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    Animals, Apparently, and Children: 4G
 19:47
 nonomella-deactivated20171016
 Coraline is a masterfully made film, an amazing piece
 of art that i would never ever ever show to a child oh my
 god are you kidding me
 cthullhu
 Nothing wrong with a good dose of sheer terror at a
 young age
 whatthecurtains
 "It was a story, I learned when people began to read it,
 that children experienced as an adventure, but which
 gave adults nightmares. It's the strangest book I've
 written"
 Neil Gaiman on Coraline
 greenbryn
 @nightlovechild
 lierdumoa
 This is a legit psychology phenomenon tho like theres
 a stop motion version of Alice and Wonderland that
 adults find viscerally horrifying, but children think is nbd
 It's like in that toy story period of development kids are

 It's like in that 'toy story' period of development kids are
 all kind of high key convinced that their stuffed animals
 lead secret lives when they're not looking and that
 they're sleeping on top of a child-eating monster every
 night so they see a movie like Coraline and are just like
 "Ah, yes. A validation of my normal everyday worldview
 Same thing happened to me last Tuesday night. I told
 mommy and she just smiled and nodded
 redgrieve
 Stephen King had this whole spiel i found really
 interesting about this phenomenon about how kids have
 like their own culture and their own literally a different
 way of viewing and interpreting the world with its own
 rules that's like secret and removed from adult culture
 and that you just kinda forget ever existed as you grow
 up it's apparently why he writes about kids so much
 12drakon
 An open-ended puzzle often gives parents math anxiety
 while their kids just happily play with it, explore, and
 learn. I've seen it so many times in math circles. We
 warn folks about it
 gokuma
 Neil Gaiman also said that the difference in reactions

 Neil Gaiman also said that the difference in reactions
 stems from the fact in "Coraline" adults see a child in
 danger - while children see themselves facing danger
 and winning
 rosymamacita
 i never saw so much push back from adults towards YA
 literature as when middle aged women started reading
 The Hunger Games. They were horrified that kids would
 be given such harsh stories, and I kept trying to point
 out the NECESSITY of confronting these hard issues in
 a safe fictional environment.
 jewishdragon
 Also, in an interview, he said that Coraline was partially
 based on a story his not yet 6 year old daughter would
 tell him
 SAGAL: No. I mean, for example, your incredibly
 successful young adult novel "Coraline" is about a
 young girl in house in which there's a hole in the wall
 that leads to a very mysterious and very evil world. So
 when you were a kid, is that what you imagined?
 GAIMAN: When I was a kid, we actually lived in a house
 that had been divided in two at one point, which meant
 that one room in our house opened up onto a brick wall
 And I was convinced all I had to do was just open it the

 4G
 19:47
 And I was convinced all I had to do was just open it the
 right way and it wouldn't be a brick wall. So l'd sidle over
 to the door and l'd pull it open
 SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)
 SAGAL: Right
 GAIMAN: And it was always a brick wal
 SAGAL: Right
 GAIMAN: But it was one of those things that as I grew
 older, I carried it with me and I thought, I want to send
 somebody through that door. And when I came to write
 a story for my daughter Holly, at the time she was a 4
 or 5-year-old girl. She'd come home from nursery. She'd
 seen me writing all day. So she'd come and climb on my
 ap and dictate stories to me. And it'd always be about
 small giris named Holl
 SAGAL: Right
 GAIMAN: Who would come home to normally find their
 mother had been kidnapped by a witch and replaced by
 evil people who wanted to kill her and she'd have to go
 off and escape. And I thought, great, what a fun kid
 wetwareproblem
 "Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey

 O4G19:47
 Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey.
 What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of
 the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the
 dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination.
 What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill
 the dragon." - G. K. Chesterton
 571,703 notas
 TF
 te wtf-fun-factss
 WTF fun fact #8976
 A group of sperm whales adopted a bottlenose dolphin with a
 spinal deformation, after it was lost from its own dolphin group.
Different ages, different fears.
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                
                    Animals, Apparently, and Children: 4G
 19:47
 nonomella-deactivated20171016
 Coraline is a masterfully made film, an amazing piece
 of art that i would never ever ever show to a child oh my
 god are you kidding me
 cthullhu
 Nothing wrong with a good dose of sheer terror at a
 young age
 whatthecurtains
 "It was a story, I learned when people began to read it,
 that children experienced as an adventure, but which
 gave adults nightmares. It's the strangest book I've
 written"
 Neil Gaiman on Coraline
 greenbryn
 @nightlovechild
 lierdumoa
 This is a legit psychology phenomenon tho like theres
 a stop motion version of Alice and Wonderland that
 adults find viscerally horrifying, but children think is nbd
 It's like in that toy story period of development kids are

