My trash can uwu

Isfp. In the hell of the helping profession. Cat Mom. Definitely cottage shopping.

[elwintersoldado]

"THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE"

[hey-haven]

Goooo Benito Go!

[capbackpack13]

Canadá!

[explosionshark]

this is genuinely breathtaking lmao

[explosionshark]

Yeah look the weird smut comments are totally out of pocket but I really can't get over "im more into dr.seus or self help books lol"

[professorsparklepants]

#do you think he's actually read dr. seuss or did he just hear "doctor" before an author's name and decide it sounded smart? (Via @shellys-apprentice)

Oh my god

[box-dwelling]

Found the orginal thread and lost it at this

[tempura-obscura]

“Del Toro altering aspects of ‘Frankenstein’ to reflect his own lived experiences and family dynamic is arguably more Shelleyan than a 100% faithful film adaptation,” I say into the microphone. The crowd boos and throws tomatoes. I walk offstage stricken with shame. “Wait, she’s right!” exclaims a voice amidst the chaos. It’s Mary Shelley, smoking a joint

[sunblinks-deactivated20190523]

[raisel-the-riveter]

I almost didn’t click this because I assumed it would be someone singing the altered lyrics and I can basically figure out what that would sound like

BUT NO, someone has instead the original song to go like this and it is, very good

[ceruleanheaven]

the lion concerns himself with everything

[chilewithcarnage]

[tam--lin]

The lion is NOT sleeping tonight

[autophage]

You make soup in a big bowl. You serve it in a smaller bowl. And then you convey it, using a spoon, to your mouth. But what is the spoon? Simply a smaller bowl still

[bibaleen]

[thebristolboard]

“The Militarization of the Police Department – Deadly Farce,” an original painting by Richard Williams from “The 20 Dumbest People, Events, and Things of 2014″ in Mad magazine #531, published by DC Comics, February 2015.

[spaceraptor]

Here’s the original, for comparison. And here’s a bit more about the artist and why he created the piece above for MAD Magazine.

[pennamerequired]

Richard Williams on Norman Rockwell:

“For most people, he was the painter of ‘America,’” he added. “But even he said his vision was what he wanted ‘America’ to be. It was a mythical ‘America,’ a place where all people were decent, honest and full of good will. His work was full of gentle humor that made you feel a little better; even if you knew it wasn’t really true… you just wished it was. My parody of Rockwell’s painting simply says, ‘That myth is dead.’”

[1-420-666-6969]

I think it’s relevant to add that even Norman Rockwell chose to leave his cushy job at the Saturday Evening Post because he wanted to make artwork that was more radical. The Post had rules that wouldn’t allow him to do artwork depicting black people as anything other than servants. The job paid really well and that was a huge reason he continued on. But he wanted change that and so he moved to Look magazine.

A lot of people know about the very first piece he did when he left the post which was the The Problem We All Live With which depicts Ruby Bridges walking to school under federal protection.

But I don’t think enough people know about Murder in Mississippi which depicts three real civil rights activists who were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan and sherriffs. The magazine ran the sketch instead of the finished piece because they felt it had a more striking statement to accompany the article. Norman Rockwell would finish that version after publication which is here

Rockwell’s legacy is sanitized because he decided to maintain his job at the Post for so long despite his frustrations with not being able to express himself. The civil rights movement was just his final straw to change what he could with the little time he had left. Look magazine received a lot of hate for Rockwell painting these as well.

Another favorite piece of mine is The Right to Know which depicts an integrated populace questioning their government. In 1968, the year of Vietnam and the year the Fair Housing Act only just got signed in months prior:

But I think it’s important to include the caption Rockwell originally wrote for the piece as well. I think it represents how a 74 year old Rockwell felt about the America he believed in and the people in it:

We are the governed, but we govern too. Assume our love of country, for it is only the simplest of self-love. Worry little about our strength, for we have our history to show for it. And because we are strong, there are others who have hope. But watch us more closely from now on, for those of us who stand here mean to watch those we put in the seats of power. And listen to us, you who lead, for we are listening harder for the truth that you have not always offered us. Your voice must be ours, and ours speaks of cities that are not safe, and of wars we do not want, of poor in a land of plenty, and of a world that will not take the shape our arms would give it. We are not fierce, and the truth will not frighten us. Trust us, for we have given you our trust. We are the governed, remember, but we govern too.

[batboyblog]

I’d just like to briefly say even Rockwell’s seemingly feel good Americana pieces are often more political than people today realize for example

likely the most famous picture of a Thanksgiving dinner ever painted and you see it all the time.

