibyl]

Attempting to kill an evil wizard with a regular gun is one of the most Han Solo things ever. I don’t think most people would even bother trying, because you can’t just shoot Darth Vader, right? Of course not. But Han’s gonna goddamn try it anyway.

[mysharona1987]

Yeah, basically’ Han tried.

Sometimes that’s all you can ever ask of someone. 

[kittykat8311]

Just one of many reasons I love this man

[deathpigeon]

With Han, you never have to wonder, “Why didn’t he just shoot them?” Whenever you’d think that, he shoots them.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Han Solo is a practical soul and if he’s got the chance to just shoot them he’s gonna take it

[morethanslightly]

#ironically this turned into a thesis on why han probably shot first

[littlemisspipebomb]

this just in: local weed dealer tries to shoot space wizard hitler. he failed, but everyone says he did good anyway.

[brawltogethernow]

I understand the appeal of wanting every adult hero to instinctively adopt teenage Peter Parker, but can it really beat the hilarity of acknowledging that at 15 Peter was 5'10", unusually buff, went by a moniker with Man in it, wore a creepy full face mask, and had a tightly guarded secret identity and probably a Queens accent thick enough to have come out of a jello mold, and adult heroes reasonably responded to him by going, “Wow, this grown man is an immature asshole for no reason.”

[an-android-in-a-tutu]

Way funnier to me than adult heroes finding out Peter is a teenager and becoming Concerned is the idea of adult heroes Retroactively finding out Peter Was a teenager because he admits to being like. 22 and they’re like “Hang on you’ve been doing this for like. Seven years.” and he’s like “Haha crazy right? Anyway it’s too late for you to yell at me about that because the statue of limitations on that lecture ran out when I turned 18”

[brawltogethernow]

YEAH this trope is instantly more tolerable if it’s fully adult Peter being like, *listen up whippersnappers because I’ve been around the block voice* “I’m thirty, and—” and Tony Stark, who vaguely assumed Spider-Man is maybe two years older than him because he just has that energy and hasn’t reassessed this for four presidential terms, is like, *drunkenly doing math* “You’re how many”

[mamapluto]

Okay but…them trying to talk about Old People Stuff with him, not realizing that he wasn’t alive to remember xyz thing happening, never used xyz technology bc he didn’t exist yet, not expecting him to agree with the fact that some ppl were saying songs they grew up to were oldies, etc

[brawltogethernow]

The thing about Peter Parker is that he was raised by senior citizens the way other heroes are raised by wolves. He has the body of an Olympic gymnast and the soul of a malcontented geriatric. This likely contributed to the perpetuation of the accidental ruse.

[brawltogethernow]

It’s when he channels Aunt May so hard he makes it sound like he was personally and immediately affected by McCarthyism that the time traveler fringe theory starts really picking up bets.

[brawltogethernow]

Pal, I JUST SAID he was raised by AUNT MAY.

Also not to get real on a ha ha comic post but the elderly are not your enemy. There are old progressives.

[rubythecrimsonwriter]

Peter has a lot of feelings about the woman that discovered DNA and he strikes me as the kind of person that thinks that distancing yourself from notable figures of history by using their last names is stupid, so he’s going to say something like, “Rosalind worked so fucking hard to have that work snatched from her,” immediately followed by, “I woulda thumped him good,” and inspiring Tony and Banner to frantically look through the 1930s and 40s yearbooks at King’s College and theorize which one was Spider-Man. Captain America tries reminiscing about the good ole days with him. Peter, for his part, has been absently agreeing and making vague “I’m listening” noises about the Rolling Stones and Elton John for the majority of his life, so adding baseball, Duke Ellington, and Ella Fitzgerald to the list wasn’t that much of a stretch.

[brawltogethernow]

There are only like three genuinely funny additions on this, but this is one of them.

[fandomsandstuff]

captain america pushing a get out the vote campaign: ‘spiderman did you vote’

spider’man’ at 16: uhhhh so about that 

[brawltogethernow]

“I…can’t.” “I see. That’s why it’s so important to restore voting rights to felons.”

