Language of fish

“For one human being to love another human being: that is perhaps the most difficult task that has been given to us, the ultimate, the final problem and proof, the work for which all other work is merely preparation.”

[bexism]

the pitt | i got soul but i'm not a soldier

[sindirimba]

The only way is forward now.

What do you mean?

[lizardsfromspace]

Still in awe of how well the D&D movie mimicked the feeling of D&D without doing anything as tediously literal as a "sitting around the table" framing device. The way some characters have names that sound like names a DM improvised on the spot, the sudden appearance and disappearance of a overpowered DM NPC for a single dungeon, the way they used the fact that characters can plausibly just mess up for no clear reason to escalate action scenes...that was cinema

[ruins-of-gods]

Also the tragic backstories that clash noticeably with the goofy tone of the actual movie and are related in full at inopportune moments. And the fact that the DMPC is the only one with a backstory even SLIGHTLY connected to the main plot. Plus the fact that every character is a subtle representation of a DND player trope - Edgin is an extensive roleplayer who barely even uses his bard abilities and just talks his way out of every situation he finds, Holga is a wargamer who's just here to kick monster ass and barely talks about her character (to the point that her tragic backstory comes completely out of nowhere as though the DM shoved it in), Simon is a newbie who doesn't really know how the game works and has picked the most complicated class there is to start off with, and Doric is a rule-of-cool action hero who thinks the limitations on wild shape are Dumb and Stupid and the DM begrudgingly indulges her because what she does is in fairness much cooler.

[liberalsarecool]

Ask Trump to explain Bitcoin and why he promised the Crypto Bros the US would maintain a Bitcoin reserve.

Ask Trump to explain Marxism.

[julienbakr]

taking the face punch like a champ by flirting with the medic

[writebythecside]

Now That's What I Call Fallout Textposts Volume 24

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[despazito]

[despazito]

Ok so it looks like it's old chinoiserie wallpaper in other angles but I prefer spreading the rumor that rowling lives in a mold infested mansion because I'm canadian and can't be executed under britain's draconian defamation laws

[strange-aeons]

this is literally the croaker’s living room wall

[prismatic-bell]

I’m pretty sure it IS mold, actually. It looks too blotchy to be chinoiserie.

[wizardarchetypes]

the thing about adulthood is when someone says something extremely rude to you, you can either turn the other cheek or calmly & firmly correct them. The third option is to tell them “say that again, I’ll bite you” & everyone sort of nervously laughs and tries to move on from your little joke. Which is why I think it’s very important that when they do say it again you follow through. Nobody actually expects you to bite them. We should be biting more. Also if you’re with the county health department do not read thi s post

[hellsitegenetics]

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Closest match: Culicoides sonorensis genome assembly, scaffold: scaffold117 Common name: Biting midge

[essaressellwye]

I thought the haiku bot was the most pointless one on this site, but no

[hellsitegenetics]

:(

[doyouknowwhatimeme]

[serenity-bitty]

reminds me of

the shellfish allergy NO NO FUCKING S HRIMP OR HE D IE post

[p1netre3s]

reminded me of this

[sirfrogsworth]

This is frustrating.

I love the comparison, but I hate how they are comparing.

They are acting like she is using optics to give herself an advantage. But the device she is wearing is just for comfort and essentially does the same thing as closing one eye and squinting the other.

The little thing over the left eye is basically like an eye patch.

And the thing over her right eye is a mechanical iris, like in a camera lens, but it is NOT a lens.

Different lighting environments are going to be brighter or darker and you may have to squint more or less to let in the same amount of light into your eye. Squinting allows the shooter to get the sharpest possible vision in order to shoot a bullseye the size of a 12-point Times New Roman period.

But if you have to squint for hours for practice and in competition, this can strain your face muscles and become uncomfortable. So this iris basically squints for you.

It's more like wearing comfortable shoes so your feet do not hurt than a lens magnifying the target and giving an advantage.

Both athletes have access to these items. One felt more comfortable without them. The other didn't feel like getting a muscle cramp from squinting all day.

Either would have shot the same if they had or had not used these devices.

Just a funny difference in gear preference.

I should also add, the Turkish dad is the only one using lenses.

[sirfrogsworth]

I'd just like to add that Kim Yeji may look like a cool cyborg badass, but she and the Turkish dad only won silver.

The gold medal winner in the women's air pistol finals was adorable and a bit overshadowed.

Oh Ye-jin, who is only 19, won gold and set an Olympic record with her final score.

Kim Yeji is her mentor and seems very supportive of her.

Also, Oh Ye-jin added a little heart to the barrel blocking thingie.

I mean, it's like she got lost at summer camp and just wandered into the Olympics to win gold.

I think she deserves some attention too.

[gaytommykinard]

the old guard + john mulaney quotes [extended edition]

[liarsblade]

I swear to god that green day has had this exact same "scandal" like five times now.

[liarsblade]

Once again learning that the band famous for multiple songs in which they say some variation of "we're faggots and we hate america" are in fact faggots who hate america. Very disappointed.

[eclogues]

i want to get a master's degree i want to take a cake decorating class i want to dance i want to sing i want to write and remember how to think i want to swim i want to be free

[corpus--incorporated]

you don’t have to match my freak you just have to think whatever’s wrong with me is fascinating and perhaps even sexual

[my-ny]

Agent Carter text posts pt. 12/?

[wetchickenbreast]

my coffin shaped locket is the perfect size to fit one singular ibuprofen

[wetchickenbreast]

this is surprisingly useful actually

[arcaneavarice]

stop wasting space and add another

[wetchickenbreast]

tres ibuprofenitos

[cipheramnesia]

¿En este economía?

[anais-ninja-bitch]

girl, ESPECIALLY en este economía

[blackheartbiohazards]

I'm gonna say it.

It's unhinged to assume that someone's taste in fiction equates to what they believe is moral or good, or is something they want to see or experience in real life.

That is a bonkers assumption to make.

I'm tired of humoring people with long arguments about it when the simple fact is it is a totally fucking absurd reach to accuse someone who enjoys something in fiction of being in favor of it in real life.

I'm tired of pretending like this is a legitimate position to hold-- that they should be afraid of fiction's dire influence on a reader's moral decay or that it's a sign of what the author secretly wants for realsies in real life.

[blackheartbiohazards]

I promise you it is still getting me death threats in 2024.