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i've got the kind of eyebags that make people in movies say 'you look like hell, detective. go home.'

The entire point of, OK, my phone really wants to call it Anastasia so I guess we’re doing that? The entire point of Anastasia (as administered by a board-certified Anastasiologist) during sugary. Sugary? Haven’t I suffered enough? The entire point of Anastasia during augury. Jesus Christ. Hold up. You know what, augury is preferable to sugary. Augury is obviously performed by an auger (makes sense if you give it a think) whereas sugary is performed by…? A sugardaddy? NO THANK YOU. Anyway. The entire point of Anastasia is so that you don’t know what music your sturgeon. Fuck right off. Was playing. While you were under. You’re not supposed to wake up from Anastasia and immediately realize you managed to get earwormed by Motörhead’s “Ace of Spades” during your sugary.

lopkelepke

toskarin

one of my favourite human songs-and-dances is when someone notices someone else is lying and, for no particular reason besides love of the game, helps them get away with the lie without ever explicitly acknowledging they noticed. nightmare social animals.

energyprison

Having a job is an awesome way to stay hydrated because you get so bored you start drinking water just for a little excitement

hipstersbleedroses

might need this book. for nerd reasons.

justgarb

yeah me too buddy

topsecrettea

One of my local SCA friends has this book has been making herself quite a few articles of garb from it

heartofalifer

what was this movie even

eddiemoonson

A cinematic masterpiece.

angremlin-deactivated20250312

I CANNOT stress enough that in the Spy Kids films, Danny Trejo is literally playing his titular character from the Machete movies, who happens to be the kids’ uncle, because the movies have the same director

lang-wich

what this reply misses is that Machete originated *in* Spy Kids. the Machete movies are Spy Kids spinoffs

hobgoblinhero

I think it’s important to make clear that Robert Rodriguez, the director, says that Spy Kids and Machete are alternate universe versions of each other , while Danny Trejo, the actor, says that what happens in Machete is just what he does when he’s not hanging out with the kids

cosmicanger

crochet armour by katelyn tatay (2024)

huffylemon

silentevilx-deactivated20160627

SO I FIND OUT MY FRIENDS AND I ARE ON OUR LOCAL NEWS WEBSITE

We were asked all these questions about how long the costumes took us, how we did it, etc.

I paused the video right when we were asked how much money we spent on our cosplays and

fjdkaf;jkd;al

does that give you your answer

manafromheaven

THIS WILL NEVER NOT BE FUNNY

spaceshipsandpurpledrank

msilverstar

Truth. Experts can be wrong but if they are mostly right or we wouldn't have modern medicine or satellites or computer chips.

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

i get so freaked out by like. pictures of really big rope

clintwaffle

I’d like to say that’s normal but I’m a frayed knot

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

i’m so fucking annoyed at this, just for that you don’t get photos of the rope

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

i changed my mind, this is just too horrifying not to share

it’s called a Hawser and is the thick cable or rope used for towing/mooring a ship

in conclusion, i have nightmares beyond description

arithmeticanimaniac

NO it would NOT be cool

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

well i fucken disagree

goeswiththeflo

@scumrunner do you have any cursed facts about hawsers to share ?

As a fiber nerd, i am personally very enthusiastic about them….

scumrunner

Ohhohohoho DO I EVER. Meet the “snapback zone,” not an area with cool hats, but instead the unintuitive range at which a hawser can kill you if it breaks under tension.

cloud-and-proud

What if we kissed in the snap-back zone? 😳 😳 😳

talus-the-broken

I don’t think you guys understand how much force this is, a tow rope used to move a 20 foot boat snaps under tension with enough force to dent metal, shatter glass and seriously injure anyone in its way. A Hawser on the other hand… Well I’ve seen a concrete pier with a chuck the size of a sedan ripped out of it by a line failure, and anecdotally, I’ve heard of a 2 ton heavy cargo forklift being skidded sideways, then knocked over. These lines snap with enough force to noticably dent the hull armor of navy ships.

This is a line designed to hold in place a moving object that can be easily in excess of 10000 tons. AND THEY CAN BREAK FROM THAT TENSION ALONE.

THESE THINGS ARE TERRIFYING RUBBER BANDS FROM HELL.

butch-of-the-blades

Nope Rope

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

NOPE ROPE

jeremy-ken-anderson

I’m once again reminded of its much smaller cousin, the haywire.

You’ve heard of the term, “Going haywire,” right? Ever spared a thought to why that term exists?

See, time was there was a prototype automatic hay-baler. But this was in that magic period juuust before we really got into standardized sizes. So calibration of the machine was handled manually - a mix of guessing and learning from the results of guessing. If you’ve read Raising Steam by Sir Terry Pratchett you know that many people don’t get to learn from the results of their own guesses, due to being dead.

A poorly calibrated hay-baler had the mechanical strength to smush the hay into a tight bundle, wrap the wire around it, and tie that wire off to maintain the bale’s form. But the pressure of the over-packed hay was a constant outward force. Each bale made by an over-tight baler was potential energy in physical form. We have a word for “potential energy in physical form” and that word is “bomb.”

So sometimes, a man would toss a hay bale and it would land with a twang and the man who’d been reaching down to pick it up where it landed was dead.

And that is what “haywire” means.

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

oh nice. i knew hay bales occasionally spontaneously combust, didn’t know they used to have an explosion factor too

marlynnofmany

I am learning multiple things today

Normally I’d expect wet plant matter to be less likely to go up in flames, but not hay bales! Those pesky bacteria really like to party in damp conditions. And by party I mean “create heat.”

belladonnabedlam

Okay. I was on my beloved AO3 and I saw something that made me do a double take. So, now I really want to know…

What is your AO3 user ID?

I’m an OG user 5 digits or less

Six figures baby!

I’m in the millions…

Remaining time: 2 days 11 hours

I’m so curious to see how long people have been on AO3! I know some people have been on there since beta/invite only, but I would love to see what the number is on tumblr!

#57706 i think it was #I've been on ao3 for so long