Stuff Your Eyes With Wonder...

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[britishbaeoff-blog]

#selandrew (from benjamina’s instagram)

[myrosecolouredgirl]

Listen I sent this text thread to like five people because it’s just Too Good

[jack]

oh my gosh the grin on his face

v for vendetta is a film with a female protagonist that criticises capitalism, condemns pedophilia, encourages the viewers to question their governments, has a central plot about how LGBT people are condemned in right wing societies (more than three LGBT characters are in it) and was directed by a trans woman and her brother.

why has this become a fuckboy classic

[rhymingteelookatme]

because they mistake V for the protagonist and Evey as simply the viewpoint character, wilfully ignore the part of the plot about LGBT discrimination, and concentrate on how cool V is with his mask and his government-rebelling plots. 

[thesefewpresidents]

*directed by two trans women (like this post was probably just made before Lilly was outed but it seems worth correcting)

[memeufacturing-deactivated20161]

*person without adhd voice* adhd was just invented to sell medicine 

[hotvampireadjacent]

*person without depression voice* you don’t need medicine that changes who you are just do yoga

[carry-on-my-wayward-butt]

*person without a personality disorder voice* have you tried.. like… mindfulness?

[anarchoprimitivist]

*non-psychotic person voice* well you dont seem crazy, so you must be a genious!

[evenmoreclinicallydepressed-blog]

Person with no Anxiety voice: Exposure Therapy! I’ll help you by forcing you into scary situations and doing everything possible to keep you there!

[toodrunktofindaurl]

*person without OCD* you’re just a bit perfectionist is all but who isn’t

[fuckyeahillustrativeart]

‘They prepared for a long journey…’

watercolor illustration done by David Jones

Follow David on Tumblr & Instagram !

[the-real-seebs]

Seebs, is a hotdog a sandwich? I mean its got the elements of one, having a core (the dog) with optional additions, covered by bread of some kind, so...?

See, this kind of thing is what I love about an open askbox with no specific topic requirements, because this fascinates me. I tend to think no, but part of that is because hot dog buns are typically jointed, so they’re more like one foldy piece of bread than two, but… I don’t know. They don’t feel sandwich-like to me, I guess.

[adigitalmagician]

Counterpoint: heroes are on jointed bread and they’re definitely sandwiches.

[littlepinkbeast]

hot dog is not sammich because it is *a thing* in breads instead of *stuff* in breads.

[nomderonge]

Bullshit. Is a peanut butter sandwich not a sandwich if you don’t put anything else on?

[littlepinkbeast]

peanut butter is stuff though?  like, *a* hot dog is one self contained thing that comes in a pre-determined size, but peanut butter is a continuous mass.  you put A hot dog in a bun, you put SOME peanut butter on bread.

[jumpingjacktrash]

but if you put a single slice of ham on bread, it’s still a ham sandwich. CHECKMATE ATHEISTS.

[roachpatrol]

A HAM SLICE IS STUFF BECAUSE IT’S FLAT. 

A HOTDOG IS A THING BECAUSE IT’S ROUND. 

if you put a tomato between bread, that would not be a sandwich, that would be fucked up. you have to slice the tomato and put a slice in. then it’s a sandwich. 

[jumpingjacktrash]

so if you slice the hotdog and put it back in the bun it’s a sandwich?

edit: the atlantic says it’s not a sandwich but their reasoning does not seem sound to me http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/11/its-not-a-sandwich/414352/

[roachpatrol]

the bun would make the hotdog round again, so no. but if you sliced the hotdog and put it between flatter bread then yes. 

behold: an inarguable hotdog sandwich

[jumpingjacktrash]

ohhhhh? then WHAT IS THIS

*touchdown dance*

[roachpatrol]

that’s clearly a fucking sandwich, smartass. it’s got sliced components and is horizontal. i’m talking about if you took a hot dog, sliced it in half, and put both slices back in the bun, it would not magically be a sandwich because the slices would move back into approximately cylindrical hotdog configuration. this like how if you take a slice of sandwich bread and put it around a whole hotdog, it becomes a hotdog bun and the hotdog is still not a sandwich.  

on a tangent, no matter how sliced and sandwichy the components, if they were put in a taco shell, they would stop being sandwichy and just be a (gross) taco. 

