ajeckaea:

draconym:

magiccarpetman:

draconym:

draconym:

I just saw an acquaintance use “👖🛝” in place of the word genocide and. like. at what point are we going to decide that this kind of self-censorship is too degrading to abide anymore.

“grape” “sui-slide” “the panini” I feel like I’m surrounded by Rugrats who overheard the grown ups talking about the news.

This is mean, but when I’m in a safe context to do so, I love pretending I don’t understand what they mean and forcing them to explain in plain language.

It’s not mean. You are so normal. If someone uses these terms when speaking to me directly I’m going to end up on the news.

I call this collection of screenshots “idiots of /r/whatsthatbook”.

And finally, my go-to example for Tiktokese/ridiculous unnecessary self-censoring:

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animatedamerican:

animate-mush:

animate-mush:

The thing about the whole AD vs CE vs whether it’s all just cosmetic discourse is that it totally ignores where this numbering system comes from. We should just call it what it is: Bede notation.

It was invented by one person for a specific purpose - to have a universalizable way of establishing historical dates, rather than having to deal with dynastically based date systems. And it was a really good idea. This is not surprising, since Bede is basically the father of Historiography. He also is the guy who gave us the notion of Primary Sources. Bede is amazing.

When a guy revolutionizes the entire way calendaring is done, he has the right to set his zero point wherever he pleases.

People have pointed out that one problem with CE notation is that it presents itself as neutral when it is exactly the same system as AD. What exactly is “common” about this era? The zero point doesn’t become neutral just by effacing its source.

(Also BCE is nonsense. Just use negative numbers)

It makes sense for scholarly tradition to not want to be tied to a specific religion. But scholarly tradition is very enthusiastic about being tied to earlier scholarly tradition. The convention of AD was established by a scholar for a scholarly purpose. We know his name. We know what he was doing, and why, and how. And he was doing it better than anybody else. That is worth honoring.

Rather than pretending that it’s a neutral system, acknowledge that it’s not. It’s not some naturally occurring “common era,” it’s the system developed by Bede, centered around dates that were important to him personally (but which he intended to be universally applicable).

Like we should be honest about the facts that (a) an awful lot of people have been measuring dates this way for nearly 1400 years and changing it in a non-cosmetic way would involve a lot of seriously obnoxious bookkeeping, and (b) the zero is where it is because that’s where the guy who invented the system decided to put it. “Anno Domini” is meaningless to people who aren’t into that particular Dominus, and “Common Era” is meaningless period (and imparts a false appearance of neutrality). Pinning it to its creator, though, is already scholarly convention and is objective. It may or may not be the year of Our Lord, and it certainly isn’t Common (whatever that means) but it is unarguably the schema developed by Bede, for better or for worse. So unless we’re actually going to rebuild it from scratch, we may as well call it that. And even if we do rebuild it from scratch, we should still call it that. Because that is what it is.

Reblogging in honor of the feast of St. Bede today.

I have been informed that Bede notation may in fact have been first devised by Dionysus the Humble of Scythia to calculate the date of Easter more accurately. But my broader point stands.

Bede, yo.

I think I’m going to try to adopt “Bede notation” except where it would be funny to continue saying “the year of Someone Else’s Lord.”

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hidey-writes:

wip wednesday

Zhao Yunlan tugs on the sweater, and double-checks the front mirror as he heads out. Presentable enough. It’s just two hours. He can survive two hours.

Shen Wei is waiting for him outside the restaurant. Something in his whole self — lightens, when Zhao Yunlan turns the corner. His expression, his posture. Some bright kind of anticipation that suffuses his face, brings his hands out of his pockets. 

It puts a strange, panicked feeling in the pit of Zhao Yunlan’s stomach. He hadn’t felt so acutely before just how far Hei Erguo was from himself. He hadn’t seen before, just how badly he could let Shen Wei down. 

He puts a smile on his own face, pulls Shen Wei into an embrace as soon as he can to keep from that intense, close-up scrutiny he catches Shen Wei doing sometimes. “It’s good to see you,” he says. And if the murmur sounds more affectionate than exhausted, then all the better. 

-

There’s something off about Hei Erguo from the moment Shen Wei sees him turn the corner. Something subtle about his expression, about how flat his hair is. There’s a slump to his shoulders that not even Xiao Zhao’s careful posture can hide. Shen Wei means to ask him if something’s wrong, offer to reschedule, but then —

Xiao Zhao has hardly reached him before he’s dragging Shen Wei into an embrace. His face buried in Shen Wei’s neck, his arms tight around Shen Wei’s back. “It’s good to see you,” Xiao Zhao murmurs, and the tone of his voice makes something in Shen Wei ache.

playing with swapping povs in the weilan boyfriend service fic hehe i’ve never done this before but i think for a fic that has sooo much pretending it’s probably going to be pretty helpful as a vehicle to give the reader information. also hehe hei erguo (lit. “black two pots”) is just a reference to bai sanwan (lit. “white three bowls”), bai yu’s character in kaitui / the truth.

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tookas-have-teeth:

tookas-have-teeth:

Y’all “critical thinking” does not equal “criticism”.

