The Other Side of Silence

A blog about the things that go on inside my head. My various obsessions include Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Marvel, Sherlock, Merlin, fairy tales, Bollywood movies, period dramas, and nerdy humor.

[racetrak]

Getting friends in to musicals is hard because when they ask what it’s about you have to be like “15 year olds having sex” or “a plant from outer space that takes over the world” or “teenagers killing people for fun” or “Alexander Hamilton”

[thisarenotarealblog]

“7 minorities deal with crushing poverty and the looming specter of death by being a dick to their landlord”

[levianity]

“Sesame Street, but like… for adults”

[beggars-opera]

“This one time in the 1830s a bunch of college students decided to fight the entire French government and…it didn’t go very well.”

[notsuchasecret]

“Argentinian gold digger teaches her country the joys of fascism.”

[objectiverodeo]

“Disfigured guy in the friendzone thinks his student owes him a relationship for teaching her how to sing.”

[housetohalf]

“Woman who sucks at being a nun becomes a homewrecker, flees from the Nazis with new family.”

[thebroadwaybanner]

“A bunch of hot young ballet dancers take on the newspaper industry of New York City in the late 1800′s”

[starksfell]

i have this problem where i isolate myself from civilization and then get upset because i feel lonely

[a-night-in-wonderland]

[pr1nceshawn]

Tips That Can Save Your Kid’s Life.

[hiddlesherethereeverywhere]

THIS IS IMPORTANT 

When I was a child, from the time I was about four and could understand things, my mom told me and my brother that we should have a secret word. That way, if we were ever in trouble or felt unsafe and we didn’t want the people around us to know we needed her to come get us, we could let her know. So she let us pick the word and my brother and I chose the phrase “peanut butter cups.” (I’m happy to share the phrase now since both my brother and I are adults now). 

I used the phrase twice in my life. Once, I was at a friends house when I eight years old. Her dad got really drunk and was throwing things against the wall. I was really scared and I didn’t want to draw attention to myself on the phone when I called my mom to come get me because I didn’t know if he would get more violent if I asked her to come get me. So I called her and was calm and after a couple minutes I asked “Hey mommy, did you get me those peanut butter cups from the store?” And she said “I’ll be right there.” And she came and got me within minutes. 

Second, I was a teenager spending the night at a friends house. Her brother and dad were drinking and they started talking about things that made me uncomfortable - ie: what they liked to do to women. My friend didn’t seem perturbed and said that was normal for them and that I shouldn’t worry. But I was worried because they were really drunk and I was 15 and the only ‘woman’ around that wasn’t related to them. I went in my friends room, told her I needed to call my mom and say goodnight. Before I hung up with her I asked “Next time we go to the store, can we get some peanut butters cups? I’ve been craving them.” And she came and got me, just like that. 

Two incidents, one as a young child, one years later as a teen. Don’t discredit this stuff, it fucking works. My brother used it a few times too. Let your child pick the word and no never, ever, ever, ever get mad at them for using it no matter what it is. 

[titenoute]

DO NOT SCROLL PAST THAT.

[the-strypes-music]

When someone walks into my room without knocking…

[barretweed-deactivated20141230]

[arseniccupcakes]

SO MUCH LADY LOVE

I LOVE GISELLE YOU GUYS 

[singingtomysoul-blog]

No, but what gets me in this movie

is that every woman is beautiful to Giselle.

Women who wear suits and aren’t cute and petite. Women with wide hips and large rear ends and small breasts. Women who are black and white and every other ethnicity she came across, I’m sure. Women with straight hair and natural hair and grey hair. Older women and middle-aged women and young women.

Everyone is beautiful to Giselle. There’s no reason anyone wouldn’t be beautiful. There’s no reason beauty should ever be just one thing, that being a princess should ever be just one thing.

Everyone is a princess to Giselle, and if one of the princesses politely corrected her and said they were a prince she’d probably nod earnestly and talk about how dashing and handsome they looked too.

Underrated Disney Princess

[quoted-books]

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Submitted by alanjamesposts- love this- beautiful! 

