more people have been to russia than i have

new product concept. Creek Yogurt. you know what it is. CREEK YOGURT: You Fucking Bet Your Ass It Has Active Cultures

reading about ancient egyptian artifacts that have meaningless hieroglyphics on them and (aside from it being really cool as an example of the interaction between written language as a cultural feature with the fact that many people could not read and write) i'm very charmed that there were people bullshitting scripts they didn't know for the aesthetic back then too

love seeing revisionism in the wild “free the nipple never meant you can walk around topless every where that’s still sexual harassment it just meant for like breastfeeding and stuff”no it literally means you should be able to walk around topless anywhere because get this. breasts aren’t fucking sexual organs.

it's all fun and james

Yes yes I know most of what we are seeing are McWhirtles/other funky little iterations of light verse and not actually double dactyls but that does seem to be the tag system folks are using. Mostly I am glad that the tumblr userbase has accurately figured out scansion.

Yes yes I know most of what we are seeing are McWhirtles/other funky little iterations of light verse and not actually double dactyls but that does seem to be the tag system folks are using. Mostly I am glad that the tumblr userbase has accurately figured out scansion.

I don't want to buy mass-produced garbage from a big box store so I go to etsy but half of etsy is now dropshipped mass-produced garbage or AI slop so I go to the local arts and crafts street market but a ton of those booths are also selling the same generic plastic objects or identical stickers or 3D printed dragons so WHERE do I buy real trinkets and art from sincere freaks

if youre in the US (especially the northeast + michigan) i would avoid bagged salads/greens and generally wash your produce very thoroughly unless you want the diarrhea parasite

as always, although people are reporting this as not life threatening, if you are immune compromised for any reason you should be extra, extra careful especially in this heat. Something like this can contribute to life-threatening dehydration very easily. Babies and small children too, for kiddos in diapers if they are not producing regular wet diapers/seem lethargic and older kiddos if they complain of dry mouth, dizziness or being unusually tired.

i think "turning into a pumpkin" is my new favorite way to articulate the state of things when I am at a function and very overstimulated and it feels like my brain is melting. it's like no i can't be a person anymore i have to leave i'm turning into the pumpkin. the time is up yeah i gotta go. yeah see u later. pumpkin time.

Formal experiments make it so tempting to irritate followers with a conceit forcing unnatural snytax and wording on sentiments lacking in substantive meat. Rather than keeping a regular meter a proper expression of well-defined views has to conform to the structure of thought and proceed at the rhythm of actual news.

There's a linguist, Anne Cutler, who studied how everyday speech is affected by rhythm and rhyme. She wrote "The perception of rhythm in language". It's easy to read and it's well worth your time.