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THEY’RE CALLING IT A “RAPID UNSCHEDULED DISASSEMBLY” LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1649048306503536641?
“Rapid unscheduled disassembly” is quite the euphemism for “exploded shortly after launch”.
“The fact that it even got off the launch pad is crazy, great work by the engineers” is either the most skillfully sarcastic thing I’ve ever read, or they are genuinely just that brainwashed.
I have no idea what’s going on
Congrats, we have reached a period of time where there is a generation that does not remember the first memes.
Look, i’ve been on tumblr for nine fucking years and I don’t get this meme. I remember seeing it at some point, but have no clue what it means.
because this meme is pre tumblr and pre-youtube and is about 17 years old, almost twice as long as you’ve been on tumblr the ancient depths of albinoblacksheep will never die
But like, can someone explain. The fucking. Context.
It refers to a meme song, called The Badger Song or sometimes Badger Badger Badger, Mushroom, Mushroom. There is a snake in the lyrics also. You can watch the video on YouTube, if you so desire.
By way of further explanation, this comes from a time when most people had 56K modems or even slower, so downloading a full video clip of even crappy 320x240 resolution could take 5-10 minutes. You really had to want to see the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins or the Exploding Whale.
Flash bypassed this problem with cel animation. Each scene uses a static backdrop image plus small images of each of the moving parts, like pieces of a paper doll, which are then repositioned, scaled or flipped using a series of text commands written in a simple programming language. As the visual components were just a handful of static images, they didn’t have to be compressed as much as later Youtube video, making their edges as crisp as modern 4K. The most bandwidth-intensive aspect of Flash was the accompanying soundfile, but that loaded in a matter of seconds rather than minutes for video.
The result tended to look like a Monty Python animation, and so Flash yielded a bumper crop of the absurd from BadgerBadgerBadger to Pavoratti’s Elephants to Fight! Kikkoman, the soy sauce superhero. All of which only survive in imperfect, fuzzy YouTube captures.
I originally just put this in the tags, but I think it’s important enough to add to the actual post:
these flash animations aren’t just found in fuzzy youtube videos! you can see the original animations using BlueMaxima’s Flashpoint, a flash preservation project!
the software is free and open-source, and it has built-in players for flash and shockwave (as well as many other platforms). it allows you to search their archive of games and animations, and play them whenever you want!
they’ve got Badger Badger Badger, Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny, Charlie the Unicorn, the original asdfmovie, and just…so many other animations and games that were thought to be lost or unplayable.
as of their most recent update, their archive has over 130,000 games and 20,000 animations, and most of them look just as crisp as they did 20 years ago.
so, go put Badger Badger Badger fullscreen and admire all of those sharp edges and clean lines! or play the Escape the Room series from 2keysgames, or the old Barbie games, or whatever you want! it’s an incredible resource, and I have spent hours getting lost in it.
Being an Internet Old Man, I greatly appreciate this resource, and also happily sang the Badger Song upon seeing the snake. <3 Good memories.
The "these two things are not related" at the end absolutely elevates this to god tier
i’m gonna write something that i’ve been meaning to write for awhile, but have been delaying ‘cus i know i’m out of my lane here, but,
The phrase “what someone has in their pants is none of your business” needs to extend to cis people as well. Even if it’s someone you’re hoping to bang.
I’m specifically talking penis’ here–I know the issue extends to AFAB individuals too, re: the pressure to have a porn star-esque vagina, and never seeing any variance. I’m not going over that here, though, because i’ve seen a shift on that front. As in, I’m seeing a lot more discussion and media representation about the multitude of vaginas/vulvas out there, and acceptance of all the uniqueness. Having one myself, i’m really glad to see that talked about more. but, i believe this is something we need to extend to dicks, too. What someone’s dick looks like is none of your business. And It’s always made me uncomfortable, how women would talk to other women about their partner’s dick. It just seemed like a huge invasion of privacy. but I could never really word this well before, esp because it was so normalized.
I’m talking about girth, length, and circumcision status. what got me to write this is a post I saw a while back; Folks were sharing their biggest relationship red-flags, and the one that stuck out to me the most was someone saying their partner not disclosing they were uncircumcised before they had sex was a “red flag.” I was completely flabbergasted–it was like they were equating it to the person not disclosing they had an STD.
