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laurenthemself

that's the vampire the masquerade clans you can't fool me

gorgeousgary

Filk friends, I believe a challenge has been laid down for us!

(To be fair, I HAVE used several of these words in casual conversation.)

tribblefarmer

The Artemis II images are making me emotional for a lot of reasons but one of them is:

gorgeousgary

I watched and followed Skylab, bunches of Shuttle missions, various Scaled Composites flights, and the first couple of manned SpaceX Dragon missions. Damn if Artemis II hasn't been the first to make me cry in a good way. Repeatedly.

j-train13

Astronauts are so funny man. Here's just a couple of things I've found hilarious from this past week of space stuff:

It's probably already been spread around here enough already, but in case anyone's missed it; 7 hours after launch, commander Reid Wiseman, dealing with tech issues, uttered the generational quote "I have two Microsoft Outlooks and neither one of those are working."

After fixing the issues that were afflicting the onboard toilet, mission specialist Christina Koch (who has quickly become my favourite of the four) laughingly said “I’m the space plumber, I’m proud to call myself the space plumber.”

On Easter Sunday, the Artemis II crew hosted a makeshift egg hunt, by hiding packets of dehydrated scrambled eggs around their Orion capsule.

The way the crew always makes sure to make it very clear they're in space when doing interviews. From stuff like Wiseman just hanging out floating sideways on screen or Koch letting her hair loose so it can freely span out flowing around her.

While in transit, the crew decided to record a parody of those bad 80s sitcom intros where everyone turns and smiles at the camera.

When the crew reached the furthest point from Earth in the mission, they jokingly clambored over each other in an effort to get to the far side of the capsule, so that they could individually claim to be the furthest person from earth.

At the same time, on the ISS which was at the time on the other side of earth, the 7 astronauts onboard had a light-hearted race to the far side of the station, making jokes about being the furthest humans from Artemis.

On the way back to earth, NASA actually managed to establish an audio call between the crews of the ISS and Artemis II (where they shared the above info), and Koch called one member of the ISS crew, Jessica Meir, her "astro-sister" as the two of them previously spacewalker together in 2019. Meir then responded I'm so happy that we are back in space together, even if we are a few miles apart" (a few here being 230,000).

While Jeremy Hansen was doing an interview, Wiseman and Koch were just in the background swatting the mission mascot (a little moon plush toy named Rise) back and forth between each other.

salbertwolf

Victor Glover (Pilot), Artemis II - April 4th 2026

gorgeousgary

This genuinely made me cry. I so needed to hear it right now.

eknippp

Some of my favorite quotes from Artemis ii so far:

"Copy. Moon joy."

"I have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working."

"Houston, if you could give me about 20 new superlatives in the mission summary for tomorrow that will help out my vocabulary a little bit, that would be great. Thank you."

“If you’ve ever seen the top of the spotlight of the top of the Luxor at night in Vegas, this looks like what it wants to be when it grows up.”

"To all of you down there on Earth... we love you, from the moon."

"We just went sci fi."

"It is so great to see Earth again. To Asia, Africa, and Oceania: we are looking back at you. We hear you can look up and see the moon right now. We see you too."

"We will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other."

“It’s a bright spot on the moon, and we would like to call it Carroll.”

t4nku

I legit needed to hear this

gorgeousgary

Ohhh man that lands hard.

dear-ao3

hold on a fucking second. delaware is a state?? i thought it was a river? or is the river more important than the state? why don't i know this? (i should mention i don't like in america, i'm just confused)

there is delaware (state) and delaware (river)

both are equally strange

the state is a tiny little cryptid thing

the rive is a monster that spans new york, pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. also washington crossed it once and that was like kinda a big deal i guess. like crossing the rubicon in rome.

the state tries to me more important with its “im the first state!!!” bs (seriously its even on the fucking license plates) but we all know. its the river.

dear-ao3

THATS TUPPERWARE

sobutmermaids

i thought delaware was a place in ohio? why are there so many things named delaware?

dear-ao3

delaware is too powerful

uncertaininnit

what the fuck

dear-ao3

skaktusposts

Wait what? I thought Delaware was a store with building supplies. Like paint, wood, nails and stuff?

dear-ao3

THATS HOME DEPOT ???

skaktusposts

I know home depot, but dude I don't know anything about America mad have never been there. Are you sure there is not a some sort of store called something close to Delaware!?!

dear-ao3

.....ace hardware....?

uncertaininnit

this post has only been around for a few hours but could very well be a world heritage post

dear-ao3

but at what cost

publiusmaximum

This post launched at 8am PST on 12 Feb 2021. The above conversation has happened in 3 hours.

dear-ao3

uncertaininnit

he WHAT? i thought he was from. w. wait. ???

dear-ao3

delaware stole the presidents shoelaces for clout and became too powerful

likethehorrormovie

From the UK- and what do you mean Delaware isn't a type of ceramic?

dear-ao3

it is now

swifty-the-rake-deadblog

@hellsite-hall-of-fame is it too early?

kkshowtunes

Isn’t delaware what they make computers on???

dear-ao3

software ??

you-say-that-so-often

I think they meant Dell Ware, a specific computer type. We had a Dell computer once.

