#by laro

[dailyflicks]

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma

#portrait of a lady on fire #portrait de la jeune fille en feu #2010s #romance #drama #* #by laro #filmgifs #moviegifs #worldcinemaedit #wlwgif #wlwsource #usergay #userlolo #usersole #userraffa #usergiu #userhugh #usersavana #underbetelgeuse #userbarrow #userbuckleys #userdavid #usergabriella #tusernath

[kylekirkwoods]

STUDIO GHIBLI + PANTONE COLORS (INSP) ↳ HAPPY BIRTHDAY LARO @HAUNTEDLILIES!!!💗

#*g.fx #studio ghibli #film #userlaro #userraffa #useralison #underbetelgeuse #usersugar #usernik #usergracie #usercats #userfern #userkd #tuserssam #ghibliedit #filmedit #animeedit #filmgifs #laro💖

[kizzyedgelll]

hi guysss

silly old me made a silly old quiz right here and would be very happy if you answered and put your answer on the tags <3 https://uquiz.com/1VyIXw

#laro talks #uquiz #love languages #quizzes #personality quiz #i mean... it's just for fun so

[southeastasianists]

A fear of spiders, or arachnophobia, seems quite common around the world. Last year, a team of researchers published a global database showing the pervasiveness of arachnophobic sentiments in media based on their investigation of a decade of online newspaper coverage from over 80 countries. These fears remain even though less than 0.5 percent of spider species can actually harm humans through their venom, and most of these species live far from humans anyway.

But there are some exceptions—and my home country, the Philippines, is one of them.

One of the authors of the study, entomologist Aimee Lynn Barrion-Dupo, is also from the Philippines. In an interview, she explained that unlike most countries where spiders were depicted as sources of venom and harm, in the Philippines spiders figured in news reportage mostly as pets or as participants in the popular pastime of laro ng gagamba (literally “game of spiders”). The game involves catching spiders, taking care of them, and making them fight other spiders.

I know the game very well. When I was a child growing up in Laguna province in the Philippines, I played it with other kids in my neighborhood.

My father taught at the University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Forestry, which was located on Mount Makiling, some 60 kilometers away from Manila. Those of us who grew up on the slopes of the mountain would go into the forests to look for the fiercest, strongest, and most unique spiders. We would then house them in medicine bottles or matchboxes, and feed them ants, grasshoppers, and other insects—until it was time to play.

When two of us were ready to fight, we would place our spiders on the opposite ends of a stick of walis tingting, a kind of broom. Another person, who acted as a referee, was usually asked to hold the stick. Then, we’d nudge our spiders to walk toward one another and fight. The winner of the wrestling match was decided very quickly, sometimes within seconds or at most a few minutes. It ended when one of the spiders was killed or incapacitated, or when a spider either fell off the stick or tried to run away more than once.

We had names for the different spiders we commonly caught: gagambang botchog (round spider), gagambang pari (priest-like spider), gagambang ekis (spider with an X). Sometimes we would give them nicknames based on their appearances: gagambang pula (red spider) or Voltes V (after a Japanese anime character).

Could it be that this game desensitized us to spiders, making us less fearful of them in contrast to many other parts of the world?

This question interests me not just because of nostalgia for the spiders of my childhood but as an anthropologist who today explores human entanglements with other species. I’m fascinated by how we perceive and live with other creatures, including animals we pit against each other and play with—from cockfighting in Bali to bullfighting in Spain to cricket fighting in China.

When it comes to widespread fears surrounding spiders, a closer look reveals a more complicated picture of human responses and interactions with these creatures. The arachnologist David Wise, for instance, surveyed folk tales from North America to Africa that cast spiders in a positive light, leading him to conclude that not all societies are arachnophobic.

In the Philippines, a handful of scholarly accounts of laro ng gagamba depict people’s close relationships with spiders. Some of these detailed accounts remind me of my childhood days, while others go beyond my own experiences, showing how diverse and sophisticated the practice is across the country.

