#math meme in full effect

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@kyukicho​ said: You said you were hungry, so I brought you some food ( Senju & Hanma )

from a meme i forgot whoops

  The stupefied expression on Hanma’s face must have prompted the explanation that is offered as Senju stands there, holding out a bag of takeout towards him. He supposed he had said that. That didn’t mean he’d actually expected anything to come from it though. It had just been a casual, indifferent response to the question on how he was.  

  “ Aw, you spoil me! “ Hanma croons with a slightly forced cheerfulness as he accepts the offered bag and pushes away the strange sensation in his chest that takes root.

  Except it doesn’t go away because when he opens the bag, he’s made immediately aware of the fact that all of it is what he orders from that restaurant. It’s not like his order is the most obscure thing, but some of the dishes aren’t particularly popular either and wouldn’t be what someone just guessed. Which means she’d been paying attention. It shouldn’t strike so much of a cord, but it does. He’s not the kind of person who people remember the details of. They remember him because he pisses them off. They remember long limbs and deceptively thin appearance that hides a brutal strength and even more monstrous endurance and stamina level. They remember his sing-song taunts and smug grin. They DON’T remember Hanma’s favorite meals or the brand he most often smokes or mundane details like that.

“ Hanma? “

  Hanma is snapped out of his thoughts as he hears Senju’s voice and offers what he hopes is a convincingly assured smile in response.

 “ Don’t mind me ~ I was just admiring the bounty.  “  Hanma answers as he pulls out the feast. No matter how much he ate though, Hanma never seemed to put on any weight.

  He tucks into the food, his stomach growling to remind him of the fact he is hungry despite the fact he hadn’t been bothered to get up to get food himself. Sometimes there are moments like that. Where he can barely be bothered to do something that he knows he should. Once there’d been a voice to call for him. Now? His chewing slows and then he shoves it all away to focus on Senju instead.

  “  You want some?  “  He offers, holding up one of the gyoza towards her with his chopsticks, grinning. “ Say aaah ~ “  A playful encouragement as he holds it just out of reach.  

[alphabetatoes]

an introduction to supplementary planning (mr. ben (snl) x reader)

a.n.: pedro might have only played a teacher for 5 minutes, but his impact was infinite <3

summary: a new school, a dual planning period, and overnight oats create an interesting start to the school year.

w.c.: 581

It was the start of the school year and Room 2404 was to be your home away from home for the foreseeable future. St. Lawrence High School had hired you on as the new English 4 teacher, and today was your first actual exposure to the academic environment.

You had heard bits and pieces of advice for your first year at Lawrence

“Crack your door at an angle of 45 degrees for the best draft.” “If the kids ask to share their screen, 9 times out of 10 it will end up being a meme you can barely decipher.” “Get friendly with Mr. Ben and the kids just might make you two the school’s IT couple.”

The last bit of advice had you the most intrigued. Mr. Ben had a reputation for being the teacher heartthrob, and you were fortunate enough to share a hallway with him.

Right before you reached your room, you could hear 80’s Boat Rock bustling through your neighbor’s door. Ben danced around his room, prepping the space for the kids soon to arrive. Math and science decor covered the walls, but it was so uniquely him.

Finally able to drop the last of your supplies off in your room, you practically sunk into the chair at your desk. Until a knock at your door had you sitting up straighter than a ruler.

“No kids? Guess we’re both fortunate to have a planning time during 1st period.” A hint of sarcasm peaked through his voice. You couldn’t help but smirk at his utter dismay for the morning.

“Well, since you’re halfway through the door- I could use a planning buddy to help show me the ropes.”

“Sure thing. Let me grab my lesson plans and I’ll be back faster than you can say ‘isosceles’!” Ben was gone for a split second and had returned with a binder full of instructional material.

The two of you had been on the grind and slowly inched closer to each other as the hour passed. You had no problem with it at all. He was a heartthrob, and you were getting a friend out of it as well. Duality had never looked better. … “Okay, I know we’ve been here for an hour, but I have to ask-“, he paused for dramatic effect. “What is that awful smell coming from the fridge?”

Honestly, you were relieved that someone else had taken note of the odor. You couldn’t tell if you were just in your head and making up every worst case scenario possible. To both of your simultaneous dismay and relief, the oder increased tenfold once the refrigerator door was opened.

“Overnight oats? Looks like it’s been left here more than just a night. My hypothesis is that this was a lunch that never came to be and has thus become an unintentional welcome gift.”

“The scientific method? Now you’re definitely securing a spot in my heart!”

His laugh. If a laugh were personified as an action, his would be the hug of your nearest and dearest friend. All your new school jitters disappeared in the time you had gotten to spend with him.

Abruptly, the school bell rang to signify the end of 1st period.

“Same time tomorrow?” This was a proposal you knew could only have one correct answer.

“You know where to find me.”, you winked.

Although it was your first year at a completely new campus, you could already tell it was going to be a good one.

[sciencestyled]

The Alchemical Marriage of Pi and DNA: A Hilariously Twisted Saga of Mathematics in Science Education

Ladies, gentlemen, and distinguished nerds of the jury, strap yourselves in and adjust your monocles; we're about to embark on a wild ride through the whimsically warped world of mathematics in science education. Imagine, if you will, a universe where Pythagoras DJs at the biggest raves, Newton’s apple is a viral meme, and Einstein's hair isn't just a style statement but the ultimate symbol of scientific rebellion. Welcome to the chaos.

Now, let's get down to brass tacks, or should I say, brass abacuses? Science education, that hallowed ground where the brave dare to tread, has long been the breeding ground for future world leaders, Nobel laureates, and that person who finally figures out how to get printers to work on the first try. But at the heart of this intellectual jungle gym is the unsung hero, the silent beatboxer to science's rap battle: mathematics.

Ah, mathematics, the language of the universe, or as I like to call it, the universal gossip column spilling the tea on everything from the atoms twerking in your coffee cup to the swagger of galaxies on the cosmic runway. It's the tool that transforms the abstract into the "Oh, snap, I get it now!" moments in various science disciplines. Whether it's statistical analysis, modeling, or computational methods, math is the secret sauce that makes the science burger taste so darn good.

Picture this: you're chilling in biology class, right? Suddenly, the teacher drops the bomb that DNA replication is basically just a very meticulous braid of nucleotides, kind of like your cousin trying to explain the plot of "Inception" – it's all about patterns, baby! And who's there, with a smug smile and a calculator? Math, ready to explain the party tricks of enzymes and the RSVP list of amino acids.

Or how about when you're knee-deep in environmental science, crying into your recycled notebook about deforestation, and boom! Math swoops in, cape billowing, with statistical models that predict the effects of human folly on Mother Nature's mood swings. It's like having a crystal ball, but instead of vague warnings about tall, dark strangers, you get graphs and charts showing precisely how screwed we might be if we don’t change our ways.

And let’s not forget the rock stars of the scientific world: physics and chemistry, where math plays the lead guitar and occasionally smashes it on stage. Want to know why atoms don't just decide to break up the band and go solo? Quantum mechanics, with its mathematical autographs, has the answers. Curious about the cosmic mosh pit that is the universe? General relativity throws down the equations to keep the party going at the speed of light.

But, dear audience, it's not all just numbers and equations, oh no. Mathematics in science education is like the ultimate crossover episode where every character from your favorite shows turns up. It's "The Avengers" of academia, where every discipline brings its own superpowers to the table, united by the common goal of understanding this weird, wonderful, and absolutely bonkers reality we call home.

And in this era of technological razzle-dazzle, computational methods stand at the forefront like the cool kids in class, coding their way through problems like hackers in a Hollywood movie, minus the dubious ethics and questionable fashion choices. From mapping the human genome to simulating climate change scenarios, computational science is the VIP lounge of the academic club, and math is the bouncer deciding who gets in.