[knotmagickstudios]

A Brief History of Elastic

A Brief History of Elastic

We’ve all been living in our PJs for so long at this point, it’s hard to imagine putting on normal jeans to go to the grocery store. How does anyone function without elastic waistbands, strech denim, elasticated socks, or the hundreds of other strechy, adjustable products we use on a daily basis? It starts with the explorers and sailors of the 17-1800s, and the Havea tree of central and south…

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[lilcowgirl7-deactivated20210223]

From David Richo’s “How to be an Adult”

This really resonates with me!

[howtobeapersonwithfibro]

friendly reminder that if you have a hard time eating due to nausea or other chronic illness ickies, just eat what you can eat. even if it’s not particularly “healthy,” getting calories in your body to help it function is more important.

[maveriquemagpie]

this applies to fat people, folks with eating disorders, and autistic people who can’t eat certain foods!!!!!!!! we need to eat. it’s okay to eat “unhealthy” foods, sugary foods, processed foods. especially if it’s the only thing you can eat.

[cenneidi]

this also applies to ADHD and other nd people who struggle with exective function, and people with depression and other illnesses that cause fatigue. it’s okay, it’s GOOD in fact, to eat things that are easy for you. it’s better to eat something “unhealthy” than to not eat at all.

[justsomeantifas]

Hedge funds shorted more than 100% of all shares of gamestop, to do this that means they had to sell more shares than actually existed.

The hedge funds never actually owned these shares to begin with because they were short selling so they never actually paid for them.

Redditors saw this and decided to buy up all these shorted shares to gamestop a company that wasnt failing that the hedge funds would then be forced to buy back as they never actually owned the shares.

The beauty of this is if you knew what to look for you could’ve seen this coming too. It isn’t mystical, it isn’t magic. They made these billionaires pay back more than what they basically stole by being greedy, this is a good thing.

[justsomeantifas]

Let me explain a bit

rich hedge funds have the ability to sell stocks they havent paid for yet that other people actually own and then pay for them after a certain amount of time. they can sell these stocks trade them whatever but they will eventually have to buy them back.

So they shorted gamestop shares from 20 dollars all the way down to 3 dollars, meaning they borrowed shares to then massively sell.

they sold shares at like 20 dollars and then 18, etc. and because when investors see massive amounts of shares being sold they get nervous and then sell their shares which drives the price of the stock ever further down.

so they took something worth 20 that they sold for 20 dollars and all its downward prices and instead of paying for it at $3 dollars they thought theyd CONTINUE to short the market, meaning they kept driving the prices down because apparently this obscene amount of money wasnt good enough.

Redditors who dont say the stock market is magic and mystical astrology saw this very obvious evidence that these hedge funds would be forced to buy back all these fucking gamestop shares and decided to drive the price of these shares up knowing that the hedge funds would then be forced to buy back the shares they have yet to pay for at increasingly wild prices.

what they were looking for was over 100% of all stocks shorted on a company that wasnt even failing or in complete disarray

they used this knowledge to bring stock that was 20 dollars brought down to $3 all the way back up to $140

the hedge funds still have to pay for all of those shares they never technically even owned in the first place which these redditors knew so they held onto these stocks they bought in a company whose shares were oversold.

INSTEAD of acknowledging this they decided to have media campaigns lie and make the stock market look even more mystical and crazy to people who dont know shit about finance so that your average folks wouldnt catch them in the act of just getting a fucking 2 billion dollar bailout for being greedy fucking pieces of shit.

They also dont want your average person to KNOW they do this shit especially when they drive shares so deep into the ground ($3)

TL;DR: Every time you call the stock market magic and mystical and ooo makes no sense, you pretty much allow these motherfuckers to get away with robbery of the average person (given a government bailout is paying for this)

Understanding how these things happen and knowing what to look for allows people to work together and not only stop it but rob back from the billionaires when they pull this shit.

financial illiteracy isnt helpful to anyone.

