Cosmic Gorilla Effect Could Hinder Alien Detection

Me: is that you, Doug

The credits: Freaky Creature played by Doug Jones

Me: DOUG!!!

All of the names are names of TMNT characters. They’re all dressed like their TMNT counterparts too, to the point where it feels like actually I’m looking at human designs for all the turtles. (The exception to this is Raph, or ‘Ralph’, but that makes sense considering that little reveal about him at the end). “Wait... this guy knows school” is a reference to the fact they’re all mutant turtles that never went to public school. But that’s not the only thing, because it so painfully obvious that the creator of this TikTok watched the 2012 cartoon specifically.

It’s completely insane. They all act like and interact with each other exactly like how they do in the ‘12 cartoon. It’s every little detail. Casey being a teenage delinquent. Donnie’s skepticism of Casey. The way everyone ELSE operates around Casey. It’s everything. I keep noticing new things every time I watch this video. Mikey’s the most obvious example of this, but I think the creator might be changing the way he talks to reflect Leo’s voice actor(s) too.

This entire video is a Spy AU fanfiction of TMNT 2012 with ridiculously high production quality. It fits so perfectly that it literally shouldn’t be able to be anything else. And YET - it’s so expertly crafted so as to make it indiscernible from any other stock Disney spy movie. This is so impressive it borders on manic.

here is a map of the path of the eclipse (from timeanddate)

Let's dig into the ol frog box and see what we have for you...

Borneo Giant River Toad (Phrynoidis juxtasper), family Bufonidae, found in Borneo and Sumatra

Poisonous.

photograph by The Bio Dude

Pacific Horned Frog aka Ecuadoran Horned Frog (Ceratophrys stolzmanni), family Ceratophryidae, Ecuador

photograph by Santiago Ron

Tiger-striped Tree Frog (Callimedusa tomopterna), family Hylidae, French Guiana

photograph by Bernard DuPont

Namaqua Rain Frog (Breviceps namaquensis), family Brevicipitidae, West Coast of South Africa

photograph by Paul Bester

Crucifix Toad aka Holy Cross Frog (Notaden bennettii), male, family Limnodynastidae, New South Wales, Australia

photograph by JJ Harrison 

Chocolatefoot Tree Frog (Phasmahyla cochranae), family Hylidae, Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil

photograph by Eco Terra Adventures

Indian Black Narrowmouth Frog aka “Space Frog” (Melanobatrachus indicus), family Microhylidae, endemic to the Western Ghats, India

photograph by Davidvraju

Zombie Narrowmouth Frog (Synapturanus zombie), family MIcrohylidae, French Guinana

We need to start commenting under other people's posts about how to properly warn for flashing lights and eyestrain. We need to be emailing and calling companies about their possibly triggering advertisements that could induce seizures. We need to stop tolerating ableism and start speaking up for the more vulnerable.

Also, stop putting epilepsy warnings. That's like saying "warning: schizophrenia" on a post including unreality or "warning: dyslexia" on a post with a typing quirk. First off, the disability mentioned isn't the only group of people that this could trigger. Second, it doesn't truly get the message across and instead makes it worse for those with the disability-- scrolling through the epilepsy tag on Tumblr should get you to view the content of other epileptic people, but no, you just get a bunch of flashing lights and eyestrain, even though you could instead tag for, oh I dunno, flashing lights and eyestrain.

This is what I'm saying!! People keep being like "we can't possibly solve things through voting! That would involve massive organizing, getting everyone on the same page, making compromises and settling for less than perfection, and it would be subject to the influence of mega-wealthy donors and an opposition-controlled media environment! We just have to have a revolution so we don't have to deal with any of those things!"