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Mélanie. Born the same year as Harry Styles. Outside of Tumblr, I pretend I'm not obsessed with One Direction and usually fail miserably.

[ltlondonlive]

all i can think about is how harry thought washington and DC were two different places lmao

[ltlondonlive]

harry: WHOS FROM WASHINGTON? WHOS FROM DC? WHOS FROM NEITHER?

the crowd:

[earthnation-deactivated20131010]

this website is so toxic 

[foodnun-deactivated20140601]

With a taste of your lips I’m on a ride

[heir-to-the-diamond-throne]

Me: *falling asleep to an audiobook on the science of the gut*

Book: saliva is actually filtered blood!

Me: ʕʘ‿ʘʔ

[heir-to-the-diamond-throne]

Me: ʕʘ‿ʘʔ

Book: saliva also contains a painkiller that is stronger than morphine, but we don’t produce a lot of it otherwise we’d be constantly high

Me: ʕʘ Д ʘʔ

[heir-to-the-diamond-throne]

Opiorphin is 6x stronger than morphine and actually contains an anti-depressant compound which is why some doctors believe it’s linked to comfort eating

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/20610867/

[enbyroses]

Everyone spit on me so I won’t be depressed

[orangeoutlet]

[actualdragoninreallife]

people who don’t own cats: cats are so aloof… they just keep to themselves and don’t care that you even exist

cats: hey! hey! hey! hey! pay attention to me! hey! why aren’t you looking at me! hey! hey! if you don’t pet me right now i’ll freakin die! hey! heeeyyy!!!!

[drarryismymuse]

So true…usually also accompanied by…

cat: *crash* you didn’t look at me good enough.

[dominoinla]

i love my tiny destructive house goblin 

[queenmercurys]

happy 32nd birthday, richard madden!

[sodomymcscurvylegs]

Me, in Ancient Greece, tying my sandals and pretending I don’t know that swan checking me out is Zeus:

[sprimpfriedrice]

me, an ancient greek, knowing that some thot is about to send hera on another murderous rampage

[yellowvinyl]

Toronto. 6.16.18

[thedailystyles]

06/15/18 (via idkusuk)

[just-shower-thoughts]

You know an object in a cartoon is going to be useful when it doesn’t blend in with the background

[peaceshine3]

[bobbsayshi]

I looked it up just to be sure and this shit is Fr y'all The Tasmanian people had a dialect and way of life that was different from other Aborigines. The British killed the men and women of the tribes and took away their food supply when they first arrived. Later they tried to “civilize” the Tasmanians and subject them to foreign diseases to kill off the last of them. The last full-blood Tasmanian woman was said to have lived until the year1888.

[eternalfratboy]

Wow!

[norest4thaweary]

at this point, what isnt racist in this country??!!

[jjsinterlude]

WHAT THE FUCK

[prettyboyshyflizzy]

Wow 😳😥

[marauders4evr]

As a History Concentration with a rather unsettling love for Looney Tunes and other classic cartoons, I never thought that I’d see the day where my two completely unrelated passions merged up so wonderfully.

And yet, here we are.

So let’s talk about Tasmania, shall we?

Actually, pretty much everything that the OP said about Tasmania is correct.

By the way, her name was Truganini (Nickname: Lallah Rookh.) If you’re going to use her legacy to try to criticize an old cartoon character you should at least give her the common courtesy of a name.

Now then, let’s talk about Looney Tunes.

Or more specifically, let us talk about the Tasmanian Devil.

Taz for short.

Great character.

Fun, energetic, hungry, and not a racist portrayal in any way, shape, or form.

The statement that Taz is a racist portrayal of the Tasmanian people is completely and one hundred percent wrong.

Now I know what you’re thinking…

“Alright marauders4evr, what is the Tasmanian Devil based off of?”

Well, Im glad that you asked.

Gather ‘round and listen closely now because this is going to be one of the greatest revelations that you will ever hear in your mortal lives.

The Tasmanian Devil…

…is based off of the Tasmanian Devil!

Yeah!

It’s a real animal!

An energetic animal who eats everything in its sight.

And Robert McKimson based a character off of it.

Speaking of one of the great men behind Looney Tunes…

Let’s talk about Mel Blanc!

I love him!

I wish that I could have met him!

He’s one of my late heroes.

Phenomenal voice actor.

The best that has ever existed.

The Man of 1000 Voices he’s called.

(And that’s an underestimate!)

The point is that he took a lot of pride in his work.

So what did he base Taz’s dialect off of?

I can tell you right now that it wasn’t the Tasmanian people.

Mel Blanc based the sound of the Tasmanian Devil…

…off of the Tasmanian Devil!

Here’s a clip of Taz’s dialect:

And here’s a clip of the Tasmanian Devil’s scream:

(Chilling, ain’t it?)

(On a side note, I just love to imagine Mel in the recording booth, screaming and growling before calmly doing Bugs’ voice!)

In conclusion…

What happened to the Tasmanian people truly is saddening and I wish that it hadn’t happened.

