静枝 | “the little oriental one!”

shizue, they/them. fandom, personal, all of the above. abortion is the best thing!

[dommingateez]

me when i first started watching cdramas: woah the sets are so beautiful

me watching cdramas now: hey, i know that street. hey, i know that temple. hey, i know that courtyard. hey, i know that gate. hey, i know that tree

[zhoudadudugongjin]

Someone pitch a c drama where the plot is just that two producers double booked hengdian studios for their new high budget wuxia dramas and now they're fighting over the sets

[prolestari]

There's only one bed set

[greenygal]

Actors get halfway through a fight scene before they realize they’re from different shows.

[janedrewfinally]

The bridal procession extras deliver the actress to the wrong wedding.

[adventures-in-a-world-of-fiction]

Two producers on different shows realise that they can save money if they share a bunch of sets and all the extras, so they scheme to each book half of what they need at the same time while reporting that they've booked the whole thing, so that they can pocket the difference.

Show A needs to have a scene in a crowded street, while Show B needs to have an indoor scene with a crowded street visible through the window - they can use the same street and the same crowd.

The rest of the show turns into a farce as the two producers try to keep anyone else from working out what's going on. At one point, there's a near disaster because one of the directors wants to shoot from a different angle, which would put show A's camera crew in shot for show B.

At some point, one of the minor character actors figures it out and agrees not to spill the beans if they get a line in the other show so that they can double their credits.

[dduane]

I would in the ancient day have said "OH GOD SOMEBODY CALL NETFLIX!", except they'd kill it after just two seasons. :/

[redstonedust]

c'est la cucaracha........

[ozempicofficial]

[6qubed]

if it's stupid and it works it ain't stupid

[weepingchoir]

So stupid when a piece of fiction impacts your identity. Like ok bitcj. It worked. Now what.

[ekingston]

sometimes i say things on twitter and then make a little graph about it

[np-444]

The real horseshoe theory.

[kuttithevangu]

Matching older couple I saw on my walk

[pisshandkerchief]

never kill yourself. discovering music is literally endless. you know songs? they're always making new ones

[yesornopolls]

is it cheaper to fly to another country than take the train to the capital from where you live?

is it cheaper to fly to another country than take the train to the capital from where you live?

Yes

No

Remaining time: 5 days 10 hours

[luetta]

lets touch our antennae together. i don’t care anymore. i just wanna feel you. i don’t care that it’s not allowed or it’s weird. fuck the colony. let’s go off into the long grass where no one can find us and touch antennae. just you and me

[pussyronin-deactivated20260120]

yeeuuuppp thats me. i bet you want to pet me and feed me little crickets. but guess what. please do that

[lightblueminecraftorchid]

hey man everyone loved how convenient and easily forgettable you were on earth. u were the least inconvenient person out there. my buddy told me you were super helpful and nice and didn't take up any space and just slid away from their mind as soon as they stopped looking at you. it was really impressive how little of an impression you made on anyone. sucks that it didn't save you man.

[doityourselfbombs]

every day I have to make decisions

[amazoogle]

protip: adding peas to your rice adds peas to the rice, providing a significant boost to the number of peas in the rice

[jeyneofpoole]

not now kitten daddy’s fallen into the crevasse

[terezbian]

not now daddy kitten's fallen into the crevasse

[unfortunatelymerlin]

bbc merlin has a lot of faults but i do think the way they blithely ignored the existence of christianity was very funny of them

[microcomets]

#having magic being a flashing neon metaphor for for being gay but they didn’t hate it bc of the bible. just for the love of the game (via)

[ordinarryalien]

[funnelcloudd]

How come semi trucks in Europe look like “toot toot :)” and in North America they look like “HONK HOOOOOOOONK >:|”

“Henlo I am big twuck pwease give me wots of woom tank u :)”

“I WILL FUCKING PANCAKE YOUR CUCK ASS”

[spontaneousmusicalnumber]

@trainwreckgenerator why did you hide these in the tags

[digitaldiscipline]

This suggests that Maximum Overdrive was Jurassic Park for motor vehicles.

[cheesedemon]

I’m sorry, but that is misleading as hell. American and European trucks are bred for different purposes.