 It's like in that 'toy story' period of development kids are
 all kind of high key convinced that their stuffed animals
 lead secret lives when they're not looking and that
 they're sleeping on top of a child-eating monster every
 night so they see a movie like Coraline and are just like
 "Ah, yes. A validation of my normal everyday worldview
 Same thing happened to me last Tuesday night. I told
 mommy and she just smiled and nodded
 redgrieve
 Stephen King had this whole spiel i found really
 interesting about this phenomenon about how kids have
 like their own culture and their own literally a different
 way of viewing and interpreting the world with its own
 rules that's like secret and removed from adult culture
 and that you just kinda forget ever existed as you grow
 up it's apparently why he writes about kids so much
 12drakon
 An open-ended puzzle often gives parents math anxiety
 while their kids just happily play with it, explore, and
 learn. I've seen it so many times in math circles. We
 warn folks about it
 gokuma
 Neil Gaiman also said that the difference in reactions

 Neil Gaiman also said that the difference in reactions
 stems from the fact in "Coraline" adults see a child in
 danger - while children see themselves facing danger
 and winning
 rosymamacita
 i never saw so much push back from adults towards YA
 literature as when middle aged women started reading
 The Hunger Games. They were horrified that kids would
 be given such harsh stories, and I kept trying to point
 out the NECESSITY of confronting these hard issues in
 a safe fictional environment.
 jewishdragon
 Also, in an interview, he said that Coraline was partially
 based on a story his not yet 6 year old daughter would
 tell him
 SAGAL: No. I mean, for example, your incredibly
 successful young adult novel "Coraline" is about a
 young girl in house in which there's a hole in the wall
 that leads to a very mysterious and very evil world. So
 when you were a kid, is that what you imagined?
 GAIMAN: When I was a kid, we actually lived in a house
 that had been divided in two at one point, which meant
 that one room in our house opened up onto a brick wall
 And I was convinced all I had to do was just open it the

 4G
 19:47
 And I was convinced all I had to do was just open it the
 right way and it wouldn't be a brick wall. So l'd sidle over
 to the door and l'd pull it open
 SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)
 SAGAL: Right
 GAIMAN: And it was always a brick wal
 SAGAL: Right
 GAIMAN: But it was one of those things that as I grew
 older, I carried it with me and I thought, I want to send
 somebody through that door. And when I came to write
 a story for my daughter Holly, at the time she was a 4
 or 5-year-old girl. She'd come home from nursery. She'd
 seen me writing all day. So she'd come and climb on my
 ap and dictate stories to me. And it'd always be about
 small giris named Holl
 SAGAL: Right
 GAIMAN: Who would come home to normally find their
 mother had been kidnapped by a witch and replaced by
 evil people who wanted to kill her and she'd have to go
 off and escape. And I thought, great, what a fun kid
 wetwareproblem
 "Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey

 O4G19:47
 Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey.
 What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of
 the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the
 dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination.
 What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill
 the dragon." - G. K. Chesterton
 571,703 notas
 TF
 te wtf-fun-factss
 WTF fun fact #8976
 A group of sperm whales adopted a bottlenose dolphin with a
 spinal deformation, after it was lost from its own dolphin group.
Different ages, different fears.
                    
                
            

            
            
