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molagboop · 3 months

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High-echelon Mawkin suit modules can be pretty wild, and the Energy conversion module in Raven Beak's suit is no exception.

When exposed to an active current or energy field, the module accounts for the level of charged particles in the local atmosphere and converts the detected matter to power. Most substantial forms of power and radiation are compatible with its function, and it's calibrated to work more efficiently when exposed to substantially powerful forms of plasmic matter.

The conversion module is similar to (but should not be confused with) the thermal charge module, which charges the power suit in extreme heat. That technology is also implemented in the protective exosuits found in Cataris' lava zone. The Mawkin use thermal energy to power a number of their facilities: that they'd implement it in their more mobile works is only natural.

Back to the subject at hand, the conversion module's practicality is twofold: to keep Raven Beak's suit sufficiently charged and to maintain his vigor in battle. His particular biometric modifications are such that his suit, combined with his level of physical fitness, can theoretically keep him fighting without fear of exhaustion in perpetuity.

Raven Beak's juiced up version of lightning armor is the inverse of this module: it absorbs charged particles for the purpose of coalescing into a projected wave. The use of lightning armor in this manner negates the function of the conversion module for restorative purposes. Additionally, lightning armor works best against oncoming projectiles, while the reactive conversion module is at its peak when the suit is exposed to ambient radiation or concentrated, consistent flows of power.

Suffice to say, Raven Beak is probably the only person who could stick a fork in an electrical socket and have it do the exact opposite of killing him.

#when i said he looks down on samus' suit upgrade library with pity. this is the kinda shit he's got under his belt to compare.#headcanons #mawkin #chozo #txt #there's a reason the Mawkin make duelists strip down to the bare essentials when they fight over disputes like leadership #in the case of duels over the title of Warlord that reason is 'to ensure the sitting Lord has not grown soft with the wealth of amenities #at their disposal'#the conversion module is one of those things that's hard-wired into his..#what's the word. cybernetics? Raven Beak has body mods but none of them are cosmetic. they're all for function.#but in any case it shouldn't come into play if he's duking it out with another Chozo in a spear fight.#his rivals for the seat don't have to deal with the immortal god-king who operates at peak efficiency 24/7: just Great Uncle Ashkar #and his fists #those are arguably scarier than the big cannon with its reactor turbines #you could charge this man like a phone #the mawkin were very invested in increasing their warriors' effectiveness in combat. and the suit is for more than just fighting #so a broad-spectrum high power module like that is highly valuable.#electricity. space radiation. charged miasma. you name it: he can probably 'plug in' to it.#he's not invincible and he can't exactly charge his suit in the heat of battle unless he's fighting in a location with great exposure #to charged matter or radiation. just don't fight him in a fallout zone and you're gucci.#i just had the image of him booking it for a nearby power plant to juice up in the middle of a fight snd it made me laugh #grampa's gotta get his talons in the good stuff before fighting it's like cranberry juice to him. it fixes everything.#'drink cranberry juice and eat radiation to get strong like me' -Raven Beak probably

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istherewifiinhell · 14 days

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i dont have anything to say for myself its just my niche okay. warning for both the volume AND. unique. auditory experience of g1 lmao.

[VD: G1 transfromers clip, of a Megatron and Starscream altercation

Outside, dark, lightening strikes. Soundwave turns off some audible signal, and it begins raining. Megatron: here are your orders Thundercracker, I- Starscream: What is your excuse Megatron! You let the enemy GET AWAY! You- [Megatron knocks him to the ground] Ouf Megatron walks over and pick him up by the throat, Starscream coughs, and is grabbing at his hand: Cross me again Starscream and I'll reduce you to titanium fragments. Starscream struggling Megatron tightens his grip, scrabbling at Megatron's hand: But we had the Autobots disoriented. We could have eliminated them. Cut wide, their standing close, Starscream still being choked. Megatron: We'll do that at our leisure. When are more important work is done! [He throws Starscream to the ground] Low angle, up at Megatron, lightening strikes behind him. He points down, hand large in frame: You have had the only warring I intend to give. [He gestures to himself and then points back down] Starscream scowls. Decepticon badge bummer.

well thats a lie but we can forgive him cause i assume this moment cursed his dick...

