Smiley day, friends!

[smiley-day-to-ya]

[starseedsrise]

[mojokittykittywithcheese]

[yeahiwasintheshit]

[lynxden]

[smiley-day-to-ya]

Mourning Charlie Kirk isn't the right way to honor his memory because he thought empathy was evil. By having empathy for him you are actually doing the opposite of what he said he wanted. Paradox of Tolerance and whatever.

[rot-gospel]

annoying news aside, i do love it when something happens and everybody Logs The Fuck On. its like the nasa control center but for posting

[smiley-day-to-ya]

"You'll never believe this shit" is a big motivator to interact with the trash fire that is social media.

[paramoregf]

if u dont want to be shot for your political beliefs maybe ur political beliefs shouldnt be "i dont care about other people being shot"

[sparrowthemormon]

Charlie Kirk is scheduled to speak at UVU. I have the opportunity to do the funniest thing of all time

[sparrowthemormon]

IT WASN'T ME I PROMISE

[smiley-day-to-ya]

This is the funniest "dodgeball of apollo" moment. Do Ben Shapiro next.

[zooophagous]

He loved guns and hated empathy. Its more honoring to his memory to be a huge dismissive douchebag about it. It's what he would have wanted.

[smiley-day-to-ya]

Said basically the same thing out loud to my coworkers today.

[kineticpenguin]

[dumbpuppyfag]

i'm old enough, i remember how they treated trayvon martin, this was a kid who got lynched for walking on the wrong street and they called his murderer a hero. they dragged trayvon's name through the mud, they called him every terrible thing under the sun and blamed him for his own murder. meanwhile if you even acknowledge the things that charlie kirk objectively was, the way he promoted himself, the things he proudly did, you're a disgusting monster. forgive me if i can't take that shit seriously

[charl0ttan]

the chocolate guy is as impressive as a glass of water to me. like that stuff doesnt even taste good as i understand it. hes just building. hes just doing building and crafts. i truly believe that the chocolate aspect becomes superfluous once the product doesnt even taste delicious. like if its not meant to be eaten you could just be using normal materials. and i mean i Get it like im not saying he should stop or people should stop enjoying his stuff but me personally i dont find it impressive or interesting beyond the base creation, and mesnwhile everyone else is freaking out like hes doung witchcraft or something. its paste. hes dealing in paste and cardboard. you could make a childrens fort out of glue and paper and it would taste just as good, which is to say i dont have the time to care about what its made of any more than what form it takes at the end, and yes it is cool sometimes, but, i dont know, i think i deserve to be a little bit cynical about popular stuff for my own enrichment sometimes. and thats what we're doing here. yay🙌

[smiley-day-to-ya]

I love how this person immediately was proven wrong in the notes because Amaury Guachan is like, the only chocolate sculpture person who is also trying to make sure his stuff tastes good too.

[goosemixtapes]

seeing like. gavin newsom tweet about being "against political violence" really lays bare how that means fucking nothing, huh. like, yeah, i do think it is generally bad, actually, when people get shot in public, and the fact that it's happening with politicians and pundits (not just this but the minnesota democrats who were murdered a few weeks back) is a bad sign for how things are going. but how are you going to come out as a usamerican politician against "political violence." political violence is this country's number one export. political violence is sending ICE into cities in the style of a civil war. political violence is manufacturing consent for murdering trans people in bathrooms. political violence is murdering immigrants by detaining them in concentration camps or sending them to countries they have never been and places they will die. political violence is funding the gazan genocide so the united states can have an oil outpost in the middle east. and the moment you speak out is when when the violently racist misogynistic anti-vaxx climate-change-denying neomccarthyism motherfucker gets a taste of the life or death stakes of all the shit he "debates" about? give me a break

[somecunttookmyurl]

i can tell i’m sleep deprived bc i just made myself cry about tutankhamun and i have, like, negative interest in the kid

[somecunttookmyurl]

have now made the rest of the discord cry about this little boy who had multi-coloured ducks sewn onto a tunic that he loved so much he wore it to a Very Important Event because he was EIGHT and have you SEEN my DUCKS

[somecunttookmyurl]

sorry no i’m not done i’m gonna make you all cry some more i’m bringing you down with me

there was once a little boy.

he is born disabled. his body hurts, and he can’t walk properly the way the other children do. he doesn’t understand why. he’s a little boy. but he plays with wooden boats and pulls toys on a string.

somebody makes him a tunic. they sew ducks onto it in red and green and yellow and blue. the bright colours of a child.

the little boy is eight years old, and he’s going to be king now. there’s a big ceremony about it. he doesn’t really fully understand what’s going on, because he’s eight, but he wears the tunic with the brightly coloured ducks for the occasion because he loves it. look at his ducks! aren’t they great?

he is a child. the adults around him manipulate and coax him to gain more power for themselves. he still plays with toys.

as a teenager, not yet an adult, he fathers children. they do not survive. he’s not even old enough to have full agency in his job and is still being manipulated, but he had babies and they died.

he does not make it to his twenties. at eighteen or nineteen years old he dies, and is buried. his babies, so tiny, are buried with him.

and so is his tunic with the little ducks that he loved so much he kept it long after it no longer fit.

there was once a little boy.

