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Attacka

[world-heritage-posts]

world heritage post

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Oh good glad to hear

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in honor of this becoming a world heritage post or whatever

a long awaited squeakquel i meant to make months and months ago

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to everyone in the tags with the “homophonic bowser” “so long gay bowser” and  “love DOESNt win”

your all wrong, bowser is just already in a committed relationship

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to everyone saying mario is a homewrecker, heres the truth

they just have the same taste

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for some reason yall have stuck around this long so now your gonna get the MOST self indulgent sammi posting with the awnser to this

we go back to 2014 when i first watch that shitty live action mario movie, it was so bad i loved it so much. i knew it sucked but i was SO into it i loved it so much

and i specifically had a small crush on the lady who played the character big bertha, who was based on a one off comic character who was a giant cheep cheep who had a crush on mario. and in the movie was was also into mario. and let me tell you 14-15 year old cringe ass sammi drew SO much fanart of her as a mermaid who was in love with mario

so this one goes out to little crange ass baby nae nae sammi 

mario and his giant spikey mermaid gf

[datkooby]

[gayelectro]

Hey OP, I hope you know that this went from an amazing post to literally the best post on this site

[worldheritageposts-official]

World Heritage Post

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Two time award winning post

[konoko]

[rebelwhodoesntknow]

Me in the span of approximately two seconds

[beaswellgirl]

I love Gordon Ramsay so much.

He comes from a very poor family. His father was an alcoholic who beat him and his mother (he once poured hot tea over her and put her in hospital several times), his brother is a drug addict, he literally built an empire out of nothing.

He credits his mother as his biggest inspiration and often has her cooking in his shows.

When he left his first restaurant he pulled a successful Jerry Maguire - the entire kitchen staff went with him. That tells you what he’s like to work with.

He was one of the first to give a restaurant to a female chef.

He went to prison (Gordon Behind Bars) and taught inmates to bake and they opened a bakery (Bad Boys Bakery) that is still running. He hired one of them when he got out.

He did documentaries about the cruelty of shark hunting and cocaine. (when he discovered cocaine was used by his staff he didn’t fire anyone but made sure they are offered treatment)

His kids are a treasure.

He is always ALWAYS kind to servers.

When one of his partners (Marcus Wareing) wanted to leave they got into a fight and settled it in court, they no longer speak to each other but this is what Marcus said about him after the fight: 

I feel bad that the first association to him for a lot of people is this shouty TV chef when he’s truly a wonderful person. 

Oh and then there’s this:

this entire episode 

[someclevermoniker]

never forget that the reason he’s “shouty and angry” on his tv show is that he’s yelling at people who ignore the rules of courtesy and food safety and basically feed their customers poison, something which would enrage any good person

[trilllizardstrikesback]

people keep forgetting he’s screaming his head off at people for mistakes THAT CAN KILL SOMEONE

[ampervadasz]

[scarabesque]

Waste their time.

[official-lucifers-child]

i’m gonna die laughing at this and i want it on my fucking gravestone

[kiipy]

In North Finland there is this absolute legend done this way.

One group of young people’s gelled their hair go straight back. Like 12 of them. Then took a tractor, acting like most of them where hanging on for their life. The thing was it was just parked middle of the road at middle of the night. Remember we have polar night at North part of Finland. So it was bringt like at day but no traffic.

Then their friend made the speed camera flash while driving motorbike over 180 or something.

In the pics there is only the tractor and those 12 youngster and details of the speed with time stamp. It is hanging at the wall of local police station.

[mandaloriangf]

[mandaloriangf]

[tockthewatchdog]

#this gets funnier the more time goes on

[toastbutteregg]

[dragoon811]

Honestly? Way more terrifying. I’ll behave.

[moniquill]

This is a threat.

[veeaziel]

every day i am percieved™️

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

There is a reason for this though!

The original tweet summarizes it pretty well. Fanfic tends to be popular among certain types of neurodivergent people (aka people most likely to read excessively as a child, and have burnout as an adult) for the same reasons that we tend to hyperfixate–neurochemical signaling (I hope I’m using that phrase correctly). What I mean is, for people who are really dependent on changes in dopamine/serotonin/neurotransmitter levels, who have low levels or wonky neural reward systems (perhaps the most common types of neurodivergence)…people like us rely on dependable external sources of those neurochemicals. In order to function, we spend a lot of our free time trying to level out our brain chemistry using things that can reliably bring us a steady stream of joyful moments (rewards) without costing too much of the mental effort that is already in short supply. 

significantly: the investment of reading has to be balanced with a steady “return on investment”–and this return has to start fairly quickly. because again, we don’t have a lot of attention/energy to invest on tiring things. we have perpetual “low batteries” in that regard.

that doesn’t mean these stories are “simple,” or that they lack complexity or value–only that the reward has to come in short regular intervals, and it has to have a low “upfront cost.” which is why fanfic stories are so perfectly formulated for neurodivergent readers–they are often beautifully written, but skip a lot of the upfront costs (of introducing new characters, of world-building, of getting the audience emotionally connected to the story elements).

the nature of fanfiction is that the reader has a pre-existing relationship with this world and these characters. that–combined with the shorter average length of fics–means that fan fics very quickly start “rewarding” the reader in a way that traditional fiction struggles to. that’s not a bad thing! and maybe it’s something more traditionally published writers should be paying attention to.