American trucks are bred for long hauls on largely straight roads. They can go for hours without a break. A European truck needs more breaks and a lighter load, and they would indeed take great internal damage if they tried to keep up with the Longsnout.

The European Shortsnout is not bred for looks, but for agility! They navigate the windy roads of Europe in a way that would be way too risky for the powerful, but more clumsy American truck. It is true that the European overheats faster at high speeds, that is the very reason that breaks every 4,5 hours are mandatory for both the truck and the handler and a day of driving can never be longer then 9 hours.

So, all in all, appreciate all of our trucks and our shared history, and be the responsible owner that gets the right breed for the right job.

[kedreeva]

To be fair, the US does have shortnose trucks as well, they’re just a breed kept mainly for very local work where, like the above says, they are working in places with lots of turns, shorter drives, and plenty of stops. I see them used for garbage pickup a lot, where a longnosed Mack wouldn’t be able to fit much less maneuver, and the short nose prevents them from getting rubs (raw skin or even open sores) on their snouts.

I would also like to point out that the tags have got it backwards. The wild trucks (which I’m pretty sure are extinct in the wild now) that all modern breeds stemmed from were shortnose trucks. We had known about automobiles and domesticated several species, but the truck species was not discovered until close to the start of the 1900’s, in Germany, which I BELIEVE was the first country to breed them in captivity, although England was the first country to really start using them for work. I managed to find a photo of taxidermied specimen

As you can see, it resembles both long and short nosed breeds, as well as the far more common house truck used by individuals instead of for commercial work.

As to the aggression, while the mack longnose LOOKS aggressive, they’re generally gentle giants (although please do give them space on the road! not seeing you in their blind spot is NOT the same as aggression!), it is actually the smaller house truck that is often trained by their handler to be aggressive: the keyword being TRAINED, they are also not naturally aggressive. The only time I have seen a mack be commonly aggressive is when they are pulling 2 gravel trailers, and I would be cranky if I was being overworked, too. If you see them hauling that kind of load, just give them space, and you’ll be fine.

[ub-sessed]

I feel like somebody should add something about the Australian variants.

[nudityandnerdery]

From my understanding of Australian wildlife:

[dreorzen]

Does anyone know if/how American School Busses are related to trucks? 

Pics for reference:

The classic long-nose schoolbus

But short-nose varieties exist, I remember when they first started appearing in my district!

[kedreeva]

@dreorzen While school buses ARE in the automobile order, they are actually part of the Van family, not the Truck family, due to their passenger capacity. As you can see in the photos, they have no cargo bed or hookup, and are not really built for object transport. But they DO excel at carrying passengers, particularly children (although certainly not limited to just children)

They’re known to be exceptionally protective of any passengers, and if you look closely on that second image you can actually see a specialized appendage that is (I think) unique to school buses- a small, red, octagonal fan, which they extend when there are small creatures around them that they are acquiring or releasing. Much like an angler fish’s bioluminescent bulb appendage, this fan (along with several bioluminescent patches on top of their faces and on their hindquarters) works to mesmerize any other vehicles in close proximity, to where those vehicles will cease movement until the bus lowers the fan. It’s super fascinating behavior, and little wonder why we trust our children to these gentle, protective giants.

[dirtydragonthoughts]

Don’t forget about the bus trucks.

While these vehicles can sometimes be bred by accident (after all, who hasn’t accidentally left the gate open when your school bus is in season), they are usually bred for specific purposes.

These hybrids are bred for both their cargo capacity and their gentle temperments. Especially in a farm setting, there’s a need for many different kinds of vehicles, some of which sometimes don’t get along. Having a vehicle with both the strength and capacity of a large work truck with the amiable nature of a school bus can be a real benefit.

It’s a little unfortunate that these hybrids tend to be sterile, though, since it would be easier if they’d breed true. Also, something to keep in mind… bus trucks are bred from a bus.

Truck buses are bred from a truck and… tend to not be quite as useful as bus trucks, although some people do like keeping truck buses for companionship and as show vehicles.

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Closest match: Freightliner Cascadia Detroit DD16, Cummins ISX15 EPA Common name: 2nd Generation Cascadia Longsnout

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