Giggles and Geekery

fuckyeahdrakeandjosh:

weasleywannabes:

broleckie:

 #she falls so gracefully like if that had been me i would’ve fallen off the cliff

#and look at him he doesn’t even react or flinch at all when she throws herself on him #like what #if i were expecting a brutal painful death and all of a sudden someone was cuddling me #i’d be like what the fuck

theletteraesc:

jabletown:

clawfoottub:

tomithejellyfish:

girlsgetbusyzine:

writeswrongs:

cumaeansibyl:

coffeeandconlangs:

Unnecessary “fillers” in our speech. I’d rather have “like” than up-talking, though (if we had to choose one, that is). Ewwww, up-talking. Then again, a combination of the two would render me homicidal maniac.

Like, did you ever notice? That, like, the speech patterns people, like, think are stupid?  Are, like, commonly associated with, like, women?

And, like, there’s this thing? Where, like, women aren’t supposed to be, like, assertive? So they, like, qualify their speech? Because, like, we’re not supposed to, like, stand by our opinions?

1) humiliate women so they don’t feel qualified to speak authoritatively about anything

2) humiliate women for speaking in such a way that reflects how you treat her

3) laugh, you are superior because you don’t use words like “like.”  It isn’t as if being a huge stupid asshole has ever made you worse than a woman who speaks with verbal tics.  

“Academy of Linguistic Awareness” suck a dick

Yuck. Who made this thing? Women? Men? Adults?

I regrettably went through a phase where I looked down on girls who talked this way. I’m glad posts like this and ideas like these are going around, because that mentality is horrible and it’s best to nip it in the bud as soon as possible.

Women using verbal qualifiers to soften their image has been a huge topic of discussion in my life, and a lot at my work. I have actually seen women switch from fast, brash, more humorous tone to a softer one full of pauses when they talk to men. It’s totally subconscious. I’ve worked to maintain an consistent, assertive tone. I’m generally more aware of this than most people. And I still wind up realizing after the fact that I’ve done this. 

I’m beginning to find this ALA a suspect organization considering they spelled “Acadamy” wrong on their flyer. Because you’d think a group studying Linguistic Awareness would know enough not to frame this as such a personal choice when those qualifiers have pretty obvious systemic roots and reasons. 

When criticizing the speech of others, it’s a good idea to be awar of your spelling, fake Acadamy of Linguistic Awarness [sic].

That sign just reads like it’s a prescriptivist/elitist talking, one who’s unaware enough that they have no idea of the origins or significance of the language patterns they’re critiquing.

catch-the-ghost:

A grammatical correct sentence in English.

deusexignis:

marvel-confessions:

Confession #1068

“Ever since “House Of M” Marvel has been misusing the word “genocide”. Genocide involves the death of a race. Mutants are not a race - they are people of all races, each of whom has a genetic gift - and they didn’t lose their lives, they lost their superpowers. Every time I hear one scream “genocide” they sound like a spoiled child over-dramatizing the fact that they’ve lost their neato superpower.”

-thewaytouatu

Okay, yes, technically they’re misusing the word ‘genocide’. But you know what, I don’t think they’re being “spoiled children” when they scream and cry over what happened. I’m actually pretty mad you’d say that. They didn’t just lose their “neato superpower”. They lost a part of their identity that has been integral to their lives since puberty. Don’t you dare pretend it’s not a big deal. Suddenly, millions of people had their soul, a part of their identity, ripped from them. They lost something that cannot be replaced. A core part of them was ripped away, leaving behind a hole that couldn’t be filled. Did you not read the comic where children DIED, or came close to doing so, because they couldn’t cope with the idea they had lost their powers? Kids jumped off of buildings thinking they could still fly, a child drowned in a pool trying to breathe underwater. Dozens of children died in the aftermath of House of M, mostly from Stryker taking advantage of the tragedy to bomb a bus full of depowered children, children who would likely not have died, if the events of House of M had never occurred. Please don’t try to downplay the absolutely awful thing that happened to mutants worldwide when Wanda said “No more mutants”. You can complain about the use of genocide but don’t pretend that they only lost “neato superpowers”.