Awkward Laughter

Gay and stressed (they/them)

[snapdraqons]

you've heard of "he would not fucking say that" now get ready for "he would not be that comfortable with his own sexuality"

[threedollarsdotcom]

magical girl transforms down the stairs into a beautiful broken body

[catchymemes]

A Knights Dress by Frieda Lepold ⚔️

[anarchistmemedistro]

AI haters build tarpits to trap and trick AI scrapers that ignore robots.txt

Attackers explain how an anti-spam defense became an AI weapon.

[megaceros]

love that energy

[thestuffedalligator]

I’m going to level with you. I have listened to The Devil Went Down to Georgia for most of my life. We were a country music household, this was a staple of my childhood along with Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, and that one Chipmunks country album.

I have no idea what “Fire on the mountain run boys run/The Devil's in the house of the rising sun/Chicken in the bread pan picking out dough/Granny does your dog bite no child no” means and at this point I’m too scared to ask.

[dementian]

For once I can be of assistance.

Each of the lyrics comes from an old-time hickory song for fiddles, and is a lyric from that corresponding song.

"Fire on the Mountain" --> "Fire on the Mountain, run boys run"

Fire On The Mountain - Fiddle Player POV

"The House of the Rising Sun" --> "The Devil's in the house of the rising sun"

House of the Rising Sun

"Ida Red" --> "Chicken in the bread pan peckin' out dough"

Ida Red - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

"Granny Will Your Dog Bite" --> "Granny does your dog bite? 'No child, no'."

FTC #149 Granny Will Your Dog Bite

And for your furthered education, The Mountain Whipporwill.

Mountain Whippoorwill (aka How Hillbilly Jim Won the Great Fiddler's Prize)

[impossiblepackage]

this is the key part of the song, that a lot of people miss. people have this misconception that the contest between Johnny and The Devil is about who is the better fiddle player. but it isn't. its about who is the better fiddler.

in a time before things like radios and record players, every time you heard music was because there was somebody in the room with you playing an instrument. and many, many, many social events involved dancing, which requires music. so, if you're planning any kind of gathering in the american south or appalachia, you need to find a fiddler. and the fiddler's job is to play music that everybody knows and likes and can dance to.

the mistake The Devil makes in his bet with Johnny is that he misinterprets the contest as being about technical ability, so he has this big flashy song. he plays fast and impressively with a band of demons playing unfamiliar instruments in unfamiliar rhythms. he's definitely more skilled at playing than Johnny, and thinks he has it in the bag.

but Johnny wins because the contest is about being the best fiddler. the song uses these lines mentioned above as a shorthand for saying that Johnny is playing these songs. Johnny launches into a set of the most popular songs, played well, and that's what gives him his big win. A good fiddler knows all the hits, and can read the room to know what to play next. The Devil loses because he completely fails to read the room, and doesn't know the right songs.

[precious-silly-thing-deactivate]

Candle clocks

[capillaries-burst-from-boredom]

same energy tbh

[cryptotheism]

Your own

feminist

white boy

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

Wild shit you can do with potatoes ep 1

[cat-mermaid]

[devilishdanse]

This is Bread, my glass blown banana slug. Affectionately named by the associates I bought him from. I love him so much! Isn't he beautiful?

[egberts]

the world's smallest carnivore is called the "least weasel" 😭😭 i'm dying but like if it's the smallest carnivore then it sure is the least amount of weasel you can have 😭😭😭

[sator-the-wanderer]

Look at him: this is absolutely the least amount of weasel you can have

[daughterofsarenrae]

To really put it in perspective

[flootzavut]

Immediately I love him

[punkitt-is-here]

i love that sakurai on two separate occasions has been like "what the fuck are those? i dont know. no one knows. they simply are"

[fortzancudo]

i literally feel like im going to be sick trying not to laugh at this at my desk like i feel faint

[plumbo-gummite]

the smuckling smumbler

[xxem0s0xxx]

I'm making Setsuna chainmail to fight

[phaeton-flier]

Bear religion probably fucking rocks. You're a fucking bear, you're the deadliest thing on earth, once a year an endless supply of salmon just flings itself up the river to gorge on and then you nap for 3 months.

[phaeton-flier]

The most delicious food in the world is protected by tiny demons who can defend it from everyone except you. Your natural armor is thick enough that you can just eat the damn hive while they buzz around you. God's chosen animals right there

[theaudientvoid]

[centrally-unplanned]

Regular bears tell stories of angel bears sent by the Bear God, pure white and twice as strong as any normal bear could be, who rule the summit of the Earth and kill all who stand in their path.

And they are right, those bears exist and totally do that. Humans just have fake angels as a cope.

[theabigailthorn]

love the idea of bears being the chosen species actually. having a near death experience and glimpsing heaven and realising it's just full of bears, no humans at all, humans not ensouled actually, humans an accidental byproduct of God's plan for bears

[knittyboi]

Going through old pattern booklets i forgot i had; please enjoy this vagina cardigan

[abigail-nicole]

OP i need to knit this i need it i need it im a professional gynecologist and i need to wear a vagina sweater to work

[knittyboi]

!!! PLEASE DO THIS !!!

I will scan the pattern for you just say the word

[abigail-nicole]

Raiding my stash ready to swatch I will be held accountable for this

[knittyboi]

Go ahead and get yonic with it!! I scanned the whole booklet for yucks, there are some great late 80s patterns in there. The file sharing link should be good thru 10-06-26, if it expires just shoot me a message and I'll re-upload

https://limewire.com/d/sDP3G#4JbcmhiLHe

[abigail-nicole]

AHHHHHHH VAGINA SWEATER

[computer-voiced-by-majel-barrett]

Shoutout to my favorite genre of TOS episode:

[origami-trust]

Taskmaster S21E8: "Take the most photos featuring at least 50% of the Taskmaster's Assistant. The Taskmaster's Assistant must stay within the arena and will run when you clap." Joanna, Armando, Kumail: 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