r00d is my middle name

[nieilko]

[bisexualcreature-deactivated202]

lvl 1: the plural of octopus is octopuses because the plural version of a word is the word with an s at the end

lvl 2: the plural version of octopus is octopi because if a word ends with "us" the plural version replaces the "us" with "i" e.g. cactus -> cacti and fungus -> fungi

lvl 3: actually, that rule is only for latin words. octopus is a greek word and the correct plural is octopuses or octopodes

lvl 4: actually, language is descriptive not prescriptive. since enough people over time have used octopi as the plural for octopus, it's a valid plural

lvl 5: the plural of octopus is octopeese, like geese

[render94]

typewriter!

[theclockworkjudas]

I love the orchestra trying and failing to maintain a straight face throughout

[silly-jellyghoty]

Exactly. These people had to rehearse at least a few times all at once yet when it's nkt their turn to play they still look at that guy with the typewriter as if he was the most fascinating thing they have ever seen.

[ironwoman359]

My husband's wind ensemble played this song when he was in high school! you can do it with normal auxillery percussion, but it's so much more fun if you do it with a real typewriter

[alexseanchai]

now that is a writing mood

[whetstonefires]

they were really like, the only reasonable approach to this piece is to insert a clown at the center of the orchestra

[iconuk01]

If you're not playing Leroy Anderson's 1953 classic "The Typewriter" with an actual typewriter on stage... why would you even BOTHER?

From wiki

According to the composer himself, as well as other musicians, the typewriter part is difficult because of how fast the typing speed is: even professional stenographers cannot do it, and only professional drummers have the necessary wrist flexibility

[as-deep-as-the-sea]

“I don’t want to be a burden” you’re more like a relief, a gift, a blessing actually

[transgayaccount]

“i dont want to be a burden” dude i found the point of it all thanks to you. i realised the joy of existing is doing so with you bro

[dalniente]

"i don't want to be a burden" you're worth carrying. i don't care if you'd be worth it to you; you're worth it to me. i smile every time i think of you. and buddy you're just gonna have to figure out how to cope w that <3

[yamitamiko]

"I don't want to be a burden" human hands and arms and hearts are made for carrying.

[cheerfulomelette]

@gothiccharmschool

[sirfrogsworth]

Today I learned 3D animation is a horror show outside the camera's field of view.

[thefrogman]

Just to add context, the director wanted the scene to use an 85mm lens which is slightly telephoto. Telephoto lenses give a very intimate feel because they compress the scene. Background and foreground objects can appear larger at longer focal lengths.

But that compression can also make objects look the wrong size in context with the subject depending on the framing.

This is done in live action as well using another person's hands in front of the camera.

Or sometimes they create giant fake hands like in Hellboy.

[kylostantrums]

they did this in lord of the rings too!

[galaxywarp]

via @suppermariobroth :

“In the main menu of Mario Power Tennis, Toad is present to explain the selection options. It appears as though Toad is close to the background and roughly the same size as the icons. However, moving the viewpoint reveals that Toad is actually extremely tiny and extremely close to the camera (note Toad near the left edge of the screen in the bottom image).”

[horreurscopes]

never forget the universal rule of the order of things: People Will Not Read It

[horreurscopes]

signs at stores? émail? menu ?? instruction ? post online ? caption with andswer to question ? group hand outs ??? street sign ??? no. The Written Word Is The Enemy

[lasrina]

#The number of compliments i have gotten for reading a thing

The ability to occasionally Read A Thing will make you a hero in your workplace, especially if it is for example an error message that tells you what you need to do differently, or instructions on unjamming a printer.

[stephaniematurin]

how dare you say we put jam in the printer

[berkelbites]

Ok reblogging this again because story time.

I work in tech, and much of what I do is support sales reps within the company by resolving errors with the software they use.

There is one sales rep who, every single time I send her a message or email with extremely specific instructions that will resolve her issue, does something completely different from what I tell her. Every time. Without fail. It is so glaringly obvious that she has never read even a single word that I have written to her.

So one day, she sends me a message that says little more than "(software) is broken, help"

So I do my standard song and dance of asking her what she's trying to accomplish, and what specifically is stopping her from doing that. And eventually, after much unnecessary back and forth, she tells me there's an error message. I ask her to send me a screenshot of the error message. She does.

The error message basically says, "these two required fields are blank. To resolve this, please fill in these two specific fields, and then click save."

So I take a few deep breaths.

Then I lie to her.

I message her back, saying "hey yeah, for some reason it's not loading that screenshot on my end. Could you type out the full text of the error message for me?"

She does.

I ask her if she still needs help.

She does not respond.

