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i started reading this book and kept tilting my head at the comparisons the author was using so i started a running list of them

furryprovocateur

this author's use of imagery is so questionable

furryprovocateur

i actually went "what the fuck" and had to stop for like 5 minutes after this one

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my first tag game!!!

for queer or straight/het people, it doesn't matter:

here's mine!

tags: @mikeandwillsweddingofficiant @coffeestainedstars @edensolace @loonylara @b4rty-r0s13r-w1ll-fck-y0ur-m0m @sweetcreatureeternal @awhimsicalwhirlwind @maliciouslittlewhiteboy @isawyourgreenhair @hinny-is-my-comfort-ship @patroclus-is-the-bigger-person @a-sucker-for-a-sucker-offical @a-live-anchovy and anyone else who wants to!

isawyourgreenhair

Oo this was fun!

Ty for tagging me!

Npt: @mothwingsmayy @moonycleric @future-muse @abithetheatrekid @thoraelrlffnem @who-me-never14 @alb4tr0ss-feather @beefyboffybethy + open tags :)

in-a-bullets-embrace

npt: @candylorde @ina-cares @jadiewilson2013 @krow-offical @lightsabersandbluecookies @lynn-is-definitely-sane @st4ry3mi @tcmsofan @tired-shipper @universe-city-2 @vanished159

+ open tags!!

jadie-was-never-here-11

TYY FOR TAGGING MEE

@printer-reads-books-505 @sageberry-19 @mayawithany @makeitfast9052 @gracie-is-confused @ciciitheclownuh @joyconehead @shadowstar745 @sanayarita @rainboop @scarecrow-jo3 @thatpigeongirl @evermoreemily @callmegayandgrunge2 + OPEN TAGSSSS <333333333

joyconehead

TYSM FOR THE TAGGGG

This was so much fun gehehehehhehe

I was literally watching spider man while making this lol

@krow-offical @darknesswrappedinfallcolors @wallyblack1925-offical @printer-reads-books-505 @ravenwordsx @phantomfandoms491 @foundheaven013 @mayawithany @laika-the-cosmic-stardog @frankierosfoottattoos @lotions-potions-and-notions @elisexelise @evermoreemily @dramatic1nlyf @the-aricher @the-l0ser-st4rr +open tagsss:)

wallyblack1925-offical

@eleventhirtythoughts @padfoot-sirius-black

@remmickshop @parkerpiness @bluegrayconsss

@thatsmyineffablelifeline @rushingordragging

@lavendertortoise12 + open tags

lavendertortoise12

thx for the tag!

@your-fav-idiot-lesbian @andr0gynousfan @skiier-girl @dragontheryuu @mayawithany @odetoatropa

+ open tags <3

your-fav-idiot-lesbian

thanks for the tag!!

@quietghostygirl @queen-of-sapphics @reys-just-here @redwinesupanover @thegenrefluid2 @teddy-clouds @foundheaven013 @girl-on-the-subway @silly-fi5h @liamblack11 @chaoticgaektcat

cfspring11

thanks for the tag :)

@i-am-a-potato-hehe @shadowstar745 @likean0leander @ameliarose4things @cjsdabest @ivywish8 @waitingonabook @wool-and-writing @imjustanerd13 +anyone else who wants to join!

shadowstar745

Ty for the tag!!!

@team-gallavichh @paz102046 @imjustanerd13 @cjsdabest @jadie-wavy-1320 @likean0leander

team-gallavichh

This was so much fun! I didn’t even know some of these things were stereotypes

@nihilisticentity @jupiter-does-things @stardustnillarust @here-and-queer312 @nothinginparticular19

here-and-queer312

hehe thanks for the tag :3

Green is for definitely, yellow for maybe/somewhat

@jayizgay @meowwswiftie @scoring-the-end-of-the-jay @urfriendlyneighborhoodweirdo @misty-skyz-after-a-storm

bl00d-st4n13d-f4ng

Practically everything lmaooo

@calcium-is-screaming2 @stank-bugg @star-crossedloverboy-official @ari-a-saurus @oliversillyboi @aster-enby @certified-mothwriter and open tags

stank-bugg

So close yet so far

@calcium-is-screaming2 @aleks-is-dead +open tags!!

dead-and-lover

@ilikeweirdandcoolthings @irlorangecat @j3nny21xcx @milo-the-clown @doradoro101 @sillyshinx @komokiri + open tags

j3nny21xcx

Tyy

Open tags ^^

girlwuke

@thedynamicworm @your-local-forest-crypid @possiblyhumanbeing @aster-enby @alex-loves-stars @ftgremlin @grapeflavoredraisins @hungryy-heart @jan-is-dead @llucyfurr @connietheo +open tags, no pressure ( ˶ˆᗜˆ˵ )

alex-arcturus

I havent had monster in so long (two weeks)