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    America, Beautiful, and Blood Moon: SUPER BLUE BLOOD MOON JANUARY 31st!!! . Have you heard?!? If you live on the western coast of North America, Asia (including the Middle East and eastern Russia), Australia, or New Zealand, you might be in for a lunar treat Jan 31st! But before we tell you how early you might have to wake up to see this, @science.sam explains what a Super Blue Blood Moon is below: . A SuperBlueBloodMoon is the combination of 3 different lunar events that RARELY coincide. . A SUPER moon is when a full moon occurs when the moon is at the closest point in its elliptical orbit to the Earth, called the perigee. Though it’s hard to distinguish with the naked eye, the moon appears about 14% brighter than usual. . A BLUE moon refers to the 2nd full moon in a month, and doesn’t really have anything to do with colour. While the phrase, “once in a blue moon” is used to describe something that’s rare, blue moons actually occur about once every 2.7 years (there will be another blue moon in March, but it won’t be fully eclipsed)! . A BLOOD moon happens when the moon is in full eclipse - meaning that the Earth is blocking direct light from the sun from getting to the moon. Because of the lack of direct sunshine on the moon, the only light hitting it is refracted through the earth’s shadow, giving it the reddish look we also see at sunset. Due to the tilt of the moon’s orbit, not every full moon results in a total eclipse, though there are 2-5 lunar eclipses a year (though not always where you can see em). . The exciting thing about the SuperBlueBloodMoon is that all 3 of these things are happening at once! South America, Asia, and Australia got treated to this back in 1982, and the last time North America experienced this phenomenon was 1866. . The eclipse (peak awesomeness) will happen at 1:30pm UTC, meaning those in Asia + Oceania will be able to see it in the evening of Jan 31st, and those in western North America before dawn. . Regardless of rarity, it’ll be a gorgeous opportunity to gaze up, and even more beautiful if viewed through binoculars (a lunar eclipse is less dangerous to your eyes than a solar eclipse). . Tag a buddy you want to watch this with! . (image credit: @NASA)
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                
                    America, Beautiful, and Blood Moon: SUPER BLUE BLOOD MOON JANUARY 31st!!! . Have you heard?!? If you live on the western coast of North America, Asia (including the Middle East and eastern Russia), Australia, or New Zealand, you might be in for a lunar treat Jan 31st! But before we tell you how early you might have to wake up to see this, @science.sam explains what a Super Blue Blood Moon is below: . A SuperBlueBloodMoon is the combination of 3 different lunar events that RARELY coincide. . A SUPER moon is when a full moon occurs when the moon is at the closest point in its elliptical orbit to the Earth, called the perigee. Though it’s hard to distinguish with the naked eye, the moon appears about 14% brighter than usual. . A BLUE moon refers to the 2nd full moon in a month, and doesn’t really have anything to do with colour. While the phrase, “once in a blue moon” is used to describe something that’s rare, blue moons actually occur about once every 2.7 years (there will be another blue moon in March, but it won’t be fully eclipsed)! . A BLOOD moon happens when the moon is in full eclipse - meaning that the Earth is blocking direct light from the sun from getting to the moon. Because of the lack of direct sunshine on the moon, the only light hitting it is refracted through the earth’s shadow, giving it the reddish look we also see at sunset. Due to the tilt of the moon’s orbit, not every full moon results in a total eclipse, though there are 2-5 lunar eclipses a year (though not always where you can see em). . The exciting thing about the SuperBlueBloodMoon is that all 3 of these things are happening at once! South America, Asia, and Australia got treated to this back in 1982, and the last time North America experienced this phenomenon was 1866. . The eclipse (peak awesomeness) will happen at 1:30pm UTC, meaning those in Asia + Oceania will be able to see it in the evening of Jan 31st, and those in western North America before dawn. . Regardless of rarity, it’ll be a gorgeous opportunity to gaze up, and even more beautiful if viewed through binoculars (a lunar eclipse is less dangerous to your eyes than a solar eclipse). . Tag a buddy you want to watch this with! . (image credit: @NASA)
                    
                
            

            
            
SUPER BLUE BLOOD MOON JANUARY 31st!!! . Have you heard?!? If you live on the western coast of North America, Asia (including the Middle East...

            
            
        

    



            

        

        
        

            

                




    Dude, Funny, and Jedi: <p><a href="http://airyairyquitecontrary.tumblr.com/post/170085734372/indigobluerose-thathighclassbitch-tienriu" class="tumblr_blog">airyairyquitecontrary</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="http://indigobluerose.tumblr.com/post/170085190711/thathighclassbitch-tienriu-katiekomics" class="tumblr_blog">indigobluerose</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://thathighclassbitch.tumblr.com/post/170083368947/tienriu-katiekomics-euphrates75-no-harm" class="tumblr_blog">thathighclassbitch</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://tienriu.tumblr.com/post/169939711838/katiekomics-euphrates75-no-harm-to-any" class="tumblr_blog">tienriu</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="https://katiekomics.tumblr.com/post/166120106451/euphrates75-no-harm-to-any-religion-its-just" class="tumblr_blog">katiekomics</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="https://euphrates75.tumblr.com/post/165284446008/no-harm-to-any-religion-its-just-a-lamp-ads-by" class="tumblr_blog">euphrates75</a>:</p>

<blockquote><p>No harm to any religion. It’s just a lamp ads by an Australian company. However, it’s funny!</p></blockquote>