THE TASMANIAN DEVIL (TAZ) IS NOT A RACIST PORTRAYAL IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM

THE TASMANIAN DEVIL IS A REAL ANIMAL!

MEL BLANC WAS AWESOME AND DESERVES YOUR UTMOST RESPECT!

T-T-T-T-T-T-THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

[spider-hands-mannos-deactivated]

Fabulous

[thatjedirey]

There’s enough actual, legitimate racism in this world. Speak out against that instead of making shit up.

[tranny-levi-deactivated20180721]

I thought it was common knowledge that all the animals in Looney Tunes were based on actual animals, and aren’t meant to represent people.

[lyrebirdswrites]

I know people started reading this thread for loony tunes and racism, but I can’t let a post about Tasmanian Devils go by without trying to spread some awareness about the dire situation the species is in.

They might seem scary in that above clip, but don’t get the idea that tazzie devils are horribly aggressive like that all the time. If they’re not mating or feeding in the wild, they’re actually very docile (cute, even!)

Why do all of those pictures look like they’re from zoos or taken of Tasmanian devils in captivity? Because at the moment that’s really the only place the species has any chance of survival. 

The Tasmanian devil population is plagued by a contagious cancer known as Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD), and as a result, between 80% and 95% of the entire wild population has been wiped out. It develops as large lumps on the muzzles on devils, and it spreads so quickly because of the tazzie devil’s habit of biting one another’s faces - thus putting them into contact with the contagious mutated cells. Within three months an infected individual typically starves to death because the tumors interfere with feeding.

They’ve been listed as an endangered species for about a decade now, and the only way to keep the population alive is to quarantine infected animals and ensure that healthy populations have no risk of coming into contact with the cancer. Captive populations designed to ensure the survival of the species in the (likely) event of all wild populations going extinct is where the majority of tazzie devils are found these days.

I know none of this is new information, but seeing as some people on this post didn’t even know tasmanian devils existed, I figured maybe people actually weren’t aware of the issue? Huge progress has been made towards a cure but nothing can be done without funding, so if you can, please consider donating to the research efforts, even if it’s only a little. Everything helps. 

You can donate here:  http://www.utas.edu.au/giving/devil 

And you can read the latest findings here:  http://www.tassiedevil.com.au/tasdevil.nsf/

[scumfuckus]

i will say the funniest thing i’ve ever fucking seen on a tv soap is when my mum was watching holby city (british medical drama) many many years ago and there was this one really arrogant anaesthetist and he was bragging about something or other while holding a charged defibrillator pad in each hand and triumphantly clapped them together and just straight up electrocuted himself and fucking died. it was supposed to be like a serious scene but nothing i’ve ever watched since has surpassed that level of comedy

[scumfuckus]

it’s so much fucking funnier than i remember

[hryptid]

Toronto, 16.06.18

[hyunjining]

“There is one rule, it’s the most important - if you even THINK about getting in my way when you’re dancing [indistinct] DON"T GET IN MY WAY!….”

— Harry to two fans after he invites onto the stage to dance and directs them to stand on either side of the stage for WMYB. Boston. 18th June, 2018. (via whiteknightonasteed)

[golddustdyke]

Harry pulling those two glitter girls on stage to dance with rainbow flags to wmyb was the most dramatic and gayest thing ive ever witnessed …HAPPY PRIDE BABY

[thespacegoat-deactivated2016100]

the fact women are viewed as being more sexy at 15 than 40 is the creepiest thing in the world

[candiikismet]

Horrifying really

[muffininspiration]

Looking through the notes, and people seem to be justifying this as evolutionary biology. They believe that human females are most fertile at the age of 15. Considering your body isn’t even done growing at this age, I find this incredibly hard to believe. Really? The best time for you to push a baby out of your vagina is when your periods probably aren’t even regular yet? Like the younger you are, the more likely you are to DIE from child birth. Well anyway, most websites claim you’re most fertile in your 20s, peaking at 27… So congrats on trying to blatantly justify pedophilia by using bullshit science.

[lesbian-lizards]

Pregnancy/maternal issues is the LEADING killer of girls aged 15-19 globally. Not only is “15 year olds are more fertile” a creepy, pedophilic belief, it’s also an extremely dangerous one.

[meloetta]

why do they always showcase ‘bullies’ in cartoons as being some punk with a mohawk like

when was the last time you saw a cool guy in a leather jacket not minding his own business it’s usually some basic asshole in a graphic tee that has something to say

[awkward-teabag]

Because the people at the top have a vested interest in making people assume guys like them can’t be bullies.

Bullies in cartoons: Punks

The most violent faction in a dystopia: Punks

Unfriendlies in video games: Punks

Punk fashion is coded to be bad and untrustworthy. Suits and clean-cut clothes are coded to be good and upstanding people.

People with tats, body mods, dyed hair, funky hair cuts are coded to be dirty and lazy. Close-cropped hair, little to no stubble, zero body mods or tats, and nothing colourful is coded as clean and professional.

The people at the top would rather you see the group they fear the most as the enemy so you never question them or threaten their power.