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The Wicked movie did so many fantastic things but the one that I keep thinking about is one of the smallest and insignificant things.

The 1939 Universal Pictures logo remaster and the Wizard of Oz styled logo in the movie - completely forgoing the modern Wicked marketing logo. its one of the things that matters the least, since they don't impact the story at all. The movie could be exactly the same without the logo motifs. But I don't know. There's something about their extremely deliberate decision to make Wicked evoke memories of the MGM Wizard of Oz - along with decisions like making Glinda's initial bubble dress pink instead of blue, and making sure that the Wizard's giant face lightshow had pulsing pyrotechnics - that I find so dang charming. It's one of those things that they could only do for movie too, because like the MGM Wizard of Oz, this version of Wicked is a movie. They really want you to feel like this is a prequel/alternate retelling, in every way.

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Everybody stop what you’re doing RIGHT NOW and celebrate the last Out of Touch Thursday of 2020

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hate when people are like "trust your gut! listen to your intuition!" like okay well my gut is telling me every person i lay eyes on is hunting me for sport and my intuition is saying i should find a secluded cave and live there forever so what do you suggest i do with that information

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Make it make sense

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If you want the actual answer, Defunctland recently made an amazing documentary about all of this. Please watch it, it’s fascinating and low key I think it could prompt some really good analog horror content.

(If you don’t have an hour and 45 minutes to spare right now, here is a paltry summary: Walt Disney‘s obsession with both automotons and Abraham Lincoln, combined with his “Dream Big Regardless of Practicality or the Concerns of Your Employees” philosophy, leads to the invention of the modern animatronic as we know it. Consequentially the Hall of Presidents is arguably meant to stroke Walt Disney’s ego more than America’s.)

But seriously watch the video, it’s amazing.

why does the US have a theme park ride thats just presidential speeches. who would want to visit that. that sounds like something yeonmi park would make up about north korea

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Taylor swift has fallen down into a scary hole

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My boyfriend was showing me his cat and I leaned over to kiss the cat on his soft little baby head and he went "meow" and scrambled away because I'd been wearing my headphones and I accidentally jabbed him with the microphone.

And I said "Damn, this is exactly like in the Iliad"

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Ayoo just to preempt the inevitable dumb takes we’re about to start seeing;

I am PRO-WOOL

I am PRO-LEATHER

I am PRO-BEES

Fuck the idea of replacing durable, sustainable animal products with cheap, flimsy plastic that doesn’t bio-degrade. Agave nectar and other artificial sweeteners are expensive, labor-intensive, and destroy the environment to be farmed.

Do not buy into pernicious marketing campaigns pushed by dickhead organizations trying to stay relevant, like PETA.

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I am searching for a term that may not exist:

I have a husband

He has a brother, who is my brother-in-law

My brother-in-law has a wife. Now colloquially, she is my sister in law, but is there a distinction to indicate she is also my husband's sister-in-law and not his sister? Is she my sister-in-law-in-law? My sister twice removed?

This is not actually the term I'm after but it'll help.

My brother-in-law's wife has siblings. Who are they in relation to me? I see my sister-in-law-in-law's brother more than I see her, but is there a way to explain that he's family?

Now, the real term I'm after: my sister-in-law-in-law's brother has a daughter. Is she my niece? Second cousin some degree removed??

Like, kinship trees vary wildly by culture, but I feel like there might be terms for these by-marriage relatives from inheritance law or something?

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Frank invented a holiday? He's so prolific!

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people will say "why cant the eldritch gods just be nice to humans :((" and then kill a bug for existing near them

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Eclipse of the Sun in Venice in July 8, 1842 by Ippolito Caffi.

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SHUT UP

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Went to Historiska (the history museum) and found these absolute gems in their shop

Tag yourself I'm the snail fighting the knight