One example comes from an ethnographic account by cultural anthropologist Ty Matejowsky, who researched spider wrestling in Pangasinan province in Northern Luzon in the early 2000s. He recounts how boys and young men collect, train, and play with spiders, often for money. Although my experience of laro ng gagamba didn’t involve placing bets, Matejowsky sees the game as an entry point for many Filipinos into “gambling culture.” (He also presents the practice as exclusive to boys and men, but I remember playing it with neighbors who were girls.)

Matejowsky also details how players attempt to heal their spiders who may be hurt in battle. “As surprising as it may seem,” he notes, “steps can be taken to rehabilitate injured spiders for an eventual return to wrestling.” For instance, players place the leaves of ampalaya (bitter gourd), thought to have restorative properties, in the spider’s box for a few days before slowly resuming the regular diet of “insects and bits of meat and rice.”

Barrion-Dupo, with two biology colleagues, conducted a survey of 300 spider game players in Northern Mindanao from 2014 to 2015 that revealed more details of the practice. Gambling on laro ng gagamba matches, the investigators found at the time, could involve sums of up to 10,000 pesos (around US$180).

Fascinatingly, the researchers also recorded various substances people fed to the spiders to prepare for a fight. The list included various vitamins and supplements, dextrose, coconut water or meat, duck egg soup, Jujube plum fruit (Ziziphus jujuba), milk, honey, energy drinks, and even human breastmilk. The gamers usually placed these substances on cotton balls and left them in the boxes where the spiders were kept.

These details show that more than just a game, spider wrestling in the Philippines involves care and intimacy between humans and spiders. Matejowsky describes it as an “attachment … that approaches what some feel for more conventional pets.”

Today laro ng gagamba continues to be played in rural areas in some parts of the country. Barrion-Dupo sees the spider game as offering children “first steps in science and natural history,” ultimately contributing to an appreciation not just for spiders but for the environment at large.

However, the research by Barrion-Dupo and her colleagues also shows the game has a potentially detrimental impact on the populations of various spider species. Gamers usually extract mature reproductive females from the wild; female spiders, as it turns out, are more ferocious than their male counterparts. The researchers call for policies to restrict the game to prevent species decline.

As far as I know, spiders are not often included in animal rights discourses in the Philippines. (Matejowsky’s article noted spiders are considered “pests, not animals.”) However, these attitudes may change in the future; some people are already discussing the need to expand animal welfare concerns to include insects, spiders, and other invertebrates.

Even without active intervention, however, the game already seems to be declining in popularity.

When I recently returned to the neighborhood where I grew up, I was told that none of the kids ventured into the forests like my friends and I used to. During the pandemic, people were forbidden to go outdoors, and many public green spaces were off-limits for recreational activities. Plus, the advent of electronic gadgets and digital technologies has meant that children today, whether they live in urban neighborhoods or mountainous communities, are far more likely to be familiar with Spider-Man than the spiders that share their environments.

Regardless of the ultimate fate of laro ng gagamba, however, I hope our familiarity and fascination with spiders will continue.

#Southeast Asia #Philippines #Laro ng Gagamba #Spider Wrestling #Animals #Culture #Traditions

[pazzesco]

Puch Laro 125 - 1956

 Maico Maicoletta 277 - 1956

Lohner Sissy S - 1961

KTM Mirabell 125 Luxus - 1958

Kauba Lux 125 - 1954

Lohner L 150 Prototype - 1958

#Scooters #bikes #Kauba Lux #Lohner Sissy #Maico Maicoletta #Puch Laro 125 #KTM Mirabell #Lohner L

[laromp3]

sometimes i feel like tyler the creator could write "I’M BISEXUAL" on a whole ass billboard, put it on display at times square and people would still say he's acting or joking. dude doesn't make any effort to hide his sexuality anymore, but people would rather pretend he's straight than admit they enjoy listening to a bisexual rapper.

