ElfGrove: (she/her) Cosplayer, Plush Maker, Feminist, Polytheist, Panromantic Ace, Speedster Fan, General Purpose Animation and Mythology Geek, GLTAS Fantern Mama Bear Most folk around here just call me Elf or Elfie.
ID: A youtube comment with 11 likes by Niceone, it says "I've lived 46 years without knowing this. How nice of life to save some of the best bites for later." End ID.
Normally, people tend to get frustrated, even jokingly, if they miss out on something. This comment was on a song from 1974 and it made me smile quite much. Simply appreciative. Like a dessert after dinner.
It is genuinely mind blowing to me just how many Tumblr posts have changed my life for the better and taught me to be happier. Not all of the thoughts originate on Tumblr, but the way people collect and frame them has literally changed my brain chemistry.
You know, when I've remarked that a lot of the responses to my posts feel like people are just plucking out keywords they think they recognise based on the shape of them and replying to what they imagine the post says based on that, the possibility never occurred to me that this is actually how many American schools are currently teaching kids to read.
Like, my assumption this whole time has been that when folks go "I misunderstood this post that says [thing] as saying [unrelated thing] because I mistook [word] for [completely different word that happens to start with the same letter]", that was a bit. What do you mean they're teaching kids a reading method that's tailored to produce this exact error?
As someone who has been on the Internet longer than many of you have been alive, I cannot emphasise enough what a good idea it is to block fools, bores, and drama-starters ON SIGHT. That means, on the FIRST sight. See the take, do not wait.
You are not a court of law. You are not required to hear them out, argue, nor give them a second chance. Block them. Nothing bad will happen to them without you! It's fine! Goodbye forever! Prevention is better than cure.
Recently I was looking back at the description/art of Azune's eyes, and particularly the detail that the pupils are yellow like the sun. Since most pupils are dark because they're clear openings into the dark interior of the eyeball, the only logical conclusion I could come to is that Azune's eyeballs must be light on the inside and therefore glow.
Given that Bolaire and Occtis canonically have glowing eyes, and Teor as a lion man presumably has tapetum lucidum, we should have a whole table's worth of characters to scare your socks off in the dark. 😂
A 75 yo man proudly came into the cafe wearing an Ultra Maga hat. I excused my barista from the register to handle the transaction.
"The hat is customizable," he said, struggling with the velcro patch on the front. "If I need it, I have an ICE one too. I pick based off the business i walk into."
"Customizable is an important hat descriptor," I said. "what can I get you?"
"You wouldn't believe how offended people get these days," he said. "And I'm supposed to do something about it if you're offended? You chose to be offended!"
"We all have hundreds of thousands of decisions everyday," I said. I thickened my accent. "That's what my stepdad always said. But I can make one easier - we have a delicious Ethiopian roast available."
"Like if I told you you have a bull ring," he said, "because bulls have rings in their noses. Is that offensive?"
I laughed. "I've heard that before."
"It's a joke, but people get offended. Maybe you're offended."
I looked at him. I smiled. "You aren't trying to offend me though, right?"
Of course he was. I was being friendly and the friendlier I was, the faster he switched topics. He was saying anything inflammatory he could think of to see if I'd take the bait. After about 20 minutes of my redirecting and deescalating, he settled into a more normal interaction. He took up too much of my time showing me a product I'd feigned mild interest in to get him to stop talking about getting accused of inappropriate behavior at work. When we finally disengaged, he spent 10 minutes trying to catch my eye again. When he failed, he left.
There's this new breed of customer who insists on trying to incite political conversation through their clothing and, when that doesnt work, their snide little comments. If I owned my own business, maybe I would have given the guy the fight he wanted. But I work for a corporation and I love paying my bills so I deescalated.
Anyone wearing that type of shit and preying on workers for their own spank bank material is a brainless fucking sheep.
something i want to mention because i’ve seen it growing as a trend online is that not only do people do this just for their own gratification, but watch for glasses. smart glasses are a growing segment of the consumer market, and creeps like this are harassing people in public in order to gather content without the victims being aware they’re being filmed
"The rain, it is coming down harder than a horse's stream out there." - Murray Mag'Nesson, 'The Fall of Thjazi Fang' (cr4e001)
"As she likes to say, you know, lanterns are lit, so are the tits." - Marisha Ray, 'The Fall of Thjazi Fang' (cr4e001)
"Clumsier than a blind badger, that one." - Murray Mag'Nesson, 'The Snipping of Shears' (cr4e003)
Murray Mag'Nesson: All right. You know, you have a pot of boiling water, throw a frog in, frog's going to jump out, right? Because the frog's like, "Oh, it's hot, it's boiling water."
Azune Nayar: It doesn't die right away?
Murray Mag'Nesson: Well, don't get focused on the details here, but if you-- It's a story. If you put a frog in a cold pot of water and you turn the heat on and it slowly heats up over time, frog won't jump out, right? Because frogs, their physiology, they're like, they're coldblooded, right? So they're going to heat up over time. Now I'm getting caught in the details. Look, the point is the frog, we are those frogs in that pot right now.
Azune Nayar: Right.
Murray Mag'Nesson: They're turning that heat up.
Azune Nayar: Right.
Murray Mag'Nesson: It's slowly going to get hot, and the next thing you know, we're going to die because we're going to be boiled to death.
Azune Nayar: Yeah. I get it.
Murray Mag'Nesson: Do you get it?
Azune Nayar: I do. I get it now.
Murray Mag'Nesson: I don't think, you're looking at me like you don't get it.
'The Snipping of Shears' (cr4e003)
"Azune, you look like a trapped bird that's about to vibrate out of a cage and give itself a little mini heart attack. What is going on? You've got to calm down." - Murray Mag'Nesson, 'Hand & Wheel' (cr4e019)
"Sweating like a pig on a spit." - Murray Mag'Nesson, 'Buried Truths' (cr4e023)
"When money walks out the door, love flies out the window." - Murray Mag'Nesson, 'Good Tidings' (cr4e024)
"I see the Shapers delivered me a nice tall glass of water today." - Murray Mag'Nesson, 'Council of Heroes' (cr4e026)
Murray Mag'Nesson: You're going to have to clench your butt cheeks, suck in your balls, all right, and you're going to have to--
Azune Nayar: I don't know how to do that.
Thimble: You can suck in your balls through your butt cheeks?
Azune Nayar: I don't think you-- I can try?
Thimble: What does that have to do with telling the truth?
Murray Mag'Nesson: Why do people not understand metaphors here? I'm just saying you have to keep up with this, Azune. You cannot break now, okay?
'Complicated Questions' (cr4e027)
"All right, everyone, get the molasses out your ass, we got to move." - Murray Mag'Nesson, 'Complicated Questions' (cr4e027)
"I did. Just, I'm such a dwarf. I just think about bridges-- (laughter) --and the bridges, they be." - Murray Mag'Nesson, 'Trick of the Light' (cr4e031)
What he told me was to look after you, get you on your feet, take care of you like family. Well, you did so much. You did more than that. You let me come over and let me have a place at your table for dinner. Why did you?
