#raised truck

[floridagrowngirl]

cr: pinterest

[hballegro]

alan alda storytime

the full story from one of the screenshots of my previous post.

story begins with my archaeology professor showing a slide of alan alda in the early 2000s holding some mammoth bones and asks the class if anyone recognizes him. i had watched some MASH with my mother when i was little and had also seen the movie The Object of My Affection, so i raised my hand and said it was alan alda. he lit up and said yes, it was, and told the rest of the class he used to be on this old show, and that when we got more into the bioanthro side of things, remind him to 'tell his alan alda story'.

about 2 months later, we are in bioanthro, and i remind him. he gets excited and says he included slides to talk about it.

[rest under cut]

he tells us how he had just moved to a new city, and he had taken a university job in order to get insurance for his new family [which he didnt get but thats neither here or there]. he gets news that his job is going to be working with Scientific American Frontiers, hosted by the one and only Alan Alda. my prof was thrilled, he loves MASH, and while he specifically wouldnt be involved in the process [being a presenter, working with alan, etc] he was allowed to be around incase they needed help.

i dont know the specific episode, or if it can be found anywhere, but the topic was early man and tools, and how there were mammoth bones that specifically had cuts that could only be made with tools, not by teeth from an animal. they had finished filming for the day and just needed B-roll of some lions at the local zoo chewing some bones [part of the experiment], and alan got a call. he asked if he could head out now, because he needed to get back to his hotel now, and the call had been important. the producers said sure, go ahead, and alan asked if someone could give him a ride.

my professor, having the chance to actually spend time with someone he idolized, and being a stupid late 20s-something, volunteered immediately. stupid why? well, i said he'd just moved there. he didnt know where the hell anything was, and he didnt have GPS available to him, he was just really excited. so they get in the car and start driving.

as i said in my previous post, alan alda had about 20 minutes with this random guy, and found out pretty quickly that he was an archaeologist, and the amazing topic of conversation that he picked was the [then new] theory that we developed agriculture specifically to make booze, and that the rest of the stuff was more or less a biproduct. which is pretty on-brand honestly.

after a while, alan catches on to the fact that this guy clearly has no idea where the hell hes going, and that they've been driving in circles around the city for a while now. he [reportedly very politely] said that actually, this here was his stop, and thanked him for the ride. he then most likely called a taxi that actually knew where it was going, and got to his hotel.

turns out the call was about The Aviator! the call was important because he learned it was confirmed he in it and they needed him to get over there.

its not a glamourous story, but its the only story i got. my prof reported he was a funny guy, and despite slightly kidnapping the poor man for a while, he was the picture of kindness and personability. and clearly he likes telling the story and it left an impression, because he took time out of our already-short lecture to tell a class of 20-somethings that had no idea who Alan Alda was about it.

sorry this is so verbose i dont know how to be short lmao

[pax-former]

G1 Optimus would be that person who would constantly be scolded at because he keeps adopting any kind of animal on the street.

But in this case it’s not animals.

It’s humans.

.*･ﾟ🌙✨.*･ﾟ🌙✨.*･ﾟ🌙✨.*･ﾟ🌙✨.*･ﾟ

Jazz: Hey Optimus! How did patrol go-…

Optimus, holding servoful of humans: It went pretty well! No decepticon activity, the birds were chirping and the sun was shining-

Ratchet: OPTIMUS PRIME WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT ADOPTING RANDOM HUMANS OFF THE STREET!?

Optimus: Ratchet I have a very good reason-

Ratchet: WE’VE BEEN GETTING CALL AFTER CALL ABOUT MISSING HUMANS AND ITS DRIVING US CRAZY!

Jazz: Prime-

Optimus: BUT RATCHET THEY HAVE SHITTY PARENTS THEY NEED SOMEONE TO LOVE THEM-

Rachet: THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU CAN JUST KIDNAP THEM PRIME.

Optimus, now running full speed toward the exit with his now adopted children: YOU CAN’T STOP ME RATCHET-

Ratchet running full force at him holding a wrench: PRIME GET BACK HERE-

Jazz, who is now watching Optimus holding his adopted children, trying to reason with a medic ready to throw the wrench of doom: … I love this place 🥹

[hikiclawd]

uagh Patrick ... loml...