[somecunttookmyurl]

yeah i think that like. especially with historical figures in your mind people who were kings and queens or important nobles were adults. even if you know how old they were it doesn’t really click. it doesn’t seem real

but then you get something like a little tunic with brightly coloured ducks on it and it hits you like a fucking truck that this really was a little kid and no matter how far removed you are a little kid is still a little kid. their brains didn’t develop any quicker back then. he was just as developed/mature mentally as any 8 year old now. he had cartoonish animals on his clothes and he played with toy boats and probably terrorised the local cat population.

tutankhamun was a child and he didn’t make it to adulthood because he was unfortunate enough to be a very important child

his dad died when he was 8. he saw his own babies die when he was still just a boy himself.

but he had brightly coloured little ducks on his favourite shirt, and he kept it.

[somecunttookmyurl]

and he did not just keep the duckie shirt either

tutankhamun had a little pair of sandals with ducks on them. he had earrings decorated with ducks. he kept those, and other items of childhood clothing. some toys. keepsakes. things he loved, and treasured. he kept them all in a little wooden chest. the chest… was carved with ducks.

and that little duck chest, filled with things he kept from his childhood, was buried with him. maybe he was keeping them for the little babies who did not make it. maybe they just reminded him of good days and fun times.

but he was a little boy who thought ducks were just the best

[somecunttookmyurl]

WITH PLEASURE

(greyscale makes it hard but the duck head is on the right above the toe strap. always takes me a while to find it too)

[beggars-opera]

[libriamore]

Ok but this is how to teach history. This is how you get people to pay attention, to care. Find something small and make it personal, then zoom out to the wider context. History is best taught as a story, with people who lived their lives in ways that came together to create something remarkable that we still talk about today, but who were still just human at the end of the day. They kissed, argued, cried, and dreamed just like we do. And sometimes they really liked ducks.

[goodticklebrain]

Malvolio’s Revolve

The joy of Shakespeare is that even if you see the same play dozens of times, each production is its own, unique experience.

Having said that… there are certain bits of stage business that often crop up in numerous productions. One of my favorites is Malvolio’s revolve.

Just for fun, here are various examples of Malvolio’s revolve that have been captured on film. (If the gifs don’t work, check out my original post here.)

Alec Guinness in the 1970 ITV Saturday Night Theatre production  does the classic dubious, self-conscious revolve, although Sir Toby and his gang are safely behind a hedge and don’t have to hide.

Nicholas Pennell in this 1986 filmed production at the Stratford Festival of Canada executes a confident and rarely-seen double revolve, forcing his peanut gallery to duck out of sight.

In this filmed version of the Renaissance Theatre Company’s 1988 production, Richard Briers executes a very slow , dubious revolve that is notable for being counter-clockwise. In my experience, most Malvolios revolve in a clockwise direction.

Finally, this Stratford Festival production milks the revolve for all it’s worth, with Tom Rooney’s Malvolio turning at just the right speed to miss Sir Andrew’s desperate dash across the stage.

Some productions choose to have Malvolio turn the letter around, rather than himself. Others either blow past the line without acknowledging its comedic gag potential, or cut it in its entirety. All are valid choices, but honestly… why look a gift gag in the mouth?

[stayoutofitnick]

“In my experience, most Malvolios revolve in a clockwise direction” is my new favorite blind of Shakespeare analysis

[nongunktional]

it's really embarrassing how much self control i have to exert when you put me in front of a tray of convenient and tender meat like if you put meatballs in front if me the fuckers are gone in milliseconds. same true of roadted brussels sprouts or basically anything that's a nice little dense and textured morsel. i am the hors that d'ouvres

[nongunktional]

do not stand at my plate and snack. that shit's all mine. please give it back. i am the dozen hors that d'ouvre. i am the meatball's gentle curve. i am the cracker's butter crunch. i am a thousand grapes for lunch.

[smiley-day-to-ya]

This is a song by They Might Be Giants and is on the album immediately after a song about destroying capitalism with hammers.

[niyarest]

[ladybonnibel]

Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.

Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It mu

Call the numbers. Sign the petition.

[thethrillof]

visa website

mastercard website

for scrolling to the bottom and 'contacting' there, if email is more your thing.

[profbadvibes]

Call script because phone calls are harder to ignore than emails:

"Hi, I'm calling to tell you that the reports you received of sexually abusive content on Steam and itch.io are fraudulent and were made by religious extremist groups.

As a [insert company] customer I'm expressing my discontent and requesting that you rescind your demands to these platforms."

[prokopetz]

Blog header that just reads "nonstandard DNI criteria".

[greatmountainfloofsquatch]

I thought of making one that just said "DNI", with no elaboration.

[prokopetz]

DNI if you

[boss-of-armadildos]

DNI criteria that's just the Liar's paradox

DNI criteria that's just the prisoner's dilemma

[prokopetz]

DNI if you:

are man or woman

are human or beast

dwell indoors or outdoors

post clothed or unclothed

reblog by day or by night

[saqvobase]

DNI if you were forged by mortal hands

[smiley-day-to-ya]

DNI if you have DNA or RNA or signed and NDA or have a DNR or are an RNA or support the NRA. Actually, you know what, DNI if you know or use any acronyms.