anyway i have more formats of this scene below cause i got excited :D

[Gif of when Megatron is choking Starscream, from above. Specifically the moment where he pushes Starscream back and tightens his grip. Starscream's head tips back and he makes some interesting faces, hands struggling. END]

ID: Four frames of the choking, the different faces Starscream makes. 1. Snarling mouth shape. 2. Distress/pout? 3. Mouth wide open, head tipped back. 4. Eyes bulging as hes really getting choked. END

yay yippee yay <3

[ID: The two instances of Megatron pointing downward, slightly different body positions and hand gesture. 1. Squared shoulders, hands less downwards. 2. Shoulders angled, hand larger/more central. END]

to add to the great library of megatron (or galv) interacting directly with the viewer

#some shit #its not called cisformers #fuck thats some great folly as his tightens his grip. great stuff #wheres that fucking fan art where megatrons talking about loving when starscream changes expressions really fast.#NEVER has that been more true. cursed his dick. cursed MY dick. fgsdjfgd. BWAH #LOOK. how many more pixels there are on the hasbro utube uploads than the tubi version <- where i watched all of g1. TWICE #okay now and ofc if youll allow. hows the process go for locating a starscream being choked moment from a screenshot #1. check if its im stupid im stupid (its not) 2. what else can the shot tell us. its dark and raining! okay thats not happening to often #in g1. i mean THINK of the extra work it takes u know? 3. what eps have bad weather. 4. this arc has freak weather AND a screamer overthrow #4. start from the beginning of the arc skiping thru looking for the weather to match. 5. part two 4mins 40. baby. HEY PRESTO #didnt even have to check the wiki (wouldnt have discredited my self if i had. just a different way to access knowledge isnt it) BUT LOL <33 #the humans are SO well drawn this arc. crazy stuff. great stuff. love it

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balkanballad · 25 days

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had a day that made me think oh that was a bit heavy on the symbolism, wasn't it

#j. talks #went to visit my brother in his uni city and also connected it with an event there #I know this event because I went there once with a uni course that of course was with my fave former prof #so I know she's usually there but it's a bigger city and Friday and there are a lot of things at different locations #chances are not zero but I thought come on if anything it will be casual running into her #well as I was waiting with my brother and a whole crowd of people to be let in who do I hea #and see :))) yeah it's my fave prof. and I told my brother and he told me to go and say hi but there were so many people already talking to #her and also going there and saying hi so I simply couldn't. I literally froze our shoulders were nearly touching but she wasn't even facin #me and taking and I just followed my brother and he was like???#what was that?? and I didn't know. and he asked my why I looked so shameful out of all the emotions I chose shame #and I don't know. I don't know why shame I consuming me no matter where I go. but she was busy and imagine I go up and she has no idea who #am anymore. they had to burry me right there and then. so that was that :) now #the name of that street of the location burned into my memory as I was facing the wall well it's the name of [redacted] who I never really #get over and it's been 10 years now soon. and we had a similar experience in December :) where I would have loved nothing more really than #to talk (in Decembar definitely also other things that I miss on some days very much) but I barely got a wave #so yeah :) I actually had a great day but I am more than overwhelmed. I feel like crying and hiding #taurus season is apparently not here to save me? idk #is this all about wasted potential and shame stopping me? maybe. but how the fuck do I get it out of me

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tj-crochets · 1 year

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The pan pride stellated icosahedron is done!

#origami #pan pride #stellated icosahedron #I learned how to make these when I was ten or eleven #huh I’ve known how to do this for more than half my life #I wonder if my 7th grade teacher would be glad to know that of everything he taught me #what I remember is every US state’s location a vague idea of the location of all the countries in the world and this origami #also how to make a kite from two sheets of paper two straws some tape a paper clip and some thread #the kite is a BIG hit with little kids btw they always think it’s so cool #but yeah he was my math and science teacher and I do not remember his math or science lessons #so idk how he’d feel knowing that. I should look him up and send him a plushie

