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errs-other-other-blog-again

I think you could put replica in a tea cozy. I think that would be nice.

The Ruka-Hyuse-Yuma dynamic that exists in my mind is so funny.

transgenderization

ms-demeanor

How do you feel about driving?

I can drive, I am good at driving, I enjoy driving.

I can drive, I am good at driving, I do not enjoy driving.

I can drive, I am bad at driving, I enjoy driving.

I can drive, I am bad at driving, I do not enjoy driving.

I haven't learned to drive, I think I would enjoy driving.

I haven't learned to drive, I do not think I would enjoy driving.

I can't drive anymore, I was good at it, I enjoyed driving.

I can't drive anymore, I was good at it, I didn't enjoy it.

I can't drive anymore, I was bad at it, I enjoyed it.

I can't drive anymore, I was bad at it, I didn't enjoy it.

Voting ended onJun 4

ms-demeanor

How well do you navigate?

I can navigate my home country's roads without a map.

I can navigate my home country's roads with a map.

I can navigate my home country's roads with a mapping app.

I can only navigate familiar areas without a map.

I can only navigate familiar areas with a map.

I can only navigate familiar areas with a mapping app.

I have trouble navigating anywhere regardless of tools.

Voting ended onJun 4

("home country's roads" in this instance means you know the road schema and can travel from east to west or north to south across your home country without relying on a map, but you aren't expected to know the street schema of unfamiliar cities)

#i can get from any one city in the US to any other without looking at a map #once there i need to stop at starbucks to work out the hotel directions and then write them down on a postit note #when abroad i walk around until i have the six-block radius of my hotel mapped out and then navigate public transit via landmarks #which i memorized while walking around

basementexperiment

It was like I was waiting my whole life to do something terrible.

asterisksks

@obseletrix

#oogh

sphere triggy

#world trigger

#please enjoy these lines i found at the bottom of a completely unrelated fic lol #world trigger

decidueyeshrine

asterisksks

@obseletrix

obseletrix

contemplating this.

cheaphalloweencostume

i need to come up with a way to say “i mean like, movies for grownups” that doesn’t make me feel like a villain

cheaphalloweencostume

*peeks in the replies* *gets really nervous and locks my house up and leaves*

cheaphalloweencostume

well, i mean more like La Piscine or Mulholland Drive,

cheaphalloweencostume

i think i am going insane

mrblackhaironthestreet

Apparently it is impossible for Tumblr users to think of a not ageist way to describe their tastes, because everything must always be compared to how inferior children are -- despite the fact that it is pretty much never the choice of any child or children when media aimed at them is dumbed down etc.

Things when bad: kids and children are involved!

Things when good: this is very Adult this is specifically Adult only Adults can understand or want this

cheaphalloweencostume

i literally just don’t want to watch Kung Fu Panda

cheaphalloweencostume

okay we’ve come all the way back around. let’s pack this up. this post is done. “who asked” you just walked into my post that i made on my blog..? who asked YOU?? am i losing my fucking mind?????

lady-of-math-and-rope

"I want to watch movies where the writers assume the audience can handle complex themes and sensitive material."

"Do you mean porn? Or are you being ageist? You're ageist if you don't like Kung Fu Panda."

asterisksks

#this is how i feel when people tell me that i would 'really relate' to avatar: the last airbender#and steven universe. both of which are recs i have gotten from people in real life#and i'm like. i refuse to watch cartoons for children because a) i aged out of the demographic where i find them even remotely interesting#and b)i read a lot of New Journalism and related fiction and the themes that people talk about those shows engaging with are explored#much more fully in for example Radical Chic And Mau-Mauing The Flak Catchers or Naked Lunch or any Hunter Thompson article#or One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest or Pnin#than in those shows. like people can like them and that's fine#but i do think that there is a shred of anti-intellectualism in the fact that children's shows are held up as containing#all of these very complex themes and adult media is widely derided. like i don't think kids' media can engage on the level people claim it#does just by virtue of being made for kids. it's simple and that's not a bad thing. but it's not engaging on the same level as something#written for adults. like steven universe and All Quiet On The Western Front might share broad themes but one is absolutely not providing#the same context and perspective as the other. and that's fine because steven universe is for ten-year-olds and doesn't have to be up to#the same standard as AQOTWF. but because I want to engage with more challenging media i'm not going to try and learn about war#by watching steven universe. I'm going to look to AQOTWF. because i am an adult and childrens' media no longer interests me

i largely blame fandom culture but i do think a lot of the issue with children’s media is that fandoms do just *make shit up* that isn’t there. steven universe is well written when it’s at its peak but people act like the entire show is a masterpiece at all times, when half of it is children’s show filler that doesn’t appeal to anyone over the age of 8. like avatar the last airbender is an amazing children’s show but the writing would pale in comparison to an adult show with the same premise bc children’s media is shafted in that they can’t discuss things very fully. a lot of the themes of war and genocide also go missed because of its younger audience. i think children’s cartoons are good when you watch them at that age, and their reputation is mainly built by people who watched that show young and then are viewing it with rose-tinted glasses

obseletrix

#and i do LOVE steven universe and atla#whay they did for children’s media is literally unmatched and so influential#but a lot of their rewatch value to me as an adult is nostalgia#And also seeing how many themes went unnoticed by me as a 10 year old#i think atla is also a bad example of poorly aged children’s media?#poorly aged as like adults won’t enjoy it#atla IS a modern masterpiece almost i will die on this hill