So, as we stand on the precipice of knowledge, gazing into the abyss of ignorance, let us remember the words of the great sage, Weird Al Yankovic, "I was valedictorian, I got a full ride to MIT, and I was on a very strict diet of milk, fish, and honey - until I started to break out in Pi." Mathematics in science education isn't just a subject; it's a lifestyle, a state of mind, and the ultimate cosmic joke that we're all in on.

In conclusion, as we navigate the labyrinthine corridors of science education, let us clutch our graphing calculators like the swords of yore, ready to duel with ignorance and emerge victorious. For in the alchemical marriage of pi and DNA, we find not just answers, but the right questions, the kind that lead us to the edge of the universe and ask, "So, got any snacks?"

And remember, in the grand scheme of things, whether you're splitting atoms or merely splitting hairs over the Oxford comma, mathematics is there, the faithful steed upon which we ride into the sunset of understanding, leaving bewilderment in our wake. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go help Schrödinger's cat out of the box. It's been meowing for quantum assistance, and frankly, the suspense is killing me – or not.

[eemamminy-art]

ask thing!!! 🙃, 🌈, 🌊?

Artist ask meme

🙃 Which is easier: faces facing left, right, or front view?

Left and right are the same, but I favor one over the other if the character has hair parted to the side lol 😂 like I love to draw Aymeric facing right (the viewer's right) otherwise his curly bangs cover up a good bit of his face, for example. Same thing with Zenos, too much hair on his left side so he has to face right. Front view shouldn't be hard but I struggle with symmetry on the nose especially.. can't capture the full magnitude of the big noses I'm drawing when it's from the front, not as enjoyable and my hand tries to shift the nose a little to one side and it's always a disaster

🌈 Do you use more warm or cold colors?

I tend to prefer warm colors when I'm picking colors, but I almost always shade with cool colors. I use masked layers set to multiply or hard light with lowered opacity and make them purple, indigo, or blue usually, and it has a nice effect on top of warm colors. Warm colors are just prettier imo, brown is my favorite color so I tend to put a lot of brown, orange, and red in things when I can! And I use yellow on an overlay, add, or soft light layer for highlights usually, if I'm not just outright color picking them from the image itself.

If for some reason I absolutely need to use a cold palette for the character though, then I tend to shade in pink or red.

🌊 What’s the hardest thing for you to draw?

Legs and feet, I think? I mean I feel like that's really apparent in my art lol. The thing is that I look to my own reflection or the people around me for reference before looking up references online and because I have very very big (and short) legs and flat feet, my perception of what those body parts look like on the average person are a bit skewed. It's fine drawing my own hands because I think those are quite pleasant to look at, same with my own ear or the patterns in which hair shows up on my body. That all translates fine! But trying to drawing legs or feet that don't look like my own is a big big struggle!!

It's been refreshing lately drawing more fat characters though because I feel like it comes really naturally to me, though I always second guess myself on whether I'm going too far with it (afraid of like, people calling it unflattering because so many people don't like the look even though that's how I look)

And outside of human anatomy, I would say perspective is a big struggle for me. I don't like math or planning, I feel like it makes my art very stiff. I want to work on it more and find a way to incorporate more interesting perspectives and angles without compromising the expressiveness of my art!

[rotationalsymmetry]

Yesterday I saw a post about an article about an approach to reading that the article didn’t like.

I pattern-match. Data point one: child me listening to Tom Lehrer’s “New Math”, a satire about what was at the time a new way of teaching math, and thinking yes, that all makes sense though?

Data point two: random internet memes about the Common Core by people making fun of it in ways that did not make sense and suggested that they either don’t understand math or don’t understand education, in particular the idea that explaining things to kids multiple ways increases the odds that one of those ways will click

Data point three: I know people who learned to read (and learned very well) before kindergarten, ie on their own or at least without anything beyond whatever they picked up from Sesame Street, certainly without someone standing over their shoulder correcting them whenever they got a word wrong. Which suggests that making mistakes when reading silently does not actually prevent someone from picking things up later on.

Data point four: remembering reading the Lord of the Rings at age 10 or so and mentally reading a lot of those very long, unfamiliar names as things like G— or maybe G—l, rather than Galadriel. (Which, when I did sound it out, I interpreted as gal-uh-DREE-ul, rather than guh-LAD-ree-el. I got the correct pronunciation eventually from hearing my mom say it.)

Conclusion 1: people always get outraged about any pedagogy that’s different from how they were taught, probably the only way to avoid that is to never change pedagogies, which seems like a poor way to optimize things. That doesn’t mean an improvement is better, but does mean that outrage is not a reliable indicator of worseness.

Conclusion 2: the parent writing this assumed it was bad that her child was making wild guesses about which word was what and then moving on, and that it was better for her to insist that her child get each word correct before turning the page. But is it? Or is it better to do a 70% job and hopefully enjoy the book, with the understanding that kids can improve their reading ability even without being explicitly corrected, that perhaps explicit correction or prompting to sound the word out is neither necessary nor especially helpful to learning how to read compared to having ample time to just…read, even if some of the reading is full of mistakes? This closely mirrors other education controversies. “New Math” and poking fun of prioritizing understanding what you’re doing over getting the right answer. Objections to a “creative spelling” approach to learning to write where spelling mistakes are not corrected.

How music is taught: pros and cons of an approach that largely lets a new student experiment and play, vs an approach that’s focused on practice makes perfect?

How someone learns a new language, whether instant feedback on every mistake is more important than just frequent practice even if the practice contains errors? Thinking about being in drama or creative writing classes where the teacher had us give each other feedback and had to lean really hard into telling us to give positive feedback and trust that most mistakes are newbie nervous mistakes and that getting confidence through repeated practice is more important than being aware of everything done wrong.

Thinking about…is making sure a child doesn’t read “butterfly” as “bird” without some sort of calling attention to the mistake when the kid is just starting out, about teaching the child to read (surely it’s not about teaching the child to enjoy reading) or is it about obedience and embarrassment, oh no, if other parents know my child doesn’t realize that the word “butterfly” cannot possibly sound like “bird” they will think I’m a bad parent…

I mean, obviously the eventually outcome shouldn’t be a child who can’t read “butterfly”, but the question is how to get there and whether frequent external correction/phonetics prompting is actually more effective than just encouraging the kid to read a lot. Now, the article did say literacy rates “remained abysmally low”, but unless that was very bad wording on the writer’s part (a writers who seemed to be showing off their language fluency, so I’d hope not) what that means is literacy rates are about the same as under the previous approach. Which either means both approaches are about equally effective (kinda surprising but possible) or that there is a change for better or for worse that is evened out by other factors affecting literacy, at any rate it is definitely not damning evidence that the approach is worse than the approach the writer grew up with.

Oh, also right at the front of the post was the usual “there are people who misunderstand or maliciously misinterpret my post, clearly this is a failure of academic skills” your problem is still not a reading comprehension problem, that’s still just a fancy way of calling anyone you disagree with the r-word. (Short explanation for anyone who hasn’t heard my rant yet: people arguing with strangers online when they go onto social media when their brain is fried at work, when they can’t sleep at 3 am, etc is not really an indication of how well they can parse language when they’re actually operating on all cylinders, and the choice to start a petty argument with a stranger online is actually the problem; there are real people who frequently have trouble parsing language, most are self aware about it, I don’t think those people are the ones you’re getting internet fighting from. You’re getting it from people with normal reading comprehension who are confused because they’re tired/not using their brain fully because it’s their downtime, or perhaps because your writing was unclear, but somehow “ugh, kids these days will argue with complete strangers online, how terrible “ doesn’t give people the same sense of smug superiority as bemoaning the lack of “reading comprehension.” Ie, stupidity, you are just calling people stupid, it is morally neutral to have learning disabilities and also that’s not the problem here and also the people you’re hurting aren’t the people you’re arguing with, who are mostly just going to decide you’re a jerk as well as wrong, it’s people who know their reading comprehension is sub par and who are exquisitely embarrassed about it, because you pointed to the problem as being the reading comprehension (which is not always off in situations where op is complaining about lack of reading comprehension, sometimes their writing is ambiguous) and not the arguing with strangers thing.)