Circumcision is not half-as common out of the USA. the OG reason circumcision became popular for non-religious reasons was another anti-masturbation tactic. This stuff is well documented and easily found through google. A lot of men surveyed for why they chose to have their son’s circumcised in modern times say it is because /they/ are. Not because of supposed cleanliness, or to keep their child from masturbating. It’s so their sons wouldn’t have a different-looking dick than theirs.
like, i get if you aren’t used to it, you may feel some discomfort? But that’s kind of a “you” problem, not something to push on your partner. it’s not something they had any choice in, and there is already SO much pressure on men to have the perfect dick. Which is also super unattainable!
but because dicks are more out-there, folks seem to think it’s information that’s owed, or something that can be openly discussed with others. Honestly the best post i’ve seen here for awhile was one talking about how body neutrality needs to extend to penis,’ too. as in, it’s just another body part. most of the men i’ve been friends with held some kind of shame around what their dick looked like, a lot of times brought on from criticism from a previous girlfriend. i know this issue might extend some to gay male communities as well, but i haven’t experienced any of that personally so it doesn’t feel like my place to comment. the only equivalent i’ve experienced is the “how do i tell this dude that seems into me but is reading me as a cis man that i don’t have a dick?” which i think is a common trans experience.
The first (consensual) dick pic i received was sent by a dude who was super ashamed of his dick, cus an ex made a lot of bad comments. he apologized a lot for how it looked. And i was like, i honestly see nothing wrong? and it’s not my body part, it’s yours. it’s not my place to judge or make comments? and the guy was so grateful he actually cried. i didn’t understand why it was such a big deal til a lot later, hearing similar stories. i really don’t think this is an uncommon situation, and it just makes me sad.
so, ya, i’m gonna leave it at that. i just really wanted to write something.
Cis gay men do absolutely feel pressure to have perfect penises, I’d actually wager more pressure than straight men for the simple fact that a smaller penis can more easily go into a vagina than an anus. There is more “in the way” back there and so even something relatively short can still at least penetrate a vagina, but the globes of asscheek especially if your partner has a big, round ass (also favored in the cis gay male community) are sort of a “you must be this long to enter” measure. A LOT of cis gay men feel shame when they do not “measure up”, so to speak, when their own anatomy bars them from the most stereotypical gay male activity.
To make matters worse just as some straight cis women are obsessed with size, there is… sort of an expectation that if you’re a top, you’re swinging 6 inches of meat or larger. If you’re any smaller than that, then it’s a “shame” you’re a top since you clearly can’t satisfy your partner (btw, there are toys to fix this). And if you’re a bottom, and you’ve got a big size, you’re “wasting” your potential as a top and “denying” bottoms access to your penis. And don’t get me started on guys who ID as “sides”, where they prefer not to penetrate with their own anatomy whether because they literally can’t or because they just don’t enjoy it. It’s a whole thing.
These are the toxic parts of the gay community, and I think it’s more commonly recognized that these attitudes are toxic than with straight people, but you’ll still run into them EVERYWHERE.
Just to piggyback onto the great points being made here, I’ve experienced this from both sides.
I hooked up with a guy who used to only top, then decided he preferred to bottom, then decided he no longer wanted to top ever, because he didn’t enjoy it. He told me he’d met up with guys who DEMANDED he top (after he told them he wouldn’t) just because he had a big dick, and then got mad when he left without having sex. He tensed up when he told me he wouldn’t top, and when I said it was fine, I can top if he wants me to, he let out a literal sigh of relief.
I’ve also hooked up with a guy who demanded I bottom because he had a bigger dick than I do, which like, fine, whatever, I’m happy either way, but when I said if we hooked up again I’d like to top, he acted like it was some violation of the laws of the universe and tried to shame me for my size, to which I just raised an eyebrow and openly questioned why the top HAD to be the one with the bigger dick; he didn’t have an answer to that, and I left basically immediately.
I’ve had similar experiences with guys who are uncut being afraid I’d be bothered by it, and guys being upset by my circumcision status. And, again, I really don’t mind what your dick is like, which was again a relief to the guys who were uncut, and was unbothered by people upset over my dick, and questioned why it mattered before leaving or kicking them out.
I don’t care if you don’t want to have sex because of my dick (or any other factor of my body), but don’t act like it’s an issue that is in someway my concern. “I don’t like uncut dick” or “I don’t like dicks under X” long” or whatever are YOUR preferences, and frankly, if you’re not going to be upfront about them, you don’t then get to bitch that they didn’t tell you.
Make no mistake, I think you’re an asshole if you aren’t at least willing to pull your head out of your ass and think about WHY you don’t like uncut or smaller dicks, but I think you’re slightly less of an asshole if you’re the one who says being cut or hung is a requirement up front.