[washisart]

I might be delulu but Helios holding Gingka's whole body weight using one arm, dangling by the edge just shows how strong the guy is.

[cleradinthealps]

people on tiktok/tumblr will post a picture of a rural appalachian town and caption it “ethel cain core southern appalachian gothic catholicism americana lana del rey vinyl” like my god you were raised in a protestant suburban home in washington.

[ben-the-hyena]

4 soon 5 days ago a YT recommendation made me remember I liked Astro Boy (the 2003 version) as a kid and that made me fall back into a loophole and Dr Umataro Tenma really be kind of a DILF a very depressed-neglectful-abusive-grieving-father-who-needs-therapy way in most adaptations

[alternis]

if you're a fanon tim & batfamily fan can I say something real quick.

if you like "sad abused child gets rescued by cold but powerful man who becomes a father figure, but the kid has terrible self esteem and they both struggle to communicate, and there are siblings who are either immediately protective of the kid Or rivals for the dads affection" there's like 500 manwha out there that fit these tropes exactly. and they're so good. 👍

[floridagrowngirl]

cr: pinterest

[bunnihearted]

🫎

[charleslee-valentine]

the real question is, did the Sawyer boys ever get to celebrate Halloween?

[shmothman]

i am so tired of being honked at by fucking undergrads who think i should be able to make my turn when i literally cannot. girl if i go right now i will block a lane of traffic Shut The Fuck Up

[gingerwerk]

Elora leaving for college in the truck her dad offered to sell to her :’)

[gio-cosmo]

I’ve finally finished P3R!

So now of course I must write paragraphs abt how much I loved it. Spoilers below the cut!

I can say without any hesitation or doubt that P3R is by far the best game I’ve ever played in my life.

They truly did such a wonderful job with remaking this game, so much so that it really makes me look forward to the possibility of more persona-remakes in the future. I’m so thankful that they stayed true to the original story, but improved where it was necessary. I’m blown away by every detail they put into this game, and how they managed to make even the menu screens absolutely beautiful.

I’ve always tended to get a bit sappy/emotional about games I really like, but I genuinely do believe that the persona franchise, specifically p3 and p4, have changed me as a person. They’ve effected me emotionally, and helped me navigate the meaning of my own life. I got invested within the persona franchise at a very young age (I think I was in the 5th grade lmfao 😭), and it was the first game series I really fell in love with — and that was only through watching playthroughs on YouTube at the time. Looking back on it, I think that it’s what really sparked my passion for video games, and also game development in general.

I started getting back into the persona franchise about 1 and a half, maybeeee 2 years ago, and being able to reconnect with the games and fall in love with them all over again has been such a crazy cool experience. Playing P3R after playing the original p3 was such a joy, and I can confidently say it emotionally impacted me just as much as the original did, if not more.

It’s not often I feel the urge to replay a game right after I finish it, usually I have to give it a break for a bit, but I’ve already started my New Game+ run of P3R and I’m not feeling even remotely burnt out, which I think is another example of how much I absolutely adore this game.

AAANYWAYS if you’ve read this far hi!! Rambling and getting overly emotional about video games is my one and only talent fr so thanks for listening 🫶

[five-star-stay]

han has said himself that he speaks english but struggles to understand native speakers so conversations are difficult

Anon that is true but that has never been an issue before. There's translators for this exact reason. The benefits of having multilingual members in a group is also that they can translate for the members who are less fluent.

There's countless videos of all of them in western interviews. It's only a recent thing that only 4 of them were sent to three shows: iheartradio, z100 new york, siriusXM.

Even in lmb promotions, skz have done fine with ot8 promotions in western media like consequence and MTV.

Language barrier isn't a valid excuse for lack of schedule. And not having half members is okay if those other half are doing other things but as of now we do not know that. And I would prefer if in future this trend of sending only half discontinues because members like I.n, han and changbin often only receive exposure in group settings for the most part. And yes han said that understanding native speakers was hard but that's still not an obstacle in any way considering Lee Know went to a Gucci show in London and only spoke korean in most of the videos I saw of him. They're stray kids, people are willing to accommodate them.

Again I want to reiterate, it's not the biggest issue rn if this is only a one time thing but if approach continues to happen in the future then yes it will be a problem and yes I will be salty about it because all members deserve to be seen and heard, no matter their level of english.