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It's my 10 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

#10 year tumblrversary #tumblr milestone

oldschool-biker

#fact

kingwizardandthelizardgizza-blog

Douglas Adams is the best when it comes to describe characters

quasarkisses

they need to teach classes on Douglas Adams analogies okay

“He leant tensely against the corridor wall and frowned like a man trying to unbend a corkscrew by telekinesis.”

“Stones, then rocks, then boulders which pranced past him like clumsy puppies, only much, much bigger, much, much harder and heavier, and almost infinitely more likely to kill you if they fell on you.”

“He gazed keenly into the distance and looked as if he would quite like the wind to blow his hair back dramatically at that point, but the wind was busy fooling around with some leaves a little way off.”

“It looked only partly like a spaceship with guidance fins, rocket engines and escape hatches and so on, and a great deal like a small upended Italian bistro.”

“If it was an emotion, it was a totally emotionless one. It was hatred, implacable hatred. It was cold, not like ice is cold, but like a wall is cold. It was impersonal, not as a randomly flung fist in a crowd is impersonal, but like a computer-issued parking summons is impersonal. And it was deadly - again, not like a bullet or a knife is deadly, but like a brick wall across a motorway is deadly.”

nudityandnerdery

And, of course: “The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.”

assassinregrets

the one that will always stay with me is “Arthur Dent was grappling with his consciousness the way one grapples with a lost bar of soap in the bath,” i feel like that was the first time i really understood what you could do with words.

marsdaydream

I will reblog this every time I see it because these are some of my favorite sentences in the English language.

confused-pie

Same

unicorncoalition

“Yeah,” said the voice from under the table, “you go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel.”

skarlette1

“Oh no. Not again.”

justanotherhungrydom

"You better be prepared for the jump to hyperspace. It's unpleasantly like being drunk."

"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"

"Ask a glass of water."

pipistrellus

STILL ON PATROL

I learned something new and horrifying today which is… that… no submarine is ever considered “lost” … there is apparently a tradition in the U.S. Navy that no submarine is ever lost. Those that go to sea and do not return are considered to be “still on patrol.”

?????

There is a monument about this along a canal near here its… the worst thing I have ever seen. it says “STILL ON PATROL” in huge letters and then goes on to specify exactly how many WWII submarine ghosts are STILL OUT THERE, ON PATROL (it is almost 2000 WWII submarine ghosts, ftr). Here is the text from it:

“U.S. Navy Submarines paid heavily for their success in WWII. A total of 374 officers and 3131 men are still on board these 52 U.S. submarines still on patrol.”

THANKS A LOT, U.S. NAVY, FOR HAVING THIS TOTALLY NORMAL AND NOT AT ALL HORRIFYING TRADITION, AND TELLING ALL OF US ABOUT IT. THANKS. THANK YOU

anyway now my mother and I cannot stop saying STILL ON PATROL to each other in ominous tones of voice

tharook

There’s definitely something ominous about that—the implication that, one day, they will return from patrol.

thehoneybeewitch

Actually, it’s rather sweet. I don’t know if this is common across the board, but my dad’s friend is a radio op for subs launched off the east coast, and he always is excited for Christmas, because they go through the list of SoP subs and hail them, wishing them a merry Christmas and telling them they’re remembered.

Imagine a country whose seamen never die, and whose submarines can’t be destroyed…because no ones sure if they exist or not.

hardoncaulfield

No but imagine. It’s Christmas. A black, rotting corridor in a forgotten submarine. The sound of dripping water echoes coldly through the hull. You can’t see very far down the corridor but then, a man appears, he’s running, in a panic, but his footsteps make no noise. The spectral seaman dashes around the corner and slips through a rusty wall. He finds himself at the back of a crowd of his cadaverous crew-mates. They part to let him through. He feels the weight of their hollow gaze as he reaches the coms station. Even after all these years a sickly green light glistens in the dark. The captain’s skeleton lays a sharp hand on his shoulder and nods at him encouragingly, the light sliding over the bones of his skull. The ghost of the seaman steadies himself and slips his fingers into the dials of the radio, possessing it. It wails and screeches. A bombardment of static. And then silence. The deathly crew mates look at each other with worry, with sadness; could this be the year where there is no voice in the dark? No memory of home? The phantasm of the sailor pushes his hand deeper into the workings of the radio, the signal clears, and then a strong voice, distant with the static but warm and kind, echoes from the darkness; “Merry Christmas boys, we’re all thinking of you here at home, have a good one.” A sepulchral tear wafts it’s way down the seaman’s face. The bony captain embraces him. The crew grin through rotten jaws, laughing silently in their joy. They haven’t forgotten us. They haven’t forgotten.

beautifultoastdream-deactivated

I am completely on board with this. It’s not horrifying, it’s heartwarming.

