#my that was fun

[c-schroed]

get to know me meme

I was tagged by @a-schrodingers-fox - thanks so much! And sorry for me taking so long. I was busy this weekend, and then things just escalated a little further. 😅

Do you make your bed? Yes. Usually after I showered, when ventilating the rooms. Unless I'm short on time. Then to hell with it.

What's your favourite number? 47. Actually I love almost all prime numbers equally. But 47 a slight bit more. And 2 is pretty cool, too. Because it's the oddest prime.

What is your job? I'm a research associate (postdoc) in developmental and emotional psychology. I. e., I plan and conduct studies dealing with changes in how people of different ages deal with their feelings.

If you could go back to school would you? Fuck no. I'm way too old for all that stuff!

Can you parallel park? When I last drove a car, I was able to parallel park. But that was ten years ago at best. So... maybe? But better not risk our luck?

A job you had that would surprise people? I once had a school internship at a dental technician. That's as surprising as it gets, I'm afraid.

Do you think aliens are real? Yeah. The odds are very much in their favour. Though I highly doubt we'll encounter any extraterrestrial form of life in the foreseeable future.

Can you drive a manual car? I'm a bit rusty, but yeah. In fact I only drove manual cars so far (automatic transmission is rather uncommon where I live), so the real question here might rather be can I drive an automatic car?

What's your guilty pleasure? Buying and hoarding cool dice, although I never play with them.

Tattoos? Still waiting to find the one for me.

Favourite colour? That pink hue of the Evangelion Unit-08 from the Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo movie. Also, any colour on the extra-sprectral Line of Purples.

Favourite type of music? A very eclectic mix of anime show OSTs and songs from Welcome to Night Vale's The Weather segment. Currently, I especially love "Inferno" by Mrs GREEN APPLE and "I Already Like You" by Dessa. Oh, and a special place in my heart is reserved for anything done by Unwoman.

Do you like puzzles? Yeah. Though I have no problem with leaving a puzzle unsolved when it gets too frustrating. But I'll happily give it a try for a few minutes.

Any phobias? I wouldn't call it a fully fletched phobia, but I get really queasy at high places without proper barriers. Like, see-though barriers as high as me? Or windows? Cool, love the view from up here! But some meager, waist-high railings? Fuck that's high, can we go?

Favourite childhood sport? Badminton.

Do you talk to yourself? Yes. And I get quite embarrassed when others catch me doing it.

What movie(s) do you adore? The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) is the best depiction of madness I know, Last Year at Mariendbad (1961) is the perfect riddle, After Hours (1985) has the perfect pacing, The Fall (2006) has the most marvellous colours I've ever seen, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) wrenched my heart, took it away, and never gave it back, Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) is the most clever piece of metafiction I ever encountered, and Promising Young Woman (2020) has an ending that will haunt me forever.

Coffee or tea? Coffee in the morning, black tea, green tea, or matcha in the early afternoon, and for late afternoon or evening it's herbal tea. Because I'm old and need sleep.

First thing you wanted to be growing up? A private eye, I think.

tagging @amusedmuralist @kneebie and @iwhoneverbelievedinwar to answer next. If they find this a fun thing to do, too. And feel like it. And find the time.

[steampunkforever]

I would still use my turn signals in the Mad Max Wasteland. They'd call me "Signal" because I'd hit my blinker before ramming the enemy hot rods into the side of a desert ravine. I'd use my turn signal every time. They would respect me for this.

[puppyeared]

filipina miku!! my mom helped me with her outfit ^_^

[surpriseimbored]

Fun fact of the day

[vamprisms]

i feel like a lot of the 'i hate kids' crowd would be more tolerant if they understood that due to a kid's limited experience of the world that 4 hour flight might just be the longest they've ever had to sit still for or that trapped finger might literally be the most pain they've ever felt in their short life or they might not have ever seen a person with pink hair ever so of course they want to touch it or nobody's told them yet that they can't run around the museum and they only just learned cheetahs are the fastest animals so of course they want to put that to the test. how were they supposed to know etc etc.

[almondpiglet]

ppl were drawing mikus from all over so heres habesha miku and her lil twin sibs rin and len!!

[carefulzombie]

gf fandom in 2016: if you so much as hint - even jokingly! - about the nature of ford and bill’s relationship being anything other than platonic (and even then you NEED to give a disclaimer that bill is manipulating him!) then you support abusive relationships

gf fandom in 2024:

[intercrusher]

this is their foreplay

[kenapiece-main]

Can you believe I'm having to make this meme even after successfully finishing up taxes and applying to job

[calista-222]

It's hilarious to me to imagine Sonic could not keep a regular phone for longer than a week without breaking it

[brainrotcharacters]

When irl pisses me off, I rewatch the Honda Odyssey scene to relax

[theriverbeyond]

packing for a trip is like ok i need 30 pairs of underwear. my entire medicine cabinet. T shirt?

[badolmen]

People against piracy fail to realize that no, I can’t just ‘buy it.’ They stopped making DVDs and Blu-Rays. They’re barely offering digital copies for download. I am not spending money I could use for food or bills to pay for a subscription service just so I can always have access to a beloved piece of media. Especially not when the service will remove media on a whim without concern for how the loss of access to that piece will make its artistic conservation nigh impossible.

For example, I recently learned that Disney+ had an original film called Crater. It’s scifi, family friendly, and seems cool - I would love to buy it as a holiday gift for my little brother! But: it’s exclusive to D+ and THEY REMOVED IT LITERALLY MONTHS AFTER ITS RELEASE.

The ONLY way I can directly access this film is through piracy. The ONLY available ‘copies’ of this film are hosted on piracy websites. Disney will NEVER release it in theaters, or as something to buy, and it may NEVER return to the streaming service. It will be LOST because we aren’t allowed to purchase it for personal viewing. If I can’t pay to own it, I won’t pay for the privilege of losing it when corporate decides to put it in a vault.

So yes, I’m going to pirate and support piracy.

Edit: if you are able, use $5 you would otherwise use for a streaming subscription to donate to a GazaFunds campaign.

[mangozic]

my dead goth son and his friendly neighborhood personified concept of insanity

[sapphosdickandballs]

This post is kinda like my other one but a bit better lmao. I might make variations of this with other pieces of media but it depends onnn how well this is received

ETA - I'm gonna say that react channels or YouTube videos or podcasts count cause fuck it

[mushroom-punk]

YOU ARE NOW ENTERING THE 'WHAT' ZONE

happy episode 11!