[jumpingjacktrash]

WHAT IF YOU PUT FLAT THINGS BETWEEN TWO FLAT TORTILLAS WHAT WOULD THAT BE A SANDWICH OR A QUESADILLA OR A FAIL TACO OR

THIS IS EXCITING

THIS IS SCIENCE

[scloutier]

THIS IS EXCITING. Everyone pretty much agrees that a sandwich is edible stuff between two breads.  Our cultural definition is coherent so far. littlepinkbeast further requires that the edible contents be stuff-y, rather than thing-y. roach’s definition posits that thing-like stuff is round, and stuff-ish stuff is flat. jumpingjacktrash and aetherbox raise the point that sometimes the type of bread surrounding the contents ALSO changes the name/definition of the sandwich: fr’ex, taco, pita, quesadilla (which must contain cheese, but what if it is IMPROPER CHEESE, like blue or cottage?), or naan or sub or gyro. And I ask:  How sweet can it be before it is no longer considered a sandwich? Because I have had WAFFLE SANDWICHES that were absolutely sandwiches, but once you add nutella and whipped cream to the bananas, they shade into tiramisu territory and become a dessert. Also, I’m pretty sure that nothing wrapped in a crepe is a sandwich, but does this also apply to other thin wraps like tortillas?  Must it be leavened breadstuff to count as a sandwich?

[jumpingjacktrash]

and what about when the outsidey bits aren’t breadstuff? what about peanut butter between two slices of apple, is that a sandwich? my brain says no but my heart says yes.

[27-teacups]

a hot dog is obviously a taco. this thread is bananas

[starsiignals]

this is all so completely illegal

[weenis-unlimited]

@shanlad SHANNON HELP ME

[glossylalia]

I would honestly posit we need to look at “sandwich” as at minimum a genus and at maximum probably a phylum. We could call “sandwich” a family and then move that “sausage roll” is the genus and that hot dog is a species of sausage roll, a genus that would also include things like brats, sausage and peppers, and other sausage sandwiches specifically served on sausage rolls. Which means that the family of sandwich can also include a genus for flat sausage sandwiches like knoblewurst or bologna, both of which are technically sausages in construction but are served on sliced bread, which are then not to be confused with the genus “hero” which would be any sliced item sandwich on a hinged roll with included species being “cheesesteaks” and “grinders”.

[awesomeeverysingleday]

But if I asked for a hot dog sandwich, I would receive a sliced hot dog, grilled between two slices of bread, not an in tact jot dog on a bun

And as a native Philadelphian I van say that although I do not identify hoagies and cheese steaks as sandwiches, I have heard the language “cheese steak sandwich”

That being said is a pita filled with stuff a sandwich?

[arrghigiveup]

@stevedangle have you seen this

[white-aster]

…ok, now I want a banana and nutella waffle sandwich, ngl.

[ladygagajournal-deactivated2017]

[charminglyantiquated]

a short comic about witches and wishes and wanting things.

[grypphix-deactivated20160423]

I WILL NEVER NOT REBLOG THIS IT IS THE CUTEST THING

[buffy-screencaps]

[eatsleepdraw]

 Pieces you left behind  Adrianna Mammino

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[twinkile]

weird tentacle monsters!! get them as stickers here :D

[cryoftheplanet]

The spoiled, rebellious princess of a fallen nation, Yuffie definitely descends from some popular tropes that fade into the background against the force of her personality. Force ought to be the key word, there - it’s an idea that’s integral to Yuffie and her materia-thieving ways, which itself is an expression of her perspective that the most important thing is being brave, bold and strong enough that no one can tell you what to do.

Despite her apparently selfish attitude, Yuffie is motivated by the state of Wutai. She tells us that after the war Wutai became nothing but a cheesy tourist town, and she’s set out to find materia to make it great again. I think it’s a mistake to read her revolutionary leanings as being solely a matter of sovereignty, dignity, and independence. All of those surely play a role, but Yuffie bears an open disdain for both rules and tradition and feels the problem with Wutai’s leadership is their deference to both. The materia she collects cannot restore Wutai’s culture - they can only restore its might, and that is exactly what Yuffie intends.

