#-not being australian???

[steakout-05]

hey wait i have a question..... if Jetpack Joyride certainly does take place in Australia, why are literally none of the other main/side characters Australian or Australian sounding??? why is Barry (and also Robo-Barry) the only one who has a noticeable audible Australian accent and presumably grew up with white-boy Aussie culture???? like, Craig sounds American, his buddy Steve sounds American (as do literally all the other scientists), Brains sounds American, literally none of the other characters from Really Bad Corp are Australian (which makes sense considering most of them are beasts or aliens), they gave Betty an American accent in the "Will Barry Steakfries Survive?" trailer thingy which is just??? huh?????? i thought she was?????? also Australian???????????????

we(to be fair, Betty does mention in the Thanksgiving JJ2 Event that many things are opposite in her universe, which may also include her nationality. still though, the amount of America in this game that takes place in Australia is perplexing to me. like. where are all the other Australians what happened to them where are they)

[archrries]

Humans cracking their knuckles as an intimidation tactic against aliens

Can you imagine being an alien and this thing just broke its bones at you?????

I'd be scared tbh

Why did it make that noise

That's a bone breaking noise

It's like those ppl who bite off their acrylics before a fight

[kurara-black-blog]

I just love the "they're more scared of you than you are of them" thing because, yeah, Earth is a Deathworld filled with very dangerous beings, but also everyone in it is scared and would rather not interact with each other unless necessary

Alien: This is a very dangerous animal!

Human: Don't worry, we'll just walk away.

Alien: But it's watching us!

Human: It's hoping we leave already, so we're leaving.

Alien: It... It is?

Human: Yeah, it is more scared of us than we are of it. Let's go before the fight instinct kicks in because then it'll become a dangerous animal

Alien:...

[faunandfloraas]

Countdown to Seungmin's Birthday

↘ D-7: His best (cute) friend, Felix.

[rockatanskette]

One of the running themes in "humans are space orcs" circles is the idea that humans will bond with anything. I can think of plenty of stories of humans making friends with wild animals, alligators, predators, creatures that aliens would immediately recognize as too dangerous for contact. But I was reading a story about two orangutans released back into the wild today and there's a certain element to that story I haven't seen so often: humans will bond with animals regardless of whether the bond is reciprocal.

For every story of a human making friends with some unlikely creature, there are dozens of stories of conservation specialists tranquilizing animals, tending to their wounds or illness, and releasing them because they're too dangerous to handle consciously. Stories of tagging birds of prey and timber wolves and Siberian tigers. Fat Bear Week? Any of those bears would rip your face off without hesitation. But they're round and fluffy and intimidating and beautiful and we love them even though they hate us. We make an effort to protect our monsters, because we love our monsters.

Imagine an alien planet that's experiencing ecological degradation. Their flora is dying, and they can't figure out why. And, offhandedly, in a diplomatic mission, an allied planet mentions that humans have successfully reversed similar devastation on Earth. So they reach out and Earth sends some experts to check it out. And what do they suggest? Reintroducing an apex predator that used to be a scourge against alien settlements. The species still exists in other regions of the planet, but it is slowly disappearing outside of its native habitat.

The aliens are askance. They've told bedtime stories to their young of these creatures: how they tear apart their prey, how they've eaten their organs and rip apart their homes. Some suggest that it's a trick—that the humans are trying to prompt them into destroying themselves.

But there are many alien cultures on this planet, with many different stories and some of them agree. The world watches in anticipation as the humans help their predators. They seek them out, these fearless otherworlders, putting them to sleep and tending their wounds. They keep track of the beasts, not to harm them, but to protect them.

At first the doomsayers' prophecy seems to come true. The predators devour prey animals like a feast, like a slaughter to people who have never been so close to the circle of life. But then, slowly, not over months but over years, comes change. The prey no longer eat the leaves and buds of every tree; some are left to bloom and fall. The refuse rots in the dirt, and the floods cease as the soil grows thick with compost and rotted bone, thick enough to hold water. The shapes of rivers change to protect their surroundings from the rain. The pollinators rebound.

Decades later, other cities and nations begin to accept this human myth of "conservation." Champions arise, alien champions, now, who go into the depths of the wilderness and the seas to protect those predators from the apathy of time.

Not all of them make it. This is something else the humans teach. Sometimes the tranquilizers are not enough. Sometimes the timing is wrong. Sometimes accidents happen. And when they do, the aliens look to humans for an answer for why they should protect these creatures who have killed those they love?

"Because they knew the risks," the humans say. "Because they would be the first to speak to save them. Because they taught you to see the beauty in the wild and you must not close your eyes."

So, despite themselves, they don't.

[pucksandpower]

Charles Leclerc went from P8 to P4.

On a one-stop strategy.

By putting on an absolute masterclass in driver management.

I don’t think there are many other drivers on the grid (if any) who could have managed that.

Driver of the Day and it isn’t even close.

And Jules … I know he is so proud of Charles right now ❤️

[aussievriska]

Reblog for more reach!

[fckbatmanhiskidsareminenow]

Batkids as me and my siblings part i don’t remember

this is shorter but i haven’t posted in ages so here you go

steph: omg you homophobic motherfucker

cass: ??

steph: sorry my egg

jason: omg i HATE baking paper it and i are enemies

dick: enemies to lovers

jason: no we’re never gonna be lovers

damian: i’m up u wanker

cass crouches down

bruce: omg darling get up you look like a gnome

cass: *gasp* 😧🫢 that’s foul

damian: what button do i press to cut the rope?

tim: y

damian: because i need to cut it

tim: *points to button on controller* y

dick: i’ve already decided what im gonna do

babs: hmm?

dick: i’m gonna manipulate bruce

jason: what are you guys dressed as? losers?

tim and steph look at each other: yes actually

jason: omg

[chanrizard]

CHRIS BANG #4 🐺 221128

[thearchercore]

max: the brakes are not working!!

also max: *goes p1*

charles: i had traffic:(

also charles: *goes p1, sets fastest lap of the circuit*

[yesloulou]

Daniel and Max interviews with Georgie Tunny for Network 10 Australia | Wednesday, 2024 Australian Grand Prix 🇦🇺

[wulfhalls]

single sexiest thing that ever happened in anything star wars related and maybe all of television as a whole

[gophergal]

Y'know, I think that bed might be too small

[racewinnerlandonorris]

[pucksandpower]

So … this happened.

The Formula 1 community — and sports fandom as a whole — needs to have a serious conversation about the dangerous commodification and objectification of athletes.

And I know, I write fanfiction — what right do I have talking about any of this? But there is a reason why the cardinal rule of fanfiction is to keep it far removed from those featured in it. Because those of us who create and consume it know about the importance of boundaries.

Boundaries … that are repeatedly being crossed by so-called fans who choose to forget that Formula 1 drivers and all athletes are human beings while sickeningly violating their privacy and encroaching on their safety in real life.

Things need to change.

This is an issue of morality, dignity, and security. It cannot continue.

[seagulley]

Kaija at Gaiziņkalns - the highest point in Latvia. ...we live in a very flat country.