France and Funnies

[fidget-sinner]

En Anglais, on ne dit pas “quatre vingt dix neuf”, on dit “ninety nine” qu'on pourrait traduire comme “Hurr durr, regardez mois, j'ai un système de numérotation fonctionnel” et je crois que c'est magnifique.

[sixpenceee]

When the sun hits the pelican’s beak at the right angle, you can see inside of it. 

[thejelly-fox]

he is trying to find his son

[maraud0rks]

[jheengafriedrice]

Omg this is hilarious

[toxzen]

I AM A MOSTLY GOOD PERSON

[catsbeaversandducks]

By Karen Zack (@teenybiscuit)

[chescaleigh]

I love this meme so much. It’s just missing my favorite 

[lingasms]

what people think language learning is like

what language learning is actually like

[foodffs]

Hungarian Chef Turns Ordinary Cookies Into Stunning Embroidery-Inspired Art

Really nice recipes. Every hour.

Show me what you cooked!

[bigsamthompson]

They’re too pretty to eat. :(

[sefren-deactivated20140420]

[ruinedchildhood]

alternate title: young children gawk at flaming homosexuals

[kimrichardsshitpillow]

a really awful week

[squided]

This is like how I see finals week

[oshawottprincess-deactivated201]

[trentacool-deactivated20141231]

what did this bird do

[grandtheftputo]

I wish i had context on this 

[nevynerviine-deactivated2015041]

here u go

[rorytelling]

I don’t think the contexts helps in this case.

[depressionlemon-deactivated2016]

I’ve been collecting these for a while so here are all the ones you missed

[romanrgers]

Oscar worthy

[flyingvirgin-deactivated2016071]

this is so pure

[fuckingflying]

I hate linguistic anthropology. Why? One of the most influential experiments in linguistic anthropology involved teaching a chimp asl. One of the most influential linguistics is named Noam Chomsky. You know what the chimp’s name was?

Nim Chimpsky.

Fucking monkey pun.

And this is in textbooks, in documentaries, everywhere. And everyone just IGNORES THIS GOD AWFUL PUN cause of how important the experiment was. But

BUT LOOK AT THIS SHIT. FUCKING NIM CHIMPSKY. I HATE THIS WHOLE FIELD.

[dr-dendritic-trees]

Its not just the linguistic anthropologists.

There’s a group of very important genes that determine if your body develops in the right shape/organization… they are called the hedgehog genes, because fruit fly geneticists are all ridiculous.  The different hedgehog genes are all named after different hedgehogs.  And then someone decided to get clever and name one “sonic hedgehog” because this is just what fruitfly geneticists do.

Well sonic hedgehog controls brain development, and now actual doctors are stuck in the position of explaining to grieving parents that their child’s lethal birth defects or life-threatening tumors are caused by a “sonic hedgehog mutation”.

And this is why no one will invite the fruit fly people to parties.

[error-404-fuck-not-found]

Biogeochemical scientists, upon discovering the complex mechanisms that govern the storage and use of molecular iron on our planet, decided to call this cycle “the ferrous wheel”.  We groaned about that for at least five solid minutes.

[callmegallifreya]

The phenomenon of sneezing when exposed to sudden bright light is called an Autosomal-dominant Compelling Helio Opthalmic Outburst. ACHOO.

Half a byte of data is a nibble.

[justcutevines]

When you’re trying to hold your tears in but life gets too much

[jumex]

2016 is all about crying in public…feel the rain on ur skin

[moliereunderthestairs]

me: *doesnt know what to say in a conversation*

me: did u know that latin has about 20 verbs that mean 'kill' but not a single word that means 'yes'

[megustamemes]

Sofa sitting positions

[transwhiz]

tag yourself, im SelfishPrick

[ruinedchildhood]

[rosesandstudying]

I am literally in love with the fact I get to see how my little cousins interact even with a language barrier. On my mom’s side, I have a 3 year old little cousin who only speaks French, and on my dad’s side I have a 2 year old cousin who only speaks Spanish. When they play together it is so funny to see them blabber on and on to each other until one of them hears a word that sounds familiar and then they just repeat that word and nod like they’re totally connecting. Like today the one that speaks Spanish said “Venga a poner los pantalones en la muneca!” and the other heard “pantalones” and was just like “Oui, pantalon!” They’re best friends and it’s the cutest and funniest thing I’ve ever seen.