#BRO WHAT NOW?!

[songkranfest]

💧The Religious & Cultural Significance of Water💧

Water plays an important role in Songkran, in that there is a religious significance to water splashing and pouring alongside all the festivities. As mentioned in our What is Songkran? post, the Thai New Year is closely tied with Brahmanism influence and Buddhist practices, so people will make merits at the temple. Making merit is a process in itself that is composed of many factors, but it generally refers to offering donations towards a particular cause and involves “...some sort of force that can lead to positive results in the life of the donor. As you donate, you will expect a benefit in various forms, especially improved karma. That is, merit making can influence the next lives of an individual as well as the destination where such a person will be reborn.” Thus, making merit is a part of Songkran, in which it becomes an opportunity to “practice [merit making] by giving to the monks support of a more material kind, especially food…” or listening to sermons (Merit: Buddhist Concepts).

Visiting the temple during Songkran also consists of สรงน้ำพระ, or song nam phra, which is the ritual bathing and cleansing of the Buddha statue with nam ob. While the ritual can be done at the temple, many people bathe Buddha statues in public places and in their homes as well. Doing so is symbolic of purifying oneself for the New Year (Thai Embassy).

Being it is a time for celebrating with family, Songkran also means paying respects to older family members or elders in one’s life. This is done through the water pouring ritual, รดน้ำดำหัว, or rod nam dam hua; a younger family member will pour scented water on elderly family members’ hands to pay respect and receive their blessings (Thai Embassy). The following video shows a more detailed walk through of preparing the nam ob and the members exchanging blessings:

The water pouring ritual is also done to other older people who may not be related, such as mentors or coworkers.

Beyond religious significance, Songkran is famous for its massive water fights; water splashing is done to signify good fortune in the New Year. Friends and families take up water guns, buckets, bowls, and anything else that can be used to drench someone else. Public water fights take place all across Thailand, and the vlogs in our previous post show just how many people take part in them. It is safe to say that everyone is fair game once the water fights begin, but if you want further visuals, you can check out Golf Pichaya’s vlog below:

Golf and his brother, Mike Angelo, spend Songkran 2019 together with water fights, masks, and dancing. The vlog has footage of large crowds, in which almost everyone is equipped with a water gun before the brothers go back to their room and have a water balloon fight.

We also recommend listening to BRO WHAT NOW?!, a podcast by Mikael and Mathias Lao as they reflect on their teen years and celebrating Songkran in Chiang Mai. They reminisce getting into trouble with drunk festival goers, playing with machine water guns, pacing themselves over the three days, and other fond memories.

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[rei-the-head-shaker]

He went to a Model UN too! 🥺

One of my High School experiences I remember more fondly! 🙏🏻🖤

Some stories he shared are really interesting! 👀

#thai actor #bible wichapas #podcast #bro what now?! #model united nations #imun #Spotify

[ithinkdogshouldvote]

Yuri but its toxic and they kiss about it

#bro i have never drawn kissing before this isn’t that crazy? #btw this was all started by the Haley whipjack video where she said lae’zel was short? life changing. im never going back. #short lae’zel truther now till I die #bg3 #bg3 fanart #baldurs gate 3 #lae'zel #shadowheart #shadowzel #is that the ship name? idk #dnd #dungeons and dragons #what if we made out at knife point and we were both girls? #digital art #digital drawing #my artwork #fanart #bg3 art #bg3 lae'zel #bg3 shadowheart #wlw #fan art #bae'zel

[noodles-and-tea]

WE ARE SO BACK WE ARE SO BACK

#literally shaking #idk you live every day thinking that they’ll make a sequel #but then it happens and like #i dunno I didn’t think ITD ACTUALLT HAPPEN!!? #WHAT DO I DO WITH MYSELF NOW???? #my art #rwrb #firstprince #red white and royal blue #alex claremont diaz #Henry fox #prince Henry #AHHHH #IM LITERLALT SHAKING #this paired w John Watson reading fanfiction bro #it’s been a DAY

[sergle]

There’s no shame greater than that of adding a mutual on discord, and then blowing it at establishing regular convos in the early stages. and then it’s been too long. and their name simply sits there....

#why do I do that bro. it's a sickness. a disease #sergle.txt #feel a lil too late now perhaps so i'm just gonna jump in front of this semi truck and see what happen

[soapyakships]

when inabakumori said in the producer's note "just where did this water come from?"... i felt that...