Fanfic, as a genre, has been uniquely helpful and accessible to many neurodivergent readers who would otherwise struggle to immerse themselves in stories. I’m glad so many of you have found a way to love and enjoy reading again! The important thing is that you are spending time inside stories you love–the way those stories are published or presented to the world is just one detail.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

*holds your hand* no, we’re ALL bitches

[snugglyaggron]

[voidcenturyscholar-deactivated2]

Fire Lord Zuko passing a law that forbids challenging anyone under the age of majority to Agni Kai

Fire Lord Zuko waiting until the day he reaches the age of majority to pass this law, lest anyone think he is a coward

(No one. Literally no one would have thought that, but it’s generally regarded as a very classy move regardless)

[constallayetions]

Wait but also, until then, if anyone under the age of majority is challenged

Zuko fights it for them.

Which, especially in more rural towns (where Agni Kais are less of a public event and more of a fast and violent duel) is terrifying because you challenge your neighbor’s kid over a stolen chicken-fish and all of a sudden the Fire Lord is showing up???

But, those few who still challenge those who should be kids learn quickly to regret it.

[grayblebayble]

Okay but this implies that Zuko knows whenever someone challenges a kid to an Agni Kai and is there before the battle takes place.

Firelord Zuko: *wakes up in a cold sweat near midnight*

Firelord Zuko: *running down the palace hallways while still struggling to put in his pants, being chased by his team of bodyguards* I’M GOING TO HING WA ISLAND TO KICK SOMEBODY’S ASS SEE YOU IN A WEEK BITCHES

[enbyzukostanblog]

Random spirit: Why’d you do that to him? Isn’t it kind of a stretch for a mortal to be blessed like that?

Agni himself: I felt like it

[overlordofbisexuals]

@dead-fandom-society @evilkitten3

[yankee-doodle-danger]

how dare you leave this gold in the notes

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

Oh gawd every time you think it's over it gers BETTER

🙌🏻 🙌🏻 🙌🏻 🙌🏻

[micdotcom]

Do this four times repeatedly and you’ll be out. But how does it work? There’s some real brain science behind it.

[discoverynews]

We’re trying this tonight!

[askragtatter]

It’s about time someone got around to uncovering all the cheat codes for this “human being” software. It’s only been out for like 10,000 years.

[queenofsabah]

?????????????

[potatogestapo]

I’ve used this technique for about a year, and I can safely say that it has efficiently transformed my sleeping habits from several hours of struggle to fall asleep, to passing out in a matter of minutes.

[rewritethis-story]

It’s a form of Alexander Technique. It’s a technique that was designed for actors to keep their body in ready working condition and give it the best way to perform. This is the method used to calm, and center the body. Once the body is at that point it can perform anything you want it to.

[queensimia-deactivated20181215]

Reblogging for later reference after I tried it earlier today to try to calm down. It actually does help a lot, not just for sleep but if you have problems with anxiety.

My default mental setting is “vibrating intensely in the background.” After doing this, I felt noticeably calm and relaxed - I wasn’t as fixated on my breathing, I wasn’t tense, my movements weren’t jerky and I didn’t feel like I had to be as tense as possible to be under control. 10/10 would recommend.

[orikomi-deactivated20181216]

me gonna try it

[aconitvms-deactivated20171225]

dont wanna reblog but insomnia is a bitch for some ppl so heres for my mutuals having trouble sleeping.

[the-b0g-deactivated20220225]

"my child is completely fine" your child is on tumblr

[vivipuppy]

hey gang im ordering 14 dollars worth of soda and nothing else from my local dominos

im thorsty

[vivipuppy]

He better not fucking have

[musclemancer87]

[adampvrrish]

me before making yet another unintelligible post about my current hyperfixations

[threebigolsausages-deactivated2]

cute date idea

we go to the botanical gardens. u point at all the plants u like. i eat them

[chewedcorn]

“Aquarium Installs Sushi Roll Cylinders For Eels To Slide Into.”

[cyberdramon]

And the plush they made bc its popular

[thefactsofthematter]

my favourite ever literary trope is “you want me to be a villain? i’ll show you a villain” that shit gives me goosebumps and given the right context also turns me on

[jeaniefranklins]

#the tiger…he destroyed his cage… yes… YES…. the tiger is out

[femur-theif]

Someone gets it

[johnnyjoestarrelatable]

i think it's fucked up that there are plants that decided they wanted to eat meat

[johnnyjoestarrelatable]

a plant's job is literally to just exist but the venus flytrap chose violence

[johnnyjoestarrelatable]

what if i gently laid an uncooked steak on the soil for it to absorb

[iridescentjaq]

my tree biology teacher fed her calcium-deficient tree a whole-ass bbq rib bone - she stuck it in the ground near the base of the tree (after eating the meat off of it), and when she came back to collect it to show the tree biology class it was GONE

the tree had grown a root up through the center of it & out through the sides

also there’s an old story about a man who was buried beneath a tree, and when they went to exhume the body it had been completely absorbed by the tree’s roots- you could see the shape of the body in the way the roots grew, splitting up for clearly defined arms and legs. trees will absolutely eat a steak if you bury it & they need the nutrients.

[johnnyjoestarrelatable]

that’s horrifying! thank you

[talvin-muircastle]

OK has @glumshoe​ seen this yet? Because it has their vibe.

[glumshoe]

Sadly Venus flytraps would rather die than grow in nutrient-rich soil. They gotta munch.