I know that realistically you can only fit so many movies into a list of approximately 100, but I cannot take that "How many of tumblr's favorite movies have you seen?" list that's been going around seriously because there are some truly egregious omissions.

Some of it is very clearly recency bias, which makes me wonder if the op truly wasn't on here in 2013 or so, but you're telling me you made a list of "tumblr's favorite movies" that doesn't include Pacific Rim or Mad Max: Fury Road? Because, like, I was there, Gandalf.

I'm a ridiculous human and genuinely couldn't sleep until I tried my hand at a better, more balanced list -- though of course, I have my own biases when it comes to what corners of this website I've lurked in over the years. For what it's worth, I did consult the last several Years In Review, while also drawing on the fact that I've been here for over a decade. But if there's anything that truly doesn't feel like it should have made the cut, blame my mutuals for putting it on my dash all the time.

(And apologies, but I couldn't seem to find Goncharov among the website's listings)

was playing 20 questions on the 8 hour drive to visit my grandparents & after like 10 minutes of utterly fruitless questioning my brother suddenly asks me with such exasperation & contempt "is it some sort of petrified remains"

it was ötzi .

I'm just saying

(my contribution to this poll (in which you should totally vote for Éowyn by the way 🙏))

You should still vote for Éowyn over the Conspirators (four wins vs. two ties is still a sweep; I voted for our Nazgulicide heroine), but I'm so sorry—I have to fact-check a few things:

Fossils look best in bi lighting.

Plesiosaurus at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

jeeves really is That Bitch

inspired by this stamp

“On Wednesdays we wear pink.”, but it’s 1830s and the Romantic era is in full bloom.

The Little Knit Fish pattern is live and available for free!

Little Knit Fish are the perfect way to use up your leftover sock yarn. You know, the little pieces that are too small to do anything else with? Make the most of your yarn with a little aquatic friend, perfect as decoration, cat toys, or simply wee stuffed animals.

You can find the pattern for free on my blog, or if you prefer an ad-free printable version, you can also purchase it on my website or on Ravelry.

I FUCKED UP YOU DIDNT SEE THAT

The stairway at the church of Santo Stefano al Ponte in Florence, Italy built in 1574 by Bernardo Buontalenti

▪︎ Drinking vessel belonging to Basel’s shoemakers’ guild.

Place of origin: Basel, Switzerland

Date: 1661

Medium: Leather, mouthpiece made of gold-plated silver.

@the-golden-vanity this seems up your alley!

you're laughing. charles dickens had a son named plorn and you're laughing

HE HAD A SON NAMED

WHAT

NICK I LOOKED IT UP AND SAW NOTHING OF THE SORT IS THIS A PRANK

technically his name was edward but everyone called him plorn

Edward “Plorn” Dickens. my god.

I have something worse

oh???

imagine getting stuck with the nickname Plorn

imagine getting sent to live in the Australian outback when you were sixteen

WHY WERE THEY SO CRUEL TO MY BOY PLORN

I have an answer to that one too

The face of a man whose father nicknamed him Plorn.

Born without a groove 😔

"i have been turning over james clark ross in my mind ever since i’ve learned of him. he’s the first thing i think of when i wake up and the last when i fall asleep. please Help! :-("

not sure how the terror became such a comfort show. something about the inevitability of death. the isolation and loneliness of the tragedy that is continuing day in and day out to live. to face the ignominious realities of having a body and a mind and say, i’m going to try to manage this for just one more day. and then another. and another. until death comes knocking and sweeps you cleanly away. 

#no that’s pretty much it#why is that comforting#sometimes it is easier to look death in the face than to keep pretending mortality doesn’t matter#sometimes you just have to cry#sometimes you need to be reminded that the love didn’t fix anything but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t there#that it might still be there#that you might still find it someday#even in the dark (via @muchtodoonterror)

sexual thrill at the mere prospect of cataloging things in a database