Marguerite Bennett's Blog, page 16
October 30, 2017
babyanimalgifs:
A young polar bear cub filmed over the first 83...
A young polar bear cub filmed over the first 83 days of her life
video via Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
takashishiriogane:
takashishiriogane:
odyssey au where everything is the same but odysseus is...
odyssey au where everything is the same but odysseus is replaced by jean ralphio
PENNY P! You just missed the CRAZIEST of crazies. War. Gods. Monsters. Naked - MOM?!?! Betrayal. Fleeing the scene. Trapped on an island. Coming here. Disguising myself as a beggar for a week ‘cause technically I’m homeless
October 29, 2017
Some fairy tales may be 6000 years old
GUYS THIS IS AMAZING
SERIOUSLY
6000 YEARS
STORIES THAT ARE OLDER THAN CIVILIZATIONS
STORIES THAT WERE TOLD BY PEOPLE SPEAKING LANGUAGES WE NO LONGER KNOW
STORIES TOLD BY PEOPLE LOST TO THE VOID OF TIME
STORIES
@siavahdainthemoon This is relevant to your interests
@kibumunnie this is absolutely relevant to my interests, I thank you for thinking of me
I’d like to add this to the pile of evidence for the people who get all “but HISTORICAL ACCURACY” when it comes to whiteness and fairy tales. Because apparently some of these stories could nearly predate the ability of human beings to evolve light skin, and definitely are older than the ability to digest animal milk.
Will we see the discourse goalposts move to pre-historical accuracy?
Snarkiness aside, I really wish the disciplines would communicate more in matters like these, because I think that the implications for our greater cultural consciousness regarding human mythology and modern sociological structures are kinda cool?
so i went and read the study because i was curious what these stories actually are and the data they use comes specifically from indo-european speaking societies so it’s not a worldwide thing. but the method they used is pretty amazing.
anyway, the only story they could confidently trace back to the bronze age (the bronze age!!) is ‘the smith and the devil’. three other stories (’the boy steals the ogre’s treasure’, ‘the animal bride’ and ‘the grateful animals’) have a +50% likelihood of being part of the proto-indo-european story corpus.
and here are the other stories that can be traced at least one level up from current european languages:
audreycritter:
wickedlye:
phanatic1981:
This is holographic...
This is holographic projection of a whale. It is a photographic process that produces images, thanks to the differences between 2 laser beams. These images are projected on to a gym using a special camera. There is not a drop of water in the gym, let alone a whale.
Flippin cool. That is all.
THE FUTURE IS NOW
drowningsun:
altadude:
tediousfeline:
carryonmy-assbutt:
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prokopetz:
lightninjohn:
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every time i listen to “you’re a mean one mr. grinch” i can’t help but sit there and think “what did the grinch do to hurt you?” because dude just stands there for 2 minutes and 58 seconds and drags the grinch into the dirt
he stole christmas, kayla! stop with your #notallgrinches propaganda!
you know what if someone told me i was a three-decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich with arsenic sauce i’d probably be bitter enough to steal christmas too
Interestingly, though The Grinch Who Stole Christmas is narrated by Boris Karloff, the big musical number is sung by the late Thurl Ravenscroft - an American voice actor better known as the voice of Tony the Tiger.
My headcanon is that the Grinch and Tony the Tiger had a bad breakup, and “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” is the resulting breakup song.
Did this really HAVE to be the first thing I see when I opened up Tumblr?
Yes.
oh god theres art
@altadude you know what must be done.
ive been avoiding reblogging this honestly but just. What the fuck. What the fuck tumblr
glamourweaver:
fieldbears:
wakeupontheprongssideofthebed:
jewishprongs:
lucius1011:
jewishprongs:...
wakeupontheprongssideofthebed:
I still laugh when I think about the fact that the Ministry of Magic employs people to come up with explanations for magic-related incidents for Muggles.
I need a mockumentary in the style of Parks & Rec about the Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee sitting around a table brainstorming excuses as a floating quill and roll of parchment record everything. The Muggleborns on the committee constantly look into the camera like they’re on The Office.
I don’t think you understand how much I want to be magical just so I could work for this office
“Oh yes, ma’am, you were hallucinating. Giants don’t exist.”
“No, no, you simply saw a man riding a horse, don’t be preposterous. A man can’t be a horse.”
“Come now, be reasonable. Everybody knows a Ford Anglia can’t… can’t fly…… Excuse me, I need to call a colleague of mine to ask him about, ah, something entirely unrelated.”
Addition: imagine being the cousin of a muggle-born wizard or witch who works for this office. You work at HuffPo or CNN and every so often you get a text saying “just say it was northern lights”
and your stress migraine kicks in, because whatever just happened, it’s definitely not going to pass for northern lights
AURORA BOREALIS?!
pog-with-a-blog:
En Anglais, on ne dit pas “quatre vingt dix neuf”, on dit “ninety nine” qu'on...
En Anglais, on ne dit pas “quatre vingt dix neuf”, on dit “ninety nine” qu'on pourrait traduire comme “Hurr durr, regardez mois, j'ai un système de numérotation fonctionnel” et je crois que c'est magnifique.
October 28, 2017
geoclaire:
bob-belcher:
reasons why Halloween is the best holiday:
you are not obligated to visit...
reasons why Halloween is the best holiday:
you are not obligated to visit your relatives
you are not obligated to get gifts for anybody
people will give you candy for absolutely no reason other than it’s Halloween
it’s the only day of the year when it’s socially acceptable to go out in public dressed as a penguin
I finally understand about Americans and Halloween
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