A Blight Upon the Land

Hi I'm Star! I'm 29, and I have an unhealthy obsession with fictional characters.

[tpwrtrmnky]

Fucking incredible that this is the first example they used lmao

[bunnygirlpaws]

the last one is pretty funny too

[moshroom]

i understand why folks turn off reblogs on a post but part of me always feels so betrayed by unrebloggable posts on my dash. like oh okay shops closed? just when i get to the door

[queerspacepunk]

not to be all "these two words will change your life" or whatever, but I promise you, programming in "good catch!" as your response to people correcting you/pointing out errors or whatever removes so much friction from interactions, and comes with a delightful happy meal toy of "not hating yourself so much for making mistakes"

[madgastronomer]

I use "I stand corrected" a lot. The mild silliness of the outdated language makes it work for me.

[knitmeapony]

I had a high school science teacher who would say "if you admit you're wrong and change your mind..." and the whole class would respond back "... you aren't wrong anymore!"

And when a kid would assert something incorrect In class, he wouldn't tell them they were wrong, he would help lead them to the right answer and then when they admitted/ accepted the new information, he'd say "now we're both right! Nice work!"

For a bunch of gifted kids whose identity and reputation often was staked on knowing more than most people, it was a great safety valve. No shame in making a mistake, because if you accept it you have learned! Now you are smarter! It always made me feel better.

[kaibacorpintern]

Not OTP nor NOTP but a magical third thing: I’m indifferent to your ship but your fanart fucking slaps

[bemusedlybespectacled]

a secret fourth thing: I didn’t like this ship but goddamn if your fanfic didn’t make me reconsider

[furryprovocateur]

boobs is better than titties as a word because boobs is bouba while titties is kiki

[pinyatapix]

read this post and this is all i can ever imagine from it

[thuesdaynightdykelife]

I love being friends with prostitutes and transsexuals and artists and drug dealers and perverts and queers

[batrachised]

finally, someone for tumblr

[heresylog]

[Image description: Screenshot that reads: St. Julian the Hospitaller is the patron saint of clowns and circus workers, innkeepers, fiddle players, jugglers, childless people, and murderers. End description.]

[bunjywunjy]

looks like his feast day is in TWO DAYS

[bunjywunjy]

happy this guy's day, everybody

[luulapants]

Got into a discussion about emergency response at a professional retreat recently and everyone was going on and on about agility, and I was like, "Okay but what about contingency?"

And they were like "What?"

And I was like, "Agility isn't the ultimate form of preparedness. Contingency is. Agility still requires you to flounder and figure out a solution in the moment, but if you have a contingency plan, all you have to do is implement it."

And they were like "But you can't make contingency plans for every situation!"

And I was like, "Yeah, you basically can if you just identify all of your basic dependencies and contingency plan around the loss of any dependency," and then I gave a few examples.

And they all stared at me like I'm an alien.

Anyway, that's how I figured out I'm Batman-coded and also learned how Batman must feel talking to supposedly professional superheroes who never bothered to run disaster scenarios until I pointed out that it's insane that they don't already have a plan for if Superman turns evil.

[nestofstraightlines]

There’s a phrase that really stuck in my head around this. It was from one of the British divers who enacted the Thai caving rescue, though I couldn’t tell you which one or which interview.

As he described to the interviewer a moment of panic and how he he overcame, the interviewer said, in one of those, summarise-last-answer-given-with-appropriate-levels-of-respect-in-order-to-proceed-to-next-question phrasing’s, “Wow, so you rose to the occasion -“

And the diver said, “No, actually people always get that exactly wrong. In an unexpected and urgent situation you don’t rise to the occasion. You sink to the level of your training.”

[throckmortons-thrussy]

[nightofthecreeps]

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS 1986, dir. Frank Oz

[ijaazat]

beach boys… city girls… mountain goats…

[guava-jarritos]

[conceptadecency]

It annoys me how a common trope on Star Trek is ‘tee hee, I’m a workaholic, I have twenty stardates of leave saved up because I never take a break’ and that’s supposed to be something we admire. Take a holiday, idiot. Especially if you’re the boss. Set a fucking example. It’s the future now and you’re better than this toxic shit. 

[techno-poet]

[slyrivers]

I love this so much, I’m gonna start saying “nuts” we need to bring it back

[libralthinking]

I love b&w proper ladies breaking character with “sonofabitch”

[yooterus-deactivated20220126]

“OHH you’re following me, oUUhhh I didn’t know that!”

[cowboy-garfield]

It brings me such joy that people seem to have always done the *sputters and blows raspberries like you’re having a stroke* thing when they stammer

[fandomthesickness]

God damn my soul 😂

[comrade-spock]

The real secret is turning disadvantage into advantage.

[ironwoman359]

tng is so frickin good, man

[laughingacademy]

The bearded actor who plays Riva, Howie Seago, is deaf, and pitched the idea of doing an episode about a deaf mediator to the producers of ST: TNG.

[thelastlightningbug]

[Image IDs: a set of screenshots from the Star Trek TNG episode “Loud as a Whisper”. 

Geordi says to Riva, a Deaf peace negotiator: It is my pleasure to meet you, sir.

Riva, using the voice of one of his interpreters, asks him: What is that you’re wearing?

Geordi responds: A visor-- it interprets the electromagnetic spectrum and then carries the readings to my brain.

Riva: And without it, can you see?

Geordi: Without it, I’m as blind as a stump.

Riva: Then your visor serves the same purpose as my chorus, which interprets my thoughts, and translates them into sound.

Geordi: Yes.

Riva: And you don’t resent it?

Geordi: The visor, or being blind?

Riva: Either.

Geordi: Well, no, since they’re both a part of me and I really like who I am there’s no reason to resent either one.

Riva: What is your position on this ship?

Geordi: I’m the chief engineer, sir.

Riva: It’s a blessing to understand that we are special, each in his own way.

Geordi places his hand on Riva’s chest and replies: Yes, that’s the way I feel exactly. /end IDs]

A note: The sign language Howie uses as Riva uses in the episode is real ASL. I looked this up out of curiosity and Reddit user u/ademnus confirmed what I thought (I only know a very few signs, such as for thank you), and also added that Star Trek TNG was important to the Deaf community when it aired because it used closed captions on every episode. How interesting!

[soaringsearingphoenix]

The worst part of human adulthood is being your own zookeeper

[soaringsearingphoenix]

Like... i have to make sure my meals are nutritionally balanced... i have to make sure that the space i occupy is big enough, and interesting enough, and provide enrichment to make up for the lack of novelty... i have to make sure i get exercise... i'm not qualified for this

[incarnate-clay]

Why would you abandon this in the tags? 

[eggsnemesis]

Hey everyone, it's a rest area for your dash!

There's healing items, jars to break, mini shops, even a save point! Just a nice, safe area

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[azurele]

please remove the red cross from the health pack as it violates the geneva conventions

[sharklights]

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patch notes: no longer violates the geneva conventions

[furfag]

what is really more embarrassing, wearing a fursuit and pretending to be an animal or wearing clothes and pretending not to be

[brucebocchi]

tell me, will,

[sirhenry-deactivated20210125]

Forgive me. I did not see it. I have failed you all. No, Boromir. You fought bravely. You have kept your honor.