<p>I’m going to cry 😂😂</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Ahaha, the reason why Mohammad is specifically mentioned as not being able to be there is because in Islam, portrayals and portraits of Mohammad are forbidden.  But they didn’t want to be seen as either hand waving him as at the table but not shown <i>or</i> as explicitly omitted.</p>
<p>Very smart move there advertising script writers.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This is so wholesome</p>
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<p>was that last dude a frikkin Jedi</p>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_census_phenomenon#Australia">In Australia more than 70,000 people (0.37%) declared themselves members of the Jedi order in the 2001 census.</a>  Now granted, many of them were taking the piss but that is if nothing else a lot of piss-takers.  An even greater percentage of the New Zealand population self-identified as Jedi in the 2001 census - 1.5%, which to put it in perspective is 0.3% more than said they were Buddhists.  We’re due for another census this year (the normal five year pattern got thrown off by the Canterbury earthquake in 2011 so the most recent one was 2013) and due to popular demand <a href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/90845887/How-many-Kiwis-are-Jedis-Stats-NZ-update-will-better-reflect-NZ-religions-in-2018-Census">it appears that on the new forms, <i>there will actually be a box you can mark for Jedi,</i> rather than it being a write-in option.</a>  (They’re also going to include things like identifying more denominations of Christianity and Judaism and more recently formed systems like Falun Gong, but obviously it’s the Jedi who make for a fun headline.)<br/></p>
<p>So including a Jedi at the table of religious figures reflects an actual cultural (if not sincerely religious) phenomenon in this part of the world.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I got a chuckle out of this one.</p><p>“Christian rock?“<br/>“This one’s about me!”<br/>“They’re all about you!” 😂</p>
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                
                    Dude, Funny, and Jedi: <p><a href="http://airyairyquitecontrary.tumblr.com/post/170085734372/indigobluerose-thathighclassbitch-tienriu" class="tumblr_blog">airyairyquitecontrary</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="http://indigobluerose.tumblr.com/post/170085190711/thathighclassbitch-tienriu-katiekomics" class="tumblr_blog">indigobluerose</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://thathighclassbitch.tumblr.com/post/170083368947/tienriu-katiekomics-euphrates75-no-harm" class="tumblr_blog">thathighclassbitch</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://tienriu.tumblr.com/post/169939711838/katiekomics-euphrates75-no-harm-to-any" class="tumblr_blog">tienriu</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="https://katiekomics.tumblr.com/post/166120106451/euphrates75-no-harm-to-any-religion-its-just" class="tumblr_blog">katiekomics</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="https://euphrates75.tumblr.com/post/165284446008/no-harm-to-any-religion-its-just-a-lamp-ads-by" class="tumblr_blog">euphrates75</a>:</p>

<blockquote><p>No harm to any religion. It’s just a lamp ads by an Australian company. However, it’s funny!</p></blockquote>

<p>I’m going to cry 😂😂</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Ahaha, the reason why Mohammad is specifically mentioned as not being able to be there is because in Islam, portrayals and portraits of Mohammad are forbidden.  But they didn’t want to be seen as either hand waving him as at the table but not shown <i>or</i> as explicitly omitted.</p>
<p>Very smart move there advertising script writers.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This is so wholesome</p>
</blockquote>
<p>was that last dude a frikkin Jedi</p>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_census_phenomenon#Australia">In Australia more than 70,000 people (0.37%) declared themselves members of the Jedi order in the 2001 census.</a>  Now granted, many of them were taking the piss but that is if nothing else a lot of piss-takers.  An even greater percentage of the New Zealand population self-identified as Jedi in the 2001 census - 1.5%, which to put it in perspective is 0.3% more than said they were Buddhists.  We’re due for another census this year (the normal five year pattern got thrown off by the Canterbury earthquake in 2011 so the most recent one was 2013) and due to popular demand <a href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/90845887/How-many-Kiwis-are-Jedis-Stats-NZ-update-will-better-reflect-NZ-religions-in-2018-Census">it appears that on the new forms, <i>there will actually be a box you can mark for Jedi,</i> rather than it being a write-in option.</a>  (They’re also going to include things like identifying more denominations of Christianity and Judaism and more recently formed systems like Falun Gong, but obviously it’s the Jedi who make for a fun headline.)<br/></p>
<p>So including a Jedi at the table of religious figures reflects an actual cultural (if not sincerely religious) phenomenon in this part of the world.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I got a chuckle out of this one.</p><p>“Christian rock?“<br/>“This one’s about me!”<br/>“They’re all about you!” 😂</p>
                    
                    

                    
                
            

            
            
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    Gif, God, and Oh My God: RIP Bunny
<p><a href="http://sorairo-deizu.tumblr.com/post/168528446952/valiantlyrainybouquet-tinysaurus-rex" class="tumblr_blog">sorairo-deizu</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="https://valiantlyrainybouquet.tumblr.com/post/165984686336/tinysaurus-rex-saffarren-dinnermess" class="tumblr_blog">valiantlyrainybouquet</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://tinysaurus-rex.tumblr.com/post/165967308370/saffarren-dinnermess-hiyokoifish" class="tumblr_blog">tinysaurus-rex</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="https://saffarren.tumblr.com/post/165966770662/dinnermess-hiyokoifish-thered498cp" class="tumblr_blog">saffarren</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://dinnermess.tumblr.com/post/165960729374/hiyokoifish-thered498cp-celticpyro" class="tumblr_blog">dinnermess</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://hiyokoifish.tumblr.com/post/165935092780/thered498cp-celticpyro-vividroute" class="tumblr_blog">hiyokoifish</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="https://thered498cp.tumblr.com/post/165931777444/celticpyro-vividroute-jurvektheblogsmer" class="tumblr_blog">thered498cp</a>:</p>

