Bringing pathos against the shock

[nirwen]

when the solutions to a medical problem are “reduce stress” i am like? what am i going to do about this????? not go to school?? get rid of my parents??? force myself deeper down the road of total and complete apathy???

[boy-so-pale]

[avodraws]

Sometimes I’m just a really shy muffin

[christen-wtf]

FIRE IN THE WUBBALUBBADUBDUB

[ecokitti]

OH MY GOD

[it-a]

my characters and my stories are my heart..

[lyinginbedmon]

“I am the architect of every bad day, and the provider of every dream.”

[thecra]

Oh my…

@amberheart712

[kieu-silly-world]

drawing a really cool looking sketch

linearting it 

[themechanicalpencil]

@yawnileo

[cockroach-queer]

Sometimes I’m like “ancient greek plays are so old, how am i going to relate to the characters?” but then 

[blelbinems-deactivated20190925]

fucks sake

[doctordragon]

god dammit

[themostresilient-blog]

things people don’t talk about enough: that time in assassin’s creed 2 when ezio’s uncle mario said ‘it’s a-me, mario!’

[cinemagorgeous]

By artist Francisco Martín.

[ronpaulproblems]

Pretty sure the Supreme Court already ruled on this

[tiffanarchy]

this makes me want to burn flags on Inauguration Day

[thinksquad-deactivated20190405]

US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Texas v. Johnson (1989) that flag burning constitutes symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment.

[mako-reactor]

Wait….

This sounds… Familiar…

[sigsauer-ist]

!!!!!! Holy shit

[zu-draws]

by Zuzanna Królik Goatowls (colour version)

{tumblr | Society6 | deviantart}

[thesquirtlesquad]

I read this as a kid and it had a really significant effect on me and and it’s a big influence on my world view and I still think it’s the most beautiful and profound thing anyone’s ever said about beauty

[hiraethbr]

It's Matilda by Roal Dahl!

[tittytron]

tumblr friendships are hard to maintain like im sorry i know i havent talked to you in 5 months but you’re still super rad and i still consider us friends im just dumb

[ironbound-oberon]

#if you’re wondering if this is for you #it’s probably for you

[lifeisaroughjourney]

If I have ever messaged you or messaged me and never heard from me again, I still consider us friends. I just suck

[james-m-k]

If you ever think a video game you’re playing is facetious, instead consider EarthBound:

About three quarters through the game, the player finds a weapon called the Casey Bat. It is the strongest weapon in the game by a large margin, so naturally the player will equip it to Ness instantly. What isn’t indicated, though, is that it has a 75% miss rate. Players are often bewildered by the fact that at a certain point in the game, Ness suddenly becomes incapable of hitting anything.

The player is at one point given the option to buy an egg. The egg does nothing. But it will randomly hatch into a chick without notifying the player. While a chick is in the player’s inventory, a beeping sound will play constantly. There is no indication of why this is happening.

A boss called the Clumsy Robot has a move where it eats a bolonge sandwich. The text prompt will say that it recovers an enormous, demoralising amount of HP from doing this. It actually does nothing. The text prompt is lying.

At one point the player is given the option to buy a machine from an inventor. They are told they need the machine to progress in the game. It is incredibly expensive. The machine isn’t needed for anything at all, and it breaks when you use it.

To get into one of the villains’ lair, you have to know the secret password. The secret password is five minutes of silence. You have to stand in front of the door into the lair for five minutes without doing anything, then you will be allowed in.

Fuck your noise. EarthBound went hard.

[sushinfood]

You could also sell the chickens that the chicks in your inventory grew up to be for a LOT of money. It was great. What a wonderful, perfect game.

[kaylapocalypse-deactivated20201]

I think a lot of people forget that a library is a giant room filled with free awesome shit that you can take home and play with, no questions asked. just as long as you tell them you’re gonna, and remind them if you want to spend more time with the stuff.

I think the US library system should have a once a year advertising spree where they just have the phrase

“Libraries. Don’t forget: Things are free in here.”

Posted literally everywhere.

[nuriem2-deactivated20170130]

No. If ordinary people start going into libraries, libraries are going to get robbed. They’ll spend tons of money trying to replace missing books and they’ll be loud as hell. This is a terrible idea.

[yourdreamsarebeautiful]

@nuriem2. are you for real?!

First: there’s no such thing as “ordinary”. People from all walks of life have always used libraries. The system I work for has ALWAYS had missing lists, and always will. It’s human nature: a certain percentage of items are always going to go missing. Most libraries take that into consideration when ordering materials. 

