[whirligig-girl]

I think people are too quick to assume Marty McFly's parents are completely clueless about the identity of Calvin Marty Klein.

George is a sci fi author who completely bought the idea that a space alien was going to melt his brain. And Lorraine was laser focused on Marty for just about the entire week.

Lorraine in the first timeline remembered the story of how she and George met, and I'm sure Calvin would have made it into the retelling in the second timeline.

I can imagine it going something like this.

Lorraine: "You know I've been thinking about Calvin Klein, and I've come to a conclusion about him."

George: "Oh! Me too!"

Lorraine: "You go first."

George: "No you."

Lorraine: "Ok, we'll do it at the same time."

George: "Calvin Klein was our son Marty traveling back in time and--" Lorraine: "Calvin Klein was gay"

Lorraine: "Wait what?" George: "Wait what?"

And George explains his theory and Lorraine's like. What the fuck obviously that's not true and if it was that would be so fucked up.

He's like "Star Trek and Star Wars were still 11 and 22 years away! But I am sure he called himself Darth Vader from Vulcan!"

But his story makes too much sense. And one day they get in an argument with someone else about Johnny B. Goode. "No it couldn't have come out in '58. The dance was our senior year, that woulda been 1955, and Calvin said it was an oldie then."

One day Lorraine is picking up underwear for her kids on some shopping trip and she leans over to George and says "hah! Look! Purple underwear. Wait a minute."

And they can't say anything to Marty cuz he's just this kid, still too young to be Calvin. And while George is anxious to get his theory confirmed, Lorraine is just trying to keep it out of her mind.

But one day Marty starts acting weird. He keeps getting confused about basic facts of his and his parent's life. And one day Lorraine starts telling the story of how she and George met again and Marty just kinda shifts and fidgets awkwardly and stares off into the distance and Lorraine's just thinking oh my GOD my husband better not be right about this.

But yeah I think the only reason it doesn't come up is we only see Marty's parents for a few moments and they probably don't think of this mystery all that often. But I think they know or at least that it's one hypothesis on their radar.

I do like to think that A Match Made In Space has a dedication to Calvin Marty Klein.

[segamascott]

let's bring back the stop taking videos of strangers without their knowledge discourse because you really must stop doing that

[spinalfluidexplosiongirl]

mutual 1: I want to turn that man's prostate into silly putty

mutual 2: here's smth i doodled during science class lol

mutual 3: pls remember that you personally can drink milk and still be a lactose intolerance ally!! anyone who tells you otherwise doesn't know their history :]

mutual 4: fucking a robot girl in the ass call that backend programming

mutual 5: holy shit I need him so fucking bad holy shit holyyy shit oh my god

mutual 6: anyone get kind of horny putting the ignition key in the car....it's so intimate....turning him on....

mutual 7: so lets talk about where scrimblo's arc is realistically going- I know a lot of people are trying to argue that he's being manipulated but this ignores the fact that there is clearly unresolved conflict between him and bleebus about their moralities

mutual 8: happy propeller penis thursday

mutual 9: "scrimblo and bleebus need to discuss their morality" god forbid a pathetic boywife does some torture 🙄🙄

mutual 10: WHO IS HYPED FOR THE NEW ALBUM LETS FUCKING GO

mutual 11: guys we're not getting a new album

mutual 12: please stop sending me death threats

mutual 13: why is my whole dash talking about this band I don't even listen to.....

mutual 14: hey boy nice knife wound can i put my tongue in it

mutual 15: i'm going to fall into lake michigan

[bread--quest]

[ID: A picture of the Mona Lisa. End ID.] [ID: A stock image of a white man giving a thumbs up. End ID.]

[computer-voiced-by-majel-barrett]

Shoutout to my favorite genre of TOS episode:

[dduane]

…I can’t think how it took me so long to run across this. I feel privileged to have been found by it. 😄

[depsidase]

[punkrorschach]

write it out in spanish if that's the filmmaker's vision! some lines should be translated and some should be transcribed. 0 should be waved away.

[otterjpg]

for real though, if you don't translate it, you should transcribe the original language. if a bilingual viewer can understand what they're saying just from listening, then a bilingual viewer who relies on subtitles should also be able to understand those lines.