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magnoliamyrrh · 7 months

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okay enough of the rants im logging off last thing ill say is that identity politics is largely a disease 👍 its point with the extremism its been taken to in part due to cia postmodernism being to wreck class conciousness though the wokeificstion of fragmentory policies and identity👍 bipartisan politics also serve to divide the country (all countries) incresingly so that people cant come together👍 having the worlds most stupid useless fragmentory identity politics discussions doesnt help it keeps us from coming together and focusing on real shit 👍wars pit the resources and labour of the working class against each other for the benefit of the rich 👍"im iranian youre american, you and i have more in common with each other than our governments with us, and our governments are more similar etc etc."👍 if racism stopped and if sexism stopped and if classism between the working classes (which, everyone has forgotten what the term "working class" means, its not abt economic bracket, low, middle, and higher class can all b working class yes including the doctor whose making a lot of money bc it is the exhange of labour for wages) stopped the working class could stand united not divided aginst the system 👍differences in race, class, and sex have Always been used to pit the working classes against each other, and to give people a sense of "well at least were better than Those people" (opressed middle class disdain for lower class, opressed mens disdain for women (at least they have power over someone!), opressed peoples disdain for other opressed peoples)

i may bitch and complain about kinds of people on here bc its a way for me to get my frustrations out, but ultimately i do think it is vitally important to have hope and to try to bring unity between people. ultimately i think it is unity which is the only way this planet, species, and every other species on this planet may see a better futute. ultimately, more than anything, i think despite everything we, for everyones sake, have to understand the deep interconnected nature of everything, have to truly understand that one cannot be free without all, and have to try to build bridges.... it is very easy both as both members of the opressive and opressed class (and yes most ppl occupy both in some way) to fall into disdain, fear, and wants of separatism. ive done it plenty myself and at times i still do. trying to "be better" is absolutely exhausting. but. i do truly believe that we have to try. i do not believe hatred is forever. not classism not racism not sexism not abelism not anything. it is not a curse people are doomed to from birth. people can change, we all can. we at least have to try

#this is part of the reason tho why ppl #tell me i shouldnt become a speaker or activist or someone who engages w ppl to change their minds and im like.........#i dont know if i have the temper for it #i stand by it. but im better at writing when i have time and space to calm my nervee #bc i really dO have a temper and im fed up with bullshit and i can be agressive #and ultimately i dont think thats the best way to change ppls minds #.......... lol one of tbe reasons why i look up to malcolm x so much #he wasnt perfevt by any means (ehm the sexism?) but. BuT still. a very complex very smart very real man who Saw very well #and something ive always respected is his amazing ability to keep his cool in dicussions and debates with people saying god awful shit #his cool his vibe his ability to educate and keep his tone strong and down #*ppl tell me i should #also. this is obviously not to say that there arent differences in class ethnicity religion gender etc etc etc and in how one experiences #the world bc. there Obviously are #also. global location imperial core imperial semi-periphery and periphery countries etc etc as well as each countries more localized power !#and position #just that ultimately trying to find unity and reach for similarities and understandings and sympathy where there isnt that is more productiv #e #than endless identifying politics fragmentation and opression olympics and also. everyone hating each other 🤷‍♀️

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maybe-arts · 2 years

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ok i should sleep but also i'm obsessed with @gurusgammamon's swap au that only has a handful of art and 4 chapters of chatfic

i had to doodle my version of swapped marx and ribbon

#kirby #kirby series #swap au #kirby fanart #zero's dreamland #marx kirby #ribbon kirby #i put their traits in a blender and turned it on #to start #marx is a full time noddy this time so even if he's a storage unit for crystals he mostly in his noddy shape #similarly the power up looks a lot friendlier than. whatever the fuck he became post-nova #his new motif is night! and moons #ribbon on the other hand gets butterfly wings instead of traditional fairy insect wings #and maaaaaybe becomes more insectoid as a boss who knows #also i swapped the location of their accessories (ribbon's now around the neck while marx' is on the head) just for the heck of it #idk if i doodle anyone else swapped maybe magolor and spooders #or maybe susie bc muriel in particular likes her being a friendly mechanic #and also the idea of susie going down in one hit without her machines is incredibly fucking hilarious to me ok

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sparky-is-spiders · 10 months

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So my brain likes to kick around Lonely!Jon AUs and Jonsasha AUs and Archivist Sasha AUs and one day my brain went “hey what if we did all of those” and now I inflict my curse onto you.

