Going fishing:

genuinely blows my fucking mind that anyone thinks that elon musk is smart in like, any capacity, let alone “the smartest man on the planet” like….. that man? the send-a-the-car-into-a-space man? the “im gonna build a stupid lil mini sub to rescue these kids instead of just letting divers do it” man? the “im not gonna have industry standard caution taping in my tesla factories because i dont like the color yellow, causing many injuries” man? that fucking man? i hate techie bros worshipping this man like hes some real life iron man shit

There’s a hidden level of brilliance in this moment:

Chef Ettore Boiardi, known today as Chef Hector Boyardee, was a key player in keeping poverty struck families fed for a low price, before he ever came out with the canned pasta line. He would jar his sauce in milk bottles and provide bags of dry noodles for families in Cleveland, Ohio’s Little Italy sector. It was during the Depression, and pasta could be made in large portions at a low cost. This was the start of his venture. 

I had thought he was a fictionalized mascot, like Aunt Jemima or Betty Crocker, but this is really interesting.

To think I thought I knew what ethereal beauty was before now. Laughable.

we know plankton and krabs have been playing poker together for 15 years

burger king is offering a 1 cent whopper through their mobile app if you unlock the coupon while at a mcdonald’s

One of my favorite subtle details in Into the Spider-Verse is that Miles' dad works for the PDNY rather than NYPD.

‘scuit’ comes from the french word for ‘bake’, ‘cuire’ as bastardized by adoption by the brittish and a few hundred years ‘biscuit’ meant ‘twice-baked’, originally meaning items like hardtack which were double baked to dry them as a preservative measure long before things like sugar and butter were introduced. if you see a historical doccument use the word ‘biscuit’ do not be fooled to think ‘being a pirate mustve been pretty cool, they ate nothing but cookies’ - they were made of misery to last long enough to be used in museum displays or as paving stones

Why is this called a biscuit:

once upon a time in 1400s-1500s germany there was a guy named Georgius Sabellicus who described himself as “Master Georgius Sabellicus, Faustus Junior, Fountainhead of Necromancers.” this pretentious fucker got himself a doctorate and was referred to as “Doctor Faustus” or “Doctor Faustus, that eminent necromancer” whenever he came up in civil records of his time. he became world famous–or whatever was considered ‘world famous’ in 1510–for his ability to foretell the future. after he died, rumours sprang up that he had gained his powers from satan. eventually, those myths gave rise to the “Faust Chapbook,” a deeply christian story about a man, Johann Faust, who turned from god to satan and was served in his life by a demon named Mephistopheles. this legend was beautifully dramatised by Christopher Marlowe circa 1592 with his play “The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus,” and again by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1808 with his play “Faust.” both versions preserved and expanded upon the character Mephistopheles, resulting in the name entering popular culture in association with magic and tricks.