My Barbaric Yawlp

the 'CCCP' on his helmet was hand-painted by a ground crewmember just hours before his flight because the U-2 incident was fresh in everyone's minds and they were concerned that it would be dangerous for Gagarin if he accidentally landed in enemy territory without any kind of national identifier

god that would look even worse to a normal person. imagine a guy parachutes out of the clear sky dressed in something no one has ever seen before and he's got the name of your country clearly written on him by hand at the last minute. like okay buddy sure you're totally not an alien

Take Me To My Leader.

Minecraft IRL

i saw a post on twitter by a european saying americans are fake for their random compliments to strangers and their general cheery demeanor and like no. no no no you don’t understand. if you get a random compliment from an american on the street about your outfit or whatever, that is 100% genuine. we mean it. we aren’t lying we are making a small but fleeting connection with you because our lives are shitty but the human condition is enduring. oh god i’m clutching my chest

If you get a compliment from a random American on the street, know that they tried their best to keep from saying a peep to you but they literally could not hold it in. They HAD to say something.

The other day a tiny gay man in a hurry bumped me on the Metro escalator and said "Sorry, great dress by the way" and then he stopped at the top of the escalator and turned around and said "AND a great hat. THAT is how we do summer!" and SPRINTED for his bus and I coasted on that for the rest of the day.

Sweet precious babies!