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Migraines are literally the stupidest thing in human evolution. "Oh no, we're experiencing too much Thing! Better send a rail spike through the skull and blind ourselves about it" like c'mon, man

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hey guys quick question: what the hell

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so annoying to be in fandom when you hate the white guy.

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Oh you have to include the Disney Sleeping Beauty! "14th" century, beautiful saxon wheel, then they tried to no avail to find a spindle on that thing and have her sort of poke the distaff. Truly the worst anyone has ever done

I NEED YOUR HELP

I need examples of spinning and weaving in pop culture so I can humorously grade them for a presentation. Really I only know the "loom" from Stardew Valley (sorry concernedape, not scoring great).

Does anyone have examples of spinning wheels, looms, or the act of spinning or weaving in pop culture?

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Love having my brain chemistry irreversably changed in new ways by the same tad song for the 500th time in a row.

Love when their songs do that.

Very sexy of them.

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Hey. I know the world is scary and everything sucks. But don't despair.

Don't let it rob you of your joy and care and love for the world. Don't get sucked into thinking that you're surrounded by enemies.

We are all we have. We need each other, and we will make it through this, and through whatever comes next, together.

I know it feels like everything is uniquely fucked, that things have never been as bad as they are right now, but that is not true. Your ancestors and mine have lived through war, plague and famine, through tyranny and countless terror. We all are children of survivors.

We need to care about each other. We need to approach each other in good faith, we need to have empathy and compassion, we need to be there for each other, because if we don't, there truly is no saving us.

We will make it through. I have to believe that.

Obviously I don't know what you're going through right now, but I know that you can make it through. I hope you find a way to soothe this pain you feel right now.

"America is a deeply fascist and evil country" actually, the USA is a normal country. Y'all are neither uniquely good nor uniquely evil. Some things are good, some things are deeply fucked, most things are flawed but functional. Some US-Americans are saints, some are assholes, most are somewhere in the middle. If any other country had the same economic and political power as the USA, the world would not be a better place.

Believing the USA is The Most Evil is just American Exceptionalism in a different hat.

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re: last reblog this has made me aware of the continued existence of a whole snape stan subculture who do in fact seem to all regularly use the term snater to denote their hated enemies. i knew there was still a marauders fandom who consider themselves not transphobic because they've convinced themselves their whole deal is separate from the rest of the books and doesn't count or something but somehow it never occurred to me that would mean their opposite numbers also still exist. i guess i kind of assumed they must have disbanded in embarrassment after snapewives became a well known thing

the funniest thing i have discovered after a search of the tag is SEVERAL snape stans making fun of some snater on tiktok for listening to the hamilton soundtrack. yeah hamilton is the most cringe fandom involved here. this is going to sustain me all day

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I love that Edwin is this tall, broad shouldered guy who can run really fast and gets clocked by their client as the strong guy between him and Charles, but Edwin is uninterested in any physical combat and entirely relies on Charles and his giant backpack, and his willingness of beating up anyone with his bat

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(I know this has been gifed a thousand times but I couldn't help it)

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I think the phrase "hot and bothered" is a bit unfortunate as I'm experiencing the "it's 36 degrees out there and everything irritates me" type way more often than the "🥵 wanna touch" type

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if you ever doubt the effectiveness of propaganda, just try saying that the usa isn't exceptional where an american leftist can hear you

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No you don't get it, I'm a Good Person. You don't understand. I'm a Good Person which makes it okay for me to think violently about the Enemy, who is Bad Person. I'm commenting "you should be violently murdered" because I'm Good Person and you're Bad Person. You think saying that to someone is fucked up?? You should be violently murdered, you're probably Bad Person anyway

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a scene must be included PRIOR to sex where the characters READ their birth certificates OUT LOUD so the reader will know they were born on the SAME DATE to avoid any disgusting AGE GAPS

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(The hoops I had to jump through to make my phone write this emoji!)

Look who it is! You are like an Austrian garden fairy to me, a benevolent mythical creature, a little spirit that exists right at the edge between the domestic and the wild. You know? There's something absolutely enchanting about you. Call it an aura, if you want. I love getting little glimpses into your life (thank you for taking us all to Castlefest every year!) and you have such a good aesthetic going on, everything you reblog is just the coolest thing I have ever seen, and you do and make so many interesting things.

I'm so happy I get to exist here with you 💚

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i would like a word with george rexstrew specifically for his delivery of "as more than a friend, i'm afraid. charles, i'm in love with you" because he isn't lying, he is afraid. he is choking on the words, his voice breaks. he is so small, which is so different from his normal "astronomically huge ego". he doesn't want to say it, but he has to, because it might be his last chance. and charles has to know.

and we get all of this in two sentences.

and to think this was his first major role.

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TOGAS!! Hello, beloved! I adore you so much, you are so smart, you know so many things and you have an excellent analytical mind. You know that I admire you as a writer. You're the sort of person I would love to get drunk with at a campfire (if you don't drink, alcohol is optional, but you know what I mean). Wish you didn't live on literally the other side of the planet tho 🥲