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avianic · 2 years

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Birthday Gag Gifts Sure to Stand Out From the Crowd

While birthdays roll around, you will see an avalanche, of types, of birthday presents coming the way of the celebrant. This is, of path, with the belief that the celebrant has many own family and buddies who love showering him with presents on his very special day. Anyways, what do you do whilst you need your gift to face out from the mountain of gifts and be remembered for plenty greater months to come? Stand proud of the gang

properly, you give birthday gag presents, that is what! With gag items, you are sure to elicit laughs and screams from the celebrant in addition to from the guests, all within the spirit of amusing, camaraderie and celebration. In the end, birthdays are intended to be celebrations of a lifestyles that is still properly lived. And if you are the originator of such amusing in the course of the party, you may be invited on the subsequent party and the subsequent with no end in sight. Or as a minimum till the celebrant can have a good time his birthday.

However, gag gifts ought to be chosen with care and attention. Sensibilities can without problems be offended. Egos can be without problems bruised. Beliefs can without problems be upset. Certainly, what you may have intended as a supply of laughter can without difficulty degenerate right into a source of friction, anxiety and fights. With that being the case, we distinctly endorse the following recommendations to make your gag presents stick out from the group however not inside the manner of a sore thumb. First, get to recognize the birthday celebrant even though it method on a slender scope like his humorousness.

Not less than, you'll be able to select gag items so one can make him laugh. As an instance, if he dislikes lavatory humor, then do not give him the bathroom mug or the butt pen holder or the immediate poop or the liquid ass. These presents will best gross him out. 2d, take a look at the guest listing, if possible. Despite the fact that the birthday celebrant can be in his late 30s, you still ought to remember if his guests all through the celebration encompass impressionable minds like young children.

In any case, you do no longer need to provide gag gifts like the inflatable sex dolls or the butt pen holder or the camel toe gown. In case you do, be prepared for disapproving stares and never-finishing questions about your birthday gag gifts from precocious children. Third, determine your priorities in terms of realistic price. Inside the first location, do you need your gag present to have a sensible if hilarious fee? If now not, then you could continually pick out from among many gag costumes.

If yes, then move for the toilet paper with diverse political personalities imprinted on it, the rest room mug and toilet clock, and even the poop-shaped piggy banks. There's no want to fear approximately expenses as gag items are fairly priced starting at just $five for candles shaped like money to the enormously suggestive genie-in-the-lamp costume at around $33 each. Simply select the one that is within your price range and fits the celebrant and your gift should stand out, irrespective of the rate tag. Items that stick out from the gang

you may be wondering via now approximately the specific items with a view to stand proud of the relaxation of the birthday items stacked on the ground. Properly, you could wrap your gag gifts win specific wrappers like the kiss-my-rear-end paper but that could be giving away your gift all too quickly. Alternatively, we endorse wrapping it much like any other items in order that the celebrant and the visitors will actually be amazed while it is opened. Here then are presents a good way to stand proud of the gang of items the birthday celebrant will receive:

1. The far off managed fart system permits the celebrant to play practical jokes on his family and buddies as well as co-people and managers. Just role the unit in which the intended recipient of the shaggy dog story will take a seat down. As soon as he sits downs, press any of the 15 one of a kind farting sounds and embarrass him no quit. Snort out loud second certainly.

2. Perhaps the celebrant is constantly getting calls from annoying telemarketers however he's just so polite as to just slam the cellphone down. Well, supply him one of the i-want-to-get-off-the-telephone devices with 6 specific excuses, that have been featured in many television indicates. Yep, you could say that your baby is crying even if you'll not get anywhere undergo a toddler within a kilometer.

3. If the birthday celebrant is a acknowledged beer-in-can lover with a taste for large boobs, then the bobble babes is simply best. It's miles can cooler with a girl's boobs jiggling like loopy once the cooler is shaken. Jiggle away!