#project sekai #prosekai #prjsk #prsk #ena shinonome #my art #when i first read inabakumori's producer's message and i saw that i was like 'bro what??' #i was so confused but now that the song is out... omg... i get it now.... #also the song hits so hard omg ITS SO GOOD IVE BEEN LOOPING IT ALL DAY

[jellyfish-confetti]

Oh my goodness!! Happy Valentines day and heres my lil drawing gift for the Steddie Vday exchange!! I hope you like @medusapelagia !! Happy Valentines day! It's a little saucier than I usually post 😳😳 but still nice!!

#my art #art #artists on tumblr #digital art #procreate #not my art #illustration #stranger things #steve harrington #eddie munson #the censor is brutal #i might also flag this as mature now? #we'll see what tumblr does now #fuckin ass bro

[turtleblogatlast]

Was thinking about this again haha

Anyway I adore Hueso and Leo’s dynamic and wanted to include Hueso Jr in it because I like to think Leo can be shockingly good with kids

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt hueso #rottmnt leo #rottmnt hueso jr #rise leo #I wish we actually got to meet hueso jr #he’s so cute from the literal One Picture we saw #and it would have been so fun to see the sardonic Hueso’s son be so happy go lucky #he goes up to Leo all ‘you’re the one my papá always complains about!:D’ #and before Leo can go ‘omg tío talks about me 🥹’ jr hugs him tightly #says he ‘always wanted a brother!!’ #Leo tries not to cry fails and promptly says ‘what if I told you I’m a package deal’ #Hueso Jr now has four big bros #turtle art tag #I JUST REALIZED I SHOULD PROBABLY START KEEPING A TAG FOR ART…

[tam--lin]

The thing is, you don’t have to have a diagnoses to make simple “unmasking” changes that make your life easier. You don’t even have to self-diagnose! You are not appropriating anyone’s culture or struggles or hijacking anyone’s movement by allowing yourself to sway in line at the grocery store or buying a weighted blanket or using study or household hacks intended for people with ADHD. If you start favoring the needs that make your brain and body unique over the arbitrary norms of society, you’ll be better off, and you’ll be expanding the norms. It’s a win/win.

#sometimes I consider What I Have Going On Upstairs #and think 'should I try to get some sort of diagnosis?' #but it wouldn't help me right now! I don't need work accomodations - work IS the accomodation #but allowing myself to sit on the floor in the corner of the airport instead of on a chair #or fidget in lines #gives me one less thing to worry about AND makes my brain happy AND makes 'odd' but harmless behaviors #more normalized which ultimately helps people #who have needs that are several standard deviations away from ~~normal~~ #it's a win-win-win #tam.txt #related but on a different line of thinking: #somewhere along the line we majorly screwed up with how we talk about appropriation #I think we're getting better but whoa boy... #seen some baffling takes about pretty normal things like socializing color codes for get-togethers #or weighted blankets #being Only For Autistic People #nah bro that's the last thing on earth the vast majority of disability advocates are interested in

[tea-cat-arts]

Shen Yuan getting transported into pidw isn't "the system punishing him for being a lazy internet hater," but instead representative of "step 1 of the creative process: getting so mad at something you decide to go write your own fucking book" in this essay I will

#svsss #scum villian self saving system #shen qingqiu #shen yuan #the fact that people think scum villain #-a series that examines and criticizes common tropes in fiction- #is somehow against criticism or being a little hater is wild to me #especially since shen qingqiu never gets punished for being a hater #heck- he's still a little hater by the end of the series #he mostly gets punished for treating life like a play and like he and the people around him are characters #(or in other words- he suffers for denying his own wants and emotions and his own sense of empathy) #I think some of y'all underestimate how much writing/art is inspired by creaters being little haters #like example off the top of my head- #the author of Iron Widow has been pretty vocal about the book being inspired by their hatred of Darling in the Franxx #I think my interpretation of Shen Yuan's transmigration is also supported by the fact that this series is an examines writing processes #side note- though i understand why people say Shen Yuan is lazy and think its a valid take it still doesnt sit right with me #i am probably biased because my own experiences with chronic pain and depression and isolation #but ya- i dont think Shen Yuan is lazy so much as he is deeply lonely and feels purposeless after denying parts of himself for 20ish years #like yall remember the online fandom boom from covid right? #being stuck completely alone in bed while feeling like shit for 20 days straight does shit to your brain #the fact that no one came to check on him + he wasn't exactly upset about leaving anyone behind supports the isolation interpretation too #+in the skinner demon arc he describes his life of being a faker/inability to stop being a faker now that he's Shen Qingqiu #as “so bland he's tempted to throw salt on himself” and “all he could do is lay around and wait for death” (<-paraphrasing) #bro wants to be doing stuff but is stuck in paralysis from repeatedly following scrips made by other people #another point on “Shen Yuan isn’t lazy” is just the sheer amount of studying that man does #also he did graduate college- how lazy can he really be #he doesnt know what hes doing but he at least tries to actively train his students #and he actually works on improving his own cultivation + spends quite a bit of time preping the mushroom body thing #+he's experiencing bouts of debilitating chronic pain throughout all this #but ya tldr: Shen Yuan's transmigration is an encouragement to write and not a punishment and also i dont think its fair to call him lazy

