This is the world’s largest crystal ruby. Mark Mothersbaugh had the gem carved in the shape of an ice cream cone.
“A few years ago I became friends with a gemologist, and I saw all these gems that he had lying around, one of which was this big ugly stone that I picked up. “That’s the world’s largest ruby you’re holding.” He didn’t know what to do with it, so next time I saw him I asked if I could carve it. It’s right over there. [Points across the room to a glass case.]
I was thinking: Who do you sell the world’s largest ruby to? Somebody who’s uber-rich. And people don’t get uber-rich unless there’s something dark attached to it. It’s always communists in China, or drug dealers in South America, or oil people in Russia. It’s those kinds of people who are going to want the world’s largest ruby. And I wanted to fuck with them in some way. So I said: I’m going to carve it into a turd. But it will look like a custard. I’m going set it on top of a cone, and it will look like a sweet-treat, but really it’s a turd. They’ll buy it because it’s the world’s largest ruby, but only I’ll know that it’s a turd.“ - Mark Mothersbaugh
This is the cover of today’s Washington Post Express…
Luddites: This new technology is awful! Nobody goes outside anymore! Nobody knows their neighbors! We’re all isolated zombies!!
** Pokemon Go launches **
Luddites: This new technology is awful! All theses kids keep trespassing everywhere, getting in the way of normal people. Why don’t they go somewhere I don’t have to see or acknowledge them??
Apokelypse
time is cyclical
Are we really that baffled? It wasn’t a craze X amount of years ago for no reason.
It’s like a running gag that people still think it’s just a fad despite being over 20 years of constant awesomeness
“protect heteroromantic aces” lmao from what? the sharknado?
from corrective rape? from mothers who are open and accepting of gay, bi, pan, etc people and still unknowingly tell their asexual children that people who don’t want sex are sick need help? from their closest friends at birthday parties starting conversations about how weird and fake asexuality is? from the fear of being alone forever because no one could want to be with someone like them? from going against sexual and relationship norms in a society that tells them they’re broken and wrong?? from people like you who delegitimize their struggles in the eyes of much of lgbt+ community, some of the only people who you’d think might understand
I had to reblog this twice bc you just got 100% fucking destroyed my dude
From friends who threaten to out you when the guy they like is hitting on you, from friends who try to kiss you and sexually harass you because they know it’ll make you uncomfortable…
I’VE BEEN SITTING ON THE TOILET FOR A GOOD 20 MINUTES LETTING LOOSE AN UNHOLY CONCOCTION OF CARBONATED CITRUS DRINK AND DOLLAR STORE INSTANT RAMEN AND IT FUCKING HURTS
JUST DON’T FUCKING DO IT MAN
I swear to god if I see this post cross my dash one more time I’m gonna burst into tears