4. Skip the usual stress balls. As an alternative, move for the pressure chest product of two balls fashioned like breasts complete with nipples. It is able to now not be the best way to relax because of the pictures that those, ahem, balls can conjure but, hello, each to his own relaxation technique.

5. We wager you continue to don't forget true, antique fumbling george w. Bush. Yes, he of the misquotes like "we need an strength bill that encourages intake" and "they misunderestimated me" has always been the butt of jokes even when he become inside the maximum workplace of the land. Well, let him come towards your, well, butt, with the w toilet paper.

There are numerous extra gag items for the birthday celebrant, of path. You'll de dizzy just searching at all of the possibilities from the crime scene tape to the condoms to the kickass costumes. However why go through that once you may simply buy one each in every category? Credit card glad is the order of the day certainly!

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goodyfourpaws · 3 years

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MC: *arrives in the Devildom*

#obey me #obey me! shall we date?#obey me!#obey me shall we date #obey me: one master to rule them all #I actually don’t even have the app anymore #I unlocked a convo between Lucifer and Diavolo where Diavolo and barbatos totally gaslight Luc into coming to tea or lunch #against his will #that is gross and so many young impressionable people are playing through these stories…#those are not the relational dynamics I support and I could no longer support the app or the creators #but I saw this video and couldn’t help myself 👀#anti-Diavolo #anti-dialuci #obey me memes #obey me! swd #obey me solmare #swd obey me #obey me mc

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cto10121 · 3 years

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Sometimes, when I deign to trawl through the R&J tag and then almost instantly regretting it, I like to imagine what the first Elizabethean fandom for Romeo and Juliet was like in its heyday. We know that the play was popular, especially with the youths (“I set thy lips abroach, from whence doth flow / Naught but pure Juliet and Romeo”) and in the Parnassus play written by Oxford college students, a character Gullio, who is meant to be the stereotypical ultimate Shakespeare fanboy, enters and another character complains “we shall have naught but Romeo and Juliet now.” Sure enough, Gullio almost instantly quotes from R&J.

So now I’m imagining a fandom of collectively flailing Elizabethean young adult grammar students, apprentices, and law students utterly destroyed from seeing the play at the Curtain (“Er, farest thou well?” “No, I do not fare well, fellows, I am unDONE, look not for me, I am returned to earth as dust” “I knew t’was a tragedy but I did not know I. would. CARE”) and they talk and joke and make memes and inside jokes until even the mention of “a full half of an hour” (the time it takes Juliet to wake up after Romeo dies) makes them automatically start wailing and becomes a meme shorthand for the time it takes for any tragedy to occur. There would have been fans who stan the actors hard, especially Burbage who made such a great Romeo people would still remember it years later as one of his best roles. There would finally have been a fandom for Shakespeare himself when they finally realize he wrote the play and also for his portrayal of the Chorus and the Friar, and the early fans of Venus and Adonis, Shakespeare’s narrative poem, would have been “fINALLY, the people hath appreciated our sweet word wizard, come ye to the dark side, we have lusty goddesses and horses galore.” (And then proceed to gatekeep, of course). There would have been almost exclusively Mercutio stans, including the actor (I headcanon John Heminges, Shakespeare’s real-life BFF). There would have been Elizabethean fuckboys using R&J lines to pick up girls (yes, this actually happened).

And oh, and the wank! Imagine the fans of Shakespeare’s R&J versus the OG fans of Arthur Brooks’ version AND the hipster fans of the original Italian sources fighting constantly and gatekeeping so hard, with the latter insisting that Shakespeare’s play ruined and dumbed down the original’s message about the consequences of teenage lust and disobeying your parents and the Shakespeare fans basically replying “yes we know ‘tis canon but since t’was the most asinine decision yet set upon calfskin, our lord and master of our earthly souls Will Shakespeare declined to accept it, and I know not what you may think on it, but methought t’was truly the fairest thing” and “the Theater play was BETTER, that is flat, therefore hie you all hence home, you stink with drink.” I wouldn’t even be surprised if there were a tiny faction of Romeo/Rosaline shippers who are also hardcore Petrarchan stans and those fans would have been just. universally hated by the greater fandom. No matter the receipts you pull out, no matter the argument, they just won’t accept the Romilet endgame and uphold Rosaline as Romeo’s True Love. Things are made worse by the fact that the only source for the play text is a bootlegged quarto with some deleted BTS material but otherwise very low quality and inaccurate text. The fans are especially furious at the botched marriage scene with an OOC R&J.