[anheliotrope]

I'd like to note that my intended point wasn't so much about XCOM 94 being a better game. I do like it a lot more, but I'm not interested in discussing that much, it's still a very flawed game and the times are sufficiently different that a direct comparison can be difficult.

What I'm trying to say is that in 2012 they changed certain things such as number of units under your control and action granularity without sufficiently adjusting other things and this is a leading reason as to why 2012 is memed about as being one of the most infuriating games to play. (I also think some of the memeing is outright unfair to the game.) That is the frame under which I wanted to discuss this, but don't let me stop you from discussing it however you feel like.

(I don't know if it's sane for me to pre-empt this but: I would really prefer to not spend time discussing whether this is shifting the goalposts or not, I'm just honestly telling you what I think about this game and clarifying what I meant to say.)

I find most of your arguments about TUs except for the one about cognitive load to be circumstantial to 94's particular choices about UI/UX. There are definitely ways to solve the trouble with predicting what you can do in a turn.

I'm not sure if this was the case in the original, but in OpenXCOM, your movement markers turn yellow when you queue a move, when those squares beyond the last green marker would leave you with fewer TUs than you need in order to fire. This kind of UI aid can be expanded to help you figure out how much you can move and still shoot twice for example.

I might like the 2-move system more if 2012 and XCOM 2 weren't so incredibly obnoxiously slow in everything (largely an animation issue, which I did my best to tweak to some level of tolerability for myself). Ultimately, I can't judge the one about cognitive load because doing a turn in OpenXCOM doesn't feel like it has any noteworthy cognitive load for me, and I'm not some maniac that's played it a lot. I just never perceived it, at least not as a negative thing.

TU costs are usually set to consume 30-50% of your TUs per shot so you’re not doing more interesting things that advance the game state you’re just getting fiddlier math on how many times you can do it and the ability to screw it up

I disagree with the idea that this doesn't let you do more stuff. Maybe it doesn't in vanilla 94 for most items, but the system enables a lot of things. The fact that TUs are granular and objects actually exist on the ground can be quite fun in particular, especially in XPiratez. I love having one unit prime C4, drop it for another unit and have them (optionally kamikaze) sprint to a tank. I love that I can pick up a weapon from the enemy and use it on the spot. I like being able to pick up a rocket launcher from a recently deceased ally in order to take down that tank that's going to rip through my squad.

One of the most satisfying things I ever did in XPiratez was park my ship next to a landed Mercenary ship, which completely outclassed me. I had no ability whatsoever to win. But I had the ability of throwing enough people at the closest mercenary, clobbering him into unconsciousness, picking up his body, running back to the ship, leaving and researching him for sweet sweet tech tree progress. I love having my highest ranked gal hold a laslock pistol in one hand and a laslock shotgun in one hand, having her shoot the closest alien with the shotgun and a farther away alien with the pistol twice.

The potential of these mechanics isn't as obvious in 94 as they are in XPiratez, so obviously half of this is not in defense of 94 in particular, but in defense of how this mechanic can be leveraged for great effect with some imagination.

I also don't think anyone mentioned the most pivotal thing TUs enable -- the ability to shoot and easily seek full cover. I'm actually agnostic about whether this is good or bad, it's just A Thing. But it fundamentally changes how the game works compared to a two-move system.

just rekindled my burning hatred for xcom (2012) lads

[bts-trans]

210622 Weverse Translations

RM's Moment ⭐️ [photo in link]

my hair so gaeturl https://www.weverse.io/bts/moments/6/posts/1663271123126404

my hair looks so much like gaeturl

(T/N: '개털/gae-turl' means 'dog fur'.)

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: 친하게 지내자!

RM: 끄래 https://www.weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271131830869

💜: Let's become closer!

RM: Okee

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: 와우 까치스웩

RM: 역시 한국인 https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271184397083

💜: Wow magpie swag

RM: As expected of a Korean

(T/N: Messy hair is referred to as '까치머리/kka-chi mo-ri', which means 'magpie hair'.)

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: 김남준 민들레홀씨가 댔다구~~

RM: 봄도 아닌데 말이여 https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271206476662

💜: Kim Namjoon's become a dandelion puff~~

RM: And it's not even spring

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: 남준아 넌 너의 머리가 gaeturl 이어도 좋아

RM: what about catturl? https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271225361823

💜: Namjoon, even if your hair is gaeturl it's good

RM: What about catturl?

(T/N: RM combined the English word ‘cat’ with the Korean word ‘털/turl’ which means ‘fur�� to make the phrase ‘catturl/cat fur’.)

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️ [photo in link]

💜: 시험 하루 남았어요...

RM: oh.. 애도를 표합니다 https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271246730365

💜: There's one day left until exams...

RM: oh.. I express my condolences

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: Ohhhhh My hair is so bitjaroo

RM: oh 쓸어줘 my 마당 https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271246789823

💜: Ohhhhh My hair is so bitjaroo*

RM: oh can you sweep my yard

(T/N: *'빗자루/bit-jar-oo' means 'broom'. OP is comparing their hair to a broom to express how messy it is.)

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: 새 둥지 댔따아

RM: 분양합니다 뱁새 우대 (사유 : 큐트) https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271299099340

💜: It's become a bird's nesttt

RM: Up for sale, baepsaes are given priority (Reasoning: Cute)

(T/N: OP is comparing RM's hair to a bird's nest. A '뱁새/Baepsae' is a small bird called a 'Korean crow-tit', known for being cute and fluffy. It is also the title of one of BTS's b-sides, and is used to refer to the underdogs of society.)

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️ [photo in link]

💜: 남준오빠 따라 개털 되려고 하는데 동의?

RM: 후.. 밀고 싶은걸 하루에도 몇번씩 참는즁 https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271341769334

💜: I'm going to try to get gaeturl hair like Namjoon, do you agree to this?

RM: Ah.. I'm holding back the urge to shave it several times a day

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: 남준쓰 제법 웃긴 사람쓰

RM: 라지벌랄라 타이틀 밀어볼게요 https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271364293564

💜: Namjoonss you're a pretty funny personss*

RM: I'll push for the title to be named 'Lajibolala'**

(T/N: *OP attached 'ss' to the end of words for a fun effect. **OP's username means 'LajibolalaTitleSongPlease'. 'Lajibolala' is an inside joke from Run BTS! EP. 41.)

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: 역시 연예계 8살이라 그른가.. 토크 스킬이 아주 장난이 아니군...

https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271392845414

💜: Is it because you have 8 years in the entertainment industry.. Your talking skills are no joke...

RM: Whew now I can go to elementary school

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: 후후 불며는..

RM: 슝 https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271462200397

💜: If you blow on it then..

RM: Swoosh

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: 남쥰쓰 whyrano

RM: got no 2you https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271544417957

💜: Namjoonss* whyrano**

RM: got no 2you***

(T/N: *OP attached 'ss' to the end of words for a fun effect. **'Whyrano' is a slang/internet meme way of saying 'why are you like this?'. It comes from '와이라노/wa-i-ra-no', which is an expression in Gyeongsang-do dialect. ***2you is a way of writing '이유/i-yoo', which means 'reason'.)

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: ㅋㅋㅋ남쥬나 오늘 하루 쉬엇는데 내일 회사가려니까 힘들다 ㅠㅜㅋㅋㅋ 응원 한마디 부탁해용 ㅋ

RM: 출근.. 그것은 언제나... https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271544312558

💜: lololol Namjoon, I was off from work today but I have to go to the office tomorrow, it's tough ㅠㅜlololol please give some words of encouragements lol

RM: Going to work..that's always...

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: 한동안 흑발 유지 어때요? 난 단체 흑발 좋아

RM: 저도 제가 흑발이 어울렸다면 아마.. https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271593759926

💜: How about keeping your hair black for a while? I like it when the whole group has black hair

RM: If I thought black hair suited me too then maybe...

