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Rewatched x-men (2000) and can I just say magneto's plan (turning all those politicians into mutants) was objectively hilarious. Like can you imagine. Somebody's firing the transgenderization beam into congress

kushblazer666

sexhaver

agave

helloitsbees

This is Penny. Penny is adorable, and lives in my favorite bookstore in the WORLD, Heartleaf Books in Providence, Rhode Island. Unfortunately, her home is in danger due to poor sales over the winter quarter. If you like books, stickers, bookmarks, and supporting small businesses, PLEASE consider supporting Heartleaf Books through their online shop! You can also become a co-op member through their website, earning you bragging rights and Penny's eternal friendship. Help keep this place open! (You can see more of Penny through their instagram, if that incentivizes you at all)

helloitsbees

Happy independent bookstore day!! Please go support Heartleaf Books!!

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

blows my mind that cheetahs are apex predators. that is the single most anxious creature I have ever seen. at any given moment a cheetah is exactly one stubbed paw away from bursting into tears. that is a sad dripping wet animal, and it's at the top of the local food chain? babygirl what happened

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

things I learned from this post:

cheetahs regularly get bullied by lions, hyenas, crocodiles, and baboons

multiple people think this means cheetahs aren't an apex predator/belong lower on the food chain

which is how I learned humans equate social status with position on the food chain. (which is nonsense to anyone who's ever met, for instance, a moose)

an apex predator is just a predator without natural predators of its own. you can be an anxious pathetic mess, but if you're not getting eaten by your neighbors, congrats! you're an apex predator.

i look it up to make sure cheetahs are apex predators

I find out it's not uncommon for cheetah cubs (and very occasionally adults) to be eaten by lions, leopards, hyneas, and even eagles???

well that sure calls into question their apex predator status. out of curiosity i check to see if there are any animals that hunt lions

this is how I discover that cheetahs, lions, hyenas, and leopards will all eat each other's children if presented with an easy opportunity (and sometimes young/elderly/injured adults)

begining to wonder how useful 'apex predator' is as a term

in conclusion, cheetahs are so fast because they are fueled by Grade A+ Ultra Concentrated Anxiety and they need that speed to run away from their problems

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

oldbutchdanielmolloy

omg you people can do anything

incorrectvillanevequotes

draconym

I saw the most incredible dog at the farmer's market.

Please everyone guess what this dog's pedigree is. (My guess was incorrect)

draconym

This was my guess as well. It is something else.

draconym

Congratulations to you!

This is a Dachshund / Samoyed

draconym

Yes it was an accidental litter

teaboot

one or both of these dogs is a monsterfucker

plum-soup

I think this has been posted on here before but this one always makes me laugh

eroscestlavie

Rose Tyler was so iconic…no job. no father. hopping planets wearing approximately 10 lbs of waterproof drugstore mascara. a man at home who knew full well she was getting her back blown out by debate team captain space alien David Tennant on the regular and would still hang out with her every time she deigned to grace him with her presence. She killed the Devil? what a great character

eroscestlavie

yes mama…

fluidstatick

I'm excited and proud and pissed off, because the box office numbers for Iron Lung are impressive, but also disingenuous.

Gross Income is not the same as Profit.

Sam Raimi's Send Help, going into day 4, sits at 20mil, which is a net negative, 50% behind its 40mil budget.

Avatar, touted as the highest profiting film of all time, made a 237% net profit over its entire run.

The final Hxrry Pxtter movie made a 360% net profit.

Mark Fischbach's Iron Lung has turned a 570% net profit. In three days.

3mil-18mil isn't impressive on its face, next to a $500mil film making $2bn. Raw numbers are raw numbers. but for return on investment, Iron Lung is not only running with the biggest studios in the world -- it's crushing them.

toastynoneofyourbusiness

To put it in simple terms, all theatrical releases have to make back AT LEAST twice what they cost to make. I say "at least," because most theatrical movies spend a fuckton on advertising, and several of them spend even more on merchandising.

Iron Lung had basically NO advertising, and a negligible amount of merchandising. For a normal movie, that means that nobody goes to see the movie because they've never heard of it, and the movie can't cover any of the lost box office revenue with merch sales (you CAN have a box office bomb recover its budget with merch sales).

A theatrical release earning back its budget and then some on nothing but word of mouth and a loyal, pre-established fanbase is unprecedented. It doesn't happen. Ever.

THAT'S why Hollywood is pissed. Because to executives, a puny internet personality self-funding a passion project with basically no advertising or merch shouldn't happen. To them, it defies all logic. They've been putting billions upon billions of dollars into advertising, merchandising, celebrity casting, huge sets, expensive CGI, and so much more; and then this "nobody" comes along and succeeds with none of that.

shevny-blog

This is true, and it's also worth mentioning that this also defies the traditional model of distribution for movies.

Mark tried to get the movie distributed through traditional means, but got fucked over at every turn. Nobody wanted to distribute this movie. Distributors like to be able to control what is and isn't in theaters. It gives them more confidence in their bottom line and projections for how many people are going to see their movie.

This movie was distributed by the fans to over 4,000 theaters worldwide, had a domestic release around the same size as its biggest competitor that week, and made a significant profit while retaining a 50/50 split with theaters, so the theaters are making more off of that ticket than for a typical movie.

Disney probably doesn't care that Iron Lung made 20 million dollars, plenty of movies do that. They care that seemingly anyone can put a movie into theaters the exact same way they can.

greekmythcomix

Ancient Greek Pottery Part 1: common shapes!

Our host is a painter from the terracotta hydria painted with 'Workshop of a Vase Painter, attributed to the Leningrad Painter, 480-460 BC, Banca Intesa Sanpaolo Collection.Drawings of pottery from my 2024 piece'Ancient Greek Pottery' - find it in full on GreekMythComix.com

greekmythcomix

Ancient Greek Pottery Part 1: common shapes!

Our host is a painter from the terracotta hydria painted with 'Workshop of a Vase Painter, attributed to the Leningrad Painter, 480-460 BC, Banca Intesa Sanpaolo Collection.Drawings of pottery from my 2024 piece'Ancient Greek Pottery' - find it in full on GreekMythComix.com

wordfather

LETS GOOO ICELAND RAAAHHHH🦅🦅🦅🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸

bentothuglife

my cat just came up and meowed very loudly and insistently and even nipped at my leg and when i was like "FINE" and got up to follow her she led me to the next room where a patch of sun was coming in. she wanted me to sit in the sun with her.

zillamoroll

myah

bentothuglife

Ahhhh oh my god Incredible art, thank you my love!

Also she literally just did it again

zillamoroll

sunbathe with her Or Else

traffic-wizard

"Come Get some Vitamin D, bitch, I'm doing this for our mental wellness!!" -Your cat provably

chachavroomvroom

These days the Red Bull second seat announcements hit like the Reaping in the Hunger Games. Like sorry your name was pulled Isack may the odds be ever in your favour.