The Kitsune is an Insomniac

You may call me Ashanti. Not a girl, not a boy, something more twisted. Here for a good time. Maybe even a long time.

[xx-obliviousfantasy-xx]

Guys, I've been thinking about this my entire life. Can someone make a chart where it's like "What time is it?" And then there's five answers:

-Its Muffin Time

-Adventure Time!

-It's Lunch Time!

-Time for you to wear a watch

-*normal answer*

New additions:

-It's Party Time!

-Showtime! (Like I said)

-It's time for Animaniacs!

-Summertime!

-HAMMERTIME

-Morphin' Time!

-Recap Time!

-Clobbering Time!

-Adventure Time? Ha ha ha, Spending Time, you SAUCY MINX!

-Mr. Wolf

-PBJ Time!!!

-IT'S TIME TO PLAY!

-It is time...TO DIIIIIEEEE!

-(Whats the time?) It's quarter to nine, time to have a bath

-IT'S JEEZIN TIME!

-"IT'S TIME TO D-D-D-DUEL!!!!"

[iamheavymeta-lll]

[kangarookawaii]

shwoing of her grub

#hergrub

[galileosballs]

The 'ingredients you can pronounce means it's healthy' line implies a world in which the kind of nutrition a person requires scales with their biology education and grasp of phonics. Which isn't true, of course, but sure would imply some interesting worldbuilding if it were

[agentlove]

hi. i’m the guy who all that blood belongs to. yeah in all the pictures of anime girls and cool ocs holding knives. it’s mine. i don’t donate it or anything. they just kill me again and again. because someone’s gotta but that’s not the part people really wanna see. it’s okay though. it’s a living

[ozth]

[dragon-in-a-fez]

personally I'm annoyed by the socioeconomic conditions that made words like "unalive" necessary but simultaneously impressed by the linguistic adaptations young people have made to continue talking about important things while subject to those conditions and I think if you can't hold both of those thoughts in your head you might just be old man yelling at cloud

[a-wild-embubble]

Two of my niblings (10 and 7) self-censor like this in real life during actual conversations. I tried briefly to explain to the 10-year-old that they didn't have to do that in real life after they said "unalive" out loud in casual conversation, and they just said they preferred to. On the one hand, I'm sad to see them unconsciously and fully without awareness succumbing to the panopticon. On the other... this post.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

it's not unprecedented in the evolution of languages to see euphemisms adopted as synonyms or even supplanting earlier terms. lots of people say "passed away" even in situations where there would be no particular social cost to saying "died".

for a particularly strong version of this kind of replacement: the word "bear" comes from a proto-Germanic word meaning "brown one" because there was a taboo against saying the animal's actual name. the taboo is gone but it was so strong in the past that we have no record of what the proto-Germanic word for "bear" even was.

maybe in 300 years the word "die" will be archaic and kids will dig it out of an etymology textbook and start using it because "unalive" is getting censored.

[luggifer4]

die has actually already undergone this process. die originally meant "flow" (i guess it's like you're flowing out of life or something? or maybe your life is flowing out of you idk). it was (probably) loaned from old norse to displace the now obsolete "swelt". and yes, that is the root word of "sweltering"

[dragon-in-a-fez]

[zarohk]

Is this the meaning treadmill? It’s very (verified) really actually literally the same thing.

[naturalistsguidetoeberron]

I believe the term is "euphemism treadmill".

[zarohk]

Thanks, I couldn’t remember the exact term!

[dragon-in-a-fez]

personally I'm annoyed by the socioeconomic conditions that made words like "unalive" necessary but simultaneously impressed by the linguistic adaptations young people have made to continue talking about important things while subject to those conditions and I think if you can't hold both of those thoughts in your head you might just be old man yelling at cloud

[lemonsweet]

The other day my nephew described something as being "like if Slenderman was stuck in a little car" and I yelled YES!!!! bc I thought he was referencing this image I like but then I showed the picture and he was like how do you have an image for that where did you get that

[veganvampsagainstannerice]

I have some of my favorite fanfic writers blocked on tumblr because I can accept and love wild mischaracterization in my fanfiction as simply experimenting with the characters to create interesting and creative effects, but then I click on their tumblr read their meta and realize no they just fundamentally do not understand or like this character and it sort of ruins the immersion.

I just like to cordon the bad takes off from the fun fanfiction side of my fandom experience.

[depsidase]

[ancient-string]

Had a kid say this to me while reading The Gruffalo’s Child because there’s no way a mouse is that big

[kikunai]

me

[amberautumnfaebrooke]

has anyone noticed recently that it's expensive

[sociallyawkwardrevolution]

times like these really make you appreciate pouring river water in your socks

[xx-obliviousfantasy-xx]

Absolutely fucking not having soggy river water socks actually.

Does make me appreciate the rain rolling down my back tho

[existennialmemes]

[scrolling social media] Who the fuck is Jimothy?

[a brief internet search later] Ahh yes, ok I understand. Jimothy is my religion now.

[animals-riding-animals]

frog riding fish

[deertwoheads]

I'll take your word for it man

[xx-obliviousfantasy-xx]

Still crazy that on that post saying "You should try to have at least one hobby" ppl were like "actually suggesting people should have a hobby is ableist and classist" like...

[thickness-protection-program]

"just go to a food pantry"

"get a second job"

"start your own garden"

"stop buying name brand"

"don't get your nails done"

"learn to budget"

"live within your means"

Temporary individualistic fixes will never solve systemic issues! God forbid EVERYONE eats and not just me!!

[arborescreens]

i'm very tired