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The best way to keep the fash off your blog isn't having a dni banner or whatever you just have to bang pots and pans together every so often like "I love trans women and jewish people" and they scuttle away like roaches when you turn the lights on

tlirsgender

I joke but Genuinely this is true. Being a Really Vocal Ally is so much more effective than just posting like "reblog to punch a nazi" or dunking on jk rowling or whatever

oneheadtoanother

tastefullyoffensive

federalbureauofislam

this could be us

celebrity-pharmacist

but you’re (not) playing (trombone)

radwolf76

cutecipher

as a feminist i support recreational abortion

cutecipher

i have mixed feelings about competitive

cutecipher

*maddest ive ever been, eye twitching* thats baseless. its something else actually.

shotofchinaco

Brian McFadden: Is Google Cooked? (via Daily Kos)

seven-oh-four

(sobbing on the floor) i'm amazing digital worthless

seven-oh-four

i just feel like i lack an amazing digital purpose

r0zeclawz

crazy soundscape in this video but what really sticks with me is the title. single sock solutions. its like theyre sponsored by socks

charl0ttan

mozzarella stick

fucktheflagandfuckyou

its been 6 months and im still not over this. easily best and most hilarious play in baseball history

fucktheflagandfuckyou

for those who dont really understand:

-the first baseman had no reason to chase Baéz, if he just stepped on the bag he was automatically out

-theres two outs, so if hes out, the inning is over. even if the runner on second base gets home, the run doesnt count. its not until hes safe at first that the run scores

-theres no specific rule in baseball about running backwards from first, just that you “cannot retreat to home base” meaning so long as if you dont touch the plate, its fine

-Baéz ran backwards to kill enough to get the run to score, and then stole and extra base on the base on the bad throw

-HE TOOK THE TIME TO UMPIRE HIS OWN PLAY AND CALL SAFE

what a fucking sport yall

bisexuel

@fractaldunes

altospaceangel

Javier Baéz’s nickname according to those announcers is El Mago which is spanish for The Wizard

Well earned

philippelebonducdebourgogne

love how the explanations do not help at all

officiallordvetinari

Let me see if I can break this down a little more.

Javier Báez (the batter, a Chicago Cub, wearing blue) has just hit the ball. His job is now to run around the bases - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, back to where he started (“home”), at which point he will have scored a point. In practice, he will probably stop partway, wait for the next batter to get a hit, and try to make it home from there.

The Pittsburgh Pirates (in white) are fielding. Their job is to stop the Cubs from scoring by getting them out, by various combinations of catching the ball and tagging people or bases with it.

The scoreboard (top left) shows that one Cub has already made it to second base, so he will resume running now that Javy has a hit. It also shows that two Cubs are out. If a third Cub gets out, their turn to bat will be over, it will be the Pirates’ turn to bat, and the Cubs can’t score anymore (for now, but that’s not relevant).

The Pirate at first base (the first baseman) has the ball. All he needs to do is step on first base while holding it before Javy gets there, and Javy is out. This is probably the number one most common thing a first baseman has to do.

He does not do it.

For some reason he starts chasing Javy, presumably trying to tag him with the ball directly. This is a perfectly legitimate way of getting him out, but also completely unnecessary.

This has never happened to Javy before. Unsure what else to do, he just kind of… jogs backwards away from him.

Meanwhile, the Cub who was at second base (Contreras) has made it all the way back to home. Because the Pirates’ first baseman has helpfully walked the ball back home, he can easily toss it to the Pirate at home (the catcher) who will tag Contreras out.

The catcher doesn’t tag him in time.

The umpire signals that Contreras is safe (not out).

Javy also signals that Contreras is safe, just for fun. He’s never been nearby when a teammate makes it home before, and he’s enjoying himself.

Notice that the score has not changed, even though Contreras made it home. That’s because Javy is still technically running to first base. If he gets out before he reaches it, the Cubs’ turn to bat is over, and nothing else that’s happened since he hit the ball matters.

Javy remembers this, and heads back to first base. The catcher throws the ball to another Pirates fielder, who is frantically running to do the first baseman’s job.

He doesn’t catch it.

Javy is safe at first. Contreras scores (although the scoreboard won’t change for a second).

Javy notices how far away that ball landed, and decides he can make it to second base before anyone picks it up and tags him out.

An offscreen Pirate throws the ball to second base, where another Pirate is ready and waiting to catch it, tag Javy out, and end the Cubs’ turn to bat.

He doesn’t catch it.

