Inheriting Exile

Photoblog of yet another American expat in Japan.

[j0jin-deactivated20210309]

[ip2lb]

Person: [Plays C, D, E, F, G, A, and B on a piano.]

Cat: [Meows a C, completing the scale]

[ruskiizek-deactivated20180227]

Russian girl doing a traditional Cossack sword dance 

[persephinae]

She was studying the blade while you were doing whatever the fuck you were doing

[unrepentantwarriorpriest]

Warrior Woman

[theory-ov-everything]

[ivan-fyodorovich-deactivated202]

wow

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I lost it at the fucking chess pieces

[dinuguan]

[im-not-a-skelmersdale-monster]

Absolute shenanigans

[daco-broman]

this is the best video on this whole website

[ripe]

Nara Park in Nara, Japan, is home to over 1,200 wild sika deer. A video captured by Japanese photographer Kazuki Ikeda shows a herd of the deer relaxing by the park’s cherry blossom trees.

(source)

[sabertoothwalrus]

unmute

[copperbadge]

I have never so joyously reblogged a bird video in my life. 

[meantfortheshore]

[moremetalthanyourmom]

Okay but after seeing this I started doing it too and it’s amazing how many men I’ve run into bc they expected me to move

[youcangofindatree-deactivated20]

Gotta try it

[clevermanka]

I work (and walk) on a college campus. I’ve lost count of how many men I’ve smacked shoulders with.

[emmagrant01]

Recently, I was standing outside my son’s classroom waiting to talk to his teacher. I stood on one side of the hallway, not even close to the center. At some point, a man came walking along. I was standing right in his path, but the hallway was empty, so I logically expected him to swerve around me. Instead he kept walking right toward me, got to me, and stopped, as if waiting for me to get out of his way. I didn’t; I just smiled politely at him. He finally walked around me, clearly annoyed that I hadn’t leapt out of his manly path.

Now I’m wishing I’d leapt aside, taken off my jacket and laid it on the floor before him, then bowed deeply and said, “My Liege!”

[mercurialkitty]

I also work at a college campus. I smack shoulders sometimes, but I find that if I stare straight ahead and follow the advice below, people get the heck out of the way.

[songbirde108]

Honestly this post changed how I carry myself when walking alone in public, or in a situation where I’m the one leading. People definitely move for the murder gaze.

[onethingconstant]

Confirmed. I once had to rush back inside a convention hall as the con was closing in order to a retrieve a sick friend’s medication, and I didn’t understand why people in the crowd were jumping out of my way (literally—one guy vaulted a table) until I realized I was dressed as the Winter Soldier and doing the Murder Walk because that’s just how I walk in those boots. I got the meds, got out, and made a mental note.

I repeated the experiment later, wearing the boots but otherwise my usual clothing and mimicking the expression I thought I’d had at that moment. People parted like I was Charlton Heston.

I now wear that style of boots whenever possible. I recently had a man do a double-take as I walked by and ask me, politely, where I had served because I “looked like a soldier.” I’m not current or former military. I was wearing a flowy purple peasant top and looked as un-soldierlike as possible.

Moral of the story: wear comfortable shoes, square your shoulders, and walk like you’ve been sent to murder Captain America.

[naeonnoir]

WALK LIKE YOU’VE BEEN SENT TO MURDER CAPTAIN AMERICA

[retroasgardian-deactivated20180]

[spiduhgirl]

It’s called the Murder Strut.

[elegantmess100]

IT’S BACK!!!!!! I was searching for this to show my daughter the other day and couldn’t find it. I’m so glad IT’S BACK!! I will always reblog the Murder Strut!!

[b3gayd0crim3]

A guy on a bike went around me because he could tell I had no intention of moving. Thanks to this post.

[linkedsoul]

One day and I bumped into a guy while doing the Murder Strut and he apologized to me even though I was the one who had bumped into him.

It works wonders.

[noping-out-deactivated20241117]

In case you were wondering, yes you can do this in a wheelchair. Same look in your eyes and let ‘em know you will run them down. Just picture yourself in a sports car accelerating towards someone with the intention of flattening them.

If there’s anything more satisfying than watching Abled men leap out of my way when they realize I’m not moving for them, I can’t think of it atm.

[chasing-asterion]

[seperis]

Walk like you’ve been sent to murder Captain America.

Wheel like you’re gonna win the Indy 500 and don’t care how.

Your crutches are short swords; walk like you can see them buried in the bodies of anyone who crosses (in front of) you.

Tumblr: teaching women how to be Moses and part the fucking Red Sea with the power of their minds.

[taraljc]

I had never seen these updates to the Patriarchy Chicken Game before and they are all a goddam DELIGHT

[goawfma]

the accuracy ☠️☠️☠️

[pettycentral]

[smatter-deactivated20220909]

This might be my favorite post hahaha

[pdothamman-deactivated20170513]

I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD YO BECAUSE DON’T THEY KNOW IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE THERE???

[toshio]

[kingrudegyalchina]

I missed this

[caliloner559-deactivated2019120]

Never forget

[princessakuba]

Lmao

[peaceloveandyanni]

Pokemans

[ororomunroedontpullout]

Everybody know that’s big dick bee

[studthismuffin]

BEES DON’T EVEN HAVE DICKS THAT’S A STINGER!!!

[imleft-handed-deactivated202011]

😂😂😂😂

[justwaaaitonit]

Lmfao

[morphmaker]

The Fab Five travel through time, space, and genre to help Professor Flitwick get his groove back

[gunpowderchant]

Get your facts straight, CNN.

[infinitywhale]

If you didn’t know, Stephen Colbert is a literal expert on Lord of the Rings. He went onto the sets of one of the films and managed to beat the resident lore expert in a trivia contest. Someday he will die and Death will come, and he will live forever by challenging him to a contest of LoTR trivia.

[malapropsbookstore]

Headcanon accepted.

[totesmalotesmorty-deactivated20]

I’ve been looking everywhere for this oh my god

[satomichi]

♥ ♥ ♥

[wayneradiotv]

me after watching this

[institutionalized-gaming]

October can’t come soon enough

IT IS AUGUST

[its-an-ear-hat-john]

This has been in my likes since last year. It is time.

[bedhead-queen]

This is the 21st night of September skeleton. He only appears once a year.

[dandalf-thegay-deactivated20190]

I came across the Wikihow for speaking with a Bostonian accent and I couldn’t decide which picture I loved the most so I included them all

[todaysbird]

remember: the ‘holy’ white doves are just white rock doves, aka the common pigeon!

[sovereignslash]

Doves are just pigeons with white privilege

[sour-charity]

Also can we talk about how STUNNING their irredentist feathers are?

[tawghasa]

This post made me finally look up whether Australian crested pigeons are also doves, and I didn’t quite understand the wiki page but I think the answer is ‘yes’.

[stereofeathers]

You guys are gonna go ham when you hear about fruit doves

[snarg]

[thebestoftumbling]

Corgi on a Carousel

[everquest92]

HIS NAME IS MEATBALL

[ryandevon]

This is the cutest thing omg

[theonlylivingboyinnewyork]

I love this.

[cycirish]

Can’t not reblog Meatball the Corgi, plus the music!