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meanwhile Miss USA’s state costumes are incredible in the exact opposite direction, which is to say deeply embarrassing. tempted to do an individual breakdown for this one too but it would be like 85% costume shaming.

The actual clothing is still mostly in Fancy Lehenga territory, but the accompanying parade floats are pretty good! The second one does have a smoke machine, so points for that.

I would love to watch the 80s dark fantasy movie these costumes belong to. An 80s dark fantasy Bollywood movie would have incredible musical numbers, actually.

These could go in the 80s dark fantasy Bollywood movie, but I would also accept ‘space empress’ as an answer.

Singling this out because I love a Tribute To Space Exploration, and this one rips. Would love to see a little more texture and embroidery instead of the printed pattern on the dress, but I do appreciate that the rover, lander, and rocket are all proper 3D models and the moon looks like it has some texture too.

Just incredible stuff right out of the gate. That cloud lights up!

This is going to take a bunch more reblogs (thanks, image limit) so I’ll put the rest of this batch behind a cut.

Oh, but had the artisan who made me created me instead – a worthy woman... ...I would say "how lucky am I"

Father in heaven who did miracles for our ancestors with fire and water... ...Who would then transform me from a man to woman? Were I only to have merited this being so graced by goodness...

What shall I say? why cry or be bitter? If my father in heaven has decreed upon me and has maimed me with an immutable deformity then I do not wish to remove it. the sorrow of the impossible is a human pain that nothing will cure and for which no comfort can be found. So, I will bear and suffer until I die and wither in the ground. Since I have learned from our tradition that we bless both, the good and the bitter I will bless in a voice hushed and weak: blessed are you [HaShem] who has not made me a woman.

Cnetizens: Our ancestors were much more unhinged than us. They used seals the way we use reaction memes.

(OP stumbled upon a seal catalogue from the late‑Ming and early‑Qing dynasties. It was collected by Zhou Lianggong周亮工(1612‑1672), a poet and a seal enthusiast who also loved carving seals himself. He was deeply passionate about collecting seals and compiled an album of seal impressions called 赖古堂印谱Lai‑Gu‑Tang Seal Album, gathering seals carved by himself and other artists. Most of the seals shown below come from this book. Seals are impressed on both sides of every page, with transcribed texts attached. The seals within the volume are arranged from largest to smallest according to their shape. Many of the carved inscriptions are very down‑to‑earth, filled with witty little rants.)

OP: Let’s see just how delightfully laid‑back everyone’s leisure seals are. (cr衡庐篆刻)

Chinese netizens shared their leisure seals(闲章xianzhang). Leisure seals are carvings made purely for personal interest, not the official stamps used for documents. Many people in China enjoy collecting and carving them. One category is book‑ownership seals(藏书章cangzhuzhang, literally seals hiding in books), which people stamp in books while reading. They function much like reading notes, pre‑reading thoughts, or simply mark that one has finished the book.

These are other seals preserved in Lai‑Gu‑Tang Seal Album from hundreds of years ago, leaning toward a more literary aesthetic.

Many museums nowadays also offer souvenir stamps for visitors to leave mementos, and most of them are free of charge. If the stamp runs out of ink, simply ask a staff member to refill it. They can usually get it done very quickly. When you visit calligraphy‑famous scenic spots such as the Forest of Stone Steles(碑林belin), you can get a small portable jade seal carved with your own name as a keepsake.

it's about the history of animatronics and the way that kevin read this quote has me dying like

THIS

THING

COULD

KILL

YOU

IF ROBO-LINCOLN MALFUNCTIONED YOU COULD BE NAUGHT BUT D U S T

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He then showed me several apps that played music using scores.

I explained to him: 'Your cell phone always plays that Debussy score in exactly the same way. You, on the other hand, with your emotions and flaws, will never play the score the same way twice. You will not play the same way on a sunny day when you have just fallen in love as on a cloudy day when a relative has just died. Music is not just a score - you too are part of the music. Art includes you in the experience; your human imperfections are also part of the work.'"