Anglophilia Gone Mad

Female, 30, postdoc, INTP, United States. I post what I want, including Hannibal, Hamilton, MBTI, and other current obsessions.

[woolooism]

do something good today.

call your loved ones, speak to them. listen to a new album from band you've heard about but didn't have time to get into. water your plants. draw a cat. but please don't give up, and keep living.

[woolooism]

bad times come and go. but you can't see good times if you're not here anymore

[woolooism]

also see this tweet which saved my mental health more than once on the span of last 5 years

[lyricwritesprose]

Cliff usually comes through with a cogent point.

I think it is sometimes helpful, in fact, to pick up a little hobby that has nothing to do with the apocalypses—apocalypsi—bad stuff happening all over the world. Like gardening. Or knitting. Or something. Like, you may have panic and disaster and fascism and fires and wars and rumors of war, but you also have a handmade sock, and at least that's something.

[tortured-poets11]

I love you DVDs, I love you VHS Tapes, I love you Cassettes, I love you Records, I love you CDs, I love you Books, I love you Journals

[thatmaggi3]

here’s the tea

so i reckon we have about five years before they make edward scissorhands the musical inorder to complete the holy trinity of winona ryder classics- heathers, beetlejuice, and edward scissorhands *you heard it here first*

[tawnyasphodel]

Does it count as a musical if it's told through music and dance with no words? Because if so, it's already a thing.

[tawnyasphodel]

These reviews are clearly not for this product. However, the juxtaposition is hilarious. 

[tawnyasphodel]

The product shown is an adhesive push-up bra. Reviews (all 5-star):

“Great product. It fits my three year old niece like a glove and she loves it (especially that she matches with everyone in the family). It is also very nicely done and you can 100% its the official, real deal, NHL certified item.”

“The two-sided print is a great value for the money - like getting two scarves for the price of one! Print looks great up close - quality work that I’ll wear/display with pride on match day. GO REDS!”

“My granddaughters LOVED these! They wore them constantly during the Stanley Cup playoffs and had many comments and smiling faces from those that saw them out and about. ‘Just like Daddy’s!’“

[tawnyasphodel]

These reviews are clearly not for this product. However, the juxtaposition is hilarious. 

[tawnyasphodel]

The product shown is an adhesive push-up bra. Reviews (all 5-star):

“Great product. It fits my three year old niece like a glove and she loves it (especially that she matches with everyone in the family). It is also very nicely done and you can 100% its the official, real deal, NHL certified item.”

“The two-sided print is a great value for the money - like getting two scarves for the price of one! Print looks great up close - quality work that I’ll wear/display with pride on match day. GO REDS!”

“My granddaughters LOVED these! They wore them constantly during the Stanley Cup playoffs and had many comments and smiling faces from those that saw them out and about. ‘Just like Daddy’s!’“

[tawnyasphodel]

These reviews are clearly not for this product. However, the juxtaposition is hilarious. 

[leoreturns-deactivated20110811]

[tumboner]

leoreturns:

I have been waiting all year to post this.

omg

[merspers]

This has been in my queue for months.

[mcgooglykins]

I missed it last year and I vowed that would NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

[thatsoundsprettynice]

YES

[xbstnmnr-deactivated20241116]

omg i didnt reblog this last year!

[ghostling]

[psi-phenom]

Fun fact! Ravens and Wolves have a symbiotic relationship!

While the wolves feed, the ravens keep watch for and alert the wolves of incoming animals that might threaten them. In return, the wolves leave some food behind for the ravens. In between feedings they’re known to travel and play together.

I learned this a long time ago, sorry I don’t have any sources.

[chorus-of-crows-deactivated2015]

This is the coolest thing ever wow

[autisticxprowl-deactivated20201]

Hey y'all, right now, Gamestop is asking people to donate to Autism $peaks, and as an Autistic person, I would just like to say

DO NOT FUCKING DONATE TO AUTISM $PEAKS

If you really want to donate to someone actually helping autistic people get jobs like they’re saying it’s for, fucking Microsoft would be better.

Autism $peaks is a hate group.

They openly advocate for the extermination of autistic people.

Every single one of their founders and chairpersons have openly admitted to contemplating the murder of their autistic child - in detail.

They advocate for a cure and support outdated and falsified information that a) vaccines cause Autism - Autism is genetic, the only “cure” is genocide - and b) white cis boys are the majority “afflicted”.

They compare Autism to cancer and use fearmongering to gain supporters. (Actual things their ads have said: Autism will ruin your marriage, Autism is invisible until it’s too late, Autism causes more deaths than any terminal illness, etc, etc.)

They support electroshock therapy and ABA institutions like the Judge Rotenberg Center (seriously, google it).

If you want to donate to charities actually doing good work for Autistic people, donate to The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN - @autisticadvocacy ) or The Autistic Women & Non-Binary Network (AWN - @awn-network ).

