“Why does the third of the three brothers, who shares his food with the old woman in the wood, go on to become king of the country? Why does James Bond manage to disarm the nuclear bomb a few seconds before it goes off rather than, as it were, a few seconds afterwards? Because a universe where that did not happen would be a dark and hostile place. Let there be goblin hordes, let there be terrible environmental threats, let there be giant mutated slugs if you really must, but let there also be hope. It may be a grim, thin hope, an Arthurian sword at sunset, but let us know that we do not live in vain.”
— Terry Pratchett, “Let There Be Dragons” (A Slip of the Keyboard)
This is exactly why grimdark GoT-type fantasy does exactly nothing for me.
Things about journalism that tumblr never seems to grasp
Headlines have to be as streamline as possible. Aka, they can’t include names unless the article is about a well-known public figure.
Those “water is wet” articles do more then explain what you already know, they’re providing evidence and sources that support/explain what you already know.
Oh my god, there’s information after the headline.
journalists are required to use the word “alleged” or “allegedly” until the person they’re talking about has been found guilty in a court of law
I couldn’t play on the internet if my grandmother had a conference call or an appointment with a buyer
Having too sit and hold down the top of the vhs tape rewinder cuz the latch broke after my brother’s movie binges
Oh geez I remember that
Spooling the magnetic tape back into a tape after the tape deck ate it
The relationship between a cassette tape and a Bic Crystal pen
When 15 mbs was a good internet speed
Free cellular minutes after 9 pm
You get in trouble calling a different area code and spending a long time on the phone because the phone bill got high. You could buy a calling card for it. Dialing 1-800-Collect. Find somewhere comfortable that the cord reaches.
There was a whole numeric alphabet code before sms could support letters
“At the tone the Bell Atlantic* time is 3:35 and 15 seconds, temperature 65F”
Not having to dial an area code
The phase where you had to email yourself from your phone via text to get the address that people could send messages to you from email.
*insert phone company here, ours was bell at the time which from my understanding only exists in canada now? But with no internet that’s how you got the accurate time lmao
Teletext is how we got accurate time to sync our wristwatches that actually still had a functional purpose, if for nothing else but beeping every hour.
And man, teletext is still being watched by every third citizen. Baby boomers probably.
Boop, beep beep, beeoooppp, screeech, screeching *shrieking of the damned* and you got online!
Using a pencil to rewind the cassette tape is for cowards! Use your index finger, you p*ssies!
Azula: only fools would dare to attack me without bending.
Sokka, a local fool prepping his boomerang:
my take is that azula does says it as an intimidation tactic because she knows how much of a threat nonbenders actually are so she tries to dissuade people who could legitimately beat her in single combat from trying.
Nothing has shook me more than learning that grains are technically fruits
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