[orteil42]

it is Cookie Clicker's 12TH BIRTHDAY today and as has become tradition i am BAKING COOKIES

this year's theme is unpreparedness. i did Not find the vanilla extract. as a result i've decided to simmer in milk a vanilla bean we had lying around instead (i'm at Opti's house for this. his kitchen is substantially more established) (the other option was infusing the vanilla in vodka for months and i simply do not have that kind of time)

smells so Flippin good

anyway! baking:

some previous years for chocolate chips i tried faffing around with popping bars in a blender which turned out awful and gunky. this time (we're doing classic dark/milk/white) i am simply chopping them with a little knife for lovely results. what was i thinking honestly

i want you

continuing with our unpreparedness theme the kitchen scale was nowhere to be found so i am entirely eyeballing the 30g each lump of dough is supposed to be. not that a little unevenness matters but inequality no matter how small is how man tears at the throat of man

test batch! these turned out thinner and less photogenic than previous years; i was worried the milk may have upset the ingredient balance but i think i just need to chill the dough longer so that's staying in the fridge overnight and i'll be pumping out giant plates of (hopefully nicer-looking) cookies tomorrow. on the plus side these cooled down really fast and also they were delicious. the vanilla milk gambit really worked out i'm very pleased

these guys helped:

thank you for playing Cookie Clicker these 12 years! here's to another 12,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

[captainofthetidesbreath]

(x)

[thetimeicansee]

It amazes me how the National Park Service is the most vocal department against Fascism. Even the Democrats are a mumble when compared to these park rangers' adamant denouncement and exposing of this administration. Support our bravest federal workers who keep our world one worth living in.

[charlesoberonn]

Designate the entire US a national park and let them take over the country temporarily until democracy is reestablished.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[everyfreakingusernameitryistaken]

Tony Hawk’s Twitter is a gold mine honestly

[everyfreakingusernameitryistaken]

[rosslynpaladin]

We Stan this San Diego Man

[sugawara--san]

this

[dooflizard]

C o m e d yy

[hugtheteadrinkthekitten]

Some recent gems:

[hugtheteadrinkthekitten]

And of course there’s

[theseaissilent]

[disease-danger-darkness-silence]

#where is race war tony hawk tweet thats my fav (via @laughingfish​)

I gotchu, bro:

[trilllizardstrikesback]

[abysmallylost23]

i’m wheezgJmf stoP

[assassinregrets]

[gaybichon]

this is the full video of patti lupone breaking the sound barrier at the 1988 tony awards btw

[gaybichon]

it's patti lupone's birthday have you listened to her breaking the sound barrier at the 1988 tony awards?

[gaybichon]

@bloodanna i'm stealing your tags bc it's a good explanation of what's going on!!!

[monkeysaysficus]

Patti: “in

STUDIOOOOS”

The audience:

[trans-ralsei]

[trans-ralsei]

[caughtthedarkness93]

I love my job, but reblogging employment jelly for someone else I love.

[unsubconscious]

Yosuke Amemiya

[barbiesplasticsurgeon]

[jewishpangolin]

#i like the implication that dali just had that effect on things#just a surrealism field around him at all times

[ariadne-mouse]

The link in the original post unfortunately leads to a deleted account, so I googled the artist Yosuke Amemiya. And you guys. Those apples are WOOD. That isn’t digital art or some malleable medium like clay or putty. Wood. I’m almost angry at how good they look. Absolute witchcraft.

Some close-up shots from the artist’s website:

[official-lucifers-child]

mr. amemiya i’m sorry but you have to leave the orchard

[tgirl-thucydides]

So this is definitely a case of "we did not expect Harvard to fight back and we forgot they have billions of dollars and the best lawyers"

[catboybiologist]

This is funny, of course, but its worth noting that this is a repeating problem in these kinds of regimes.

Nazi incompetence also ate itself alive.

Under the many, many reasons that facism always fails, there's one very crucial one: when the most important qualification is blind loyalty, other standards like competence and cooperation are neglected. There's the weirdo sentiment of Facism being this like.... efficient but unethical machine, when really, its not just horrific but stupid to the core.

It always crumbles, it always eats itself alive, but with massive destruction along the way that must be mitigated and pushed back against. I'm not telling you not to fight it, I'm telling you that the fighting will work.

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

[whencartoonsruletheworld]

[memeuplift]

[urbanfantasyinspiration]

Mike Hawk, huh

[up-north-values]

[crimsonservbot]

You ever hear that old chestnut about how most people neglect the part of the story of Icarus where he also had to avoid flying too low, lest the spray of the sea soak his feathers and cause him to fall and drown? You ever think about how different the world would be if Icarus died that way instead? If the idiom was to Fly To Close To The Sea? A warning against playing it far too safe, about not stretching your wings and soaring properly? You ever think about how Icarus died because he was happy?