lily pond

guppies galore

[byjove]

There’s this ask reddit post about your weirdest childhood and the story is about this guy who was playing in the woods by a creek with his friend when a guy in full late 1800s formal clothing including a top hat just walked out of the forest, said “Hello boys!” and kept walking. This is why I want historical clothing so badly. The ultimate prank.

[byjove]

give someone something to think about for the rest of their life

[byjove]

be the ghost encounter YOU want to see in this world

[platypusisnotonfire]

This reminds me of my great uncle who used to hunt with a musket because he enjoyed the feel of it, and he also had an assortment of deer hide clothes he’d made or bought from local first nations, and he went out hunting when he was like 14 and got lost and came across this man in the woods and was like,,,,, can you help, i’m lost. and the guy looks him up and down and my uncle realizes he’d unintentionally dressed in all his deerskin clothes and a coonskin cap when the guy asks him, “how long have you been lost for?”

[manny-jacinto]

FOOD IN MOVIES

Crazy Rich Asians (2018) dir. Jon M. Chu

[viciousandcarvedoutofstone]

this has been in my head for weeks look at how much stuff she has

[megapope-deactivated20220531]

[powerfulwizard]

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[solesurvivorpaigeargot]

.... @mentat-mayor​

[shingeki-no-nononono]

This is filmed like Good Eats with Alton Brown

[tenderuk-blog]

#StickIt

[libertarirynn-deactivated202006]

*cracks knuckles*

I don’t know why ya’ll keep trying to play this game, but fine, let’s play:

From left to right

Jasmine- Got tired of her palace life and took control by disguising herself and running away to spend a day in the markets. Openly expressed her contempt for the idea being married off without her consent. Was initially disinterested in Aladdin because she thought he was just another arrogant prince. Fell in love with him for his heart to the point that his pauper origins didn’t matter to her.

Rapunzel- Wanted celebrate to her birthday by not being imprisoned for once, nothing to do with a man. In fact when a man broke into her home she swiftly knocked him out and tied him up. That man ended up loving her so much he was willing to die for her and her passionate love brought him back to life.

Snow White- Was a young girl being chased around by crazy old lady who was angry that she was pretty. Ended up negotiating her safety with some dwarves by offering her services as a cook and housekeeper in exchange for room and board. Was only “waiting“ for a man in that she was literally unconscious after being poisoned by a witch and a kiss was the only thing they could save her.

Mulan- Are you fucking serious? What about her story is her waiting for a man to save her? She literally saved her father, her love interest, and then her whole damn country. You could not have watched two seconds of that film and come away thinking she was waiting for man to save her.

Aurora- She was a 16-year-old girl forced to live in seclusion her whole life. Sue her for daydreaming a bit about romance. She still showed kindness to animals and loved her adoptive caregivers and was fairly content with her life. Definitely not pining away for a man every second.

Cinderella- Cinderella probably gets the the worst of being dragged through the mud by Edgy™ feminists trying to make a point. Literally she never asked for a prince to save her. She didn’t even really complain much about being forced into slavery by her evil family. She just wanted one damn night off and meeting the prince was ancillary. And in fact the person who first shows her kindness and empowers her to achieve her goals is another woman.

Pocahontas- Again now you’re just making shit up. She was not waiting for prince, in fact she was bored at the prospect of living an ordinary home life and disinterested in marrying the handsome warrior her father had set up for her. She ends up striking up a friendship with someone her entire tribe hates and distrusts, up to and including saving HIM from being murdered.

Tiana- You are not ABOUT to do my girl Tiana dirty like this. She worked her ass off to achieve her dream of being an independent restaurant owner, something practically unheard of for a young black woman in the 20s. Romance was the absolute LAST thing on her mind and again, her actions were fundamental in saving the life of the prince.

Belle- Again, she wasn’t interested in the big strong handsome man that everyone was saying she should be interested in. Because she saw past looks and recognized that he was a sexist and generally unpleasant person. It was her willingness to see past the exterior that saved Prince Adam.

Ariel- She wanted to be a human before she knew about Eric. She saved him from drowning. She defied her father the KING in a fight for her own independence. But sure she was waiting around for man.

Merida- Merida didn’t even have a love interest and the entire film was built around a rejection of that premise. This one is barely worth the time to acknowledge.