Javy is safe at second. The video doesn’t show it, but he will go on to score as well.

This should have been a very easy out for the Pirates, but through two dropped catches and one truly bizarre decision from the first baseman, they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and turned it into two points for the Cubs.

The Cubs won this game by two points.

fucktheflagandfuckyou

HAPPY OPENING DAY OF BASEBALL 2022 YALL. LETS PRAY FOR MORE OF THIS BULLSHIT

uncahier

I know I’ve reblogged this before, but here’s a version with an explanation for folks unfamiliar with the game* and this amazing comment:

Never change, Pittsburgh

You know how you can say any religion is just a sect with some history? Beigeball is clearly Calvinball with some history

muttsandmustelidae

From the Nashville Zoo’s fb page! Here’s the petition, please please please take a moment to add your name (even if you’re not from Nashville!). If you are from Tennessee, contact your representatives and make it clear that the people do not want this data center. This is an AZA accredited zoo which is home to several species of critically endangered animals, we NEED to protect it. Make your voice heard!

smokingrozanov

Take my hand. You will not miss twitter if you delete your account. You will not miss out on cultural shifts or news or memes or anything like that because the internet is all one big Sharefest anyway. If something truly funny or interesting or alarming happens on that app it will be screenshotted and shared somewhere else. I understand that it used to be fun. But now it’s an app owned by a scumbag built on an algorithm intentionally made to get you upset because rage gets clicks & replies. I’m not saying this judgmentally I’m saying it as someone who had a final straw two years ago & feels infinitely better in online spaces now without twitter in my life.

themoonandmyman

im also not moralising like im Better Than Anyone but twitter is owned very much by a literal Nazi who platforms other nazis and idk maybe it might be good to not contribute to its foot traffic and revenue. I understand a lot of artists and creators rely on it for their livelihood but if that doesn’t apply to you and you reasonably can delete your account id maybe like. consider it. yknow

xalatath

Everybody in the club Yield to my will

memewhore

gildatheplant

Literally any other colour would’ve been a better choice guys.

minty-mayhem

I’d like to point out that the colour red has more positive than negative meanings.

prescribedburning-deactivated20

im sorry but this reply absolutely killed me

red can mean whatever the heck you want it to mean, that is never going to change that this straight up looks like they DRAGGED A BLOODY BODY ACROSS THE FUCKING FLOOR 😂

elsegame

Hi fun fact, colors do have meaning and there is a legit thing called color theory. Red does has more positive connotations than negative like the @mintymaiden said. Red is associated with more love, lust, passion than blood and death just like the chart shows you but If you want, here’s a link for you to check it out yourself. Also, check out “The Designer’s Dictionary of Color” by Sean Adams. Have fun learning something

Xoxo

-Designer

What isColor Theory? Color theory is a term used to describe the collection of rules and guidelines regarding the use of color in art and de

youngdiasporan

I think y’all are missing the point here.

forlovefromfear

You can theorize to Nebraska and back but that doesn’t change my immediate reaction which is that someone is literally dragging a corpse around

jhenne-bean

I like that the presumption here is that “No One On Tumblr Has Heard of Color Theory, Let Me Explain in Depth” rather than simply acknowledging that the VISUAL EFFECTS of this particular color choice, applied in the manner it was, can still amount to “this is a hospital and that looks like blood”

like, color theory doesn’t exist in a vacuum. If your design of choice for Blood Red Paint is asymmetric splatters and sploches against the wall, or in this case, a snail trail on the hallway’s floor, an infographic won’t override the viewers’ instinct.

eternal-dannation

this post is the perfect summation of tumblr’s reading comprehension and critical thought abilities

musicalhell

Reblogging because there’s a lot of new people on here and you need some context for the jokes.

trickster-archangel

Help a newcomer, reblog Children’s Hospital Colour Theory

beaft

my cat hates taking his pills. the only way we can get him to eat them is to turn it into an elaborate pantomime - we take the packet out of the cupboard slowly and hold it up, saying “oh!! what’s this? what’s this? a TREAT? a TREAT for louis????” while making surprised faces. we offer him a pill… then, before he has a chance to sniff it, we wag our fingers at him and replace it in the packet so it becomes a Tantalising Forbidden Mystery. we continue doing this until he’s so confused and excited that he will eat the pill as fast as possible, just so he can find out what it is before we can take it away from him again. as soon as he’s eaten it he looks utterly disappointed and betrayed, like a child who just ate a delicious sweet only to find it was a chocolate-coated brussels sprout. it never gets old