What in the 9 hells is a bechdel test
The Bechdel Test is a simple test for media; it’s a somewhat crude, but also strangely effective, way of determining whether a piece of media treats women as people with independent lives or not. In order to pass, it has to fulfil three requirements:
1. It must have 2 women, who are named;
2. These 2 women must talk to each other;
3 They must talk about something other than a man.
A surprising amount of media fails, usually at the third part, although in some instances it won’t even pass the first if there aren’t at least 2 women, or they don’t both have stated names.
The test, however it might appear, is not meant to critique a piece of media as sexist or not, or even to explain how active any women in the narrative are in advancing the plot; naming 2 women and having them talk to each other about something other than a man is just a bare-minimum way of showing they have lives that do not revolve around the men in that media.
Other people can probably go into a more in-depth explanation if they want to (and people more qualified that I am have done so), but that’s basically it.
You can use this metric for similar purposes for other groups of people, just substitute “women” for whatever group you want. “Queer/LGBTQ+ people”, “disabled people”, “Black people”, and see how media treats them, although with most other groups most media doesn’t pass the first part unless it’s created by or aimed at those groups specifically.
Enjoy raspberries
video description : a cat is eating raspberries out of a persons hand. the person is saying in russian: “i bring to your attention the fruit cat, who eats raspberries.” then, after a pause: “munching with two full cheeks”. end video description.
@is-the-cat-video-cute?
Rating: Not Cute
the cat eating raspberries is fine. the cat being outside is not.
cats can go outside with supervision, i’m sure i don’t need to tell you that it’s a great way for them to get exercise, fresh air, enrichment and stimulation. so why is this video not cute? simply because a cat is outside? that seems like a big generalization
A domestic cat being free-roaming outside is a problem; they are predators not native to any ecosystem due to extensive cohabitation with humans, and cause damage if allowed to roam. Even if you don’t care about animals other than your cat, then letting them run loose is still a bad thing; in urban environments, they can be hit by cars or caught in traps meant for wild animals, and in rural environments, they can get attacked by larger predators, and they can pick up diseases, fleas, or ticks. A loose cat outside can bolt at any time, and there is 0 guarantee that you will be able to catch or successfully restrain it before it causes damage to either wildlife or itself. Your housecat is not the same as a lion, or a bobcat, or any other wild cat, no matter how much you might want to think they are.
From ITCVC’s other posts, you can, absolutely, take a cat outside, if it’s on a leash and harness, or contained in a backpack (they make rigid ones with windows exactly for this purpose) and you retain full control over its ability to wander; you can also construct a secured meshed-in area (a “catio” for your cat to enjoy unsupervised outside time with no risks.
Enjoy raspberries
video description : a cat is eating raspberries out of a persons hand. the person is saying in russian: “i bring to your attention the fruit cat, who eats raspberries.” then, after a pause: “munching with two full cheeks”. end video description.
@is-the-cat-video-cute?
Rating: Not Cute
the cat eating raspberries is fine. the cat being outside is not.
the guy is speaking russian, cats are native to russia and not an invasive species you fucking dumbass. the world is not america
Mod Jeli here.
I’m amazed that you feel so confident in your reply that you have the nerve to curse at us without doing an ounce of research beforehand. What cats of Russia do you mean? Amur tigers? Leopard cats? Pallas cats? Because this domestic longhair certainly doesn’t belong in any of those groups.
Domestic cats came from the African Wildcat, and they were first domesticated in Egypt. Domestic cats are just that - domestic. They are removed from their natural environment and evolved with us, and no longer have a natural niche to go back to. The African Wildcat is the relative to all domestic cats today, and I don’t believe they came from Russia. I would love to see where your thought process came from to bring you to this conclusion.
I am well aware the world is not America (or North America because I’m in Canada but I’m well aware we tend to do the same thing), but cats being an invasive species does NOT change around the globe. They were evolved with humans, and they belong with humans. Inside.
Next time you want to contest a rating with the least researched take I’ve heard this week, maybe try to do so politely so you don’t sound like a complete jerk when you get rebuked. Such as “This guy is speaking Russian. I thought cats were native to Russia so they arent invasive there.” Or even “Cats aren’t an invasive species, they’re native to Russia. The guy in the video is speaking Russian, so this doesn’t count.” Both statements are equally wrong, but much less abrasive, and make me not want to write four paragraphs in anger first thing in the morning. Thank you for your time.
Can I not take my cat outside? are there ant safety messures I can take? (I dont have one, but I do plan to get one in the future)
From other posts from ITCVC, harness and leash training are good, as are catios (meshed-in areas that are outside, but do not allow the cat to roam freely away from the house and keep them contained).
