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27 • Australian • Whatever I find amusing •

[prokopetz]

One of my favourite bits of media history trivia is that back in the Elizabethan period, people used to publish unauthorised copies of plays by sending someone who was good with shorthand to discretely write down all of the play's dialogue while they watched it, then reconstructing the play by combining those notes with audience interviews to recover the stage directions; in some cases, these unauthorised copies are the only record of a given play that survives to the present day. It's one of my favourites for two reasons:

It demonstrates that piracy has always lay at the heart of media preservation; and

Imagine being the 1603 equivalent of the guy with the cell phone camera in the movie theatre, furtively scribbling down notes in a little book and hoping Shakespeare himself doesn't catch you.

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

Thou wouldst not downloadeth a car

[coldasyou]

I've been held captive for roughly twelve to thirteen years- in the Speak Now era.

I Can See You- Behind the Scenes

[sheryl-lee]

We must work. We must make money. But more than that, Bella, we must experience everything. Not just the good, but degradation, horror, sadness. This makes us whole, Bella, makes us people of substance. Not flighty, untouched children. Then we can know the world. And when we know the world, the world is ours.

POOR THINGS 2023 — dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

[filmgifs]

Why don’t you pick on somebody your own size? The Mummy Returns (2001) dir. Stephen Sommers

[wicked-felina]

[geopsych]

I post this every year but it’s worth it to remind myself to plant flowers, in the garden and in my mind and whenever I get a chance, in the hearts of others.

[lotrreactionmemes]

LOTR + text post

[captainmarvall]

if you look closely you can see how she got less sexualized in every movie

sad that it took nearly 10 years

[jennysparksandtheauthority]

Understanding the Johansson/Disney lawsuit thanks to Twitter wisdom…

Here’s part of Disney’s statement…

Yes. They’re excusing a breach of contract over the pandemic. Oh. So righteous.

And because context is everything…

Some say Johansson made a dick move because Disney is “the hands that feeds her”. I wonder if they’d say the same thing if this was Tom Cruise or Robert Downey Jr or some MAN of the likes.

Last, but not least:

I say: good for her. Go after the mouse. Let it all burn if you have to.

✨Slay✨

[australiansanta]

americans be like i’m looking at myself in the meer

[creolesasuke]

DLJDGSJHLHDKHKSHDHKD

[sillyjimjam]

americans be like im gonna eat an ornge

[jalapeepo]

americans see a tree rodent and go 'look a skwurl'

[zuzusexytiems]

americans be like couldj gemmie a glass uv waddr

[mikkeneko]

After years of living in the adulting world, I think I’ve come to a realization: Manners exist to guide you to good conduct even when you’re in a bad mood.

When you’re happy, when you’re feeling generous, when you’re pleased with your gift or your service or your outcome, it’s easy to be nice. It’s easy to tip the waiter well when you’ve had a good day. It’s easy to thank the teller or the clerk when you got what you wanted out of the transaction. It’s easy to smile and chit-chat with strangers on the road when you’re in a good mood.

It’s hard to tip the waiter when you didn’t enjoy your food. It’s hard to thank the clerk for their time when you’ve just been told there’s a problem with their account and they weren’t able to fix it for you. It’s hard to think of something nice to say when your aunt gave you a crappy sweater you neither need nor want. It’s hard to be nice to people when you’ve had a shitty day. It’s HARD.

That’s what manners are for. Scripts and phrases that you learn by rote to say when you can’t think of a single nice or good thing to say from your own volition. Yes, they’re scripted. Yes, the sentiment is empty. But the scripts work in every situation, and the emptiness provides a buffer between your own unhappiness and the rest of society.

Because most of the time, it’s not the waiter’s fault that the food you ordered wasn’t what you expected. It’s not the clerk’s fault that your account is overdrawn. It’s not the fault of the barista or the stranger on the subway that you got fired today or your favorite aunt died. But even when you can’t summon a smile or a cheery word, you can still have manners, because they will serve you the same in sunshine or rain.

[animatedamerican]

This is very wise and very well put.

[mcu-headcanons]

Bucky: I just ended a four year relationship.

Natasha: Oh, I’m so sorry. Are you okay?

Bucky: Hm? Oh yeah, I’m fine. It wasn’t my relationship

Steve and Tony: *fighting from across the room*

[ruzekburgess]

PRIDE & PREJUDICE (2005) dir. Joe Wright

[rodrickheffeley]

[tatooineknights]

Empire Strikes Back: 40th Anniversary

[koobaxion-deactivated20220403]

King shit

[captain-flint]

Star Wars (Sequels) cast & crew + dancing

[ciceros-ghost-deactivated202108]

Does it ever make you want to cry to think about history & how little we actually know about it? Like there were entire empires that existed & they were glorious & powerful & now all we know about them is what we can find out from ruins & sometimes-fragmented writing. There were entire cultures & ways of life, & people who lived back then probably thought those empires would always exist & be powerful, & now they’re in ruins & have almost disappeared, & idk it just makes me so emotional to remember that