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I learned something new and horrifying today which is… that… no submarine is ever considered “lost” … there is apparently a tradition in the U.S. Navy that no submarine is ever lost. Those that go to sea and do not return are considered to be “still on patrol.”

?????

There is a monument about this along a canal near here its… the worst thing I have ever seen. it says “STILL ON PATROL” in huge letters and then goes on to specify exactly how many WWII submarine ghosts are STILL OUT THERE, ON PATROL (it is almost 2000 WWII submarine ghosts, ftr). Here is the text from it:

“U.S. Navy Submarines paid heavily for their success in WWII. A total of 374 officers and 3131 men are still on board these 52 U.S. submarines still on patrol.”

THANKS A LOT, U.S. NAVY, FOR HAVING THIS TOTALLY NORMAL AND NOT AT ALL HORRIFYING TRADITION, AND TELLING ALL OF US ABOUT IT. THANKS. THANK YOU

Look at this sensitive kid trying to keep it together, he looks like he’s about to CRY with the way his eyes are watering. Which isn’t much different than this pretty famous scene later on in the show:

These rare color photos of Paris were taken over 100 years ago. 

In 1909, a wealthy French banker named Albert Kahn wanted to document the world using a new color photo process called Autochrome Lumière, so he commissioned 4 photographers to take their cameras all over the world.

One of the cities they documented was Paris.

Starting in 1914, Kahn’s photographers, Leon Gimpel, Stephane Passet, Georges Chevalier and Auguste Leon, documented life in Paris using color filters made from dyed potato starch grains.

They made these color photos over a century ago (with a small amount of color enhancing done on the original shots).

In addition to the many shots of Paris, around 72,000 Autochromes from around the globe were created through Kahn’s project.

Background info: Hawaiians have a very strong symbiotic relationship with the land (‘āina). Our creation legend is actually very similar to the beginning of the greeks. First there was chaos (I believe the name was Po?) and then came Papa and Wakea, the Earth and the Sky. Papa gave birth to the islands and the Stars. The Stars and the Sky have a child, but the child is a stillborn. They bury the child and with the mothers tears the first kalo plant grows (taro). The second child is Haloa aka man. So the reason we have these values and such is because there is this familial connection to the world around us. We take care of the ‘āina and it will provide for us. This symbiosis is the key to why these moral values mean so much. Like reason we value these things is basically because we owe the earth, our family, our ancestors, the plants, the animals, the ocean, the sky, we owe all of them for our existence and when you follow these values you are honoring them and all they have done for you. The english translations don’t really hold that same weight, they are just words, they don’t have the generations of meaning behind them.

ALOHA— Aloha is a value, one of unconditional love. Aloha is the outpouring and receiving of the spirit. This is so important, like it is so prevalent in Hawaii. I have never experienced a community be more loving.

HO‘OHANA— The value of work: To work with intent and with purpose. As in, don’t be lazy or half ass something for that won’t produce good products.

HO‘OMAU— The value of perseverance. To persist, to continue, to perpetuate. Never give up.

HO‘OKIPA— The value of hospitality, a hospitality of complete giving. Welcome guests and strangers with your spirit of Aloha. We treat most people like family unless they have proven themselves to be rude or undeserving, that’s why tourism starting in Hawaii actually.

‘OHANA— Those who are family, and those you choose to call your family. As a value, ‘Ohana is a human circle of complete Aloha. Family doesn’t mean blood here. Like if someone has disrespected you and doesn’t act pono you don’t have to keep calling them family, however we give a lot of second chances. And almost all family friends are just family. Like I might not be related to them, but they are still family.

LŌKAHI— The value of teamwork: Collaboration and cooperation. Harmony and unity. People who work together can achieve more.

KĀKOU— The value of communication, for “All of us.” We are in this together. Learn to speak the language of we. Basically the hawaiian version of “we’re all in this together”

KULEANA— One’s personal sense of responsibility. “I accept my responsibilities, and I will be held accountable.” This one is super important. When someone says that something is your kuleana it means that this is very important. For example it is our kuleana to pick up litter. If we don’t then the land will suffer. However by just saying kuleana that second sentence is implied.

‘IKE LOA— The value of learning. To know well. To seek knowledge and wisdom.

HA‘AHA‘A— The value of humility. Be humble, be modest, and open your thoughts.

HO‘OHANOHANO— To honor the dignity of others. Conduct yourself with distinction, and cultivate respectfulness. This is why we call people older than us Aunty and Uncle, why we call our elders Tutu. Why you always bring food to someones house and offer to clean up.

MĀLAMA— The value of stewardship. To take care of. To serve and to honor, to protect and care for.

MAHALO— “Thank you”, as a way of living. Live in thankfulness for the richness that makes life so precious. Granted we don’t say this as a moral value as much as the others, but it is still important. Like saying please is important, but if you don’t say thank you you are in huge trouble because you aren’t respecting those around you.

What did Rose do to Pink Diamond that made Jasper hurt so much?

It couldn’t be that she just kept her bubbled someplace, or else Jasper’s reaction probably wouldn’t be so emotional. If she shattered her, Jasper would probably just say so. Whatever it is, it’s not something Jasper is comfortable talking about, or knows how to talk about. Whatever it is, it’s not something Gems know how to deal with.

Which reminded me of something else that the Gems didn’t know how to deal with, and couldn’t quite put into words. Steven.

Both Amethyst and Pearl were very emotional towards Greg and Steven for what they “did” to Rose. And both of them couldn’t really name it or deal with it.

So my theory is: what if Rose Quartz is to PD what Steven is to Rose? Rose Quartz was created on Earth as the daughter of Pink Diamond and a Quartz, or maybe even a human. And in her very birth, she sparked the rebellion.

They merged

But this… This is something else.

The rapidity of a meme’s introduction to its zenith to its decline is so rapid that in ten years, you’ll need a damn twenty-page manual to explain this. It’ll be as unfunny and hard to explain as jokes in Shakespeare plays, except even more inexplicable because fuck, at least Shakespeare’s jokes are usually about anal or fucking your mother, good wholesome sex jokes we can all get behind.

ok let me see if i can break this down easily. YMCA is the easiest place to start - the song itself has become a meme over time with people changing the lyrics to reference other pop cultural events. so YMCA is meme one (1)

this first lyric replacement (”take the breadsticks and run”) is a reference to the tumblr meme ‘stuffing breadsticks into my purse’. i think everyone remembers that one so i wont bother to explain it. that’s meme two (2)

“man door hand hook car door” is a meme of its own, a creepypasta from i dont remember when. it was a terrible stupid retelling of the generic ‘stuck in a car while hook handed man tries to kill us’ story so the stupid title caught on for memorability. that in and of itself is meme three (3)

‘gun’ is… yeah i dont know how to explain gun. long story short you add gun to the end of a phrase instead of what you expect the last word to be. its shock funny. its everywhere but its popular to add to “man door hand hook car door” for.. some reason? gun is meme four (4)

and the thing is, this four meme combo is something thats gone around before. meme combos are, itself, a meme. which means taking this meme combo and mixing in another meme actually becomes meme five (5)

which leaves us at loss.jpg. loss.jpg was a terrible bad comic supposed to be about some tragic event, but it was presented so poorly literally no one takes it seriously, and for some reason recreating the four-panel setup has become popular. so thats meme six (6)