What Even Is That Last One

Omg

amazing 

i say this in all seriousness, a great way to resist the broad cultural shift of devaluing curiosity and critical thinking is to play my favorite game, Hey What Is That Thing

you play it while walking around with friends and if you see something and don't know what it is or wonder why its there, you stop and point and say Hey What Is That Thing. and everyone speculates about it. googling it is allowed but preferably after spending several minutes guessing or asking a passerby about it

weird structures, ambiguous signs, unfamiliar car modifications, anything that you can't immediately understand its function. eight times out of ten, someone in the group actually knows, and now you know!

a few examples from me and my friends the past few weeks: "why is there a piece of plywood sticking out of that pond in a way that looks intentional?" (its a ramp so squirrels that fall in to the pond can climb out) • "my boss keeps insisting i take a vacation of nine days or more, thats so specific" (you work at a bank, banks make employees take vacation in long chunks so if youre stealing or committing fraud, itll be more obvious) • "why does this brick wall have random wooden blocks in it" (theres actually several reasons why this could be but we asked and it was so you could nail stuff to the wall) • "most of these old factories we drive past have tinted windows, was that just for style?" (fun fact the factory owners realized that blue light keeps people awake, much like screen light does now, so they tinted the windows blue to keep workers alert and make them work longer hours)

been playing this game for a long time and ive learned (and taught) a fuckton about zoning laws, local history, utilities (did you know you can just go to your local water treatment plant and ask for a tour and if they have a spare intern theyll just give you a tour!!!) and a whole lot of fun trivia. and now suddenly you're paying more attention when youre walking around, thinking about the reasons behind every design choice in the place you live that used to just be background noise. and it fuckin rules.

silence, cybermen, dalek, whom I believe is the 11th doctor, whom I believe is the 10th doctor, The Emperor, and sentarian(I don't think I spelled that right)

So…a shipment of approximately 349673986 billion Doctor Who figurines arrived at my place today…video review/collection display coming soon!

How many of the ones that are visible can you name?

isn't he nice

So cuuuuuuteee

oh my gdO CAN YOU DRAW GODZILLA MOMMA CARRYING LIKE A HUNDRED LIZARD BABIES ON HER BACK FOR TAKE YOUR CHILD (lizard) TO WORK DAY

oh SHOOT well i cant swing 100 but how bout

Same! I love all of these. Except for sponge Bob I didn't really like that one

Shout-out to childhood…

You were the greats. We miss you.

My ding ding dong

And here I though I was over this tiny comic I made, teentitans_fanspaz dubbed it and I did not know what I expected. 

I’m just dying right now.

this is pretty accurate. like I have some friends like this, and we like the same stuff but sometimes they get a little more into it. and throughout this entire time I'm enjoying listening cuz they're just happy(please remember I'm a bit older than them) and then they stop and I'm like "nooo! continue I was enjoying it don't worry about it. I'm currently in the process of training them not to stop and apologize. AND IT'S WORKING!!!!!

Damn.

Oh Zuko. You gotta be careful what you say~.