Reed

stare into the violet fluorescent light

[gen-is-gone]

Lady on the bus next to me: Tell me again- what are you not going to do in daycare today?

Little boy: I will not hit the teacher with a light saber.

Lady: And why are you not going to hit her with a light saber?

Boy: It is my toy, and my choice, but if I hit her with the light saber, I’m acting like a Sith.

Lady: Do you want to be a Sith?

Boy: No! I am Obi-Wan!

[the-haiku-bot]

Lady: And why are

you not going to hit her

with a light saber?

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[littleshootingstar100]

He isn't doing it for the good purposes, he is just tempted of getting the high ground

[jesseeisenberggirlfriendofficial]

[artisticallygay]

I'm sorry, I don't want to come across as harsh, but this is honestly ignorant as fuck.

I'm not gonna claim to know everything about the importance of studying dead languages, but I think I can safely say that it would probably be a really bad thing if we lost these languages to time if we didn't have people studying them.

We can lose hundreds if not THOUSANDS of years of story-telling history if these languages end up forgotten.

I can't put it into clear words right now because I'm busy or go int depth because I only have a common sense understanding, but I just wanted to address this. So if anybody on Tumblr who's more qualified to speak on this kind of matter wants to explain, then please take the floor for me.

[wherenightmaresroost]

Many, many English words have Latin roots, so studying Latin can expand your English vocabulary to the point that you won't even need to check the dictionary meaning if you can recognize its Latin roots.

Additionally, you can make up new words as needed by mashing together Dead Words.

Lots of scientific jargon use Latin and Ancient Greek exactly because they're dead languages - the meaning of those words are set in stone. Studying those languages can help you understand and remember the extremely complex strings of words common in those topics.

Latin is the Mother of Romance languages. Just studying Latin can make it easier to adapt to the grammar rules of the other Romance languages, or even help you Frankenstein out a meaning of a simple paragraph.

All translation is a series of compromises. Even if Ye Olde Latin Text has been translated to English again and again and again, there WILL BE several points where the translator had to circumnavigate the translation to a phrase because the exact tone and concept is difficult to convey in English!!! (I am bilingual and this problem frustrates me to no end!!)

And that's approaching this problem in good faith. We have a history of people outright lying about their translation credentials, deliberately translating a text "wrong" for their own benefit, or adding flourishes that drastically change the tone of the translation. Reviewing that 18th-century English translation of some 13th-century Latin book instead of just thoughtlessly reprinting it is vital to having a clear understanding of that book and placing it in its proper context.

We have a LOT of untranslated archived material that have text written in dead languages, Latin included. Translating these provide us history.

And last but not the least:

Things do not have to be "useful" to have value.

[you-can-be-what-you-want-to-be]

also dead does not mean no longer in use, it means no longer CHANGING. No new words are being added to that dictionary. That’s all it means. Latin is only dead bc new words aren’t being added to its dictionary

[littleshootingstar100]

Just remember that there are people studying dead people, so why the heck not study dead languages

[littleshootingstar100]

*unsalt your fries and the water of your pasta*

[animentality]

[maykitz]

the fact those british biscuits are called "digestives" is so stupid to me. yeah i fucken hope they are. why dont you just call them poopables

[whatbigotspost]

I’m sorry. I just. I just love farting stepdad so much 😭 Like use what you have available to you.

[littleshootingstar100]

Not all heroes wear capes, some of them fart.

[cyberpunkes]

AKIRA — アキラ (1988) dir. Katsuhiro Otomo

[pucikat-deactivated20190223]

remember that pic of the my little pony saying ”ok so 12 pounds of crake 15 pounds of cokane and 7 male stripers.” i need it

[straightboyfriend]

[tobirama-seppuku]

Fun fact this comic is actually lost media and this is one of the few surviving panels

[tronmike82]

Isn’t this from tails gets trolled?

[sonicrainbooms]

Actually, no! It’s from a comic called ‘Master Chief and Luna Hanging Out’, and it was 99 pages of early 2010’s DeviantArt nonsense that disappeared when the artist, thet7770ify, deleted their account.

As far as I know, the page where that panel is from is the only page we have left.

We in the mlp fandom have been looking for the rest for a long time to thank them for their service.

[littleshootingstar100]

Cyberpunk: Edgerunner.

Can't stress enough on how amazing this show is whether by it's graphics, story, musics (especially this) or action scenes, everything is so perfectly made it gives you faith again to play the game.