Might explain more later when I can figure out how to word it.

#looke I think we as a fandom are sleeping on the potential of jonsasha ok?#my two favoritest beholding nerds should go snooping around in dangerous locations #and engage in morally dubious behavior for the purpose of acquiring More Knowledge #and maybe also kiss??#the gist of this au is Jonsasha investigate the supernatural #also while I haven’t figured out any of the details please do know that Jon marks Sasha with his powers #and their investigations also help unlock her powers faster than they did for Jon in canon #(she doing a lot more investigating and also running into a lot of supernatural entities much faster)

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fuckyou-saidtheraven · 2 years

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Intellectually I know that the cgi budget of HDM s3 has to be spread out very carefully in order to accommodate everything that happens in the third book. I remember having a lot of concerns about the budget for a potential s3 way back when the show first aired seeing the general lack of dæmons walking around due to the budget constraints of animating them all + the witches, the bears, and the arctic scenes. And there’s a lot that happens in the Amber Spyglass that needs cgi to pull off properly. Ergo, i understand that they have to manage their budget carefully, prioritize things where they can, and know where to cut things out where necessary.

However I am still very put out by the fact that the dragonflies don’t seem to be in the series.

#original post #fandom #his dark materials #the amber spyglass #paragraphs in the tags #im actually sad we won't get to see the dragonflies in live action i loved them so much #while i do have mixed feelings about the fact that the gallivespians can apparently fly on their own now a la the witches #i have no doubt that the final season's going to be great and in the grand scheme of things this won't amount for much #and tbf the stuff from the trailer does look awesome!!#the intention craft especially looks as weirdly janky yet smooth and elegant as i'd always hoped it would!!#the angels look absolutely insane and the harpies are great!#the locations also look very 👀👀👀#alsoalso im really glad we're actually getting the gallivespians at all this season #last i checked in with the series was a while back and i was really worried they'd end up being cut #so this is still a lot more than i thought there'd be #still‚‚‚ i'll miss the funky big bugs so much

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sparklingpax · 2 years

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About that 18th episode of Masterforce.... The good thing is that Minerva didn't end up like Movieverse Jazz. Yikes

LMAO YEA TRUE (rip jazz tho 😔🤘🔥)

A harrowing experience but luckily, we can actually thank Sixknight for that!

ALSO RELATED, THEYRE SO FUCKING TINY COMPARED TO HIM OH MY GODDD 💀✨✨✨ (edit: I've added an episode summary in the tags idk but anyone who sees and reads it tysm 🥺❤️)

-Kuni :3

#this episode is quite interesting like. Sixknight goes to the Decepticons like 'Im Cool Right Im Soooo Fearsome 😌' & megas like 'No lol'#he gets pissed #gets escorted out like an angey customer. blood & gilmer are like 'hey yk 😏 defeat a Godmaster 😏😏 then maybe we'll let u back in 👀'#he goes fuckin WILD on some random Location while Blood & Gilmer just watch like 🤔🤭#naturally Hawk + the kids + Waverider + Ginrai are all like 'ok who the FUCK 😐' and go to check it out and Sixknights like #'WHO ARE YOU IDIOTS WHERES GINRAI' and then Shuta is there and hes like 'HAH IVE FOUND GINRAI!!!1!1' & proceeds to beat up a confused Shuta #who didnt even get time to do anything other than go hUH #& then Actual Ginrai Shows Up and immediately mops the floor with Sixknight after watching him Show Off for like 10 minutes (ok maybe 3)#so THEN blood & gilmer are like 'hehE we'll fix this' and grab minerva to force like all the autobots to stand down and then Sixknight #gets so mad at Ginrai for not fightng back like 'NO WE'RE NEMISISES FIGHT ME >:C' figures out its cause Minerva #so he has her released (^^ cue the cute group hug between the kids & waverider & hawk!! ✨💓)#says something about human weeds (prob offending ginrai) then like 2 more minutes of 'hERES MY SIX PART ATTACK DIE 😝'#so ginrai loads up his gun #shoots ONCE. and thats it. fight is over. ginrai even turns back into a human to be like 'LOOK AT *THIS* WEED 🤪' (paraphrased)#ginrai takes the kids leaving sixknight in actual shambles as the sun sets behind him. narrators like 'will he be back?? who knows 😔🤫🙏'#gilmer and blood are all 'oh hes all show nvm 🙄' aS IF THESE FUCKERS HAVE EVER SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHED ANYTHING WITH MEANING AAJDGSKSKS #OH MY GOD I WENT OFF OOPS UM #anwyays:]#kuni talks #kuni answers #asks #anon asks #super god Masterforce #masterforce moment òwó 🥺💖✨#minerva #transformers stuff #transformers super god Masterforce #tf #transformers #<3