I am very tired of saying positive things about characters and getting told I need to do some critical thinking (so that I’ll see the characters are actually bad). No. That’s not how that works. I already did some critical thinking and came to the conclusions that these characters are wonderful. Criticism or straight up character bashing is not more enlightened and is not how critical thinking works. “Critical thinking” is not “thinking about all the bad or problematic aspects of something.” It’s looking objectively at evidence, looking at context, recognizing and examining personal biases and assumptions, considering what assumptions and biases are being used in a given argument by other people, etc. Sometimes this process brings up criticisms, yes, but sometimes it also leads to the conclusion that something is actually good despite it being made out to be bad. 

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lightasthesun:

strwrs:

strwrs:

pls… i beg of you… reblog creations… or else there won’t be any more creations

it makes me so sad to see so many creators talking in the tags about how they’re not creating as much because less and less people are interacting. this is proof that interaction is vital. this is proof that a lack of interaction leads to discouraged creators and leads to less creations. liking—and only liking—does not encourage creators.

and that’s because (1) the purpose of this website is to share things that bring us joy and (2) likes don’t share things or ensure something is seen by more people, not like they do on other sites. so, when so many people decide to only like a post and not share it (i.e. not reblog it), that tells the creator that those people didn’t think their hard work was worth sharing with others. that’s discouraging. 

and the creator isn’t the only one that gets something out of that. you get something, too. you get the joy of sharing something you like; that’s a meaningful experience for both you and for the creator. and that experience—that interaction—encourages the creator to create more, and so there’s more joy to be had for both you and the creator.

long story short, interaction (i.e., reblogging, which is interaction in its simplest form on this site) brings joy. it’s literally all about the joy, people. the joy in discovering and sharing and appreciating and marveling at creations. so please reblog—for everyone’s sake, including your own. 

REBLOG!! Support content creators!

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lovely-v:

lovely-v:

I’m gonna propose “I guess you haven’t read the silmarillion then :/” as a default response to anyone not understanding a reference to something obscure. even if it’s not remotely Tolkien related. I want to build up a perception that perhaps the sum total of human knowledge is contained in the silmarillion

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suzukiblu:

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cephalopod-celabrator:

I think it’s really funny that reading the discworld witch books (at least the ones that are Weatherwax+Ogg+Magrat), Granny immediately seems like the scariest one by far. She seems like a terrifying force of nature accompanied by a jovial old grandma and an insecure young woman. But as the series progress, the times when Granny holds back and Nanny and Magrat jovially engage in brutal physical violence add up. Now I’m not saying you *shouldn’t* be scared of Granny, I’m just saying that she has a rather strong conscience in her way, whereas Magrat and Nanny will both sucker punch you, kick you between the legs and happily step over your groaning body. Granny is to be feared, but Nanny doesn’t fight fair and Magrat will kill a motherfucker. Terry Pratchett really knew how to write female characters.

Too right to stay in the tags

Honestly just the most accurate moment of “oh no” every single antagonist in every single one of the Lancre books should’ve most feared. Also the TRUEST “oh no” moment that is pissing off three very, very different women who are in very different phases of their respective lives and all have MONGOOSE-opinions about it.

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uinferno:

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voidsnout:

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memewhore:

hold on let me google something

what the fuck

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theaspecyear:

People need to understand that the point ISN’T “being single is not a failure if you’re aromantic”, the point is being single is not a failure full stop.

You can be allo and be single; it’s allowed. You feeling attraction doesn’t mean your priority NEEDS to be finding romance (it can be! But it also can not).

Being single should be normalized no matter what your romantic/sexual orientation is. It isn’t a tragedy.

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derinthescarletpescatarian:

This is great.

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microsff:

carmillapixel:

My comic about a witch and her familiar is being published in a magazine in Sweden (in Swedish) this year! It’ll be the first time I have a comic published in a book that has a barcode and can be bought in bookshops so I’m very excited!

The magazine is called Portal, and my comic will be in issue 13-14 which is the last ever issue they’re publishing. My comic is called A Familiar Story, and I’ve printed it in English myself already and sold it at a couple markets in Sweden. (Online shop will follow when I have brain and time)

More details about my comic on a public post linked below. Promoting myself is uncomfortable and scary, who knew!

A Familiar Story is being published in Portal! | CarmillaPixel

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This comic adaptation of one of my stories is going to be published in a Swedish magazine showcasing comic artists.

I’m really looking forward to seeing it!

I have a copy of the original self-published (in English) comic, but this magazine is a larger format, and I translated the story to Swedish for it.

sheishine:

Ancient Sea Creature Diorama - Anomalocaris (Cambrian Period).

古代海洋生物ジオラマ - アノマロカリス (カンブリア紀)。

The print is available on my Etsy shop.

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alilie-moonlight:

Question for fanfics authors

Do you finish most of the fanfics you start?

Yes, piece of cake

Sometimes some issues, but yes

Unfortunately not, lot of WIPs and almost nothing finished

Originally posted by im-a-crumblr

Thank you so much for your vote. Visit my blog and participate in the other active polls :)

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thatpollguy:

Do you know the reason why your parents/carers gave you your birth name?

Yes

I used to know but I’ve forgotten now

No

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