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Lizzie this Jimmy that- we need to acknowledge that Mumbo takes one step onto the life series servers and every fiber of his silly little Minecraft body goes “NEED lava” and then he dies. Grian sees him and is like well no one else is gonna do it. Mf shows up on the server, is the silliest person around, and dies. I miss him already. The winner of secret life in my heart.

“Mumbo takes one step onto the life series servers and every fiber of his silly little Minecraft body goes “NEED lava” and then he dies” is the most accurate description of Mumbo ever

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As we in the northern hemisphere head into the colder months don’t forget to do this! Only the healthiest mumbo jumbo husbandry on this page

(speaking as a complete 100% techno-klutz of the first water, I use LibreOffice (which is free) and I use it to collaborate and share documents with colleagues who themselves are using MSWord. I honestly believe that if I can, then probably anyone with a computer can).

it’s so important for your health to regularly interact with people at least a decade older than you who aren’t family, especially as a young person.

When my 45 year old teammate gives me advice on mental health and I know she understands because she’s had a tough adult life.

When my 32 year old friend tells me his life started improving for the first time the year she turned 30.

When the 60 year old man at the soup kitchen gives me permission to grieve by telling me I’m ‘just a baby’ with only gentleness in his voice.

It’s so much easier to abandon and break out from the cultural idealisation of youth when you surround yourself with wonderful people in all stages of their lives.

The horses of Toronto Police Department are wearing friendship bracelets in honor of Taylor's Eras Tour show tonight! 📸: SteveRyanCP24

(November 14, 2024)

i hate when i send someone a meme in another language and they're like "uhm... translate? 😒" fucker i sent you a meme where 90% of the words have an english cognate and/or you don't need to know what they're saying to find it funny. can you at least TRY

i sent this meme to 7 people, and 4 of them asked me to translate for them. i legitimately do not think that was necessary.

having viral posts is all fun and games until you have clowns in your mentions being like "well, op, i bet you also didn't know THIS" [haughtily explains something i absolutely would and do know] like add whatever to my posts that you think is informative just don't direct it at ME! i know! i just didn't include it in the post i made in 20 seconds because i didn't think 30,000 of you would see it!

i love these tags. WHAT was your viral post i need to know so badly.

some of our collective suffering

Y'all I am a genuine published scholar in the American West specifically and have years of training in American History paired with years of lay study in food history.

I promise you I know more about the genesis of the potluck than you. Reference something other than a totally unsourced blog article before you try to correct me.

Okay, don't get me wrong here. I LOVE Jurassic Park. I love seeing their dinosaurs. But after watching Prehistoric Planet, and going back to look at this...

And then looking at this...

Notice how much healthier the second set looks? Their lips cover their teeth, they actually have fat on their bodies, their skin doesn't wrinkle like they're dehydrated. You can't see every single tendon and muscle move because you aren't supposed to. Dinosaurs are animals, not reptilian body-builders.

THIS is the kind of change I want to see in how we create realistic depictions of not only dinosaurs, but all prehistoric creatures. Paleoart has always had a huge issue with shrink-wrapping and making these animals look terrifying instead of making them look like, well, animals.

Well done, BBC.

STOP BACKYARD BREEDING YOUR DINOSAURS

Get your Tyrannosaurs from responsible, DKC registered breeders! Anyone who says your rex should be skinny or 'thats just how they are' is lying to you.

colors

Color theory is a real sumbitch

“characters in fic are too good at identifying scents” is officially an “his eyes did not literally darken” level of complaint to me now like it’s about the drama it’s about the romance it’s about atmosphere it’s about taking you to a heightened version of reality!!! please suspend your disbelief at least enough for vibes-based sensory descriptions it will be So Worth It i promise

Sometimes people be acting like how people did at paintings. No, a man's skin is not red in real life. This is, however, a painting. No I cannot easily identify 100 different scents in real life. This is, however, a book.

I think it’s been said before but I really love how Tolkien does consequences of individual actions in his writing. For example Bilbo vs Gollum in regards to the ring. Gollum starts off his “relationship” to the ring with a murder and can’t let it go it consumes him. While Bilbo starts his with kindness by choosing not kill Gollum using the ring, and because of that he more able to give it up and then this act of kindness leads to middle earth being saved. I just really love how Tolkien continually shows how much individual actions and choices matter through his work. It’s one of the reasons he is one of my favourite authors.

dont mind me just casually giving my servant heart eyes after i was trying to cheer him up because he seemed down

In case you forgot, fandom is for freaks by freaks.

Rewatching Desolation of Smaug and had almost forgotten about Thorin being absolutely unhinged and bullying Smaug into firing up their forge WITHOUT WARNING HIS COMPANY

🐱: Sapnap. Was that really a queen?

🐼: It- It was!

🐱: Look at me in the damn eyes and tell me that was a queen.

🐼: IT W- IT WAS A QUEEN!

🐱: Yeah, blinking's telling of a liar, isn't it?

🐼: I SWEAR TO IT! I swear to it George!

🐱: You silly, stupid BAKA! He's a liar!

[Sapnap wasn't lying. George has to pull the trigger. It doesn't go off.]

🐱: Hehehehehe. Ryuk, high five me.