@g00sey-g00se @bl00d-st4n13d-f4ng @jan-is-dead @aster-enby + anyone else

asterenbyy

guess im not gay enough

(also alex you aint a speedwalker i be slowing down for you at school)

@thechibiestdemon @clowndestroyer2000 +open tags

thechibiestdemon

neither am i apparently 😔

@stella-sidra @ebi-heartsalltheway

stella-sidra

@kriszekeda uhhh I’m lazy all my moots and open tags

kriszekeda

@astralcuite @spookthelilguy @rottingnfrotting

@rename-it-later open tags I’m lazy

onyx-di-angelo

@anything-for-my-moony-1971 @slut-4-remuslupin @thebringerofchaosandhell @pot-kettle-23 @honeyshineshipsandshit @smthabsolutelyunhinged @blizzardtheartisticfox @woefulstar @candle5000 @thedamsolangelofan @littlejumpingjoan @wintrsoul @plutos-only-inhabitant @athenaspetsnek @agreentealeaf @shroombloom95 @ovloppy @lowkey-mynx @mairon-goth-minion @blackbrother2508 @aceofspades42

athenaspetsnek

(I don't know if I actually count as disabled, but I've been given acdemic accommodations and have to take infusion meds every six weeks so ehhh maybe?)

Tagging (no pressure):

@uncorrect-again @part-time-zombie @anyone else

part-time-zombie

Idk if im actually neurodivergent or not so I'll leave it blank for now lol

@lio-the-chaotic-nonbeanie-weenie if you want!

yardsards

but i stay silly! *←said in the most world-weary voice you ever did hear*

fizzlepop-frog

“but I stay silly!”

sensiblereblogifposts

Reblog you stay silly

weaselle

on it boss

no-terfs-no-swerfs-no-fascists

We have no choice but to stan a queen 💪❤️👑

themainspoon

Trying to escape military service like: "Poison Seller, I require your weakest poisons."

dumbtrannybitch

it's actually so amazing she helped save the lives of the honorable men who did not wish to fight, while killing the most vile men, that is so fucking based

terpsikeraunos

ancient greek word of the day: κακοθερής (kakotherēs), unfitted to endure summer heat

aphilologicalbatman-deactivated

this literally means “bad at summer” pass it on

zipstick

Reblog if you, too, are bad at summer

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World Heritage Post

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bananahomo

I reblogged this last month, tagged it, and said “might as well see if it works.” I used this video as a reference to find all the forms that i needed (which is A LOT, especially if you’re a dependent) and sent them through the mail, not really allowing myself to hope.

dude.

$2,714 of medical debt from my top surgery - gone. im shaking this was such a weight on me for 2 years and it fucking worked. what the fuck.

minakittengaming

This is huge. Sharing for my US friendos.

zillyblog

Hospitals like to hide these policies under a lot of successive links in obscure places, so if you don't see anything right away, keep looking! Get friends to help! Make it a scavenger hunt. A game where you're assassins sent to slit capitalism's throat

leonalmalsy

mooserattler

Reblog this picture of me holding a Family Size box of Honey Nut Cheerios? I’d really appreciate it.

moonblossom

How can I say no to such a great photo and such a polite request?

gertritude-art

nightly spiral

sigynpenniman

this is my favorite fuckin comic ever I have never seen something capture the experience so well

nicolegendary

"this is what ive BEEN saying" - me about a thought that 99% only exists in my brain and i maybe mentioned briefly in one tag once

geardrops

"i don't think i've mentioned this but" - me about something i have said 847620938 times before

animesickos

We're on a new platform with a totally different audience...we have to prove ourselves all over again...convince a totally new group of people to think we're funny and worth your attention....so allow me to drop some of my "A" material....the funniest thing I got.......here goes....... jeef berky

Zelda x Princess Bride AU ✨ (part 4?)

recoiloperated

Fixed it.

coffebits

No. I fixed it.

zelda-heritage-posts

Zelda Heritage Post

art-rica

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Zelda Heritage Post

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KICK THE CAN!

Let’s play the biggest game of kick the can on the internet.