[justsomeantifas]

my point about financial illiteracy isnt to make anyone feel bad it’s more saying you shouldnt repeat the myth that these things dont make any sense especially when something like this happens because very set laws and rules allowed for this to happen and mystifying that only benefits hedge funds who dont want people catching them doing this.

[feanor-the-dragon]

Hi hello yes, OP? Hi, hello... thank you. Holy fucking fuck, thank you. Thank you for explaining what the fuck was going on so simply

[virovac]

I still don’t understand and may need flowcharts

[byebyebriar]

Shorting is when hedge funds sell a stock that they don’t actually own. Basically, Bob borrows Ted’s bike and pawns it. Now Bob, legally, has to return the bike to Ted so at some point he has to buy the bike back. Bob makes money by wagering that the pawnshop won’t be able to find anyone willing to buy the bike and he’ll be able to buy it back cheap, return it to Ted, and pocket the difference. 

Now, the one thing you need to the know about the stock market is that it is run by PEOPLE. And people are panicky. It really doesn’t matter how “well” a company is doing if its stock is being sold off en-mass. People panic, think that somebody knows something they don’t, and sell their stock/refuse to buy. 

The hedge funds basically bought a very specific kind of bike and pawned all of them. They bet that people would see a lot of a specific brand of bike at the pawn shop and refuse to buy because there MUST be something wrong with that brand right? Why else would a ton of them be in a pawnshop? Better ditch your own right now or risk the wheel falling off or something. 

So, Gamestop’s stock is in the toilet and the hedge funds are about to make a shit ton of money. 

Enter reddit.

Upon seeing that Gamestop’s stock is artificially low because of hedge fund dickery, one forum decides to start buying Gamestop stock out of spite. Buying raises the stock price. The Redditors raise the price enough that the hedge funds start panicking. The time when the HAVE to buy back the stock is coming due and now it is WAY more expensive than they sold it for. Its like Bob walking pass the pawnshop and seeing the bike’s price is now three times what he sold it for. Bob panics. Bob makes a horrible decision. He complains to everyone about this. EVERYONE. 

Hedge funds were on tv whiny and attracted the attention of people who REALLY DON’T LIKE THEM. People like Elon Musk whose company has been targeted by shorting before and has no problem finding the cash to buy the inflated Gamestop stock and have the social media platform to shine an even bigger spotlight on this. Now other people outside of the Reddit forum are joining in because they smelled blood in the water. 

Remember, the hedge funds HAVE to buy these stocks back. No matter what, come the due date, they will have to purchase the stocks at whatever price they are listed at if they haven’t bought them back before then. Even if that price is a hundred times what they paid. Basically, if Bob has to sell his house to get that bike back to Ted then that’s what he’ll have to do. Considering one hedge fund required a bailout already over this, its looking like a lot of people will be selling their houses over shorting Gamestop stock. 

[curiousobsession101]

That bike metaphor is literally the first time I’ve seen the concept of stocks explained in a way that makes any sense.

[pink-rose-petalz]

What if they made playgrounds for grownups? No major difference from regular playgrounds, just slides a little wider, monkey bars a little higher, swing-sets a little sturdier, just generally made for taller and heavier people. No need to get rid of the bright colors and cutesy designs cuz adults deserve cute and happy things too. How much exercise do you think adults would be getting if they could go to a playground after a hard day or week of work? If they could go not to a gym or back home but to a colorful wonderland where they can embrace their inner child and relive a simpler time?

[kamikaze-kumquat]

THAT'S IT! THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN MISSING! I NEVER "EXCERCISED"! I FUCKING CLIMBED ALL OVER THE DAMN JUNGLE GYM FOR HOURS ON END! GIVE THAT BACK TO ME!