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lemememeringue · 2 years

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why are houses so ugly actually

#mine #looking at places on zillow #the places that are p cheap have decent sized lawns which would be v nice if I yanno wasn't the only person on earth who needs the opposite #as much as I hated sharing walls I think apartment living would just be more practical for me #but I'd rly prefer to own rather than rent #my uncle lives in a townhouse that's like... landscaped by some company the HOA hired #I think that kind of setup might work for me since his has only a small square planter for a 'yard' but also... sharing walls and HOAs 😬#I wanna start looking in earnest maybe next year if my health improves #I'm not emotionally beholden to any location but I guess I should be close to either work or family #since none of my friends are established anywhere #I was talking to mum yesterday between sims rants abt this #she reminded me to learn the local tax laws and expansion plans before committing #but also to plan 5 to 10 years ahead. yanno partners and kids #I've flip-flopped a lot on both tbh. I don't mind a life partner but I also can't Actually imagine myself pursuing.#and if I acquire kids I'll love them but I'm not going to will them into existence.#I kinda just want a lizard. not a giant iguana like I used to but a lil one I can keep in a nice terrarium #I'd like an office and a guest bedroom even tho I don't rly plan on entertaining #I wonder if I'll be lonely

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bootleg-nessie · 7 months

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Rating band names based on their accuracy:

(I keep updating this list so check back later)

The Beatles: 3/10. None of these people are beetles, they’re just a bunch of fruity guys from Liverpool with matching haircuts

(Edit: changed from 0/10 to 3/10 because John Lennon beat his wife)

Pink Floyd: 4/10. There is not a single person named Floyd in the band, but some of the members do arguably look kinda pink

Nirvana: 10/10. Getting high and listening to Nirvana is roughly what I imagine actual nirvana to be like

Foo Fighters: either 0/10 or 10/10. I have never seen foo in real life so either they’re pretending to fight a problem that doesn’t exist or they’re doing an absolutely fantastic job of fighting it

The Eagles: 0/10. Same as the Beatles, there is not a single eagle in this band. The name is misleading and we have all been lied to

Queen: 6/10. Partial points for Freddie Mercury

Led Zeppelin: 0/10. I don’t think any of these guys have ever even seen a zeppelin, let alone one made of lead. A lead balloon would crash faster than my hopes and dreams

The Rolling Stones: 3/10. There is not a single stone in this band. Some points added because I’m pretty sure they rolled quite a few

U2: 0/10. Despite what the name says, I am not a member of this band

Metallica: 9/10. Naming a metal band “Metallica” is like naming your dog “doggy”

Red Hot Chili Peppers: 2/10. These guys are not chili peppers. They’re not even that hot, let alone red hot

Guns N’ Roses: 0/10. How the fuck could a gun or a flower play music

Backstreet Boys: ?/10. Depends entirely on their current given location

Simon and Garfunkel: 10/10. No notes

The Doors: 1/10. Jim Morrison is kinda shaped like a door tho

Chicago: 4/10. The number of people in this band does not come even remotely close to the population of Chicago. Points added because it originated in Chicago

Earth, wind, and fire: 2/10. This is even more innacurate than Chicago. Points added because wind instruments were often used

Def Leppard: 3/10. There is not a single leopard in this band. Some of the members are probably kinda deaf by now tho

The Beach Boys: ?/10. Accuracy depends entirely on location

The Black Eyed Peas: 6/10. Not sure what the hell an ‘eyed pea’ is but the black part is pretty accurate

Imagine Dragons: ?/10. Depends entirely on whether or not they’re thinking about dragons.