[captain-price-returns]

oh no they’re going to start calling democrats the same thing they’ve been calling democrats for 20 years now

[hotvampireadjacent]

[thewellofastarael]

"Here’s a trick I learned during the Obama presidency for handling certain types of political labels. Take, as an example, the Tea Party claim that Obama is a Communist. Don’t take the word of the person making the claim (Tea Partiers). Don’t rely on the rebuttal of the target (Obama), because that will just be dismissed. Go to the group itself (Communists) and ask them. Ask an actual Communist if Obama is a comrade and see how they answer. Watch as they laugh at you, then explain in great detail how they wish there was a Communist in the White House, but here’s a long and exhaustive list of why that just isn’t so. Now apply this logic to the claim that Hillary is pretty much the same as a Republican. Ask an actual Republican if they think Hillary Clinton is one of them. Watch them laugh, and then explain in the same exhausting detail why that just isn’t so. Some of them might concede that she’s better than Trump, but that’s not the same thing. Finally, go ask a White Supremacist if Trump is one of them. As they excitedly explain how Trump is the guy they’ve been waiting for all these years, and how he’s really empowered their movement, use this to guide how you will be voting in November."

Source: a 2016 facebook posts by Craig Enan, since then deleted (OG link here)

[th3z01]

i thought "hm i want a new wallpaper for my phone and also i kinda feel like drawing some stray stuff" 9 hours of work later (+ like 1,5 hour break) i have this, it is currently 2am </3

there might be errors here and there but i can only see so much with in-game screenshots + there's a lot going on already so (mostly worried about zbaltazar looking weird because i genuinely don't know how they look like that well :"D)

[vatio-mache]

the kind of sense of self you can only feel when you are geographically distant from your mom

[gelybean]

Aroace Ryland means so much to me y’all have no idea

[ctrl-shift-alt-9]

Hello. It's glorified notepad time while I do writing exercises! Here are some messages I've personally picked up on since taking up Iron Lung as an analysis subject:

It's not productive to step on one another to survive.

Don't let the system convince you to trade your humanity for anything.

Mob justice is wrong.

Inspiration can come from anywhere.

Persistence is the strongest tool in your pocket.

Stubbornness is just as useful as flexibility. Know when to use both.

You are still a person even if you are angry deep down.

Guilt alone does not absolve you. Your future choice of action will.

Kindness is free.

Don't drink isopropyl alcohol.

Notice the little things.

Don't turn a blind eye to make yourself more comfortable with another's abuse.

The blood ocean's monsters are biologically human. Simon is one of them.

It's not a moral failing to feel bad for the monster.

Refusing forgiveness does not grant you permission to stoop to their level.

Humans need to stop obsessing over trying to control death.

It's not our job nor responsibility as a species to understand life and death. Our job is to exist within the time we have.

Never give up hope that things will get better one day.

Don't let anyone tell you who you should be.

There's always a choice, and it does matter.

Your past mistakes do not define who you are.

Self-recognition of your flaws is the only way forward.

Don't abandon your friends.

Pursue the truth.

"Us vs them" mentality is inherently harmful.

Good and evil are abstract concepts that should not always be applied or used as a moral basis.

Note these are just my opinionated ideas and there is so much more nuance to take from the film! If I truly wanted to dig into everything, this list would get massive.

[kropotkindersurprise]

July 28, 2026 - A man in Pismo Beach, California, is accused of deliberately destroying three ALPRs (automated license plate readers), aka AI surveillance cameras by ramming them with his truck. He was identified using surveillance footage from other cameras near the devices.

The man was arrested on suspicion of felony vandalism after investigators linked him to damage involving at least three Flock Safety cameras in Monterey County, the county sheriff’s office said. [article]

[natalieironside]

[lokh1]

‘how would other people describe you’ why would i know this

[facts-i-just-made-up]

How do I fact-check to make sure I'm always getting true facts from quality sources? Other than just reading everything on here of course

How To Tell If A Fact Is True

by facts-i-just-made-up

Read the fact and make sure you understand what it's actually saying. Many false facts are just user error. EXAMPLE: Bobby misreads a headline that says "Sama-Gai Palace Takes In Donations" and thinks it said "Smegma Penis Tastes Of Donuts," resulting in a very bad blow-job that he blames on the newspaper.