Then finally in ‘97 or thereabouts a quarto with the whole complete and accurate text comes out and the fandom goes wild. They have memorized the play, naturally, but the naked page provides many possibilities for other interpretations and the fans can finally, visibly see that Romeo and Juliet’s first interaction makes a perfect sonnet (something that most diehard fans picked up but seeing it so clearly on the page is...something else. “THIS SHIP SAILETH ITSELF” is the common response). It is a deathblow to Romaline, thankfully, but it also incurs a general robust backlash re: the whiny OG fans of Arthur Brooks who are and forever will be salty at Shakespeare’s changes (“they did not speak so long in the Brooks, they kissed almost presently which is how it should be for that ‘tis a ~love~ based on nothing less than mere LUXURY” “hold thy tongue, knave, or I shall cut it out of thee”).

So while the grammar kids are supposed to analyze their Ovid and Seneca, they are reading the quarto version of Romeo and Juliet on the sly, whispering favorite lines and headcanons, leading their scandalized grammar profs to decry the death of learning!!!1!! and the Puritans harangue the Theater and Curtain playhouses for their gross irresponsibility in portraying unhallowed teenage lust as love in front of impressionable teen boys and once again the inherent lewdness of such an erotically-charged story conveyed by all-male actors (“The beast is among us and lo, she is hight the Theater!!1!!!”).

At last the Middle Temple issues a kind but strongly worded reminder to all law students that no, you can’t petition a writ of distringas [restraining order] against a play poet on the basis of “his Romeo causing great emotional damage for that I must lie down and weep every #full half of an hour” because it will be dismissed by the Star Court and most any court in the realm. It also feels the need to write to inform Master William Shakespeare of the phenomenon, politely inquiring, um, what the hell. All this for a stage play you penned???? Shakespeare just smiles wryly.

#romeo and juliet #shakespeare #william shakespeare #oops i made a fic #fandom #fandom culture #english renaissance #cristina is silly

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popwasabi · 4 years

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“Jojo Rabbit” Review: Reich in the Feels

Directed by Taika Waititi

Starring: Roman Griffin Davis, Taika Waititi, Thomasin McKenzie, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson

At first glance, “Jojo Rabbit” looks like a supremely, over the top, hilarious romp through one of history’s darkest times and societies with only a light spattering of sincere thematic story-telling.

In the end though, Taika Waititi’s latest comedic romp may not have as many laughs as expected but it more than makes up for it with its quirky tone, genuine charm and a wholesome coming of age film that will warm even the coldest of hearts.

(I wasn’t ready...)

It’s a testament to Waititi’s nuanced directorial finesse that he is able to walk such a fine line between the truly terrible and, unfortunately, all too real circumstances of the time while creating a genuinely great and often humorous coming of age film for audiences of kind can enjoy.

“Jojo Rabbit” takes place toward the tail end of World War II where a young German boy named Jojo, in hopes of earning the praise of his Fuhrer, who takes the form of an imaginary friend, joins a Hitler Youth camp to make a name for himself. He wants to fit in with belligerent, Jew-hating older members of the camp but finds he just doesn’t have what it takes. After a freak accident he finds himself even more ostracized from his peers but when he discovers an older Jewish girl hiding upstairs in his home Jojo see’s an opportunity to prove himself to Hitler.

One of the most common retorts I hear and read these days on “cancel culture” is that a film like “Blazing Saddles” could never be made today.

