glumshoe:

madtumbleson:

glumshoe:

PAUL

I just do not want to have to endure entry-level Dune morality discourse, especially not in horny flavor. Dune is fun in the same way that, like, fucked up ancient mythology and the epic of Gilgamesh is fun—it’s fully insufferable the moment you start demanding that the “heroes” be good and their actions morally justified. I do not need to see Kylo Ren discourse applied to Dune…

if we’re horny for Piter it’s because we know he’s an awful little man

yeah and I can respect that

I don’t have to approve, and I don’t, but I can appreciate the honesty

I’m honestly waiting with uneasy anticipation to see what horrible takes only tumblr could birth about the characters of Dune.

chefpyro:

straight-lies-and-half-truths:

chefpyro:

Okay, bear with me, I’m laughing just thinking about this

So the overarching plot of Voyager involves this one ship being stranded years and years away from Earth due to some bullshit in the first episode and the rest of the series is them trying to get back to earth. Of course, this leads the crew to try to find various new technologies and other shortcuts to try and shorten the journey

Enter Season 2 Episode 15: “Threshold”, possibly the most infamous episode of any star trek series

Basically, the episode establishes that if you reach “Warp 10” (which up to then would have been understood as “ten times the speed of light” but ignore that) you actually reach infinite speed. Which makes no sense, but ignore that

So the pilot of the ship manages to create a prototype shuttle that can theoretically hit warp 10, which would get the crew home immediately

Problem is, when you go infinite fast, this apparently turns you into a lizard, in a process that is described as “accelerated evolution”, which makes no sense, but ignore that

Long story short, before the episode is over, the captain and pilot both turn into lizards from going infinite fast, then they have sex as lizards, and have lizard babies, before turning back into humans

They leave the babies on some planet, never attempt to reach infinite fast again, and the episode has no bearing on any future plot events

And then it won an Emmy

And then it won an Emmy

thewolfatmydoor:

hatsonhamburgers:

ouyangdan:

negamewtwo:

polyglotplatypus:

please listen to this poor man losing his shit as he reads an article blaming millenials for killing the mayonnaise industry that was written by a babyboomer upset people don’t want to eat her bland salads anymore

PLEASE TURN THE SOUND ON

OH MY GOD

I needed this

Oh god. I’d forgotten how funny this is.

constellrose:

jenniferrpovey:

So, this hasn’t crossed my dash yet. (Not blaming anyone, there is soooo much going on in the world and I’d also missed it in the noise).

There is currently a strike at Frito-Lay. in Topeka. These workers are striking because:

They were being forced to work 84 hour weeks. The company’s best offer so far is a 60 hour cap. This is shit we fought for a century ago, people.

Their generous offer also includes a whole 4 percent wage increase…over the next 2 years. I’m not sure what COL is in Topeka, but… Well, it’s better than the entire 77 cents they’ve apparently gotten in the last decade.

There’s also a report that a worker literally collapsed and dropped dead on the line and the foreman’s response was to make them move the body out of the way and put in a replacement. (However, this is unconfirmed and, of course, the company denies it).

There have been multiple OSHA violations at this plant over the last few years, including a forklift accident that’s under investigation.

They’ve now been striking since July 5 but, of course, it only hit the national media yesterday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/14/frito-lay-strike-forced-overtime/

So, why am I signal boosting this?

Because Frito-Lay is refusing to budge. They are attempting to make the excuse that union leadership agreed to the 60 hour work week and crappy pay cut…when union leadership only agreed to put it to a vote.

And this means that we need to put the thumbscrews on them. Remember, this is about 19th century style working conditions.

So, I’m calling on my followers to boycott Frito Lay’s until the strike is involved.

Frito-Lay owns:

Lay’s

Doritos (Sorry. I really am. I KNOW there’s no good alternative to Doritos, although Zapp’s are good if you can find them).

Fritos

Tostitos

Cheetos

Ruffles

Sun Chips

Baken-ets

Chester’s

Cracker Jack

Islen plantain chips

Funyuns

Grandma’s (the cookies)

Matador Meat Snacks

Maui style potato chips

Miss Vickie’s

Munchies

Munchos

Rolled Gold

Sabritones

Santitas

Simply

Smartfood

Stacys

The Walking Taco

NatuChips

PopCorners (this one wasn’t on their website, but was bought by Pepsi’s in 2019 with the intent of adding it. So best avoided just in case).

Yes, this really is more than half of the snack aisle. Suggested alternatives:

Kettle Brand Chips

Zapp’s (If you can find them. My supermarket had them once and not since, so I’m guessing the culinary cowards in this neighborhood were afraid of “Voodoo” flavored chips).

Pringles

On the Border for salsa.

Wise Cheez Doodles

Bugles

Utz

Store own brand alternatives, if your store has ones that are any good.

Cheez-its

Check before you buy and let’s tell these people they don’t get to treat workers like that.

This was posted on FB recently by someone supporting the strike!

knightofleo:

knightofleo:

Kestrel-dad not sure how to dad but he’s trying his best.

todaysbird:

todaysbird:

It’s genuinely devastating how many people are incapable of training their dogs because of dominance theory / being the ‘alpha’ (already disproven to be the case with wolves)

Yes and no. There is dominance within a flock of chickens…however, 90% of the time when you’re working with animals, you need to realize you just won’t fit into that social structure in the same way. You shouldn’t be fighting with your roosters over a hen! Training is actually possible for chickens (including roosters, though no promises that everyone is able to train, or that every chicken is trainable), and a lot of aggression issues in chickens are caused by environmental factors.

It really doesn’t help that domesticated roosters have been bred for thousands of years for the purposes of cock-fighting, and are far more likely to be hyper-aggressive as a result. Their wild cousins, the Red Junglefowl, are FAR more chill, get along with each other, and the roosters even help incubate and raise babies. Even my late boy, Corporal, who was a ham that loved human attention and would fall asleep when he was being held, would go aggro the moment he was near another rooster.

talesfromtreatment:

Nope! I’ve had my own bottle babies wean themselves onto dry food before and refuse canned food. It’s unusual, but not harmful.

Some babies just love the CRONCH

dynamohedron:

social media ads are becoming more and more incomprehensible.

i saw this on my dash and was like “what the fuck is pink borat.” and clicked on it which i have NEVER done on a tumblr ad before and it enabled audio and then saw this and its driving me insane

mulanadelrey:

spacehunter-m:

reminder that my text-to-speech godzilla ‘54 dub is the greatest thing ever accomplished by mankind

the five seconds of what sounded like multiple climaxing marios was what really sold me on this post