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️ [photo in link]

💜: 💜👼💜　💜🐨🐰💜

笑いすぎて…舌を噛んだ🤣🤣 アパヨ~😂

RM: NJFAO 😎😎 https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663264580849914

💜: 💜👼💜　💜🐨🐰💜

I laughed too hard and... bit my tongue🤣🤣 It hurts*~😂

RM: NJFAO** 😎😎

(T/N: *They used the Korean expression '아파요/apayo', but wrote it in Japanese syllable characters. **A reference to the EDM duo LMFAO who are known for their big hairstyles.)

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: 남준님아 모기와의 전쟁이 시작되었어요! 모기잡는 스킬 알려줘요!!!!

으악... 사랑해요 김남준 💜💜💜 청소기 바로 가동합니다

RM: 청소기 풀가동 https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271881956665

💜: Namjoon-nim the war with the mosquittos has begun! Please teach me some mosquito-catching skills!!!!

RM: Vacuum cleaner on full blast.

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️ [photo in link]

💜: 유남쌩?

RM: 나빠요 폭력 https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271950758979

💜: u know what im sayin?

RM: Violence is bad.

Picture Trans: Left: You're mine, you're mine!You're mine, I mean it! Right: Ack!!!

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: 남준 오빠,,,공부 진짜 넘 하기 시른데 어트케.....때려칠까...

RM: 알지 나도 그 심정.. 한번 해봐.. https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271950748833

💜: Namjoon oppa,,,I rly hate studying sm what do i do.....should I give up...

RM: I know how you feel.. Just give studying a try..

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: 남준아, 감기를 어떻게 없앨 수 있을까? 🤧

RM: drink ggulcha ! https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271990057634

💜: Namjoon, how do you get rid of a cold?🤧

RM: drink ggulcha !

(T/N: ‘꿀차/ggul-cha’ is honey tea.)

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: 남주나 샴푸로 이행시

RM: 샴 : 샴고양이 푸 : 푸들 https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663271990053152

💜: Namjoon, an acrostic poem with 'shampoo'

RM: Sham: Siamese (SHAM) cat Poo: Poodle

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: 남준오빠의 큐티클 화이팅…

RM: cutycle https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663272045388826

💜: Best of luck to Namjoon oppa's cuticle...

RM: cutycle

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RM's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: 무슨 과목 잘해요?

RM: 인류 8대 미스터리 8. 수학 https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1663272071169922

💜: What subject are you good at?

RM: The 8 Mysteries of Humankind 8. Math

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Suga's Post ❇️

4주..? 정말..?ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ https://weverse.io/bts/artist/1663288001963936

4 weeks..? Really..?ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

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J-Hope's Moment ⭐️ [photo in link]

아니이게 머선일이얌 ..? https://weverse.io/bts/moments/9/posts/1663314681158033

Hold on what's happening..?

(T/N: Said in a cute way.)

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Jin's Post ❇️ [photo in link]

알라뷰 아미 https://weverse.io/bts/artist/1663342263885627

I love you ARMY

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[marigoldsandbuttercups]

Will you please tell us how the Underswap, Swapfell, and G bros annoy their brothers? I’ve been dying to know ever since I read the other post. Please tell me Aster capitalizes on G’s spider fear.

How They Annoy Their Bros: Electric Boogaloo

Blue:

- Can and will yell as loud as he can "I LOVE YOU, MY DEAR BABY BROTHER" that even the residents in hotland can hear it echo.

- While he doesn't coddle his brother, what older sibling doesn't like to tease their lil one at any instance? That being said, Blue made a whole shebang of being intimidating (straw in mouth, weird accent) after the whole superhero act when Chara first came. The kid side eyed Stretch, who, internally died.

- If Stretch is being a butt, Blue will call him by his full name, except.. It changes. No one ever knows what Stretch's last name is and he hates one in particular that is, "Elasticbones" ,you'd think he'd love it for the pun, but nope, he hates it.

- Blue also likes to ironically "be one with the kids", this is effective on both Chara and Stretch and they both hate him for it when he calls memes, " The May-May", only to use a meme correctly when no one is watching just to mess with them even more. "No One Will Ever Believe You."

Stretch:

- So, you know those memes about DN? Yeah, he uses it on Blue everytime, without fail. And proceeds to laugh about it to his brother's face for like five mins straight-

- Stretch is the only person who can tease Blue about his height and get away with it. But stars, Blue will get annoyed when Stretch squats down a little to talk to him sometimes.

- Blue hates anything that looks like it came from uncanny valley. And Stretch utilizes this everytime by buying really old, antique stuff that just looks slightly off. One of his favorites is the cuckoo bird clock, it comes out with a pained squawk every time. He calls it "Maurice", much to Blue's dismay.

- Stretch is incredibly good at using his magic for all the dumb reasons, him and some of the others in the household share this (esp Rus, Red and surprisingly, Papyrus-) he likes to summon little ghouls to mess with Blue, or just casually move his things when he's trying to reach for them.

Black:

- If the two are having an argument, he'll use his status to low-key mess with Rus and it works when the younger brother is glaring at him for a while. "Well, As Your Older Brother And Captain, I Order You To Do Your Laundry"

"I'm not even that active in the royal guard-",

" Captain."

"Fineeee"

- "Baby Brother." , makes Rus want to hide and is low-key sweating the whole time cause it's embarrassinggggg. He can handle being called "little brother" but not the other one, stars no.

- Rus has a lot of embarrassing moments despite being mostly rather shameless, so Black does use it to his advancing when he wants Rus to get out of bed every once in a while.

Rus:

- Says the absolute, most cringe worthy stuff in front of Milord. And I mean, things that have Milord tell other people that "he doesn't know who that fiend is-"

- Tends to be referred to as the older brother sometimes, and low-key rubs this in his brothers face when Black is bringing particularly bossy that day.

- Uses the height difference, too. Though he gives it a little more ✨ variety ✨ by occasionally draping himself on Black and pretending to be asleep.

"Snrk- Angry Arm-"

"Not. A. Word"

- One worded replies. Drives Black up the wall and the fastest way to get him to go on a hour long rant about how communication is so weak these days-

G:

- No one knows what his actual name is, and his brother has to deal with newbies asking for the same dude with many names. Oh, his personal favorite was, "Gremlin Overlord" yeah, a real winner hsjsjsjsjsnn

- Like Rus, he's also rather embarrassing in public and when he's live streaming, often having his brother sighing in disappointment in the background with all his antics. God, the moment chat sees a spider in the background, "F"s flood the chat for Aster.

- Is a general nuisance when Aster is trying to be Real Smooth™. Stars help that man when he's talking to someone he fancies because G will be in the back with the most outrageous disguise and it's so obvious it's him and Aster knows his date knows and he just wants to be swallowed into a hole.

Aster:

- G is... Afraid of spiders-and what's a better way to show brotherly love than to use that to Aster's advantage. Aster does this by sometimes leaving around fake spiders and this works when he hears a familiar shrill scream. The others know this too.. Which is why Aster knew he screwed up when he heard Edge scream after grabbing what he thought was a fake spider-

- Also you know those super nerdy math memes that have a secret meaning when it finally clicks? Aster recites them all by heart and G hates it cause he's a visual learner and also omg how is Aster speaking so fast--

- Because Aster handles the kitchen, every so often he'll just mess with the food a little. Not where it's anything dangerous but just... Why does it taste so off? And he lives for the confusion on G's face when he suddenly starts to croak like a frog, bonus if it's during a livestream

[crystalelemental]

Unit “Teambuilding” - Norman

But Christ, if you thought Glacia was bad, wait until you hear about this guy.

General Overview I am not going to mince words.  Unless Cheren's grid goes even worse than Glacia, Norman is my uncontested worst unit in the entire game now.  He is actually that bad.