[royaltea000]

he survives off echolocation alone

#how tf did he survive in medieval times #bro has the prettiest eyes as part of the Faustian bargain that he can’t actually see through em #I’ve never drawn France before but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was gonna be #they’re at the beach beach :) #ninki minjaj… #hetalia fanart #hetalia #btt #bad friends trio #i actually have no idea what we’re calling them now #world’s fakest bitches <3 #digital art #my art #fanart #hws prussia #hws spain #hws france #gilbert beilschmidt #antonio fernandez carriedo #francis bonnefoy

[madscientistreaction]

cool guy with a sword

#RUEBIS BACK #RUEBIS BACK.. #hai smiling like this isnt my first finished half decent drawing in like 6 months #a lot has been going on mb bffs #but i hope u like.. i love this drawing it was very fun and im cheesin so hard … tried some new thangs and i hope thats ok #yeeaaayyyyyy yeaaasyy #raiden my buddy bro i love mgs4 raiden with my soul #mgs #fanart #mgs4 #raiden #raiden mgs #lalala idk what other tags to put #oh ive had this page for 4 years now.. very cool.. thank you for allthe support

[wasabi-gumdrop]

oh

i am. unwell.

#LABRU NATION LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO #BRO I AM EATING DIRT AND FLINGING MYSELF OFF A CLIFF #mentally i live here now #in this hand holding scene #i’ve watched this scene in three different languages #and all the kabru VAs got The Memo #speak to Laios in soft husky sexy tones #killing me with a knife would have been better #it would have been merciful #because what do you mean this is their last interaction for a good long while #someone pls put me out of my misery #or there will be consequences #like me writing insane labru fic idk #wasabi rambles #labru #laios touden #kabru of utaya #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #oh … dungeon meshi …

[kkoct-ik]

i like him

#kostik draws #bdoubleo100 #bdoubleo #fanart #bro what smp do i tag this as #hermitcraft #hermitcraft fanart #textures and line weight and colour practice yaay #eats his face #i drew this while listening to the entire hamilton soundtrack from the top im sorry #literally as i post this im on who lives; who dies 😭 #whatever. enjoy before i go nuts about the composition #edit: OMG THERE WAS A BLATANT MISTAKE WHYD NOBODY TELL MEEEEEE fixed now

[mecachrome]

thursday fit check

#Is that what we're calling it now........ @__@ #>bro who got you smiling like that etc. #lando norris #oscar piastri #landoscar #*

[suja-janee]

(Mostly) Harumi centric doodle page for a friend

#mortal kombat 1 #mk1 #mortal kombat #harumi shirai #tomas vrbada #mk smoke #kuai liang #mk scorpion #hanzo hasashi #I still don’t know how to feel about her and Kuai Liang #unless nrs releases more content #I dunno I think they have potential to be a cute couple but for now it’s still sus #also! I love to hc that harumi got Tomas to open up to kuai #cause uhhh the Lin Kuei kinda killed his family #so harumi is like ‘ey bro they’re not so bad when you get to know them… except for bi Han… fuck that guy’ #bi Han would highkey make a tree house and put up a ‘no girls allowed’ sign and she never forgave him for that #if bi Han ends up being the reason she dies in this timeline it would kinda be funny cause he’d be like ‘I never liked you’ #and she’d be like ‘me neither you stupid boy’ #and he’s like ‘yknow what this isnt even about kuai liang anymore- screw you’ #doodles #my art