[tangled-up-12]

Okay babes, I need to tell you a little story about the wonderful human that is Thomas Sanders.

As many of you know, he was recently in a local production of Beauty and the Beast. My husband and I were fortunate enough to be able to go to Gainesville and be in the audience of his final performance. The entire cast was phenomenal and it was such a delight! (Honestly, I love Beauty and the Beast and was beyond excited to see it on stage again)

There were a large number of fanders in the audience. It was kind of interesting to be around so many people in merch, to be honest. The great thing was how receptive the audience was. It was clear that we all were enjoying the show and giving love to all of the cast. When the show ended, the cast was kind enough to meet in the lobby.

Now, when I say it was a madhouse, I am being as honest as possible. The whole lobby was flooded with people, many of whom were waiting patiently to see Thomas. Lots of love was also being given to the rest of the cast, something I know for a fact they appreciated. (My husband and I just chatted with cast members for a while because he and I met doing theater.) After about 30 minutes, the theater employees asked us to please move outside of the building so that crew could go home.(at this point, it was around 11PM) Thomas agreed to meet in front of the building (which he absolutely did not have to do but was very much appreciated). Again, everyone kindly listened and moved outside. 

This sweetheart of a human stayed for well over an hour to be sure that everyone got a chance to say hello. He signed autographs and took pictures. He listened to stories and kindly offered hugs and smiles. He was very patient with everyone and always asked your name, repeating it back to confirm he had it right. 

You guys....this man, this angel of a human, is really just as sweet and kind and caring as you would want him to be. I got so caught up in the moment watching him greet all these kiddos and the genuine interactions that my brain was too warm and fuzzy to think straight. I am still glowing just from our short interaction. 

Please know that he really does see the wonderful things that goes on in this community and he really does care. I know this was a long story for a short message, but just know..he really is that wonderful. He really does care about everyone who supports him. It is our job to continue to protect this wonderful bean and all who surround him. Keep spreading joy and acceptance. 

Love y’all! 

[manfrommars2049]

UBI needs to happen. via antiwork

[hasufin]

I think most importantly, it would give us the leverage to say “no”. To walk away from bad jobs and abusive managers. To refuse to work in unsafe environments. To demand better pay.

To demand better, because the options are no longer “suck it up” or “die”.

[tehamelie]

The counter-argument: Not having UBI is in the interests of those in power who want to do anything to the people they are in power over in order to remain in power.

If the greed of the few should come before the need of the many.

[azuremist]

Hey, do y’all remember how Tencent said they were developing faceID AI to identify people in riots, and then they suddenly created an AI art generator to turn your selfies into anime?

Do y’all remember that time that someone discovered facial recognition cameras couldn't see through Juggalo makeup, then Facebook had a fun “see what you'd look like with Juggalo makeup” thing, and then facial recognition cameras could suddenly see through Juggalo makeup?

Do y’all remember how, on Twitter, Elon started a tirade against artists who ask for credit when their art is reposted, and he suddenly he created one of the first big art AI programs?

Do y’all remember how AI destroyed the field of translation, despite the inferiority of the machine translations, because people didn’t care about the quality of the translations? They just wanted it done for free?

Do you know how companies will see a lot of money going into a New Tech Thing (like, say, AI art apps) and will jump to try and implement that New Tech Thing into their tech? For example, how it felt like every big company and celebrity had an NFT to sell?

Just wondering.

[moondrunklesbian-deactivated202]

You know the problem with reading a book? You get hooked and then it ends and you feel sad

[moondrunklesbian-deactivated202]

This post is cancelled, I have found a new book and everything is all right again

[moondrunklesbian-deactivated202]

By Talos this cannot be happening

[sophiamcdougall]

I just don't understand how people gave up masking on public transport. I'm not even talking from a moral perspective. Every time I'm on a train there is at least one person coughing their lungs out -- and maybe it isn't Covid! But how did everyone go back to "yep, sure am happy to be marinating in That! Love to be sealed in a metal canister, breathing in specks of other people's diseased respiratory systems! Sure am glad not to protect myself in any way!"

[grainelevator]

“Books are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!

“E-books are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!

“Audiobooks are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!

“Video games are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!

“Subscriptions to magazines/newspapers are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!

For real, get a library card for your local public library and you will have almost unlimited access to all kinds of media for free. Libraries also often have many different kinds of classes you can take, often for free or very cheap. Oh, and don’t forget the computers and internet access you can also use for free.