Conservatives, centrists, and bull shit reactionaries like to drone on and on about the offensive language displayed in the film being too much for today’s hypersensitive “woke” crowd and say these folks would dissolve into mush if they heard such words muttered across the screen today.

Never mind it is a popular movie among people of this ilk and never mind the fact that interpreting the Mel Brooks classic as just a western with some offensive language is a fundamental and gross misreading of the film.

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(Mel Brooks is laughing at you, not with you, assholes...)

You see, Brooks never tried to make the N-word about the black people in the film but more about how it’s used against black folk instead and how white people will consistently go against their best interests if it means the “right people” get hurt. You see, Brooks was always about punching up when it came to comedy, lampooning those in power for the little guys such as Jews like himself or as “Blazing Saddles” did for African Americans.

For all the praise douchebag, anti-“PC” folks give Brooks for making that film the director himself is on record as stating that there are lines even he would never cross because comedy can be a force for good and if misinterpreted or intentionally written with malice it can be used for bad.

(Hmmm I wonder who this reminds me of...)

So in comes Taika Waititi to show reactionaries once again that these films are 100 percent relevant to the world we live in today because it’s not about “offensive words,” it’s about context and whether your humor punches up or punches down and “Jojo” definitely does the former.

“Jojo Rabbit” doesn’t want us to just laugh at Hitler saying silly things like giving life advice to a little boy about killing Jews, blaming Winston Churchhill for his problems, or offering cigarettes to Jojo every minute. The film wants us to really confront how impressionable young children are often warped by the hate society has around them and how adults create this environment to foster this resentment of those who are different.

(The closest we’ll ever get to��“Springtime for Hitler” though)

The film paints a brilliant picture of how hatred can grow into disillusionment among many of the film’s characters particularly Sam Rockwell’s who turns in a brilliantly understated performance as a grizzled German army officer who has decided he’s seen enough from this war and no fucks left to give. Scarlett Johansson’s puts in an equally powerful performance as Jojo’s mother who is just trying to do her small part to make the world a better place in the bitter landscape of Germany’s hate-filled society. Both of them pair brilliantly alongside Roman Griffin Davis’s Jojo who, for such a young actor, is equally impressive powering the light yet somber soul of the film.

(Sam Rockwell clearly enjoyed playing a Nazi as much as Taika did apparently.)

Of course, Taika Waititi is great as the aforementioned imaginary Hitler playing a child-like caricature of the monster in the best way a film like this can do. Between him and Davis the two create a joyous duo that powers the film’s poignant message, deconstructing hate and learning in the end to choose love.

The film stylistically bares a lot of resemblance to Wes Anderson films with its use of European music and pop tracks and pastel color palette for its cinematography and fans will likely be most reminded of “The Grand Budapest Hotel” while watching this film. Its message is often very similar lampooning hate-filled fanaticism while giving plenty of time for more touching moments for its lead characters. If you enjoyed those films you are likely to enjoy the stylistic and narrative choices of this one.

If there was one critique, I might have of the film is that it perhaps over simplifies hate. People often think that short of Klan hoods, slavery and gas chambers hatred really has one face and its only overt. The film seems to paint a picture of a world that believes this is so, maybe not entirely, but yet still see’s this kind of hatred in the simplest of terms. Yes, the movie is told mostly through the eyes of a young boy but if the last three years is any indication hatred is a lot more nefarious and complicated than over the top caricatures of evil.

(Pictured: An over the top caricature of evil)

But this isn’t enough to truly take away from the film’s majesty which in its epic climax will lmove most to the tears. It’s a harrowing journey from learned hatred to loving acceptance of the other and the film, given its premise, is rather brilliant because of it. By the film’s climax it’ll be hard not to be moved by Jojo’s transformation and the triumph of humanity and its absolutely worth seeing.

“Jojo Rabbit” is the rare kind of film that perfectly balances a dark theme with often youthful charm and sincerity and the result might be one of the best feel good films of the last few years.

