The Flame-Filled Idiot

setfabulazerstomaximumcaptain: sonic-hip-attack: canikon-bokeh:...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:29:26 -0400

sonic-hip-attack:

canikon-bokeh:

Exactly.

Imagine a wall full of circular holes, that circles can keep walking in and out of with no difficulty.

Now imagine that the triangles manage to get the resources together, after years of not being able to fit through the circle’s holes, to drill a single triangle space into the wall.

Now imagine that the circle — who previously supported the triangle’s efforts because they are well-rounded (har) and value equality — comes along and sees the construction project. But instead of being happy, they get angry.

“Well, I won’t be able to fit through your hole!!!!” the circle cries.

“I helped you get the drill!!!!” the circle shrieks.

“Make it fit me too!!!!” the circle demands.

The triangles, barely holding it together enough to get a triangle hole together, stare at the circle in confusion.

“You have all the holes you need,” the triangles explain. “This is for us. You don’t need to fit through our hole, too.”

“YOU’RE BEING UNEQUAL AND HURTING MY FEELINGS!” the circle wails. “I DON’T SUPPORT YOUR HOLE IF IT DOESN’T FIT ME TOO. GIVE ME MY DRILL BACK.”

“It’s not your drill, it’s our drill. You helped us get it, because you said you cared.”

“I ONLY CARED WHEN I THOUGHT YOU’D MAKE A HOLE EVERYONE COULD FIT THROUGH. YOU’RE PERPETUATING INEQUALITY!!!”

“Why is it up to us, the small group that has never been able to fit through the wall at all, to make a hole everyone can use? Why isn’t it up to you, the people who have been able to cross back and forth at will for years? We just want to see the other side; why are you yelling at us?”

“I DIDN’T ASK TO BE BORN A CIRCLE, OMG. I’VE HAD TO WORK HARD ALL MY LIFE TOO. YOU’RE JUST BEING BIGOTED AGAINST ME BECAUSE OF SOMETHING I CAN’T CONTROL, JUST LIKE EVERYONE IS AGAINST YOU.”

“You are interfering with our project and asking us to comfort you while we’re trying to make progress. Please leave.”

“I’m going to tell everyone about this,” the circle warns. “Nobody will support you now.”

“Apparently nobody ever did,” the triangles sigh, getting back to work.

It’s kind of sad

That we have to draw comics using colorful shapes

To explain systematic inequality to people

doctorpuppet: Hazzah for Doctor Who animation!...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:49:40 -0400

doctorpuppet:

Hazzah for Doctor Who animation! :)

tumblebuggie:

[50 Anniversary Project Preview]-Fourth Doctor

“Answers are easy. It’s asking the right questions which is hard.”

see >previews of other doctors<

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man it took so long for this update >_>

i blame distraction#1 and distraction#2

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:41:49 -0400

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:37:39 -0400

thepopeofmope: purpleyin: The most amusing thing is this IS...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:32:10 -0400

thepopeofmope:

purpleyin:

The most amusing thing is this IS exactly how the BBC report on practically everything.

It’s ALWAYS like this and it makes me furious.

This was first broadcast three years ago. They STILL do it like this.

petswhowanttokillthemselves: “I’m gonna swallow you whole like...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:05:02 -0400

petswhowanttokillthemselves:

“I’m gonna swallow you whole like I’m Yahoo and you’re Tumblr.”

Kit from Kim in London, UK

edwardspoonhands: gunnarolla: racismschool: carrionofcats: d...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:26:10 -0400

edwardspoonhands:

gunnarolla:

racismschool:

carrionofcats:

dragon ball z cakeballs

ummm remember when i tried to make cake balls covered in carmalized sugar and it didn’t work?!?!

TELL ME THIS SECRET

After you make the cake balls, put them in the freezer. They shouldn’t be completely hard but they should be stiff. Not so much so that you can’t get the stick in though.

I am actually salivating

I want those in my mouth!!

…

Alternative method; collect the actual Dragon Balls and wish for cakes.

zooportraits: ELK by Yago Partal for ZOO PORTRAITS Not sure...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:46:13 -0400

zooportraits:

ELK by Yago Partal

for ZOO PORTRAITS

Not sure weather to make a Hannibal reference or a Thranduil one…

"The truth is those male feminists are often seen as being way more brave, and way more valuable than..."

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:39:30 -0400

“The truth is those male feminists are often seen as being way more brave, and way more valuable than female feminists. I’m kind of tired of that. Because the truth is that as a woman, being a feminist is much more difficult. You’re accused of being crazy. People might even stop being friends with you if you speak out too much. You’re told you should be an “equalist” instead. Because ‘liberation’ is a dirty word (like feminism); it has to about ‘equality’ rather, because
men feel threatened by the word ‘liberation’.”