Imagine your entire life has been a meme.  You're a striker who not only didn't get multipliers for damage, but is also a Normal type who can't hit opponent weaknesses, who is somehow further limited by the fact your main damage move, Double Edge, kills you instantly.  It's hard to imagine anything worse off than that.  Even Roark, who has the same instant death problem, can be memetically charged up to one-shot an opponent if so desired because Rock-type means you have advantage sometimes.  But not Norman.  Norman just gets to be sad, waiting for his grid, and watching the newer recoil characters get better and better values, until modern free BP units get a full Standfast 9.  The anticipation is killing you as you wait for the reduction of recoil that is your due. And when it arrives, what did they give you?  Standfast 5, and Standfast 3.

Let's do some quick math.  Double Edge deals 25% of damage to you as recoil. Standfast 5 cuts that by 50%, then Standfast 3 cuts that remainder by 30%. Effectively, the total is 65% reduction in recoil.  This means you take 8.75% recoil from your attacks.  Much improved, right?  Okay.   Norman has around 700HP.  If Norman deals 8k in one move, he killed himself instantly.  For context, if he deals 4k, he is half dead in that one move.  4k is not a high benchmark. Dealing 4k is like maybe half of the sides on a good day.  It's certainly not breaking records.  He does it twice, and he's dead, with no other damage applied.

Norman was trained wrong as a joke.  His own Standfast tiles are bait tiles for inexperienced players who didn't know how to calculate the math.   Norman's damage comes from sync, which is Valerie-tier bad, with only a 50% multiplier for having paralysis on a foe.  Which is something he sets up really well, thanks to Hostile Environment 2, for a 90% chance on Body Slam.  That's something! Consistent paralysis and a multiplier!  He could deal numbers with sync nuke!

You know.  If it weren't for Whitney.  Norman's sync, provided foe is paralyzed, hits for 8547.  That's with three nodes and the Hostile Environment 2.  Whitney's sync nuke, with full Inertia, hits 15,330.   Without Inertia, just with the flinch that she can now set up, it's 11,497.  With both, it's 19,162.  In fact, with only +2 speed, from one use of X Speed, Whitney hits 10,183.  She outdamages him the instant she gets one (1) X Speed use in.

Maybe one day, Norman will get an EX, and be able to hit that sweet, sweet AoE damage in CS that could do something better than Whitney.  But until such time, Norman has exactly one job.  He paralyzes.  That is all he is here for.  He is equivalent to an Eggmon.  Hell, at least the eggmon gets speed boosts or Gradual Healing or something, and is exempt from harsh criticism for not having a grid at all.

I...cannot do this.  Look, I'm sorry, I won't.  Admittedly, I don't always love doing these things for characters I'm not excited about, and having looked this over? There is nothing for him here.  He's a paralysis bot for Gauntlet, nothing more.  If you expect him to contribute literally anything else, don't.  And I can't with that. What am I supposed to teambuild exactly?  Like oh yeah, "I think he'd do really great with like...SS Morty and Hilda against Cobalion, because he can keep paralyzing it."  Yeah, he can, but so can Tech Electabuzz.  "You can use him with an Electric-type that can't paralyze reliably, like Elesa, against Tornadus!"  Yeah you can, but again, so could like...Erika.   Who's actually more reliable because Piercing Gaze means Stun Spore never misses, while he's technically still under 100% success, to say nothing of Erika's debuff to special defense and huge MGR potential.

To level with you...sure.  You can probably win a match with him.  I will undoubtedly try just to see if it's possible.  Sonia, Hop, Hilbert; the usual suspects for buffing, and Classic Elesa for paralysis with debuffs, since he will definitely need both.  There you go.  There's your attempt at offense.  And when that turns out to still be a challenge because they only gave him a 50% bonus to sync and removed his chance at DPS, you'll understand why I'm so thoroughly at a loss.

[355-miles-for-style]

Rambling

I haven't found the time to watch the Met Gala yet! :(

Isn't that ironic? People think that's what we do at fashion college, but I was busy with papier-mâché instead.

Anyway, it might not be worth it, even if I find the time. The memes on Instagram have spoilt the entire event already.

I'm going to try and critically analyse The Devil Wears Prada and/or Cruella instead, but I'm also pretty sure that's already been done to death.

Honestly, I don't think anyone can ever claim to be truly original. Anything we create has to come from somewhere, even if it isn't apparent at first. As Dilbert once said, it depends on copying the masters badly; so badly that no one knows where you got your source material. Jokes aside, there's some truth to that statement.

Even the greatest masters draw inspiration from nature, philosophy, or their superiors. Issey Miyake's fold-laden collections are actually based on solid mathematical concepts, as seen in this brilliant video (full disclosure: Initially, I watched it for the math, not the fashion).

Issey Miyake's developable origami dress (Fall/Winter 2014-15).

But what does this mean for us, as designers-to-be? No one can be a bottomless pit of good ideas. Plagiarism is never okay, of course, but there's a fine line between inspiration and a dishonest rip-off. What's the difference? Is it intent?

And what about creativity? That's subjective, of course; for example, some see Rupi Kaur as a dangerous radical in the field of poetry, while others find her writing to be... milquetoast (to put it kindly). This reminds me of another old post, where I touched on the idea that people in various subcultures tend to homogeneity within those subcultures. This ties in with a few psychological theories about conformity (and acceptable versions of "non-conformity"). Funnily enough, this is called "the hipster effect" or the anti-conformist effect.

It's quite easy to understand why this happens, even for a pop psychology dilettante like myself. For evolutionary reasons, humans don't like to be seen as the odd one out (an easy target for ridicule or ostracism). But what happens when you don't want to be like the other girls? You try to be "different": and in most cases, that idea of "difference" looks like this- get a tattoo, change your hair colour, or get piercings. If you want to diverge from those norms, good luck keeping friends and family!

Of course, this isn't a personal judgment of anyone's tastes. As I've mentioned before, we all do this. All that differs is the way we choose to do it. All I'm saying is that there's a reason why you're more likely to find someone wearing this shirt than the one below.

image source: screenshotted by me.

Also, it's just a tiny bit difficult to be original in a field like fashion. In an industry that literally runs on a culture of rapidly-changing trends, it's risky to truly "reject the norms". Again, we face the debate about conformity vs measured deviance.

There's a lot to be said about this, psychologically (and even philosophically) speaking.

Wait. Did I just write an entire essay to avoid writing a different one?

[grxceblqckthxrn]

TDA characters as types of tiktokers

y’all KNOW i’m bored when i’m doing this shit lmao 

i’ll get around to doing the other TSC characters eventually TDA was just the first to come to mind also if you’re not actively on tiktok some of what i say might not make sense ahaha

also i named some tiktokers who yall can use for reference for some of them and from what i’ve seen they’re all fairly unproblematic so you should check them out!!

EMMA CARSTAIRS

okay so she’s DEFINITELY super popular and she uses her platform for good

she’s really funny and a lot of her audios go viral posts videos of her dancing saying that she cant dance but she’s actually really good at it

6M followers and growing fast 

 hypes up her boyfriend’s account ALL the time

calls out misogynistic/racist tiktokers through duets and KEEPS THEIR TAG IN THE CAPTION  

 she is not afraid of starting drama lmao

occasionally hops on POV and transition trends but its usually satire 

emma can’t act for shit lmao 

super active on tiktok and has a spam account

people are always asking her to drop the skin care routine but she doesn’t have one?? 