To kick the can, reblog it. I wanna see how long this can go on for.

visibun

the oldest reblogs for this post that i can find are from january 2nd of 2013. this can has been getting kicked around tumblr for almost 13½ years now

drtanner

And yet somehow this is my first time kicking it!

doloneia

studying ancient history & archaeology is awesome because you get to follow citations like a little trail of breadcrumbs 😌 and when you reach the end you realize everyone else has been playing the worlds worst game of telephone

magratmakethetea

I would personally love to hear about the dipylon oenochoe!

doloneia

well, i’m glad you asked! [opens can of worms]

this is my best friend, the dipylon oinochoe. its a beautiful little wine jug from the late geometric period. 22cm tall. you may know it from such hits as “paper talking about the early greek alphabet,” or “paper talking about the early greek alphabet,” etc etc. i’ve been researching him for a project lately. and i think i’m the only one who understands him now.

anyways it’s one of the oldest longer inscriptions we have from the late 8th/early 7th cent BCE. everyone and their mother wants to translate this little guy. they’re all reading it and going “oh wow! its got a perfect hexameter at the start! ‘whoever of the dancers dances most delicately!’" and then they all go "Wait What Do Those Last Signs Mean.”

there are 24 different interpretations. but thats fine. whatever. beef over the last signs seems normal enough. you see that a lot. personally i think its too broken to really tell for certain (those fractures are a bit unfortunately placed tbh) but i fear i am also just a very skeptical guy when it comes to definitive translations so my take on that should be considered with a grain of salt.

but because im researching this oinochoe, i'm reading all these articles arguing over what it Means and what the Implications Are. and you would think… its 2025… we’ve kinda all agreed “pots aren’t people” for several decades… surely there’s an analysis somewhere that focuses Solely On This Pot’s Context... idk like trying not to focus solely on its inscription for once???

but no. no, this is too much to ask for apparently. everyone’s going “well it must've belonged to a dancer! lets talk about dance competitions and homer and the gymnasium how this is all reflected in this one jug!” someone even dropped this one line theorizing it was “passed around at a party,” like it has just been consistently assigned as belonging to a dancer you cannot escape this idea. i tried to find any different ideas. i could not.

so i’m stuck here going “Where Is The Context” because it seems to be, uh, Not Discussed Anywhere. every article is citing back towards stephanos koumanoudes (the guy who purchased it in 1880) but they are Also saying “yeah it was found in 1871! source: koumanoudes!” But He’s Not The Guy That Excavated It, Guys, Where Is It From? nobody is giving me the answer. my favorite one is culhed, he just says “under obscure circumstances,” which is quite possibly the least helpful way to describe this somehow nebulous provenance. but then culhed offhandedly cites someone else. just in the footnotes, as you do. and that someone is yannis galanakis, my new hero.

now yannis galanakis (2011) does not give a single flying fuck about the dipylon oinochoe. he is here for one thing and one thing only: an unpublished stirrup jar that was bought by a totally different guy. most of his article is just concerned about this stirrup jar, how it was sold with a skull (??), and Who Sold That Skull. but galanakis’ stirrup jar is, coincidentally, from this same excavation in 1871. so in his article, where he’s referencing all these people associated with private excavations northeast of the dipylon gate (around modern-day plateia eleutherias), galanakis casually drops the line “among the finds associated with these excavations are some of the most important examples of late geometric pottery, like the dipylon oinochoe.” this is 1) more than Literally Everyone Else I Have Been Reading has been saying and 2) PROVIDING PRIMARY SOURCES FOR THIS DIG?

and these sources.... these primary sources have never been mentioned in Any Other Publications re: the dipylon oinochoe??? except MAYBE one from 2013 (coulié) thats in french, apparently only available in print, and the nearest copy is a library 2hrs away from me (so i cant actually verify what she says yet). but every other article about the dipylon oinochoe is basically like “yeah, see powell 1988” -> “yeah, see koumanoudes 1880” -> “i bought this from some guy named ioannes, lol” and its just created this Massive Echo Chamber where the provenance is "Koumanoudes" and the context is "Dancer." when... we have... two publications... written by people who were actually involved in this private excavation (which to be clear here was very much illegal at some points, but ioannes palaiologos do not care abt the government saying Stop Excavating Please). these two sources are hirschfeld (1872) and rayet (1888).

the provenance that these 1870s/80s accounts are providing isnt Actually That Detailed, but there are parts that line up pretty well (ie, swords/spears/knives being found in the graves, murex on top, several layers of successive tombs) which are Totally Absent from later articles talking about the purpose of this vessel, of its inscription, and of its owner/transcriber (which i dont think can be determined Anyways [cf Arrington 2024, this is just a Normal Take i think] but like whatever i guess Pots Are People Now, according to Powell 1988+Binek 2017+Osborne 2006). i phrased it in my paper and my presentation as “its like this oinochoe been totally disconnected from its context” and its to the point where its so egregious that someone will, in one article, drop a reference to galanakis’ research on the excavation of 1871 (where he cites two eyewitness accounts) and not. Not Once have they looked into it.

