Incorrigible Nerd

30s, she/her. I am bi and I will defend pansexuals with my battleaxe. 😤 Watch out for hyperfixations both new and old to crop up! Please consider donating to Parkinson's research at https://www.michaeljfox.org/

[linguisticparadox]

Look idk what to tell you. I'm bisexual. I have ADHD. I obsess over stupid things. What's not to get.

[dare-to-dm]

Recently I volunteered to drive my friend's 6 year old daughter to school for the duration of her summer school program. My friend's work schedule just wouldn't allow it, and I was more than happy to help.

So every day I'd pick her up and we'd enjoy some time in the car together. She is a friendly and curious child. And also the most stereotypical girliest girl you can imagine. Her favorite color is "pink", followed closely by "rainbow". Her last birthday party was princess themed. Her favorite animal is a unicorn. She chooses her own outfits, and it's frilly tutus and sparkly tights every single day. Ironically her parents are both gnc and lament that they have no idea where she gets this from.

Anyway, in my car I listen to my music collection on shuffle. It's a large and eclectic selection, so I make sure to skip any songs that are inappropriate or I think she just won't like. No matter what we're listening to though, she doesn't really seem to care.

One day my attention drifts a bit, and then I suddenly realize we're halfway through a Korn song. I skip it, and suddenly the girl speaks up and says "Can you go back? I liked that song."

"You like Korn?" I ask.

"I love Korn" she says with emphasis. She reasserts her love even after I confirm I'm not talking about the vegetable.

Well, I decide that Eaten Up Inside is not really inappropriate even though it's pretty grim, so I allow it. I'm pretty sure she's lying about loving Korn since I'm confident she's never heard it at home. Her mom is mostly into pop and dance music and her dad almost exclusively listens to video game soundtracks. Later that day, I confirm with her parents that's she's never heard Korn as far as they can tell, and we all have a chuckle.

Over the following weeks, however, her love proves consistent. Anytime a Korn song comes on shuffle, she make a positive comment. No other songs merit any recognition. Keep in mind, I have thousands and songs, and only 5 of them are by Korn. After the 4th time, she asks directly if I have any more songs by Korn. I technically still have one she hasn't heard, so I switch over to that. After that day, I play the closest thing I have to metal playlist, because that's what the princess girly girl wants.

Other than Korn, the only songs she ever heard over the course of the month that got compliments were Rob Zombie's Dragula ("it's great!) and Carry on My Wayward Son by Kansas ("that one was ok"). I guess she craves growly lead singers and electric guitar solos.

You can never judge a book by its cover.

[writertobridge-deactivated20230]

Saw this on Twitter and wanted to share.

[squiiiiiirt]

tumblring for these 6 people always in my notifications

[textpostscymraeg]

tumblrio ar gyfer y 6 person sydd o hyd yn fy hysbysiadau

[hinamie]

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all they do is ruin my day ‼️😤

[dorinoke]

redraw based on Shirahama-sensei's illustration🧡

I love it gently...

[daiyanerd]

Happy birthday to this precious creature!! 🎂

[pnwnativeplants]

[pastrypuppy]

Here is the source! Comic by Damian Castellini.

[ID: A short comic with three people. In the first panel a person with a red beard crouches by a cluster of baby plants and says, "I'm planting native saplings." Second, a person with an afro looks past their laptop and stack of books and says, "I'm learning about wildlife." Third, a blond person with a tiny desktop plant types at a keyboard cheerfully and says "I'm blasting people's efforts online." From these three panels, a large arrow directs you to see Some Years Later. The first two people have grey in their hair and are standing happily in a forest full of birds and frogs. The third person is still typing at their desk, balding and with a dead deskop plant, and saying, "Bah! Nothing ever changes." /End ID.]

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[earhartsease]

[assassinregrets]

[beggars-opera]

The tailors at Colonial Williamsburg made a suit for their cat

[vinceaddams]

The best part is that they were inspired by a diary entry from 1775, written by a 12 year old tailor’s apprentice who had been left unsupervised all day and decided to make a suit for a cat. Here’s a link to the blog post about it, but I’ll just paste the whole diary entry here:

“I had been at work about two months when Christmas came on – and here I must relate a little anecdote. The principal [the tailor] and his lady were invited to a party among their friends…while it devolved on me to stay at home and keep house. There was nothing left me in charge to do, only to take care of the house. There was a large cat that generally lay about the fire. In order to try my mechanical powers, I concluded to make a suit of clothing for puss, and for my purpose gathered some scraps of cloth that lay about the shop-board, and went to work as hard as I could. Late in the evening I got my suit of clothes finished; I caught the cat, put on the whole suit – coat, vest, and small-clothes [breeches] – buttoned all on tight, and set down my cat to inspect the fit. 

“Unfortunately for me there was a hole through the floor close to the fireplace, just large enough for the cat to pass down; after making some efforts to get rid of the clothes, and failing, pussy descended through the hole and disappeared; the floor was tight and the house underpinned with brick, so there was no chance of pursuit. I consoled myself with a hope that the cat would extricate itself from its incumbrance, but not so; night came and I had made on a good fire and seated myself for some two or three hours after dark, when who should make their appearance but my master and mistress and two young men, all in good humor, with two or three bottles of rum. After all were seated around the fire, who should appear amongst us but the cat in his uniform. I was struck speechless, the secret was out and had no chance of concealing; the cat was caught, the whole work inspected and the question asked, is this your day’s work? I was obliged to answer in the affirmative; I would then have been willing to take a good whipping, and let it stop there, but no, to complete my mortification the clothes were carefully taken off the cat and hung up in the shop for the inspection of all customers that came in.”

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

“I was hoping they’d beat me and forget about it but to my horror they stuck my work up on the fridge”

[zackbuildit]

Not just any fridge-

The public fridge

[teaboot]

Took Ollie to the vet today. And I'm not gonna say who. But ONE of us had a panic attack immediately after the checkup and wouldn't get out of the sink

[teaboot]

it was a difficult morning for everybody

[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

Droplets Can Climb Sugar Fibers

In nature, droplets and fibers can meet on a spider’s web, on fur, or on a dew-gathering cactus. Here, researchers explore what happens when the droplet can dissolve the fiber it’s suspended on. As the authors note, a lumberjack who cuts the branch they sit on makes a fatal choice. The droplet sees a different outcome. (Image and research credit: S. Dorbolo et al.)

[sadclowncentral]

yesterday one of my brother's deckhands drunkenly confessed to him that the whole crew thought he was gay because he is, and i quote, "too tall and nice to people to be straight". a new puzzle piece to the wondrous mystery that is the world view of the cishet man

[daily-qifrey]

under the open sky

[illusion-of-death]

Revolutionary idea: imagine [character I like] with [disability I have]. More people should get on this!

[milquetoaast]

source

[yanguang]

[heyyoutubestuhere]

Emotional Documentary: Hellshake Yano

[beatcroc]

the new season is upon us so i would just like to bring back the single most legendary thing any anime has ever put out