- “born a woman”/“born a man”
- “woman trapped in a man’s body”/“man trapped in a woman’s body”
- “preferred” pronouns (they’re not preferred, they are)
if cis people could refrain from these phrases, that would be aces
In myth, Hades’ most remarked upon traits are 1) how
responsible/reliable he is, 2) how sober-minded he is, 3) how dedicated,
implacable, and long-remembering he is, and 4) how boring and grim
most of the other Olympians think he is to be around. Oh and notably,
that if you play him a song he likes, he’ll basically give you anything
you ask for (though not without conditions.)
Hades is, canonically, a gigantic nerd. If they’d had train sets,
he’d have been the Olympian who collected train sets, meticulously corrected with exacto knife and hobby-paints the errors toy-makers introduced to those train sets, and then endlessly talked about
those train sets to anyone sat next to him at thanksgiving dinner (when
he wasn’t trying to rope them into an interminable discussion about
gardening or divine law, that is.)
He’s the sort of god who frequently handed out punishment like giving
someone a million-piece puzzle where every piece is shaped the same,
that resets itself at the start of every day if you don’t complete it,
and then he keeps the last piece on his person at all times as a secret
private joke for eternity because he finds you personally
distasteful (not even because he’s mad at you or hates you particularly;
he just doesn’t like you as a person)
He is. A. Gigantic. Nerd.
He’s also like one of the only gods who is faithful to his wife. And he listens to her like when she asks for a soul to be released and he’s like “But honey, the rules.” And she just gives him that look and he goes “Yes dear,” and lets the soul go with the easiest freaking instructions ever in a myth. And the human still fucks it up. Not his fault Persephone, not Hades’ fault this time.
Essentially, Hades is sorta like the accountant suburban dad who collects really specific figurines and gets really grumpy when people mess up his lawn. Do you know how hard his wife worked on those roses? He is calling his attorney. Oh wait, he is also an attorney.
Every time mainstream media makes Hades into a bad guy, a part of me cries inside.
here is an idea: normalise the idea that adopting kids is a valid option even for parents who could conceive a child themselves, and not just an inferior backup option for parents who can’t
person: i am uncomfortable with bad language--
me: okay!! that's fine!!
person: --because you are a girl and girls shouldnt talk like that
me: eat my entire ass!!!!
Also, rich? In Washington terms, Sanders is a pauper. He and his wife report joint income of $200,000 on their tax return. While that’s a high number, it’s supporting two people and it’s below the highest tax bracket. He also has a net worth of $528,000, which is about HALF the median net worth of the average member of Congress in the 113th Congress, and is a pittance compared to the Clintons’ vast $55 million fortune, which is literally 100 times larger.
Yet still he manages to do his job and be competitive with millionaire politicians.
When you consider that literally a majority of Congresspeople are millionaires, and Bernie Sanders is among the 20 poorest senators, very little of what was said here is accurate.
Also keep in mind that these numbers represent his net worth after a lifetime in politics. When he started out, he was a poor kid in Brooklyn. And he’s still fighting for poor kids in Brooklyn and around the country. He isn’t someone who forgot where he came from.
Also, just in case anyone is confused about the “christian” thing and why it’s funny, let me spell it out: BERNIE IS JEWISH
“I love that she’s unapologetically badass. There’s no back-story trying to explain something horrible that happened to her that explains who she is. No, that’s just who she is. She just is this person; no explanation needed. Just like men—when a male character comes on screen and is a badass, you just accept it. And I’m hoping that’s what fans do with Rosa. She is who she is and she just doesn’t give a shit.”- Stephanie Beatriz on her character, Rosa Diaz, in Brooklyn Nine-Nine
So, Lifehacker obviously has my home bugged. I have a couple pairs of these, and they work really well in winter for typing. Pretty much my hands and feet are the only things that ever get cold, and these work better than traditional fingerless gloves for using a keyboard.
When the weather starts getting cooler, it’s time to think about our outerwear. This easy DIY project will keep your hands warm while keeping your fingers free.
Auto Mechanics Pose Dramatically to Recreate Renaissance Paintings
Photographer Freddy Fabris has paid homage to the great Renaissance master painters using his camera instead of a brush. This unique tribute—aptly called The Renaissance Series—fuses contemporary culture with the dramatic styling of the original portraits.
