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https://youtu.be/wUdgBeIG-RE

Full interview for the curious

"Would you have classified yourselves in hindsight as nerdy children?"

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okay. i just watched the movie Snakeskin (2001). i bought a physical dvd in the year of our lord 2024 because Taika has 6.5 minutes of screentime in it. and now i'm sitting here trying to process wtf i just watched asjdhfdjsk so here are the highlights (thank you Meow @blakbonnet for going through this experience with me)

first of all, enjoy these screenshots from the trailer (i'm still not sure if they're mandatory disclaimers?):

...but say yes to snake imagery, because there will be a lot of it

we are definitely in 2001. this is extremely apparent throughout the whole movie. but especially from this girl's hair

Taika's character (Nelson) and his girlfriend (Daisy, pictured above) drive around in a repurposed ice cream truck and sell drugs btw. it's called Mr. Trippy.

main character Alice (Melanie Lynskey) is a huge fan of ✨America✨. her best friend is in love with her but she only wants Bad Boys. also said friend's name is Johnny but it's actually Craig

ALSO Craig-slash-Johnny is played by Dean O'Gorman (Fili)??!?!?!?

their hobby is to drive around picking up hitchhikers but only those who look not boring

enter The American. this guy is the most American you have ever seen. americans wish they could be as American as this guy. no one else has ever Americaned harder.

as you can see, i'm not lying. he even says "howdy ma'am" so we're convinced he is a real American

three skinheads are after The American because he stole their drugs (i think). he also stole drugs from Nelson and Daisy, who now owe money and/or drugs to their boss, who also has beef with The American for reasons i'm still not totally sure of

The American not only steals drugs and money, he also has a real gun(!!!) and fucks pretty much everyone?

"darlin'. u gotta earn the raaaiht. ter wear snakeskins 😎"

oh my god the sunglasses emoji just reminded me of the fucking sunglasses oh no i'm not sure i can do this akjsdhjsk this will make sense later i promise

do not learn gun safety from this movie

at one point, there is a whole lotta sheep. we are, after all, in Aotearoa New Zealand. and ok this had the cutest moment of Taika yelling "SHEEPY" out of a car

there's a scene where uhm. uhhh no not gonna describe this i think but. yeah fair warning this movie has some period-typical homophobia let's just say 💀 this is the live reaction:

MOVING ON

if you enjoy the 2000s aesthetic of "look how edgy we are doing drugs" *colorful-haired people on couches in dark club* *echo-y laugh* *hallucinations* *it's mushrooms look it's mushrooms we're doing psychedelics* then this is the movie for you my friend

oh and Alice also did acid at some point while being very "i've totally done drugs before" about it (((doubt)))

GIRL GET UP FROM THAT DIRTY BATHROOM FLOOR

[New Zealand accent] "wow. six and acid." yes she is living all her american dreams as you can see

by nighttime, all three cars (main characters, mr. trippy, and the nazimobile) and the motorcycle (mr. drug boss) have made it pretty far up the mountain, it seems. cute moment between mr. drug boss and nelson. look how :D he is!

but you know a movie with Taika in it needs to have a father figure talk down to him so he gets very 🥺 right after this

lots of shit goes down (i won't spoil too much if by any chance you still want to watch this) and it turns out that the older skinhead guy is the best actor in the movie??

and NOW things get weird

Craig and The American have so much beef by now that they decide to solve it by russian roulette

Alice's reaction to this is something like "ugh, you guys are crazy, i can't watch this 🙄"

like she just walks away?? GIRL THEY'RE AIMING A REAL GUN AT EACH OTHER

she keeps COMPLETELY UNDERREACTING TO WHAT IS HAPPENING like (spoilers from now on) CRAIG IS SHOT AND KILLED and she doesn't even run over and she doesn't even say anything to The American?? WHO SHOT HIM???? he's just standing there??

and then. AND THEN.

ok this is where i fully lost it for several minutes and missed half the following scene. i was fucking HOWLING like actually crying with laughter, i couldn't see or breathe and my partner got worried ksjdhfdjsk ok so here's what happens

they're in the car. craig is obviously very dead. alice is kinda in denial i guess. The American tells her to shut his eyes and she's like why? BECAUSE HE DEAD GIRL!! but she doesn't, she doesn't shut his eyes, no, this is what she does instead

I COULD BARELY MAKE THIS GIF BECAUSE I KEPT LAUGHING TO THE POINT OF TEARS

NOT THE SUNGLASSES ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME. THE UNTAPPED MEME POTENTIAL HERE IS FUCKING RIDICULOUS

ANYWAY shortly after this we hear one of the funniest lines in the movie (and it's not even about the shooting and killing of Craig):

