Here We Go Again

[andhumanslovedstories]

look I'm not gonna pretend I know anything about electronics, but sometimes a plug is so big it blocks another socket, and I'm always like "who the fuck do you think you are"

[thememedaddy]

[cherryhatter-deactivated2015072]

KICK THE CAN!

Let’s play the biggest game of kick the can on the internet.

To kick the can, reblog it. I wanna see how long this can go on for.

[visibun]

the oldest reblogs for this post that i can find are from january 2nd of 2013. this can has been getting kicked around tumblr for almost 13½ years now

[drtanner]

And yet somehow this is my first time kicking it!

[eleilinnrallin]

This is a reminder for those who handmake Christmas presents that now is not too early to start. It may in fact be a good time to start if you have a lot to make/your craft takes a long time. You should maybe start it now, whether that's brainstorming or actually doing the crafts!

[newtsoftheworldunite]

Translating this into tumblr's preferred public service announcement format for this kind of alert:

[my-dailydreams]

[ottoillustrates]

today i just (remembers to maintain privacy online) did something really cool. you have to trust me

[redstonedust]

its probably a normal sign for the economy that all of my adulthood fantasies are like "imagine having your own kitchen living room and bathroom to decorate" "what if i could get on a train" "maybe one day i could purchase a sturdy pair of shoes" "i should save and invest in a single bicycle"

[whetstonefires]

can't get over how 'Suibian' is not in fact an example of Wei Wuxian's sense of humor or taste in names.

he had so many ideas that he went 'whatever!' in his inability to pick, and Jiang Fengmian had 'suibian' engraved on the blade of the Very Important and Powerful Spiritual Sword that he was presenting to his favorite, most-talented disciple. who by receiving it completed his social transition from 'doomed vagabond orphan' to 'member of the cultivating gentry class in his own right, albeit by the skin of his teeth.'

that sword name is a dad joke.

every time anyone mentions the name of that sword, whether they know it or not they are invoking the ghost of jiang cheng's father. (which, remember that in any scene involving jiang cheng where the name is used for some bonus oof moments.)

what the name 'Suibian' teaches us about Wei Wuxian is actually something way more interesting and illuminatin imo than his having chosen that would be.

because he loved it. his master took one of the most important moments in his life and interjected a stupid dad joke into it in a way that could be interpreted as criticism and which would stay with him forever, and Wei Wuxian thought that was really funny.

[just-m-0-n-1-k-4]

GOD DAMNIT

[exai]

i no longer respect the hustle i want universal basic income and dignity for everyone

[mugwomps]

Hell yeah

[because-i-do-it-all-the-time]

(googling) evil music for evil people that have bad thoughts

[creekfiend]

me sitting down while all of our personal dogs mob me and sniff me all over after spending time with the foster dog: I am being debriefed

[rainintheevening]

Okay, we got a new one, boys.

[fleshengine]

Close enough welcome back Chekov's gun.

[comma-souptra]

Prev you can’t bury this in your own tags

[eflatminorseven]

thinking about edvard munch's "The Sun" (1911)

like yeah thats how it feels. thats what it feels like to exist sometimes. he gets it

[creekfiend]

a pretty cool thing is how many archivists of various things there are . people mostly don't realize but if you write down What It's Like For Me At This Time In This Place and look for some archive to take it you'll often find one that does want to document the lives of a certain type of person in a certain global region and which accept diaries or personal accounts. like not always obviously but I do think it would be a really cool way to say "this is how it was for me!" to someone potentially decades and decades into the future, someone who must have gone in specifically wondering "what was it like for this kind of person, during these kind of events at this particular time?" and they'll learn what it was like for YOU!

THAT'S SO COOL I AM WAVING TO FUTURE ARCHIVISTS HIIIIIIIII~~~~~

[meltedmercury]

I'm always thinking about this— if I kept a diary for future historians/equivalents, what do they want to know?

[creekfiend]

it varies depending on the archive of course but many truly just want everyday accounts of life. the information being sought is often just "what was the life of a person alive in this time and place like" and you can answer this question by saying "here is what it was like for me"

this sounds so fake to say about Now, but think about how we feel about for example, queer archives documenting people's lives from the 80s and 90s. that was Now then, but Now is 2026 at this moment. and its interesting and important to us to know what peoples lives were like then. and in fifty years it will be interesting and important for future people to know what our lives were like Now :)

[my-dailydreams]

[mildmayfoxe]

1) any stretching is better than no stretching

2) any vegetable is better than no vegetable

3) statistically you will never be the worst person at anything, there is always someone in the world who is worse at stuff than you are