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#bruh i would have picked that bitch up #crunch crunch

snapchat: you won't believe what was caught on video in iowa! me: it's a fecking tornado you heathens. that's it. not a game changer. take a chill pill.

A normal midwestern response to tornadoes;

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TRUTH

systlin

“It’s not even headed this way, we’re fine. Oh look, there goes the Johnson’s barn.”

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This is how Californians react to earthquakes.

systlin

My sister and her boyfriend just moved to CA, and apparently there was a minor tremor.

And yep, they were freaking out, and the native Californians just automatically compensated for the shaking and kept walking like they didn’t even notice it.

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Everyone becomes acclimated to their local disasters, much to the worry of everyone not from the area. California is dulled to the earth splitting open and potentially toppling buildings, the Midwest doesn’t worry about the concentrated meteorological befuckeners, the south throws actual themes parties when the largest storm systems on Earth come to town, and I know I am not nearly cautious enough about fires and large wildlife

The important thing is, if you have occasion to witness one of your local disasters with a nonlocal friend, to take thier perspective and concerns seriously, as they haven’t developed the carelessness you have.

And then act like a stone cold badass in front of them because we so rarely get that opportunity. Just don’t get trampled.

systlin

okay

“Concentrated Meteorological Befuckeners” is the greatest term for tornadoes ever and I will be stealing that glorious turn of phrase thank you

gallusrostromegalus

It’s the dick of some malevolent sky being coming to fuck up your day in particular. Use protection.

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Me: *walks out of the book store*

My friend who was waiting outside:

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Man eating rice, China, 1901-1904

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this is an extremely important picture

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Ive never seen someone from 1904 having fun omg

scootsenshi

He has a nice face

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No but the history behind this picture is really interesting

The reason that everyone always looked miserable in old photos wasn’t that they took too long to take. Once photography became widespread it took only seconds to take a picture.

It was because getting your photo taken was treated the same as getting your portrait painted. A very serious occasion meant so thst your descendants would know that ypu existed and what you looked like.

But one time some British dudes went to china to go on an anthropological expedition, and they met some rural Chinese farmers and decided to take their pictures. Now, these people weren’t exposed to the weird culture of the time around getting your photo taken, so this guy just flashed a big grin during the photo because he was told to strike a pose and that’s the pose he wanted to strike.

thisisarebeljyn

I think painted portraits and old photos give us the idea that in general people were just really unhappy because those are the visuals we have. This is so refreshing.