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she allegoried on my cave til i [JOKE PENDING]

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okay americans i gotta ask because as an European i grew up with lots of american shows and cartoons and in a lot of them there was an episode where they give the protags a doll or an egg or a bag of flour or whatever and told them pretend to be its parents or something

#I know it's a thing that happens but I never had to do it #that said we did 'adopt snails' in my french class #they were just the shells lmao #but we named them and had to carry them around with us and write stories about their adventures in french lmao #mine was green and named etienne lmao

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OH WAIT I FORGOT I lied, my first anime (other than the kids' ones that were chopped to bits) was ~kiki's delivery service~

we had a vhs that my sister and I watched until it about fell apart. it was the dub, but I guess that didn't matter because my little sister is deaf so my parents often put movies on with the sound off. I was allowed to turn the sound on, if I wanted, but I usually didn't bother if I'd seen it before. I really valued quiet (uhhh probably related to neurodivergent sensory issues) so I would absolutely just watch spongebob in total silence haha.

the CC was almost useless on most of our VHSes back then, so we had a LOT of movies that you could follow well without hearing them. mom and dad would interpret for my sister the first few times, and we were left to our own devices after that lmao.

#because my sister and I would watch tv in total silence #we scared my parents a few times #they didn't realize we were in there lmao

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lmao be nice to me, I never saw sailor moon because we didn't have any of the channels that had it when I was a kid. we lived in the middle of nowhere in southern ohio, okay. I didn't get the good channels until we moved when I was a preteen.

#I wanted cartoon network SO BADLY when I was a child rip #I only had kids wb for 'anime' lmao #that said if my parents had known what I was watching they never would have allowed it #I wasn't even allowed to watch batman tas haha #honestly one of the cruelest ironies in my young life was that my grandmother got cartoon network #but she only let me watch like. veggie tales and old game shows. #I got to watch ppg once while I was visiting family in gastonia and I was soooo happy

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#if you count ‘cardcaptors’ (not ccs) then that #otherwise… I think inuyasha? #I read a lot of clamp and fushigi yuugi manga #but anime came a little after #so it was probably either inuyasha or fy

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An obsidian mirror found at Catalhoyuk, 8,000 years old

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let’s settle this shit but do NOT reblog if you’re gonna be modest about it like a little BITCH. anyway privilege check tell me which ones apply to you: hot, funny, can dance, can do math, can spell, can drive, can cook

#well I think I'm funny lmao #I can definitely do math and spell #I used to tutor people in math and spelling is kind of my job #cooking... the capability is there but my body is weak lmao #but I know how to cook I'll say that #I just can't do it very often anymore

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worried that thing you put in your art or writing or game or music is too self-indulgent, too self-referential, too niche for anyone but yourself? fear not! you can do whatever you want forever. and you should.

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so embarrassing when i forget im checking someone's blog and i start scrolling through and liking and reblogging shit as if it's just my dash. it feels like wandering into someone else's apartment and not noticing and making myself lunch

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a new book on cunning folk is coming out right before my birthday, so I just want to warn all my snm friends that I might be even more unbearable than usual about the subject

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"for the love of god, montresor!"

#well I've already gotten the walnuts from you sir now you stay In The Cave #don't mind the kegs I turned my island farm into a coffee farm #stardew valley

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geist is helping me farm today

#ignore the bananas they’re my snack

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in such a beautiful and diverse world i'm so glad to see that one thing stands true across all cultures no matter the time period: getting really fucking worked up about sports

#god I love curse tablets

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#L M F A O #i.... i cant... cant help but wonder... #if that student... might... see this post... and come to a very Very disheartening realization #there are. there are some things. some things that maybe. i. i don't know. i don't know! #but i cant get out of my mind the idea that this person Very Well Might Probably have a tumblr account #who knows!

(via @ggreeeenheart)

tbh I've been thinking about that too as this has left my friends circle so like

I would just like to state for the record that uhhh X if you're reading this, my parents were actually fine with it after they got over the shock. like it took some gentle explaining from me and they still laugh about me feeling like I was in the twilight zone for an hour, but they really do just want you to be happy.

the details, though... may not always be necessary...

#like honestly for me the surreal part was the way that everyone was just kind of... acting normal... #like those words were not coming out of his mouth at all #I strongly suspected they couldn't hear him but we usually don't sign to each other when a hearing person is at the table bc it's rude #so after the meal I wasn't surprised when my mother was like I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS SAYING THAT!!! #and for the people asking why I told them after ??? like??? #he wanted them to know #and whether that ends well or poorly it's his right to make that decision #so like of course I was gonna tell them what he was trying to tell them #it's just belated interpreting

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I think the funniest way to learn a movie is in the public domain is that, if you go to its Wikipedia page, you can just watch the whole thing

You can just go to Wikipedia and watch "Plan 9 from Outer Space" if you want to. Not sure if it's the most ideal way to watch it, but nothing's stopping you