Consider the source of the fact. EXAMPLE: Sarah reads that Jake Paul bought a 7 billion dollar yacht just to burn it down for laughs. Sarah believes it, having failed to notice that it was posted by a blog called lies-about-jake-paul on tumblr, resulting in her hating Jake Paul for the wrong reason, at the cost of all the many right reasons she should hate Jake Paul.

See if the fact has been confirmed by other reliable sources. EXAMPLE: Jacques reads that yeast can grow in human lungs resulting in the ability to spew acidic yogurt like some sort of messed up superpower. He checks several other medical sites to see if this is true and learns that while yeast can sometimes cause a lung infection, it will not give him superpowers. He spends the rest of his evening reconsidering his plans for the future, and goes into architecture and interior design instead.

Research the fact independently from the internet. EXAMPLE: Thnorg, Slayer of The Snail People is emailed a link to a video about how greasing your club with the blood of executed murderers will make it more deadly. Thnorg heads to the library, reads books about club-grease, and visits his local greaseteria to ask experts on grease. He thus learns that the blood of the damned will not make his club more deadly, and he coats the dance floor of his club in their blood knowing it will not harm his customers coming in for vampire night.

Check for possible biases from the writer of the fact. EXAMPLE: Scrotus reads a note passed to him in class that says that Jennifer is totally into Claire, and bought her a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles backpack. Scrotus knows however that the note came from Herman, who totally got stood up by Jennifer when they went to see Cannibal Holocaust at a midnight screening. Thus Scrotus distrusts the note, and relaxes in the knowledge that Jennifer really did buy the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles backpack for him, and goes forward with his plans to invite her to see the Human Centipede marathon with him on Friday. He also avenged Herman by befouling Herman's lunch donut with termites. Scrotus will never be caught, and will marry Jennifer after college.

Develop your senses to be a good judge of the likeliness of a false fact. EXAMPLE: Luke is told that Darth Vader is his father. He says that that can't be true, and that it's impossible. This is because Luke is a poor judge of factual veracity. Luke later searches his feelings and knows it to be true. He asks Obi-Wan's force ghost and Yoda about how to discern the truth, and completes his Jedi training to confront Vader and help return balance to the force. You can see this example in greater detail in George Lucas's masterpiece film, "American Graffiti."

Ask a Magic-8-Ball or other novelty divination tool. EXAMPLE: Roy is informed by a post on Reddit that women are evil and he should treat them poorly. Roy asks his Magic-8-Ball if that is true. It doesn't matter what the ball tells him because it's literally still a better source for morals and ethics than red-pill posts on Reddit. Seriously fuck that shit.

Thank you for reading this guide to fact checking by someone who has flooded tumblr with lies and nonsense for over a decade, and once posted that Texas had just executed a baby and had to delete it after an hour because half of the 10,000 notes actually fucking believed it.

[silverselunite]

That's me in the corner

That's me in the spotlight

Failing my religion

[finnthephrog]

holy shit why are people bashing tf out of the Iron Lung movie

YEAH THE POINT IS THAT YOURE NOT SPOONFED WHATS HAPPENING

THATS WHY ITS COOL

YOU FEEL JUST AS DISORIENTED AND CONFUSED AS SIMON AND IT PUTS YOU IN HIS SHOES

[damienos]

Iron Lung - Mark Fischbach

[mylo-space]

my friend and i were talking yesterday about how funny it is that the Iron Lung/BloodyMary fandoms make Simon some kind of eldritch eel creature, like, i fear y'all lost the plot of the movie a little bit. don't get me wrong, Eel Simon looks badass or whatever, but Simon resisted becoming part of the Eel so wholly that he became a tree and everyone still said, "yeah but what if the eel became part of him anyway make him a scary feesh". y'all that man is a Plant. the Plant Simon Truthers corner of the fandom canNOT be so small as just my friend and i, where are all my homies who love Plant Simon and his green eye and his arm made of vines. all my homies love Plant Simon who lays in the sun and drinks plenty of water and grows little flowers in his hand.