We use strategies to curb things from walking off, of course: put video games and DVDs in locked cases, for example. But you’d be surprised how many people dont even know how that we have video games! Also, we have a SUPER EXTENSIVE digital collection, accessed for free with a library card. You dont even need the physical items! We also have a toy collection. That’s right, TOYS. For free with a library card. And they ALWAYS come back. We have access to makerspaces, audiovisual recording studios, and much more, all for free with a library card.

Still, we get patrons who walk off with things, improperly check things out (which adds to the missing list), and guess what we do? We constantly try to help patrons regain access to being able to check things out. We do a lot of fine forgiveness so that patrons can continue to take things home. We know a lot of people might not be able to pay their fines at the moment. So we try to work with them because life happens. We don’t judge or try to limit patrons. We try to help them to clear their cards. 

Fuck outta here with that “going to get robbed” mindset. Libraries are free, and always will be. They stock way more things than youd ever imagine. Try walking in one some time. I bet it’s changed a lot since youve last been there.

[kaylapocalypse-deactivated20201]

^^^

[ooksaidthelibrarian]

Also, fuck the idea that libraries have to be quiet. In half an hour, I’ll be teaching kids how to make their own intruments from vardboard and a MakeyMakey set and they will play piano, bongos and a synthesizer that does fart sounds (they’re 8-10 years old…) and we’ll be doing it right in the library. The children’s library is never quiet. There ARE quiet corner and there always will be, for people who want to work here. But on the whole, I prefer a library where people are not talking in hushed tones and walk around on tiptoes. I want them to feel at home and that bring a certain amount of noise with it. Also, what is ordinary in your mind? What are these ordinary people you are talking about because I don’t think I have seen such a person in my life.

[fadagaski]

Seems to me that SOMEONE is well off enough to not need to use the services of a library, and not coincidentally, they believe poor people don’t deserve access to those same resources that, in owning them, SOMEONE feels superior.

[kimbureh]

I have an infinite love for libraries and it took some time to realize they offer so much more than “just” a huge treasure of books even though I visited libraries daily for years.

I didn’t expect them to offer other stuff like guided tours, public talks and discussions, workshops, help with research and computer software, etc, so I didn’t really see it at first. But libraries have a very important social role for people of ANY background! I can’t even be mad at library fees because I see them as a donation to a wonderful service that is otherwise free or almost completely free!

[cygnaut]

Libraries are for everyone

[flukeoftheuniverse]

We also have AC in the summer and heat in the winter and comfortable places to sit. We have tables to work at and (sometimes) outlets to plug things into. We have a lawn and sometimes we put lawn games out on it. We have literacy services and free wifi and programs where you can play with LEGO or see a medieval weapons demonstration (we had a trebuchet on our lawn once - we launched water balloons with it) or learn about local history or geology or wine or dozens of other topics. We run video game nights and board game afternoons and computer classes and storytimes and we just started running trivia nights at a local pub. We have a display space local artists can apply to exhibit their work in and we host art shows from the local high schools once a year. And that’s just where I work. Some libraries can offer more, some can offer less, but we all do what we can. Why do we do it all? Because EVERYONE DESERVES ACCESS. Every single ordinary person out there? They have the right to access information. Libraries aren’t for the elite. They’re for anyone who wants to use them. Hell, we have tons of material available online now. Stream it for free! Movies, shows, music, audio books, text, databases, newspapers. You don’t even have to physically come in the building again once you get a library card and you STILL get access to all of that. That’s why we fucking exist. For ordinary people and extraordinary people. For the people who can get it elsewhere and the people who can’t. We offer it free. Because you deserve it.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

^ THIS

LIBRARIES ARE FOR ALL PEOPLE TO USE

[drfitzmonster]

this is why i love libraries and love working for one

and yes sometimes people steal things, but the vast majority of them do not

and even when people do steal things, we replace them and move on

because we are dedicated to providing access to all people

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

I would LOVE to work in a library…but I would probably get distracted by all the books! <3_<3

[stupidjewishwhiteboy]

I do work in a library, and I do get distracted by all the books (and DVDs). My “to-read” lists are insane.

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

“If ordinary people start going into libraries…”

EXCUSE ME BUT WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK LIBRARIES ARE FOR????

Signed,

A Librarian

[ineffectualdemon]

As the daughter of a librarian I can also guarantee that half the missing books are in the homes of librarians and their families who have forgotten which are the library books and which are home books.

[ao3tagoftheday]

The AO3 Tag of the Day is: Finally some realistic development