The world is a pretty shitty place and society often teaches us to hate without reproach but if we can learn to be more self-aware of how we are being manipulated and learn to love the “other” maybe we can all eventually arrive in a society we all want to live in.

Maybe…

VERDICT:

5 out of 5

Take a bow, Taika.

#Jojo Rabbit #taika waititi #Hitler #Nazis #world war II #war #movie #review #movie review #film #Jojo Rabbit Review #Scarlett Johannson #Sam Rockwell #Pop Wasabi

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tragicbooks · 7 years

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This 'Rogue One' star inspired the sweetest family story about representation.

'I wanted my Mexican father, with his thick Mexican accent, to experience what it was like to see a hero in a blockbuster film, speak the way he does.'

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San Diego native and comic-book lover Perls finally got the chance to take her father to see "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" the Monday after New Year's.

While going to the movies with your dad can be great for a lot of reasons, Perls was particularly excited to share "Rogue One" with her dad because he's Mexican, just like Diego Luna, one of the movie's lead actors.

Diego Luna as Capt. Cassian Andor. Photo via Lucasfilm.

Latino and Hispanic actors are the least represented in film and television (only 5.8% had speaking roles according to a survey of more than 11,000 speaking characters in movies and TV), so it's a big deal for Luna to be featured so prominently in a blockbuster film franchise like "Star Wars."

He even got to keep his strong, Mexican accent in the role of Cassian Andor, further representing his culture on screen.

And if you don't understand why the accent matters...

Perls wasn't sure if her dad was going to like "Rogue One," but when the movie was over, she knew Luna's presence in it had a significant effect on him.

She took to Tumblr to share the unforgettable experience, writing (emphasis mine):

"I took my father to see Rogue One today. I’ve wanted to take him for a while. I wanted my Mexican father, with his thick Mexican accent, to experience what it was like to see a hero in a blockbuster film, speak the way he does. And although I wasn’t sure if it was going to resonate with him, I took him anyway. When Diego Luna’s character came on screen and started speaking, my dad nudged me and said, 'he has a heavy accent.' I was like, 'Yup.' When the film was over and we were walking to the car, he turns to me and says, 'did you notice that he had an accent?' And I said, 'Yeah dad, just like yours.' Then my dad asked me if the film had made a lot of money. I told him it was the second highest grossing film of 2016 despite it only being out for 18 days in 2016 ... . He then asked me if people liked the film, I told him that it had a huge following online and great reviews. He then asked me why Diego Luna hadn’t changed his accent and I told him that Diego has openly talked about keeping his accent and how proud he is of it. And my dad was silent for a while and then he said, 'And he was a main character.' And I said, 'He was.' And my dad was so happy. As we drove home he started telling me about other Mexican actors that he thinks should be in movies in America. Representation matters."

Representation matters. Not just for the young, impressionable generations, but for the generations who saw very little of themselves reflected in media when they were growing up.

The post quickly went viral, eventually reaching Luna himself, who proudly shared it on Twitter.

I got emotional reading this! #RogueOneStarWars http://pic.twitter.com/kfNXxYxWWI

— diego luna (@diegoluna_) January 4, 2017

Luna received hundreds of responses, many from Hispanics and Latinos(as), thanking him for pushing representation forward in mainstream media.

Another Tumblr user was so inspired by Perls' story that he shared his own story about how seeing Riz Ahmed in "Rogue One" deeply moved him as an Indian man, writing:

"[Riz Ahmed being in "Rogue One"] honestly brought tears to my eyes seeing it. seeing this diversity, in a star wars movie, one of the biggest franchises in the world, and one of my favorite things in the world all through out growing up. representation MATTERS. when I was growing up, if there was an indian superhero, or a pakistani main character in star wars like there is now, maybe I would’ve loved who I was a little bit more. I needed someone like me to look up to as an 8 year old. ive never loved being indian/pakistani more than I do now. over the past couple years, everyday I love my heritage more and more and want to know and learn more about it and be more present in my culture."

Riz Ahmed as Bohdi Rook. Photo via Lucasfilm.

