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wild and really disturbing how hard it is to get people to accept they dont ‘need’ to wear makeup to exist in public. like, you say that and the response will be “yeah! you dont need to have an hour long routine quick and sloppy makeup looks good too” and youre like, no, you actually dont need to wear it at all and the response is like “yeah! honestly all you need is foundation and eyeliner you dont need all that extra stuff” into infinity

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Finally.

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*finishes reading a full book in 3 hours* who am i

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Berserk mangaka Kentaro Miura passes away at 54

News - It’s with a heavy heart that I must pass along the news that Kentaro Miura, creator of the Berserk manga, has died. In a press release from his publisher, it was revealed that Miura passed suddenly on May 6, 2021 from an acute aortic dissection. His family held a private service for him earlier this month before releasing the news to the public.

Kentaro Miura was an incredible talent: at the age of 18, Miura was hired to be a manga assistant for George Morikawa, the mangaka of legendary boxing manga Hajime no Ippo, but was quickly let go when Morikawa saw his work and recognized his artistic talent. He told him there was nothing he could teach him that he didn’t already know. 

In 1988, he was already working with renowned Fist of the North Star writer Buronson on a manga called King of Wolves. It was during this time, he started to come up with the prototype that would later turn into Berserk.

At age 23, Miura’s Berserk began serialization in 1989. The series had been ongoing ever since, and spawned various anime adaptations, video games, and even a novel. Because of it’s long-time legacy and popularity, Berserk reached a sprawling, varied audience over the years, and it’s influence became vast and far-reaching: from the similarly moody & huge sword-wielding characters like Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy 7 and Sanosuke Sagara in Rurouni Kenshin, to the familiar armor & weapon styles of the Dark Souls and Monster Hunter games. The impact Berserk had on the fantasy genre and fiction in general, even outside of anime & manga, is unmistakable and undeniable.

Miura and his work left a huge mark on the world, thus leaving an even larger shaped hole in the creative world now that he’s passed. Berserk wasn’t just an ultraviolent fantasy series: it was also a story of trauma, redemption, and hope. While it’s unclear if anything will happen with Berserk now that he’s gone, he did state in an interview in 2000 that he “couldn’t have such a long, grim story end with a grim ending.” Recent chapters seemed to hint at that, as well. 

As tired as the old saying might be, though? It’s not the destination that’s important, it’s the journey. The characters of Kentaro Miura have touched many readers all over the world, and will continue to live on in our hearts for many years.

RIP, Kentaro Miura. Thank you for everything. 

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a few years ago there was an exposé in the intercept about how, according to the fbi, police departments are so thoroughly infiltrated by white supremacists that it's policy to avoid working with them when possible. just something to think about

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Imagine “condemning” posting links to charities that helps injured civilians and saying you will be working to remove them.

This is Zionism.

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i was looking everywhere in the car for my vape because i lost it and I found these instead

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Folks act like that “guy who’s in a polycule but he’s not dating anyone, he’s just there” post is a joke, but I’ve literally met that guy. I’ve met multiple iterations of that guy. He’s not related to anyone, you’re pretty sure he’s not dating anyone either, but he’s been crashing on the couch for the last four years. It’s unclear what he does for a living, if anything, though he has a strikingly comprehensive knowledge of home maintenance and repair. He can barbecue anything. The kids call him “Uncle”.

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if you’re on tumblr and over the age of 24 it means the mental illness won

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Rock Apparently Factors Into Girlfriend’s Shower Routine

SEATTLE—Saying he was confused about the full extent of its purpose as well as its overall benefit, local man Jacob Ferris, 25, nonetheless surmised today that the oblong rock located in girlfriend Sarah Milstein’s shower caddy must somehow factor into her bathing routine, sources confirmed.

“I guess at some point while she’s showering, she rubs a rock on her body,” said Ferris, expressing what he claimed was “the only possible conclusion” about the light-gray rock in his girlfriend’s bathroom. “I mean, it looks sort of nice, so she could just have it there for decoration or something. But it’s usually right near all the other soaps and her loofah, so I think it’s probably something she actually uses while under the water.”

“I really don’t know how it all works,” Ferris added. “All I know is that in between Sarah getting into the shower and getting out, there’s a rock involved.”

Ferris, who said he was unable to determine exactly when in the showering process the rock first comes into play, told reporters he is equally clueless about what part of the body the rock is used on.

In addition, Ferris said he occasionally inspects the roughly 3-ounce object when he’s in Milstein’s shower, and told reporters that the rock is nearly always wet and is occasionally moved to slightly different spots within the bathtub, leading him to believe that his girlfriend uses it fairly regularly. He also noted his girlfriend’s bathing time never seems particularly longer than the average person’s considering she has added a rock into the mix.

Ferris added that all attempts to incorporate the rock into his own shower routine have ultimately been unsuccessful.

“I tried rubbing it on my skin once, and it hurt,” Ferris said, concluding that pouring soap and water directly onto the rock neither made it softer nor easier on his skin. “I could maybe see how it could get some dirt off of your body, but it seems too painful to work. Her skin usually looks nice though, so maybe I’m wrong.”

“There is a chance it could be a hair thing,” Ferris continued. “Maybe she rubs the rock in her hair? I don’t know.”

Ferris confirmed he has considered numerous reasons for why his girlfriend uses the rock in the shower, including that she has some type of skin condition, that the rock is some sort of weird tradition her family has, or that everyone uses rocks in the shower and he has been out of the loop the entire time.

“It could be for cleaning the bathtub,” said Ferris, adding he once suspected the rock was a device for making the bathroom smell nice, but then noticed it had no discernible smell whatsoever. “Like every few weekends she scrubs the tub with this rock? I guess I could see Sarah doing that.”

While Ferris said he is mostly certain that the rock was initially purchased at a home goods store of some kind, he was not able to completely rule out the possibility it was just a rock that his girlfriend found on the ground and decided to put in her shower.

“I wonder if I should put a rock in my shower for when she’s over here,” said Ferris, who said he once tried to locate a rock at a Bed Bath & Beyond, but left after not wanting to walk up to a sales clerk and ask them where they kept their “shower rocks.” “Or I could just tell her to leave a rock at my place if she wants.”

“I’m probably not going to do that,” Ferris added.

At press time, a visibly perplexed Ferris had seen the rock sitting in Milstein’s trashcan and then looked in the shower to see another rock sitting in its place.

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