*pushes Zara down* “and no one’s gonna help her?? WOW some world we live in”

JULIAN BLACKTHORN

there’s no way he doesnt  have an art account lmao

a lot of his paintings go viral but 90% of his comments are 14 year old girls thirsting over him

yall know that pottery guy on tiktok?? the cute one?? (i searched up his account just for this post he’s @/daxnewman769) that’s the best way to describe him

literally all the famous tiktokers commission him

probably has like 4M followers lmao

will occasionally make about how respecting women doesn’t make you a “simp”

doesn’t get into tiktok drama tho

posts candid videos of emma and all his jealous 14 year old fans get so pressed but he shuts down anyone who says anything bad about her

sometimes does painting or drawing tutorials and he’s really good at teaching stuff lmao

CRISTINA ROSALES

omg okay so like yall know those really pretty girls on tiktok who are literal models and are always dropping tips on how to frame your face for pictures and best clothes and poses and whatever  ( @/ameliezilber is the first person that came to mind as an example)

thats her

alot of her content is just for the aesthetic

BLING EFFECT

GRWM’s all the time

10 step skin care routine 

GOOD VIBES

has a pretty decent following?? like at least 2 million

has a spam but it’s exactly the same as her main lol

also calls out problematic tiktokers but not by name

her entire account is full of body positivity and does a bunch of stuff on loving yourself

sometimes does POVs and all the comments are like “@ netflix hire her rn”

sometimes posts crack videos with emma and cute vids with mark and kieran

MARK BLACKTHORN

does a lot of reaction videos and duets

a lot of his videos go viral but he doesn’t have a huge following like maybe 800k

 everyone still knows him

gets at least twenty “are you wearing only one contact” comment about his eyes every post

he’s really funny without even realizing it 

sometimes goes inactive for weeks at a time and just forgets that tiktok exists lmao

shows off kieran and cristina ALL THE MF TIME AND EVERYONE IS SO JEALOUS LIKE HOW ARE ALL OF THEM HOT

KIERAN 

doesnt have a tiktok lmao sorry

but shows up so much on mark’s and cristina’s that a lot of people know who he is

DIANA WRAYBURN

unironically does POVs but is actually good at them??

lots of videos talking about the struggles of minorities like LGBTQ+ and POC and women

posts a lot of those vidoes that are like “what to do if you ever get kidnapped” “red flags in relationships” “most powerful parts of the body” etc

probably has like 500k followers 

at the end of the day she doesn’t really use tiktok that much tho ahaha

LIVVY BLACKTHORN:

does a little bit of everything??

posts dance videos sometimes 

omg her transitions are SO good

everyone is in love with her and she has to remind them that she’s a minor (i’m just a kid plays aggressively in the background)

posts videos that are just vibes?? like her skating at night, dancing in traffic with dru/her friends, walking through the city at night etc

lots of lip syncing videos to whatever sounds are popular and all her comments are like “i wish i looked like this” “guess im not eating today” and she gets so upset :((

she wants everyone to know that they’re perfect the way they are!!

also posts POVs sometimes and she’s not that bad at them ahaha 

probably has like 1 million followers 

doesn’t even need a spam just posts everything on her main 

shouts out her sibilings accounts all the time

overall just great energy

TY BLACKTHORN

never posts his face on his main but he does on his spam

yall know those accounts that post fun facts or psychology facts?? his is like that except he talks to explain them and everyone finds his voice SO calming 

he posts a lot of content of animals and everyone is in AWE with how good he is with them

his username is probably theanimalwhisperer or something djkfskjd

every single time he posts Kit on his account all the comments are like “OOH ICU” and “SHIP” and “ASK HIM OUT ALREADY”

he gives 0 shits about popularity on tiktok he’s just posting for fun because he likes teaching people about his interests

so he has like maybe 500k followers

lots of philosophical questions that has everyone questioning their existence

ugh i love him

KIT HERONDALE

be honest this is what y’all were waiting for 

yall know those unproblematic ppl that everyone refers to as the “king(s) of tiktok”???

yeah thats him

SO FUNNY

LIKE HIS CONTENT IS GENUINELY HILARIOUS

lots of sarcasm and satire

think @/adamkindacool  ?? (one of my favourite tiktokers lmao)

does reaction videos for those “pov: im the annoying hot cheeto girl sitting next to you in math class” videos

dark humor (not like rude humor but actual dark humor)

like “i put the baby in the oven and the pizza in the bed” type of jokes back when those were a thing

has like 4M followers but almost every single one of his posts go viral so he’s gaining fast

lots of pranks

starts a bunch of trends

any video he posts of Mina goes viral

sometimes he posts some really weird stuff that has everyone laughing so hard irl (@/benoftheweek)

he NEVER thirst traps but still gets a lot of those weird sexual fairy comments on his posts (iykyk)

TO BE CLEAR I MEAN THE FAIRY EMOJI ONES NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM BEING FAE 

reacts to the comments with a video of him just staring at the screen with the “oh to see without my eyes” or “im just sixteen” audio going on in the background which only encourages them to make more weird comments

anyways everyone loves him

any of his povs are pure jokes meant to make fun of pov’ers

posts maybe one serious tiktok every 5 months that talks about being respectful and using your platform for good

“i miss old tiktok”

posts a lot of random videos of Ty where, again, all the comments are shipping them except even more so on his account because everyone can see his heart eyes for Ty

collabs with Dru a lot and does a bunch of duets of her videos

everyone loves him bye

DRU BLACKTHORN

SO many memes

she deletes any hate in her comments bc she honestly doesnt care to respond to them and doesn’t need that kind of negativity in her life

but one time she got a “the f in women stands for funny” comment and she WENT OFF

does really dark povs sometimes that are really interesting

CLOWN MAKEUP + SCARY CLOWN TIKTOKS ( think @/avani ‘s clown make up posts

REALLY good at makeup and sometimes gets julian to do scary makeup on her for tiktoks and povs (like those ones with stitches over the mouth or skin peeling off)

huge ally!! posts a lot about minorities struggles and white privilege, and acknowledges hers

does movie reviews and stuff sometimes

“types of” videos

pulls a lot of pranks on her sibilings with livvy and sometimes with Kit

lots of body positivity + self love

calls out back-handed compliments

also has a lot of content like Livvy’s of just vibing in LA

julian and emma and mark go off at anyone who sexualize her in the comments

probably has like 650k followers

posts a couple of times a week

BONUS: 

JAIME ROSALES

lots of skateboarding videos idk he just gives me that vibe

doesn’t post that often but is super popular

like maybe 1.5M followers

really passionate about systematic racism

HATES all those privileged white boys using the “this is america” audio to pretend they’re oppressed ( this is a may 2020 thing so it probably wont make sense to anyone who sees this after lmao)

POSTS A LOT OF THIRST TRAPS LMAO 

also posts lots of videos that’s just him yelling about stuff but they’re really entertaining to watch ( like that guy sebastian @/sauceyogranny)

everyone thinks he’s super hot he always shows up in those “hottest boys on tiktok” videos except sometimes he’s just the token POC boy and it makes him mad :( 

DIEGO ROSALES

HIS ACCOUNT IS SO PRACTICAL LMAO

lots of tips 

“what to do if you’re trapped in the desert” “what to do if you’re kidnapped and stuck in the trunk”

doesnt reply to comments EVER unless it’s to clarify a point he made in the video or answer a question

has like 200k

okay thats it lmao im done bye this took me like an hour to make

i’ll get to all the other characters from the other series’ eventually 

also if yall are wondering abt the lack of f*ckbois in this post they’re coming dw

TMI CHARACTERS AS TYPES OF TIKTOKERS

TID CHARACTERS AS TYPES OF TIKTOKERS 

TLH CHARACTERS AS TYPES OF TIKTOKERS

[does-it-really-matter]

does it really matter?

1, 2, 3! Hello! We are the d.i.r.m blog (*insert k-pop group introduction*). We are a bunch of highly intelligent but immensely stupid regular teenagers. We eat, we sleep and we study (or at least we try to), but most importantly we love to rant about everything and anything under the sun, about it, inside it, b- you get the point.

We sort of have the taste of a 10 year old boys with a touch of your typical gen z humour. We love poop jokes (can you tell manny wrote this?) and we have an overall bad sense of humour *cue fart noises* whilst joking about our problems. We survive off of books, memes, k-pop, youtube, vine references (yes we are aware it's 2021) dramas, anime, films, shows, fanfics, the list goes on!

On a serious note though, we are passionate about all forms of art, media, psychology and fashion.

We love to question everything and like to view things from different perspectives and voice out our opinions! And that's what this blog is about!