[verymaudlin]

alternative clothing stores that aren’t dollskill or kill star (PLUS SIZE FRIENDLY)

Trash Queen (great plus size clothes AND cool accessories)

Sourpuss Clothes (great plus size dresses)

Rebels Market (not super plus size friendly, but do have sizes up to 2XL, great accessories and shoes though)

Tragic Beautiful (sizes up to 4XL, beware some Killstar stuff is sold on there)

Unique Vintage (many many plus size options, perfect for 50s inspired goth/punk looks)

Unif Clothing (not super plus size friendly but they do have L and XL, great shoes and accessories though)

Angry Young and Poor (punk-ish clothes, good plus size options)

Yesstyle (terrible/nonexistent plus size options but amazing Korean/Japanese beauty products and amazing lolita wigs)

BlackMeoww (clothes up to 3XL, great accessories)

Punk Rave (plus size options vary)

Disturbia (British company with sizes going up to American size 16, i think?)

Berserk (Australian company. decent plus size options, as well as accessories and beauty products)

Creepy Co (horror/creepy themed shirts and buttons with a good diversity of sizes)

Kreepsville 666 (sizes usually go up to 3X, and great accessories)

Gloomth (incredible gothic/lolita/weirdgirl fashion that runs up to 5XL, but I bet you can ask Taeden (owner) to custom make to your sizes. I have 3 gloomth dresses that I wear ALL THE TIME. totally worth their price.)

Kinky Angel (yes this is intended to be ~sexy kinky clothes~ but we all know that aesthetic intersects with alt/goth aesthetic a LOT. sizes go up to 4X)

Devil Inspired  (the clothes aren’t plus size friendly but the accessories and shoes are so delicious it’s worth a look)

Atomic Cherry (good plus size options!)

In Control Clothing (plus size kawaii clothes)

NastyGem (no clothes but reasonably priced alt accessories)

Also Threadless has good dark tees!

Also Etsy has amazing alt-clothing vendors that do custom sizes and cater to plus size people!

Also let me know if you’ve heard bad things about any of these websites, I will reblog with corrections! Feel free to add any you know of as well!

[verymaudlin]

Hey I’m going to drop the names of some alt and plus size friendly Etsy shops:

missOctopie (cute spooky kawaii clothes that go up to 3XL ((which means something different in every store so you just have to check)))

Later Operator  not clothes but really fun jewelry

Nemons cool dark tees that go up to 2XL in unisex which is 52″ in chest, 46″ in waist.

Gobbolino again not clothes but they’re worth putting on there for their truly outlandish accessories.

KawaiiDressShop which has tons of cute lolita-esque dresses that go up to 5XL

Narcissique Couture does custom sizing on all their clothes

InkedStaind cool goth dresses that go up to 4XL

SophieandHerStore really decadent cool goth accessories like elizabethan standing collars

VrolokClothing a neat goth store that goes up to 3XL in its sizing

I can also do a whole thread on decent plus size/custom lingerie options on Etsy, if anyone’s interested.

[dnd-apothecary]

I’d like to toss in Maya Kern @mayakern as well, since she does some cute stuff, but there’s also witchy stuff as well, plus she’s got skirt pre-orders going on now and they go up to 5XL 

[ilbbaicnl987]

May I add some lolita fashion specific shops?

My Lolita Dress- ehhh idk about how good their plus size stuff is cuz asian clothing tends to be smaller but certain items offer custom sizing/larger sizes, you just have to search!

Glitzy Wonderland- probably not the best when it comes to plus sizes (or medium sizes rly)

Lolita Wardrobe- idk about this one’s plus sizes :( Edit: found a link to some custom sizing dresses, i think!

Devil inspired was already mentioned above but it’s great for lolita fashion!

Dollbe- This one’s closed right now (as of today, November 15, 2020- they reopen on February 1, 2021) but they have some pretty good plus size options!!! They do be expensive though

Lady Sloth- I don’t know much abt this one but this one’s sizes go up to 4XL

Taobao- Taobao is pretty complicated to use. It’s kinda like Chinese amazon. The prices are in chinese yuan. You’ll need a shopping service to use it, so I’ll link 42agent (a taobao agent) and a tutorial for it down below. Edit: I’m gonna add a list of shops that do custom sizing too!

