why me

more than two years and still dont know how to use this thing. will learn probably never. anyway

[what-even-is-thiss]

I’m at a point in my Spanish understanding where I can watch native content with subtitles but the problem is that nobody on planet earth has any respect for the art of making good subtitles no matter what language it is

[what-even-is-thiss]

There’s this thing that subtitles do sometimes where they paraphrase or word things slightly differently for some reason.

Like

Real dialogue: (frustrated) No, I’m just going to the clock store to buy a fucking clock. What do you think I’m doing?

Subtitles: I am going to the clock store to buy a clock. What do you think is happening?

And it doesn’t just happen on dubs either. This nonsense happens on content made in the language you’re reading the subtitles for too.

[hex-actly]

I know it sucks, but the reason they do it is because the human mind can't read as fast as it can hear.

The people in charge of the subtitles have to make some tough decisions on how to reformulate everything in order to get to a maximum of 17 letters per second. In addition, there is also a lot of things to take into account: the placement of the subtitles (are there credits? A text message?), whether two people are talking at the same time, where to cut a long sentence (before "and", "so" and other connectors is best, as well as full stops, but you can't count on them every time). And of course, they have to make sure they don't stay too long or start too soon, so if someone is talking very fast, you are fucked.

It is pretty hard to find a scene where everyone is talking slowly, in short sentences, without overlapping, so don't be too hard on the people making those subtitles. I have tried making them myself and i needed about one hour to make about 5 mins of video watchable (I was also translating it, but the process is still the same).

TLDR: be kind to your local subtitler. They are working hard and at least it isn't automatic (fuck those subtitles, they are crap).

[datsderbunnyblog]

The scientology speedruns were already funny but I thought they were joking when they said they were mapping the building. I absolutely lost it when I saw the actual map.

[ghostandlov3rs]

hey. Show the map? How am I supposed to speedrun when I dont have a map???

[belle-of-a-time]

To my knowledge this is one of the more up to date maps. There are also some maps of higher floors too though

[alanaisalive]

The other night husband and I were watching a documentary about the yeti where they were doing DNA analysis of samples of supposed yeti fur, and every one of them came back as bears.

Anyway, the next night we watched a thing about some pig man who is supposed to live in Vermont. People said it had claws and a pig nose but walked upright like a man. Now, I happen to know that sideshows used to shave bears and present them as pig men. So every piece of evidence they gave of this monster sounds to me like a bear with mange.

So now the running joke in our house is that everything is bears. Aliens? Bears. Loch Ness monster? Bear. Every cryptozoological mystery is just a very crafty bear.

Bears. They’re everywhere. Be wary. Anyone or anything could be a bear.

[iguanamouth]

oh shit

[throughshadow-to-the-edgeofnight]

[alanaisalive]

As the OP of this post, I’m going to threaten that if this gets to one million notes by the 10 year anniversary on 1 June 2026, one year from today, I will get a lower back tattoo of the loch ness bear monster.

[striving-artist]

At time of posting, this is at 711.6k notes

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[the-frightening-ghoul]

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[cheetochild989]

WE CAN DO IT GUYS WE CAN DO IT GO GO GO GO

[margindoodles2407]

new ocs are a crusader, a monk, a nun, and a highborn lady of the thirteenth century. there is no plot there is only shenanigans. you're welcome

[margindoodles2407]

highlights

you never see the nun because she's cloistered and the others can only talk to her through the grille

[margindoodles2407]

highborn lady is arranged to be married and constantly complains about it, but then you learn she's actually chill about it being arranged, it's just that she's known her fiance since they were kids and considers him a dear friend, and she thinks that was a cop-out on the part of their respective families. ugh dad all my friends get to marry some mysterious rich lord from a far-off duchy why do I have to marry freaking william from down the street. it's like you didn't even try

[margindoodles2407]

crusader and monk are brothers. monk was ordered by his abbot to go with his brother on the crusade to make sure he doesn't die (crusader is notoriously accident-prone). all he wanted to do was illuminate his manuscripts. he is not happy about the whole arrangement

[margindoodles2407]

okay i'm giving them names. crusader is christian monk is brother crispin nun is sister clotilde and noblewoman is lady sybille

[margindoodles2407]

christian's entire rationale for joining the crusade was "my name is christian. it's fate" meanwhile crispin is in the background completely speechless

crispin's birth name was rodger but when he joined his order (i haven't decided which one yet) his abbot told him "your professed name will be crispin". it sounded so similar to christian that he begged and pleaded and cried for it to be anything else. his abbot just told him "it'll be your perpetual earthly penance"

actually crispin loves his brother a lot. they just have very very different personalities and they've also got a funny guy/straight man dynamic going on. but make no mistake they are ride or die for each other

[margindoodles2407]

actually now that i think about it i'm not sure i like the brothers' names being so similar. you know what that means lords and ladies.

