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When I need a poem the streets and gutters will do

@woppetry

bi/ nb? /27/ Scotland /♥/ Felt cute might go feral later. I don't really post content anymore because at some point between now and 2012 I became a qualified primary teacher and am rapidly burning out, but reblogging posts on a whim and then looking back on those posts a week later helps me understand who I am as a person and I like that

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mr-deep-downer

it’s sending me that messi did a photo shoot with a baby 19 years ago and that baby went on to play for Spain and now they’re facing off for the World Cup final. you genuinely can’t make this up

“In the end it has to be this way”

mr-deep-downer

Lamine Yamal (baby in the pic) and his family were randomly chosen due to their status as refugees to take pictures for charity and Barcelona who Messi was playing for at the time volunteered to help out with this.

pajamasecrets

Andrew Robinson on playing Garak for the first time.

trekheritageposts

star trek heritage post (June 2nd, 2023)

hussyknee

If I tell you this is a horror dance number it still won't prepare you. That last move was so terrifying even the judge was like "Let go! Let go!" If you told me they're actually possessed I'd believe you.

The music is a remix of the song Mere Dholna from the Bollywood movie Bhool Bhulaiyya, a remake of the classic Malayalam horror-comedy Manichitrathazhu. It's about a young bride that seemingly becomes possessed of Manjulika, a dancer of the ancient royal court whose tragic death has turned her into a vengeful spirit, one who evokes the wrath of the goddess Durga Kali. In the iconic scene that is repeated across remakes, the groom and his family discover his bride dancing in the dead of night in a manic, disassociative fugue, wearing a moth-eaten dancer's costume and a face smeared in kohl, ash and vermilion. She's hallucinating that she's Manjulika dancing carefree for the court with her lover. The upbeat music is deliberately incongruous with the pathos and creepiness of the scene in reality, especially as it crescendos in the bride's head to the moment when the king decapitates Manjulika's beloved in a fit of jealous rage.

This specific number is by the all-male troupe B Unique, performed for the Indian reality talent contest Hunabaarz. It's a modern fusion based on Bharatnatyam that turns up the creep factor by 200% and is basically a showcase of contortionism and synchronicity. One of the most perfectly choreographed and executed dances I have ever seen. Truly incredible!

The group is still taking their work across the world's talent shows. And yes, that guy is hypermobile enough to do that with his neck. XD

normalcei

Not all dogs have jobs and I think they should get to wear little vests too

smsomah

Tuareg; Algeria. Scanned from the book Le Désert des Kel Ahaggar; 1982; Henri Bancaud

tpwrtrmnky

Analyzing the politics of a work that's meant to be apolitical is actually a really interesting exercise because it asks you to critically examine what the creator considers to be "political" in the first place. Which ideas are just How Things Are, and which ones are Political, and how is that influenced by the creator's beliefs?

takashi0

Usually this just ends up with you looking like a moron btw

tpwrtrmnky

Angrily lashing out at the suggestion that it's possible to do basic media analysis was foundational to the ragebait ecosystem of the 2010s, from which we got basically the entire culture of modern far right politics, btw.

iteh3xael

I genuinely believe myself and others are being so sincere and literal when we say TOUCH GRASS

tpwrtrmnky

I went outside and got an education, that's where I learned that you can obtain knowledge and insight through analytical methods, then noticed that some people who sit on the internet yelling at strangers get really mad about that constantly.

pensivegladiola

Don’t make me point to the Omar Sakar poem

manu-script

suonko

by Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson

deadpowol

omtai

She literally does not give a damn what that old fool is yelling about

unaloid

the lion does not concern herself with papa

kakyoinryoko

i think if you showed minecraft or fortnite to a little medieval peasant boy he would probably start writing parodies of church hymns. it’s human nature

kakyoinryoko

this has rendered me speechless

alteredpanel

dead wife jokes banned in the house due to current events

divorce-enjoyer

why go to the grocery store or to a restaurant when you can just get food delivered why go to the mall when you can get same day shipping on amazon why go to the library when you have kindle why make art when there’s ai why go to the cinema when you can stay at home and watch netflix. we are in a loneliness epidemic btw

divorce-enjoyer

the loneliness epidemic was invented by BIG SHIT to sell you more SHIT