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[nodbard]

It's a hot summer and the sequel just got delayed so pass the time with a cover of my favorite track from the original

[crimethinc]

To our dismay, the artist and author Marjane Satrapi has passed away.

As she wrote, ordinary Americans and Iranians have more in common with each other than we do with either of our governments, which have far too much in common with each other.

We honor her memory and oppose the war.

[aaaangel444]

[nodbard]

swat angle

[voidsetup1]

and out of the darkness - you you you you you

[lemondoddle]

[Description: a looping bouncy animation of grace and Rocky from project hail mary. Grace throws himself onto rocky for a hug, smiling and nuzzling his face to the top of Rocky's xenonite covered carapace. Rocky brings a claw up to ruffle Grace's hair and grace throws himself even more on top of rocky, rocky wrapping his arms around grace. End description.]

[tuherrus]

you don't even have a dog

[lcnsdjstr]

Paeden Bennetts? The greatest who ever did it?

[lesly-oh]

🍽️

[love-romance-relationships]

[lostcybertronian]

THIS ENDLESS ENDEAVOR | PROJECT HAIL MARY

[butterflyintochains]

[reactionimagesdaily]

[chirasul]

we got a full redbox and now we're playing go fish with the redbox movies

[chirasul]

I would never pay money for a redbox. if you ask politely and are very very persistent (i.e. annoying) they will let you take it away

here's my dad and i taking it away

a redbox makes a wonderful addition to your patio

[fishmech]

for those wondering why they're free to take now, it's because the company that made those "chicken soup for the soul" books bought them a few years ago and then completely collapsed so bad they couldn't afford to dispose of or even take the blu rays and dvds out of their kiosks all over.

so any of them is free game because they're all located on other business' property and they usually don't want to have to pay to get rid of them either. so asking the store manager usually gets you the ok to pull it out and keep it.

[chirasul]

there was a period of time right after their bankruptcy where you could put in any debit or credit card and it would spit out movies without charging you. you could even put in like an expired or deactivated card, or a visa gift card with a $0 balance, didnt matter, they'd just start spitting discs out. a lotta people raided redboxes for movies for a couple months, with some people doing what me and my brother and my dad did here, taking the whole box and signs and marquees as well. because managers sure as hell don't want a big abandoned piece of trash on their sidewalk disappointing customers. BUT they're also often too cheap to pay someone to remove it. so they just sit there.

luckily there are no shortage of freaks like us who will just take them away on our own volition. we did it all "by the book", too: we set up cones and caution tape, disconnected electricity properly, used an angle grinder to grind down the bolts in the concrete so nobody would trip on them, then cleaned everything up afterward and sealed off the electrical panel so the store would know everything is safe and tidy. though they were hesitant when we were first contacting them, they were honestly very relieved and grateful when we finally took it away, especially once they saw that we "knew what we were doing" (we don't) and look like we've "done this before" (we haven't).

the fun part: the reason why this redbox, in particular, was completely full and unraided is because the computer hardware inside had failed some months before the bankruptcy, and a failing company sure as hell wasn't gonna send a tech out to our podunk dipshit city to fix it, so it was impossible to rent movies or take any discs out. plus, for who knows how long, people were returning old redbox discs to this machine and not taking any out, leading to a much higher variety of movies than your average redbox.

there is a thriving community of redbox hackers and modders out there, as well, creating open-source software for repurposing the machines and not letting their very interesting and robust disc-management hardware go to waste. this one belongs to my brother (who was very annoying persistent and did all the legwork of contacting managers and securing permission) who is a programmer by trade and will be hacking it into a family-access movie library, with whatever discs we want. i mean the machine is completely weatherproof and has a built-in AC unit, it would be such a waste to not try to turn it into something cool.

if we get another one, i'm gonna try to mod it into some sort of art or zine vending machine. the disc boxes are just the right size for small print art or stickers. would make a great "little free library" too.

remember: the rules are made up. act like you belong there and you can get away with anything. this applies to your own life

[oneheadtoanother]

[landmineblogging]

[tongue-twists]

I don't get guys who worry that their bisexual girlfriends won’t be satisfied with dating a man. just transition.

[tongue-twists]

haha funny post yeah, hey, you.

if you're a man dating a bisexual woman and you've thought to yourself "it's so nice to talk about girls with her, I feel like we're into them in the same way, the way guys talk about women never felt right to me". if you've thought to yourself "she would be happier with a woman, loving women is so much better and I'm just some guy". if you've thought to yourself "I wish I could be a woman for her".

consider that maybe you already are.

[nodbard]

me + the house fan whenever a mosquito gets inside:

[nodbard]

Cat: "Purr...."

Rocky: "Rocky not understand. Blurry four-legged creature not capable of language. Not capable of calculus. Why Grace keep in home. Question?"

Grace: "Humans domesticated felines over thousands of years. We both benefit from each other's presence even though one species is obviously more advanced."

Rocky: "Rocky understand! Just like Eridian relationship with Earth human!"

[rumwik]

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