Cage the Elephant: 1/10. Why would you do that. Let the elephant go

Green Day: 0/10. They’re not even green

The Police: 0/10. There is not a single cop in this band

KISS: 5/10. I’m sure they probably kissed sometimes

The Monkees: 0/10. Are you fucking kidding me

We Butter the Bread with Butter: 8/10. I can’t verify this but I have no reason to suspect that they’d lie. Butter seems like the most logical thing to butter bread with

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: 0/10. I got really excited about the concept of a lizard wizard only to be let down. My disappointment is immeasurable

They Might Be Giants: 5/10. I googled everyone in this band’s height, the tallest guy’s only 6’1 so I wouldn’t exactly consider him a giant. Then again, I can’t really argue because the claim was only that they MIGHT be giants

The Presidents of the United States of America: 2/10. None of these people are Joe Biden nor are any of them former presidents. This is incredibly misleading. I’m pretty sure “Lump” was written about my first girlfriend tho so I’ll give them a point or two

Gorillaz: 2/10 Not quite but we’re kinda close genetically so I’ll give them partial credit

The Killers: ?/10. I have no way of verifying if they’ve actually killed before but the fact that they’re not in prison tells me probably not

The Offspring: 10/10. These guys are definitely somebody’s offspring

Arctic Monkeys: 1/10. They are neither monkeys nor are they from the arctic

Thirty Seconds to Mars: 1/10. It takes WAY longer to get to mars than that

Beastie Boys: 8/10. They’re pretty beast on the guitar

Jimmy Eat World: 1/10. Slow the fuck down Jimmy, you’re biting off way more than you can chew

Hole: 9/10. One point deducted because I’m pretty sure they had more than one hole

Rage Against the Machine: 10/10. They did exactly that

Alice In Chains: 0/10. This is illegal. Let Alice go

The Band: 10/10. This could not possibly be more accurate

Nine Inch Nails: 1/10. I can’t find any good pictures of their feet but from what I can tell their fingernails definitely aren’t nine inches long

Bush: ?/10. Not quite sure about this one, felt uncomfortable asking

The Who: 2/10. I’m not dealing with this “Who’s On First” bullshit

Radiohead: 0/10. Not a single person in this band has a radio for a head

Queens of the Stone Age: 0/10. This band should be called “five random dudes from the modern era” but FRDFTMA is a bit of a mouthful

Soundgarden: 2/10. Sound does not grow in the garden

Sonic Youth: 5/10. They’re not exactly youth anymore but the sonic part checks out

Talking heads: 8/10. There’s more to the band than just a bunch of disembodied heads but the heads do tend to talk

The Cranberries: 0/10. Decent music but I only added them so that the Beatles and Freddie Mercury weren’t the only fruits on this list

The Wiggles: 8/10. They do tend to wiggle a lot

Blue Man Group: 10/10. Yep!

Weezer: 5/10. They all look like they definitely have asthma

Limp Bizkit: 3/10. While the visual image of baked goods playing the guitar is hilarious, Fred durst is not a biscuit. Points added because he probably has erectile dysfunction

Stone Temple Pilots: 0/10. None of these people are accredited as being licensed to pilot anything, much less an entire stone temple. Stone temples don’t need pilots anyways

Wasted Youth: 8/10. I guess it really kinda depends on how you frame it but yeah, they probably wasted a lot of it

Them Crooked Vultures: 3/10. These are people and not birds but Dave Grohl’s posture is kinda bad and John Paul Jones is so old that his neck kinda looks like a vulture’s so I added some points

Audioslave: 0/10. Slavery is illegal

Traveling Wilburys: 4/10. Sure, they traveled a lot but not a single one of those lying bastards was named Wilbury

D12: 6/12. There were only 6 people in this band

NWA: 10/10. I’m a little too white to safely comment on this one but I’d say they nailed it

Jet: 1/10. A real jet would be way too loud

Goldfinger: 0/10. Not a single person in this band has a finger made out of gold

No Doubt: ?/10. I can’t really be too sure how Gwen Stefani felt but I think it’s probably a safe assumption that she had some doubts

The White Stripes: 3/10. I bet if you stripped them down naked and made them stand shoulder to shoulder and squinted really hard they’d probably look more like white stripes

Screaming trees: 3/10. They scream occasionally

Garbage: 2/10. I think they’re being a little harsh on themselves, their music isn’t THAT bad

