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isuggestkillingyourself

tactfulsaboteur

psybomb

Every time I see that last pic, I have to note that the funniest line is the one immediately after the highlight

littleluciddreamer-blog

Reblog if you're hoping 2011 will be a fresh start.

charlottevstapleton

izzetheking

I hope this cat didnt kill any of those birds .

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rlmjob

wow you actually found a practical use for that reaction image

cronope-blog

holy shit

vardaelcntari

That’s it, the Professor is truly the King of Sass

nimium-amatrix-ingenii-sui

The letter didn’t come from the Nazi party, but from the publishing house which had expressed an interest in the German translation of The Hobbit. Tolkien’s response really is a thing of beauty, though, so it deserves to be quoted in its entirety:

25 July 1938 20 Northmoor Road, Oxford

Dear Sirs,

Thank you for your letter. … I regret that I am not clear as to what you intend by arisch. I am not of Aryan extraction: that is Indo-iranian; as far as I am aware none of my ancestors spoke Hindustani, Persian, Gypsy, or any related dialects. But if I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret that I appear to have no ancestors of that gifted people. My great-great-grandfather came to England in the eighteenth century from Germany: the main part of my descent is therefore purely English, and I am an English subject - which should be sufficient. I have been accustomed, nonetheless, to regard my German name with pride, and continued to do so throughout the period of the late regrettable war, in which I served in the English army. I cannot, however, forbear to comment that if impertinent and irrelevant inquiries of this sort are to become the rule in matters of literature, then the time is not far distant when a German name will no longer be a source of pride.

Your enquiry is doubtless made in order to comply with the laws of your own country, but that this should be held to apply to the subjects of another state would be improper, even if it had (as it has not) any bearings whatsoever on the merits of my work or its suitability for publication, of which you appear to have satisfied yourselves without reference to my Abstammung.

I trust you will find this reply satisfactory, and remain yours faithfully

J.R.R. Tolkien.

(Letter 30)

The Hobbit wasn’t published in German until 1957.

correspondingnerd

This might just be the politest “fuck you” ever written.

geekandmisandry

W.h.a.t.

bramblepatch

Not just “I wish I had Jewish ancestors, but I don’t,” but also “you do realize that’s not what ‘Aryan’ actually means, right,” and “you guys are making it pretty hard to be proud of my German heritage.”

steakplissken

Nazis: Are you Aryan?

Noted linguistics freak Tolkien: Are you?

ozempicofficial

roseworth

in middle school i knew a guy named alexander hamilton because his parents just thought it would be nice to name their son after a historical figure but then this poor guy went through hell because he was 13 years old in 2015 and his name was alexander hamilton

escuerzoresucitado

crehelf

free-parking-blog

Francis Alÿs, Nightwatch, 2004.

Surveillance cameras observe a fox exploring the Tudor and Georgian rooms of the National Portrait Gallery at night.

dappervolk

To celebrate our Anniversary, a new Custom Maker Giveaway has begun! 🎂

Custom makers are the rarest item in the game, and allow you to request a clothing/pet to be drawn by the team.

You can enter on site too for an extra chance at winning!

Good luck to everyone entering!

idiotaroma

Favourite theme is Little Forager and id is #30564 !

serfuzzypushover

Trying

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drtanner

I love this video so much. This cat, trying so hard to sip like a people. Desperate to sip like a people. Objectively incapable of sipping like a people.

pinkest-nekomata

This video contains more insight into how cats form a concept of humans than decades of lab research. A lot of cats are idiots, of course, but this one at least has made the connection that the Humans use the Front Paws for sippies.

And he has also identified the humans as One of Us because he’s actually taken the time to attempt to learn by example instead of the naive cat strat of: stick paw in or stick face in.

Anytime somebody tells you cats can’t really bond with humans (they just want food!), produce this video as evidence. Trusting the example of another species is just a beautiful, wonderful phenomenon. This is not classic conditioning.

Anyway, I love cats.

sentimental-apathy

I'm crying from laughing so hard, this improv is so damn hilarious omfg lol

animalwoonz

Personal space? Nope - never heard of it.

alaimo

Is that…… them

l0stvegas

pardon me but can someone tell me what the hells going on with the playlists Spotify is putting together automatically for me. what the flying fuck is a ‘dog water mix’

l0stvegas

I decided to scroll down the list of playlists spotify put together for me and each one has me more perplexed than the last. what the fuck is battle clown music. eggpunk? am i having a fucking stroke

orteil42

i love when i “make a mental note” of something. it’s gone within 20 seconds

balaclava-trismegistus

"Are you more artistic or scientific" science is art and art is science bitch

balaclava-trismegistus

"this! im both artistic and scientific" no shut the FUCK up you don't get it

There is no difference. None. Science and art are both fueled by passion and romance. They are cycles of understanding, intimacy, and expression that have no beginning or end, that sustain one another in a wheel. Without artistic passion there would be no science. Without scientific understanding there would be no art. They are the exact same wonder and amazement with the world around us expressed through different yet interdependent media.