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<p><a href="http://celticpyro.tumblr.com/post/165831549754/vividroute-jurvektheblogsmer-nooooo" class="tumblr_blog">celticpyro</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://vividroute.tumblr.com/post/165412823241/jurvektheblogsmer-nooooo" class="tumblr_blog">vividroute</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="https://jurvektheblogsmer.tumblr.com/post/165315729003/nooooo" class="tumblr_blog">jurvektheblogsmer</a>:</p>

<blockquote><p>NooOOO</p></blockquote>

<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="309" data-orig-width="500"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/7b7a613ccf50a90d339cf800236e2816/tumblr_inline_owe6pjiWIE1qic1sa_500.jpg" data-orig-height="309" data-orig-width="500"/></figure></blockquote>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="611" data-orig-width="540"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/6b3b35640861fd2e2d9523dec8d42735/tumblr_inline_owzvqmwWyw1t1foa1_540.jpg" data-orig-height="611" data-orig-width="540"/></figure></blockquote>

<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="281" data-orig-width="500" data-tumblr-attribution="kixianth-blog:fJPn4wAdD6XTYY4zU3jQlg:Z7l1nvwYsN1q"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/2533077ceae7acb3d58ad5026c73f419/tumblr_mu0pnwGwVm1rrpj39o1_500.gif" data-orig-height="281" data-orig-width="500"/></figure><p> Those appear to be bird tracks rather than bunny tracks! Ergo, it was a bird hopping and then taking off, not a bunny getting taken away!</p>
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<p>oh my god thank you phoenix wright</p>
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<p>yeah those aren’t bunny tracks.</p>
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<p>Forgive my sceptism, but why would a bird with a supposedly wide wingspan hop around in the snow in the first place when tree branches would suffice in the beginning?</p>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="192" data-orig-width="256" data-tumblr-attribution="oddgert:Fc431R2DBtBWpSIEIuvulQ:ZACrOt1QI764r"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/f43171b88b5185e309ec0cbc9a381589/tumblr_nbkbgoPAf31s2410lo1_400.gif" data-orig-height="192" data-orig-width="256"/></figure><p>Feel free to explain that.</p>
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<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="180" data-orig-width="177" data-tumblr-attribution="mitsuruges:fgyUxIp6jZIrEL_5s7xKKA:ZAeDCk2PfA1iN"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/98a2eb9f4d8b38fa9e756460028bfcc6/tumblr_ovrfuzvmIt1uym9ezo1_250.gif" data-orig-height="180" data-orig-width="177"/></figure><p>I’ll be real I don’t know much about Phoenix Wright. But! I do know a lot about birds. </p>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="217" data-orig-width="332"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/0ba543df065f38f84e807967a4decf24/tumblr_inline_ox70qm4OIo1ta40au_500.jpg" data-orig-height="217" data-orig-width="332"/></figure><p>The mighty ptarmagin! Practically a feathered rabbit, these magnificent creatures are built for the snow. </p>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="993" data-orig-width="1280"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/4bc882e3fefb5ab2fd29b74148d754c3/tumblr_inline_ox70qmgneR1ta40au_500.jpg" data-orig-height="993" data-orig-width="1280"/></figure><p>Look at those boots! Wonderfully feathered. They spend most of their time as little snow lumps.</p>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="480" data-orig-width="640"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/2df43b71ce8383b71b946ea3cdf7ddc6/tumblr_inline_ox70qniqRJ1ta40au_500.jpg" data-orig-height="480" data-orig-width="640"/></figure><p>In fact, they’re very well known for the above phenomenon. </p>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="360" data-orig-width="620"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/0e31c8e1ceb66d60488948bceb51d8a6/tumblr_inline_ox70qn5FC01ta40au_500.jpg" data-orig-height="360" data-orig-width="620"/></figure><p>These ptarmagin trails are a pretty common sight!</p>
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<p>Reblog for the little snow lumps ✨</p>
</blockquote>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="611" data-orig-width="540"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/8ed25d0ba1db5624603c091a6dff362b/tumblr_inline_p0xtke83Oc1szd9fm_540.png" data-orig-height="611" data-orig-width="540"/></figure></blockquote>
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                
                    Gif, God, and Oh My God: RIP Bunny
<p><a href="http://sorairo-deizu.tumblr.com/post/168528446952/valiantlyrainybouquet-tinysaurus-rex" class="tumblr_blog">sorairo-deizu</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="https://valiantlyrainybouquet.tumblr.com/post/165984686336/tinysaurus-rex-saffarren-dinnermess" class="tumblr_blog">valiantlyrainybouquet</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://tinysaurus-rex.tumblr.com/post/165967308370/saffarren-dinnermess-hiyokoifish" class="tumblr_blog">tinysaurus-rex</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://saffarren.tumblr.com/post/165966770662/dinnermess-hiyokoifish-thered498cp" class="tumblr_blog">saffarren</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://dinnermess.tumblr.com/post/165960729374/hiyokoifish-thered498cp-celticpyro" class="tumblr_blog">dinnermess</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://hiyokoifish.tumblr.com/post/165935092780/thered498cp-celticpyro-vividroute" class="tumblr_blog">hiyokoifish</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="https://thered498cp.tumblr.com/post/165931777444/celticpyro-vividroute-jurvektheblogsmer" class="tumblr_blog">thered498cp</a>:</p>

