i-need-glitter:

unbossed:

morgan-tha-gorgan:

assiraphales:

assiraphales:

enough reclaiming slurs, I think in 2023 we should reclaim nascar. they banned the confederate flag on all properties & their stance on lgbtq+ isn’t just performative bc in 2013 they fined a driver 10k for using a homophobic slur, condemned indiana in a statement for an anti lgbt law, and partnered w carolina’s lgbt+ chamber of conference in 2022. nascar was founded by anti-cop moonshiners/bootleggers who drove suped-up fords to out-run the police. #yaaascar

HELP

To this day, my favorite argument I ever had was with my Nascar-loving family about how a thin blue line flag on a Nascar is antithetical to the core tenets of Nascar.
There is no organization more rooted in ACAB than Nascar. Literally, the only reason it exists was that a bunch of moonshining families had to build cars that could outrun the cops while on supply runs during the Prohibition Era. The goal was to make the car look like a regular vehicle so they could pick up supplies or drop off illegal alcohol without arousing suspicion. But if the cops were on you all you had to do was put the pedal to the metal and that little truck could outrun them with no problems.
And of course, families would be in competition over who made the best alcohol, and whose car was fastest. So, they would have races on the weekends. When prohibition was lifted, the races continued. And that is why we have Nascar.

It really frustrates me how people look at American car culture and scoff at it. Formula One racing is more exciting and more dynamic to watch, but the history of it is not as interesting: a bunch of rich assholes who made specialized cars for racing. And to this day, it is still a rich man’s sport. Whereas Nascar was about a bunch of so-called hicks in the backwoods who used some basic hand tools and trial and error to make a junker into a racecar.

As the grandkid of a bootlegger yeah. My grandfather loved nascar and he had absolutely nothing to indicate he loved nascar

He was so impressed by how safe the cars had gotten above all else

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earhartsease:

flipocrite:

joeyridersvoid:

Thinking about when I worked at a shitty restaurant + one night it was just me + 3 other women on closing shift, so some guy came in the back and waved a knife around, presumably for money but I’m not actually certain, bc he was met with the bartender holding a much bigger knife, a tiny teenager wielding a cast iron pan, an elderly woman holding up a crockpot of clearly boiling water, and me, turning on the meat slicer with eye contact for maximum effect. He left, but the moral of the story is not girl power or whatever, it’s just. Why the fuck would you threaten a room full of underpaid and sleep-deprived blue-collar workers surrounded by lethal weapons.

Even ignoring the quantity of workers or weaponry, I think there’s something special about specifically

1. using a knife
2. to threaten a cook
3. in a kitchen

not the

not the shar

not the sharpest kn

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marauders4evr:

“Shaggy doesn’t do drugs, he’s just Like That.” is great characterization. “Shaggy is against doing drugs and will say so to the camera.” is terrible characterization. “Shaggy is a pothead.” is generic but acceptable characterization. But may I present a new angle for consideration: Shaggy has no clue about drug culture. None. We give Fred all of the clueless traits because of the himbo energy but give some of those to Norville Rogers who grew up in a sheltered house with no social life (but a loyal dog!). A Shaggy who loves of all of his friends but has no idea what they’re talking about. “Hey, Shag, do you smoke weed?” “You mean, like, do I burn the weeds growing in my garden? Zoinks, that could cause a wildfire, that’s bad for the earth, man.”

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goblin-gal-pal:

pkmn-go-to-the-polls:

Pokémon Human Character Tournament: THE FINAL SHOWDOWN

CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE!!

Jessie (anime)

James (anime)

ALT

ALT

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roisindubh211:

zahnie:

too-music:

Absolutely losing it over Vetinari sounding like this as he shoves Moist into a new job title 😂

#he’s having fun!!  usually the stakes are so much higher than ‘Lipwig runs off and/or dies stupidly’ #Moist is like a cellphone game for Vetinari #he’s candy crush #let him play #GNU Terry Pratchett  (via @ereborne​)

I just read five minutes ago someone’s fan casting off Siddig El Fadil as Vetinari and hearing this exchange in his voice is so perfect

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higgsbison:

happy glorious 25th of may

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punk-jaskier:

cookie-sheet-toboggan:

promisetoloveyouforevermore:

this goes so hard

i love it thanks

I can’t stop thinking about how “ABBA but shredding” is apparently just Queen, which is the best news ever tbh.

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theconcealedweapon:

moa-broke-me:

w31rd-c0r2:

theconcealedweapon:

When slavery ended, many plantations just converted to prisons.

Laws were then passed that allowed the police to imprison people for victimless actions, and those laws were disproportionately enforced against black people.

The police never stopped being slave catchers.

The police are not the good guys. They never were.

We also have to acknowledge that theres a small amount of police who arent like that

but they don’t call out all the ones that are, because they’re cowards. blue wall of silence and all that

They get fired. They get bullied until they quit. They may even get murdered.

Good cops get acknowledged all the time. They just don’t last.

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pillow-boi:

unpopular opinion: da2 is the best dragon age

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caffeinatedopossum:

Having chronic depression is just like *hears a joke* haha *pause* I’m never going to be happy

taonpest:

lancrewizzard:

taonpest:

Sometimes being an artist is feeling like a baker seeing a chemist making the deadliest liquid in the world and wishing you could make the deadliest liquid as well but you’re a baker, not a chemist, and then you feel like your bread is worthless

If it helps, as a writer with artist friends often feels like being a chemist surrounded by bakers. I’ll spend ages coming up with a hypothesis and then lock myself away for weeks or months only to emerge with a small vial of glowing liquid. Yes it took a lot of work, and yes I’m proud that I’ve created it, but it pales when I look across at the bakers. In the same time, they’ve made so many delicious things that make living a delight. Chances are they’ve fed me and kept me from despair while I was locked in my lab. And I envy their wonderful craft.

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