i go to the shop and I ask if they have any raspberries. they say no, they used to sell raspberries, but they haven't had any in stock in the last 15 years. I ask if there's somewhere else I can go to buy raspberries. They say no, with confidence and pride, they're the only shop around who has ever sold or will ever sell raspberries. Other shops might sell other fruit, sure, but they have a monopoly on all raspberries forever. I ask if they're possibly planning on them selling them again in future? they say they can't tell me that.

on the way home, I encounter someone eating raspberries. I ask and they tell me that they grow their own, they got some seeds from the shop back in The Raspberry Days and kept them. They take me to a field of many beautiful raspberry plants and invite me to pick my own, they're free for all the town to pick whenever they'd like.

someone comes up behind us. It's the shop manager, President of Nintendo Shuntaro Furukawa. he hatefully throws a bob-omb that blows up and kills both of us instantly for stealing 200 trillion dollars worth of potential Raspberry Shop That Doesn't Do Raspberries Anymore profits that they weren't making and then he turns around to the camera with a big thumbs up and says don't do piracy or something ok please

What if the aliens come, and Humanity isn’t ready.

What if we’re still cruel and spiteful, and warring constantly against each other, horrible and despicable… what if they find us at our worst?

What if we react with wary show of force, every weapon primed, just a minute ago pointed at our own brethren, then pointed to the sky almost as one, like cornered animals baring their teeth.

What if the first thing the aliens see is the worst humanity has to offer?

What if our first greeting is full of fear and grim resolve? Because what outsider would come to us in peace? What outsider would remain willing to speak to us after they see how horrible we can be to each other, after they see it takes an existential threat to make us stop killing each other?

But what if they do?

And what if that’s what wins them over?

What if, in the galaxies, humans are unique in that we will band together in the face of a common enemy, even if we’ve all just been fighting.

What if, on the grand scale, that is respectable and novel and honorable to aliens who might have never seen anything like us.

if the rumours are true and Tumblr does end up shutting down at least we'll leave a legacy of [checks notes] making up a movie and [squints] getting the f slur to chart

if tumblr shuts down you can find me on tumblr. ill still be here. they cant make me leave

Soul of her

I drew a really normal pony!

It's @lichenbug !!! its so fluffy and cute and awesome!!!