I thought Delaware was that famous singer they spoofed in Zootopia.

dear-ao3

gazelle??

king-finnigan

oh i thought delaware was that one british singer lady, you know, the one from chasing pavements

dear-ao3

that's fucking adele

odiolaensalada-deactivated20230

i thought delaware was a utensil brand?

dear-ao3

...farberware??

painless-innit-colourful

I thought Delaware was updog.

tigergingicat

It's the Brits' fault as usual.

Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr - Wikipedia

gorgeousgary

What did Delaware? She wore a New Jersey!

msburgundy-but-worser-deactivat

mythbusters was so good because it wasn't a killjoy show. they didn't just say "see, it doesn't work" and leave it there

whenever they find that the stunt doesn't work as portrayed in the movie, they immediately ask "what would it take to make this happen?"

disclaymore-deactivated20230920

“we know it takes this amount of explosives to work, but what if we doubled it anyway?”

oldschoolvillageidiot

Some myths I'll always remember:

* Are elephants scared of mice? (They only did that because they were in Africa and had access to elephants.)

* Will a bull run amok in a china shop?

* Is it better to run zig-zag or straight when chased by an alligator?

I love these because NONE of them turned out the way they expected. They went into all three with pre-conceived ideas of how it would go, and each time they "failed." Elephants WILL cower from mice. A bull moves very gingerly through a china shop. It doesn't matter how you run because ALLIGATORS WON'T CHASE YOU.

And each time, they reacted with just... pure glee. "Holy shit, we were wrong! Oh my god! This is great! We were so wrong!"

And that, to me, is what science is. Being excited about being wrong because either way it's information.

gorgeousgary

When in doubt - C4!

gaystation4

glowingghosty

i don't say this very often so you can trust me when i say for the love of god please unmute

foxofninetales

Audio description: Very loud trilling purrring.

comicgeekscomicgeek

Very important kitty noises

teaboot

I think your cat is probably a dove

petermorwood

The cat is ringing, pick up!

naamahdarling

....PURRGLING!!!

gorgeousgary

I needed this level of adorableness at this very moment.

teaboot

MY MOM SAW A CYBERTRUCK IN HER CITY SO SHE CALLED TO TELL ME ABOUT "THE UGLY CAR SOME GUY WELDED TOGETHER" ADFFHGYJGUHGHGGHGGHGGHHGHGG

teaboot

SHE THOUGHT HE MADE IT IN HIS GARAGE

earhartsease

she thought he made it from his garage

jenroses

I got to see my husband's visceral recoil the first time he saw one in public. It really does look like fascism on wheels.

gorgeousgary

To me they look like something out of one of those post-apocalyptic movies where humanity has nuked itself. Damnation Alley or Road Warrior or something.

goldensunset

the nearest depiction of an animal or other sentient fantasy creature to you at this moment comes to life right where it is (i.e. cat photograph, shark plushie, dragon painting, etc)

what happens to you

i am so dead

i need to go to the hospital

maybe a few things to be looked at but i’m fine in the end

i’m totally fine

i’m totally fine and i’m happy

my situation is really really really specific lemme tell you about it

n/a

Voting ended onJan 11

assume it doesn’t know you (unless it’s actually a specific animal you’ve met) and that it’s normal for its species and would do whatever was natural for it. including being too giant for and destroying the room it’s in. as well as dying immediately if its environment can’t support its life

emeraldbirdcollector

It's either a capybara or a puppy (there are two plushies next to me). Capybaras are noted for being chill around other species, and puppies generally like people. I'm delighted.

gorgeousgary

It's a small 3D printed dragon. I am probably toast unless I can rapidly convince it I know Seanan McGuire personally and would be an ally of the Price-Healy clan if it really existed. Or sang a Pern song or two at it. Or maybe Roberta Rogow's "Dragon Riding" filk of "Donkey Riding" about the Naomi Novik Temeraire books.

That or the next closest critter comes to life. It's one of the super-intelligent gerbil from Narbonic. It would probably be able to figure out how to defeat a dragon.

idyllspace

For all my Lake Superior tumblrinas.

beck-liz

lake superior, lol

tomfoolerytotality

Looking back on 2020, I think it's hilarious that Wellerman of all shanties is the one that blew up online. It's not a song about life on the high seas or adventuring

It's the "Where the fuck is my delivery" song

stevishabitat

gorgeousgary

The thing that amused me the most about the Wellerman craze is that I've been a member of the Folklore Society of Greater Washington since 1993, a group which focuses on the traditional end of the folk music pool, have spent years listening to and singing with shanty singers, have CD's full of shanties and sea songs, and until 2020 swear I had NEVER heard Wellerman!

#folk music #sea shanties #wellerman

thefernhands

If you're fifteen or older an still sleep with a stuffed animal please reblog this.

My friend is embarrassed and thinks she’s the only one and I said id prove her wrong.

gardensandghosts

I’m 36 and have a pile of them

gothiccharmschool

Soon to be 57 and there are eight plushies on the headboard, because the honor of sleepy time plushy rotates.

loreleywrites

I’m 36 and I fall asleep with a Larvitar plushie in my arms almost every night because it is so physically relaxing to feel like I am protecting something small and soft.

…I may be slightly knight-coded.

gorgeousgary

57 and sleep with a Lilleplutt (stuffed cat from Ikea). Sometimes other stuffed cats if my son leaves them on our bed.