For A Number Of Years, I Helped Run (read "was An Incredibly Minor Cog In The Vast Machine That Was)

I mean, I'm American and I think it's funny...

So I was playing one of my games the other day and got dropped into a dungeon with, I shit you not, 'Merica Homeofthebrave' and 'Freedom Isntfree'

Me, the healer: If you're both american Imma have to ask for a 500 gold copay before each healing spell I cast for you. 💰

Merica: that's not funny

Other DPS: it's a little funny

I cook pretty well. I often adjust the recipes as I go, too.

I'm curious. Reblog this if you know how to cook

I don’t even care if it’s macaroni, ramen or those little bowls you stick in the microwave. Please, I need reassurance that most of the population on tumblr WOULDN’T STARVE TO DEATH if their parents couldn’t fix them food or they couldn’t go out to eat. 

Absolutely this! Shutting down art because people don't like it is a problem, period.

it's true and you should say it.

This is 100% true.

cooking baking

As above, but, I mean, it's happened to me a few times.

Reblog if you’d be okay if your friend came out as transgender

let’s see how many transphobics we can weed out

Good lord, this. Due to strange circumstances, I've been involved in editing a translation twice in my life. It's insane. In one case, the original author was relying on a WORD COUNT to judge the accuracy of a translation-- that was a two-language chain, at that! Languages are nothing like each other at all, and it's fairly common to have concepts, words or just grammar that doesn't translate between two languages at all.

strangely common misconception that words have basically the same meanings in every langauge and that translation is just a matter of identifying which exact word in the target language corresponds to the word in the original language

I mean, yeah ..

Not Karl..

Hey, don't forget Orson Scott Card for this, too.

It's weird that to this day a lot of people don't really get the difference between like. "this author is a bad person and the work is problematic" normal style and the much more intense "the author is an important figure in a hate group and actively uses her money and power and fame to take away people's rights, and is currently very successful at doing that"

This is really obvious, and yet...

First Tuesday of the month here.

And you can always tell when someone hasn't been living in the midwest and starts freaking out.

They also start freaking out when they hear about tornado watches. Tornado Watch? That just means that there's some weather going on. It's OK. Relax. Don't be dumb if we get actual funnel clouds, but just a watch? Chill. Chill.

I think my favorite culture shook conversation between myself and Joy happened when the first time she (British) was visited me (USA) for longer then a month.

Joy calling me at work in a panic: "WHY ARE THE BOMB SIRENS GOING OFF."

Me: "Oh yeah it's Wednesday."

Joy: "..."

Me: "..."

Joy: "THAT EXPLAINS NOTHING!"