One More Time

Midwestern Xennial. She/Her. Had a Tumblr before; this is my second time around on this platform. The rest, you'll figure out as we go along.

[parkchanwoohoo]

“In 1404, King Taejong fell from his horse during a hunting expedition. Embarrassed, looking to his left and right, he commanded, “Do not let the historian find out about this.” To his disappointment, the historian accompanying the hunting party included these words in the annals, in addition to a description of the king’s fall.“

LMFAOOOOOO rip to that guy

[shitacademicswrite]

i thought maybe this was fake, but there’s even a citation!

Taejong Sillok Book 7. 5th year of King Taejong’s Reign (1404), February 8.

[delphinidin4]

Happy 618th anniversary of the day King Taejong fell from his horse!

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

Apparently the recorders were really intense about this. We have a record of King Taejong complaining about a recorder who followed him on a hunt in disguise and another who eavesdropped on him behind a screen. No one was allowed to see the records, even the king (one king did and killed five men based on what was written there, after which they took greater care to ensure it would never happen again), and changing the content or disclosing it was a capital punishment. Even when there were rival political factions trying to influence the writers, they wrote down what was a revision and what wasn’t and kept an original version with no revisions in it.

They also made sure to back up their data. They made four copies of it, then when three copies were lost in the Imrim Wars they decided to make five more copies just in case. One copy was destroyed in a rebellion, another was partially damaged in an invasion, and Japan stole one copy during their occupation and moved it to Tokyo University, where it was mostly destroyed in the Kanto Earthquake (47 books remained and were returned to South Korea in 2006). Now the whole thing is digitized, free on the internet, and translated into modern Korean for all to see.

It took centuries of meticulous recorders, justifiably paranoid copiers, absolutely determined historians, and painstaking infrastructure for this joke to be possible. Happy 618th anniversary to the day King Taejong fell from his horse.

[anonymous-ivplay]

Happy 619th anniversary to the day King Taejong fell from his horse!

[bunjywunjy]

happy 620th anniversary of the day a king fell off his horse everybody

[caelarueparttwo]

Happy 621st anniversary of the day a king fell off his horse, everybody!

[erinlace-deactivated20200503]

[bone-and-brawn]

[official-lucifers-child]

no no that’s a bop, i love it

[flightyfinch]

“Woman!” cried I, somewhat tearsome,

“Who are you to stand so fearsome

With your wavy locks of auburn hair and eyes of emerald green?”

Quoth the woman, “I’m Jolene”

[dragons]

YOU KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS

[memewhore]

[voidsnout]

hold on let me google something

[voidsnout]

what the fuck

[triflesandparsnips]

happy Boston Molasses Flood to all who celebrate

[melagerie]

I have made some memes to commemorate the day

[massachusetts-official]

Official Post of Massachusetts

[catchymemes]

[katealot]

Earth: does the same thing it’s done for 4.54 billion years

Humans:

[writing-prompt-s]

Happy new year everyone!

[zuzuyams]

Eugene gets me

[beautifulterriblequeen]

HAPPY LIMINAL SPACEMAS, COUCHES

[fancykraken]

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), dir. Brian Henson

[karlrincon]

Merry Xmas 🎄.

[comradesaucegay]

every year around christmas me and my grandma play this fun family game called “maybe you want to put jesus in your room instead, sweetie? :)”. now, it’s important to note that the jesus referred to in our game is not actually the real jesus christ, but instead a wooden figure i made in 2011 that has an uncanny resemblance to the lord and savior himself

so what happens is that i place jesus in our living room, and my grandma smiles and asks me if i don’t want to decorate my room with him instead. i ask her in return if she thinks my jesus figure is ugly (which he is), but she reassures me that this is not the case. however, a couple of days later jesus mysteriously disappears from our living room, and appear in my room instead

now, the real jesus christ might have been able to perform a miracle like this, but please remember that the jesus in our story is only a figure made out of wood. he can not move on his own, so i think we can safely say that my grandma is the prime suspect here

the first year i would often confront my grandma about this, but she would always make up an excuse and never straight up tell me she moved him because he’s so ugly it’s an embarrassment to the family

eventually i grew tired of her lies, so now we only move jesus around in silence. one second he’s in the living room, the next he’s back in my room. in a way i think this adds an extra element of excitement to the holiday season, because you never know for sure when jesus is going to be moved again

[comradesaucegay]

and so it begins..

[voxiferous-deactivated20171119]

i was not fucking ready for this photograph

[drtanner]

I’m NEVER ready for the fucking photograph, holy shit.

[oedalis]

I’M DYING 🤣 I forgot how ugly the Jesus was!

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

merry christmas to the people who have to pretend to be someone they’re not for their families, who don’t have family to celebrate with, who have bad past experiences with the holiday, who are having a rough year and just want to reach the end of it, who couldn’t afford gifts this year and feel guilt over it. merry christmas to everyone but especially those of you who are feeling down.

[acekatherineplumber]

Sasha the Christmas Tiger got presents too!

[tamamita]

@people who dont celebrate Christmas

Happy day

[anchovy-official]

[voidwerks]

[guavajagular]

Happy Holidays from the Holiday Boar

[guavajagular]

Christmas/Holiday Boars have always been a thing but it still blows my mind that people choose my Holiday Boar to celebrate. Thank you for all the love, Stay safe and Happy Holidays!

[freshofftheboatdaily]

[teadalek]

HAPPY LAO BAN SANTA DAY

[abidawn]

❄️ ❄️ ❄️

[thebelchers]