I need tumblr to stop showing me that fucking video ad of Taylor Swift at a typewriter in black and white. I know full well you wrote those lyrics on your phone while being driven to the airport god damn you
Instead of making fun of people who do things at an older age that are normally done younger ( like getting their diploma or GED, learning to drive, even learning to read ) how about you:
now why was THIS the way I found out that Oli London transitioned to become a right wing “voice of the anti gender movement” commentator? he apparently wrote some sob story memoir (absolutely ghostwritten btw, man can’t string a sentence together) about how American schools gave him dysphoria - conveniently leaves out the part where he tried to transition to being KOREAN
I moved recently to start a new job and part of my commute now involves one of those high capacity toll booths where a two lane road suddenly flares out into 5-7 lanes of total anarchy with no lines anywhere, and then narrows back down to two lanes again, and we're just supposed to sort ourselves out? Who designed this
anyway I dreamed up this helpful anatomical guide on the drive home
Bolaji Badejo (23 August 1953 – 22 December 1992) was a Nigerian visual artist and actor. He was known for playing the Alien in Ridley Scott's 1979 film Alien. He was 6 feet 10 inches (208 cm) tall, a height which convinced Scott to cast him in the role. It is his sole acting credit.
wait. cancel post. gung-ho cannot be English. where did that phrase come from? China?
ok, yes. gōnghé, which is…an abbreviation for “industrial cooperative”? Like it was just a term for a worker-run organization? A specific U.S. marine stationed in China interpreted it as a motivational slogan about teamwork, and as a commander he got his whole battalion using it, and other U.S. marines found those guys so exhausting that it migrated into English slang with the meaning “overly enthusiastic”.