In conclusion, yet a library card.

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY!!!

[wedarkacademia]

“I had a room to myself as a kid, but my mother was always quick to point out that it wasn’t my room, it was her room and I was merely permitted to occupy it. Her point, of course, was that my parents had earned everything and I was merely borrowing the space, and while this is technically true I cannot help but marvel at the singular damage of this dark idea: That my existence as a child was a kind of debt and nothing, no matter how small, was mine. That no space was truly private; anything of mine could be forfeited at someone else’s whim.”  ― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

[memewhore]

[assiraphales]

‘if sherlock is public domain than bbc sherlock—’ NO. I don’t want to hear it. if any of the bitches gonna kiss it’s gotta be them

[dankmemecentral1]

My dad is a kroger manager and sent me this (repost without personal info)

[leafcrunch]

they thought 1 lb stood for “one little bean”

[dittolicous]

'they're not gonna change voice actors at this point because animation is done to match the voice acting!' 'everything's already been recorded!'

1) I would take iffy lip syncing charles martinet over crimt pass mario any day

2) it's english to english, they could do the exact same script with minor animation changes if need be

3) you do realize animated movies get dubbed over all across the world, we've already gotten other lang trailers for mario, and it doesn't necessarily take away from the fun

4) it's what charles martinet deserves

[vampires-and-witches]

[elidyce]

“This is a tapestry I made myself! I just finished it!” 

“…. this is…. big.”

“Eighty feet long, ten high, in forty panels! It was originally going to be sixty feet, but then the Thomas Malory Arthuriana got big and I had to put more stuff in.” 

“… Malory published in the fifteenth century.” 

“Do you have any idea how long it takes one person to embroider eight thousand square feet of tapestry?” 

“You’ve had a lot of free time in the last eight hundred years, haven’t you?” 

“Not once I took up embroidery as a hobby, no!” 

[memesnotwelcome]

“Want to see my stalagmite cultivation work?”

[bpd-dylan-hall-deactivated20190]

“our teeth and ambitions are bared” is a zeugma

and it’s a zeugma where one of the words is literal and one is metaphorical which is the BEST KIND

[tuesdayisfordancing]

I didn’t know about zeugmas until just now! That is so awesome, everybody: 

zeug·ma ˈzo͞oɡmə/

noun

a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g.,John and his license expired last week ) or to two others of which it semantically suits only one (e.g., with weeping eyes and hearts ).

ISN’T THAT AWESOME??

[professorsparklepants]

#in english class in high school my teacher had us write our own zeugmas in class#and one guy came up with ‘he fell from her favor… and the window’#i am forever looking for opportunities to use that one

[siesiegirl]

She dropped her dress and inhibitions at the door.

[crumbvulet]

What’s this? My favorite rhetorical device showing up on my dashboard?

[thranduilland]

IT HAS A NAMEEEE!! OH MY GOD!!!

[candiikismet]

I LOVE THIIIIIS!!!

[orriculum]

One I’ve loved was “on their weekend trip they caught three fish and a cold”

I love these they’re like a pun and a metaphor wrapped up into one neat phrase

[jasnakisapa]

@jwlzrulezz rhetorical device of the day

[mysharona1987]

[sluti-snek]

all the internet did was give him a place where he didnt have to worry about being punched in the face when he says what he thinks

[the-scottish-bae]

“he’s not like that in real life” just means “he’s not like that when there are repercussions”

[tangled-up-12]

Is it inappropriate to text someone "Respectfully, I need you to choke me"?

Asking for a friend

[nat-20s]

Joy is stored in the wildly inaccurate Halloween skeleton

[nat-20s]

these are a: so horrendously wrong to the point where they clearly don’t know what a bone is and b: labeled as “realistic” animal skeletons that I am just. Utterly delighted

[thedurvin]

[randomitemdrop]

Spell: Conjure Bone-Bastard; summons d4 wildly inaccurate skeletal creatures

[echo1331]

@ex0skeletal-undead

[ex0skeletal-undead]

A few more gems:

And whatever this monstrosity is

[sentient-tent]

@judgingskeletons

I know these won’t count for a review, but if you haven’t seen these I want you to laugh at them.

[judgingskeletons]

Thank you So Much for sharing, these are giving me an existential crisis in the best way!

[salmonella-destroyer-of-worlds]