TumbleUpon
So I was showing Nate how Tumblr works tonight and realized that I hadn’t really posted anything of substance on there for quite some time. Tumblr used to be my main jam, too, especially from like 2012-2015 or so.
I went back through my posts and holy hell, there’s so much:
- Sun/space stuff (but mostly sun)
- Metalocalypse stuff
- Clouds
- Leibniz
- Really dumb math/stats jokes
- Achievement Hunter
*Fallout 3 narrator voice* Claudia. Claudia never changes.
Also, the one post I ever made that got any likes/reblogs.
Edit: I FORGOT ABOUT THIS HAHAHAHA
TikTok on the Clock
Have some TikToks. ‘Cause I’m sad. There are a few that were added after today, too.
(Sound warning; turn your volume down)
Whoever invented this game deserves a Nobel Prize.
WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY
Ah, the Good Old Wikipedia Rabbit Hole…
I was talking to my mom the other day about Skippers restaurants. Anyone else remember those? They were a seafood restaurant and looked like this:
(source)
There used to be one in Lewiston, but they closed in 2013, apparently.
Anyway, that brought me to Wikipedia, where I learned that it was founded in Bellevue, Washington. Then it was Wikipedia Rabbit Hole Fun Time Party, which led to me discovering the following random thingies:
- Pita Pit has its US headquarters in Coeur d’Alene but is originally Canadian. (“Pita Pit” article)
- The Pizza Hut Book It! program was apparently heavily criticized for a while, as some argued that it incentivized reading with junk food. However, studies showed that participation in the program neither increased nor decreased motivation to read in children [y’all can suck it; the Book It! program was awesome.] (“Pizza Hut” article)
- Cracker Barrel is a frequent collaborator with Dolly Parton and was actually the force behind getting Dolly to sing a remix of her song “Jolene” with Pentatonix (“Cracker Barrel” article)
- They apparently also used to be able to fire employees if they did not display “normal heterosexual values,” but abolished that policy in 1991. Still, though.
- The Bill Chipman Palouse Trail (the one that runs, in part, from Moscow to Pullman) crosses Paradise Creek 12 times. I didn’t ever realize it was that many (“Bill Chipman Palouse Trail” article)
- The roof of the Kibbie Dome won the “Structural Engineering Achievement Award” in 1976 (“Kibbie Dome” article)
- The negative health effects of asbestos were documented as early as 1898 (“Asbestos” article)
FUN! It’s been a while since I’ve done a true random wander around the Wiki.
r/place 2023
Because I posted a timelapse of last year’s.
Needs full screen mode.
The internet has broken me
Why, you ask?
Because I found a Euro just off the sidewalk this afternoon and the first thing that popped into my head was this thing:
I am a wounded soul.
Want Fun Shape Stuff?
ME TOO!
Here’s my best circle drawn with a mouse. I’m sure I could do much better on my touch screen laptop, hahaha.
(And here’s me cheating with a really small radius.)
r/place
So if you don’t know what r/place is, here’s some history and info. In 2017, this particular subreddit was home to an experiment that involved a blank online canvas, a limited color palette, and collaboration. Basically, registered users had the ability to place a single colored pixel on the canvas (and had to wait a certain amount of time to place another). People coordinated with each other, fought each other for space on the canvas, and produced overall a very cool looking image by the end of the event.
Fast forward to now. It’s 2022 and there was a new version of r/place with a bigger canvas, more colors, and more collaboration.
ANYWAY.
The reason I’m mentioning this is because the r/ucalgary subreddit was all about trying to get the U of C logo on there. But in the process, they kept bringing up the Canadian flag and how NO ONE COULD DRAW THE MAPLE LEAF. And how Germany drew a perfect maple leaf on their flag just to show that they could do it.
Edit: Here’s a video showing the evolution of the Canadian flag and how terrible that leaf was. Like, oh my god, guys.
That’s hilarious.
Edit again: here’s a really cool video giving a much better description than I can and showing how the canvas evolved:
I love this kind of stuff. It’s so cool.
The ‘Book
I am abstaining from Facebook for a while because OH MY GOD there is still high school-level drama between like five of my friends and I don’t want to just mute them because they’re half the reason I check Facebook anymore anyway.
People need to learn to not post their entire lives on Facebook (says the blogger).
UGH.
MEEMEE
These are clever as hell.
They must have taken quite a while to make, too. I hope he sells copies some day; I’d totally buy a few!
Trendy
So there’s this thing going around on Twitter asking people to list the five topics they can talk about for 30 minutes without any preparation.
So of course I have to join in by posting my answers on my blog.
Because I’m cool like that.
LET’S GO!
- Topic 1: Leibniz
- Topic 2: Statistics
- Topic 3: The Kilogram
- Topic 4: The History of Calculus
- Topic 5: Determinism/Free Will
What are yours?
I hate emojis, but…
I don’t know if it’s the sleep deprivation or what, but I stumbled upon this thing and I can’t stop laughing at some of the weirder combinations.
ACHY BREAKY SICKY HEART
Acid trip
THE EYES HAVE EYES
Sweet lord.
Hahahaha
HAHAHAHA
Okay, everyone else can go home. Mixing the spider with anything else is clearly the winning design.
“Oh heavens, I seemed to have ripped through your backyard! My apologies.”
Look, it’s me trying to add 4+7 in my head.
This is awesome
I love this. That Filipino guy’s transition is beautiful.
CLOCK
HEY NERDBOMBS IT’S CLOCK DAY
I’ve mentioned the Clock Crew and Clock Day on here many times, I know. And I don’t think the group is nearly as active on Newgrounds as they used to be.
But dammit, I’m sad and nostalgic today, so have some of my favorite Clock Crew-related animations.
Not like anyone cares, but since when has such a trivial thing stopped me from blogging?
Clockday Of The Year
(Anything by TurdClock, really)
Nostalgia satisfied.
Want a Cool Little Website?
This is a cool little website.
Edit: “Let’s Settle This” lets you pick between two options and then see what the majority prefers. 58% of people are monsters.
Does this count as doomscrolling?
Yes, I’m reading about structural collapse/disasters that have occurred throughout history because I’m TERRIFIED of that kind of thing.
So naturally I want to read about it.
Ever since the Surfside collapse a few days ago, I’ve been thinking about collapse disasters a lot. And it’s been SUPAH FUN!!!!
Edit: did you know that the Surfside collapse is now tied as the third deadliest structural engineering failure in the US?
It’s time…
…for another “Stupid Crap from Tumblr/YouTube” post because I’m equal parts sad and FURIOUS WITH THE WORLD and so I have nothing constructive to say.
BEES?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!???!???!?!!!!!!!yikes
I am in a BAD MOOD and don’t have anything fun to say, so here’s a dude that is a ridiculously smooth criminal dancer.
Turn Down for BUTT
Here’s some nonsense internet/Twitter/Tumblr stuff because everything sucks and these things at least make you think about something other than the virus for a few seconds.
Enjoy.
This whole thing
OKAY BYE
“Quietly,” said the blog post
I don’t know if it’s because I’ve gotten like three hours of sleep over the past week or so or what, but this is great.
Edit: THERE ARE MORE
Edit 2: okay, he’s got a ton of these “if people X’ed instead of Y’ed” videos and they’re all pretty fantastic.
Alright, Internet, I’m Good.
Holy gods. This is horrifying but adorable at the same time.
Goodnight, all.
More Meme Nonsense
I made more of these stupid things using that AI meme generator, I’m sorry.
(Even the meme generators know Jackson was a dick)
Ha, get it? ‘Cause it’s a bill???????
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