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Buzz #13

Y’know, your brain is a really powerful thing, but, it’s not capable of creating faces you've never seen before. This means that every person you see in a dream is someone you've encountered in life. Be it an old family member you've only seen once when you were young, or some stranger you saw at the coffee shop. Every face you see in your dreams is someone you have seen in real life.

So what does this mean for the monsters and demons that plague our nightmares? Could these beings exist as well and our brains are just too conditioned to blocking out the insane and protecting us from danger that we don’t remember these creatures of terror that we've encountered?

What if people with schizophrenia and other acclaimed mental disorders, as well as those able to peek beyond the veil are just those of use with the ability to hold on to these images and beat the auto-blocking of our minds to see the creatures as they are.

True and physical.

Just like all the faces you meet in waking and in dream.

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Buzz #11

-boots up idea machine-

-waits-

-gives it a kick-

*insert horrible grinding sound*

-gives it a pet-

*insert gentle purr*

What if all the gods and deities of every religion, pantheon, and belief exist simultaneous at once and all know of the others’ existence?

While some pantheons get along in places like various members from the larger pantheons hanging out with others, the more closed off and defined beliefs (you know who we’re talking about) act like the popular kids in school and have their little exclusive cliques.

Michael: Sorry, Aphrodite, no one cares how beautiful you are, this table is reserved for people who are faithful to their spouses.

Zeus: -looking at crowd of deities- Gonna bonk, gonna bonk, gonna bonk, gonna bonk, gonna- ew oh me, what in my brother’s name is that? Eyugh- ooooh gonna bonk!

Loki: -photo bombing left and right-

Also Loki: -knocks on random deity’s door- Hello, I’m raising money for children -holds up pictures of all his kids- Specifically these precious darlings. For only one dollar a day, you can ensure these children remain set on their path to Ragnarök! Lucifer: I’m listening. Kronos: -earth rumbles- I’LL GIVE YOU ALL THE MONEY YOU WANT

-earth rumbles- Hades: -sighs- Fathers. Lucifer: Tell me about it. Loki: Mood.

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Buzz #7

What if there was a species that got drunk on water?

Just

Everyone's always asking them if they want water and they are just appalled

They go out to eat with their human friend and the waiter brings them their complementary water and they're just, "They just give you water?"

You leave them alone in your house telling them there's water in the fridge and they're just, "??? I'm allowed to get drunk while you're out??"

You come back to them with their head under the faucet

They gasp when they see the big packs of water bottles just, "They come in packs that big?!"

Or they see the big jugs and just, "You can get a keg for that cheep?!"

They ask what those big "cheese wheel looking things" on the hill are and you tell them they're reservoirs and are full of water and they just OoO

You tell them the ocean is water and they just, "WTF IS YOUR PLANET?!"

They tell others of their kind about the world where it rains water and if it gets cold enough, the water turns solid and falls in either a hard form or a softer form that can be used to make delicious treats using what the humans call "flavored syrup"

They'd get so drunk on snow cones, omfg

Snow cones and things like lemonade and Kool-aid would be like cocktails to them 

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Buzz #10

I just realized that Sign Language could serve as a universal language if we just gave it a chance and made it a standard across the globe.

Where I’d be signing what I know to be “toilet” someone who natively speaks Italian would see me signing “bagno” and we would both still know exactly what was being said, because we associate the signs with the words we know.

Where someone visiting Germany from the United States would be signing, “How do I get to [insert location here]?” the person they’d be asking would understand the gestures as, “Wie komme ich nach [ort hier einfügen]?”

But not only would it help in these aspects, but also in learning, as I could simply sign “cat” at someone who speaks no English, while saying “cat” and they would be able to understand that this combination of sounds I am uttering means a small furred feline that thinks it owns the world, which is often kept as a pet.

Through this, one could easily learn new languages in the verbal sense by mimicry and context.

The fact that this isn’t already a part of general society is sad because the uses are absolutely endless when you think about it, and having sign language-- a universal sign language, not a different one for various areas-- having sign language as a basic language everyone learns would make the world so much easier on the deaf and hoh as well, as no matter where they went, there would be someone who knows sign language and can communicate with them.

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Buzz #9

There’s always going to be some discourse in every book series fandom about the “official” appearance of a character, even when description is given. So you know what I say? Just skip the description entirely and watch the fandom tear each other apart about what the characters look like even to the basic detail.

“You all are idiots if you think Darren has any other hair color but black.”

“Megan has dark skin and no one can convince me any differently.”

“Blake has blue hair. End of discussion.”

“Your fanart is really well done, but Kelsey has curly blond hair and green eyes, not straight red hair and brown eyes. Please try to be a little more accurate in your work.”

“WHO THE FUCK MADE THIS FAN ART OF DAEMIEN WITH BLACK HAIR?! EVERYONE KNOWS MY BABY DAE IS ALBINO!”

But then, you don’t stop there. At some point, as the author, you make a post on social media about vague descriptions not tied to anyone.

“Yes, his hair is black, but it’s also down to his feet.”

“No, she does not have freckles.”

“Whoever thought they are a ginger, I’m sorry, but that’s wrong.”

But don’t even stop there. No. Don’t. Even. Stop. There.

“By the way. All characters have animal features such as ears, tails, and even wings, horns, and antennae.”

And watch the war fall into utter chaos...

-evil cackling in the background-

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Buzz #8

So my little bro was watching this cartoon today about birds of paradise, like, the tropical birds, not the flowers, and they were talking about the courtship rituals, and I just got to thinking, "What if dragons were like that?" Seriously, just think of that! Beautiful male dragons of bright colors with like, crazy plumage, and webbing, and fur, and movable spines and what not, maybe frills like a frilled lizard? FRILLS LIKE A FRILLED LIZARD!! Imagine crazy beautiful dragons dancing, moving along the ground and flying through the sky to impress the females. Imagine dragons having dance offs in competition for the one female, dancing together and yet apart. IMAGINE DRAGON SHIFTERS!!! Imagine a tribe of humanoids who can take on dragon forms, imagine the men putting together extravagant costumes to mimic their dragon form, imagine them dancing around a fire during a festival of love, the women cheering them on and pointing to that particular guy who is shining out beyond the rest, and imagine them laughing at the one tripping over his own costume. Imagine grand finales, of the guys suddenly bursting into their dragons forms and twirling through the air. Imagine that same guy, the klutz, failing still in the end, everyone, even the other guys laughing at him. Imagine later, after everyone has found someone to be with, the klutz is sitting alone, away from the warmth of the party, singing softly to himself. Imagine a blind dragon coming over, their colors neutral, brighter than the females, but duller than the males. It doesn't matter which they are. They sit next to him, encouraging him to keep singing, saying how they love his voice, and love the way the bells on his costume jingle when he trips. They love his scent, and the feel of his fur. They don't care that he can't dance, because they'd never be able to see it. They love him, and he loves them. Imagine this. Imagine all of this. Imagine, Dragons of Paradise!

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Buzz #4

What if Theodore Roosevelt had been holding anything BUT a bear cub in that picture?

What if Theodore Roosevelt had been holding a wolf pup? Or a fox cub?

What if Theodore Roosevelt had been holding a turtle?

Teddy Turtles

“What is this bear you got me? Don’t you know teddy turtles are the traditional gift plush?!”

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