because if they had. and this is the fucking crazy part ok this is where i Lost My Shit For A Solid Week. there is, in hirschfeld 1872, an identical oinochoe (number 48, page 147 in this journal) with the same damn height (22.5cm; powell 1988 says the dipylon oinochoe is about 23cm) and decoration (a grazing deer) and concentric lines its a goddamn identical piece just judging from the description of it (and hirschfeld very unhelpfully did Not include this jug among his plates). deers grazing arent very common in late geometric pottery, its mostly just the dipylon workshop cranking them out AND theres only a few oinochoe attributed to dipylon workshop so This Is Quite Possibly The Same Vessel (or so i thought, we'll get to that). the one problem is that this vessel is just NOT from dipylon??? its from the old military hospital in athens??? which was built south of the acropolis in 1834??? and they found roman mosaics during that construction??? so this mentioned vessel could actually have been found in the 1830s??? and again nobody has said jack fucking shit about this connection, afaik i am the only one who has ever actually sat down with these Implications all lined up in a row, so i had to try and disprove myself on my own like it was 5d chess. i was the “I Want To Believe” meme but if it was about the dipylon oinochoe being from somewhere near dipylon.

and i'm digging through as many sources as i possibly can find to prove there's a mysterious second jug that might be from this hospital area (which, granted, was still a funerary space during the geometric period). i went through all of hirschfeld's references to alexander conze's plates showing pottery shapes, but they just ended up also being oinochoe, which made me lose my mind even more. hirschfeld would be like "yeah this deer was in this position from conze taf VII-2" and you go "ok so whats conze taf vii-2 look like? oh my fucking god its a GRAZING ANIMAL AGAIN." at some point i ended up reading a phd dissertation from the national and kapodistrian univerisity of athens to know more about this military hospital?? and then i switched gears and went searching through coldstream 1968’s list of geometric pottery (it might be outdated now, but it was the only thorough source i could find atp) and went through Every Single Oinochoe from the dipylon workshop and almost every single one was totally different. like they just could not be this mystery oinochoe (in which case, I Would Have Some Really Bad News About The Dipylon Oinochoe).

until i found my second best friend. munich CVA 3 taf 112. who literally nobody except me gives a shit about. its taf description is 2 paragraphs long. its the exact same height as these two aforementioned oinochoe. it has the exact same deer grazing motif. fuck it, its even got an unknown provenance because it was acquired from Some Guy Named Paul in 1907 (who also has connections to people like furtwängler [most unfortunate last name ever], another guy who wrote about the dipylon oinochoe in 1881). so in my quest to achieve some sort of emotional resolution here i possibly found a sister vessel to the dipylon oinochoe??? and maybe even that jug's provenance. who knows. i dont wanna say anything definitive yet. also if anyone has access to paul julius arndt's personal papers and especially his financial records, hit me up, because where the fuck did he get this identical looking jug.

however. most modern scholarship about the dipylon oinochoe does not care about munich cva 3 taf 112 (and its similarities to the dipylon oinochoe), or the few references to the 1871 excavations at palatia eleutherias several blocks northeast of the dipylon gate (and what little context/descriptions they provide of funerary remains), because they do not care about the dipylon oinochoe. they care about the letters inscribed on it, and they want to debate the meanings of those letters in a self-inflicted vacuum devoid of all other evidence beyond 35 legible signs and 11 fragmentary/illegible ones.

this seems to me to be a futile endeavour, especially seeing as everyone just keeps citing each other as to where the vessel came from & who to look at for more information & cutting it all off at koumanoudes (or, slightly better, galanakis). and i cannot for the life of me fathom why they have all stopped at koumanoudes or galanakis, if they're so desperate to find this concept of a person behind the oinochoe, because they could actually gain some possible insight into that person through the few grave descriptions provided. but they're only citing others who are citing others who are going off of koumanoudes' limited description from an article's addendum in 1880. and i'd argue that this sort of circular discussion strangles any attempt to actually examine the Dipylon oinochoe in a meaningful sense.

rettaroo

Op I seriously hope you publish this. This is what scholarship is all about!

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

today I found out my mother doesn’t know what dandelions are and now I’m wondering what other strange secrets she’s been quietly harboring

krystal-prisms

Where do you live that you don’t have dandelions?

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

we have dandelions EVERYWHERE, they are basically our State Weed, it is absolutely impossible that my mom has never interacted with a dandelion before, this requires further investigation

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

So after extensive interrogation I have an update:

my mom is in fact aware that dandelions exist. she temporarily forgot the name and there was some miscommunication.

the truth is actually weirder

she’s aware dandelions look like this

she is familiar with this flower. she knows the name of this flower. she declines to believe, however, that these are also dandelions

she does not believe these are the same plant. I tried to explain, and she thought I was either misinformed or lying. so I asked her what exactly did she think the yellow ones were called?

she answered, with complete confidence: Daffodils.

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