[descole-dead]

Tintin remembers what comes after 15.

[drtanner]

FUCKING HELL IT’S BACK FROM LAST YEAR

[descole-dead]

This literally gets reblogged every 15th of the month. It’s almost two years old. It’s beautiful.

[descole-dead]

listen up ya’ll this post is 6 years old now and you’re still reblogging it. every month. once a month, my notifications blow up for this one video, but only until the 16th. then the notes on this vid completely stop. it’s so eerily spot on and impressive how you just all collectively know what to do. if I’m not online, people irl still remind me that it’s the 15th. thank you for six surreal years of me wondering if I completely fucking lost it. here’s to the 15th

[aboardthescheherazade]

Ten years of celebrating the 15th, everyone

[littleshootingstar100]

Usually when i wake up the morning, i gotta choose if i actually wanna listen to music, or if i want to loop the same song that got stuck in my head this week.

[grimeclown]

 “hi welcome to mcdonalds what can i get for you?”

“yeah can i get a deluxe quarter pounder with cheese?”

“absolutely, do you want the meal or just the sandwich?’

“uuuuuh hold on”

*fishes something out of my pocket*

“mikey what do i do?”

“get the fries. youll need the energy in the coming days”

*stuffs it back in my pocket*

“uhh yes please  the meal would be great”

[texcritterspizzajamboree]

serious question: can anyone else see this post? am I hallucinating?

[meme-loving-stuck]

this is like Schrodinger’s fucking meme because half the time the pic is deleted and the other half it’s visible

[990000]

[fierceawakening]

As a disabled kid who was in the same phys ed class as everyone else with predictably horrifying results, HARD SAME

[therobotmonster]

“Nobody should have to compete against people with biological advantages in the biological advantage assessment game!”

[littleshootingstar100]

I hardly relate but i was just super lazy

[everythingbillylenz69]

me, the greatest scientist of the century (a 15 year old teen), when the government (my mom) arrests me for doing illegal experiments with dead bodies (reminds me that I have school work to do)

[littleshootingstar100]

Sometimes i just feel like i shouldn't sleep because if i sleep, i'll wake up even more tired, but if I don't i will literally die of floor lickiness

[natalieironside]

Tips for new Tumblr users:

* Liking posts is a good way to bookmark them to find later

* Do not reblog anything between the hours of midnight and dawn or you might summon the Beast

* You can use your queue to post on a schedule even when you're offline, which is very handy

* Every year on the anniversary of Dashcon staff will pick one user at random and kill them

* You can use simple HTML to put clickable links in your bio

* If you die on Tumblr, you die in real life

[charaah]

What’s the beast?

[natalieironside]

Just your typical beast. Seven horns, seven heads, seven crowns, comes out of the sea, etc and so forth

[valpalgalpal]

[mihri-the-sasscatte]

Size comparison of Y’gathok, the Ceaseless Hunger and Bjorn, our level 20 Goliath Barbarian.

[professorsparklepants]

Hey quick question: why the FUCK do you have that

[kittyopteryx]

Imagine, from out of nowhere, your dm casually slapping this thing down on the table like any other encounter.

[mooretimetoplay]

“Yeah, the fight will start in a sec, uh…I’ll give inspiration to whomever helps me get this fucking box out of my car.”

[necrowemancer]

https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/7asxci/oc_ygathok_the_ceaseless_hunger_final_boss_of_our/ This is the reveal of this ridiculousness during their game

[jelloapocalypse]

Please watch this reveal video it’s kickass

[creepsandcrawlers]

FUCK ME  the reveal video

[threefeline]

“CHRIS??????”

[tanoraqui]

“Um, I don’t think our plan is gonna work.”

[8bitmickey]

[island-delver-go]

Always reblog Y'gathok

[kawaiianimebae]

DM:*Pulls out Y’gothok* *Turns on “Open Your Heart” by Crush 40*

[sensicalabsurdities]

Wow that DM really goes above and beyond

[cryptiddesi]

Reblogging Ygathok because it’s been one year since we fought him!!!! It just popped up on my timeline today!

Happy one year anniversary, our precious Old God boi!!!

[mihri-the-sasscatte]

One year ago today, this boy was revealed.

And for you guys, I have great news: I have the stats of Y’gathok complete and a general design for “how to use him” done. However, an adventure guide is incoming to teach you how to integrate him into any of your worlds!