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My reasons for doing things:

1. Spite 2. The Aesthetic

That’s it.

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okay i lied 3. Attention

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my spongebob favorite quotes video is making its rounds again so i made another, there are still so many more it would probably be like an hour long

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Apparently the French word for “unicorn” used to be “unicorne”, which makes perfect sense. But it sounded too much like “une icorne”, so they though “icorne” was the name of the animal, and so “the unicorn” was “l’icorne”. Then later they decided that no, “l’icorne” was the whole name of the animal, so “the unicorn” became “la licorne”. The takeaway being that French is a ridiculous language and linguistics is cool

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thoodleoo

do you ever read an article so bad that it makes you want to get a PhD so that you can publish a response and thinkshame the author’s opinions with authority

hollowoutmybody

“thinkshame” is officially the greatest word we’ve come up with as a species.

explorerrowan

I get the distinct impression that this level of spite is the primary thing that carries most PhD candidates all the way through their program.

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musictheoryaugmented

‪I’d be interested to hear HomePod’s thoughts on historical/historicist performance practice. Do I just download the iTaruskin app, or what? ‬

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Omg this is ab-so-lute-ly hilarious! He even did the Pennywise dance!

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That was an art

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WHOO lmao

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I ABSOLUTELY NEEDED THIS ON MY BLOG

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@brueklynn

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Roses are red, that much is true, but violets are purple, not fucking blue.

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I have been waiting for this post all my life.

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They are indeed purple, But one thing you’ve missed: The concept of “purple” Didn’t always exist.

Some cultures lack names For a color, you see. Hence good old Homer And his “wine-dark sea.”

A usage so quaint, A phrasing so old, For verses of romance Is sheer fucking gold.

So roses are red. Violets once were called blue. I’m hugely pedantic But what else is new?

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My friend you’re not wrong About Homer’s wine-ey sea! Colours are a matter Of cultural contingency;

Words are in flux And meanings they drift But the word purple You’ve given short shrift.

The concept of purple, My friends, is old And refers to a pigment once precious as gold.

By crushing up molluscs From the wine-dark sea You make a dye: Imperial decree

Meant that in Rome, to wear purpura was a privilege reserved

For only the emperor!

The word ‘purple’, for clothes so fancy, Entered English By the ninth century

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Why then are voilets Not purple in song? The dye from this mollusc, known for so long

Is almost magenta; More red than blue. The concept of purple is old, and yet new.

The dye is red, So this might be true: Roses are purple And violets are blue

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While this song makes me merry, Tyrian purple dyes many a hue From magenta to berry And a true purple too.

But fun as it is to watch this poetic race The answer is staring you right in the face: Roses are red and violets are blue Because nothing fucking rhymes with purple.