What you may not know is its actual title

“Freedom From Want” it’s a part of a series of 4, including this now famous meme

“Freedom of Speech” These paintings were illustrations of FDR’s “Four Freedoms” speech where The President laid out a vision that would become what the Allies were fighting for in WWII universal human rights that became a part of the UN charter.

So this homey American Thanksgiving scene was also a bold statement that no one in the world should go hungry

Rockwell’s work was very political, he used that Americana small town America vibe of his work to make what he was saying feel very close to the viewers he was trying to reach and also his optimism of the human spirt but for sure not blind to the need to build a better world.

[importantanimalstories]

This is Gilbert. He’s been around a while. Attributes his long life to many, many years of always getting what he wants

[serozvero]

Well, now I'm a Gilbert fan. That sly villainous grin and squint…

[dailycatsblog]

[the-composite-doll]

Wait is that THIS cat?

IT IS

[wordfather]

collecting these

[wordfather]

HOW could i forget this classic

[willgrahamscock]

[theebbestboy]

[a-sentient-cup]

[virtualgirladvance]

[fickes]

also it helps me walk or whatever

[ID: a digitally drawn two-panel comic. / Image 1: Text reads: “How I expected using a cane would feel:” Panel depicts a miserable person in tattered clothes, hunched over a cane and shaking as she walks. / Image 2: Text reads: “How it actually feels:” Panel depicts the same person, now standing tall and wearing flowing wizard robes and a long white beard. Her cane is at her side, glowing with magic, and she looks confident and powerful. /End ID]

[noping-out-deactivated20241117]

Ooooh, can you do one for wheelchairs except it’s a throne? Because I definitely feel like I’m cruising around on a throne.

[sonneillonv-deactivated20220218]

How I think a wheelchair will make me feel:

How my wheelchair actually makes me feel:

[noping-out-deactivated20241117]

That’s it! That’s it exactly!

[goofygargoyle]

I haven’t gotten a wheelchair yet (blargh hoops) but I’ve rented and used scooters at places and

how you think it’d feel:

how it actually feels:

[catboy-changeling]

If I may add,

How I thought forearm crutches would make me feel:

How forearm crutches actually make me feel:

[noping-out-deactivated20241117]

[ID2: A woman sitting in a wheelchair at an airport looking at something in her lap vs a video game character with purple hair leaning back casually while flying around in a throne-like one-person open craft.

ID3: An old man on a mobility scooter vs a person in racing gear and a helmet whizzing by on a four wheeler.

ID4: A person with forearm crutches staring off into the sunset vs an anime character standing on rock outcrop wielding two swords.]

[youngchronicpain]

This!!!!! This is what young disabled people should be exposed to. We are powerful! Fantastic! Hot and cool as hell!!!! Use your mobility aid and discover your inner badass.

[dnd-apothecary]

I literally bought a cane this week because I was tired of worrying about what other people thought about me using a cane. And I decided I was going to be a bad ass with it. I feel like one with it. I wish I had seen this sooner.

[i-am-a-fish]

100 billion dollars cash to anyone who can name these three characters

[i-am-a-fish]

I have accrued a frightening amount of debt

[peachfromcmbyn]

do we think chocolate guy is gay?

[senatortedcruz]

-Grandpa Joe muttering to Charlie in that factory

[ode-on-a-grecian-butt]

Hungarian swords, 14th century, at the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul. The middle sword is 8ft long

[aziminil]

[studentlifeproblems]

[i-am-a-fish]

two plus five is seven so I know the 7 in 27 is like a two and a five at the same time so we have 2 + 5 + 8 and buddy 8 + 2 is easy That’s 10 what’s 10 + 5 it’s 15 but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. 48 + 2 is 50 so that five left over from before makes it 55. now we have a 55 and a 20 and we can just ignore that five at the end of 55 for right now because that’s baby math; we already know 5 + 2 is 7 so 50 plus 20 is seventy. here you can do the 5 + 2 equation twice in the same problem to save on RAM. then we have the five from earlier so 70 + 5 is 75

[capbackpack13]

Mentally stack them. Then it’s 7+8 so we use the seven rule. 7+3 is 10. 8-3 is 5. So 10+5 is 15. Now we put down the five and go over. For some reason odd number make me uncomfortable sometimes so we are doing 2+4 which is six. Now we can add the left over one to make it seven. Now it’s 75. 27+48 being dividable by five feels wrong so we do it again. And then we do it one more time to make sure.

THEN we check it on the calculator to make sure its right before we post it even though I read the comments. BECAUSE IT BEING DIVISIBLE BY FIVE FEELS WRONG