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The only valid thief is a magpie.

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This is a spoof NFPA 704 in the break room at my workplace but thought you might enjoy :]

at least they actually understand it this time

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Have you ever seen this sign?

no, I don't think I have

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i just analyzed your spectrum dude what the fuck is going on at 22khz like thats so embarrassing put that shit away

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Bird Bones, Bird heart. 💔

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I'm rereading Thud, and I've just got to the point where Chrysoprase and Vimes are having a meeting. When Vimes tells Chrysoprase Carrot is investigating the Grag Hamcrusher murder case, which Chrysoprase just assured Vimes definitely wasn’t a troll, and asked him to investigate personally, Chrysoprase first asks him to reconsider. Vimes refuses. Then Chrysoprase asks if Vimes trusts Carrot, and Vimes says yes. Then Chrysoprase says:

"Okay. He shiny. He a thinker."

And for the first time that word jumped out at me. Shiny. Diamond King of Trolls is going by the pseudonym Mister Shine at the moment, and the slogan "Mister Shine - him diamond", is popping up in Ankh-Morpork graffiti, literally the writing on the wall. The connection is so striking Vimes jumps straight to it. He doesn’t ask Chrysoprase what he means, he asks who Mister Shine is, because at this point he doesn’t know.

But. Troll kings are diamond, and we know from Thunderbolt the lawyer, who also has some diamond to him, (I wonder if he was ever in line for the throne?) that having any diamond in you means you can't lie. It makes you truthful and it makes you royal. It also makes you highly conspicuous. Diamond King of Trolls goes about wrapped in a cloak, and he is called by the use-name Mister Shine.

And what does Chrysoprase - a well-informed and intelligent gang boss - call Carrot, a hidden royal heir who hasn’t taken up his crown, and who uses the truth as a shield and a sword? Shiny. Chrysoprase calls him shiny. It's a compliment I can't remember anyone else in Discworld getting or giving.

I just think that's incredibly clever.

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bitches just want us all to be perfectly perisex more than anything

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no one told me making comics was this hard but I'd do it for them

(also i just realised i had a misspelling IGNORE IT PLEASE 😭)

edit: nvm i fixed it

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The thing about knitting is it’s much harder to fear the existential futility of all your actions while you’re doing it.

Like ok, sure, sometimes it’s hard to believe you’ve made any positive impact on the world. But it’s pretty easy to believe you’ve made a sock. Look at it. There it is. Put it on, now your foot’s warm.

Checkmate, nihilism.

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Solid advice there, oxford handbook

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women are held to such a high standard, and an extreme double standard at that. they are constantly criticized on every single thing they do. every part of their body is scrutinized and objectified. their physical and legal autonomy is always under threat. simply being associated with womanhood or femininity leaves one vulnerable to mockery, harassment, and demonization. unless a woman ends up being a trans man, then no one cares actually