#laro talks #not music

[mikelogan]

7 14 26 34

7) What’s your ideal number of blankets to sleep with? I actually only sleep with one, but it's a weighted blanket in a duvet cover. If I get really cold, I have just like one of those random walmart fleece blankets, but I'm usually super hot

14) What’s your favorite color? this shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone lmao but blue! Pretty much any shade. I love cool colors -- reds, oranges, and yellows are not my friends.

26) What are some seemingly childish things you like? Honestly, there are probably quite a few things? I'm a pretty nostalgic person, so going back and rewatching movies I loved as a kid is something I do pretty often, most notably the original three swan princess movies. I would say that's probably the primary thing, really anything nostalgia-based and I used to be embarrassed about it, but like. My life kind of sucks and it's sure as hell not hurting anyone to rewatch old cartoons and like. Find joy in whatever you can 🤷‍♀️

34) What’s your favorite flower? I love lots of different flowers, but some of my favorites are dahlias, hydrangeas, stargazer lilies, and lilacs!

#answered #kizzyedgelll #tysm laro!! 💙 #moots

[crowleybrekkers]

pyxis <3

pyxis: give us 3 movie recs! 1. the menu 2. little shop of horrors (1986) 3. father of the bride

#i love them dearly #just ask* #laro!! #moots ❤️ #ask game answers

[bennidraws]

naughty cat 😘

for my bestest and most darling friend @lara60 ❤️

caleb! galaxy's most deluxe slut, consent king, pining idiot, beloved blorbo! from lara's masterful story Dark Matter (which you can read here and its absolutely worth it, especially if found family, queer aliens, smart scifi and heartbreaking stories are your cup of tea;)

#dark matter #running on the lap in the speed of light tbh #hes the love of my life thank u laro for creating this lil freak <33 #my art

[dailyflicks]

NIMONA (2023) dir. Troy Quane, Nick Bruno

#nimona #2020s #adventure #fantasy #animation #animationsource #filmgifs #moviegifs #usersavana #userzo #tuserhan #useraurore #userbess #userisaiah #userbuckleys #userchristie #userfinches #usercats #* #by laro

[kylekirkwoods]

13 DAYS OF GIFTMAS "Perhaps the World Ends Here" By Joy Harlo + The Bear ↳ for laro @hauntedlilies! ❤️

#*g.fx #m:giftmas23 #the bear #tv #thebearedit #tvedit #userlaro #usersavage #useriselin #usergreta #useraashna #userjasmine #jackpearcsn #usergal #uservnss #usergiu #useranimusvox #laro💖 #i hope you like this laro!!!!!!!! #i had no idea what to make but i'm proud of this one!!!!

[kizzyedgelll]

these days i saw someone saying they're pro isræl because (verbatim) "jews deserve a place to live". do you know who also deserve a place to live? the palestinians. being pro palestine doesn't mean wishing the same damage to be inflicted on jews. we wish for a free palestine so everyone can coexist there in peace, regardless of religion. giving a marginalized group of people a place to live does not equal genocide and ethnic cleansing. why is it so hard for people to understand that?

#laro talks #palestine #i hate this so fucking much #being pro palestine ≠ antisemitism

[imblocking-you]

