Cats, Always Goddamn Cats

[lesbianshepard]

Current twitter drama is Europeans confidently declaring that they don't need to drive or use overpriced public transport to get to the MetLife stadium for the World Cup; they will simply walk down the highway to get there. Girl it's New Jersey. They're gonna splatter you for fun.

[lesbianshepard]

I think a lot of Europeans think that the stadium is in the middle of a city and surrounded by infrastructure, which is why they keep insisting that they can just walk from point A to point B. It's not! It's in the fucking Meadowlands!!!! You have multi lane highways and a literal toxic swamp and that's it!

[lesbianshepard]

"Well if there are a LOT of football fans they'll stop for us!"

There's a video online of a trucker who accidentally hits a flock of sheep in the middle of the highway at full speed and splatters them. Has to turn the windshield wipers on to wipe away the blood. This is what every Jersey driver yearns to do once they get on the turnpike.

[lesbianshepard]

girl help they're now demanding NJ build a bridge over the highway (???? from where???) or shut down the fucking I-95 (one of the busiest highways in the country that everyone commutes on) for their little soccer game.

[effervescible]

I live close enough to the Meadowlands to regularly curse the hubris of the American Dream mall and this is the funniest shit I have read in YEARS. A lot of the European twitter people seem to think we are DEFENDING the Meadowlands and the general layout of the area like we think it was good urban planning. Girl no! It is a shithole, we know it is a shithole! (Although the actual swamp is kinda pretty from the window of a train heading to Secaucus Junction.) We are not trying to express pride, we are trying to save your life!!!!

I MEAN. I know people talk a lot of shit about American arrogance and they're not wrong to do so, but look at this, my fucking god.

[obama-stolemy-vcr]

._. Let them perish

Whats funny is they think ppl are defending the infrastructure. Like...no bitch we know it's ass. We are telling you it LITERALLY can't be done

[brehaaorgana]

Right like, no no. We KNOW it is horrible. We KNOW it should not exist like that. MetLife stadium shouldn't have been built in a swamp like that. Everything about its existence is bullshit. This is probably the WORST stadium to try and get to, considering that it is illegal to try and walk there.

FIFA has also intentionally MADE it worse. Because they're closing the parking lot. They're also preventing ride shares from what I can tell??

Meanwhile the governor of New Jersey is saying this is going to cost NJ $48 million to deal with the ridership, and wanted money to offset that, which FIFA doesn't ever do. So they decided to massively inflate train fares to offset the cost.

Again, while trying to prevent rideshare services from occurring.

Oh, ALSO people in New Jersey and New York City are all being told to "work from home" on days of the world cup matches because the public transit congestion is expected to be that bad, coincides with rush hour, and because for some of it, they're full closing off public transit to anyone who doesn't have FIFA tickets.

And then there are people complaining about our "shitty national stadium" and I don't even know how to begin to explain that MetLife isn't even the biggest capacity stadium in the US. It's not even in the top ten. (It is #15).

I genuinely do hope everyone is just being a bit of a troll when they say they're going to walk on the 95 or some shit because people will 1000% die. I don't even know what a comparable metaphor for this is.

But you cannot just shut this road down:

[systlin]

It is. Illegal, on most USA highways, to drive LESS than 45 mph. This road system, to our immense grief, was built for the vehicles, not for pedestrians. The seventy foot semi going 80 mph cannot stop if you dart out in front of it. I 95 does not have breaks in traffic. Trying to walk I-95 is literally going to get someone killed. The US reliance on cars SUCKS trust me we know, but I do not want people to get killed trying to get to a sports game. I am begging people not to try and walk 1-95, people on that road drive like they're auditioning for Mad Max. This is not a county with a sane pedestrian friendly walkable road system. Pay the $150 please PLEASE or get a ride do NOT die on 1-95.

It is actually ILLEGAL to walk I-95 or other major highways for the same reason there is no pedestrian traffic on the Autobahn in Germany.

[53rdcenturyhero]

No enterprising capitalist running a coach/bus shuttle service from the airport? Surprising indeed!

[phoenixyfriend]

The bus is $80/person.

[eeriecorri]

As someone who used to operate a 15-ton vehicle on I-95, I don't think people realize how dangerous it is. I almost killed someone who was standing in the road in the dark one night. Luckily, the lane next to me was empty, so I didn't cause an accident by swerving.

I do remember them shutting down I-95 South for roughly five hours for a death investigation after a pedestrian was hit and killed, and the driver decided to flee the scene on foot. Another night, I broke down and got questioned for another death investigation because a pedestrian got hit by a semi about 100 yards behind me. That's just two incidents I know of, and that was when traffic was light because it was after midnight. I don't want to know what would happen in heavy traffic with more than one pedestrian in the road.