- On Autonomy and the Role of Men in Feminism, and Women Only Spaces or Events

UNSW Tharunka, Special Wom*ns Issue

(via uowfreeschool)

silmarillion-friendly-reminders: Rebloggable by request -...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:38:30 -0400

silmarillion-friendly-reminders:

Rebloggable by request - Fingon Special

Blue Mountains: Go The Fuck To Sleep: Luthien and Melkor version

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:15:34 -0400

Blue Mountains: Go The Fuck To Sleep: Luthien and Melkor version :

ophiophilist:

The orcs are quiet in their caverns, my dear,
The dragons are dreaming of sheep
The Balrogs are snoozing in hot magma
You should go the fuck to sleep.

Ungoliant is dozing in her web,
The wrapped bundle beside her has started to weep
Glaurung is picking his teeth with a…

Amazing

theartofknightjj: Still hot.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:38:57 -0400

theartofknightjj:

Still hot.

feralworks: THEY WERE FIGHTING AND WERE ALL LIKE ARRRR IMMA...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:05:13 -0400

feralworks:

THEY WERE FIGHTING AND WERE ALL LIKE ARRRR IMMA GET YOU BITCH BUT THEN, WHAT, WHY IS THE FLOOR SO SPRINGY. BETTER TEST IT OUT.

Always reblog

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:57:49 -0400

hipsville: “Who cares what orientation/race/gender they are” BECAUSE A GROUP OF PEOPLE HAS A...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:55:59 -0400

hipsville:

“Who cares what orientation/race/gender they are”

BECAUSE A GROUP OF PEOPLE HAS A HIGHER CHANCE OF BEING MURDERED BASED ON THOSE THINGS THAT’S WHY

"I also think the role of the assistant has changed since Steven Moffat started overseeing Doctor..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:29:36 -0400

“

I also think the role of the assistant has changed since Steven Moffat started overseeing Doctor Who. Rose, Martha and Donna were chosen to travel with the Doctor because they showed in one way or another that they were smart and up to the challenge. Amy and Clara both come to the Doctor first and foremost as mysteries. Amy is the little girl who grew up with a rift in time in her bedroom wall, who doesn’t know why she doesn’t have parents. She spends many episodes being mystically both pregnant and not pregnant but doesn’t know a thing about it and all our information about it comes through the Doctor. What the fuck is that?

Some version of Clara dies on screen twice before she is taken on as the assistant, and it seems like the Doctor takes up with her to find out why. In both cases, the woman is not of interest for her character or her abilities, but for some fundamental mystery in her being. The mystery isn’t even a secret she’s keeping, something over which she has control- it’s something she does not know about, that the Doctor must puzzle out in his own mind. It’s not about her- it’s about what’s wrong with her. When Steven Moffat took over Doctor Who, women became a problem.

”

- What is wrong with Doctor Who? (via zelda-fistgerald)

I think the concept of women being a problem under Steven Moffat explains a lot about the way women are treated recently in Doctor Who.

Women’s emotions? PROBLEM! Rory can have a heart to hear with the Doctor about his duel memories, but when Amy wants to talk to him about the same problem in a “Night and the Doctor” short, the Doctor runs away shouting, “She’s having an EMOTION!”

Women’s sexuality? PROBLEM! That’s why River Song, the most sexually assertive character in Moffat’s era, is eventually made out to be a complete Femme Fatale.

Women’s concerns about their safety? PROBLEM! So when Clara is finally informed about the fact the Doctor has seen her die multiple times, that knowledge has to be removed from her mind so that they don’t spend the rest of the season discussing the problem on equal footing.
(via whovianfeminism)

"If we can’t write diversity into sci-fi, then what’s the point? You don’t create new worlds to give..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:10:47 -0400

““If we can’t write diversity into sci-fi, then what’s the point? You don’t create new worlds to give them all the same limits of the old ones.””

- Jane Espenson (from interview with Advocate.com)\

I dunno how many which ways this needs to be said

(via alienswithankhs)

spykidstwo: If you want proof that gun control works just look at the fact that in Australia people...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:10:38 -0400

spykidstwo:

If you want proof that gun control works just look at the fact that in Australia people have now twice tried to assassinate the prime minister with sandwiches

pineappledumplings: pluckypalaeontologist: sillyunicorntime: dieceased: daiyaoowada: I told...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:48:29 -0400

pineappledumplings:

pluckypalaeontologist:

sillyunicorntime:

dieceased:

daiyaoowada:

I told my government class about the Great Emu War and half the class didn’t believe me so we had my government teacher look it up on the projector oh my god

only in australia

wait how did the emus win

have you ever met an emu

I love Australia.

thefrogman: By Ian Padgham [vine]

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:40:28 -0400

thefrogman:

By Ian Padgham [vine]