#speedo usa

[phelpsspeedos]

[shovalr]

[alexroyal]

Happy Fourth of July 🇺🇸

[starsandstripesspeedos]

[bartohenchmanb]

If the live action series is successful, how are they gonna handle Franky????

Like… 👆🏼

[malinda-knowles]

Favorite Paris 2024 Olympic Team Designs

Favorite Paris 2024 Olympic Team Designs #olympics #france

Ralph Lauren for Team USA So, let the summer Paris 2024 games begin! Of course, the teams needed uniforms and fashion designers around the world met the challenge. Have you been watching? I’m all the way here for Simone Biles and Sha’Carri Richardson. It’s all so exciting and as a former athlete, I truly appreciate all of the sweat and tears that go into being an athlete.  Anyway, here are some…

[phelpsspeedos]

[shovalr]

[alexroyal]

Couples goals

[bikebound]

For Sale: Honda "CB530TT" Street Tracker

For Sale: 1975 Honda CB500T “CB530TT” street tracker by John Wood (@woodysmobikes) of Sudbury, MA, USA. As featured on BikeBound.com and for sale via BikeBound.com/Classifieds. From the ad: Up for sale is my 1975 Honda CB500T street tracker. This bike is well sorted and ready to ride! Engine: • 530cc big bore pistons from Team Hanson Honda • Head completely rebuilt with new valves, guides, seals, cam chain • Barnett clutch with new Honda springs • New points • Carbs are dialed in for my location • Exhaust is custom by me, with vintage Kerker muffler Chassis • Custom seat and tail section • de-tabbed frame • custom “mid set” controls • Amazing A&P brake caliper, ss lines, brembo 12mm master • rear brake has cable conversion • Hagon shocks out back • Race Tech gold valve emulators up front, fresh oil and seals • motogadget speedo and blinkers I’ve owned this bike for 15 years, my dad had it before that. All work done by me save machine work and seat cover. Bike is garage built, but built well. I regularly do 300+ mile days on this bike and it’s a blast on twisty roads. More photos / info / price: https://www.bikebound.com/advert/honda-cb-500t-street-tracker/

[just-antithings]

Every year we have to sit down and patiently try to argue with people who think a celebration of the diversity of human sexuality should not contain sexuality

And half the time the alleged "sexuality" in question is just a hot dude in a speedo, which would be non controversial at any beach or on the packaging for underwear anywhere in the USA

Yep yep

[commsroom]

doug eiffel loves the fourth of july. i have to be honest about this. he's obnoxiously american. doug eiffel is the most likely wolf 359 character to chant USA! USA! doug eiffel believes in the traditional american cuisine of hot dogs and hamburgers grilled in the park. he loves monster trucks. he loves some of the worst over-the-top action movies you've ever seen. eiffel would be your terrible neighbor who sets off tons of fireworks just because he can get them cheap. you know he's injured himself doing that before. he has no actual ideological loyalty, though; it's entirely an unexamined pop culture nostalgia thing. eiffel is proud of being american, but he's only attached to the idea of it. that said. i'm not going to say eiffel would wear an american flag speedo, i'm just going to say... if any wolf 359 character would...

[blindseer0]

Echo: November 1st

Happy Day of the Dead everyone. It’s the 16th* anniversary of Chase and Leo hooking up (in universe), so I felt like I’d do a long, rambling post about that day. For fun. Hopefully you find something to enjoy here.

First thing of note is that, in “Route 65”, November 1st, 2008, was a Friday. In our world it was a Saturday. Not super important, but as someone who pretty vividly remembers that day, it stands out.

(Well, the day before. My friend had invited me to her Aunt’s Halloween Costume wedding, which turned out to be at a strip club. There were poles but no dancers, unless you count the guests who were dressed as Sexy Devil in a speedo, sexy police women, and two sexy Borats in swimwear.)

Anyways, back to Echo. TJ was 13, Carl was 14 (though they imply 15 a few times), Chase was 15, and Flynn was 18. We don’t know the exact ages of any of the other characters, though we can guess. It’s implied Flynn is still in school, which probably means he’s in 12th grade, Leo in 11th, Jenna in 10th, Chase/Carl in 9th, and TJ in 8th.

Interestingly, TJ talks about how he talked to Flynn and Leo at lunch, which means either the schools are really close together and have open campuses, or they go to a combined Middle/High school (I assume this wasn’t intended).

Micha is implied to be in a grade below Chase, meaning he would have been an 8th grader. Jenna says in her route that he and Leo have a 3-year age gap. Micha also says in that route that he’s “almost 21”. Which means he’s either 13 or 14.

In Flynn’s route its mentioned that Leo is a year younger than Flynn and his birthday is in February. What that means is he’s either 16 or 17 (you can decide which age gap is worse/you prefer).

Usually the bus also carries (at least) Heather, Jenna, Jeremy, Clint, and TJ (no mention of Micha or Clint’s sister). We know Leo drives, and we can assume Flynn does as well. (It’s possible Micha hitches a ride with Leo, but no proof.)

Jenna didn’t go to school and TJ got a ride home from his mother. Jeremy was at school, but we don’t know how he got home. We don’t know if Clint or Heather went to school that day, though we do see Heather at the party.

November 1st is also Chase’s parents’ anniversary. That’s why they were home to catch him with his pants (literally) down. He says his mom is usually gone by five and his father by six, implying they caught him after six.

He says it takes about 45 minutes to get from Echo to Payton, so since school in the USA usually starts between 7:30 am and 8 am, we can assume they caught him around 6:30 am. (Now for the return timeline). School usually ends between 3 pm and 3:30 pm (though it obviously varies). 45 minutes back (plus time for the students to get on the bus in the first place) means the earliest they’d be getting off the bus is 4 pm.

We see the sun start to set while they’re driving back and while they’re walking to Carl’s house. Carl’s house is on top of a hill, so they walk up to it, walk back down, and then go to Jenna’s house. By the time they get there, Jeremy is back and lying on the couch in his underwear.

It’s hard to tell when the sun has fully set in game, but by the time they’re on their way to the factory, its officially night.  Sundown on that day was between 5:30 and 6 (depending on state). That means another hour and a half had to pass.

If we assume at least 20 minutes per mile (and arguably more for casual pace, uphill, and probably no sidewalks), then that adds at least another hour (plus talking to Jenna), which would get them right to when the sun is set.

(Chase and Carl aren’t mentioned to have their school stuff on them during the party, so we can assume they dropped them off at Carl’s before heading back down.)

Then the Parsons factory is three-ish miles away. Again, we can assume an hour to an hour and a half walk, putting their arrival between 7-8 (including hesitating at the entrance). They go in, things go bad, and Chase gets punched.

He wanders around in a haze for a bit before finding Leo and Micha in a van by the road (not that he remembers). Leo brings him back to the factory, finds TJ being dragged around, and kicks the shit out of some people.

By the time Chase wakes up, the blood on Leo’s hands is dry and TJ’s mother is on her way to pick him up. Carl has also run far enough away to regain cell service. We have absolutely no idea how long any of this actually takes.

While Leo and Chase are coming back from the factory, the sun is starting to rise, which means its probably around 6/6:30 (sunrise was 7 am ish that day, depending on state). This leaves like 6 hours unaccounted for.

(Again, I am putting more thought into this than the creators probably did, and definitely more than they should be expected to). The point being, Leo and Chase’s Anniversary was officially November 2nd (which means this post is still on time).

(In a previous route, I think Leo’s, its mentioned that their first kiss was actually in summer, which this story definitely isn’t. Not an issue, just something I think is interesting.)

Chase mentions on the way back that he’s been up for almost 24 hours, and that’s before they get to the train tracks. So in conclusion Route 65 (probably) takes place from roughly 4 pm to 7:30 am.

Thank you for joining me for this long, rambling journey. Hope everyone had a better Day of the Dead than our favorite unlucky friend group.

[piledriveu]

The translated description says it best........

"Although there is a big difference in weight and height, Tripp wants to show off in his first match in Europe for Hunkswrestling. He pure testosterone USA against Spanish testosterone . Two arrogant men who want to teach a lesson in wrestling and domination to the other, but only one can be the final winner."

Tripp Evans is smaller, Tom Bravo is bigger. But what gets my attention is both men starting to wrestle in socks....... bigger Bravo in sexy white, smaller Evans in black.

The trash talk and flex off......

Both men look great dominating and suffering....... bigger Bravo choking out smaller Evans, socks on full display.....then smaller Evans locking up bigger Bravo in a head scissors, Bravo's big bod and tripped pits, red speedo on full display for us, Evan's sexy black socks on display

Later a barefoot pin by smaller Evans onto bigger Bravo, Evans' pits in Bravo's bearded face.....

The sexy barefoot pin and flex.......

[partyblakerz]

Anders Holmvik: The Best Autism Representation You've Never Heard of

TW // ableism and abuse mentions

As an autistic woman, I’ve found myself wishing there were more autistic characters that I could relate to. I’ve also seen a lot of poor autism representation in different forms of media. Just last year, a game I used to love got tainted by a DLC storyline where an autistic-coded character is basically treated like shit and villainized the whole time, while his abusers and bullies get little to no comeuppance and don't truly apologize.

And then I started watching Workaholics for the first time and I got to know Anders Holmvik.

Seeing Ders was legitimately comforting to me. He was hilarious, he was well-written, and I saw a lot of myself in him. So I thought I'd throw a long post together explaining the headcanon and why it genuinely means the world to me!

Just a heads up: in addition to episodes of the show itself, I will also use evidence from the character Tumblr blogs. I know that supplemental materials aren't always 100% canon, and I don't necessarily agree with the portrayals of the characters on some of the posts. However, there's some solid info there that supports my headcanon. I put these details in a separate section because I thought they'd at least be worth a mention.

Evidence from Episodes

One of the most prominent autism traits that Ders exhibits is his role as the most serious and responsible out of his roommates. There are SO many episodes where this is evident, but one quote that stuck out to me is from "Trivia Pursuits", where he says that he's "on time entirely too often." As someone who regularly shows up early to classes and events, I can definitely relate. Anders is also shown to be a stickler who tries to adhere to rules whenever possible. In "Friendship Anniversary", he chastises the teens for staying at the park past closing time.

Ders has been shown to have quite a few special interests. Obviously, the most prominent one for him is swimming. He doesn't just view it as his favorite sport/activity that he did in high school or college. Noooo. He goes all in. In "Party Gawds", he shows people at the party tapes of himself swimming and infodumps while Adam and Blake are partying. "High Art" also reveals that one of his most prized posessions is a basketball signed by all the members of the USA women's swim team. It’s so prized that Karl theatening to cross Alison Schmitt's name off is what ultimately convinces him to not shave Blake's hair off.

He is also very knowledgable about 80’s movies, which is shown in "Trivia Pursuits". When he enters the 80’s trivia competition, he breezes through the questions with ease and manages to defeat the reigning trivia champions on the opposing team!

Ders has also been shown stimming on multiple occasions. The first moment I thought of was this part of "In Line", where Ders can be seen playing with his koosh ball.

He's also been shown stimming with his fingers, including in the intro where he's sorta twiddling them. At the beginning of "The Slump", Anders chews on them too!

It is also shown in several episodes that he tries to mask. There’s a line in "Speedo Racer" that accentuates this:

"You just sit in the corner. You watch them. You study them. You learn how to laugh on cue."

There are even instances where Ders is shown having meltdowns on screen. The first one happens in "Old Man Ders" when his coworkers surprise him in the break room. And as someone who often has meltdowns myself, I have a lot to say because it's a scene that captures them very accurately. Before he even walks into the room you can see how much the thought of getting older is looming in his brain, and he does drugs to take his mind off of it. I’m speaking from experience here when I say that the worries on my mind can easily become the catalyst for my meltdowns if they aren’t resolved.

When he walks into the break room, it only gets worse for him from there. His coworkers gather around, looking him in the eyes and telling him how old he’s getting while laughing in his face, and he gets visibly uncomfortable. The parts where it just cuts to Ders's pained face while ominously high pitched whistling noises start playing and the camera shakes around? That's exactly how I feel when I can barely process anything other than the stimuli that's causing me to have a meltdown. Eventually Ders gets so overwhelmed that he slams the cake on the ground and yells "I KNOW HOW OLD I AM!" before running out of the room.

The second meltdown we see Ders having occurs in "Friendship Anniversary" when the Porta potty gets tipped over with him inside. The poor guy's left there with dirty toilet water all over him, and the teens laugh at him while all he can do is scream. I've had similar meltdowns where I'm left screaming like Ders, and I really felt for him. Poor Dersy…

Evidence from the character Tumblr blogs

In addition to his biggest special interest (swimming), Ders has another special interest: Volvo cars. We already know from episodes of the series that Dersy loves and cherishes his 'Vo. He also gets visibly upset whenever it gets tampered with, such as when it got painted over in "6 Hours Till Hedonism II" and when it was decorated to look like Falkor in "Trivia Pursuits".

But if you wanna see what further elevates this to special interest territory, take a look at his Tumblr blog. He’s made a couple of posts about other Volvo cars, and even says he has a picture of a Volvo as his computer's wallpaper.

Even Adam caught onto his roommate's special interest, if this post on his own blog is any indication!

Ders also says in another post that he gets his flu shot every year on October 17. A very specific date. This strongly implies that he often sticks to routines.

On a post made around Thanksgiving, he talks about a third meltdown he had during his childhood while going to the Turkey Hunt with his family. When they arrived, Ders got so overwhelmed that he started screaming for the turkeys to run away. Having meltdowns in public and being chastised by parents is something I can (sadly) relate to. Honestly, I could say a lot more about how much of a shitstain Thor was to Ders (and my headcanons related to that), but that’ll have to be reserved for another post.

Why the headcanon matters to me

I’ve seen quite a few autistic characters in different shows, and a lot of them are either poorly written, or minor/recurring characters that don’t get nearly as much screentime as the other allistic characters. On the other hand, Ders appears on every episode of the show, is written realistically, and isn't made into a complete punching bag. Sure, he's unlucky and bad things happen to him, but he isn't made the butt of jokes specifically BECAUSE of his autism. There are also some people who pick on him like the teens in the park who laugh at him, but it's clear that they're antagonists and you're not supposed to root for them.

Ders is easily the most relatable character of the whole cast for me as well. He's introverted like I am. He loves swimming and gets engrossed in it just like I do with my special interests. He stims just like I do. He even gets overstimulated and has meltdowns sometimes just like I do. Dersy's meltdown from "Friendship Anniversary" particularly hit me hard. I hadn't seen too many scenes depicting characters having meltdowns like this, so when I finally saw this part for myself I felt so... Seen. Like I wasn't a complete freak for all the times I get overwhelmed.

But what I find the most comforting about Ders being autistic is seeing him be happy. He isn't what society would consider "successful", but he still has a good life! He has two best friends who always stick by him! He triumphs at things like the 80's trivia competition! He parties and has fun! He gets to thrive, despite all the misfortune that happens to him sometimes! As someone who has worried extensively about fitting into society's mold of what constitutes "success", I needed to see this. I was so elated to see an autistic character get a happy ending that I actually teared up when the series closed with Ders talking with his besties on the roof one last time.

Overall, Anders is easily one of my favorite (possibly) autistic characters of all time. He’s one that I strongly relate to, and one who brought me joy when I truly needed it. Dersy is one of the things I love the most about this show, and he will always hold a special place in my heart. <3

Thank you for reading! If you haven't already, please consider giving this series a watch. It's knee-slappingly funny, the characters are lovable, the plots are outrageous and chaotic (in the best possible way), and you get to see the great autism representation that is Anders Holmvik ;)

[lorifragolina]

Fourth entry for Mungrove Summer Bingo 2023!

Prompt C2 Summer breeze It’s probably the one I had more fun writing! @mungrovebingos

Sweet Pies

Those summer nights

Eddie Munson didn't believe in love at first sight before last may.

He believed in his dick quiver and in his arousal, although he had a few relationships that didn’t last long, to be honest. He was always busy, on tour or in the studio, his fame was growing quickly and he was always crowded with people he could enjoy, and that all didn’t favor a relationship.

But when he met Billy Hargrove, his dick had twitched in a very good way and, oddly, his heart had twitched too, so now he was madly in love with his boyfriend and, for the moment, things between them were working. Billy Hargrove was People Magazine most beautiful man of the year, and honestly Eddie didn’t think he could ask more. Besides, Billy wasn’t only stunning beautiful but also kind, lovely and funny, and apparently was also crazy in love with him.

The circumstances didn’t help them at the moment, though, because Eddie was in Europe for summer festivals all over the continent for a month now, they could only talk by phone, and although Billy was always available in Eddie’s time zone, it wasn’t the same.

They started dating for real two months ago, Eddie had a little pause between the USA tour and the festival season in Europe and they spent some days in Malibu, where Billy lived, then went for a weekend in Vegas and generally Eddie followed Billy in the cities he had to work. He spent more time than he expected under a beach umbrella watching hours of makeup, dressing and photoshoots waiting for Billy, extremely bored and amazed because Billy seemed always ready and professional despite the hours he was forced to stay still or pose.

But all the waiting and the boredom was repaid by the dates he could have with Billy after that. They went to little restaurants and cafes, almost always with baseball caps and sunglasses, but Billy was so incredibly shining that he could barely hide himself from the tabloids. There were some photos on the Internet of them kissing and holding hands, and there were some speculations about their unexpected relationship but they kept going out together and having dinners eye to eye, and things were smooth now, after Eddie’s assistant had a little nervous breakdown, nothing serious though.

But now he was in Paris, and he was on the edge of a breakdown himself, that only a huge quantity of scotch could control.

All he did was eat and sleep and sing, have hot calls with Billy that unfortunately couldn’t last forever, and drink in the tour bus, after the soundcheck or before sleeping. It’s only two days before they would return to the USA and he was trying to breathe deep and relaxing at the pool with his drink. He fell asleep in the sunset, they didn't play that night, they had another festival the following day and then finally a flight home.

He woke up to the summer breeze that came up later that night, the sun was down but the light was still intense, the air smelled of thyme and sunset and tequila, and he heard a soft water noise.

He looked around, he was alone in the beach chair and it took a little time to adapt his vision to the low light.

Someone was swimming in the pool, he couldn’t see well but apparently was a single person, he also saw a pair of flip flops on the edge. He sat in the chair and drank the last sip of scotch and melted ice, and lit a cig, watching.

After a while, the person decided to emerge to the pool. Eddie found himself holding his breath for a while against his will.

The young man pushed with his muscled arms on the edge and lifted himself solidly to the pool edge, shaking his dark honey hair and splashing droplets around. His chest was wet and hairy and his stretch Speedo didn’t leave much to imagination. He appeared to be fully stocked and his round bottom was a feast for the eyes.

He grabbed his towel to dry his head, and he saw Eddie staring mouth open only at that moment.

“Oh” he said. “I’m sorry, I think I was alone” said tilting his head to you. Eddie moved a little to hide his hardon in his trunks.

“No problem” said with a dry throat.