All of this could be found out with 30 seconds of googling, I don’t understand why companies insist on supporting a literal fucking hate group when there is so much out there about why not to and so many other, much better, charities to support.

Allistic people - please fucking reblog this

Tagging - @autie-jake @thatoneguy157 @butterflyinthewell

[autie-j]

GameStop is one of autism $peaks top donators. If you look on their website it says they donate in the millions annually. I haven’t shopped there in years because of this.

[bfrbeautiful]

shout out to people with visible derma! 

shout out to people who constantly have acne, scabs or open wounds on their face. shout out to those who either can’t cover them, or proudly wear them for the world to see. 

shout out to people who have cuts and sores all over their bodies that are noticeable no matter what. shout out to people who rock tank tops and shorts anyway. 

shout out to people who have scars, marks, dents, or lumps on their face from their struggle with derma. these are battle scars, and you are so strong. 

sometimes it can be hard to deal with people’s questions about your skin, or read makeup tips that say your skin is Bad and Ugly. i’m here to tell you that your skin is perfect, and you are an amazing and inspiring person no matter what. 

[dark-waves]

[asteri-desmevetai-deactivated20]

@inquisitiverose

[lovelysuggestions]

i love my mom.

[crazystaglady]

Everytime is see this picture, I’m waiting for Hannibal to suddenly lick Will’s cheek and Will reacting with the most “WTF” look on his face.

Is it just me? I guess it’s just me.

[tawnyasphodel]

Same

[fuck-customers]

Lmao this American girl walked up to a Hungry Jacks (Burger King) register with her drink and really, really loudly (I was at the other side of the place) proclaimed: “I asked for Lemonade, you gave me Sprite” in a really bitchy, entitled voice.

The cashier (and everyone within earshot) just looked at her like “the fuck is wrong with you”

In Australia, Sprite IS lemonade as far as we’re concerned.

Enjoy your 90c refund you cheap ass ho.

[jhenne-bean]

“Sprite IS lemonade as far as we’re concerned”

[freshest-tittymilk]

@fleamont can you verify?

[movednowbye-deactivated20221103]

Yeah this is correct. Lemonade is sprite. Clear fizzy liquid type thing. Solo is closer to what American lemonade is but we don’t actually have what you guys consider lemonade anyway so she was never going to get what she wanted lmao.

[freshest-tittymilk]

Y'ALL AIN’T GOT LEMONADE?!?!??

madness…

[kingjaffejoffer]

“we don’t actually have what you guys consider lemonade“

[thetallblacknerd]

That entire continent exists on a different realm of existence

[blasianxbri]

What the… Lmao

[yosoyleche]

Why is it called lemonade then? 🤔

[fiontan]

@casualswfan What is wrong with you guys?

[seascrapes]

IT IS THE SAME DAMN THING. You Yankees and your fifty brands of the same :P

[fiontan]

LEMONADE AND SPRITE ARE NOTHING ALIKE

[verdytai]

Things heating up in the drink fandom

[fairytalesandimaginings]

I’m pretty sure the same is true in the UK at least was in 2010 except Sprite didn’t seem to be a common brand so I’d ask for Sprite get blank looks eventually figured out to ask for lemonade 

[questions-within-questions]

Sprite is a recognised brand here, but it’s not omnipresent, it is also considered a brand of lemonade.

[larena]

This is fucked up.

[tparadox]

Sprite: lemon-lime soda (pop/carbonated beverage). Lemonade: lemons, water, and sugar. Still.

[zarekthelordofthefries]

LEMONADE IS NOT CARBONATED WHATT HEFUCC CK ARE YOU ALL DOIGN

[taiey]

Living? Sensibly?

Also on what planet does Sprite have lime in it.

[romansnow]

Sprite, the lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage, is made on Earth.

Earth is the third planet from the Sun, the densest planet in the Solar System, the largest of the Solar System’s four terrestrial planets, and the only astronomical object known to harbor Sprite.

The people of Earth are known as “Earthlings” or “Spriteloids” interchangeably (although not to each other).

[elsandifer]

At least in the UK, if you order lemonade you’ll sometimes get Sprite, but if it’s proper it’s a lemon soda akin to the Italian gassosa - less sweet than Sprite.

[froborr]

Oh shit, I’ve had gassosa, it’s AMAZING.

[elexuscal]

I just want to say that the whole ‘lemonade and Sprite are interchangeable’ is pretty common throughout Asia as well, in my experience

[kingkilling-and-stormlight]

@bre-e-e-e what madness is this?!?!?!?!

[bre-e-e-e-deactivated20170219]

@kingkilling-and-stormlight so… what you are all saying is. Lemonade is … not fizzy… in America?

[lierdumoa]

You guys have orange juice at least, right? Grapefruit juice? In the US, Lemonade is a juice, like orange juice, but made with lemons instead of oranges. You can buy “fresh squeezed lemonade” at many restaurants and fast food venues. Typically it’s diluted a bit with sugar water, so the sour flavor of the raw lemon juice isn’t so overpowering. 

