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catchymemes

Anti anxiety.

wind-the-music-box

I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THAT CAT ONE FOREVER

felixthethief

So mesmerized

cartoongamingmasterreborn

The cat

hannahkishi

Hey my followers with anxiety here’s some things that might help.

ask-dr-knockout

I’m sharing this so I can refer to this when I get those anxiety attacks… Today was one of those days I could have used this. I’m def saving it now for next time.

nnintendoe-deactivated20210629

Reblog if you have read fan fiction better than some published books

Help me prove a point

desert-neon

I have never reblogged anything faster.

aderukitten

A few months ago I lost my kitty of 8 years

He was my comfort and my best friend

My last wish for him would be this picture of him in a sweater to go viral

lifeofcynch

he will not be forgotten.

ouma-against-dickheads

Make this motherfucker viral

spalacloset

@spaladoon

enby-keith

aww babie pls reblog he deserves it

yayroos

For everyone’s information:

The plan for the 17th, when the adult content ban comes in, is to protest.

To do that, we are making as much noise either side of the 17th as possible, and using the site as normal.

On the 17th, dead silence.

People are saying log off but what they really mean is don’t open the site or the app.

But, on the 17th make as much noise as possible on every other platform. Tweet about it and post on facebook and instagram and everywhere else.

What this does is causes a massive dip in ad revenue for one single day. That does not make staff think ‘oh everyone’s gone let’s shut down.’ What it actually makes them think is ‘oh shit people aren’t happy and if people don’t keep using our site we’re out of money and out of jobs.’

A boycott reminds a company that the users (consumers) have the power to make their site (business) worthless with one single coordinated decision.

If you want to join in, here’s what to do:

Do:

Close all open instances of the app and site on all your devices before the 17th

Make posts before and after the 17th on tumblr and other platforms, talking about why this ban is bad

Make posts on other sites during the 17th. Flood the official tumblr staff twitter and facebook with your anger and your opinion

Come back on the 18th and check in

Don’t:

Delete the app from your phone (this doesn’t affect their revenue and since it’s off the store at the moment it’ll be hard to get back)

Delete your account. I mean you can if you want to, but if you keep your account and don’t use it you’re saying to staff that there’s still time to save it. If you delete it’s hard work to come back.

Open the app or website (including specific blogs)

Make any posts (turn down/off your queue and make sure nothing is scheduled)

Go quiet elsewhere. Make it clear that this is just about tumblr, not a mass move away from all social media.

Remember: the execs don’t care about anything but money. Shutting down the site means there’s $0 further income from it. That’s their last possible course of action. If we make it clear we’re not happy, they’ll have to do something or we can do more and more until it becomes too expensive.

Protests take commitment. They’re a defiant action against a business that is doing something wrong. They will try to scare you into not participating, because they’re scared. We hold all the power here, sometimes the execs just need to be reminded of that.

savageymir

Reblog and spread the word

saruteku

Guess im doing this. Dont see it doin much good due tontheirnreasons but meh.

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!

halumichan-deactivated20191022

THE TRUTH HAS BEEN SPOKEN!

highsymbiote

Goodnight

Art by yumemi (@An_yumemi)

marksandrec

Marks and Rec: Misc #1493

(Got me there.) (If this gets flagged I’m going to lose my shiz.)

fischyplier

PFFFFFFFFTTT! XD

were-wouf

La Source des Femmes (2011)

mrnerdteacher

4 Reasons Why Basing the First Live-Action Pokemon Movie on “Detective Pikachu” is Way More Genius than Any of Us Were Willing to Admit

The top comment on the YouTube trailer for “Pokemon: Detective Pikachu” is from a guy named Patterz. He states, “oh my god it actually looks good wtf.” This is the top rated comment by a margin of roughly 40,858 Likes.

Like you, like of all of us, I too am blown away by just how good this movie is looking right now, and I don’t just mean visually. To say my expectations were low is a huge understatement, but upon further thought, “Detective Pikachu” might have been the ONLY way to make a good live-action Pokemon film, at least for a debut of the franchise. Here are my 4 reasons why “P:DP” is a way better fit than any of us initially realized.

#1- Pokemon is Weird, but this Script’s Clear Focus on Setting Lowers the “Cost of Entry”

So as fans of the series, this concept is easy to overlook, but is perhaps the most important. The Pokemon universe is, even on its surface, incredibly strange. The world is co-inhabited by humans and a huge variety of “monsters.” But these monsters can also use magical attacks and abilities. I can already feel my dad losing interest, and we haven’t even gotten to Pokeballs, Team Magma, The Elite Four, Mega-Evolutions, God Pokemon, and a hundred other aspects of the long running series that are familiar to us but totally baffling to the general public. By making the first movie’s story trim a lot of the fat and focus primarily on the wondrous setting, you make it much more approachable to the general public, and thus more watchable overall.

#2- Everybody Loves a Mystery… or Two

If you were to base a Pokemon movie on the plot of any of the games in the main series, you’d essentially need to format it like a sports film, full of montages, a harrowing defeat at the end of the second act, and a triumphant victory right before the credits roll. Not only would this be far too formulaic, there’s a very good chance that the audience would never fully embrace the driving action of the story, as the closest parallel we have to Pokemon battles in the real world is dog fighting. However, by focusing the story on Tim’s missing dad, we are immediately sympathetic to the protagonist and understand the ultimate goal of the story arc. Plus, if it’s anything like the Detective Pikachu game, we will likely be guessing for much of the movie just exactly how Pikachu has gained the ability to communicate with Tim in the first place.

#3- The Grittier Tone Allows for Some Much Needed Adult Humor

A family film is only successful in so far as it can entertain kids and kids at heart. This is a huge part of the “Disney formula”, and what drives ticket sales to both their theme parks and theatres year round. However, the Pokemon animated series is (Origins notwithstanding) incredibly juvenile. There’s nothing wrong with that: Oriental Light & Magic knows their target audience, but I can vividly remember just how relentlessly bored my parents were when they took me and my friends to “Pokemon: The First Movie.” This Ryan Reynolds vehicle, however, looks to be full of playful nods to the adults in the audience, whether its references to the original games that younger kids won’t understand or adult jokes their little minds can’t yet grasp (Mr. Mime telling Pikachu to “shove it” is so un-Nintendo it’s great). I feel like such irreverent moments would have felt out of place in a traditional Pokemon narrative, but through the lens of a buddy cop flick, it’s just right.

#4- Finally, by Avoiding the Main Cast, There’s Less to “Get Wrong”

Nerds are incredibly difficult to please, and if Ghostbusters 2016 is any indication, their ire and disillusionment has the ability to sink a film, regardless of the final product’s actual quality or lack thereof. But by making this film based on a game relatively few people played, you have a much wider margin of error. Make a story about Ash and Brock and Misty and Team Rocket, and we’d be picking apart every decision the director makes, be it casting, costume, or even the way a line of dialogue is delivered. But is anyone worried that they’re going to screw up Tim Goodman? Does anyone even care? Of course not. This leaves us to focus on nothing but the look of the Pokemon themselves, and let’s be honest: they’re nailing it.

In one trailer, a film went from being something I planned on Red Boxing to something I will probably see opening night. If I had thought about it sooner, I probably should have seen this coming, but to paraphrase the world class detective himself, “In my head, I saw that differently.” What about you? Did you also find this trailer super effective?