I get that the average 5e playgroup has significantly less encounters per adventuring day then the designers intended, causing some abilities to be stronger and others to be weaker than intended
But in what world are features good that make you regain resources at the start of combat that you fully regain during a short rest? Stuff like the Monk and Bard level 20 feature or the Arcane Archer level 15 feature
For lower level bards you're correct but at level 5 bards get
Font of Inspiration
Beginning when you reach 5th level, you regain all of your expended uses of Bardic Inspiration when you finish a short or long rest.
Ah, yup, forgot about that. <3 All good.
This animal is cute, knows it’s cute, and is VERY unhappy that it’s cute.
Poor Unfortunate Souls in a major key is cursed
I feel both cursed and blessed after watching this
I cringed the whole time watching this
This is so unholy
I'm impressed but feel so wrong
It feels so wrong and yet I actually love this
This was amazing, “cursed” nothing.
Obsessed with this tiktok it won’t leave my mind’s eye
apologies for being a complete freak but does anyone else sometimes go up stairs on all fours if no ones around to see it
awesome. we are normal. we are so normal
I will do this even if people are watching me, including in public. Sometimes it's just fun to be the Feral Goblin Of The Mall.
I get that people think this might be wasteful but it's literally fucking sugar. This doesn't feed or sustain anybody, and nobody wants it after it goes stale. This isn't a chicken sandwich it's a mass produced donut with frosted sugar.
Sugar is energy, and SOMETHING IN YOUR STOMACH, EVEN IF IT’S JUST SUGAR AND BREAD, is better than STARVING. Holy fuck you’re a dipshit.
Lmfao ok sustain yourself off coke and twinkies you fat retard
That would still be better than absolutely no food at all, but thanks for proving you're a pile of shit in a garbage bag that desperately needs to be taken to a dumpster.
There's a reason we put signs up saying not to feed birds white bread or rice. Dumping a mountain of donuts to the homeless doesn't help them. But you just want to pretend you're doing the right thing with absolutely no knowledge. Not only are you stupid, it's a good thing all your outrage is contained on tumblr where you won't actually do shit that would actively harm the population with your dipshit ideas.
Kill yourself.
Lol imagine missing the point of a food waste discussion so badly that you think the problem is that donuts, specifically, are being thrown out instead of being given away, when the actual problem is that this happens at places like grocery stores because "best before" dates (which, especially on sealed refrigerated and canned food, don't actually give you the date where they're no longer safe to eat, but the date after which the taste quality starts to decline) are used to justify chucking perfectly edible food into a dumpster rather than give it away to people who need it.
And then telling people to kill themselves, further proving what a dumpster fire you are, but you literally have a Pepe the Frog header, so I guess that's not surprising.
I get that people think this might be wasteful but it's literally fucking sugar. This doesn't feed or sustain anybody, and nobody wants it after it goes stale. This isn't a chicken sandwich it's a mass produced donut with frosted sugar.
Sugar is energy, and SOMETHING IN YOUR STOMACH, EVEN IF IT’S JUST SUGAR AND BREAD, is better than STARVING. Holy fuck you’re a dipshit.
Lmfao ok sustain yourself off coke and twinkies you fat retard
That would still be better than absolutely no food at all, but thanks for proving you're a pile of shit in a garbage bag that desperately needs to be taken to a dumpster.
I get that people think this might be wasteful but it's literally fucking sugar. This doesn't feed or sustain anybody, and nobody wants it after it goes stale. This isn't a chicken sandwich it's a mass produced donut with frosted sugar.
You do understand that this is still super wasteful though, right? Like, how much “actually food” could the ingredients that went into these donut be used to make? Just because no one wants to eat donuts for breakfast, lunch, and dinner doesn’t mean this isn’t grossly wasteful.
Feeding homeless stale donuts is your plan? It's literally garbage food to begin with it isn't wasteful. They make hundreds of pounds of these in a city and you're just going to give homeless diabetes if you tell them to eat it all.
It's literally cake mix and sugar glaze. It's not real food. It's candy. Go get upset about something that actually matters. Not that you'll do anything anyway.
Uhhh I said literally nothing about feeding the hopeless donuts...? You know “cake mix” has actual ingredients, right? You realize “hundreds of pounds” of “cake mix” can be used to make food other than donuts...? I don’t know how else to explain this.
Don't bother trying to explain this to them, they've decided being complete fuckwit is preferable to learning anything.
I get that people think this might be wasteful but it's literally fucking sugar. This doesn't feed or sustain anybody, and nobody wants it after it goes stale. This isn't a chicken sandwich it's a mass produced donut with frosted sugar.
Sugar is energy, and SOMETHING IN YOUR STOMACH, EVEN IF IT’S JUST SUGAR AND BREAD, is better than STARVING. Holy fuck you’re a dipshit.
