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I do not understand dick. I'll admit it. I'll say it.

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I just saw one of those “Jesus wanted everyone to love each other” asks where the Christian pile-on gotcha answer was, and I’m going to oversimplify it, “Jesus was actually murdered because he was a brutally honest dick” and you know, sure, people throw out that “hey you’re not being very loving as I understand love for being a member of the love religion, why aren’t you behaving how I want you to behave” gotcha a lot, often that kind of statement is made in exceeding bad faith by someone who has nothing but deep contempt for religion, and further, we all make God in our own image and I can’t help but feel like people who feel compelled to point out what an abrasive and combative person Jesus was are themselves—but I digress

I’m not sure how to articulate this

Jesus is more severe than people who think he was some kind of 1960s free love hippie like to imagine, but I can’t help but think that the people who are a little too happy, gleeful even, to shove the perception in the opposite direction are also missing something

Whose is the greater sin? Do we prefer to stand before God accused of being too tolerant or too legalistic?

I’m not sure, but, I think that people who are incapable of squaring the circle of Christ preaching love AND being crucified, and think therefore he must have been incredibly abrasive, are underestimating how angry you can make some people by being, say, extremely merciful

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"Hey, what do you want for Ch-"

I don't know, as soon as you started the question, I somehow momentarily was struck with such a lack of desire for any material goods that there's now a school of thought in Buddhism who reveres my ADHD riddled brain as a potential speedrun to enlightment.

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i’m seeing a lot of people reblogging suicide hotlines and this is just a reminder that this is a suicide help line that works like a text-based instant messenger for people who may need to talk to someone but have trouble/are uncomfortable making phone calls

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Time to see if enough people know both characters enough to pick an answer 😅

Put 2 of your Blorbos in a poll (in the reblogs section) and let people vote who they think would win in a fight

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We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.

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The Muppets as Goncharov (1973)

the only goncharov remake I want is a muppets version

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*goes to type "congrats!" on my mutual's post*

what if they're being sarcastic? what if they think I'm being sarcastic? what if I mistype and accidentally type kill yourself?? what if congrats is actually a slur everyone knows about except for me???????

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I love it when the bible says “but God”

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Hey uh I was wondering what you thought about the fact that Jesus literally wanted everyone to be chill and love one another bc you’re super homophobic which is not what he’d want

Jesus was murdered. Whenever someone presents a watered down version of Jesus like you’re doing here, I really wonder if that fact is completely ignored. People who weren’t His followers were outraged by His ministry and set the events of His death in motion. And that wasn’t because He said what everyone wanted to hear and said “sin all you want, I don’t care.” He actively pointed out sin. He called people to repent for their sins. He told the woman caught in adultery who He saved from stoning, “Go and sin no more”. And that’s what He says to each and every one of us.

He wasn’t scourged to the point that his bones muscles were exposed and he literally became unrecognizable, then nailed to a cross because people thought he was “chill”.

Jesus is God in the flesh and God has wrath against sin of every type. But His love made a way for us to be forgiven and have eternal life with Him. He made a way for us to be spared of that wrath. He took the punishment that is rightfully ours upon Himself. But Him making a way for us to escape that punishment doesn’t mean He is suddenly okay with sin and accepts us engaging in sin.

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life is actually about thanking the bus driver when you get off the bus

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Gordon: "I've been doing some digging, and I think I found a link between the two of them who can give us the full picture."

Batman: "Who do we need to go after?"

Gordon: "Matches Malone."

Batman:

Batman: "I beg your pardon?"

Gordon: "I have reliable intel that he's got a wide range of contacts in the criminal underworld and apparently he's faked his death a few times. He's exactly the kind of guy that could behind this."

Batman, nervous: "Yes. He's eluded me for a long time."

Gordon: "I'm going to lay a trap for the guy."

Batman:

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It is so, so important to me that people understand that Tim didn't figure out the bats because Dick was a "Show off". Like yes, Dick Grayson is the most flamboyant, dramatic ass man you will ever meet.

But the quadruple somersault? There's no way that was because dick was just showing off. Because you're telling me Bruce Wayne, who's so committed to hiding his identity that he literally acts like a completely different person out of the mask in public just to ward suspicion, would miss the fact that Robin regularly uses the flying Grayson's trademark move? There's literally no way.

In the comics we see Tim explain his deductive process to Dick and Alfred and they're both surprised impressed whatever. We don't see him explain it to Bruce. I think Bruce would be surprised and shocked that a 9 year old was able to put the pieces together but I don't think he'd be surprised that the quadruple somersault gave it away.

So if Bruce was possibly aware of such an obvious give away, why let it continue?

I'll tell you why.

It really comes down to the physics

So Dick was 9 when he started out right? That means the most he'd have likely weighed was 43kgs or roughly 95lbs in freedom units.

But Dick and both of his parents are gymnasts who tend to be smaller. So he was likely less than that.

In physics, rotating objects build up angular momentum (this is how bikes stay up right for example). The more rotation, the more momentum. And objects with less mass build up that momentum much faster than those that are heavier.

Robin constantly has to fight people who are nearly 3 times his size. I teach 8 year olds, they're tiny. A quadruple somersault for a small boy that weighs less than a hundred pounds is a brutal weapon. Especially if you add in the acceleration from gravity as he drops in from above.

And I can guarantee you this logic tracks because Dick literally utilizes this idea, without the somersault, in the 2009 teen titans cartoon.

Yeah, that's right. We're talking about the infamous knee drop.

Like it is borderline savage. Add in a quadruple somersault and the resulting force is nearly fatal. It's likely the main reason Batman would ever allow him to do it with the cape on.

Also, Dick landing feet first on the penguin in the first image probably gave the guy severe back issues

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I really don’t know how im gonna survive the transition to the post crisis version of the passing of the Robin mantle because this is it. this is perfection. this is such a bittersweet perfect ending for Dick’s time as Robin and it hurts so bad to know it’s gonna be completely bastardised.

I’m gonna be thinking about “Tears mist Bruce’s eyes as he speaks to the boy, looking at THE MAN” “Too choked to speak, Dick Grayson simply nods” FOREVER NOW. We had it all and then it was brutally taken away

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Tumblr makes sense to me bc if i see something i like i get excited and hit the button to show other people and theres no weird unspoken social conventions my autistic brain doesnt understand. I can literally sit here and reblog 150 niche shitposts about harvest mice in an hour just bc they make me happy and i dont have to explain myself to anyone and i'll actually *gain* followers instead of just being called weird and downvoted or whatever its so cool

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i never want to read the words "live action remake" ever AGAIN!!!!

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i find it so interesting how people act like "critically examining a piece of media" is the opposite of "enjoying that piece of media." rip to you but i actually find it really enjoyable and compelling to dissect and think through the art i engage with