Let's pretend for a hot sec that you're the Masters of Novices at the monastery. Novice Rodger ought to take the professed name:

Florian

Clement

Martin

Crispin (aka no change)

Voting ended onApr 13

[margindoodles2407]

the people have spoken

[leafcrunch]

my neighbourhood has never had an ice cream truck. in the summer, we have the knife sharpening truck. it slowly circles the block and rings its ominous bell. i have never seen someone interact with it. it may be that only those marked by death can see it

[hex-actly]

There are two types of responses: those who have interacted with an afilador/regional variety of knife sharpener guy and those who haven't. The first kind are just glad to see the job isn't dead and to spread the knowledge of it. The second type are weirded out and think it's either creepy or cool.

Anyway, long live the afilador

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

thingol being depicted as if he goes "ewwwwwwwww dwarves" anytime anyplace whenever and wherever dwarves are even brought up annoys me ngl. the way he addresses them right before his death is absolutely bigoted and speaks to how he sees himself as superior, but he's never acted like dwarves are quaint unintelligent little creatures the way you would act towards an animal you find ugly or disgusting (the "ew it's xyz" attitude). dwarves built menegroth, the stronghold of his kingdom, presumably at his request and he certainly compensates them materially for it; his treasury contains works from gamil zirak and telchar, both dwarves, and it's a dwarf who created his main weapon which he clearly prizes very highly. he indubitably had an at least commercial relationship with them, and one that was sustained over many centuries at that. he certainly did not see them as his equals -- even when accounting for the dragon sickness, the fact that he goes to "how dare people like you talk that way to me?" rather than just "how dare you talk to me like that?" is pretty damning in the context of his view of them as inferior beings -- but neither was his opinion of them as condescendingly low as to see them as gross little wretches who scamper around and offend his civilized sensibilities

[hex-actly]

You're so right and you should say it.

If they want to have a racist Thingol in their fics, they should at least make it accurate. He doesn't hate dwarves openly until he is literally about to die and obsessed with the make-people-obsessed-and-force-them-to-make-bad-decisions rock. Would the dwarves even have come if he was a raging asshole? No they wouldn't.

Like, out of so many things you can say about the Sindar in the Silmarillion, they are always happy to trade with people who haven't murdered their relatives. Are they racist? I mean, Turin didn't leave just because, so yeah. But oh my god, stop accusing them of every sin under the sun when the book explicitly says otherwise.

Thingol is such an interesting character and they keep massacring him in order to prop up everyone else, it drives me nuts

[cedar-slaughter]

This is critter jail. They’re all trapped in there because I decided they are bad today.

Determine their fates

free them.

free only the good ones.

keep them in there.

My button

Voting ended onFeb 17

[cedar-slaughter]

Crining because why did 97 people care enough to stop and vote more importantly why do you want them to be free? I told you they were bad.

[hex-actly]

but they are both little critters and adorable. we couldn't resist

[hex-actly]

Went to Wikipedia to check something and got fed up trying to read a film's argument.

Can we please please please stop describing every single little detail in there? Or, if you really, absolutely must have that info in there, can we not get at least a summary part, where the movie/series/book is summarized in two or three paragraphs????

It's got to be easier than writing the entire plot minute by minute. It's got to be. And while I've found those descriptions useful (rarely, but it happened), I BET there are more people out there looking for a short summary to decide whether they want to watch that movie than people who want an incredibly detailed explanation of every frame from the movie.

[homunculus-argument]

The "I put food on the table and a roof over your head what more could you possibly want" type of parents are always so shocked that their kids never come back again once they find anywhere else that they can get food and a roof under better terms and conditions.

[hex-actly]

they also use that argument to force you to act as they want and are so shocked when you leave the house and stop listening to them. 'you better not get a piercing, or' or what? I no longer live there, what could you possibly do

[natalieironside]

Choose a son of Fëanor

Maedhros

Maglor

Celegorm

Curufin

Caranthir

Amrod

Amros

Richard

Big Tony

Jeff the silly one

Fëanor Jr

Voting ended onJan 29

[hex-actly]

isnt fëanor jr just curufin?