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<p><a href="http://celticpyro.tumblr.com/post/165831549754/vividroute-jurvektheblogsmer-nooooo" class="tumblr_blog">celticpyro</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://vividroute.tumblr.com/post/165412823241/jurvektheblogsmer-nooooo" class="tumblr_blog">vividroute</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="https://jurvektheblogsmer.tumblr.com/post/165315729003/nooooo" class="tumblr_blog">jurvektheblogsmer</a>:</p>

<blockquote><p>NooOOO</p></blockquote>

<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="309" data-orig-width="500"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/7b7a613ccf50a90d339cf800236e2816/tumblr_inline_owe6pjiWIE1qic1sa_500.jpg" data-orig-height="309" data-orig-width="500"/></figure></blockquote>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="611" data-orig-width="540"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/6b3b35640861fd2e2d9523dec8d42735/tumblr_inline_owzvqmwWyw1t1foa1_540.jpg" data-orig-height="611" data-orig-width="540"/></figure></blockquote>

<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="281" data-orig-width="500" data-tumblr-attribution="kixianth-blog:fJPn4wAdD6XTYY4zU3jQlg:Z7l1nvwYsN1q"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/2533077ceae7acb3d58ad5026c73f419/tumblr_mu0pnwGwVm1rrpj39o1_500.gif" data-orig-height="281" data-orig-width="500"/></figure><p> Those appear to be bird tracks rather than bunny tracks! Ergo, it was a bird hopping and then taking off, not a bunny getting taken away!</p>
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<p>oh my god thank you phoenix wright</p>
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<p>yeah those aren’t bunny tracks.</p>
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<p>Forgive my sceptism, but why would a bird with a supposedly wide wingspan hop around in the snow in the first place when tree branches would suffice in the beginning?</p>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="192" data-orig-width="256" data-tumblr-attribution="oddgert:Fc431R2DBtBWpSIEIuvulQ:ZACrOt1QI764r"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/f43171b88b5185e309ec0cbc9a381589/tumblr_nbkbgoPAf31s2410lo1_400.gif" data-orig-height="192" data-orig-width="256"/></figure><p>Feel free to explain that.</p>
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<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="180" data-orig-width="177" data-tumblr-attribution="mitsuruges:fgyUxIp6jZIrEL_5s7xKKA:ZAeDCk2PfA1iN"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/98a2eb9f4d8b38fa9e756460028bfcc6/tumblr_ovrfuzvmIt1uym9ezo1_250.gif" data-orig-height="180" data-orig-width="177"/></figure><p>I’ll be real I don’t know much about Phoenix Wright. But! I do know a lot about birds. </p>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="217" data-orig-width="332"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/0ba543df065f38f84e807967a4decf24/tumblr_inline_ox70qm4OIo1ta40au_500.jpg" data-orig-height="217" data-orig-width="332"/></figure><p>The mighty ptarmagin! Practically a feathered rabbit, these magnificent creatures are built for the snow. </p>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="993" data-orig-width="1280"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/4bc882e3fefb5ab2fd29b74148d754c3/tumblr_inline_ox70qmgneR1ta40au_500.jpg" data-orig-height="993" data-orig-width="1280"/></figure><p>Look at those boots! Wonderfully feathered. They spend most of their time as little snow lumps.</p>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="480" data-orig-width="640"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/2df43b71ce8383b71b946ea3cdf7ddc6/tumblr_inline_ox70qniqRJ1ta40au_500.jpg" data-orig-height="480" data-orig-width="640"/></figure><p>In fact, they’re very well known for the above phenomenon. </p>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="360" data-orig-width="620"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/0e31c8e1ceb66d60488948bceb51d8a6/tumblr_inline_ox70qn5FC01ta40au_500.jpg" data-orig-height="360" data-orig-width="620"/></figure><p>These ptarmagin trails are a pretty common sight!</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Reblog for the little snow lumps ✨</p>
</blockquote>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="611" data-orig-width="540"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/8ed25d0ba1db5624603c091a6dff362b/tumblr_inline_p0xtke83Oc1szd9fm_540.png" data-orig-height="611" data-orig-width="540"/></figure></blockquote>
                    