Adventurous and proud as she is, Yuffie doesn’t actually value peace or prosperity; she values glory. To Yuffie, not even the well-being of the people cannot justify such unacceptable cowardice as her father’s surrender. Too young to have truly lived through the war, she romanticizes Wutai’s proud struggle, and has never developed any particular regard for law or order. The thing that bothers her about Wutai being a cheesy tourist town is not a loss of cultural authenticity, but the capitulation and complacency that it represents.

I think it’s this thirst for glory and power that draws and binds her to Cloud and company. The opportunity for powerful materia aside, saving the planet and hunting down a fabled bad-guy is just the kind of romantic notion that would appeal to someone like Yuffie. Cloud’s lack of interest in telling her what to do surely helps - after all, you can only recruit her by appealing to her somewhat contrarian nature.

Yuffie doesn’t appear to grow as visibly as any of the other characters over the course of the game, and neither her perspective nor her desire for power/materia ever really shift. However, in reconciling with her father (through combat, of course), she demonstrates that she has learned to do the thing she finds most difficult in all the world: Compromise.

[discworldquotes]

Birds nested among the gutters and eaves of Unseen University, although it was noticeable that however great the pressure on the nesting sites they never, ever, made nests in the invitingly open mouths of the gargoyles that lined the rooftops, much to the gargoyles’ disappointment.

Terry Pratchett, Sourcery (via discworldquotes)

[wattpadfic-deactivated20170213]

when yr so tired ur eyelids are like SHUT IT DOWN BOYS but ur brian is like OPEN THOSE GATES LADS n ur closing ur eyes then opening then closing then opening then closing then opening then closing

[thenosleepsquad-blog]

“ur brian”

[wattpadfic-deactivated20170213]

listen here mate i know what i said and i stick by it i cling to my mistakes like a real man

[theinturnetexplorer]

Being a nature photographer seems great, maybe I should try…

[hareofhrair-in-a-funny-hat]

[democraticsenator]

Also, eliminate the idea that your household and who lives in it should only be limited to blood family after you get married and have kids. I was raised in a household where my mom had her childhood friends and colleagues live while I was growing up. Imagine Full House, but black and smaller. My mom not only did this to stay financially afloat, but it also strengthened my social skills as a child. I learned how to maintain relationship with people older than me. I was also taught to express and articulate my thoughts more since these new adults didn’t “know” me and my quirks. I also had a strong support system, which I still continue relations with these adults to this day. If you want to live in a household similar to F.r.i.e.n.d.s, then so be it. That idea sounds fantastic. I see nothing dysfunctional about it at all. The relationships you form and choose to stay in your life may benefit you more than a family member you feel you have an unconditional tie to.

[secretsofaginger]

Hey, guess what?

Living with not just family, but extended family, friends, visitors, religious pilgrims, and widows or parentless kids was totally the norm in the western world for many centuries! This article: [http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/09/millennial-housing-communal-living-middle-ages/501467/?utm_source=fbia] gives a great run down of how industrialization radically changed the way people live together

(Also, as an interesting side note, industrialization also changed our sleeping patterns. It used to be pretty common in the Middle Ages all over Europe to go to bed around dusk, sleep for about four hours, then naturally wake up for an hour or so and then sleep for another four-ish hours until daybreak. Some folks used this time to eat, to pray, to socialize, or simply to think about the world. So pls imagine for me some 13th century monks all doing the equivalent of a high school sleepover where they all sit up talking about existence and life and love with each other in the middle of the night like total dorks.)

But please, don’t listen to the bullshit 1950’s narrative that the Dream is a big empty house in the suburbs with two cars and a nice lawn. Go live with all your friends. Get a big house and fill it with family and chosen family and pets and plants and take care of each other, please. It’s the best thing for so many of us.

[sachenka]

We went back to the UK this week for a little holibob