ryanxnorris

22. Sad not rad.

[bidonica]

[coricorrente-deactivated2018073]

[retrogamingblog]

Super Smash Bros moves performed by Marvel stuntmen

[maybeantonioj]

That beat go hard at the end too

[coolsaddad-blog]

Roses are red, that much is true, but violets are purple, not fucking blue.

[feels-for-the-fictional]

I have been waiting for this post all my life.

[marzipanandminutiae]

They are indeed purple, But one thing you’ve missed: The concept of “purple” Didn’t always exist.

Some cultures lack names For a color, you see. Hence good old Homer And his “wine-dark sea.”

A usage so quaint, A phrasing so old, For verses of romance Is sheer fucking gold.

So roses are red. Violets once were called blue. I’m hugely pedantic But what else is new?

[ineptshieldmaid]

My friend you’re not wrong About Homer’s wine-ey sea! Colours are a matter Of cultural contingency;

Words are in flux And meanings they drift But the word purple You’ve given short shrift.

The concept of purple, My friends, is old And refers to a pigment once precious as gold.

By crushing up molluscs From the wine-dark sea You make a dye: Imperial decree

Meant that in Rome, to wear purpura was a privilege reserved

For only the emperor!

The word ‘purple’, for clothes so fancy, Entered English By the ninth century

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Why then are voilets Not purple in song? The dye from this mollusc, known for so long

Is almost magenta; More red than blue. The concept of purple is old, and yet new.

The dye is red, So this might be true: Roses are purple And violets are blue

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[squeeful]

While this song makes me merry, Tyrian purple dyes many a hue From magenta to berry And a true purple too.

But fun as it is to watch this poetic race The answer is staring you right in the face: Roses are red and violets are blue Because nothing fucking rhymes with purple.

[cryoverkiltmilk]

[young-il-long-kiyoshi]

IT GOT SO MUCH BETTER.

[farrentalon]

My reaction, only with coffee.

[thetiredpianist]

Hang on, need to send this to my literature prof

[horsegirlhob]

I’m a slut for sitting in comfortable silence while both of us do our own thing and occasionally show each other something dumb on our computers like that’s the good shit my dude. 

[bob-belcher]

Can I open my eyes yet? I want to see my babies in their costumes.

[niepytajosens]

[kittycoral]

Despacito ⛓🖤

[my-name-is-life]

[brookelynne]

energy trails | self-portraits

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[scarletstripes]

[steveinaspeedo]

[willygurl68]

The only sign I’ll take directions from

[televisionsgif]

[thistallawkwardgirl-deactivated]

Half of America to the other half of America

[winterskim]

Oh, girls, girls, you’re both pretty. Can I go home now?

[comadidas]

[andvhol]

[thepoetscryformore]

Hundredth