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[numenna]

very apt, currently...

"What is wrong with this sentence?"

"'The Premier of Queensland are often seen walking on water.'"

"Yes, it's obvious, isn't it? That sentence should read..."

"'The Premier of Queensland are often seen walking on thin ice.'"

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(via Beatrice the Biologist: Water Bear Doesn’t Care)

[numenna]

the spiritual successor to this

I still don't know what my life is

[numenna]

YOU DESERVE ALL THE FOLLOWERS. ALL THE FOLLOWERS I SAY!!! ...*GLOMP GLOMP GLOMP DED*

;______; I WUV YOU ELLE-FACE. *COUNTER-GLOMP*

[lawyerupasshole]

[sofapizza]

it was a documentary, dammit!

[chillyfeetsteak]

elijaaaahhhh

[numenna]

omg his face.

[thetalldesert]

authorisedbytheaustraliangovernmentcanberra

[numenna]

I have two hundred followers.

...what

Why are you all following all this nonsense?!

You are beautiful and lovely and I would take you all out for coffee and cupcakes if I could. ❤

[fer1972]

Piracy Advertising by Mirco Pagano: Artists portrayed with music cds

[numenna]

 This is absolutely amazing! 

However, I'm unsure how it communicates being "against internet piracy"? It seems the opposite, to me: "buy artist's CDs and they suffer". The sudden influx of compact discs blowing the figures up confuses the dickens outta me. None of these artists died due to piracy, so...uh...? Really confused.

In my mind it would have been more effective if they'd chosen living artists growing thinner and thinner until there was nothing left.

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The Lord of the Rings - Manga Style

[elf-of-lorien-deactivated201609]

perfect

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[numenna]

For Boston and for Baghdad. May those who have passed go well into the West, and may the Lady of Tears hold those left behind in their grief.

As a friend said, platitudes are largely useless, but...

[numenna]

Why do you hate social justice so much?

So I’ve um’ed and ah’ed and RAEG’ed over this question for long enough to try and make a sensible, non-wrathful reply, and for all I know, Mr/Ms Greyface, you’re not being facetious at all and in fact are honestly curious, in which case I apologise for not answering this super-quick. But anyway:

I do not hate social justice. REPEAT: I do not hate social justice!

The social justice movement on the whole is a fantastic thing. Giving the marginalised a voice is never a bad thing at all! Fighting against all sorts of discrimination is great! Helping each other understand each other is made of win! Working towards a better world is AWESOME. I love social justice!

What I don’t like, is Tumblr Social Justice, which bears as much relation to actual social justice as pears do to apples. Tumblr Social Justice is a fandom that is vicious and counterproductive, where hate is rampant, where flat-out bullying is given a free pass disguised as “calling out”, where misrepresentations of media are turned into Big Issues, it’s slacktivism where doing nothing but saying all the “right” things (as according to the fandom) is supposedly helpful progress, where attention-seekers are allowed to shout at the top of their lungs while the marginalised themselves are often silenced.

Tumblr Social Justice is only beneficial to those in the Tumblr Social Justice fandom.

That sort of nonsense leaves an incredibly foul taste in my mouth, and I don’t want anything to do with it. That is what I take issue with, not actual social justice.

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An open address to writers, directors, and sundry other creatures.

If you choose to showcase the incomparable genius of Character A via a scene in which they correct Character B’s grammar/linguistic usage outside certain specific contexts, I’m going to assume that A:

doesn’t understand how dialectal variation works;

has failed to grasp the distinction between conversational speech and written language;

see above, but re: formal and informal registers;

is unaware that people break and rebreak systems of language all the time…

…and that it isn’t unusual for the breaks to stick;

is choosing to ignore the fact that a person’s idiolect doesn’t even reflect general linguistic ability, never mind skill in other areas;

is a snob;

is an extreme pedant with no brain-mouth filter.

Persistent rudeness and over-the-top pedantry are common character flaws (the latter may or may not be one of my biggest)! Flawed characters are delicious! When the narrator is clearly visible behind going “OOH WHAT A SICK BURN EVERYONE COME OVER HERE AND BASK IN A’S BRILLIANCE AGAIN”? That’s the crossing point into eyeroll territory.

[numenna]

There is nothing in this post that isn't wonderful.

[numenna]

always remember Space Bat! ♥

[odditiesoflife]

Dew-Soaked Dandelions

Anything photographed with macro photography takes on a whole new level of beauty. Color, form, depth seen at a perspective only available when magnified. Size does not exist without the ability of comparison. Form must continue infinitely towards the smallest levels just as its inverse continues to the largest, without end in either direction.