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when I was a kid my best friend and I were really enamored by the very exotic concept of quicksand so every summer we used to go down to the woods near the lakeshore and play in a patch of mud that would let us sink in it up to our chests and pretend that it was quicksand. it was extremely dense and very hard to move through or get out of and we always had to crawl out on our bellies, completely exhausted and coated in mud up to our necks. lost several shoes and one pair of pants that way.

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us, playing in quicksand: “haha! let’s pretend this is quicksand!”

theprofessional-amateur

Anyway, fuck the CEOs and other execs. Support the strikers.

insanitysilver

When I was younger I used to be part of the “only-reads-complete-fics crowd” but as I’m getting older I’m realizing how powerful it can be to have consistent things to look forward to…

insanitysilver

All the ppl in the tags laughing abt how fic updates aren’t consistent are cowards. I aim to be subbed to at least 365 fics. One for each day of the year. And that’s just my starting point. Your inbox? Empty. Barren. Fallow. Mine? Bountiful. Overflowing. A cornucopia of ripe treats awaiting my tender consumption. I wade through honey-rich excess while you starve of your own volition.

hrfiction

“I wade through honey-rich excess while you starve of your own volition”.

This line is the sexiest way to say “You fucked up” that I have ever read. I have to start using this in my life when pointing out the follies of others.

plothooksinc

I get like 20 updates notices in my inbox every day and it’s wonderful. It’s like “and here is your daily serotonin, have fun”. Who cares if someone stops updating? I mean… I am sad, but I’m not entitled to their fic, and meanwhile there’s these 19 others I can read. Not to mention authors do much better with motivation if there are people reading from word go and offering encouragement in the comments.

cecelovesrats

"tumblr is not easy to use" girl hunderds of thousands of people figured it out. it's not rocket science

thedreadpiratematt

Via @sparklemouseplz

So true bestie

#bless Matt #we haven’t spoken in years but I see your posts and feel like passing a friend in the hall

saul-tortellini

hamletthedane

100% Disagree

It’s an underdog story about classism in which the folk hero (Johnny) is confronted by a powerful man (the Devil) who tries to exploit the hero’s perceived ignorance and inferiority by offering a great reward with impossible odds. Although Johnny warns him that looks can be deceiving, and that he’s going to regret the dare because Johnny is the “best there’s ever been”, the devil is blinded by his greed and arrogance.

The devil creates an awful cacophony of technically excellent fiddle playing that would be impossible for Johnny to replicate. It’s a trick.

But Johnny just grins at him and starts to play “simple” classic country fiddling songs - Fire On The Mountain, House Of The Rising Sun, and Daddy Cut Her Bill Off. He doesn’t rise to beat the Devil - he simply creates his own music from his home, in the style that he knows, and his love of it and the familiarity of the music make his “backwoods” fiddling more perfect than the Devil could ever achieve.

It is thus the devil’s pride, not Johnny’s, that allows Johnny to Bugs Bunny his way into a golden fiddle.

(In that sense, I do agree that it is the most American song: in a land of prejudice and inequities, great power lies - dormant but ever-present - in those we underestimate and attempt to exploit.)

cumaeansibyl

Also people initially react to the devil's part like "holy shit that's badass" because he's got electric guitar and bass and a whole backing band to make him sound good. Of course he sounds amazing. But if you drill down to the actual fiddling -- and this is straight from Charlie Daniels -- it's not as technically difficult as what Johnny does. It's fast? But it's mostly just going up and down scales.

Here's a good performance -- the devil's part starts around 2:00. Check out how long Daniels just stands there holding his fiddle while the guitar and piano carry the weight. I love that piano bassline but fiddling it ain't.

It's still an American narrative: if you can afford to hire a bunch of more talented people, you, too, can look like a genius. Doesn't make you one.

kitsnicket

What was the point in animal planet airing those incredibly convincing fake documentaries about dragons and mermaids

kitsnicket

If the aim was to convince incredibly gullible children that they were real it worked on me

kitsnicket

I distinctly remember watching these and being like why is no one talking about this this is INSANE and then my mom had to explain that it’s fake

kitsnicket

Sorry for believing animal planet. The channel that tells me facts about animals 99.9% of the time

toadbreath

i often think about that deep diving expedition where a toad was caught on camera at the bottom of loch ness

i wonder how he’s doing

sapphocottagecore

ered

let's draw a horse

vote for length

leg

neck

tail

snout

back

Voting ended onJul 1, 2023

ered

Legs are looking a little weak at the moment

ered

final moments left to take part in horse creation!

Good job, everyone!

hormse

@quannaix

““When I say, I love you, it’s not because I want you or because I can’t have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I’ve seen your kindness and your strength. I’ve seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are.” - Joss Whedon”

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#quotes #poetry #poems

amvs

i love sunny days and hate cops. reblog if you love bisexuals

amvs

i love rainy days and hate landlords. reblog if you love lesbians

defying-all-stereotypes

“I know that you’re here because you want to do big things. Because you want to save the world. But I need you to know something, okay? It’s okay if you don’t save the world. It’s okay if you only save one person. And it’s okay if that person is you.”

— Anonymous College Professor