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#pinned post

finefeatheredfabler

I believe in the separation of church (fandom) and state (media creators)

pankendev

some of the most swagless years in human history, possibly ever. yet i must stay strong for the return of swagful days

callizinc

The most intuitive, most versatile, most adaptive, and greatest artists of our time are using their skills to create discomforting, high-concept abstractions of analog horror characters and Pack Of 500 Cigarettes in Tomodachi Life

isawken

getting increasingly confused trying to have sex with my point and click wife but she just keeps saying “you cant use that here”

isawken

i have the ancient sarcophagus and the cuckoo clock. what the fuck else do i need man

novafigura

6mayhem

bro lemme show u how sex REALLY works *picks up large rock from forest ground*

tony-the-tigers-juicy-armpit

How quickly we forget the dangerous crow boy who’s job it is to destroy plastic

herpsandbirds

Goliath Stick Insect (Clemacantha goliath), family Phasmatidae, QLD, Australia

photographs by Margaret Drew

#bugs #insects #that thing isnt even a bug that is a puppy dog

recurring-polynya

never lose hope. somewhere, a middle-aged, gender ambiguous person with an advanced degree in an esoteric field and a fiber arts hobby could be crashing out and pinning all their remaining mental health on getting obsessed with your otp. any day now, the most elegantly written 100k fanfic you have ever read is going to hit ao3. it could happen. it has happened.

segamascott

such a good listener hard to find those sometimes

cottoncandylesbo

im allergic to movies actually

cottoncandylesbo

movies are bad for the body and mind, you should avoid them at all cost

#holy shit prev. do you wanna hang out

tragicwaif

when a cloth mutual sees your wire post it’s not that bad but when a wire mutual sees you clothposting……😓

21st-century-minutiae

The above is a reference to a famous mid twentieth-century psychological experiment by Harry Harlow involving infant monkeys. The experiment involved providing infant monkeys with either a minimalist "wire mother" statue or a more comforting "cloth mother" statue. These statues were either equipped with milk, or lacked utility. The experiment famously proved that infant monkeys (and, it was inferred, other primates like humans) preferred the "cloth mother" whether or not it provided food. The experiment was used to show that comfort and care was an important part of psychological development, rather than simple sustenance.

The above poster is making an allegorical reference to this famous experiment. These are not commonly used terms or standard metaphors, so it would not be clear to early twenty-first century readers exactly what was meant. But it can be inferred that the poster may be using the term "cloth" to refer specifically to the "cloth mother lacking milk" from the experiment, and "wire" to refer to "the wire mother possessing milk." The two other experimental variables ("cloth with milk" and "wire without milk") are ignored.

Presuming this interpretation is correct, then "cloth" becomes an allegory for "a source of comfort and joy, despite its lack of utility" and "wire" becomes an allegory for "a source of stark utility, lacking any comfort or attachment."

"Mutual" is a term in Tumblr, referring to an account that one is following and is followed by in turn. Mutual accounts allow two way communication in the website.

It can further be inferred that a "wire post" is some plain, useful, but otherwise uninteresting subject, and a "cloth post" is something weird and joyful and unnecessary.

Following all that, the above post could be translated to mean: "There is no issue when a person who you know via your shared quirks/kinks sees you talking about something mundane. However, it is a source of great discomfort and distress a person you know for a mundane reason (such as being coworkers or fellow students) sees you talking about something quirky or kinky."

dragon-hoard

if you are going to need some kind of sedative for 4th of july fireworks for your pets NOW IS THE TIME TO SCHEDULE THOSE APPOINTMENTS TO ASK FOR THEM

NOT WHEN ITS 2 DAYS AWAY

alex51324

I feel like to really get this circulating as it should, we need it superimposed over the picture of the turkey going in the fridge. (I can't do it I'm on my phone.)