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internet friends are kinda like illegally downloaded friends. you don’t get the physical copy but you still get all the great content

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I've been doing a lot of thinking about my family and how I was treated as a child, and honestly, my father has never seemed more amazing in my eyes.

I used to love Luigi(Mario's brother) when I was little. Like, he was my favorite character ever, and I had multiple plushies of him. Didn't give a fuck about Mario, vaguely tolerated Peach, but I loved Luigi.

On my first day of kindergarten, my dad gave me the number for his work phone and said it was Luigi's phone number. "If anything happens at school, call Luigi."And not even twenty minutes into my first day, I was having a panic attack. So I went down to the principal's office and called "Luigi."

Now, at the time, my father was in a meeting with his manager and his supervisor, along with most of his coworkers. And when I called, he picked up before he even left the room.

And he put on a very awful Italian accent and said, "Itsa me, Luigi! Whatsa the matter?"In front of his boss and coworkers. Without telling them what was going on. So they were absolutely bewildered, and he carried on like they didn't even exist. He only explained what was happening after I had calmed down and hung up, to which most of them responded with "Aww, cute."

I continued to call him whenever I got upset at school, and eventually his coworkers got in on it. I distinctly remember one of them impersonating Toad. I don't know why I'm telling you this, I just thought it might make you smile :)

this is so delightful I love your Luigi dad

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I don't know how long this will last, but the situation here in Gaza is getting worse every day after the war between Iran and Israel. I forgot about Gaza. No one talks about us anymore, and the news doesn't mention us. All that is being discussed is Iran, Israel, and America.It's as if they forgot that the main problem is Gaza.

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Cowboys are cursed

to not have a name.

Currently thinking about how big theme of wild west media is "not having a name." In the plain, endless prairie, who cares about your name? Who is there to hear it, anyway?

The main cowboy in Johnny Cash's most famous song, riders in the sky, is refered to as just that – a cowboy. Nothing more, nothing less.

The most famous western protagonist of all time is literally known as "The man with no name." We learn through the movie that he never uses his name – the most he has is a nickname, mocking his golden-brown hair.

When the Texas Ranger appeared in town (in "Big Iron"), no one even dared to ask his name.

Perhaps it's better, to not have a name. Names bring cowboys bad luck - they're nothing but trouble. Think about Bill Carson - he had a name - and how he ended up? With the worst death possible, by starvation and thirst, mere moments away from getting the help he needed.

And what about Tuco Ramirez? How did he end up? Tied in a noose, on an unknown cemetery, all alone. His name got him wanted and persecuted by law.

No, it's better (for a cowboy, anyway) to be nameless. At most have a nickname that people can call you, but nothing else besides that. Think about Blondie. (Or Angel eyes).

Names bring nothing but trouble – with a name, they can identify you, set a bounty on your head - and on your name. Without a name, the best someone can do is describe you – tall, blonde, smokes his cigar. Heh. Good luck, there's million like that out there, same pigs as him. You'll never find him.

Nobody will.

Put on my grave: Nobody was faster than me. (He shot me, and didn't even give his name).

Put on my grave: Trinity, for the holiness of the body, and nothing else.

Put on my grave: Unknown. And bury me next to Arch Stanton.

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There’s two ends of the horror spectrum

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We need to bring back the athletics body type post

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got my hands on a field guide of californian bugs and i found that there's this one bee species in southern california that looks like this

(Actual bugs under the cut, CW for insects)

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every time someone says “look how they’re looking at each other! they’re in love!” about a non-canon ship i just think of the kuleshov effect for a second but then i come to my senses and decide to have fun

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SHORT KING, MAMA, AY

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escapism

dess's escapism

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Dᴏɪɴɢ ᴡʜᴀᴛ I ᴄᴀɴ, ᴛʀʏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴏғ ʜᴇʟᴘ Aɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴛɪᴍᴇ I sᴇᴇ ʏᴏᴜ, ʙᴀʙʏ, I ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏғ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴅᴏᴡɴ

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You know what I've never really seen realistically depicted in fiction? The way that people in places that get a huge amount of snow deal with said snow. Specifically in the cities. I get that it's probably not exactly an intuitive thing to think about if you've never lived in a place that gets a lot of snow, and even if you do, you probably figure that they must have some really sophisticated infrastructure systems specifically for this purpose. It's not like they'll just scoop the snow off the streets and gather it into huge piles, and then just climb over the progressively larger and larger snow piles every single year for months while waiting for the piles to melt in the spring.

We do. There's no point in planning more sophisticated systems to get rid of something that'll eventually just go away on its own. So they just pile the snow into randomly designated spaces that cars or people aren't supposed to go through, and let it pile up. There's significantly less street parking available in the winter because some spots where you could otherwise park a car are currently the parking spot of a snow pile three times taller than a car.

You get used to it. And if you grow up around here, it never even occurs to you to think of it as something strange in the first place.