Tl;Dr: Your weak edgelord attempt to discredit Disney princesses and make girls feel shitty for enjoying them is bad and you should feel bad.

[sfitty]

Louder for the babbling morons in the back

[undercoverwizardninjaturtle]

@libertarirynn

[notvoid]

[roguerobi]

Okay so my favorite thing about this that kinda gets lost in translation is that the word ガーリックトースト is read as “gaarikku tousuto” which means the final お is just an extension of the last sound

TL;DR In English this tweet would just be

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA GARLIC TOASTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

[fyeahvioletevergarden]

violet & isabella // outfit details 

[izzy-hands]

What I love about what Henry brought to the character, and, in fact, the writers have brought to the whole piece… it’s almost– I mean, you can say it’s modern, but you can also say, actually, it’s timeless humor. And also the way Henry does the humor, uh, brings his humor, because he has a giggle about him, he has a tickle about him, very much so. -Adam Levy

HENRY CAVILL in Making The Witcher

[bidoof]

[please-respond]

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[princessscrambledpancakes]

this is just how hospitals are

[no-longer-another-bondi-blonde]

[huckleberrywine]

LOL

[debkorvelus]

We need HOAs or some idiots will paint their house purple or put tractor tires in their front yard.  If you want tractor tires, don’t move to a HOA neighborhood.

[captain-snark]

I couldn’t even fathom how horrifying it must be to live somewhere there are...purple houses and and yucky stuff in people’s yards. Thank God I don’t have any real problems like that.

[scrimblobimblobadimbo-deactivat]

listen my Nonna and Nonno live right by a purple house (it’s a nice lilac) and as a kid I was fucking obsessed with it because purple is my favorite color. I’d go nuts whenever we passed by it. Also it had a purple mailbox to match and it blew my mind.

No more HOAs. More purple houses.

[antelopian]

imagine trying to control what someone else can do with or on their own property just because you don't agree with their taste in decor

[tarantula-veins-deactivated2023]

NO MORE HOAs MORE PURPLE HOUSES

[gallusrostromegalus]

Related, becuase I just had to move:  “just don’t move into an HOA” Do you know what a PAIN IN THE ASS it is to find NON-HOA Housing? Very nearly everything in the CO front range that isn’t a rental has an HOA these days!

Short list of the Shit the HOA at my pervious house tried to pull:

Banning personal and community food gardens (The reason the tag for my garden is “The garden of earthly HOA violations”)

Banning people from using thier personal yards as Native Plant Restoration microzones, something that looks gorgeous and is extremely helpful to the local ecology

trying to get the city council to remove protections on adjacent city Open Space/Native Plant restoration zone so they could mow it.

mandating the use of ONE landscaping company in the neighborhood, coinicdentally owned by the HOA president’s son

Mandating the use of an unecessary water purification company on all properties.

suing city animal control for collecting lose dogs and cats and returning them to the addresses on thier collars.  You know. that thing animal control does so the animals don’t get run over or disemboweled by the coyotes or catch and spread rabies.  The thing that’s illegal to let your pet do out here for those reasons Karen.

Suing the city council to remove a city bus stop in the neighborhood that was heavily used by many residents.  They damn near got away with it becuase the HOA meetings were always in the middle of the day on a weekday.  You know, when the residents that use that stop are working.

Sending people letters threatening to fine them for having “Out Of Season” holiday decor.  Specifically targeting my Indian neighbors who were celebrating Diwali, not Christmas and the Jews with visible Menorahs.

Fining people for doing thier own appliance and car repair on thier own personal property

Fining people for operating a business out of thier house, specifically targeting a disabled neighbor that does comission tailoring and garment repair out of her home.  never bothered a soul except the one snoopy bitch who didn’t like that her clients were allowed to park in the tailor’s designated and otherwise unused parking space.

Trying to fine a neighbor for flying a Pride Flag

HOAs are invasive, bigoted, corrupt and cruel institutions that should never have been allowed to be created.  If you live in and HOA area, showing up at the meetings to tell people what the fuck is wrong with them, Joining your HOA board to protect your neighbors and possibly organize the dissolution of the HOA is one of the best things you can do to protect the marginalized members of your community.

FUCK HOAs AND LONG LIVE THE PURPLE HOUSES AND TRACTOR-TIRE GARDENS OF THE WORLD.

