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One of the joys of historical fiction with period language is that they use familiar words differently. Whenever Patrick O’Brian refers to a fellow as “much-caressed” he means the guy is very dear to and esteemed by people but because of contemporary English interference i always get a little image of people stroking the character’s head and arms

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NOSFERATU (2024) dir. Robert Eggers

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so if plastic cellophane is bad bc of microplastics and aluminium foil is bad bc.of aluminium in the brain, what da hell am i supposed to wrap my cured meats in to keep them fresh in the fridge???? i get acid reflux from dilemmas like these

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Please reblog to increase sample size, I am trying to find out how much normal people know about this because I am Not Normal and my assumed baseline of knowledge cannot be trusted

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The different genres of Doctor Who episode:

The dumbest bullshit you've ever seen. Just absolute baby brain nonsense.

Man, aliens are weird, huh?

Genuine high-concept science fiction serving as biting if heavy-handed social commentary on present issues

*Lisa Simpson voice* Look, Mom! It's Ea-Nasir!

Nightmare fuel that will traumatize a generation of children while adults roll their eyes.

The villain is determined to out-camp every other camp villain combined. There will probably be a needle drop.

The harrowing story of one character's personal hell

Tbe Doctor is sorely tempted to break one of the laws of time and/or one of his firmly held moral boundaries, never mind all the times he's done this without comment.

The Daleks are back, and they're purple now

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tools in my toolshed have started expressing rudimentary emotions

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The Norwegian research vessel Lance is stuck in the Arctic ice, 2015

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Sometimes we could all use a reminder. (source)

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Tracklist:

Tallahassee • First Few Desperate Hours • Southwood Plantation Road • Game Shows Touch Our Lives • The House That Dripped Blood • Idylls Of The King • No Children* • See America Right • Peacocks • International Small Arms Traffic Blues • Have To Explode • Old College Try • Oceanographer's Choice • Alpha Rats Nest

*This song was used on the Adult Swim animated show Moral Orel, appearing in the episode "Numb".

Spotify ♪ Bandcamp ♪ YouTube

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Magdalena Bay, oil on canvas, c. 1841

by François-Auguste Biard (1799–1882)

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I'm never sure what the intended message is when i recieve it so I tried to put the most common emoji meanings I've heard

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Giacinto Fuga - We live in the Mystery that we have Violated (1930)

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