here for a good time AND a long time

21 // he // somewhere in the ballpark of bisexual

[spicedsyrup]

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Not safe for your coworkers or your kids, mainly reblogging, potentially some rambling.

[pillowspace]

[purple-ocity]

very normal non sexual hobby

[chungledown-bimothy]

I cannot overstate how much I love Tom Lehrer's story. It sounds so fake but is entirely real.

He's a goddamn genius- he started studying mathematics at Harvard when he was 15 and graduated magna cum laude. He worked at Los Alamos for a few years before being drafted and working for the NSA, where he claims to have invented jello shots to get around alcohol bans.

He then went back to Harvard for a couple years before starting to teach political science at MIT.

Through all of that, he was writing and performing both some of the funniest shit you'll ever hear (Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, Masochism Tango) and absolutely scathing political satire (Who's Next, Wernher von Braun, Send the Marines). Until the mid/late 60s counterculture gained momentum. He didn't like their aesthetic, so he stopped making music.

Shortly after, he moved to California and started teaching math and musical theater history at the UC Santa Cruz for the next 30 years.

I don't know if non-Californians understand just how goddamn funny that is. It's where stoners and math (and now computer science) kids who couldn't get into Berkeley go. Leaving Harvard/MIT for UCSC is peak academic phoning it in. And by all accounts he had a blast.

Plus the whole putting all of his music in the public domain thing. That fucked.

[ralfmaximus]

Also he is still alive! 95 years old as of November 2023.

[trilobiter]

The other day @piecesoftape sent me a text that said, "you probably got a notification for this, but Tom Lehrer outlived Kissinger."

There's a quote attributed to Lehrer, probably in answer to why he stopped performing, that "political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize."

[sweaterkittensahoy]

I am delighted to report Tom Lehrer is still with us as of January 13, 2025.

[f4g4um]

laughing during sex is great btw. like it should be essential. i think.

[kiiingsnake]

(college stuff) everyone give it up for the humble arapaima

[cryptotheism]

Esoteric Analysis of Banh Mi:

Crusty Bread: Aspect of Saturn. Leavened wheat is symbolic of transformation and assumption. The foundation from which the sandwich emanates.

Maggi: Aspect of Jupiter. As tin exhalts copper to form bronze, salt exalts all ingredients.

Pork Belly: Aspect of the Sun. Every sandwich must have it's primary ingredient. The heart and soul around which the ingredients revolve.

Vegetable medly: Aspect of The Moon. As shredded carrot wanes, so must the pickled daikon wax. Acid requires balance in all things.

Liver Patê / Cilantro: Aspect of Mercury. Subtle and mysterious, yet essential to the greater whole.

Mayonnaise: Aspect of Venus. Fat is temperance. The medium which soothes and cuts an irascible flavor profile.

Sliced Jalapeno: Aspect of Mars. There is no harmony without strife.

[scoutsmoocrew]

It’s so great when graphic designers making greeting cards or decor forget about animal sexual dimorphism and make the animal couples gay

[spicedsyrup]

Better than skeleton bone tiddies or a dolphin with makeup !!

[pillowspace]

[pepsimaxolotl]

[pezpenser205]

they hate me for my faggy attitude and my dykeish demeanor

[cryptotheism]

The body is a canvas you dumb piece of shit!!!!!

[cryptotheism]

It is literally not possible for a body to be unnatural you stupid mother fucker.

[spicedsyrup]

I'm realizing that 99% of my mental health issues/stress are manufactured by my environment. If I missed the metro by 2 seconds, no biggie, another one was coming. If I miss the bus here, 2 seconds = $30-40 of cab costs. I lose my keys 2-3 times a week here. When I was in college, it happened once in 3 years.

[konoko]

[spicedsyrup]

It's been said before but true crime at this point might as well be anti-weirdo propaganda. If you don't express emotions right, you're automatically guilty. If your body language is wrong, you're guilty. If you overexplain, you're automatically lying and therefore guilty. There is no 'how to act when you stand accused' training, and if you went looking for it, you must be guilty because why else would it be hard to act innocent?

[aropride]

interaction i have with shocking regularity is when someone’s complaining abt someone they know and theyre like “ughh they’re 21 and dont have a job and refuse to learn to drive” and then they remember who they’re talking to (me. 21 cant work cant drive) and go like

[aropride]

[mamoru]

feels weird being on /r/fountainpens and someone says, "hey I just found out noodler's ink is used as an antisemitic platform and I feel like shit for giving them my money!" and then a moderator immediately locks or deletes it for [insert bullshit reason] and then you check the mod's profile and they constantly praise noodler's inks.

such an interesting and purposeful approach to make people feel welcome in your community!