[mariaalenkoshepard]

Are y'all telling me this shit is actually LEGAL?

[s-shutup-its-not-like-i-actually]

Here’s how to get an HOA to leave you and your purple house tf alone

[justsomeantifas]

cant stop thinking about this post. 😔

[dct239394cvvd098dffgggp]

cant believe i have to stop making fun of homeschooled kids cause we all homeschooled now. fucks sake

[dct239394cvvd098dffgggp]

vinny, get this guy a rum and coke and a seat at my table

[teaboot]

You ever meet a kid so shitty you're immediately like "I want to adopt you as my own so I can instill into you the values of dignity and compassion and respect for self and others that your guardians have so obviously neglected, so that you may escape the unhappy future that lies ahead of you with all the smoldering ashes of wasted potential" but also, like. I punt you like a football

[teaboot]

Drop the vape u little turd I'm gonna take an active interest in your passions and buy u pants that fit. When was your last dentist appointment. U wanna go to summer camp

[thelastonewaspokenfor]

and then you didn't

[teaboot]

Did u want me to kidnap a child

[sindri42]

go to an orphanage and ask for the biggest asshole in the place

[thebuttkingpost-deactivated2021]

Why would anyone pick a human race in a fantasy game

[friendshipismax]

I want a fantasy game where human isn’t even an option

[overfedvenison]

Nah man, humans are the coolest

It’s one thing to fight demons if you’re from a species that lives for hundreds of years, is tied to natural magic, and births the best archers on the planet. It’s another thing entirely to do the same when your species is known to be slightly-above-average at farming.

[creepsandcrawlers]

“im regular jeff and im gonna behead tiamat and die trying”

[wizardlyghost]

thats the 2019 mood

[logo-comics]

The other races were naturally geared towards war. Elves had their keen eyes and long limbs, natural traits for bow-wielder, hunters, and their very essence was tied to the natural magic flowing through the lands. Dwarves had their stout, sturdy frames and eyes that could see a needle on the ground in the darkest and deepest of pits. Orcs  had the sturdiness of Dwarves and the height of the elves, creating powerful fighters that were capable of powerful strikes. Tieflings, Half-Elves, and Dragonborns were the spawn of powerful, magical beings and it showed in their appearances and abilities. Even the Halflings were quick, stealthy, and had unerring aim. But the humans…

Humans were not naturally geared towards war. All martial power that a human had within themself was learned or earned through intense work. This was because Humans were, as a race, geared towards peace.

Other races prided themselves on their own peacefulness, but it was the humans whose settlements were built to be lived in.

Dwarves built their homes into their mines, expanding as they delved deeper and deeper into the earth.

Elves and Orcs had the lands in which they lived and hunted, but their homes were built with the hunters in mind, and were hidden in places that were easy to leave.

Halflings had their villages, but Halflings were prone to wanderlust, while Tieflings, Half-Elves, and Dragonborns by and large lived in human settlements.

Humans were inclined towards farming and various trades. It was commonly said that your average human blacksmith knew how to make three types of weapons and nine hundred types of farming tools.

With such a focus on peaceful things, it was shocking that there were any human warriors, and most were considered outliers by the other races. When war came along, however, humans would fight alongside the others just as fiercely, even despite their comparative weaknesses.

They would fight to the bitter end, but once that end came and the wars were over, many would melt their swords down and have them beaten into farming equipment.

Such was the oddity of the humans. A peaceful race that would wage wars they were not designed for solely so that they could return to that peace.

[lovenotefromcoco]

This is such a lovely take and actually one that does the human race in fantasy, and in reality a good service. We are remarkably able at war when we choose to do it, and will sell our lives dearly even in the face of insurmountable odds. But should it not be utterly unsurprising that a species that has minimal natural advantages would be the same group that would think towards prosperity and peace.

[liathgray]

I’ve been screaming about this for a whole hour he really was just going to beat the fuck out of roy for no reason

[calder]

vegans make peace with honey

no shut up do it

[calder]

vegans will pretend not to hear when natives tell them their agave products are unsustainable because they have whimsical feelings about, and i cannot stress this enough, the freedom of hive insects

[blackwashedmax]

Honey is literally murder but go off

[kasaron]

Prove it.

