#is that embarrassing

[romanceyourdemons]

cyclo (1995) is an absolute treat to watch. it is tran anh hung’s second film after the scent of green papaya (1993), and, like that film and to an even greater extent, it uses rich colors, striking scenarios, beautiful camera movements, and incredible soundscaping to render its two hours with a very loose plot absolutely captivating at every point. the soundtrack in particular is not only gorgeous but sounds almost kurosawa-esque, and interleaves with portions of the film soundtracked with unforgiving and nearly overwhelming ambient city noise to both enhance and facilitate the narrative’s shifting from almost neo-realist to almost dreamlike. although, as in the scent of green papaya (1993), the plot is loose and slow, the acting—especially from tran nu yen khe and tony leung chiu-wai—as well as a number of motifs keep the film highly emotionally cohesive. of all the motifs, the one that is most striking to me is that of water. water, and particularly running water, is present in virtually all the scenes in which the characters are most clearly shown to be helpless in choosing the course of their lives. this water is transmuted at times to blood or to paint, or, in several key moments of life-altering helplessness, to urine as the characters themselves become nothing but sources of water. the constant, endless, and uncontrollable motion of water juxtaposes the volitionally movement of the cyclo after which the film and its main character are named; this cyclo is stolen at the beginning of the film in a moment that seemed to echo bicycle thieves (1947), and, after its theft, the gradual and unstoppable converging fates of the characters carry them like water into catastrophe. this film is beautiful, and i highly recommend it, but i must warn of several extended scenes with flashing lights. despite that, cyclo (1995) is a beautiful and subtly done film that i deeply enjoyed and would highly recommend

[stuckinapril]

people who only use conventional social media are so funny bc they’ll casually be like “can I see your tumblr??” are you Insane. this is no instagram or twitter. this is my vault of secrets

[androgynealienfemme]

It didn’t hit me until recently that people genuinely think Kamala Harris was a police officer because of all the people who call her a cop online.

Like I think maybe it’s important people should know she was a prosecutor. She was once a district attorney and later an attorney general for the state of California. And we can discuss how related that is to police work and how tied she is to the carceral system etc etc (but for fairness would have to include her record of pushing for lowering incarceration rates through programs helping former prisoners + her office refusing to jail folks for low level weed offense). But she was never a police officer. Like people should get that clear. Kamala Harris was never a police officer. She was a district attorney. She was never a police officer.

[machine-saint]

look at this wacky thing the google AI results just showed me!

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[anartificialsatellite]

The older I get the more I admire people who are earnestly, genuinely into whatever their thing is. I know it sounds like an annoying cliche but unless you're being cruel or hurtful there is really no need to be normal about things. The dude with the bad fake accent at the renaissance faire is having the time of his life. The people having photoshoots with their fashion dolls are loving it. The old lady with a yard unreasonably full of tacky ass lawn ornaments is having a blast, HOA be damned.

Don't waste your time being too cool to have fun, y'know?

[randalltier]

Good morning Mr. Jigsaw I noticed that this trap has a time limit of 60 minutes but as per my accommodations through the school Center of Disability Resources I get time and a half on exams and quizzes is that still something I can apply to this game right now? Thank you for understanding have a nice day

[wasabi-gumdrop]

local ladies man’s signature move totally useless against autistic monster enthusiast. more on Kabru’s fumble era at 6

[tomatoshoup]

what even is a crush

[tariah23]

White people are miserable, racist losers period. They’ve even been getting mad at Japanese people for correcting them about Yasuke as well.

[caffeinatedopossum]

Me when I remember something I said ages ago that was wrong or my values no longer align with

[planefood]

rules for thee and not for me

[chloesimaginationthings]

You know Henry’s final speech went hard in FNAF

[notherpuppet]

Radioapple at the beach

[lemongogo]

dont forget what happened to icarus

[hawberries]

this is the chilchuck situation . to me

(a reference to twelfth night (2009) ft anne hathaway)