Mr. Worldwide

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[mynotsopinklife]

(literature girl summer) we're back to finishing a book in two days

[important-cat-pics]

[retropopcult]

Cosplayers at a Star Trek Convention, 1976

[foone]

in this house we have endless respect for cosplayers from the days before VCRs.

You couldn’t just rewatch the episode to look at all the details of the costume. You got lucky with press photos showing up in magazines or you just watched the episode/movie while sketching furiously

[silencedrowns]

thinking about that one woman who made a Star Wars flight suit in 1977 entirely from trading cards and sketching details in the theater. or stories I’ve heard about old school Trek cosplayers getting the bizarre seam placements right by photocopying magazines onto overhead transparencies and projecting them onto butcher paper.

I’m a semi old school cosplayer (started in 2001) so some of the old school techniques are still things I learned on (I’ve sketched from stuttering VHS tapes on pause and used the overhead transparency trick)… what we have access to now for costume recreation blows what they had out of the water just in terms of reference material, let alone specialty costume supplies like thermoplastics and cosplay wigs.

[meeedeee]

That Star Wars fan who made the flight suit from trading cards and movie sketches is TJ Burnside and she is still with us. In fact, I am adding to her Fanlore page with info about the flight suit (and how it went viral on Twitter and Redditt a few years back). Fanlore.org, is a fan run fandom history wiki. Stay tuned.

Her (sadly) barebones Fanlore page is here: https://fanlore.org/wiki/T.J._Burnside

[durnesque-esque]

The flight suit in question:

[deryadil-deactivated20230828]

[teaboot]

Oh no.... not my bed and my pillows and my blankies..... sure would suck if I.... got snug as a bug in there.... whatever would I do......

[dogpuppy]

[creature-adjacent]

Carnivorous plants doin this is so funny to me

They don't wanna eat their pollinators :(

[questionablepastries]

[liirker-at-thresholds]

I really like how the scientology speedrunning trend is developing, in this clip we see that the participants are

Not deterred by the closed door

Working as a group

Protecting their identities

Inflicting material costs to the institution via property destruction

Getting away at the end

These ideas were not all here from the beginning. They are genuinely gaining experience that can be applied elsewhere

[liirker-at-thresholds]

The church of scientology is on tumblr and they are sending me anon asks telling me that they can't even commit to reporting a post

[werewolfclaws]

i feel like this is a dying art called 'being a good human being' anybody else agree. anybody

[gloomsday]

sent this message to my coworker today and he sent me this screenshot with microsoft teams's suggested replies... incredible 10/10 no notes.

[soulren]

“Ghosts are real” I can see how you could believe that

“Ghosts aren’t real” it’s very fair and rational that you believe that

“Ghosts aren’t real anymore” I’m about to hear a poem or very sad story

“Ghosts aren’t real yet” the fuck are you going to do

[ayeforscotland]

I’ve been in absolute tears cry laughing at this for the past 15 minutes.

[grrwoof-woof]

"but the text never explicitly stated it!!!" hey, so that's actually what they tried to teach you in those english classes you barely passed 😁

[aliferousmetal]

[ironmaidenhead]

[grootficguy]

i tried explaining to this girl at a party once how i could be gay and asexual at the same time and it basically boils down to never being into anyone but like once a year i’ll find a man attractive. and she was like “so what am i if i only like girls, and i’ve never found any of my boyfriends attractive and and i just wanna do cocaine all the time?” i was like “you’re a lesbian with a coke addiction?” and she was like “woooooah”. she broke up with her boyfriend that night and had a threesome with two girls in the bathtub. rebecca if you’re out there, i hope you’re going places. well, not far, since you’re electronically tagged. but spiritually.

[wombshaker]

“Why Don’t Women Just Leave?”

Women are 70 times more likely to be killed in the two weeks after leaving than at any other time during the relationship. When leaving is more fatal than staying, the choice to leave becomes an act of bravery in the face of grave danger.

24-40% of police officers are domestic abusers. This is 2.4 to 4 times the rate in the general population. When a large portion of the police force are abusers themselves, it’s unlikely survivors will be taken serious by the authorities

On average, a victim attempts to leave 7 times before finally leaving for good. Women do “just leave” but abusers have no problem making that as difficult as possible.

Domestic violence is the leading cause of homelessness for women and children. For many, leaving can “seal their fate” due to the total financial dependency fostered by the abuser.

If you or someone you know is currently experiencing domestic abuse or is a survivor of domestic violence, the following resources are available:

http://www.standffov.org/resources

http://dvipiowa.org/resources/

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help

[tsami]

24-40% of police are REPORTED domestic abusers. Remember who the reports are made to.

[triangleguy]

this should be illegal im so serious