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me: sad because I’m not productive me: not productive because I’m sad

chiomicron

This is exactly how I feel...

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Built by Patrick Romero

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Now THIS is a tiny house I could live in

mymostcreativeformofselfharm

I NEED IT

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“I Want to Hold Your Hand ” by The Beatles by Trench

friend: i'll pick you up at 5

clock: 5:01

me: wHeRE teh fuKc

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prokopetz

I’ve seen this image going around, and I feel compelled to point out that it’s only half-right. It’s true that high heels were originally a masculine fashion, but they weren’t originally worn by butchers - nor for any other utilitarian purpose, for that matter.

High heels were worn by men for exactly the same reason they’re worn by women today: to display one’s legs to best effect. Until quite recently, shapely, well-toned calves and thighs were regarded as an absolute prerequisite for male attractiveness. That’s why you see so many paintings of famous men framed to show off their legs - like this one of George Washington displaying his fantastic calves:

… or this one of Louis XIV of France rocking a fabulous pair of red platform heels (check out those thighs!):

… or even this one of Charles I of England showing off his high-heeled riding boots - note, again, the visual emphasis on his well-formed calves:

In summary: were high heels originally worn by men? Yes. Were they worn to keep blood off their feet? No at all - they were worn for the same reason they’re worn today: to look fabulous.

nebcondist1

so then how did they become a solo feminine item of attire?

prokopetz

A variety of reasons. In France, for example, high heels fell out out of favour in the court of Napoleon due to their association with aristocratic decadence, while in England, the more conservative fashions of the Victorian era regarded it as indecent for a man to openly display his calves.

But then, fashions come and go. The real question is why heels never came back into fashion for men - and that can be laid squarely at the feet of institutionalised homophobia. Essentially, heels for men were never revived because, by the early 20th Century, sexually provocative attire for men had come to be associated with homosexuality; the resulting moral panic ushered in an era of drab, blocky, fully concealing menswear in which a well-turned calf simply had no place - a setback from which men’s fashion has yet to fully recover.

rifa

FASHION HISTORY IS HUMAN HISTORY OK

alliartist

Thank you, history side of tumblr. That “stay out of blood” thing has been driving me mad.

casey-jane-lewis

Wait. So, you’re telling me that the reason straight boys dress horribly is because they’re not over a 100 year old gay panic?

You’re telling me that the gross, baggy, shapeless menswear that has been almost singlehandedly ruining my life is the result of a bunch of dudes in the 1900’s collectively going ‘AAAAH WHAT IF THEY THINK WE’RE GAY’

Fuck that shit. BRING BACK MENS HEELS

BRING BACK MENS TIGHTS

MAKE MEN SEXY AGAIN

just-shower-thoughts

Due to the evolution of bacteria with respect to our bodies natural defense mechanisms, traveling forward in time could kill you, and traveling back in time could kill everyone.

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orangejuiceaholic-deactivated20

me tryna convince my friends that im not angry and ready to fite all the time:

hello yes it is me i am

vethox

Look at your wrist, see the blueish veins? The blood flowing through them contains hemoglobin, a protein that has four iron atoms incorporated into its structure. Iron is only naturally produced in one place, it can only be forged in the core of dying stars.

Every time you look at your veins, remember that you are built from, and kept alive by, pieces of stardust.

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mr-pengu1n

It’s true! Because of the Law of Conservation of Matter, the atoms that are around today have been around for eons, ever since they were first fused. Iron atoms are fused in the cores of massive stars, and when a star starts producing iron, it spells the end for the star. See, stars run on fusion. Hydrogen, the lightest element, gets fused into helium, and helium into another heavier element, and so on and so forth until (if the star is massive enough) the fusion of iron begins. Iron is different because the fusion of iron doesn’t produce any extra energy, which would keep fusion sustainable. Ergo, within minutes of the production of iron beginning, the star’s life is threatened. The equilibrium between internal gravitational forces and external fusion-driven radiation pressure is broken, and the star implodes. This implosion is the supernova, and it can either produce a cold dwarf star, a neutron star, or a black hole. The supernova fuses all of the elements heavier than iron. So in fact, the iron in your bloodstream wasn’t just forged from a dying star, it’s the very iron that killed it.