In the south, it’s very common for people buy whole lemons and make their own lemonade at home using a citrus juicer.

[monanotlisa]

In Germany, you’d ask for “Limonade” and yeah, you may get a Sprite or a Fanta; it’ll always be a fizzy nonalcoholic drink and usually come in lemon, lime, orange flavor. Only in healthfood or hipster establishments would it ever be an actual juice drink.

[minim-calibre]

As a fan of homemade rosewater lemonade, I am twitching at the thought of sickly sweet carbonated beverages that taste like they were invented by someone who may have been in the same room as a citrus fruit once but can’t remember what it actually tastes like being called lemonade.

[orcasocks-blog]

Wtf did y'all think beyonce was talking about????

[scuttleboat]

oh wow I hadn’t even considered that. Like millions of people worldwide hearing the album title but not understanding what lemonade means even on the most superficial level.

[maramcgregor]

This is so epically disturbing. Lemonade is such an integral part of spring and summertime. I just … this breaks my brain and my heart. The cultural references too. Just, all the American shows that reference lemonade and people in other countries are thinking Sprite? There’s a reason kids do freshly squeezed lemonade stands. You can’t buy it like that from a store. And there’s nothing quite like screwing it up and getting the sugar ratio wrong. And parents grinning through the too sour or too sweet mess and praising your efforts. Lemonade Is a Thing.

[fastphoridae]

Wait does that mean Aussies make Shandies with sprite?????

[pandor-pandorkful]

Does this mean a significant portion of the global population don’t know what to do when life hands you lemons?

[fozmeadows]

Yes, Australians make Shandies with our carbonated soft drink lemonade, though if you’re using it as a mixer, you’re less likely to be using Sprite and more likely to be using Schweppes, which looks like this:

Like. We absolutely have a concept of flat, juice-based lemonade, but as an earlier commenter said, it’s a niche hipster speciality rather than the default, and even then, it’s still going to be premade rather than fresh. 

[jeremiagoeswoah]

OH GOD THAT’S WHY AMERICAN CHILDREN CAN MAKE IT AND SELL IT SO EASILY. I ALWAYS WONDERED HOW KIDS COULD MAKE A CARBONATED DRINK AT HOME.

[ryblogs]

[allnjstn-deactivated20250522]

Reblogging for Beyonce. This thread is gold.

[gaycoffeelover]

@cresselian

[4o4-tales]

I live for moments like these. Where two nations look at each other from across the globe and go “Wait…you do what???”

[darkbetty]

Though out Tumblr you’ll find Lemonade V.S. Sprite post, and you’ll never get tried of reading them.

[hannibalism]

sounds familiar…

[evilkaito]

i dont think whites understand how being white makes literally everything easier.

it effects everything.

being trans is easier when youre white.

being gay is easier when youre white.

being disabled is easier when youre white.

being a woman is easier when youre white.

being autistic is easier when youre white.

oppression is eased when you are white, as you get extra privileges, and your whiteness is seen as a positive characteristic that in some ways counter-balances your other forms of being a minority. whiteness controls everything.

you are automatically way more innocent in your own oppression as a gay, trans, disabled person because of your whiteness.

never forget this.

[lkeke35]

Okay for all the people in the comments who are confused or butt hurt over what the OP just said: Imagine all the pain and horror you’ve been going through as a White person. It’s pretty bad right. It feels awful. You wouldn’t put anyone what you’ve been through.

Now imagine being Black while experiencing everything you just experienced.

Being privileged has nothing to do with what you think about you, or how good a person you think you are. It has to do with how the rest of the world treats you based on what you look like. As a white person, there is a whole sector of oppression you never have to think about, while going through your shit.

So all of y’all in the comments complaining about how your lives were not easy, and you were dirt poor, or discriminated against, or disowned because of your sexuality, or disability, or whatever it was, just think…Black people go through all the same shit you do and every single one of the things you went through, they did it while being Black! and living in a white supremacist society.

Now imagine going through all the pain you’re going through now, and your life is exactly as shitty as it is right now, only you’re Blackwhile you’re doing it!

[nettlewildfairy]

You know what since we’re on the topic. Of howls moving castle let’s talk about my Howl is nonbinary headcanon.

Because let’s face it, not liking living in your hometown, studying magic, becoming a wizard, moving to a magical land where you can change your name from Howell Jenkins to Howl Pendragon (a name that is both extremely extra and also distinctly androgynous), dye your hair, grow it out into a bob and dress like an androgynous but edgy heartthrob while avoiding social interaction with people that make you uncomfortable while building a home for you and your new found family that you love with all your heart so you can live in together in the countryside is a) the nonbinary dream b) deeply relatable and c) seems like a solid basis for textual evidence that he is at the very least either not straight and/or not cis.

[nettlewildfairy]

#‘whats the point in living if im not beautiful’#is code for ‘whats the point in living if i dont conform to my own standards of what is acceptable to look like as a trans person’#ghibli

holy shit, yes