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I must not explain the joke. Explaining the joke is the joke-killer. I will face my followers who did not get the joke. I will permit them to pass over me and through me

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I need everyone to know that the ship Götheborg, the world's largest ocean-going wooden sailing ship, answered a distress call the other day.

Imagine waiting for the coast guard or whatever to show up and instead a replica of 18th century merchant ship pulls up and tows you to the coast.

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"This fic was ai generated—" Cool, so lemme block you real quick

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Don’t tell your daughter that when a boy is mean or rude to her it’s because he has a crush on her. Don’t teach her that abuse is a sign of love.

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the notes are broken 😂

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Suddenly struck with a need to explain to you how boat pronouns work (I work in the marine industry).

When you're talking about the design of the boat, you say "it".

When the boat is still being built, your say "it".

When the boat is nearing completion, you can say "it" or "she".

When the boat is floating in the water you probably say "she", unless there is still a lot of work to be done (e.g. no engine yet) then you say "it".

When the boat is officially launched and operating, you say "she". If you continue to say "it" at this point you are not incorrect but suspiciously untraditional. You are not playing the game.

If you are referring to a boat you don't really know anything about you may say "it" ("there's a big boat, it's coming this way"). But if you know its name, it's probably "she" ("there's the Waverley, she's on her way to Greenock").

If you are talking about boats in general, you say "it" ("when a boat is hit by a wave it heels over")

If you speak about a boat in complimentary terms, it's "she" ("she's a grand boat"). If you are being disparaging it may be it, but not necessarily ("it's as ugly as sin", "she's a grotty old tub").

If she has a boy's name, she's still she. "Boy James", "King Edward", "Sir David Attenborough"? The pronoun is she.

If it's a dumb barge (no engine), you say it. But if it's a rowing boat (no engine), you say she.

I hope this has cleared things up so that you may not be in danger of misgendering floating objects.

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Dolly Parton has come to do a show in my town. We couldn't afford tickets, so me and my mom sold my stepdad so we could go.

It turned out that we sold him to Dolly Parton, she made him sing with her and then she gave him back.

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im gonna getcha! im gonna getcha!!!

omg stoppp!!! hehe ^_^ !!!!

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Dreadnoughtus schrani, made and rendered in MagicaVoxel!

As I like to do, I was looking around for different art genres to try out when I came across voxel art and though oh sick I wanna make that. So, after some searching I found a lovely little program called MagicaVoxel! 

It’s totally free, open source, and I found the UI super easy and understandable to learn! And it also has an inbuilt rendering engine that you can use to make your builds look absolutely sick, there’s lighting and refraction and metallic reflections and just so much.

I did some messing around with landscaping that I’m not gonna show y’all cause they’re a mess, but this was my first proper finished piece that I made with it! Dreadnoughtus, based on Scott Hartman’s skeletal, standing near a little creek. The pose is very static and I’ve still got a lot to learn about shaping and design in this style but for a first attempt I think it looks rather lovely!

If you’ve ever wondered about giving voxel art a try, I’d absolutely recommend downloading MagicaVoxel and giving it a shot!

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I swear I am going to start a seminar in How to Exist in Public. We do not block our coworker from getting their food out of one microwave while waiting for our food in the other microwave. We do not walk four carts abreast through the grocery store, nor do we park our cart next to an end cap and wander off to another aisle. We do not start making a left turn we will not be able to complete, thereby bringing the entire intersection to a screeching halt. We do not stop dead in the middle of the hallway to answer a text. We live in a society.

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I think of this twitter interaction at least 6 times a day. do you remember how we used to run?

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this is the single best picture of an eclipse I've taken ever. it's not even close

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