(via quoted-books)

[lingasms]

i say we start a meme where we take jokes that don’t work in other languages and translate them without explanation maybe only tagging with the original language and confuse the heck out of everyone on tumblr who’s not in on the meme like

in italian we say “prince light blue” (prince azzurro) instead of “prince charming” and i just saw a joke that in english would be “if you can’t find your prince charming, the solution is to take a random dude from the street and paint him”

[commandervimes-blog]

what’s the difference between a stapler and a sewing machine? a stapler staples and a sewing machine doesn’t

[lingasms]

i take it back, these are still funny in a completely different way

[whosaprettypolyglot]

#what does the king of the spiders do? he reigns#I forget how to say it in French but it’s still my favourite joke

this was one of mine omg it’s one of my favourite ones i’ve ever made ever

[lalexicographe-blog]

What’s the strongest cake in the world? Mike Cake.

[spanishskulduggery]

What do you call a fish that’s a thief? A sea bass.

[space-transgressor]

What’s the difference between a cow and sheet metal ? None, both of them have milk

[the-thorster]

No matter how young your followers are, Jesus’ followers were disciples.

[darkmistandodddreams]

Two fish meet. One says “Hi!” The other screams “Where?”

[221balloon]

No matter how drunk you are, Goethe was a poet.

What do you call a cookie underneath a tree? A shady place

[swedishwarriorwoman]

“Where are the cows always on sale?” “Korea.”

[vimeddiee]

A fox bumps into a dog in the woods, he says “I’m sorry!” and the dog replies “I’m dog!”

[newhologram]

What’s Michael Jackson’s favorite color? Blue!

[captainofthetidesbreath]

A driver was trying to park their car and asked their passenger, “Will it fit?” The passenger said, “Cashew! Cashew!” Reassured, the driver continued. But they hit their car into a tree. They asked, “Why didn’t you say anything about the tree?” The friend replied, “I said cashew!”

[raptorific]

Comparing your relationship to Romeo and Juliet to express how in love you are is kind of like using Hamlet to demonstrate how close and well-adjusted your family life is

[punkboyfriend]

*laughs tastefully*

[cambridge--inspiration-deactiva]

Meet Prince Henry of Wales, fifth in line to the British throne.

[yourbigsisnissi]

Destroy the idea that you have to be constantly working or grinding in order to be successful. Embrace the concept that rest, recovery, and reflection are essential parts of the progress towards a successful and ultimately happy life.

[thehopefulhello]

[prokopetz]

Trainability in cats is a funny thing.

My cats understand and will obey a number of verbal commands, one of which is “go away”. I don’t use it often, but if they’re bugging me and I’m trying to work or doing something that could be dangerous for cats, I can tell them to go away, and off they go - they’ll only keep pestering me if there’s a serious problem they need me to look at.

That said, their idea of a serious problem that requires my attention is somewhat eccentric. Previous instances have included:

There was an unfamiliar car parked across the street

Their water bowl was four inches to the left of its usual position

One of them had puked on the stairs and they didn’t want to walk past it

It was raining

One of them saw a weird bug

[hollowedskin]

These are all very important things that required your attention. They’re doing a good job.

[blenderweaselhasopinions]

Dogs really aren’t much better.  I teach all my dogs the command “show me”.  How it works is if the dog needs something but I’m having trouble understanding what exactly they’re trying to tell me, I say “show me” and they lead me to whatever the problem is.  Usually they lead me to a real problem (like a toy that got stuck under the couch, their water bowl is empty, etc).  But sometimes they want me to fix things like this-

They pulled the covers off my bed and now they want me to put the covers back

They put their ball on top of the ottoman but the ottoman won’t throw it for them

The cat is sleeping and won’t chase them

A flower fell off the potted plant

The cat is sitting in a box and they don’t like it

One of them lost their bandana

The cat won’t take the toy they’re trying to give her

The cat DID take the toy they gave her and now they want it back

[ultrafacts]

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[chupakarma]

nobel prize worthy work

[ultrafacts]

Here’s a diagram from the original paper.

Here’s the full article: 

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0088458

[cannedcream]

[memecucker]

do people actually read books while in the bathtub

how do you not get everything wet

[karnsway-deactivated20190708]

[rosalui]

why is this making me laugh so fucking hard

[tophatfloof-deactivated20170320]

[girlslutz]

THANK YOU FOR ADDING A VISUAL OMG

[liamdarlinstewart]

dropping a chandelier in the middle of an opera because someone sat in my unassigned assigned seat is the level of pettiness i aspire to achieve

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]