science side of tumblr, why do you get chills when you listen to music you like
things that make you feel good like good music or chocolate send out endorphins. They chills are basically you getting slightly high.
Okay, can we talk about the last VG cats strip? They did their fucking research! Instead of generic link with green tunic and hylian shield, they made it the link that everyone was when they beat ganon. The one in the red tunic because of the flames and the un-stealable mirror shield. Those are the little details that make me happy. I mean, how many people actually wore the green tunic and hylian shield to beat ganon in OoT?
Add this to your list of things that slide: blogs.
Starting today: Click on an avatar in your Dashboard. Whoosh, a blog.
“I have never had so much blog in my Dashboard before. What a sensation! Nothing can stop me.”
Yes. Browse a blog right from your Dashboard. Like it. Reblog it. Ask it questions. Fall in love with it.
And remember, it’s not just other people’s blogs that are sliding into your Dashboard. It’s your blog that’s sliding into theirs. Make sure you love how it looks.
That’s nice and all but when are you gonna fix the mobile app?
silver-tongues-blog asked: You two look so great together. I hope you two are together forever and absolutely nothing bad will happen.
Everytime I hear someone talking about groot, I misread it as groose.
Anonymous asked: okay but you do realized r*tarded is an extremely ableist and gross slur thats akin to f*ggot l ike.... are you fucking serious i mean yeah jontron is funny but not only did he use the word, he then refused to apologize as well as calling /another use/ that word too when they /pretty politely/ asked him to not say that word. its a fucking horrible word and at this point in time jontron is a horrible person
Yes I fucking realize it, my brother is about as mentally disabled as you can get so don’t talk down to me as if I’m ignoring the implications of the word when I’ve had to deal with that shit being thrown at my little brother his whole life. I realize the implications, I’m just not going to get up in arms over the casual out of context usage of a word like that.
Now if he was purposely insulting handicapped people it would be something to get angry about, but he wasn’t. This is like 12 year olds calling people “fags” on Call of Duty. It happens, it happens a lot. It’s not right but it happens and there’s no point in getting angry about it because it’s NOTgoing to fall out of common usage any time soon.
I’m done spamming my blog with this argument.
And, just for the record. He was right.
retardverbpast tense: retarded; past participle: retardedrɪˈtɑːd/
To “retard” something is to hold back progress. Just like the PS4 and Xbone are doing in terms of advancement in the video game industry by releasing with hardware that is beaten by stuff released 4-5 years ago for the PC. So in that context “to retard” was actually correct usage of the word.
re·tard·edriˈtärdid/adjectiveadjective: retarded
Huh, I see nothing here about it revolving around those with disabilities. Simply degrees of advancement for the formal definition.
Dictionary definitions are meant to be fairly shorthand and don’t take into account the importance of context. (I also have a giant rant about people pretending that dictionaries are infallible sources of unbiased information, but I will save it for another time.) Just because the dictionary doesn’t mention its usage as a slur against disabled people doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist. While there are alternate usages, its use as a slur is incredibly common.
It is a word that is frequently used to hurt and belittle people. While it’s unrealistic to assume that it will disappear completely from the English lexicon anytime soon, that’s no excuse to use the word when there are so many non-offensive alternatives available (ridiculous, asinine, delayed, slowed, etc). Of course, the act of restricting the word in one’s own vocabulary has little impact. But the more people that acknowledge its context and refuse to use the word, the less acceptable it becomes in everyday speech.
Yeah, sure, this jontron person (no idea who he is nor the context in which he said the word) is free to use the word as he pleases. And I am also free to call him a giant douche for defending its use.
In actuality, it will be near impossible to be rid of the word “retard” as its shared in another word. So, would this intent of obsoletion apply to “retardant” and its different definition given its base being “retard?”
Also, note that social norms keep tossing around what becomes offensive. Retard was okay until perception showed it as offensive so “special” came into play, and now that’s offensive.
hey, if we are going to disregard the dictionary completely, why don’t we use any word for anything?
Two sly famish rectum walk night forty two.
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this is the scene of the crime
A clue, A CLUE!
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