Aurë Entuluva

Matthew, 38, he/they, nerd, uncle, crazed hermit, from Cleveland

[torkmatic]

I sincerely apologize to anyone who’s ever tried to have a conversation with me.

[oplishin]

okay but chess terminology is like. you pinned your opponent's hung knight and now you can mate? oh im sure

[oplishin]

OH I'M SURE

[torkmatic]

fun fact: you are a wonderful person!

Oh, thank you. You're very kind.

[maleficmitchell]

Sext: I’m gonna get you a sword

[wildflowerdaysi]

Your 30’s are for no longer giving a fuck. Go live your life the way you’ve always wanted to.

[evilnicegirl]

this would have got 100k notes as a tumblr post in 2018

[lesbianshepard]

fun fact about languages: a linguist who was studying aboriginal languages of Australia finally managed to track down a native speaker of the Mbabaram language in the 60s for his research. they talked a bit and he started by asking for the Mbabaram word for basic nouns. They went back and forth before he asked for the word for “dog” The man replied “dog” They had a bit of a “who’s on first” moment before realizing that, by complete coincidence,  Mbabaram and English both have the exact same word for dog.

[lesbianshepard]

on a similar note, a traditional Ojibwe greeting is “Nanaboozhoo” so when the French first landed in southern Canada they thought that they were saying “Bonjour!” Which is fucking wild to think about. Imagine crossing the ocean and the first people you meet in months somehow speak French. 

[yu-gi-oh-slavia]

[nicolae-carpathia]

my favorite Accessory Fact to this is that we know more about the etymological history of the Mbabaram “dog” than the English “dog”

The etymology for Mbabaram “dog” has been reconstructed back to Proto-Pama-Nyungan, which was spoken “as recently as about 5,000 years ago”:

From *dwog(a) < *udwoga < *gudwaga < Proto-Pama-Nyungan *gudaga. Related to Dyirbal guda, Yidiny gudaga.

While the etymology for English “dog” has been reconstructed confidently only back to Olde English, which was spoken from about the 5th to the 12th centuries:

Inherited from Middle English dogge (akin to Scots dug), from Old English dogga, docga, of uncertain origin.

[littlemissemotionalandvalid]

You are not a bother. You are not a burden. You are not a waste of space. You are not annoying every person you talk to. Your existence matters. Your presence makes a good difference.

[epicsause-official]

just made a tier list

[transgender-mp3]

If I may add

[lazer-exe]

I'm gonna say it, I do think that even the laziest person imaginable should have a roof over their head, food in their stomach, and access to healthcare

[dogpuppy]

[achillesinhighheels]

i don’t do flings, i devote myself to somebody for centuries like i’m a vampire

[naanviolent]

[blorbo-posting]

[volk-swag-genitalia-deactivated]

i love you rain, i love you cold air, i love you sound of raindrops hitting the rooftops, i love you cloudy skies

[depsidase]

[drtrinitysantos]

the kids are calling them "stone fruits." they start off small—think cherries. then they're hooked and they need a quick fix, they get peaches, maybe some nectarines. it's all they can think about. before you know it, they're trying the really hard stuff—apricots, plums. once they taste a mango there's no going back.