Us

Ketaki

Keta is our unofficial leader! They are a smol uwu 16 year old bean who is one among the holy rats. They study humanities (with math because math is cool fight me), the subjects of the gods. They may be tiny, but they have a big sexy brain (like Jin said), full of all that good knowledge. They are the closest to attaining enlightenment among the three of us.

Manisha

Manny the eldest one here, is the most immautre - 10% genius, 100% brain damage. She is an 18 year old "adult", who is the process of yeeting herself away from science to humanites because she can't calculus, and communication and mass media is literally the swaggest. Beware- Manny makes an ungodly amount of poop jokes.

Harshitha

Harry looks adorable on the outside, but is plotting your murder by stabbing you with radioactive marshmellows on the inside kind of person. She is a teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, tad bit younger than Manny, but she is officially the eldest because she's got a driver's license (virtually). She is studying humanities because communications and mass media for the win!

(The absolutely amazing art of us is by Harry)

Why We Started This

Does it really matter? Well, yes, yes it does. Ignorance isn't bliss.

In Chaos Theory, the Butterfly Effect is the idea that a small change can lead to a much bigger changes, or that one small incident can have a huge impact on the future.

Which means that everything going on around you directly or indirectly affects you and vice versa. And it's the same way with voicing out our opinions.

Viewing things from different perspectives is something a lot of us lack. Respecting others opinions and keeping an open mind is important but stan twitter says differently. Any lukewarm comment will get dragged on the internet and the commenter will be cancelled. We'd like to talk about multiple perspectives to show that not all people think on the same plane, and that it's okay to have a different view point and to broaden our understanding of issues, as long as it doesn't disrespect someone's existence.

So join us as we try to educate ourselves on various topics and taboos, and create a healthy and safe environment to share our opinions.

[sciencestyled]

When Atoms High-Five Crayons: A Whacky Odyssey of Science Meets Art

Greetings, Earthlings and fellow universe-dwellers! Strap in, buckle up, and let's blast off on a hyperdrive journey through the kaleidoscopic galaxy where the binary stars of science education and creative art not only collide but also tango in zero gravity.

Picture this: Einstein wearing tie-dye lab coats, Picasso with a telescope, and your physics textbook is suddenly a graphic novel illustrated by Banksy. Confused? Intrigued? Perfect! That's the first sign you're ready to dive into the rabbit hole where quarks and quirks mingle.

Let's start by yanking the old dusty curtain off the stage. Science, that majestic beast of logic and reason, often seen as the Spock in a world of Kirks, is not just about cold, hard facts. It's the ultimate plot twist in a universe that's more bizarre than any sci-fi flick. And then there’s art, the wild child of human expression, splashing colors and emotions everywhere like a toddler in a puddle of intergalactic goo.

So, how do these two seemingly mismatched playmates get along? Like peanut butter and jelly in a sandwich designed by Salvador Dali, that’s how! The fusion of science education and creative art isn't just beneficial; it's a necessity, like Wi-Fi or memes.

Consider the case of the humble bumblebee. Scientists once thought its flight was aerodynamically impossible – enter artists, who asked, “But have you seen how cute their fuzzy little bodies are as they zoom around?” This led to a re-examination, and voilà, science meets art in the dance of the bees.

Take the VR Van Gogh exhibit, where you can literally walk into "Starry Night" and trip on those swirling skies (metaphorically, of course). This isn’t just art; it's a full-blown sensory science lesson in perspective, light, and color theory.

Or consider the world of educational video games. Once upon a time, "educational" meant as fun as watching paint dry in slow motion. Now, we've got games that are like if Fortnite and Bill Nye had a digital baby. They're teaching kids quantum physics and making them laugh at the same time. Who said learning about Schrödinger's cat can’t involve epic battles and cool sound effects?

And let's not forget those mad scientists-cum-artists who use CRISPR to make glowing plants. That's right, folks. Glowing. Plants. It’s like if Mother Nature went to a rave. This isn’t just science or art; it’s a bio-luminescent dream.

But wait, there's more! The future is even wilder. Imagine schools where art class includes sculpting your own mini-mars habitat. Science fairs where holographic displays are the new cardboard tri-folds. Universities where your thesis is a virtual reality simulation, and your professor is an AI with a sense of humor drier than the Sahara.

So, why does this madcap mashup matter? Because the world's problems aren’t going to be solved by single-minded thinking. Climate change? We need the logic of science and the empathy of art. Space exploration? Math to get us there, and imagination to dream up what we'll do when we land on Mars or Titan (or that weird planet made entirely of diamonds, because why not?).

In conclusion, my fellow cosmic voyagers, the intersection of science education and creative art is more than a beneficial alliance; it's a whirlwind romance that’s redefining what it means to learn, to create, and to understand our place in this wacky, wonderful universe. It’s a universe where atoms high-five crayons, black holes are the ultimate abstract art, and the only limit is our imagination.

So, let's mix those test tubes with paint tubes, swap lab coats for smocks, and see what happens when we let science and art go on a blind date. Spoiler alert: they’re going to fall madly in love and have bizarre, brilliant baby ideas that’ll change the world.

Remember, in the cosmic comedy that is life, the punchline is always a surprise. Keep laughing, keep learning, and never stop wondering what happens when atoms high-five crayons.

[bloodyspade0000]

Random sentence starters based off of things I have said Part 1 because there might be a part 2.

Change them around as you see fit. Just have fun

Disclaimer: I have said half of this stuff to fictional characters and to my cat. Have trying to figure what. 😂

"Stop trying to rip up my curtains!"

"Ew,"

"Fuck you,"

"Fuck,"

"I bullshited my way through highschool and still ended up graduating,"

"I liked it at first but then it ended up being trash,"

"When I look at snow. I think about white people and when I think about white people. I think about white supremacy."

"So, how's your day going?"

"Social distancing. Please?"

"I don't want vanilla ice cream. I want chocolate ice cream."

"Why are you always comming after my feet? Do you have a foot fetish?"

"Meow,"

"I meow at my cat and we have full on conversations sometimes. To bad I have no idea what he's trying to say."

"I love food. Just give me food."

"I sneezed three times today,"

"I only kill fictional characters,"

"Hey, loser,"

"Can you shrink?"

"I'm average height. I am not short,"

"I can't drive in a game and in real life,"

"I can't cook. I can only heat up food or make coffee,"

"I'm broke and need a job,"

"I slipped down the stairs,"

"Where's your mask?"

"I have a really questionable search history,"

"I can't do math,"

"Is it gay? Because if it isn't I'm not watching it,"

"I'm a writer. Not a serial killer,"

"I love horror,"

"Jump scares are bullshit,"

"You have a really big ego,"

"Sorry, I can't English today,"

"I don't answer unknown phone calls,"

"Where is my chocolate?"

"Don't look at me like that,"

"You're such a werido,"

"Dannng, okay,"

"My brain cells are dying from listening to you talk,"

"Shut up,"

"You better not grow taller than me,"

"I was joking when I said I didn't like you,"

"Don't touch me,"

"My sleep schedule is trash,"

"It's going to snow in spring because this is Canada and it snowed in spring last year,"

"I hate spring. I have spring allergies,"

"I like girls and boys,"

"Bisexuality is a thing, dumbass,"

"I don't exist,"

"I wear whatever I find comfortable,"

"Okay, but like why are girls so hot?"

"I am simp for you,"

"Step on me,"

"They look like boobs,"

"Like what are you gonna do? Fight me?"

"I can disarm you,"

"Evertime my brother comes home and when he leaves. The fridge is always half empty."

"I love memes. Send me memes,"

"Okay but that's fucking pedophilic and disgusting,"

"I don't want to get married,"

"I can't run,"

"I feel bad for the workes who have to deal with Karens,"

"Nurses do alot and don't get enough credit,"

"We don't need police officers,"

"White men can't do politics,"

"Why are there so many white people?"

"White people don't understand how privileged they are sometimes and its annoying,"

"I'm south Asian,"

"Where is my queer poc representation?"

"Bitch, I'm rude to everyone. Deal with it."