[gargoylegf]

[eeriecorri]

So I wasn't the only one who had that irrational fear when receiving that blessing? Like, I know they were candles, but having something scissors-shaped against my throat weirded me out as a kid.

[iloveyou9]

[evilkitten3]

context according to instagram:

original image from the magazine:

[grovedg]

Found a scan of this issue on the Internet Archive (it's the back cover). This scan is 4000x6000 for all your high resolution needs!

La Domenica Del Corriere v60 n29 1958-07-20 (Darwin-IA) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

La Domenica Del Corriere v60 n29 July 20 1958, Milan, Italy, 36 pages, 40 lira.Front and rear covers by Walter Molino.

[pomme-poire-peche]

The caption reads: "Defeated by roses. Near Turin's Lingotto station, along a lonely path, Miss Guida Concetta Rinino, 28 years old, who was bringing a nice bunch of roses to a relative, was accosted by an unknown young man. The young woman, rather than losing heart, defended herself with extraordinary energy, using the bunch of flowers as a weapon. So it was that the scoundrel, his face all scratched up, had to flee. (Drawing by Walter Molino.)"

[teaboot]

Incredible. At a distance I understand how the woman might appear to be the abuser and the man the sympathetic victim, but the second you zoom into the man’s face the pink-cheeked rage- not remorse, or rejection, or embarrassment- not heartbreak or despair- but RAGE- the deeper story speaks itself into your suspicions.

And the bit where they’re HER roses? Almost a relief, but also sadder, as she will arrive at whatever event without them, or with them destroyed.

Do you think when the righteous anger and anxiety and annoyance fade, when she arrives at her destination- will her loved ones applaud her? Will she be proud? Will her hands shake? Will she walk home with company from then out, and for how long?

In this moment, she is provoked into anger. Anger is good- it appears strong. But look at his face. Would you put it past him to linger there after dark, in case she returns alone?

What story will HE tell, of ‘I was perfectly polite, but she didn’t even give me a chance- women like that, they’d swoon for a jerk in a heartbeat, but kind and flattering men like me?…”

I love this piece. It paints both stories while illustrating the power dynamics and struggles at play. This should be shown in art classes

[clowns-ofthesame-circus]

what happened to the gävle goat the year you were born?

Fire

Destroyed/Broken

Combination of Destruction Methods

Didn’t Survive (other)

Survived with Damage

Survived

Voting ended onNov 24, 2025

Gävle goat - Wikipedia

Gävle goat - Wikipedia

edit to say that I have muted this but please please please be careful with what information you are giving out online!! and know that by disclosing certain results could give out huge personal details, so just be aware of this!! please please please stay safe online!!

[eeriecorri]

I missed the poll, but discovered that the year I was born, the goat burned down twice.

[demonicsuffrage]

Bruce has a strict 'no metas/powers (except duke) allowed in Gotham' policy in place but it has a clause, BYOR (Bring Your Own Robin)

No one is allowed entry untill and unless they can produce their very own certified robin-shaped identity card

Whenever someone with even a hint of supernatural powers in them arrives at Gotham, they're first met with Bruce standing at the city border with a notepad in hand

Bruce: State your name and purpose.

Kon: Kon-el, here to hangout!

Bruce: Your Robin?

Kon, flourishing Tim from behind him: Ta-Da!

Tim, waves: Hey Bruce

Bruce: Approved, you may enter

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bruce: Name and purpose?

Hal: Here to investigate a case, Hal Jordan

Bruce: Your Robin?

Hal: I.... don't have one?

Bruce: Denied

Hal: What?! But-

Bruce: Denied.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bruce: Yes, Wally, where's your robin?

Wally: Oh shit lemme just- *zaps away and returns with Dick, who was in the midst of brushing his teeth, in a bridal carry*- Here!

Bruce, grumbling a little: Fine. Approved.

Dick: You gotta stop using me as a key already, man

Wally: Blame Bruce.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bruce: Name and purpose?

Clark: Clark Kent, here for our monthly barbecue

Bruce: Robin?

Clark, producing an actual robin bird: Does this count?

Bruce:.....yes

[foone]

Princess with an empathic link to her sworn protector but she has severe anxiety so her door keeps getting thrown open and someone in full armor runs in yelling I'LL PROTECT YOU MY LADY, WHERE'S THE DANGER? and she's just got outlook open and there's two (2) emails she needs to reply to

[eeriecorri]

Wondering if I can send this to my professor to explain why I’m so bad at email.

