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This is so silly but I'm watching a short video essay on sincerity in cinema and the creator is talking about how he watched Lord of the Rings for the first time at 17. He explains that he'd grown so used to the 'ironic' meta style commentary in the movies of the 2010's that as he was watching the opening narration of LotR, he spent the entire time waiting for the joke to come. For someone to take it all back with a zinger line. He listened to Blanchett describe and explain the backstory, and he waited for the other comedic shoe to drop.

And he kept doing it. Scene after scene.

He spent the film expecting someone to make a joke about how unserious things were or to break the fourth wall or do some other self referential type thing.

Now, maybe I'm just at that point in my cycle or maybe I'm too delicate in general, but I literally teared up hearing that. Straight up cried a bit. It is so fucking sad that sincerity and genuineness is being bred out of people.

People say all the time 'this generation can't take anything seriously!' and really, is it any wonder? Younger people have been trained out of it. You are no longer encouraged to be genuine or show emotion or be honest. You are actively punished for it. In fact, you are almost guaranteed to suffer for it.

That is so fucked up. I'm sorry to go on a bit of a random ramble rant but it's so fucking gut wrenching to see younger people lose that element of themselves. You can't express your passion without being told you're 'crashing out' or 'cringe'. You have to live in this neutral state of fear of perception, and god forbid anybody step outside of it!

You're told you should only consume and succumb and be ironic and emotionless and cool.

Listen, if you're following me and you're like.... 25 or under, let's say. Please. I beg of you. Do not fall for this rhetoric. Please, for the love of all things, feel. Feel and create and be honest with yourself. Indulge in things that make you happy. Be sincere. Wear your heart on your sleeve. Do not let this hyper-capitalistic, hyper-consumerist, self-centred, individualist culture take that from you.

Bleed yourself into the work you create. Live. Don't fucking let anyone tell you different.

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#*just leaves this here* #like. we need both the sarcasm and the genuine in our media diets but at the same time... the fact it's this bad is horrifying #I hope we can fix this but we've also got a lot of work to do to deprogram people (unfortunately)

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Katseye said "to be cringe is to be free" and honestly I truly believe that. Sincerity is vulnerability and opens the door to mockery but it is so much healthier to allow yourself to be cringe than to avoid it at all costs and steep in irony.

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Kevin Steen vs Tyler Black at ROH Salvation 2010

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The musician supported his father on tour — but getting the gig wasn’t as easy as you’d think, he shares (as well as his thoughts on an Oasi

He picks up his pint, his sharp blue eyes full of Gallagher mischief. “Wonderwall,” he says and bursts out laughing. Seriously? But doesn’t your uncle Noel tend to sing that one live these days? “Yes, he does, it’s my all-time favourite.” I bet your dad [Liam] isn’t happy about that. “It’s his favourite too.”

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There is something so beautiful about reaching out to the monstrous with intent to touch it gently. To risk the sharp teeth and the lethal claws, to defy fear and revulsion, and choose to be delicate with something that can be, and often is, incredibly brutal.

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I would be SO GENTLE with those tigers before they mauled me completely to death.

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INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE — 2.07, "I Could Not Prevent It"

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LMFAO

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Religious art leaves out the best part and it’s such a goddamn shame. Livestock, Agriculture and Food is an integral part of any culture and we all need to be pushing for more realistic sheep in religious art. #FATTAILSFORJESUS

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“How think ye? If a man have a hundred sheep and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains and listen for the clappeth of it’s itinerant cheeks?” - Matthew 18:12, the bible

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CLAPPETH….

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I made this post a long time ago and never posted the follow up post, so here it is. Additional info on Fat tail sheep

Fat tailed sheep is not a single specific breed of sheep. It’s a catchall word like “Health care worker”.

There’s tons and tons of different breeds. They all store fat in their tails, but fall into two main categories: WIDE tails and LONG tails

Wide tails store fat in the rump area and have no visible tails.

Long tails store fat in the tail itself, which vary in length in different breeds. In the olden days, people took pride in breeding sheep with the longest tail. They are not so popular today as it’s hard to find a decent tail cart on Amazon.

Speaking of Tail carts, they come in different styles and designs. We dont have any that are actually preserved, but old drawing of them show different wheels harnesses.

Some of them are literally just skateboards

Back in the day, breeding sheep with long dragging tails was all the rage. Nowadays different tails types have been developed to prevent them from dragging their tails on the ground. Such as the “folded tail” or the “Only fat at the base” Tail

Despite fat tail sheep being the most common sheep breeds in the world, most people in the west have never heard of them. The West likes Wool Sheep. Fat tails are strictly meat sheep and have little useful wool. They also do poorly in colder climates

There’s a huge community of shepherds on youtube that script, choreograph and shoot elaborate videos for their sheep complete uplifting music to highlight their best qualities (for sale and stud) It is fantastic. Such as this one:

People kept bringing up Fat Bottomed Girls. Ya’ll are wrong. These are fat bottomed BOYS. Sheep are often continuously bred, so the females are constantly getting pregnant, giving birth and nursing.

That’s very hard on the body, so they can’t build up as much fat as the boys.

The fattest sheep, the ones with the truly VAST tails, rocking them little carts are ALWAYS males.

This is why the Bible specifically states that ONLY the rumps of the Males are to fit to be offered to the lord……

Picture: God desiring the tail

“And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the WHOLE rump” -Leviticus 3:9

I mean… look.

Arguably these are just minor details and doesnt matter….

But beyond it’s teachings the bible is also a work of literature about life in the ancient world. And on some level these kinds of small details bring a sort of richness to these depictions of real…

Ancient people bred out sheep with huge butts, took the largest sheep butts, set them on fire and prayed over the burning butt. It checks out.

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Liam Gallagher interview NME August 22nd 2009 - extracts

One of the last interviews Liam gave before Oasis split. Not an easy read.

Thanks to original source provider:

https://x.com/noelasis3/status/1757704360358727911?s=20

I had this issue of NME. Reading the article again for the first time since that year stirred unexpectedly vivid emotions. I recall a sad, almost lonesome feeling that I didn't quite understand at the time. I didn't want Noel to go solo, but I also didn't want him staying where he was so obviously unhappy. Many fans felt the same way. We sensed the end was in sight, but we couldn't have guessed quite how soon. Weeks after this interview, they split.

Today, I can see the bravado Liam was using to mask the pain, but I couldn’t then. Not many could, as we now know. His volatile attitude towards Noel here is representative of how he came across that year, especially on stage, and also explains the growing sympathy for Noel at the time. The way Noel left the band was not ok and I still remember the bewilderment. But why that way? What happened? Fifteen years later, we still don't know the full truth of what happened that night. We probably never will.

Mostly, I’m struck by how plainly in the final paragraphs I can see Liam agonising over the idea of letting Noel go. But I couldn’t see it then. Now I can empathise. Looking back, I can see that as a fan I was subconsciously struggling with the idea of letting Oasis go. You felt the end coming but you didn't want to face it.

For new fans and followers who don't know about Noel's tour diary and the 'man period' comment, some context: