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[vyvilha]

i like when people say that the universality of campbell's hero's journey only applies to western mythology/folklore. brother, i am going to hold your hand when i say this... it doesn't apply there too

[vyvilha]

wonderful things are happening in my mentions

[wheel-of-fandoms]

I was about to say that Campbell somehow reminds me of Myers, Briggs, and Jung. Then looking up on wikipedia to be sure I was remembering the right names...

Eventually, hero myth pattern studies were popularized by Joseph Campbell, who was influenced by Carl Jung's analytical psychology.

Oh. Well then. I wonder if had read that before and that was why I felt a connection? I think I must have, not sure I really understand enough about them to have actually made that connection on my own.

[antlered-vixen]

I mean, obviously Tolkien did not mean it that way but... [added: and lover of Feanor] really does conjure some insane "precocious forge prodigy seduces confused deity caught like deer in headlights, into divulging great secrets of creation" images.

[zinesbycee]

(nods sagely) (nods basily) (nods rosemarily) (nods saltly) (nods star anisely)

[unconventiononthelawofthesea]

men and women are literally the same but unfortunately everyone's crazy so we are forced to pretend they're different in some ways.

[itsabear]

Humans do have a surprisingly small amount of sexual dimorphism. On average more difference can be explained by culture more than biology. The horrible youth diet culture has a huge impact on height. Most people can train to lift a surprisingly large amount of weight, it's only at the upper competative level that differences become important... And even then ease of getting funding is significant.

[thegenderienvy]

I genuinely think this is most evident in the fact that it is SO easy for us to change sex. Like our bodies are similar enough that a perisex male can become female and a perisex female can become male just by using HRT!

[evilscientist3]

Theyre called draculas because they drank u. La

[jame7t]

Did anyone else hear just one single angelic note

[wizardshark]

[notlayingroses]

Everything I read about recovering from burnout is like “it takes months or even years to fully recover” and it’s like okay…. I have a weekend before I gotta clock in on Monday

[sunflower-eddiediaz]

boobs should have a toggle on/off feature

[noodles-07]

so TIRED of 8 episode seasons. bring back 13 episode seasons. bring back 18 episode seasons. bring back 24 episode seasons. I would say bring back unlimited episode seasons but that never left one piece has been doing that

[shencomix]

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[bramblepatch]

The thing is you can have a grassy lawn or even a golf course without it being an ecological disaster, you just have to a: be cool about having the occasional non-grass plant in the mix and b: be willing to live in a climate that supports grass without irrigation.

[bramblepatch]

Golf courses in California are an abomination which is why the sport was in fact invented in Scotland.

[abstrusetheorist]

I always thought that golf as a sport should be adapted to the local native landscape. I think this will encourage regional pride when local golfers completely trounce visitors at Swamp Golf, Desert Golf, Forest Golf, etc. Rich tourists will be pressured to travel extensively to experience all forms of golf, instead of staying in their backyard country club golf courses. Internet discourse will probably somehow get worse but I think this is a small price to pay.

[doubleca5t]

two year anniversary of my vocabulary being permanently changed for the worse

[official-penis-posts]

Two years ago? This pillar of my personality is only a toddler??

[californiannostalgia]

[godmotherpm]

The craziest thing about this whole situation is that Ilya thinks in Russian and in Russian ‘lovers’ LITTERAL TRANSLATION is ‘возлюбленные’. Which ACTUALLY MEANS ‘people who feel love and attraction towards each other’. MY BOY WAS CONFESSING HIS LOVE TO SHANE AND LOST IN TRANSLATION GAME. HE WAS SO PURE ABOUT IT AND ONLY GOT ‘No, Ilya, that’s gross’. MY SWEET LOVERBOY.

[heyoscarwilde]

From imdb: ”During the filming of some scenes for The Princess Bride, the weather became markedly cold for Robin Wright Penn. Andre the Giant helped her by placing one of his hands over her head; his hands were so large that one would entirely cover the top of her head, keeping her warm.”

comic by Box Brown :: via flickr.com

[midnightsylph1]

This is so sweet how can I NOT reblog this. 

[catbountry]

D’aaawwww.

[coelasquid]

All of the behind the scenes stories about Andre the Giant were adorable like this, Apparently Wallace Shawn is deathly afraid of heights, so he was freaking out while they were doing the scene scaling the cliff and Andre was like “it is okay, I’ll keep you safe.” there’s a behind the scenes thing on the DVD and everyone is choked up and misty eyed when they talk about working with him.

[poupon]

Andre the Giant was a radiant human being.

[triss19]

I’m so glad he gets to go down in history as everyones favorite giant. What a legacy!

[keepcalmandcarriefischer]

It should be known that when he got back to wrestling after the movie came out he was constantly pulling other wrestlers into the locker room where he had a tv set up with a copy of the movie so they could watch. He was desperate for the guys to see it and he really wanted their honest opinion on his acting.

[crieraila]

[voskhodart]

Btw if you say anything to the degree of “we want healthcare, not space travel” I automatically assume you’re a dumbass.

[voskhodart]

And furthermore ☝️ space science and medical science are one in the same. I know a lot of people have a very nebulous idea about what astronauts do, but almost every second of an astronaut's "day" is packed with research, maintenance, and interviews to those of us back here on Earth.

In fact, here are a few interesting articles on recent medical research from the ISS:

Eight implants for nerve regeneration were 3D printed in orbit to be sent back to Earth and used in clinical pretrials

ISS research contributed to the development of a new injection medication for early-stage cancer

Scientists working with the ISS are researching how microgravity affects heart cells, in hopes of creating more effective regenerative heart therapies

Mice were sent to the ISS to study treatments for macular degeneration ahead of clinical trials

I'm an aerospace engineer, so of course I'm on the side of supporting spaceflight and space science. But I think a lot of people dismiss NASA missions as overpriced joyrides for adrenaline junkies, when in reality these are very important ways for us to make scientific advancements that simply aren't feasible on Earth. Less than a cent of every tax dollar goes to NASA, and their science budget gets cut smaller and smaller every year. Publicly-funded science is not your enemy.

(Also, you can learn about Artemis II's science goals over here!)

[dovewithscales]

I think part of the confusion is that people like Elongated Muskrat have muddied the water with their delusional grandstanding about having a colony on Mars in the next few years and how they basically want to do that instead of fixing climate change and it's transparently a vanity project.

Like, even before that yeah a lot of people didn't understand the importance of NASA and experimentation in orbit, but the billionaire vanity projects made it much worse. It gives people the impression that space travel is all sci-fi nonsense. Because that's what's getting the media attention. What needs to happen is all that money for space science needs to go into the hands of actual scientists and engineers instead of being wasted on rockets that don't work over at SpaceX.

I'm not sure of all the implications but off hand I'm kinda tempted to say these billionaires shouldn't be allowed to throw shit into orbit to feed their own egos. Like, Starlink making stable internet possible everywhere is great, but it should have been a government program and it should be actually giving everyone an internet connection, for free. Because at this point internet is not a luxury. It's a necessity as much as electricity and clean drinking water. One dude being allowed to own it is fucked.

[memorycycle]

dmv: can i have you birth certificate

me: i dont have it but you can trust! 😁✌️

dmv: ok! 😁✌️here is your license

me: its so small and cute! 😳

dmv: just like you! ☺️

[mantaradio]

can't get an algorithm like this on twitter

[memorycycle]

its not the algorithm my friend thats literally 9 other posts i made that night