Nerds and Whey

Hello, I'm Mira. I'm a nb demisexual panromantic person living in Arizona, and I prefer to be called she/her or they/them. This blog is mainly for reblogging cool art and trash memes, although occasionally I post my own stuff.

[spookeex]

[sunlitmcgee]

@tjodity

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[reactionimagesdaily]

[wanderingcoasties]

“The LEGO Movie was my favorite movie of 2014, but it strikes me that the main character was male, because I feel like in our current culture, he HAD to be. The whole point of Emmett is that he’s the most boring average person in the world. It’s impossible to imagine a female character playing that role, because according to our pop culture, if she’s female she’s already SOMEthing, because she’s not male. The baseline is male. The average person is male. You can see this all over but it’s weirdly prevalent in children’s entertainment. Why are almost all of the muppets dudes, except for Miss Piggy, who’s a parody of femininity? Why do all of the Despicable Me minions, genderless blobs, have boy names? I love the story (which I read on Wikipedia) that when the director of The Brave Little Toaster cast a woman to play the toaster, one of the guys on the crew was so mad he stormed out of the room. Because he thought the toaster was a man. A TOASTER. The character is a toaster. I try to think about that when writing new characters— is there anything inherently gendered about what this character is doing? Or is it a toaster?”

— Bojack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg commenting on how weird gendered defaults in entertainment are, and why we should think twice about them. Excerpted from this longer original post. (via 360degreesasthecrowflies)

[dankmemeuniversity]

[theotherwesley]

all these years.... he still can't has cheezburger...

[iftye]

stuck in a timeloop called i just have to get through this week

[caesarsaladinn]

I recite this to myself every time I refrain from making a stupid purchase

[batsandboba]

birds are so privileged for being able to sit on top of street lamps and judge people. i wish i was up there

[strawberry-crocodile]

Your friend is not Brennan Lee Mulligan. Your friend is not capable of being Brennan Lee Mulligan. They tried to be Brennan Lee Mulligan, and they got burnt out. Your friend. Is not. Brennan Lee Mulligan.

[strawberry-crocodile]

having been talking and thinking about Actual Play podcasts for a few days, I think it's worth noting that the idea of the always-prepared always-witty DM who comes up with these things on the fly is as much a performance as the dragon he's voicing; these are professional products, generally with a team of people to help write scenarios, a lot of off-screen discussion with the players, and also EDITING so when something flops or they play through a scene and it doesn't work out, they can fix it.

the truth is not even Matthew Mercer (real life human being) is really Matthew Mercer (The DM from Critical Role)

[calvinandhobbescomic]

[justadreaminghufflepuff]

This comic is genuinely how I remember which is which.

[bogleech]

[passion-of-l0vers]

it is not scientifically possible to know the name of a basketball player

[passion-of-l0vers]

we just don’t know

[passion-of-l0vers]

there’s no way to know a basketball players name

[passion-of-l0vers]

i’m not even sure basket ball players have names

[passion-of-l0vers]

no body has ever known the name of a basketball player

[passion-of-l0vers]

i wish there was a way to easily identify a basketball player but there is no way to know the name of a basketball player. it’s just not possible

[passion-of-l0vers]

we just don’t know

[fagstaynight]

some people on the internet have only been on here for five minutes

[cowboyspones]

i will never get over this one i’m afraid

[anjukoneko]

[icefire149]

Supernatural really missed out on having an ongoing mini plot where Dean finds out Claire has been going by the Winchester name, because she realized it has pull with hunters and monsters. And at first he's flattered and gives her a call saying it'll probably get you in trouble so stop. But over time it keeps croping up that monsters and hunters keep mentioning, oh I didn't realize you had a kid? And of course it inevitably blows up in Claire's face which leads Dean calling her saying that she needs to get her ass to the bunker now. She's grounded. And right next to Dean is Cas and his phone starts ringing. Cas sighs and hands it to Dean because it's Claire. It's the best day of Dean's life. He answers and is like, hey kid. There's no praying your way out of this one. Cas also says you're grounded. Wanna go three for three? I can call Jody right now.

[hilarioushumorfromouterspace]

[charlesoberonn]

I like this meme because the stock photos make it seem like the same woman but 10 years older.

[ranni-thewitch]

divert all power to the funk engine