Being beige, dull, and two-dimensional, parchment paper doesn’t seem like the most exciting of kitchen tools. But those cellulose-based sheets have so many uses, it’s hard not to get a little excited about them. I can’t imagine making French macarons without the stuff, but parchment paper has a multitude of uses that go beyond baking, which is why my kitchen will never go paperless.
Preserving one of the most valuable service agencies in the United States while saving one of our most vulnerable segments of the population from shyster like lending practices sounds like a Win/Win #FeelTheBern #Vote4Bernie #Bernie2016
While I know low income families could benefit from better money management systems, and I believe cash advance businesses are scummy garbage that profit off of making the poor poorer, and I know the USPS is a great asset to our country and could use a boost, I’m curious why is the USPS the one Bernie has chosen to try to start this new banking system? Banking and postal services don’t go together in my head.
I think one of the key bits is that the USPS already has a network of staffed, secure brick and mortar buildings distributed throughout the country, including in a lot of low-income neighborhoods and counties. The infrastructure is already there. Each building already has daily cash flow, secure areas, computer systems to handle the transactions, customer service hours, identity verification (most post offices will take passport photos and help you fill out the passport forms), etc. etc. I don’t think there’s another network like it in the country.
When Christy Marx was a little girl, she took her Batman comics and gave Robin a girl’s hairdo and a little skirt, because she was tired of not having female heroes to look up to. Then she grew up and gave us Jem and the Holograms. This interview with her by The Front is incredible and fascinating.
Preserving one of the most valuable service agencies in the United States while saving one of our most vulnerable segments of the population from shyster like lending practices sounds like a Win/Win #FeelTheBern #Vote4Bernie #Bernie2016
Carrie Fisher explains to a little boy what ‘bipolar’ means, at Indiana Comic Con 2015.
I love her so much.
I will always reblog this because it’s the best description of bi-polar I have EVER seen.
(Especially to people who don’t understand what mania means. You aren’t HAPPY, you’re very fast.)
It was SO important to 15-year-old me to learn that PRINCESS LEIA (whose hair I have envied since age 7, btw) was bi-polar.
she is so good and i love her so much, and so so much for TALKING about everything so frankly. (without losing an ounce of her humor).
I never gave Carrie Fisher much thought until she was the guest on Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me - If you aren’t familiar with the show, it’s a news-related comedy podcast recorded weekly in Chicago.
She was hilarious and everything I have read/seen since has made me like and respect her more.
She’s the most interesting person of the original cast tbhhhhhh.
Carrie Fisher seems like she’s doing really well lately and that makes me so happy.
in stories featuring aliens, they’re always like “on my planet this never happens!” or “in my culture, this differs from your human culture.” and that’s neat and all because i like worldbuilding and all that jazz but wouldn’t it be fun if they just. couldn’t do that?
i want a story where humans encounter an alien who frustrates them because they don’t know enough to tell them anything concrete
like humans will ask “tell us about politics in your planet!” and the alien’s all “uh… hold on it’s been a while since i took gov. um….”
“what sorts of plants grow on your planet?”
“i dunno i grew up in the suburbs. they’re like… purple? idk what you want me to say”
“tell us about the culture on your planet!”
“do you have any idea how many fucking countries are back home, i don’t even know where to begin”
“your planet is obviously much more scientifically and technologically advanced than ours. is it possible for you to enlighten us on certain matters concerning space travel, or would that be a form of interference you must avoid?”
“naw it’s cool, it’s just that, um, i’m a philosophy major”
OOH OOH AND
“take me to your leader”
“…we have like hundreds of leaders like which one? my country’s leader? another country’s leader? the director of our space program? my country’s military leader? my mom??”
Man I hate it when people use the pronoun “you” as a singular pronoun in an informal setting. “You” is plural, unless thou dost speak to an unfamiliar person. The correct singular second person pronoun is “thou” in most cases. Grammar never changes. Pronouns must always stay one way until the end of time. Learn thy proper English. *sigh* Kids these days.
If thou this mistake shouldst make on thine own blog, then know, villain, that thou art a dirty descriptivist, and no friend of mine. Ne'er should language itself alter, it doth remain fixèd as such, untouch’d by change. Wouldst thou, vile descriptivist, that we forget the heritage of our great tongue? Nay, say I. Thou art but a dickhead who sayest so.
