Captured-By-Dreams

"When King Lear dies in Act V, do you know what Shakespeare has written? He's written "He dies. " That's all, nothing more. No fanfare, no metaphor, no brilliant final words. The culmination of the most influential work of dramatic literature is "He dies." And I know it's only natural to be sad, but not because of the words "He dies. " but because of the life we saw prior to the words. " -Mr. Magorium from Mr. Magorium's wonder emporium.

[crylestia]

Me infodumping about my hyperfixations to people who know nothing about them

[depsidase]

[incorrect-stalag-13]

Kinch, proofreading a report: You meant “stronger” here, right?

Hogan: What’s it say?

Kinch: “I’m proud to report that the organization is stranger than it was a year ago.”

Hogan: That’s a typo.

Kinch: Could go either way.

[babyionian-deactivated20200611]

[literatuer]

“Sometimes I come crashing down inside myself without anyone noticing. I’m like an ambulance on two legs, hauling the patient inside me to last aid with the wailing cry of a siren and people think it’s ordinary speech.”

— Yehuda Amichai, You Mustn’t Show Weakness

[beardedmrbean]

[that-crazy-girl-from-wisconsin]

gross. people suck

[ehnoshima]

really needed to draw this so bad thank you @chongoblog

[doseofwords]

[ravynfyre]

Comedy. Gold.

[dankmemeuniversity]

[ampervadasz]

Unmute !

[imightbebrilliant]

Mood

[miizzyybabyy]

lmaooooo

[lucifurby]

i love you bitch

[phoraaboraa-deactivated20171219]

I ain’t never gon stop loving you

[wstcst-tre]

Bitch.

[animalwoonz]

[that-crazy-girl-from-wisconsin]

absolute chaos

[insomniac-arrest]

it’s so bizarre when animated American films are set in a certain location and then only certain characters have the accents of that place. It makes no damn sense!! like

WHY IS SHE MORE FRENCH THAN THE REST OF THEM???

[insomniac-arrest]

WHY ARE THESE GUYS MORE SCOTTISH THAN THE KIDS??

(also, aren’t they Vikings or something?)

[bramblepatch]

To be fair, almost everyone in Ratatouille does have a French accent. The real question is why Linguini and also all the rats sound intensely American

If it was just the rats I’d say it’s because the movie can be interpreted to mean that the rats understand but don’t necessarily speak human languages so the rat dialog isn’t literally taking place the way we see it but that doesn’t explain why Linguini has a rat accent

[pupangelremade-deactivated20211]

LINGUINI HAS A RAT ACCENT 

[noah-moth-cursed-chaos]

Do we ever hear like

For sure that Linguini grew up in France tho?

It could be possible he’s just an American immigrant

[burningivy]

I mean his name is Alfredo Linguini so I always assumed he was Italian

[noah-moth-cursed-chaos]

I’m sorry his first name is Alfredo?

[noah-moth-cursed-chaos]

What

[insomniac-arrest]

ALFREDO???

[bauliya]

he’s American you guys his mother was American it was mentioned in the beginning

[insomniac-arrest]

I’m sorry, I’ve moved on to the fact his mother was going through her cupboard for baby names

[ohemaa-warrior]

Alfredo was a name before it was a sauce let’s go over the movie from the top again

[memeuplift]

[mrbrojangles]

[capitalism-and-analytics]

[djkaeru]

this is especially sad while the only pro-democracy newspaper (print media) in the city is forced to shut down this week…

'They won't stop': Xi Jinping wins big as Hong Kong's pro-democracy paper Apple Daily folds up

The paper that backed the popular 2019 Hong Kong protests is on the verge of shutting down as the administration, backed by Beijing, targets

Closure looms for Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily after raids

The pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily looked set to close for good by Saturday following police raids and the arrest of executiv

[dango-daikazoku]

[kutyozh]

[text ID: a comment pinned by “thelastpeanut”, reading:

“I’m genuinely touched by the sudden influx of attention, but I want to humbly remind everyone that each protester you see in this video is now either in jail, in exile or in some form of hiding. Most can’t escape, and now that the decades-old Hong Kong democracy movement has been completely crushed, they’ll likely live the rest of their lives under Beijing’s authoritarian rule. The protesters knew it would probably end like this, but they did it anyways, hence the rallying cry of “攬炒”… “if we burn, you burn with us”.

Most of my friends now suffer from PTSD, depression or perpetual anxiety. Words and ideas that were once debated in public are now whispered in private - or not at all - out of fear that a neighbour or co-worker or family member overhears and decides to report you. I don’t think calling Hong Kong a police state is an exaggeration anymore, and it’s only the beginning.

Maybe it’s too late for Hong Kong, but you can still learn from what happened here. I hope you realise that you’re not alone, that your pain and yearning is shared by countless silent strangers, and that when enough people speak as one, you can move the needle of history. I’ve seen it happen.

Most of all, I hope you remember us.”

162K upvotes, no downvotes, 500 replies /end ID]

[a-shade-of-blue]

Hongkonger here.

I cannot begin to describe the feelings I have seeing this post here. Grateful, but sadden.

The information here is correct, though the shut down of the Apple Daily, the pro-democary paper was already months ago.

One of our biggest concerns now is the National Security Law, which allows the government to basically arrest anyone and ban anything that speaks against them. Movies and documentaries about the protests have been banned in Hong Kong. (e.g. 少年'May You Stay Forever Young’ and 時代革命 ‘Revolution of our times’, which got the Best Documentary award in Taiwan’s 58th Golden Horse Awards. )

A lot of our protestors are jailed. Our pro-democratic socities have disassembled. Our democratic politicians are facing charges or have been jailed. Candidates for our upcoming election for the legislation council are all more or less pro-beijing, and even publishing a poll that shows people are choosing not to vote for anyone this year risks breaking the law.

The situation is pretty bleak, and a lot of us have plans to leave Hong Kong because of it. Especially teachers, who are either unwilling to teach students propaganda and only information about how great China is, or fear that they will say something anti-China and will be reported and have to go to jail.

People mostly avoid talking about politics now. Whereas once we all talked about it openly, you can feel that we are all censoring ourselves now. And even if they do, it is mostly behind closed doors or whispered between friends or using really watered down facing.

(and whereas once I would talk and post about all this in IG, which is popular among HKers, I do not dare to now. Tumblr still seems safe. Hardly anyone know about Tumblr in HK)

Anyway, thanks for remembering us and reblogging this.

[unclefather]

[mattressblowoutsale]

(Chanting) ancient cheese with a deadly disease ancient cheese with a deadly disease ancient c

[sci-the-superb]

CAN WE STILL EAT THE FUCKING BOG BUTTER?

[dreamingofbabylon]

Fellas we’ve got ourselves 2 outta 3 ingredience for a legendary Grilled Cheese

[socialmediapeasant]

Grilled cheese!!!!

[dreamingofbabylon]

HELL YEA BAYBEE WE DONE IT !! GOD HERSELF GONNA GRILL US A CHEESE

[socialmediapeasant]

Tonight we dine like kings

[foointerrupted]

This is still my favorite post on this whole site