Bodyline- Pretty cheap lolita clothes with some plus size option! Just, uh, avoid their petticoats.

42agent

42agent tutorial

List of shops (that do custom sizing)

Another list of taobao shops (has some info on custom sizing/plus sizes)

[vio1315]

The obsession with proving there were warrior women in history is kinda weird, honestly. Like it’s cool where it happens and their life stories tend to be really interesting, but acting like women were just worthless if none of them fought in war is high key weird to me, and it is equally weird when fiction acts this way too.

Like there is more to life than death and violence. The women artists, craftsmen, business owners, nuns, wives/mothers they’re all really interesting too. And they were worth having around. Just because they didn’t go fight in battle doesn’t make them worth any less or anything…

[greater-than-the-sword]

THANK YOU

[beggars-opera]

This is the real sentiment behind “well-behaved women rarely make history.” It wasn’t about celebrating the radicals (though we should), it was about remembering the women who didn’t buck the system enough to get written about, but were so important to the fabric of society all the same.

[badideainaglass]

The funniest sword fight scene in the history of cinema. 

[seanfmcguire]

BEST. SWORD FIGHT. EVER.

[musicalhell]

Let’s be honest, this is how I would sword fight.

[rozunderpressure]

@warmageragnar Lewis Vs Otranto, a realistic version.

[redscullyrevival]

#what on earth is this?

The Court Jester starring Danny Kaye, Basil Rathbone, and the amazing Glynis Johns, and Angela Lansbury and it is all around a fun time.

[spotweld]

All kidding aside, watch Basil Rathbone’s foot work. He knows fencing, and sets up the form even though he’s still playing up the stage blows for Danny Kaye to flail at for comedic effect.

[theimpossiblescheme]

Okay, but I need to talk about this because it’s even funnier if you know the context... Basil Rathbone was one of the greatest swordsmen in Hollywood history.  Which is why he almost never won any of his onscreen fights–he was good enough that he knew how to effectively make the other guy look even better.  That’s why the swordfight in The Adventures of Robin Hood looks so awesome even though Errol Flynn is nowhere near Rathbone’s level.

But this fight, right here?  Was one of the only fights where he needed a stunt double.  Because while he was able to keep Danny Kaye from being seriously injured, Rathbone himself nearly got skewered a few times by Kaye’s flailing around.  So in a bizarre way, this is probably the closest to an even match Rathbone had in his career… just not for the reasons you’d expect.

[hamelin-born]

“Don’t you know, there are some things that can beat smartness and foresight? Awkwardness and stupidity can. The best swordsman in the world doesn’t need to fear the second best swordsman in the world; no, the person for him to be afraid of is some ignorant antagonist who has never had a sword in his hand before; he doesn’t do the thing he ought to.”

-Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889)

The origin of a saying I’ve seen quoted in various works of fiction - “The best swordsman does not fear the second best, he fears the worst since there’s no telling what that idiot is going to do.”

[insomniac-arrest]

people talk all the time about “primal instincts” and it’s usually about violence or sexual temptations or something, but your humanity comes with a lot of different stuff that we do without really thinking about, that we do without being told to or prompted to

your average human comes pre-installed with instincts to:

Befriend

Tell story

Make Thing

Investigate

Share knowledge

Laugh

Sing

Dance

Empathize with

Create

we are chalk full of survival instincts that revolve around connecting to others (dog-shaped others, robot-shaped, sometimes even plant-shaped) and making things with our hands

your primal instincts are not bathed in blood- they are layered in people telling stories to each other around a fire over and over and putting devices together through trial and error over and over and reaching for someone and something every moment of the way

[full-moon-phoenix]

~“Your primal instincts are not bathed in blood.”

My god this is beautiful. Such a refreshing change of pace to the constant glorification of instinctual human violence.

[racefortheironthrone]

I have a question about inflation and a living wage. The wage of an ordinary seaman in the British Navy in 1800 was £15 a year, which I’ve seen calculated as £1500 in today’s money. Obviously, £1500 today is not enough to live on so I wondered if there’s something I’m missing in the way it’s calculated or the historical context? Thanks

So there’s different ways of calculating historical inflation. 

