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1930s Tumblrina (affectionate): Do you think stars have gender?

Oliver Herford in The San Francisco Examiner, California, December 5, 1931

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I continue to run into people that are confused as to why Americans have screens on our windows and it’s really quite simple.

Bugs

Diseases carried by bugs

Other assorted wildlife such as dogs and teenagers

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“There’s a warrant. For my… I can’t even go and pack!”

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This is so disheartening. I had the same problem in high school -- I got my ADD diagnosis in middle school, so I qualified for some program which was almost entirely useless. In fact, extra time on tests and alternate test locations are the only two I remember, neither of which were helpful to me either. I had one of two teachers who helped me individually, same as prev, but nothing protected.

I didn't even bother trying to get accommodations in college. I just went to community college and limped my way to an associate's degree over the course of four years, and have spent the 20 years since then having people with bachelor's degrees refuse to believe me when I tell them I have a disadvantage in the job market.

In hindsight it's very insulting to be told that flunking out of college due to adhd is actually "quite common"

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do me a favor and reblog this and put in the tags what time it is for you and what you're currently doing/thinking about

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Sorry, la-perfide-albion, but you're completely in denial. Knowing who the artist is absolutely DOES influence how you think of a song. More than once, I've listened to a song this blog posted, decided that ultimately I don't like it, and then found out later it was by an artist who I generally like and has a lot of goodwill with me. Relistening to the song, it suddenly sounded better to me, and I felt bad for voting "didn't like." Human brains just aren't all that logical, my guy! We're affected by vibes and emotions WAY more than we'd like to admit.

Why such a strict no spoiler policy btw? It's not like it's gonna change whether or not people know the song and/or like it? Not complaining just curious for your reasoning

Because the point of this poll blog is to listen to the music with an open mind and no prejudice against the artist/song/genre/language/decade it's from etc, and just press like or dislike based on the song clip itself after actually have given it a listen. :) That's why the clip is so short, because if it appeals to you you'll be wanting to listen to the whole thing, if not, then at least you heard some of it and move on.

Also for people to have some whimsy in their lives. Poll #600 seems to have been a delightful surprise for many who didn't know what they pressed play for :D 💖

See it as me presenting you with a little gift, maybe not wrapped up in the prettiest way but you still get to unwrap it and discover the surprise by yourself. 🎁 Everybody likes unwrapping gifts :D

There are so many great music poll blogs out there on tumblr that lets you know straight away what it is. This one was created specifically just about listening to unnamed songs. Because the other option would be to just post a youtube vid/spotify link but it wouldn't appeal to me to make a poll blog just like that. Reading peoples thoughts and opinions about the song whether they know it or not is what makes this even more fun to keep up with. :) (even when the opinions from some of you are WRONG! 🤣 lol j/k)

Spoiling the songs here in reblogs takes away the curiosity/surprise/whimsy people might have about an unmarked little clip (and they might already have negative or positive feels about the song so why not just a youtube vid right away)

And lastly I get so sad to see spoilers because of all the time spent to actually do these polls. This blog does take a lot of time to keep up with, more than some of you might think. And just with making the polls themselves, getting the audio if i don't already have it, listen through the songs I might dislike to get a good clip, try to post it as audio, get frustrated when tumblr won't let me, turn it into a video, upload the video.....and then see people name it straight away is just... 😐 so, yeah. i see people bitching about me bitching about spoilers, but if passing on a little whimsy gift to others isn't your thing, there are other music blogs. :) 💖

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✨ Please reblog the polls to make them reach out to as many people as possible, but KEEP IT SPOILER-FREE to make people listen to the music with an open mind 💖 Artists and titles will be revealed after the poll's conclusion, check the original post for an update! ✨

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bastard sounds great in an irish accent. if an irish person calls you a 'daft bastard' it just feels right

the welsh have the monopoly on things ending in hell. fuckin hell and bloody hell hit different in a welsh accent. its like music to my ears

the scots have piss and shite for sure. "its pishin it doon out there" "this is a load of shite" absolute poetry

if i may speak for the english i think we do penis related words very well. dickhead, knobhead, twat, etc.

and for all the shit we give them, you gotta admit that no one can deliver a 'goddamn' quite like an american. theres a certain weight to it that you just cant achieve in other accents. when an american says goddamn you know shit just got real

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ｉｔ＇ｓ　ｍｅ，　ｂｏｙ ｉ＇ｍ　ｔｈｅ　ｈｅｌｖｅｌｌａ　ｄｒｙｏｐｈｉｌａ ｓｐｅａｋｉｎｇ　ｔｏ　ｙｏｕ　 ｉｎｓｉｄｅ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｂｒａｉｎ ~

mycology, man...

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Man and his dog in a Photo Booth at Grand Central Station, 1943

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✨ Please reblog the polls to make them reach out to as many people as possible, but KEEP IT SPOILER-FREE to make people listen to the music with an open mind 💖 Artists and titles will be revealed after the poll's conclusion, check the original post for an update! ✨

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my take on the miss piggy/morticia addams sexywoman poll is that while morticia would lose gracefully, miss piggy would 1000% attempt murder over the label and morticia would respect her for it. then theyd go out for tea and gossip together

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It's so hard to choose an answer when this blog posts a song that's the *sort of thing* I like, but an example of it I have a specific grudge against. I'm much more charitable about genres I don't generally like -- it's easy to say "This isn't my usual thing, but sure, it seems like a nice example of it," whereas fuckin overproduced video game/TikTok sea shanties with dead, reverbless vocals make me want to scream.

Let the same people record this song live around someone's kitchen table and we'll talk. But this production is a big NOPE.

✨ Please reblog the polls to make them reach out to as many people as possible, but KEEP IT SPOILER-FREE to make people listen to the music with an open mind 💖 Artists and titles will be revealed after the poll's conclusion, check the original post for an update! ✨

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dni unless you have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, all the modern languages, all while possessing a certain something in your air and manner of walking, the tone of your voice, your address and expressions-

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i do not ghost purposely i just have no idea what to say ever

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attention this is your captain speaking chag sameach pesach to all celebrating and a reminder do not open the airlock to greet elijah the vulcan rabbinic council ruled that opening the door to the room where the seder is occurring is sufficient elijah can get on a starship just fine himself he just likes to be personally invited in to your seder we dont need another incident like last year thank you

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Are there Catholics on Tumblr? Because I'm reading the first Cadfael book and I just want to rant about Catholicism being the literal worst, but I also don't want to get yelled at.

Seriously though, what the fuck were they thinking. You fucked up a perfectly good monotheism is what you did. Look at it, it's got idolatry.