cant forgive one of my coworkers because our advisor came into the office and was giving us a very sad speech that he had to make us work more hours and he was very upset about this fact and we all had to be very somber listening to him when to my right this guys computer flashes into sleep mode which happens to reveal this image that i then had to look at and not lose my shit over even a little bit
Everyone clap for non consensual body modification everybody loves a character whose body has been altered against their will
dozydawnnimble, a border collie-papillon mix, wins the 12” class in the 2024 masters agility championship. the first time a mixed breed has won at westminster ever.
context explaining why the announcer is screaming, this is supposed to take a high level competitive agility dog 40 seconds
sandersstudiesThis video makes me cry every time it’s on my dash and I can’t even iterate why.
Like the dog doesn’t even know it’s a competition and she’s made history. She(?) just is happy and knows she made her owner happy too.
The face of a being with only a wind storm between their ears, moments before unleashing it unto the world
As I grow older I feel my capacity to understand that Miss Piggy is not a real person reached a peak in my adolescence and is now on a steady decline. I watched a Wendy Williams interview and there's this part that's like "can we get a ring cam!" and Miss Piggy shows her bling and I'm just like fuck she's so iconic. Miss Piggy who are you wearing? Miss Piggy have you ever considered running for office??
Like literally every time I see Miss Piggy there's a period where I need to readjust to the fact that it's not a person, and I feel that period is getting longer and longer with every instance
now all my Youtube recommendations are filled with Miss Piggy interviews. I’m not complaining. Miss Piggy what’s your secret to ageing so graciously
It's not just the audience; professional journalists, hosts, and actors report it is legitimately difficult to not see the Muppet as a person, and it is, in fact, incredibly easy to interview or act with them once the performer gets properly set up.
Like that one time they couldn't figure out why Kermit's audio was so garbage... then realized they'd put the mic on him instead of the performer.
this has been a very longstanding issue - before the muppet show was even a thing some muppets appeared in commercials, such as rolf the dog
they had a continual problem where when people directing/shooting the dogfood commercial would give dirrection to rolf that they would be speaking to the muppet, to which rolf REPEATEDLY had to tell them ‘i cant hear you, you have to talk to him’ and point at the performer underneath him
rolf is one of the most embarrassing muppets to need this direction as the performer is this, damn, obvious when not on camera
‘sir, i am a bathroom mat, the man you need to talk to is back there’
I did an interview with Gonzo one time, and when I got into the Zoom call, it was the actor on screen trying to figure out his audio. And then once he did, he went like “OKAY!” and then just like dove to the floor and it was Gonzo and there was never a moment when I doubted that the dude was just Gonzo’s tech guy
I have met a muppet-like puppet in real life and when I tell you that my brain was hacked FUCKING INSTANTLY..... It was a person, I swear it was a person. I asked it for a hug (no i was not 5 years old, i was like 28 at this time). i genuinely don't know what came over me, it was just. It was a person???? Witchcraft
draconymA couple years ago, I was invited to the birthday party of one of my former preschool students. I decided to bring my teaching puppet (a big rat) along because I knew several other kids from that class would be there, and she was always a huge hit with them.
They were, of course, very excited to see her. But what surprised me was that after the kids ran off to play in the sprinkler, the parents around me struck up conversation with the puppet. They continued for at least fifteen minutes, asking her questions like, "how long have you been teaching?" and "eaten out of any good dumpsters lately?" until one dad exclaimed "why have I been talking to a rat puppet this whole time!"
There's a guy who comes to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science with life size Skeleton puppets of mammoth/young T-Rex that he wears. You can fully see him in the middle of the skeleton, and it's a SKELETON, but absolutely everyone interacts with the puppets like they're living, breathing animals. I watched multiple people attempt to feed pretzels to the baby rex.
spelllingandthemysteryschoolwatch out when listening to new music! it will sound like the month and year you discovered it in probably forever
there are teenagers today using smartphones who don’t even remember the real gun emoji. they have never experienced it.
Never forget what they took from us
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there are way more slides btw!
here are some additional notes:
- the white house has clarified that the tariff on goods from china as listed here is in addition to an already existing 20% tariff, so their total tariff amount is 54%
- "tariffs charged to the USA" is a totally misleading/incorrect/dishonest title for the figures listed under that column. instead, they calculated the rate by taking the USA's trade deficit with the country and dividing it by the country's exports to us. an example posted by james surowiecki on twitter: the USA has a $17.9 billion trade deficit with indonesia, and they export $28 billion to the USA. that 17.9 figure divided by 28 = 64%, which they're claiming is the tariff rate indonesia charges the USA. (sorry for linking the new york post, they're a garbage right-wing rag, but i haven't found other articles for this bullet point yet. i've seen enough credible reports about the white house confirming it from journalists on social media to believe it though)
- trump also signed an executive order getting rid of the de minimis tax exemption, which allows shipments to the USA containing under $800 of goods (per person, per day) to enter duty and tax free. it's a big part of how the USA has been able to get such wide access to so many unethically cheap goods manufactured elsewhere
The way Milchick told Dylan “I’m busy so I cant stay” then BOLTED. He had to make his enterance stage left and do a little quick change, theater freaks all understand 🙏