#amusing things

[vinceaddams]

People who try to copy historical writing styles don't say enough weird stuff in them. I'm listening to a 1909 story about a ghost car right now, and the narrator just said he honked the car horn a bunch of times, but the way he phrased it was "I wrought a wild concerto on the hooter".

[hiduprakyat]

theyre playing red wine supernova at the hijab store???

[sunshine-and-hatred]

when my mom wants to watch a movie she texts me like a fuckboy

[black-cat-aoife]

The most German of crimes

[thenotebookwizard]

Someone shared this with me.

I was called out.

My answer is:

[missrenge]

"Merchandising! Merchandising! Merchandising!" - Yogurt Spaceballs

[sarahthecoat]

the other thing that happens is your friend wants to wear something "medieval" to the ren fair or whatever, and you need to know a lot more about the date (not just the century, the decade) and the place (spain is not like france is not like england is not like... etc) they want to look like, before you can begin to suggest anything.

The thing they don't tell you about getting really into one specific historical period is that very quickly every conversation turns into an attempt to avoid sounding like the "horribly wet in wexford today but not as bad as in the 690s" tweet

[vinceaddams]

This was quite funny! Highly recommend if you want an hour and 40 minute lighthearted 1870's story about a Very Dignified Victorian Lady getting into a very silly and awkward situation.

[hiduprakyat]

sorry why is spn trending again

[sunshine-and-hatred]

y’all it took me so many tries to read this correctly

[sarahthecoat]

i grew up with this too! also there is a dover reprint.

my grandma has this 115 year old picture book, and apparently in 1907 they would just let you publish anything

[vinceaddams]

Wow, such fantastic deals in this email I've been sent

[vinceaddams]

The planet of the bass video sent me down a youtube rabbit hole yesterday, and I came across a song with these lyrics:

"I'm like a cake that wants to be baked I'm like a pie made for hungry guys My body's burning like a flame that's blue It's time for action baby cut me in two Slice me nice, slice me nice, slice me nice"

(Fancy - Slice Me Nice, 1984)

[dionysus-complex]

funniest Kamala Harris VP picks go

[marmota-b]

And I love him for it. I'm in Central Europe, most contemporary and nearly-contemporary American references fly over my head. This, this I can actually understand and come to appreciate the references.

I love how Defunctland is like "in order to describe the history of this one specific dark ride, I think I will recount the entire history of dark rides as a whole, starting with the American picnic trend in the 1800s" and I am like "oh YEAH let's have it!!! Gimme that information"

[hiduprakyat]

ah so THATS why It's trending