[wulfhalls]

forever grateful i was simply too lazy to let the makeup industrial complex get its hooks in me. I was just like im not doing all of that. in fact. im doing none of that

[cumaeansibyl]

yeah I have political reasons for it now but my original and still most powerful reason is "I am not getting out of this bed one single second before I have to"

[untitled95884]

Dick Grayson/Roy Harper vs Ted Kord/Booster Gold

Dick Grayson/Roy Harper

Ted Kord/Booster Gold

Voting ended onJun 7, 2025

[optichocolate]

PLEASEE

[scoops-aboy86]

Younger writers. Please, just know that you could not skip to different songs on a cassette tape, that’s CDs. With tapes you pressed fast forward or rewind and prayed.

Also, VHS tapes did not have menu screens. Your only options were play, fast forward, rewind, pause, stop, or eject.

Y’all are making me feel like the crypt keeper here, I’m begging you 😭

[risingoflights]

reblog to instantly disintegrate some of your peers to dust

[reallyintoscience]

Also, courtesy of an otherwise great book set in the 70s I just read: if you're writing about landlines, "blocking" numbers was not a thing. (Without police and exchange-level involvement, anyway, iirc.)

Caller ID (being able to see the number of the person calling) was a Cool Extra Feature that started being available in the 90s and you had to have a phone that could handle it and pay extra for the feature to be activated. And then you just didn't pick up the phone if that number was calling. Nothing you could do about them ringing you. And before that, every call was a mystery. Before answering machines, (a whole separate bit of kit originally) if you didn't answer you'd never know what the call was about.

[heywriters]

Some of you might need to watch old films and television while trying to write eras your audience remembers perfectly well. Just to see things in action. Please.

[birthdaysongs]

marylander trying to describe a tornado: imagine a crab cake

[raibura]

Well

Waffles

Pancakes

Grits

Eggs

Sausages

Bacon

Orange Juice

Coffee

Apple Juice

Voting ended onMar 12, 2025

[capacity2]

This website can go to hell quite frankly. grits they don’t deserve you

[demonprincex]

ok get fucking real how many of you have even had grits?

have you gritted

I have eaten grits

I have not eaten grits

Voting ended onMar 6, 2025

[icarus-suraki]

Look at this man, y'all:

He just wants y'all to eat a good breakfast. Ain't much difference between oatmeal and grits except what they're made from.

[teaboot]

what the fuck is a grit

[eeriecorri]

Oatmeal but with a weird texture I don't like... I think I can hear my grandfather's ghost yelling about sacrilege from the great beyond.

[chaotic-neutral-knitter]

I do love the phrase executive dysfunction bc the image it conjures is of a bunch of people wearing business suits around a long oval conference table  arguing with each other to the point where they’re getting into physical fights, but in the background there’s just a big empty whiteboard with a To Do list with one item on it and that item is “take shower”

[decaffynated]

[eeriecorri]

Is this why it takes me eight hours to work up the energy to shower on the weekends?

[eeriecorri]

Bridgerton Fic Writing info

Pulling from my knowledge of Regency Era romance, plus my history research, I’m going to share some info that may help people writing Bridgerton fic set in the canonical Regency Era. 

Using the Correct Titles (If they have a title, they aren’t a Mr or Mrs.) 

The thing to remember here is that British nobility and the Ton have a rigid social structure that is stratified by rank. If someone has a title, they are addressed as befitting that title. 

With this in mind, a titled individual would never be addressed as a Mr or Mrs. I have seen fics set in the Regency that have a duke referred to as a Mister and this would not happen, ever. I know it can get confusing when there are multiple women with the same title, but the older Lady is not downgraded to a Mrs after the death of their spouse. For example, Violet Bridgerton is the Viscountess Bridgerton, to be addressed as Lady Bridgerton. She would never be called Mrs. Bridgerton. That would either be an insult to her or indicated that the person calling her that is an outsider, because everyone in the Ton knows how to address a Viscountess. It may seem confusing that Kate Sharma becomes Lady Bridgerton after she and Anthony marry, but to differentiate between them, people would add “Dowager” before Violet’s title, making her the Dowager Viscountess. It is the same for Lady Featherington. Portia is Lady Featherington, no matter if the next Lord Featherington marries.

Titled people are addressed by their highest rank, only changing their form of address if they acquire a higher rank. If, say, Portia remarried to a man of a rank higher than a baron, she would be addressed by his title. If she married a rich but untitled man, she would still be Lady Featherington because that rank is higher than a mere Mrs.

Peerage Ranking System:

So at the top of the ranking system, we have the non-royal dukes. Royal dukes are another matter and outrank all hereditary peers. Simon is a non-royal duke, this is why he is such a catch. The only people in England who outrank him are members of the Royal family. The wife of a duke is a duchess, hence Daphne being the Duchess of Hastings. They are addressed as “his/her/your grace” and referred to as the duke/duchess. 