[blackwashedmax]

They literally puke their guts up to make your honey

[kasaron]

I have not seen any evidence tonsugges they are harmed or die in the process of production. They do regurgitate the nectar as part of the process to concentrate it into honey (an interesting process) but they do not suffer any injury during this process. If they did, the cost to produce honey, which is done naturally as a measure to survive over winter and through times of lower availability, would outweigh the benefits. If you kill several bees to produce enough honey to make one more bee, It makes no sense. Any animal that did that would die, even with human intervention.

Do you have any sources which suggest otherwise? I’d be interested to hear of this (relatively publicly available) information was false or misunderstood.

[blackwashedmax]

Bee farmers use whats called a honey maker. It’s a crude devices. It similar to a meat grinder. They force the bees in and grind them up. What comes out is a paste. That paste is later filtered into what we know as honey

[hematite2]

This is the funniest thing I’ve ever read

[leonardo-nierman]

@zoologicallyobsessed please show us pics of your bee grinder

[gemstone-gynoid]

they might be falsely thinking about a honey extractor machine. but all these do is you place the beehive frames inside and a motor rotates it at a speed that removes the honey, which is then tapped through a tap at the bottom. 

[darkenedyeastextract]

…do they think they put bees in that and spin them around until they vomit…?

[demonius-darkblade]

bee carnival

[yeah-yeah-beebiss-1]

bad and naughty bees get put into the b e e c e n t r i f u g e to extract their honey

[pawpels]

While this is hilarious, it’s also important to remember that bees do not value individual bee-lives even vaguely similarly to how humans or other animals do. Bees are all about the hive.

For example, did you know worker bees ALWAYS work themselves to death? There’s no “retirement” or anything. They just keep working until they die. One of the first jobs for newly hatched bees is rolling dead bees out of the hive.

Did you know that worker bees’ stingers are a modifier part of their reproductive system? Did you know they’re attached so that when a bee stings you the barbed tip gets caught in your skin and rips out all of their internal organs? Did you know that bees are more than willing to sting you because they fight and die for their hive?

Did you know that drone bees only mate with a queen bee once, and then they immediately die? Did you know when winter comes, the worker bees push 100% of the drones out of the hive so they starve to death?

Did you know when a queen bee emerges from her lil pod, the very first thing she does is stab all the other potential queens so they don’t have a chance to usurp her? Did you know if two queens hatch at once they have to fight to the death until there is only one? Did you know if you purchase a new queen for a hive without one, she travels with a small escort of worker bees who are all promptly killed when they arrive at the new hive, even if the queen is accepted?

Did you know absolutely all of this is natural for bees, and human intervention for honey collection is actually extremely helpful because farmers offer protection from the real threats, like hive beetles, wasps, ants, and the general chaos and misery that seems to befall a lot of hives?

Like, I mcfreaking love bees, but you have GOT to stop thinking of them the way you think of people or dogs or even cows and sheep. Bees are on a completely different level.

[sindri42]

With any hive-based creature (bees, ants, termites, mole rats, etc) you cannot think of one animal as an individual. The organism is the hive, and each individual within that is less like a person and more like an organ, or even a cell. The queen is not a leader, she’s a reproductive system. They don’t even think individually; a single ant or termite is unbelievably stupid, dumber than a roomba, but a hive together is capable of incredible feats of engineering and tactics because they treat the brain of each member like a human treats each of their individual neurons.

An individual bee has no say in whether their honey is used to feed the young of their hive or sold to humans, but an individual bee has no say in anything. The hive has decided that living in the human-box and giving them honey is a better deal than living out in the woods, because the human-box is clean and sturdy and guarded by a horrifying lumbering titan which will smite the enemies of the hive.

[tikkety-tok]

they looked at each other and said “can you believe this woman???” 😂😂 😂

[daisyannewinchester]

BEtrAyAL! BeTRaYaL oF MoThEr! MOtHer DOeS nOt LOvE uS! AbANdoNmENt! MOtHeR HaS BetRaYed Us! BEtRayAL oF ThE HigHEsT oRdEr! DeAtH FoR MoTheR FoR A thOuSaND YeARs!

[seakingmario]

[justcatposts]

“Cat steals some milk during Dean of Canterbury Cathedral’s morning sermon" 

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