                
            

            
            
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 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
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 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
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 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
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 matter? Distance? Weight? Volume? Are there time zones?
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
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<p><a href="http://friendly-neighborhood-patriarch.tumblr.com/post/164974800512/thespectacularspider-girl-poorpoorpitifulme" class="tumblr_blog">friendly-neighborhood-patriarch</a>:</p>

<blockquote><p><a href="http://thespectacularspider-girl.tumblr.com/post/164974727869/poorpoorpitifulme-boyonetta-sunderlorn" class="tumblr_blog">thespectacularspider-girl</a>:</p>

<blockquote><p><a href="http://poorpoorpitifulme.tumblr.com/post/164974366977/boyonetta-sunderlorn-finally-someone-said" class="tumblr_blog">poorpoorpitifulme</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="http://boyonetta.tumblr.com/post/164960162684/sunderlorn-finally-someone-said-it-all" class="tumblr_blog">boyonetta</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://sunderlorn.tumblr.com/post/164487606354/finally-someone-said-it-all-of-it-all" class="tumblr_blog">sunderlorn</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>FINALLY 👏 <a href="https://twitter.com/brandonlgtaylor">SOMEONE</a> 👏 SAID 👏 IT. 👏 ALL OF IT.  👏ALL AT ONCE. 👏</p>
<p>(Thank you <a>@fallingawkwardly</a>​ for bringing this to my attention.)</p>
</blockquote>
<p>if u tell me u would read three hundred pages detailing the extensive process of domesticating the wheat that made the bread that the main character is eating ur either lying or ur really into wheat in a way i’m not entirely comfortable with</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Besides, in the real world, wheat was domesticated around 8000 years ago in the Middle East and spread to Europe (assuming the kinds of fantasy stories he’s complaining about are set in Fantasy Europe) long before the medieval era, so it’d be completely realistic for people to just act as if wheat were always domesticated and not think about it. </p>
<p>Also, there really weren’t many entrepreneurs during the feudal era given that limited liability wasn’t a thing and getting stuck in debtor’s prison for a failed business venture was basically a death sentence. There would have been craftsmen and merchants and suchlike, but not really the culture of “small business owners” he seems to be envisioning. Equally, the middle class as a large-scale phenomenon wasn’t so much of a thing until the decline of feudalism in the late fifteenth, early sixteenth century.</p>
<p>And all the nobility being established at the same time and all more or less recognising each other’s claims was basically exactly how the history of England went after the Norman Invasion. All the major noble families of the feudal era (and most still around today) could trace their lineage directly back to the first group of conquering nobles that came over with William I, and this difference in their origins from the common people would have been immediately obvious even after hundreds of years.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Pedantic:  The Twitter Screed</p></blockquote>

<p>Pedantry without true knowledge</p></blockquote>

<p>I mean if you want to get pedantic and specific on a fantasy world you could always read the entire appendixes for LOTR.</p>
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                
                    Ass, Beer, and Comfortable: Brandorn
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 In a fantasy novel, how come everybody can
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 everyone eats the same soups and drinks the
 same beer?
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 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 Replying to @brandonlgtaylor
 How come in a fantasy novel, if the winters are so hard and cruel, you end up with
 all those pages of huge ass thick oak trees?????
 2t25 276
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 IF THE WINTERS ARE SO HARD AND THE SOIL IS SO CRAGGY AND ARID, THEN
 HOW COME YOU GOT ALL THESE FORESTS?! IT DON'T MAKE SENSE
 5 t28 325
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 How come nobody invents anything. How come all your carts look the same?
 WHY ARE THERE NO SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE?!
 05 t: 21 292
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 Your middle class. Where is it. Like, where is your merchant class, fam. Your realm
 has an economy, surely, where are they
 07 t: 20 317
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 You're probably doing feudalism wrong
 93
 ti 17 256
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 Oh, yes, tell me about how all of the nobility have been in power for the same
 duration and they all recognize each other as legitimate
 tl 16 263
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 Your cadet branches. Where are they
 4
 196