Below dukes, we have marquesses. They would be addressed as “the most honorable” Whatshisname, the Marquess of Whoknows. The wife of a marquess is a marchioness. Fun historical fact, Henry VIII made Anne Boleyn the Marquess(not marchioness) of Pembroke, giving her the title in her own right which rarely ever happens.  

Next we have earls. This is really only a British thing, as nobility on continental Europe of equal rank would be called a count. This handily explains why the wife of an earl is called a countess. They just literally never bothered to come up with a female equivalent to an earl.

A viscount ranks just below an earl, which knowing that earl is basically a count, makes sense. Viscount = vice count. The wife of a viscount is a viscountess, which if you’ve be watching the show, you should know. This is also why the Bridgerton children are Mr and Miss Bridgerton. Viscounts aren’t of a high enough rank to bestow courtesy titles on their children. 

The lowest rank of the hereditary peerage is a baron. Lord Featherington was a baron and Portia was his baroness. Again, their children do not warrant courtesy titles.

If my mad rambling doesn’t make sense, there is a video link below that may explain it better. The video also covers the landed gentry which aren’t really part of the hereditary peerage, but could easily move in the same circles as the Ton. Sir Philip would actually be part of the gentry, though they don’t specify his exact rank. He is likely a baronet, as he seems to have inherited the title of Sir from his elder brother, and knighthoods are not usually hereditary. 

Courtesy Titles: 

If a duke, marquess, or earl holds multiple titles, then his eldest son will hold one of his lesser titles as courtesy title while his father still lives, inheriting all of his father’s title upon the formers death. If he doesn’t not hold any subsidiary titles his son would just Lord (Last Name). The holder of a courtesy title also doesn’t get use “the” before their title, which indicates that the title is a substantive. Simon is “the” Duke of Hastings, indicating he holds the title in his own right.

Legitimate daughters of peers who are ranked an earl or higher may style themselves as Lady (Insert First Name here). Younger sons of dukes and marquesses may style themselves as Lord (Insert First Name here). This is a courtesy style. Simon and Daphne’s younger children will be able to style themselves this way. As the Bridgerton title is viscount, the rank below an earl, none of the younger Bridgertons can style themselves a Lord or Lady. They could style themselves as the honorable First Name Last Name, and probably would be referred to this way in legal documents and when being announced at balls. This style likely doesn’t come up in casual conversation. 

Sources 

You can use these links for further reading. Mostly its Wikipedia, because it’s easy to consume and not behind a paywall. You can look at the sources on the Wikipedia articles to find more scholarly information. 

Hereditary Peers Wikipedia 

Courtesy Titles in the UK Wikipedia

List of Peerages Created for Women UK Wikipedia

The Order of Noble Titles: From Gentlemen to Dukes Youtube Video

[eeriecorri]

Another video explaining the aristocracy. It has some of the same info, but I like her energy. Plus, her Jane Austen videos inspired me to start reading Austen's work again.

[michaelgovehateblog]

I would like to wish everyone an uneventful new year

[primarybufferpanel]

May we live in very uninteresting times

[broken-academia]

may you experience very precedented events

[eeriecorri]

I remember my teacher telling me I was lucky to be living through history during the 2000 election recounts. My biggest worry back then was my afterschool cartoons getting canceled for inane news stories about Gore and his wife going to the movies while the recounts were ongoing.

Can we get a little more of that, rather than this television drama bullshit where it feels like fate is upping the stakes every season to retain viewers?

Seriously, are we living in a TV show that has run so long that it jumped the shark eight years ago, but is still somehow limping along?

[ghoulwriter-is-here]

I love how Odysseus was like "you filled my heart with hate all of you who have done me wrong" and we all know his journey, but the suitors are just like

"Sir we just met you"

And then he kills them all

[technofeudalism]

CNN suggested that Luigi Mangione stage a boycott instead of what he did. a boycott of the health care industry. exercising my right to protest by fucking dying.

[notkatniss]

[ive-been-mistreated]

#that is the most venomous native lizard in north america

[hickeywiththegoodhair]

so i was compelled to look that up and

A) the most venomous lizard in north america is called the Gila Monster

B) I’m no expert obviously but that boy there sure looks like a Gila Monster

C) from the Gila Monster wikipedia article, here is the funniest doctor that ever lived:

"I have never been called to attend a case of Gila monster bite, and I don't want to be. I think a man who is fool enough to get bitten by a Gila monster ought to die. The creature is so sluggish and slow of movement that the victim of its bite is compelled to help largely in order to get bitten."

–Dr. Ward, Arizona Graphic, September 23, 1899