Hellooooooooo

What’s your favorite rock? 25

[walerihq]

[serglesinner]

PLEASEEE turn on the audio

[beardedmrbean]

we can be so incredibly simple sometimes, it's magical

[awebca]

Nov 19th, international mens day!

[tyltos]

Best summary of lord of the rings I’ve ever seen.

[thoughtkick]

“Wherever you are, be all there.”

— Jim Elliot

[stegal]

Ha a lélek vándorlásában hiszünk, el kell fogadnunk hogy ha zenészek voltunk, zenészek maradunk akkor is, ha négy lábbal újraszületünk..

[silvormoon]

Translation, via Google Translate:

If we believe in the migration of the soul, we have to accept that if we were musicians, we will remain musicians even if we are reborn with four legs.

[thepioden]

Wolfgang Malamozart over here like damn

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

The Beijing "Tortoise and Hare Race" dance performance won a creative award for its choreography. The dancers are from the Chinese Mengqi Art Troupe, and the choreographer is Cao Lei.

[ketchuplaser]

[post-troy-stress-disorder]

things my prof did on the first day of class

greeted us with “hello, classicists”

politely requested that we not traumadump in her email inbox

brought up clytemnestra 3 separate times, unprompted, during the first 20 minutes. invited us all to her office to look at the full-length clytemnestra painting on her wall

as a rule, addresses students by “mr/ms/mx lastname” (it is difficult to bear this with a straight face given that she is likely to follow this up with excited swearing)

speaks of the tragedians with a fond exasperation like she knew them personally

refers to undergrads, affectionately, as “creatures”

went on a passionate diatribe about how pronunciation is stupid because these languages are long dead, thus we are not allowed to correct each other unless ☝️ someone pronounces odysseus as “osyddeus” (this one seemed like it was from personal experience)

“i won't respond to emails after 5pm—” (reasonable) “—because i like to go to bed at 7—” (wait what) “—and i'll usually wake up around 3” (WHAT THE FUCK)

promised to procure costumes and masks for our final project, in which we will stage and perform a scene of our choice in the amphitheatre and be “heckled” by her colleagues

[miseria-fortes-viros]

man sometimes i really want to get back into welding but then i remember that the guys from the first course i took won’t be there and change my mind

[miseria-fortes-viros]

comprehensive list of things that happened to me in my welding course with The Guys:

- was the only one to get an A the first grading period. had to stop them from putting me on their shoulders

- became the official classroom mascot on account of i was the only girl. this meant i was an integral stop on any and all workshop tours. was referred to as “Our Lady Helena” on these occasions

- almost set myself on fire once bc my prof stood behind me watching me try a skill he’d just demonstrated and he shouted very suddenly very loudly. restarted my heart and asked WTF WAS THAT FOR JOHN and he called me a “goddamn wonder”. i almost got third degree burned over a compliment

- mentioned offhand ONE TIME that swords were cool. also mentioned my birthday offhand ONE TIME. one of The Guys remembered both instances and also happened to find a sword in a dumpster so he gave it to me for my birthday

- came in fifth in an arm wrestling competition

- french braided my hair in class bc i didn’t have time to do it beforehand. ended up with an audience of like 5+ guys trying to figure out how tf i was doing it

- told The Guys my college friends call me barbie. Mistake. suddenly had all 12 of them calling me Barbarian

- had some down time and made a silly little sculpture with some scraps. The Guys were endlessly intrigued by this and demanded to see some of my art school stuff. had a small crowd around my phone cheering loudly every time i swiped to a new picture

- accidentally mentioned the cafe i worked at. Mistake. several days later all 12 of them came in to bother me

- offered someone a haircut. Mistake. had to retract the offer bc suddenly Everyone wanted a haircut and it would Not Be Fair if i only did one

[parakeet]

Another banger from /r/stupiddovenests - at least the tag is appropriate this time

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

[sadclowncentral]

(grabs you by the shoulders) you have to make room for new experiences in your life. you have to go through the unpleasant work of leaving your comfort zone, even if just for a few minutes at a time. because if you don't, your brain will trick you into stagnation. you will start to believe that the world can barely fit you in it. but that's not true. it's the opposite way around. you can fit the whole word inside of you. your task is only this: to welcome it with open arms

[wizardarchetypes]

when i was a kid there was this guy in my neighborhood named Jerry. he was 100 years old for my entire childhood. his house was up on a hill and he had a big porch he sat on all day from sun up to sundown. his front door was always open if it wasn't too cold out and there was a big old fridge/freezer right inside where he kept orange crush in glass bottles and freeze-pops.

kids were allowed to walk right into his house and get treats from the fridge but the rule is we had to sit on the porch while we ate the popsicles or drank the pop and this is how he got us to listen to him talk about random stuff all day.

if parents needed to find us bc we failed to come home when we were supposed to they called him and he could send other kids out looking for us. it'd be like in the creek some other 8 year old would tell you "hey your mom called Jerry. youre supposed to be home."

if you were home sick from school and your parents worked he'd watch you for free & everyone looked out for him. i spent a lot of days napping on his couch when i was little.

idk i know i couldn't be a full-time parent so that's my ideal role in a community one day. old guy babysitter with a porch.

[wizardarchetypes]

to the people who want this: you need to connect with the elderly people in your neighborhoods. this isn't just about childcare. this was about caring for Jerry too. and of course not every older person can offer this and they're inherently deserving of care regardless. but you won't know them or their needs and what you can offer them and what they might be able to do for their community too if no one's talking to them.

[armengoldira]

Guy freezes his hair and it stands tall.

[coughloop]

Guy freezes his hair and it stands tall.

[morwentrouble]

sound on for his adorable gremlin giggles and commentary in a lovely accent

[mikkeneko]

[viralfrog]

[overlordraax]

[Video description: Video of a person using a spray bottle on their kitchen countertop, only for the camera to pan over to find another person holding a cockatoo in the same position as the cockatoo imitates the sound of the spray bottle. Both people struggle to hold back laughter in the video. end description]

[mellifluouscountess]

When I was drunk one night and watching the Jellyfish livestream, I reached out to the Monterey Bay Aquarium with a dumb question about their jellyfish... And they actually emailed me back.

(yes, these are actually my own screenshots, I am in tears laughing)

DO YOUR ANIMAL EXPERTS HAVE TO UNTANGLE THE JELLYFISH

AND THE ANSWER IS FUCKING YES, THE JELLIES GET TANGLED SOMETIMES LMAO

[aturnoftheearth]

get a load of this! (cool fresh autumn air)

[write-on-world]