"fuck, Seth! this isn't fucking America, you can't just go around shooting everybody!"

oh yeah The American does have a name and it's Seth

i'll just post a few chat screenshots for the next part because i can't really describe it, i promise we're almost at the end

after some incredible visual effects™️, we end with Return of the Sunglasses (and me scaring my cats away because i was sobbing again)

i haven't even really talked about Taika's scenes much (the reason i watched this in the first place) because the ending took me OUT and honestly he is maybe the most normal person in this whole movie. one review (from the trailer) wrote this:

and yeah that may honestly be the best way to describe it. 10/10 movie watching experience, highly recommend. thank you for coming to my snek talk

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Me: I don't get it. I thought I was doing a lot better than I was a few years ago. I'm like 10 times more on top of things than I used to be. How does everything feel terrible now?

The Tiny Me in OSHA-approved Hi-Vis Gear Who lives in my brain and pulls all the levers: Boss, it's the fascism. You're completely gunked up with cortisol due to the fact that your entire daily life is now underscored with a haunting awareness of the rapid erosion of your rights, dignity, and any and all social safety nets, and you're also bearing witness to the most vulnerable people immediately being persecuted. This creates a natural stress response that basically means you're going to continue having memory and organizational problems, as well as emotional imbalances.

Me: BUT I HAVE A BULLET JOURNAL AND I MEDITATE NOW.

Tiny OSHA Me: BOSS, THE FASCISM.

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reblog if you're gay, not gay, slightly gay, or if you just want to launch donald trump into a dying star

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I can't say this for sure because I am obviously not the people who named him, and as someone is the comments said, Ruapuke can mean "two hills", which makes perfect sense for a city. But te reo is fun and flexible, and the verb puke (poo-kay) can mean "to rise up, well up", which how it can be noun for hill, a rising of the earth. Which means it can also mean "second rising", for this lil dude who got a second chance.

thinking about that kakapo egg that got crushed but the conservation team patched it up and it survived

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The Choctaw-Irish Brotherhood(via)

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It's my 15 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

Oh Jesus, we're old

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Jed the Wolfdog in The Thing (1982)

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From facebook; mic drop.

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“Every day, more and more everyday people are at the point where they get it, and they get the urgency, even if the conventional politicians with their consultants and their focus groups and their big-ticket donors do not. Any leaders who join them on the Tesla protest lines are the ones who will be rewarded in the coming elections, and not the cowards who troll hopelessly for right-wing votes. The Democrats like Newsom or Houlahan who didn’t speak out for those being marginalized by the forces of autocracy will be remembered at the ballot box, but not in a good way.”

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Feckless Dems need ‘a Navalny, not a Newsom’

Newsom has been a reliable governor for us here in California. I have taken some comfort in the knowledge that he has stood up to Trump several times, and any of Trump’s fuckery will hopefully be mitigated or defused because Newsom is my governor.

But I’m disgusted with his platforming of a Nazi, his careless willingness to just abandon and betray our trans siblings, and his transparent effort to suck up to the shitty Gen Z nazis who are ascendant in Republican politics.

Like so many centrists who came before him, Newsom is about to experience – but will learn nothing from – the reality that, given a choice between a real piece of shit republican, and someone who is pretending to be a piece of shit republican, the real republican wins every single time.

It’s why Fetterman lied through his teeth about being a progressive; he NEVER gets elected if he runs on what he’s done since taking office. He has infuriated and betrayed the people who worked so hard to get him elected, and now he will be a one term senator, because no Democrat will trust him, and the garbage MAGA morons will choose some dipshit WWE guy or whoever the party puts up, no matter what.

It’s very early in Newsom’s national political rollout, and he has time to clean this up … but he isn’t stupid. He knows exactly who Charlie Kirk is, and he knows exactly what platforming him on his premiere episode means to the Democratic base.

Trans rights are human rights, Governor. You know that. You’ve said it. Your conduct on your podcast is disappointing and morally bankrupt. My first strike against you was that idiotic French Laundry stunt you pulled during Covid, which directly led to the recall against you. This is your second strike. I really hope you don’t strike out.

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THIS TIME WE'RE REALLY DONE.... ONE LAST SET OF ITEMS

GO BID. You've got 24 hours!

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pitter patter putter patter *you look down and see this*

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I think if you call grits polenta, more people will get it (although today I learned that grits are a little more versatile!)

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Con O'Neill donated a voice message to the #OFMDCraftFair and the wonderful anonymous donor who won it decided to share it with the entire fandom. Please enjoy (and spread widely so everyone can hear).

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No nuance the normal option is only one and i want statistics to prove to my parents that something is deeply wrong with them