As the Bank of England’s historical inflation calculator - which incidentally pegs £15 a year at £1,265.89 - notes, there’s calculations of consumer prices (how much would something costing £15 in 1800 cost now), calculations of purchasing power (how much would £15 buy then versus now), calculations of incomes (how good a salary was £15 then and what’s the rough equivalent now, given changes in the distribution of income and standards of living), and that involves calculations of cost of living changes (food is much cheaper now, but housing is more expensive, etc.). So those all go into a rough estimate of what  £15 works out to in today’s money.

And keep in mind, these are estimates and scholars can disagree, because (in the case of older dates especially) they’re working from partial data sources and the further back you go the less hard data and the more compilations of estimates you’re working with. 

[racefortheironthrone]

I'm curious about the role of financial speculation in the history of agriculture, both historically and the role it plays in determining which produce agriculture workers will favor, particularly in post-colonial societies. Any suggestions about where to start?

That’s a realy good question.

I’d start read Cronon’s Nature’s Metropolis on the creation of agricultural futures markets. Then pillage his footnotes and works cited. 

[thoughtkick]

“Educate yourself. When a question about a certain topic pops up, google it. Watch movies and documentaries. When something sparks your interest, read about it. Read read read. Study, learn, stimulate your brain. Don’t just rely on the school system, educate that beautiful mind of yours.”

— Unknown

[autumnillustration]

I really love Snips and Skyguy, but was just wondering what could have been if Ahsoka had been Obi-Wan’s daughter padawan? It’s just a dynamic I would have loved to have seen, if we hadn’t gotten the absolute gold that is Anakin and Ahsoka. 

Just wanna acknowledge Obi-Wan for being the galaxy’s best dad real quick. 

Bonus sketch: Cody knows what’s up. 

[autumnillustration]

… the youngling who’d hide under his robes and huddle to his body heat whenever it began to rain, always humming that blasted tune from the creche about rainclouds and honey bears as she did, just to poke gentle fun at him. Of course this habit died a quick death when she reached the age of sixteen, due to the onset of teen angst and a budding sense of dignity… but he liked to think that she’d stopped only because she could no longer fit beneath his robe.

Kenobi Tano AU

[thehauntedmansion2003]

it really is so so fuckin funny that padme died of just a broken heart while hooked up to 6 billion high tech medical instruments 

[thehauntedmansion2003]

general grievous is basically two charred muscle cells rescued from a dead body and reconstructed into a whole ass biomechanical monster but we can’t keep miz amidala from being diagnosed with Terminal Sad,

[kyraneko]

meanwhile darth maul gets bisected at about the height of his diaphragm and he just force-alives himself long enough to cobble together a life support system and he’s back on his bullshit

petition that her heart stopped and they did some fucking basic-ass cpr to get her back again and faked her death and she’s the rebellion’s original hyperclassified superspy, mistress of disguise, all the gadgetry and half a dozen surviving handmaidens as a support squad, fucking legendary, going place to place with a couple dozen good solid identities, fulcrum before fulcrum was a thing

she’s seen luke because she’s been to tattooine posing as a vaporator sales assistant and she’s seen leia because she’s been to alderaan posing as a corellian senatorial bodyguard and she’s impersonated the field director of the imperial security bureau and she’s been sixteen different imperial officers at last count and she’s been a fritter cook in a nerf lord restaurant while some double agent made plans with a sector moff to sell out the rebellion over country-fried nerf steaks

every so often she sends a picture of herself in to some tabloid or another claiming queen amidala is secretly alive and well doing some random weird thing queen Amidala would never do and nobody in the empire can do shit to investigate what she does do without getting drowned in mockery because it’s like if you formally accused elvis of being alive and hacking the voting software for russia

[marlynnofmany]

Yes thank you I will accept this headcanon.  It quells the frothing anger nicely.

[space-turtle-woes]

@blackkatmagic