Tricksters make this world

Johanna. Late twenties. I'm Swedish, so nothing you can do to me will be worse than January Instagram  

[loveridden1999]

[sioltach]

I looove when food is in a bowl. Frequently plates are being brought out and I'm thinking this could've been a bowl meal but nobody gets it

[vyvilha]

saiga antelopes in askania-nova, ukraine

[2colde]

[kleefkruid]

The 'hyperspecific situations' polls are really once again highlighting that native English speakers tend to forget that 'foreign' doesn't mean 'non-English' or 'non-American'

"Did you watch a foreign language movie in the past three days?" Yeah I watched the foreign movie "The Martian" with foreign actor Matt Damon

[eastern-lights]

Op why would you hide this is the tags

[can-i-make-image-descriptions]

[Image ID: Tumblr tag reading: 'Do you speak a foreign language?' Yeah yours /End ID]

[tanoraqui]

I do think the right way to think about the Mirror of Galadriel is that it‘s the equivalent of an entirely home-built computer tower, with chips that are only barely legal for civilians to buy and wires that look like a rat’s nest but are actually hyperoptimized for efficiency, and a homemade OS in a coding language she invented, and cybersecurity that would make the CIA cry, and also some judiciously applied superglue and/or gorilla tape, made in their home office by someone who helped invent the internet at DARPA in the 60s.

And that a Palantir is, comparatively, a MacBook Air.

[pocket-deer-belly]

the writer's beautiful and cleverly utilized fetish

[vyvilha]

it is true that in modern media very often the nakedness of the hag is used as a disgust factor but i have to say that in folklore the reason for the hag's nudity is because nudity is a liminal marker. clothes are a sign of civilization, they signify your place & your status in society. the naked hag is beyond those borders, she is a woman that is kind of a beast, a woman that is kind of a dead (or un-born) person

[vyvilha]

tbh the fact that we find nudity abject at all is kind of connected to this concept as well. when you see another person nude it's like a violent intrusion into your symbolic structures that you've built in your head. you are used to seeing people as how they present themselves in society and suddenly you see a person as they Just Are. but that's also what's erotic about it (abjection and desire have interesting relationships with each other...)

[systlin]

Getting down on my knees and thanking the humans who invented dishwashers and washing machines.

[ihonestlydontknowwhattocallthis]

InsNe that dishwashers are more efficient and easier than just washing them manually but they also use less water. It’s a win win situation

[systlin]

They ALSO sterilize dishes, due to operating at a far higher temperature than human hands could ever tolerate. It's a win every way.

[systlin]

Made this post about 15 minutes after the repair guy who fixed the pump on my dishwasher packed up his tools and left, as the dishwasher was whirring along doing my dishes from that morning.

He said the exact same thing, which I did not know before that, so spreading this knowledge.

[the-lost-lamb]

Madonna and Child by Lucas Cranach the Elder 1529. detail

[theradioghost]

i don't think I say it enough these days but the platypus is unquestionably the best animal on earth. no nipples. lays eggs. what has been argued to be the single most painful venemous sting in existence (inb4 the pain index guy didn't test it because 1. he was only doing bugs and 2. the pain has been known to last for years). no stomach, don't need it. delete those genes. use the space for five pairs of sex chromosomes that don't work like the sex chromosomes of literally any other living thing and maybe don't even determine their sex. ability to sense electricity. made scientists angry and confused and excited and have continued doing so to this day. excellent signals for the health of a water ecosystem. cute as FUCK

"the animal of all time" -- zoologist Mervyn Griffiths

[eldritchsquared]

a customer today looked at me, said “y’know? i think you’ll appreciate this,” and pulled his shirt down to show me his supernatural tattoo. calling me a slur would’ve been easier

[mia-n-ceetee]

Changing the relationship status to "Stalemate"

[mia-n-ceetee]

Changing the relationship status to "Uneasy truce"

[mia-n-ceetee]

Changing the relationship status to "Mutually assured destruction"

[reticent-vampire]

literally

[thecollectibles]

Art by Jakub Rebelka

[couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name]

armand confessing to stalking daniel for 52 years, panicking when daniel doesn't find it romantic, and basically yelling LESTAT FUCKS HIS MOM!!! to divert to attention off his feelings. incredible.

[1five1two]

Speiredonia spectans, the granny's cloak moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae.