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Thing you might not have known, but yes, gladiators actually were made to promote/advertise objects in the arena when coming out. Seriously...they were celebrities in their era and product placement ads (live time) were a real fucking thing.
It's also why, contrary to the "popular take" of the thumbs down killing of gladiators, that was SUPER SUPER SUPER SUPER and I Mean SUPER rare.
These were THE PEAK of entertainment back then. They were housed, fed, trained, paid sums, they were given whores, a lot of money went into them.
It'd be like taking your race track sponsored exoticar with legit major brand sponsors/deals and then going, DAMN, I LOST THAT RACE, FUCK IT, TOTAL MY CAR.
What?
Yeah, no. 9/10 gladiators survived their matches.
They also didn't fight all the time. We're taking 3-5 times a year. This overlaps a bit with pro boxer fights in a year 2-4.
This isn't even taking into account the myth of thumbs up/thumbs down. But...yeah.
#did you know#gladiator#gladiators#ancient rome#entertainment#not how movies make it seem#pro fighters#celebraties#they were celebs#celebs#popular myths#not how it works#that's not what happened#italy#Rome#italian history#ancient history#fun fact#you might not know this...#you might know this...
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#yuhhhh#rambling#everyone and their mama had a lot to say about the slap but these same ppl have either come out being full blown Zionists or they’ve just#been completely silent#all together#not that we should expect much from celebs but you get it#also it’s been completely normalized to demonize black people doing literally anything so#you literally would’ve thought will smith killed this ass on national tv the way they were crying about this shit
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Some random guy online: Hey, wouldn't it be funny if I was a girl? Wouldn't it be hilarious? Like, as a joke. I would wear a dress and be pretty and people would think I'm beautiful. Haha, doesn't that crack you up?
Trans women: You say stuff like this all the time, maybe you're a woman? You could transition.
Dipshits, every time: HOLY FUCK can you people NOT? HE can pick HIS gender and clearly HE is comfortable as a MAN. He's joking anyway, he said so. Let people do what they want and don't pressure them!!!
Same random person: I'm a girl now. I realized all those jokes I made were covering up my actual feelings.
Trans women: ...
Dipshots: Wow! That really came out of left field. Of COURSE we support you, king. Haha, I mean queen.
#text post#shark thoughts#I've seen this shit play out for like. three online celebs and a handful of semi-popular people.#as it turns out trans woman can sympathize with people who were struggling like we were and try to offer some advice to help.
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Imagine telling somebody in 1995 that one day, Snoop Dog and Flavor Flav would both be beloved American icons highly associated with the Olympic Games. With Snoop acting as an official NBC commentator and carrying the actual Olympic torch in his 50s.
They would look at you like you were absolutely insane. What an incredible world we live in
#snoop has a rap sheet that includes arrest for drive-by gang rivalry murder on the streets of LA#and now he’s carrying an olympic torch and doing commentary on the women’s fencing event#flavor flav swooping in to fully sponsor the US water polo team bc they were working two jobs to afford practice#them gen x babies have got to be REELING#i mean obviously you can have the cynical view of celebs using the Olympics to improve their own image - which is also objectively true#porque no los dos?#Olympics
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ohhh antony is carrying the show on his back 😭 https://x.com/screenrant/status/1805265919741989352?s=46
i don't want to discredit the work that writers do, especially in laying the groundwork for a character like homelander and crafting a compelling arc for him with every new season. and i'm sure they were very involved in the making of ep 4 as well, despite kripke generously giving credit where it's due here. however...
it is nice to know that antony starr has not only elevated the character with a superb performance but also made some pretty valuable contributions to the script :) obviously i'm biased but i think he is the standout of every episode. i'm throwing emmys at him
#ty for sending i hadn't seen this one#homelander#the boys#asks#antony starr#< to offer my unnecessary opinion i think he's really scary. but if i ever happen to run into him i'll do my duty and thank him#we were at the same restaurant once a week apart... my friend follows him on IG it was kind of a 🤯 moment when he sent me that story#celebs
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Bunhe and shizun’s frist kiss caught in 4K
#svsss#bingqiu#luo binghe#shen qingqiu#y’all know when you were a teen and you would kiss a picture of your celebrity crush#no is that just me#anyway that’s the idea behind this#shizun is binghe celeb crush lol
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BARRY KEOGHAN ↳ But yeah, he's…Nah. He's just, he's a gorgeous person, honestly. ↳ 'SALTBURN' Press | Digital Spy · Dec. 2023
#feelin like he doesnt get enough credit for this incredibly considerate & cool response#forever loving him for not doing the whole 'im not but if i were gay' cringe speech#MWAH MWAH MWAH I LOVE YOU THIS WHOLE ANSWER IS GOATED THANK YOU#wished actors were this considerate/inclusive in interviews when i was younger. you could never make me hate him#h̾o̾t̾ h̾o̾t̾ h̾o̾t̾ mmwah chefs sexiest kiss how he plays it off as if he fancied his chances with him. hashtag no toxic masculinity here#barry keoghan#saltburn#oliver quick#saltburn press#masters of air#queer characters#queer#gay#lgbt#gossip#interview#celebs#quotes#beautiful men#jacob elordi
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3x06 — Dennis' Dresses
5x03 — Paddy's Dollars
11x08 — Paddy's Wagon
16x01 — Inflatable Furniture
Dennis Reynolds — Failed Businesses
#iasip#dennis reynolds#came up with this gif set idea while we were walking in the streets of philly#and then i made myself sad last night#for the addition...#youll see later#also runners up: paddys merch; hh&vv realty; smut film; celeb booze#OC
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one day fans will realize that treating real people like fictional characters and fictional characters like real people is, at the core of things, The Problem
#luke newton#nicola coughlan#polin#lukola#penelope featherington#colin bridgerton#bridgerton#the invasive speculation like you're doing meta analysis of a plotline and not REAL LIVES is deeply uncomfortable#people in real person shipping communities have to come to understand that they are not in fact a fan of the real people#you do not know and will never know the actuality of these celebrities you are a fan of#realize NOW that you are a fan of their PERSONAS and absolutely nothing else#and that the purpose of shipping is not 'oh they'll get together' (so i'm RIGHT) but instead 'i enjoy this dynamic'#the pressure of validation from people who owe you nothing is what makes fans upset#not real people's actions that harm no one#which means you hurt your own feelings and then spiral in circles about how you didn't get said validation#when you were never owed it and choose to put the onus of responsibility on others behaving how you want#and not placing the responsibility on YOURSELF to have reasonable expectations and respect the people you claim to stan#build the bridge and get over it#some of y'all mad disrespectful like these celebs don't straight up hate you for how you behave#as they are well within reason to do so
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I committed the sin of not knowing about Patti LuPone before Agatha All Along can the fandom forgive me
#it was the right call not to listen to down the witches road before watching the episode#patti ATE every fit and every note 😭#rip lilia calderu you were a diva to us all#agatha all along#lilia calderu#patti lupone#mcu agatha Harkness#patti has STAGE PLAY training and i can believe it because LISTEN TO HERRRRRRR#“Do not insult me ☝️ I have perfect pitch” yes you DO you diva especially with patti lupone#apparently Patti doesn't like being randomly approached when she's in public#icon.#BE CONSIDERATE TO CELEBS WHEN THEY'RE IN PUBLIC#i hope patti is having a good day today#may her food be tasty. may her fits be cunty.#amen
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thinking about bisexual erasure and how being bi is having to constantly remind people bisexuality exists, even to other queer people. i have a friend at work who is gay and knows i'm bi and sometimes a guy will come in and will talk about his wife when the guy leaves my friend is like "mhm, sure, wife." and i'm always like well... he could be fruity AND have a wife and it's gen like... he forgets that's a thing until i mention it? the other day a guy came in and said he used to date someone and used they/them pronouns and THEN talked abt his wife and my friend was like "aw he went straight." and i'm just like HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN? and it's shit like this from within our own community that makes bisexuals the silent majority. because it's exhausting and i just need people to remember we exist without having to remind them. i want people to see bisexuality as an option, not an after thought.
#personal#same shit with celebs#remember g*ylor and ofc they all think she's secretly gay and none of her relationships were real#like come on
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they tried to put him on the cover of vogue
but his legs were tooooo long
been noodling around with a kitewing model x idol au and this is the result…
+ janky process gifs under cut orz
hi <3 these r so low quality forgive me
i have more sketches and ideas for this au should i drop them 👀👀
#hxh fanart#i know the text is goofy forgive me i’m no writer#hxh#hxh kite#hxh kaito#kite hxh#digital illustration#my art#but his legs were too long :(#and despite having 7 piercings i still cannot render them </3#hxh wing#wing hxh#kitewing#completed jan 1#silly celeb au
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always an angel, never a god
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#also inspired by those 2000s t-shirts that the celebs were wearing#boygenius#boygenius edit#boygeniusedit#phoebe bridgers#julien baker#lucy dacus
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Yo all y'all new twitter and reddit refugees.
if an account has the word 'official' in it this does NOT mean it's really official. You can call yourself anything on here. There is no verification.
So like, remember to take things they say with as much salt as you can manage.
#the few celebs snd real organizations on here proved it the old fashioned way#OFFICIAL usually means a parody blog or in at least one case#a person LARPING a government organization (they were 'asked' to Cease and Desist)#tumblr
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The shartney wedding news makes this bit so much fucking funnier
#smosh#shayne topp#courtney miller#no wonder they were so comfortable making the joke#celebs#my post
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Do you think there were any celebrities that got in the voice recording booth when they were doing their Guess Who episodes and read the script like 'I would not fucking say that'
#I can't stop thinking about being some irrelevant celeb and getting a call from WB and then showing up only for the script to say shit like#'I knew Scooby Doo back in the day we were best friends when we took yoga classes together in 06' like it's so funny to me#scooby doo
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