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Im alive and Ill make that everyone else's problem

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Reblogged frontline-titties-of-the-fifth
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apparently native american tribes were in contact with the donner party and offered them food when they saw the colonists were starving and the donner party turned them down and decided to go the whole “cannibalism” route instead. 

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Until now the Native American perspective has been left out of the telling of the Donner tragedy, not because the wel mel ti did not remember the pioneers, but because they were never asked, or perhaps were not ready to share. Their oral tradition recalls the starving strangers who camped in an area that was unsuitable for that time of year. Taking pity on the pioneers, the northern Washoe attempted to feed them, leaving rabbit meat and wild potatoes near the camps. Another account states that they tried to bring the Donner Party a deer carcass, but were shot at as they approached. Later, some wel mel ti observed the migrants eating human remains. Fearing for their lives, the area’s native inhabitants continued to watch the strangers but avoided further contact. These stories, and the archaeological evidence that appears to support them, certainly complicated my interpretation of the Donner Party event. The migrants at Alder Creek were not surviving in the mountains alone—the northern Washoe were there, and they had tried to help.  (source)

tfw a group of unprepared strangers show up, refuse the food you offer them, start fucking cannibalizing each other, and then call you the savages

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The story of the Donner Party is hilarious to me because like, everybody talks about them like these brave pioneers who made the ultimate sacrifice in pursuit of their destiny or whatever the fuck, but they were just complete dumbasses.

Like, have you ever heard of the Murphy Party? Sometimes called the  Stephens-Townsend-Murphy Party? They were the first wagon train of the pioneers to make it over the Sierra Nevada, two full years before the Donners tried it, first of the american pioneers to reach the shores of lake Tahoe, first licensed physician in California, etc. etc. Ten families, about fifty people, not a single casualty (they actually arrived with more people than when they left). Because when the Donners picked the most charismatic city boy as their leader, the Murphys picked a mountain man. Where the Donners decided to take a “shortcut” that was completely impassable based on a letter they got from somebody who wanted to drum up business for a trading post he was building but who had never actually driven a wagon, the Murphys scouted properly and stuck to paths their vehicles could actually traverse. Where the Donners decided to shoot at the people who were already living in the area, the Murphys asked the natives for directions. When they got snowed in, they sent a few men on ahead to bring back supplies to the rest of the party after building a sturdy cabin for shelter, instead of trying to hole up in shoddy tents and lean-tos before eating each other.

Not to mention all the idiotic in-fighting in the Donner party; they were constantly brawling or stabbing each other or exiling people or just leaving old men on the side of the path to die or “accidentally” shooting their rivals while cleaning weapons, while literally hundreds of other wagon trains somehow made it through the same trials without any murder.

So naturally, the Donners got a lake and a pass and a state park named after them and became household words, while anybody who wasn’t a complete moron got maybe a local park or a small creek.

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Daaaaaaaaaamn.

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It gets even better!

Donner was not the original leader of the group- the expedition started out under the leadership of a man named Reed, who did know what he was doing and had lead several groups safely to the Oregon Territory before.

When they reached the point where the new “California Trail” diverged from the Oregon Trail Donner convinced a large portion of the group to join him and travel across the Sierras.

Reed knew this was a very, very bad idea but Donner was apparently just- extremely charismatic and persuasive. Not only did the Reed Party safely make it to Oregon, as originally planned, but Reed immediately headed south as fast as he humanly could, and upon reaching Sacramento recruited a rescue party to bring emergency supplies up from the other side of the pass.

Unfortunately, it was already too late in the year and the weather forced the rescue party to turn back. Despite knowing the odds against the Donner Party surviving Reed refused to assume their deaths and stayed in Sacramento waiting for the mountain trail to clear.

So not only did Reed warn them not to, he was also the one that found the survivors afterwards.

Fuck Donner.

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Reblogged nozoroomie
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youre not fucking listening to me its not a "chuuni" eyepatch I have an actual cursed demonic eye and I have to keep it covered or I see terrible things and bleed from the socket and pass out Im not a fucking chuuni its a serious real problem

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Reblogged nozoroomie
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okay so like. huntrix are definitely very skilled musicians in the studio or they wouldnt be able to maintain their popularity between tours. but also I bet that however good they are, they’re better in person. like - the honmoon is powered by the fans! I feel like huntrix concerts are an absolutely supernaturally good time. I bet their fans have an inside joke that if you bring your friends/family who aren’t really into them, or aren’t really into pop music in general, to a concert, that they will become superfans practically overnight. and I bet it’s more accurate than anyone except the girls knows.

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there's a fandom-wide not-entirely-joke of the Huntr/x Video Curse, aka the infamous rarity of good, or any unofficial recordings of Huntr/x concerts - and sometimes it even affects professional recordings! The Curse is due to:

  • Huntr/x concerts have lots of dramatic lights & smoke special effects that are hard to film, especially if you're just using a phone.
  • The music is SO GOOD that everyone gets carried away by Honmoon-focused soul/music magic and forgets any intention to record.
  • Their studio is famously incredibly strict about limiting paparazzi, behind-the-scenes engagement, aggressive fans, and really any intrusion into their singers' private lives, to an extent that is unique in the kpop industry. Every employee of any Huntr/x concert or rehearsal venue signs a crazy-strict NDA. Fans have had their phones confiscated for trying to take videos in non-permitted locations. There's a meme of Bobby blocking a camera from the band while snapping, "I said no photos!" at a reporter.
  • Magic, including demons, soul-powered weapons, and the visual and auditory elements of the Honmoon ritual, don't register well on digital technology.
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Reblogged princessofthestoners
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every time i see anything blue pink and white i think "oh transgender" and this makes the world so beautiful. pink/blue/white packing peanuts? well now they are packer penus

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Reblogged status-quo-hater
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PLEASE remember to include trans men and mascs and intersex men in your fight for reproductive rights. And breast health education. And free period products. We are so easily erased from these conversations. Insurance deny claims and clinics refuse to see us because of an M marker. Don't forget about us!

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Reblogged frumpkinspocketdimension
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sometimes I think too hard about like. how the ability to record audio fundamentally changed how humans interact with music. can you imagine if the only time you ever heard music in your whole life was when you or another human being in your actual physical presence decided to create it. and 99.99% of the time that person was not a professional but just like your wife or your dad or your co-worker or church choir singing or playing whatever they happened to know. i honestly don't think we can fathom it

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Everyone on this post making nonsense "WAH it must have been BETTER back then" comments is ridiculous. I have 24/7 instant high-quality access to Carly Rae Jepsen's entire catalog. Go listen to Cut To The Feeling and appreciate that miracle or get off my post.

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^This is the best song ever invented, btw. If you even care.

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