Butthole Surfers: 5/10. Not even gonna touch this one

Megadeth: 3/10. To be fair, some of the former members are dead but only a little amount of death, not mega death

Dead Kennedys: 2/10. Last I checked Kennedy was still dead but neither he nor his clones are members of this band

Cake: 0/10. The cake is a lie

Cracker: 8/10. Most of them are

Tool: 7/10. I don’t know much about their music but they sure look like tools

Counting Crows: ?/10. Is this what emo kids do instead of counting sheep? Accuracy depends on whatever bird they happen to be counting at the moment

Dave Matthews Band: 10/10. It certainly is

Oasis: 1/10. Their music is the opposite of an oasis

Blur: 2/10. They are not that fast

Barenaked Ladies: 0/10. If I wanted to be this disappointed I’d reestablish a connection with my biological father instead

Meat Puppets: 10/10. Technically, aren’t we all?

Live: 8/10. Apparently they still do live shows but I deducted some points because I’ve only ever heard their music on Spotify

ABBA: 9/10. I’m still not giving any points to Guns N’ Roses but that’s mostly out of spite

5 Finger Death Punch: 8/10 I guess it probably depends on how hard you hit them but this seems to be the usual amount of fingers to punch somebody with

All American Rejects: 9/10. They’re all rejects from America so I don’t really see any issue with this

T. Rex: 0/10. Even if any of these people WAS a T. Rex I don’t think their arms would be long enough to play their instruments

Free: 0/10. Unless you steal their music, in which case it becomes a 10/10

The Strokes: 3/10. To my knowledge, none of them have had a stroke but I still added a few points because the name was probably accurate for other reasons

The Smashing Pumpkins ?/10. Another thing I have no way of verifying but this seems like a waste of perfectly good pumpkins

Therapy?: ?/10. The hell are they asking me for? I don’t know their medical history

Twenty One Pilots. 0/10. There’s only two of them and neither is a licensed pilot

Finger Eleven: 0/10. Leave the poor Stranger Things girl out of this

Fall Out Boy: 9/10. I conferred with an expert on this one who confirmed that they are in fact boys who had a falling out

Cream: 8/10. Considering this was the OG supergroup I’m sure a lot of people did in fact cream when their music came out

Edit: humans aren’t fucking monkeys. Stop saying we are

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1863-project · 7 months

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THE HANSHIN TIGERS HAVE BROKEN THE CURSE OF THE COLONEL!

For the people who don't know, in 1985, the Hanshin Tigers won their first (and at the time, only) Japan Series victory. Traditionally, they've been hard luck losers, and they're often compared to the Red Sox in the sense of their being overshadowed by the Yomiuri Giants, who, like the Yankees, have won more championships than any other team in their league.

When they won, fans resembling the players on the team were jumping into the Dotonbori Canal in Osaka - the fans would yell out a player's name, and a fan who looked like them would jump in. The problem was when they got to Randy Bass, who none of the Japanese fans looked like. They needed to find something resembling him and selected a statue of Colonel Sanders, who was white and had a beard like Bass, and threw it into the canal.

Colonel Sanders sank underwater, and the Hanshin Tigers did...horribly after that, usually coming in last in the league or close to it, to the point where the team was considered cursed by his presence in the canal. The team made the Japan Series a few times after that in the 2000s and once in the 2010s, but lost each time.

In 2009, the Colonel was located and recovered from the Dotonbori Canal, save for his left hand and his glasses. He's now at a location near Koshien Stadium, where the Tigers play their home games (and where the famed national high school baseball championships are played), and can be viewed there to this day.

Fans were, however, not convinced that they had earned the Colonel's forgiveness, since his hand and glasses were missing. In the image above, he's been given some replacement glasses, but he still lacks a left hand.

This year, Hanshin beat the Orix Buffaloes, a team that plays roughly 20 minutes away by train in Nishinomiya, 4-3 in a seven-game series. The curse is thus considered broken...so the fans did what they do best, and threw a fan dressed like Colonel Sanders into the Dotonbori Canal.

For years, this has been my favorite baseball story, and I'm so happy that I was alive to see it seen all the way through. Congratulations, Hanshin fans!

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