[wizardarchetypes]

disturbed by how little ppl acknowledge the secondary health risks of vampire bites. if your vampire lover is drinking your blood you MUST be up to date on your tetanus shot. puncture wounds are at especially high risk for tetanus infections. just because your partner was born in 1312 doesn’t mean you have to die like it.

moreover they should be prepping the bite point with an alcohol wipe.

and while I’m at it, I’ve noticed a blithe disregard for health & safety when it comes to blood pacts. can’t believe I have to say this but you should absolutely NOT be cutting your palm open with the pocket knife from your belt holster (??????)

if you’re expecting to be in a blood pact/oath situation please just pick up some sterile finger lancets from the pharmacy. cannot stress this all enough.

[wizardarchetypes]

Please y’all!! tetanus is NOT caused by rusty metal. It’s a bacteria found damn near everywhere, and wounds infected with saliva are especially high risk for tetanus infections.

it’s also a common misconception that vampire saliva is antiseptic. Vampires spread that myth on purpose. They also CAN cross running water. Make them bathe and brush their teeth!!!!

[wizardarchetypes]

all the vampires in the tags saying they won’t do this bc the alcohol will make the skin taste bad are just telling on themselves. talk about a red flag.

[wizardarchetypes]

comparing your human lover’s body to an inanimate utensil & misreading this as a PSA for the vampire’s safety rather than the human’s. smh vampires continue to be so toxic 🤦🏼‍♀️

[the-silly-words-on-your-screen]

this is fred, the dot.

fred wants to grow into a beautiful tree, but sadly has no branches

reblog to give fred a branch

i will post fred status updates as he grows

[the-silly-words-on-your-screen]

look at him go!

[the-silly-words-on-your-screen]

he's figuring out how to tree!

[the-silly-words-on-your-screen]

35 reblogs, he's growing so good :D

[the-silly-words-on-your-screen]

75 reblogs, fred continues to grow

reminder to spread out your branches (ie. dont spam reblogs on one post), he's starting to get a little crowded near the trunk :(

[gallusrostromegalus]

At 1788 Reblogs, Fred is spreading nicely... But We Can Do Better :)

[siderealglimmer]

I would like to see the Fred again please

[the-choir-invisible]

[siderealglimmer]

Oh, ✨Fred!✨

🤩

[cantotallyeven]

This is Fred the post. Please help Fred the Post grow more. We love Fred the Post.

[harcodia]

Fred 2026? 🥺💚

[akashicrecord]

the lesbian computer from portal was right. given the circumstances ive been shockingly nice

[ivy-connivy]

insane like/reblog parity on this post btw

[inkyrainstorms]

Yay

[psstwantsomecheese]

Lukewarm take 'Sauron' meaning he literally smells like garbage is pretty good characterization. Being a necromancer among other things he'll be dealing regularly with corpses. He carries the stench of death. In-world if he's a silver-tongued shapeshifter that can alter almost everything about himself, of course people would warn each other by naming Mairon after the one aspect of his that by his own choices he can't change. It speaks of how his character works too, from afar he may have a fair appearance and kind demeanor but that's all a distraction. Unless you get real close to him/he's already invaded your space you'll never sense the rottenness hiding under.

[lendmyboyfriendahand]

This makes sense especially with the part where Frodo says he trusts Aragorn, because he expects a spy of Sauron's would "look fairer and smell fouler".

[bookcub]

i dont think i realized how much the kingkiller chronicle is about economics and money until this reread. rothfuss is providing a scathing critique of social class, abuse of power, the frivolous use of money, the trap of poverty, the price of education to try and rise to a different status.... rothfuss is far from being subtle and yet i had not really processed how much kvothes (and kotes) story is about fucked up economics and abuse of political power. its almost didactic. this definitely influenced me and it is interesting to read this as an adult and realize in just how many ways

[synthlet]

[homunculus-argument]

The dumbest thing about humanity is how every few decades there's a brand new idiotic hysteria like "our brave investigative journalist Kernel Dipshit looked at some statistics and it turns out that wheelchair users have crazy amounts of health issues compared to general population! Let's get rid of wheelchairs so nobody ever gets sick again. If you let your child use a wheelchair for any reason, people who have always wanted to kill somebody will use this as a permit to hunt you for sport. Should they be allowed to do that? We're sending Kernel Dipshit to find out."