Personal story time: whenever I go to Field Museum’s Egypt exhibit, I stop by the plaque at the entrance to the underground rooms. It has an English translation of a prayer to feed the dead, and a list of all the names they know of the mummies on display there. I always recite the prayer and read aloud the list of names. They wanted to live forever, to always have their souls fed and their names spoken. How would they feel about being behind glass, among strangers? Every little thing you can do to give respect for the dead is warranted.

I love the idea of lost subs still being on patrol. Though if you really want something ominous, let me say that the superstitious part of me wonders: why are they still on patrol? If they haven’t been found, do they not consider their mission completed? What is it out there that they are protecting us from?

amusewithaview

@boromir-queries-sean

emilysidhe

There’s been something in the water since we first learned to float on it. Not marine life, although there’s more of that than we’ll ever know. Not rocks and currents and sand bars and icebergs either, although they’ve all taken more than their share of human life.

But something deeper. Something Other. Something not natural.

Sailors have always been superstitious.

Not one of them described it right.

You don’t hear about it so much now that we don’t lose ships anymore, really, not like we did at the height of the sea trade when barely an inch of ocean floor didn’t bear some wreck or other. And better ships and GPS and weather satellites have all played their part in that.

But we have protection now that we didn’t before. They don’t interfere with war and battle, even on behalf of what used to be their country, or with rocks and weather and human stupidity. Those are concerns for the living.

But the Other Things, the Things that shouldn’t be there - They can’t get to us now without a fight. It’s a fight They haven’t won in a very long time.

As long as we remember them, as long as we call out to them - not very often, just once a year will do - they will keep protecting us from the Things that go bump in the deep.

More than fifty submarines, Still On Patrol.

darthstitch

In the depths of sunken R'lyeh, dread Cthulhu lies dreaming, For those who are still on patrol keep the Ancient One from ever waking…

RUN DMG shared a post on Instagram: "Follow for more TTRPG/D&D memes! Poor paladin they never stood a chance LOL #dnd #dndmeme #dndmemes

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sw1tchbackli

married-to-a-redhead

I always carry a pocket knife. I work behind a desk all day in my 3rd floor office with a window view. I don’t get to use it given what I do for a living, but I always have it just in case because you just never know.

justanotherhungrydom

Gibbs' Rule #9. Never go Anywhere without a knife.

kedreeva

Left some water bottles in my car overnight last night and I thought they would be frozen when I got them out this morning, but they weren't. Then I got excited because I thought they were supercooled and would turn into ice when jostled, so I slammed one down on the kitchen counter, but nothing happened. Disappointed, I opened it to drink and that's when it froze.

So I took a little video of another one because it always makes me happy to see.

justanotherhungrydom

It is always so cool to see this happen.

Science!

freshmoviequotes

Die Hard (1988)

justanotherhungrydom

Best Christmas film ever made...

fuckyeahspaceship

In 1992, plans were in the works to create a life-sized Starship Enterprise in downtown Las Vegas. The model ship would have been roughly as long as the Eiffel Tower is tall, and would have contained all the key rooms and areas from the original Star Trek series.

lonestarbattleship

I would have loved this. I’ve been to Vegas and honestly, it’s not that great. But I would have loved to see her brought to life.

I’ve read that the president of paramount got cold feet at the last minute.

justanotherhungrydom

@lonestarbattleship ... i agree that this would have been amazing. They did manage to do part of this plan in Vegas and it existed for awhile but as so many great ideas this one got shut down and is probably sitting in storage somewhere....

princessred101-deactivated20230

#i’m a stress and ice coffee girl 🤷‍♀️

justanotherhungrydom

Damn..

I was looking for the perfect description of my eating habits and it already exists.

Well played.

everythingfox

(via)

justanotherhungrydom

This so awesome. Turn the sound up to hear it though.

tolkienillustrations

Angrod and Aegnor in the forge by Elena Kukanova

666hammerhead

neil-gaiman

How does this first day after the release of The Sandman feel?

Unreal. Apparently we're number one on Netflix in 80 countries. And more importantly we're the number one trending thing on Tumblr. How on earth....?

justanotherhungrydom

Because sometimes great talent gets recognized. Congratulations @neil-gaiman for the well earned recognition. It is a fitting response to an amazing work of literature well translated to the screen.

planesawesome

CORSAIR

justanotherhungrydom

Probably my favorite WW2 era aircraft. The Corsair came to own the skies of the Pacific. Robert Conrad and his show Baa Baa Black Sheep probably helped alot in making this my favorite. The real life of the aviator who led that squadron was wilder than the show ever showed.

planesawesome

justanotherhungrydom

An early love of mine.. WW2 aircraft were amazing technical advances AND works of art.

thebiggestlaracumkittenfan

mondaymilfs

#MondayMILFs 👄👀

Beautiful, Attractive Older Women!

justanotherhungrydom

Another early online crush.. the amazing Lisa Ann.

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