The "Rogue One" cast didn't just feature some token characters of color — the core team of heroes was almost entirely made up of people from minority groups.

As my colleague Carlos Foglia wrote on Upworthy:

"Jyn Erso, played by Felicity Jones, leads the whole movement, with a team consisting of Cassian Andor (played by Mexican actor Diego Luna), Chirrut Imwe, the blind warrior (played by Chinese legend Donnie Yen), Bodhi Rook (played by Riz Ahmed, who is of Pakistani and Indian descent), and Baze Malbus (played by Chinese actor Jiang Wen) after leaving a meeting with another main character, Saw Gerrera (played by African-American Forest Whitaker)."

This is definitely a step in the right direction for representation in movies and TV, and it's good for Hollywood's bottom line, too.

Donnie Yen as Chirrut Imwe. Photo via Lucasfilm.

Not only is diversity having a positive effect on audiences, it's increasing films' profit margins. According to a recent study by UCLA, films that have a 41-50% non-white cast do better in the global marketplace. As the second-highest grossing film of 2016, "Rogue One" proves diversity isn't bad stateside either.

Of course, representation goes beyond race. Slowly but surely, we're seeing progress made across the board.

Women of all sizes (not just 0 and 2), the LGBTQ community, and people with disabilities all need lead characters they can look up to on a screen. There's a whole spectrum of stories out there that aren't being told.

Melissa McCarthy. Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images.

Actresses like Melissa McCarthy are snagging starring roles (and making bank). "Speechless," a primetime show, features a character with cerebral palsy played by an actor with cerebral palsy. More and more LGBTQ relationships are popping up on television, like Alex Danvers and Maggie Sawyer on the CW's "Supergirl" and Darryl Whitefeather's bisexual revelation on "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend."

It's important for everyone to see that the spectrum of representation is widening. We can only move forward by looking back and seeing how far we've come.

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socialviralnews · 7 years

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This 'Rogue One' star inspired the sweetest family story about representation.

'I wanted my Mexican father, with his thick Mexican accent, to experience what it was like to see a hero in a blockbuster film, speak the way he does.'

<br>

San Diego native and comic-book lover Perls finally got the chance to take her father to see "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" the Monday after New Year's.

Diego Luna as Capt. Cassian Andor. Photo via Lucasfilm.

He even got to keep his strong, Mexican accent in the role of Cassian Andor, further representing his culture on screen.

And if you don't understand why the accent matters...

Perls wasn't sure if her dad was going to like "Rogue One," but when the movie was over, she knew Luna's presence in it had a significant effect on him.

She took to Tumblr to share the unforgettable experience, writing (emphasis mine):

Representation matters. Not just for the young, impressionable generations, but for the generations who saw very little of themselves reflected in media when they were growing up.

The post quickly went viral, eventually reaching Luna himself, who proudly shared it on Twitter.

I got emotional reading this! #RogueOneStarWars http://pic.twitter.com/kfNXxYxWWI

— diego luna (@diegoluna_) January 4, 2017

Luna received hundreds of responses, many from Hispanics and Latinos(as), thanking him for pushing representation forward in mainstream media.

Another Tumblr user was so inspired by Perls' story that he shared his own story about how seeing Riz Ahmed in "Rogue One" deeply moved him as an Indian man, writing:

Riz Ahmed as Bohdi Rook. Photo via Lucasfilm.

The "Rogue One" cast didn't just feature some token characters of color — the core team of heroes was almost entirely made up of people from minority groups.

As my colleague Carlos Foglia wrote on Upworthy:

This is definitely a step in the right direction for representation in movies and TV, and it's good for Hollywood's bottom line, too.

Donnie Yen as Chirrut Imwe. Photo via Lucasfilm.

Of course, representation goes beyond race. Slowly but surely, we're seeing progress made across the board.

Melissa McCarthy. Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images.

It's important for everyone to see that the spectrum of representation is widening. We can only move forward by looking back and seeing how far we've come.

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