Exactly!!!!! I didn't watch these shows as a kid but I feel the same about, for example, Tintin (I do think Tintin was also hugely foundational to comics as a medium, but that's been written about already- and it is absolutely still children's media despite that) or Asterix or Chota Bheem- childhood favorites that I revisit every once in a while, but I wouldn't look to them for the kind of coherent political discussions fandoms claim shows like SU or ALTA have, because that's not there! And that's fine! I loved the ALTA live-action movie when I was seven, but it wasn't groundbreaking and it was written for people in my exact age group at the time, so i wouldn't like it if i watched it now. and I think that's how taste works, actually- as you grow you go from simpler-by-necessity flavors to more mature and complex media. As you learn more about the world and your place it in, you want to see more things that reflect that, even if you still love the things you loved when you were seven.

I think the fandom stuff you talk about is coming from the fact that it's hard for people to realize that, actually. I think that a lot of the type of people who make those claims about shows like ALTA and SU are, at their core, very afraid of feeling childish, because they like this thing that's for kids. Which isn't wrong to do! you can definitely like kids' shows and be a Real Adult (tm), because just liking kids' shows doesn't diminish your ability to be an adult. but the fear is there, and I think that a lot of people will compansate for that by being offended that people want to watch movies made for more mature audiences.

#i remember trying to get you to read tintin but a few years later it clicked that you wouldn't have the nostaglia factor #that was a long gap. in my defense i once went on a date that i took a full year to realize was a date #i do feel like the polar opposite of this attitude is fallout:equestria and associated brony stuff. not sure why #actually wait. it's because that sort of brony for all of their faults is generally accepting of mlp being for kids #huh.

cheaphalloweencostume

i need to come up with a way to say “i mean like, movies for grownups” that doesn’t make me feel like a villain

cheaphalloweencostume

*peeks in the replies* *gets really nervous and locks my house up and leaves*

cheaphalloweencostume

well, i mean more like La Piscine or Mulholland Drive,

cheaphalloweencostume

i think i am going insane

mrblackhaironthestreet

Things when bad: kids and children are involved!

Things when good: this is very Adult this is specifically Adult only Adults can understand or want this

cheaphalloweencostume

i literally just don’t want to watch Kung Fu Panda

cheaphalloweencostume

lady-of-math-and-rope

"I want to watch movies where the writers assume the audience can handle complex themes and sensitive material."

"Do you mean porn? Or are you being ageist? You're ageist if you don't like Kung Fu Panda."

#this is how i feel when people tell me that i would 'really relate' to avatar: the last airbender #and steven universe. both of which are recs i have gotten from people in real life #and i'm like. i refuse to watch cartoons for children because a) i aged out of the demographic where i find them even remotely interesting #and b)i read a lot of New Journalism and related fiction and the themes that people talk about those shows engaging with are explored #much more fully in for example Radical Chic And Mau-Mauing The Flak Catchers or Naked Lunch or any Hunter Thompson article #or One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest or Pnin #than in those shows. like people can like them and that's fine #but i do think that there is a shred of anti-intellectualism in the fact that children's shows are held up as containing #all of these very complex themes and adult media is widely derided. like i don't think kids' media can engage on the level people claim it #does just by virtue of being made for kids. it's simple and that's not a bad thing. but it's not engaging on the same level as something #written for adults. like steven universe and All Quiet On The Western Front might share broad themes but one is absolutely not providing #the same context and perspective as the other. and that's fine because steven universe is for ten-year-olds and doesn't have to be up to #the same standard as AQOTWF. but because I want to engage with more challenging media i'm not going to try and learn about war #by watching steven universe. I'm going to look to AQOTWF. because i am an adult and childrens' media no longer interests me

fishing-princess

I Defeated the Demon Lord but it Turns Out the Demon Army was Largely Unaffected and I Fell Victim to a Flawed Belief in Great Man Theory

raccoonmilf

Nessie’s Bitchin’ Beer Cheese Dip

Ingredients

22 slices of cheap ass American cheese slices

1/4 cup water

1/4 cup of coffee mate original creamer

2 tbsp margarine

4 tbsp modelo beer

1/4 tsp garlic powder

1/4 tsp onion powder

Pinch of white pepper

1/4 tsp salt

Instructions

In a saucepan over low heat, combine the water, creamer, margarine, and beer

Slowly start adding cheese slices and whisk them until well blended

Once everything is well blended, add the salt and spices and whisk in

Serve with those microwaveable soft pretzels, tortilla chips, or whatever else you want :)

urushima amv but it's set to got your money by old dirty bastard

#world trigger #i will not be making this because i have no video editing skills #as a side note i am In Tokyo #gonna go to animate for my wt merch later!!!!!!

scramratz

You're like, the only other mixed person on this site so I really have no one else to ask, but did you ever have it where white people consider you black but black people consider you white and you really don't belong anywhere

Not really or at least not until I got on the internet. I grew up raised by my black mom in a black neighborhood and my mom never emphasized my lightness so I didn't really feel outta place. Sometimes the older black ladies would talk about wanting my hair but that made me uncomfortable so I just ignored it

Wasn't until 4-5th grade when I started going to predominantly white schools where my mixedness was pointed out and questioned

#i definitely got that #like i'm very light mixed indian so i get to be ambiguously brown in america #and almost white in india #ironically i am still darker than the fair and lovely ad