"Why do you have a problem with it? It doesn't effect you."

"I can't function properly without food,"

"Coffee is my life,"

"I have no brain cells,"

"Sorry, I don't open doors,"

"That's how you die in horror movies,"

[iteratedextras]

@falkon8888​

By “implicit multiple-ethnonationalism-in-one-country,” I’m not referring to the history of the country - you do realize they teach about the trail of tears and all that in public schools and have for years, right?  Like none of that stuff is mindblowing information to most people.

What I mean is the assumption that “children won’t learn as well if the curriculum doesn’t contain people like them” - e.g. the idea that ‘children of color’ won’t want to learn math if it seems ‘too white’.  Aside from the fact that asian children seem to have little to no trouble with this...

If everyone learns best when it’s a matter of their own group’s historical pride, then we would expect the “best” results by giving each group their curriculum which is just about how their own group is personally awesome.

I don’t think that’s the case, but you need to recognize that Progressive rhetoric can be pretty creepy if you are not a Progressive, and a lot of the “racism” you see is a reaction to Progressives being creepy.

“Stolen Land,” in other parts of the world, can easily be a prelude to military invasion followed by forced ethnic displacement (or murder), just as one example.  Progressives were the ones who popularized “intent isn’t magic,” and they’re allegedly the culturally sensitive ones, but they still implicitly subscribe to the outdated monolithic blob theory of race relations even though they won’t admit it.

As a demonstration of the monolithic blob theory in action, white privilege theory can lower white liberals’ sympathy for poor whites.  If poor whites are suspicious about it, it seems that might be more well-founded than people think?

@hinatagem​

My experience is that a lot of Progressives are also quite ignorant and eager to jump on anyone they disagree with on that basis. Their lead in knowledge over the conservatives they hate so much is like the B- student lording how smart he is over the C+ student.

For instance, have you ever tried finding educational interventions that work to close the outcome gaps?  Or did you just assume we already know how to do it, and we’re only not doing it out of a lack of will?

Whenever I have looked, I have found that most of the interventions, except for things like lead removal, have not really worked that well.

The Perry Preschool Project managed to improve some other life outcomes (with an excellent rate of return, if it can be replicated) but not cognitive scores.  The effectiveness of Head Start is pretty disputed, and it looks like there’s a fade out in the effects, but there are reasons to be optimistic about the Reach Up and Learn program James Heckman is apparently involved in (discussed with Glenn Loury here). ...but the rise in incomes it had in Jamaica isn’t enough to close the gap even if it successfully scales up and applies in America.

There was some optimistic news about vitamin supplementation for a minority of malnourished children, but I wasn’t able to find more contemporary information to confirm it, et cetera.

When you dig in without a purely optimistic lens, you find that there are some potential gains to be made, but the situation overall appears to be obnoxiously resistant to interventions.

@geekandmisandry​

“Individualism” being “white supremacist” is the kind of garbage that shows up in leaks of training documents.  It’s not so different from the “linear, rational thinking is white” stuff that showed up in the Smithsonian infographic that was pulled.

Like yes, technically using a different number system is outside the space of what you guys would typically do, but the typical rejecter of this doesn’t know the exact ways in which you guys propose dumb bullshit, he’s just modelling your general tendency to propose dumb bullshit, and the magnitude and general direction are roughly correct, at least for the fringe.

...and the fringe is moving quick.

Like I can explain why you wouldn’t specifically go with that specific policy, and maybe Joe Footballwatcher can’t.

But would someone who thinks “cause and effect relationships” are “white culture” propose something that ridiculous?  Okay, well they pulled that infographic, but then what’s the overall direction?  In general it has been towards more ridiculous and more censorious, with fewer people being willing to criticize the overreach, so can Joe Footballwatcher be sure it hasn’t gotten that much worse in the past six months?

Throw in a bit of being misunderstood on purpose, and...

So again, this is the B- student lording it over the C+ student.

The real meme warfare type was whoever posted the “It’s okay to be white” flyer, which caused progressives to step on a rake they could have easily prevented by posting an “It’s okay to be black” flyer right next to it.

GAM or someone in the chain has blocked, but I will leave unblocked should they change their mind.

But... GAM - I may not have collected the full File of Actual They’re That Dumb As Implemented In Policy, but I’m not taking payment in useless dismissals of the problem anymore.

[tropical-gothic]

First Lines Meme

Tagged by @nikkxb Thank you for this! How have you been!

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!) See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening lines.

Then tag 10 authors! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I actually have exactly 20 works so this is a bit long ;A; Read under the cut. Also fics have links and tags but tags are in the AO3 link.

Tagging: @thatshipcat, @awintersrose, @jashfemwriter, @anon-omatopoeia, @zombie-honeymoon, @swisscheesemoose, @pain-somnia, @justanotherblonde, @foriamproud, @angededesespoir

1. The Lagoon (SasoKaru)

“I hate math,” Sasori whispered under his breath as he flipped through his textbook. 7am was too damned early for math. Any time was too damned early for math.

2. All this and Heaven too (SasoKaru)

Sasori didn’t know when it started— except that it started slow.

3. Blood and Gold (RasaSaso)

Sasori had already made a name for himself as both the youngest and the oldest of the “Ghouls” by the time he met Rasa, Charis, and Visna (he was the youngest by age but has stayed in the company the longest). It was in a joint operation with Rasa’s team leading the enemy shinobi into a valley surrounded by high rock formations— and the Ghouls swooping in for the ambush.

4. Wasteland (SasoKaru)

Karura woke up to the summer sunrise— with its golden glow bleeding into pinks, and blues, and violets. The heat of the desert sand seeped in through the black cloak where they slept for the evening. Still, an arm around her waist brought her closer to a familiar heat. She could feel his breath tickling her neck.

5. Persepolis (SasoSan)

Sasori could see the tips of their spears from where he sat by the window. The steady and heavy march of the Immortal Guard heralded the arrival of royalty.

6. Make me Feel (Multi pairings)

“Do you trust me?”

7. Mindscape (YashaAnko)

“Sorry, it’s—“ He struggled to put the key in. The wrong key. Struggled to keep the crying baby from squirming in his arms. There was a large tote bag full of grocery items, a bruised apple peeking out from the top. He smiled at her, still trying to jam in the wrong key. “Give me a minute. I’m almost there.”

8. Skinned Knees (Gen Sasori centric fic)

“Thank you.”

9. Ligaya (RasaSasoKaru)

Sasori did not will himself to walk home— he could not go home. But he continued walking, as if by someone else’s strings. One foot in front of the other; his eyes vaguely focused on the dirt road before him.

10. Fujiwara Effect (Gen Sasori centric fic)

In the hospital lobby was a violent storm, and Sasori was trapped in the middle of it.

11. Northern Lights (SasoSan)

Sasori did not come here for blood.

12. Paresthesia and Proprioception

Once more.

13. Out Tonight (RasaSaso)

“Senator.”

14. Breathless (RasaKaru)

It started with a congested nose that masked her perfume as she passed by.

15. Phantom Faces (Sasori and Yashamaru)

“They told me I’d find you here.”

16. Wined and Dined (RasaKaru)

Rasa recognized the dress she wore— their first date. Well, neither of them called it a date at that time; but it was. McDonalds after a meeting that ended rather late. She had spilled ketchup on it when she snatched the last french fry from his hand.

17. Magic Week (Multiple fics)

“She disappeared!”

18. Illustrado (YashaAnko, but mostly Anko centric)

Twice Mitarashi Anko has died in this lifetime.

19. Cradle and Crucible (eh I don’t know anymore)

Sasori stood alone in the station, with his world packed up into a luggage and a backpack by his side. The clock counted two minutes past the scheduled arrival and the train was still nowhere in sight. By his watch, five minutes late.

20. Asymptote (Multiple fics)

Sasori’s was an old red kite that with a white scorpion in the middle. His father had bought it for him from the best craftsman when he was younger. His mother taught him how to let the kite soar high into the air.