Radio Free Hayden

29. Trying to leave the world better than I found it

[shubbabang]

[dark-wizard-guy-fieri]

context (via @mellorocket)

[chimthecappy]

doubly funny that I saw a compilation of all the corporate accounts like "aw thanks elmo, we're doing well" meanwhile all the flesh and blood real human people are extremely not okay

[artistefish]

Okay but Elmo had actually the best and sweetest response to all this trauma dumping:

And then all the other Sesame Street character accounts joined in:

And now I’m thinking maybe we’re gonna be okay… 💗

(Comment compilation from this Twitter)

[aqueerkettleofish]

I kinda feel for the poor person running Elmo's Twitter.

"So, boss... I may have messed up."

"What did you do, Ray?"

"Well, I made a post for Elmo saying 'Hi, how's everybody doing?'"

"I mean, that's kind of what we pay you for."

"Yeah, but.... <sigh> it turns out pretty much everyone is hanging on by a thread, badly enough that they needed to tell Elmo."

"Oh."

"God help me, boss, I think Elmo needs to be there for them."

"Get the others."

[shu-of-the-wind]

this is the energy that jim henson would be proud of.

[anna-neko]

and important addition

Source: instagram

[ovadrive]

[castellankurze]

The Gimli Glider is one of those stories where every aspect sounds more fake than the last and yet it all actually happened.

-A passenger plane was underloaded with fuel because Canada had just converted to the metric system and everyone supposed to double check their numbers got it wrong. -When the plane ran out of fuel they were too far away to make it to an in-service airport and had to head towards the Gimli military base.  Which was shuttered. -They were coming in to fast due to a lack of flaps control and had to perform a series of slips (as shown in the video above) to slow down, basically drifting a giant passenger plane. -As they come down they realized that just because Gimli’s been decommissioned doesn’t mean it’s abandoned because a bunch of people are having drag races on the runway they’re about to need. -Despite everything they managed to land safely and no one was killed or even hurt which is why it’s one of the best air disasters to meme on.

[zanmor]

The Wikipedia page on this is fantastic and my favorite line from it is “Flying with all engines out was never expected to occur, so it had never been covered in training.”

[lesferatu]

Nice

[dragonflea]

"Put Baby in pelican mouth" has transformed my thinking in ways I haven't entirely discovered yet. The other day at the shop I heard "just give us your ID card at the till to get 15% off such-and-such products!" And my brain went "Big Chain Store perfec/t size for give all your personal data! Deals very cheap and fun your data safe give data to Big Chain Store. Give data to Big Chain Store. No problems ever with Big Chain Store because good size and safety for ID card weak of so much yummy personal data. Abig Chain Store yes a place for data give data to Big Chain Store can trust Big Chain Store for give data to all its friends. Friend Store"

[blignick]

[bunjywunjy]

this is actually HILARIOUS because both domestic rabbits and domestic cats practice dominance-related social grooming but for wildly different reasons.

if you're a rabbit, the boss rabbit is the one who gets groomed by its subordinate rabbits.

but if you're a cat... the boss cat is the one that grooms the other cats.

BOTH these idiots are going "aw yeah, it's good to be on top >:) "

[magicratfingers]

goals

[paper-mario-wiki]

there's a game which automatically conscripts you into play when you create a tumblr account, and its scoring rubric looks like this

and if too many of the things you want to have sex with are in the pink zone of this triangle you score low.

you have probably seen this game played without realizing it. whenever somebody says "hear me out" they are looking to score more points.

[paper-mario-wiki]

yes, thank you

[pukicho]

Yesterday I climbed up a mountain to look at bigger mountains

[pukicho]

WHY

[its-not-a-pen]

good news citizens! while i was at the beach, i successfully indoctrinated another gullible child into using LIBBY. my best friend LIBBY. the library app on your PHONE that gives you FREE EBOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS with the tap of a finger! are you sick of incurring late fees? giving your hard earned money to jeff bezos? Libby has it for you.

[official-library-posts]

official library post

[strawberry-crocodile]

my personal philosophy is that. we as a society like to pretend that the human brain is a machine for extracting truth, when in fact it is a machine for keeping a monkey alive and happy (in that order), and human behavior needs to be understood through that lens

[claypigeonpottery]

sold

[kendallroybf]

is this anything

[onegiantmeep]

izzy with perhaps the most iconic pregnancy announcement of all time?

[elissiya]

All im saying is that the golden son beginning quartet squad of Darrow, Victra, Tactus and Roque would be enough to send anyone into a coma. I hate Nero but him employing THAT specific amalgamation of people was lunatic behavior like the chaotic chemistry between those four has GOT to be studied. Can u imagine being on a ship with them at the academy? Id rip my fucking ears out dear god (i love all four they are peak).

[arrenkae]

One of the things that impressed me the most about Dungeon Crawler Carl (mind you, I went in with zero expectations) is that not only it manages to turn a talking cat into fully realized, complex character who is still unmistakably *a cat*, but also that the cental relationship of the series - this kind of strong, unshakable bond between the main characters that never fails to make you emotional over how much they mean for each other - is unmistakably a relationship between a man and a cat. Not just nominally, but in a way that is instantly recognizable for anyone who ever owned and loved a cat. And mind you, it's not for the lack of other relationships - Carl finds new friends and comrades, and each of them is important for him in their own right, but still THE most important person in his life is a cat and as a cat person I think that's beautiful

[moonmint]

Sometimes a family is you, your ex girlfriend's cat who now has the intelligence of a person, and the shapeshifting indentured servant you tricked into being your manager.

[the-leftist-hook]

Don't forget the cat's pet dinosaur, the shapeshifting ex-art prof and the disembodied head of a sex doll possessed by maybe a god.

[vicholas]

[vicholas]

icon

[mexipika]

Oh my God its true

[tahthetrickster]

how are yall gonna share this all and not mention that the muppet with the fraggle rack is named Arieola Borealis

[mias-back-from-the-dead]

every single addition to this post caused additional psychic damage i hit 0hp at ‘fraggle rack’

[byjove]

It is so hysterically funny to me that homophobic Christians behave like marriage is a Christianity exclusive concept and that is why gay marriage shouldn’t exist. Genuinely out there acting like Jesus invented marriage and it’s not a cultural universal that has existed since before the beginning of written language. Not just in societies that practiced monotheistic abrahamic religions, it was a thing in Mesopotamia. You do not get to act like the Christian concept of marriage is the only valid concept of marriage. It entered the game late.

[byjove]

“Marriage is between a man and a woman and protected by God.” Which god? Do you mean the goddess Hera?

[byjove]

“divorce is a sin” Cartimandua’s druids said it was alright so I’m not sure when you’re getting your information from

[doveywovy]

no matter how hard i try, nothing i write will ever be as fucked up as the stuff somebody who thinks they're creating a Wholesome AU with unexamined beliefs will make.

[jerboaoa]

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