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Worldbuilding with readers' tears

@the-redeemed-anon / the-redeemed-anon.tumblr.com

Anon/Red call me whatever. This is my worldbuilding and general fandom blog now. Stick around for freshly baked pain :D

coworker: hey you should come look at the results of a ph test for a customerโ€™s water

me: Iโ€™m king of busy rn

coworker: no really just come here

the ph test:

my honest reaction:

I dont k ow what OP is testing for or what most of the table says but whatever water they've sampled it has the same PH levels as seawater and there's enough mineral content for stalagmites to form inside the sample container. If line 2 is nitrates- the stuff produced by dead junk- then there's enough of it to make them sick.

So like. Whatever this is, and I hope to God it isn't someone's tap water, then as far as my untrained brain can tell, it is reading as a sample pulled from an unfiltered saltwater fish tank that someone filled with street gravel and didn't clean for a month.

Or like. The groundwater well behind an abandoned farm house in Missouri that hasn't been touched since 1953, possibly after a raccoon fell inside it

This is the kind of water you'd read about in an old dead British guy's expedition journal in an entry dated two days before the entire party died of dysentery

IT GETS WORSE

OH MY SWEET CHRIST

I wonder if Neilโ€™s owner/s know about how we celebrate the date of that photo

Neil himself is long gone from this world, and yet every April 13th this group of internet strangers come together to celebrate him and his act of banging out the tunes. Like an entire holiday, all for this little guy

Cause I think itโ€™s pretty beautiful if you wanna get all sentimental and sappy

[Transcript: Look, Penelope. Look. There is nobody out here. Nobody. Do you see that? Do you see that? Look- Look over here. Thereโ€™s nobody. Look over here. Thereโ€™s nobody! There is nobody out here. End transcript.]

Imagine waiting for the coast guard or whatever to show up and instead a replica of 18th century merchant ship pulls up and tows you to the coast.

pov: youโ€™ve been transported to the 17th century

I'm crying. Here's a photo of a sailor from the Gรถtheborg watching over the little sailboat in tow:

From the story:

We repeatedly emphasized that we were aboard a small 8-meter sailboat, but the response was the same each time: "We are a 50-meter three-masted sailboat, and we offer our assistance in towing you to Paimpol." We were perplexed by the size difference between our two boats, as we feared being towed by a boat that was too large and at too fast a speed that could damage our boat. The arrival of the Gรถtheborg on the scene was rapid and surprising, as we did not expect to see a merchant ship from the East India Company of the XVIII century. This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it? The Gรถtheborg approached very close to us to throw the line and pass a large rope. The mooring went well, and our destinies were linked for very long hours, during which we shared the same radio frequency to communicate with each other. The crew of the Gรถtheborg showed great professionalism and kindness towards us. They adapted their speed to the size of our boat and the weather conditions. We felt accompanied by very professional sailors. Every hour, the officer on duty of the Gรถtheborg called us to ensure everything was going well.[...] This adventure, very real, was an incredible experience for us. We were extremely lucky to cross paths with the Gรถtheborg by chance and especially to meet such a caring crew. Dear commander and crew of the Gรถtheborg, your kindness, and generosity have shown that your ship is much more than just a boat. It embodies the noblest values of the sea, and we are honored to have had the chance to cross your path and benefit from your help.

"Our destinies were linked for very long hours" is just knocking me out.

*Obvious cordyceps wriggling around in the pipes*

Me: THATS NOT IN THE GAME! OH MY GOOOOSH, HOLY FUCK! THATS NOT IN THE GAME! (but in like an excited way)

Ellie: Iโ€™m so mad at you your brotherโ€™s my new best friend!

Joel: Oh yeah? Well Iโ€™m so mad at you your girlfriendโ€™s my new daughter!

This is the greatest show ever made.

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