 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 Why do you think agnatic primogeniture is remotely interesting? GIVE US
 COGNATIC GAVELKIND
 99tl 23 316
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 Why are you so afraid of science. Why. Why. How boring
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 Oh, a literate woman who must hide her intelligence and scheme behind the
 scenes. How groundbreaking. Wow
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 More gay sex. For everyone
 91t24 369
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 Gender. Get rid of it.
 2t3 332
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 Oh, a woman who disguises herself as a man in order to fight as a warrior. How
 feminist of you
 93
 ti 30 284
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 You want to be realistic when it comes to patriarchy, but your characters' teeth
 aren't rotting out and everyone wants to kiss them. Okay
 ti 74 468
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 You devised several schools of magecraft, but you expect me to believe that the
 kingdom's laws are applied uniformly throughout the realm

 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 You spent the entire book telling us about the succession of the king, but forgot
 all the succession laws in the individual fiefs. Oh. Okay
 93 ti 13 188
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 Why is your king not worried about his dukes consolidating power via marriages
 and alliances? Idk. Seems important.
 93 t5 260
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 Oh, your main character is a religious cynic so you don't have to worry about
 creating a system of faith for your world. How convenient.
 5 tl 22 269
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 Who domesticated the wheat that you're using to make that bread?
 4
 t 217
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 Who invented the process of making all that ale your characters are drinking. And
 why are they drinking it year round? How????
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 Uhm, also, who is breeding all of these horses? And where did they come from
 originally? Like, how did they end up here?
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 How did they agree on a systematized measure of time? Or of anything for that
 matter? Distance? Weight? Volume? Are there time zones?
 Brandon @brandonlgtaylor Aug 21
 Epic fantasy reads like the notepad doodlings of the laziest history nerds on the
 planet.
<p><a href="http://friendly-neighborhood-patriarch.tumblr.com/post/164974800512/thespectacularspider-girl-poorpoorpitifulme" class="tumblr_blog">friendly-neighborhood-patriarch</a>:</p>

<blockquote><p><a href="http://thespectacularspider-girl.tumblr.com/post/164974727869/poorpoorpitifulme-boyonetta-sunderlorn" class="tumblr_blog">thespectacularspider-girl</a>:</p>

<blockquote><p><a href="http://poorpoorpitifulme.tumblr.com/post/164974366977/boyonetta-sunderlorn-finally-someone-said" class="tumblr_blog">poorpoorpitifulme</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="http://boyonetta.tumblr.com/post/164960162684/sunderlorn-finally-someone-said-it-all" class="tumblr_blog">boyonetta</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://sunderlorn.tumblr.com/post/164487606354/finally-someone-said-it-all-of-it-all" class="tumblr_blog">sunderlorn</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>FINALLY 👏 <a href="https://twitter.com/brandonlgtaylor">SOMEONE</a> 👏 SAID 👏 IT. 👏 ALL OF IT.  👏ALL AT ONCE. 👏</p>
<p>(Thank you <a>@fallingawkwardly</a>​ for bringing this to my attention.)</p>
</blockquote>
<p>if u tell me u would read three hundred pages detailing the extensive process of domesticating the wheat that made the bread that the main character is eating ur either lying or ur really into wheat in a way i’m not entirely comfortable with</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Besides, in the real world, wheat was domesticated around 8000 years ago in the Middle East and spread to Europe (assuming the kinds of fantasy stories he’s complaining about are set in Fantasy Europe) long before the medieval era, so it’d be completely realistic for people to just act as if wheat were always domesticated and not think about it. </p>
<p>Also, there really weren’t many entrepreneurs during the feudal era given that limited liability wasn’t a thing and getting stuck in debtor’s prison for a failed business venture was basically a death sentence. There would have been craftsmen and merchants and suchlike, but not really the culture of “small business owners” he seems to be envisioning. Equally, the middle class as a large-scale phenomenon wasn’t so much of a thing until the decline of feudalism in the late fifteenth, early sixteenth century.</p>
<p>And all the nobility being established at the same time and all more or less recognising each other’s claims was basically exactly how the history of England went after the Norman Invasion. All the major noble families of the feudal era (and most still around today) could trace their lineage directly back to the first group of conquering nobles that came over with William I, and this difference in their origins from the common people would have been immediately obvious even after hundreds of years.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Pedantic:  The Twitter Screed</p></blockquote>

<p>Pedantry without true knowledge</p></blockquote>

<p>I mean if you want to get pedantic and specific on a fantasy world you could always read the entire appendixes for LOTR.</p>
                    
                
            

            
            
<p><a href="http://friendly-neighborhood-patriarch.tumblr.com/post/164974800512/thespectacularspider-girl-poorpoorpitifulme" class="tumblr_b...