Watching Death's Game because I like suffering 👍

#death's game #netflix #// maple #ion wanna kin bro but i feel like im headed there #'do you travel to the afterlife on a plane?' BYE #SIWON? i forgot the cast is like stacked lmao #feels like a world hopping novel i like it #talk about karma T T also i didnt expect how graphic it was BYE #THIS FALLJNG GUY BYE LMFAO #and he reverts back to the teenage form when the stronger opponent arrives #GOD THE GUILT #yung bulgogi sa spoon :(( wala na iyak na ko guys talo mga may single parents talo mga walang nanay hahahahaha #after death told him that he's only thinking ab himself oh this life is purposeful UN HUH #but we know it's doomed to fail kasi nga second ep pa lang BUT MAN i hope something changes... #'everything is fine yee jae' it is it truly is the fact the mom was calling him before he jumped oh you just know she was ready to tell him #exactly that OH this breaks my heart #choking and holding back tears while eating FELT #NO NO *bunches up hair* I WONT FALL FOR IT THIS IS JUST A PLOY TO GET ME ATTACHED TO THE CHARACTER BEFORE YOU INEVITABLY KILL THEM #Lee Ju Hun HAHHAHAHAHA LARO #tinago niya 'yung pera para next life makukuha niya gagi pangmalakasang ungkatan ng past 'to LMAO #why does this one prisoner dude look like sohee #BYE WHAT IF IT'S JINSANG WEBTOONS TEND TO DO THAT #HELP I KNEW WE'RE TYING UP LOOSE ENDS HAHAHAHAHA #I just know taekang other son is tied up in all of this too #gagi part 1 pa lang pala yata 'yung drama na 'to mapapabasa ko ng wentoon ng 'di oras #jinsang you overgrown chuuni 😭 #i feel great for getting jinsang beat up but like we all taesang is dying so...i wouldnt be so comfy if i were u lol #OOH THAT NAME DROP FELT SO GOOD AVENGE HIM BROTHER THATS RIGHT #yall him being given the chance to print shit and he immediately goes to grimes core is obviously a sign that he's pretending to be a psych #NAURR the vendetta just ruins it

[y2kf]

IM CRYING.

di kami nanalo (3-1) PUTANGINAAAAA 😭😭😭😭 gago KASI SI MARLORENE AMPOTAAAA!!!!??????!?+?! PUTANGINA DAPAT BINILISAN NYA GAGO KA NAMAJ LORENE ANOBAAAAAAA LAST ONE NA YUN PINATALO MO PA. GAGOOOOOOO 😭😭😭😭 IKAW NAMAN VENNISE .. sorry alam ko nahulog ka pero like HAWAK HAWAK MO NA YUNG PANYO. HAWAK HAWAK MO NA NUNG NAHULOG KA. PUTANGINA SI KHEAN REY PA KASI KINUHA AMBOBOOOOOOO PUTANGINAAAAAAAAAA

tas si ODRIE NAMAN.... pagkatpos ng laro sinabi nakakagigil daw si MARLORENE TAS AKO. GAGO BAT DI SI VENNISE 😭😭😭😭 sorry vennise love u wag moko lista sa noisy

putangina sorry alam ko first round talo ako pero like ano kasi. PUTANGINA SI JHAILE KASI AMBILIS BILIS

ok yan lang salamat guys!

#Putangina TONG AGAWANG PANYO. #MAMATAY KAYO MGA HAYOP KAYO #3-1 MGA GAGOOOOOOOOO #ADRIEL AND JAMEELAH CARRIED. #i LOVE YOU JAMEELAH SANA DI NA KAYO NI RALPH #KAMI NA NI JAMEELAH GUYS ANG SOBRA KIND NYA SAKIN GUYS TINURO PA SAKIN YUNG LARO HUIIIEE GAGGIIII LOVE U JAM #love u jam #jameelah lab u po #ganda mo po jam

[tagalog-3rdlife-quotes]

Dyimi: Alam ko kung ano ang mangyayari, diba? Sila'y pipilit na pagsosyo kami, at tapos biglang nasa dambana ka, magtitingnan ako sa mga mata mo, at magsasakripisyo ka nila. At ayoko niyan, ha?

➣ Jimmy: I know what's gonna happen here, alright? We’re gonna end up partnering up with them, you’re gonna end up on the alter, I’m gonna be looking you in the eyes, and they’re gonna sacrifice you. And I don’t want that, alright?

#tagalog: #ikatlong buhay #kaisahang laro #lambak ng bulaklak #sesyong lima #english: #3rd life smp #3rd life #jimmy solidarity #scott smajor #flower valley #session five #ah a popular heartbreaker

[laromp3]

male gaze this, female gaze that, what about the shoe gaze?

#laro talks #not music #sorry for the dumb ass joke