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distressing things to say to your friends

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should I get a masters or jump into a river and swim away forever. vote now

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Curious, I haven’t really seen any real trend among aspec people and the ship tropes they do like, however I think I kinda seen a trend in what they dislike. So in the tags tell me if you’re aspec (ace and/or aro) and if you dislike soulmates, and I mean the most straightforward romantic non subverted kind (but if there are versions you like feel free to elaborate)

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what made u guys pick ur url's !

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Genius

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If the creator or something explicitly states they don’t want two characters shipped will you respect it?

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today in pedantry born of extreme annoyance and doesn't-anybody-go-to-school-anymore grumpiness:

the term "sound barrier" has absolutely nothing to do with how loud something is.

a powerful singer does not break the sound barrier. a loud crowd does not break the sound barrier. if you hear an opera soprano belt out an aria and you say she broke the sound barrier you sound like a fucking idiot. that is not what it means.

"but it's just a joke why should i car--"

no. sit down. THAT IS NOT WHAT IT MEANS.

"sound barrier" refers to the increase in aerodynamic drag that occurs as a moving object approaches the speed of sound.

it's called a "barrier" because when the first aircraft starting reaching high enough speeds, they would shake so much pilots were afraid they would get torn apart. it was perceived as a real physical limit, but that perception was false. there is no actual barrier. there is only engineering; it was the drag on the aircraft making them feel like they were shaking apart. turns out if planes are built well enough and go fast enough, they can break the sound barrier just fine without falling apart. the first time this happened was in 1947, in a plane flown by US Air Force pilot Chuck Yaeger.

this means that "breaking the sound barrier" applies to things that are moving very fast, not to things that are very loud.

please read that sentence again to make sure it sinks in. fast, not loud. read it again because tiktok has been lying to you and you need to unlearn what you have learned.

(that also means it applies only where there is a speed of sound, which is not everywhere in the universe. but let's not complicate things by thinking about a pure vacuums or the extreme low density of space.)

the speed of sound varies depending on the density of what it's moving through, but at sea level on Earth it's about 770 miles per hour. once an object is going faster than the speed of sound, it is supersonic--and, again, that refers to speed, not volume. bullets break the sound barrier even if they are muffled at firing. a bullwhip can be snapped fast enough that the very end breaks the sound barrier, even if the noise they make is a sharp crack and not unusually loud.

but people standing still and shouting or singing do not, because nothing that is standing still can break the sound barrier. so unless you are sharing a cool vid of a soprano getting yeeted out of an operatic cannon at >770 mph, she has not broken the sound barrier. and if that is what you are sharing, she breaks the sound barrier whether or not she's singing her aria.

there can be a very loud noise associated with objects moving so fast they have broken the sound barrier. that noise is called a sonic boom, and it happens because the object is generating shock waves as it travels. it's not a single boom; it only sounds like that because when you hear it you are listening at a single point. it is in fact a continuous, traveling shock wave that happens as long as the object is moving faster than the speed of sound. it's just that you only hear it when the shock wave passes directly over you, so it sounds like a finite noise. it's also not necessarily a boom. it can be a crack or a snap or a clap or whatever. it's just called a sonic boom because the ones generated by supersonic aircraft are big fucking booms.

in conclusion please stop saying loud noises break the sound barrier.

🚫 wrong kind of hyperbole: "wow that man shouted loud enough to break the sound barrier!"

✔ right kind of hyperbole: "wow that man ran fast enough to break the sound barrier!"

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bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements

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Mortal Kombat II (2025)

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Queer Historical Fiction Book Bracket: Round 4

Book summaries and submitted endorsements below:

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Endorsement from submitter: "Shows the intersectional nature of the red scare and lavender scare from the perspective of a Chinese-American teen in San Francisco starting to understand her sexuality."

“That book. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other.” And then Lily asked the question that had taken root in her, that was even now unfurling its leaves and demanding to be shown the sun: “Have you ever heard of such a thing?”

Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can’t remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club.

America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father—despite his hard-won citizenship—Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day.

Setting: San Francisco, 1954

Historical fiction, coming of age, 1950s, young adult

Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the love of her life. This sapphic period piece will dazzle anyone looking for mystery, intrigue, romance, magic, or all of the above.

An exiled auspex who sold her soul to save her brother's life is offered one last job before serving an eternity in hell. When she turns it down, her client sweetens the pot by offering up the one payment she can't resist―the chance to have a future where she grows old with the woman she loves.

To succeed, she is given three days to track down the White City Vampire, Chicago's most notorious serial killer. If she fails, only hell and heartbreak await.

Setting: Chicago, 1940s

Fantasy, historical fiction, 1940s, mystery, noir, novella, adult

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*assume that the shoreline is composed mainly of sand and/or small rocks

no nuance bc i want to be proven right by the masses™️

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In these times of China's pheromone induced uppercut from hell (non derogatory) and Thailand 's vroom vroom horny alpha going strong into season 2, I hope you won't forget the men who triggered it all.

I hope you are keeping these sexy mf in your prayers and I hope you are saying thanks to whatever substance was being consumed on the internet in 2010

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older gentleman just gave me a lecture on how when I decide it’s time to find a wife I need to buy myself a pair of loud colorful socks and sit around with my legs crossed to show my ankles and women will flock to me