TiL (click to go to the thread, which probably has more interesting tidbits I missed).
Bonus:
These are my people.
Betting I’ve reblogged this before. Betting I’ll reblog it when it turns up again.
In addition to the print terminology stuff: the visual shorthand icons and ad graphics for something about writing are still often pen-nibs, fountain pens and typewriters…
…while graphics of a monitor, keyboard and mouse remain visual shorthand for computing…
…even though most writers now use monitor / keyboard / mouse or even laptop / touchpad.
In addition, headers for “this blog / website is about writing” are often in one of the many imitation typewriter fonts complete with smudges, or just Courier.
The start and end call icons on most / all smartphones is still the handset of a classic desk telephone, and sometimes the open-app icon is a complete phone.
The term “hang up” for “end the call” refers to something even older - one of these…
And of course the Save icon
is indeed a 3½ inch floppy disc.
Why it wasn’t a
5¼
floppy is a mystery. The icon version is just as distinctive.
Also, why various OP updates never changed “Save” to the graphic of a CD / DVD or flash drive is another mystery, and nowadays a Save icon should probably be a cartoon cloud.
Graphics and terminology are funny things.
reblogging this again for EVEN MORE information.
I’m mostly entertained by the guy who thinks you need to know that “case” means “box” in French as though that’s not what it means in English.
skeumorphism my beloved
It’s fascinating. This post alternately made me feel old and taught me something. Tumblr is amazing.
And because we continue to use signs of ancient hardware, youngsters come up with questions like “why is the icon for ‘save’ a vending machine with a can of soda?” (One day I’ll find that post and link it)
The reason the save icon is a 3.5" floppy seems to mainly be that 3.5" disks were the most common disk by the time graphical interfaces got popular on PCs. Earlier stuff was more text based so they didn’t have or need icons.
But there are always exceptions. Lotus 1-2-3 for windows uses 5.25" disks for the save and load icons!
“can we normalize-” NO!!!!!! we do not need to expand whats considered normal!!! we need to teach people to stop reacting judgmentally when encountering something new and weird!!!! things dont need to be normal to be respected!!!!!!!!!!
i do get why ppl are kind of visceral about the idea that all art is political but like. It Is
people say this and someone goes “oh so even my [niche / absurd fetish porn ] is political ? and it’s like yeah man that’s pretty much one of the best examples of that actually
If safety in your ideal society is entirely based on care by networks of affinity, and does not provide care for people who are not liked by anybody, then your society is actually even worse than the situation we are in now.
Pissing off people close to you or over-exhausting your social network or isolating yourself is often an inherent part of many mental health problems, addictions, etc. By the time people need care the most, they have often lost all their networks of affinity, and with some bad luck, any of us could find ourselves in that situation.
There has to be unconditional care available for the more unlikable of us, or there isn’t really a safety net for any of us.
Assistance and support depending on how much social currency you have isn’t any better than it depending on how much money you have. Switching the currency solves nothing.
If safety in your ideal society is entirely based on care by networks of affinity, and does not provide care for people who are not liked by anybody, then your society is actually even worse than the situation we are in now.
Pissing off people close to you or over-exhausting your social network or isolating yourself is often an inherent part of many mental health problems, addictions, etc. By the time people need care the most, they have often lost all their networks of affinity, and with some bad luck, any of us could find ourselves in that situation.
There has to be unconditional care available for the more unlikable of us, or there isn’t really a safety net for any of us.
Assistance and support depending on how much social currency you have isn’t any better than it depending on how much money you have. Switching the currency solves nothing.
if you have no hope for humanity that sucks for you i guess. but i was buying melatonin at the corner store and the stranger behind me in line said everyone they knew had been having trouble sleeping recently and maybe it was the cold weather. and the cashier swore he was a chronic insomniac before he met his wife but he hadn’t tossed and turned in 10 years. and when i left we told each other to sleep well tonight. and that’s enough hope to sustain me for at least a few months.
Thats a potion whose effect is “teleport straight to hospital”
i found out that chewing on glo sticks is a fun sensory experience bc of the cronch but i did not maintain this habit for long bc inevitably one of them broke in my mouth and it was bitter and gross and i spit it out immediately, but it happened to be a red one so a random guy walking past my car that day got to witness me open my door, lean out, and vomit neon glowing blood onto the pavement. it wasnt even night time. i was that much of a freak about chewing glo sticks.
I’ve seen a decent number of comments on social media lately that boil down to “I can’t get into a show where the main character is kind of problematic, and I feel morally superior about it,” and I’m starting to think some of you missed the part in English class where we learned “Main character≠Protagonist≠Good guy.”
I’m not just talking about character flaws either, some main characters are straight up meant to be bad people. Sometimes it’s about them going through a redemption arc, but sometimes they’re just as shitty as the antagonist, and that’s the point.
My fav American word is actually Fuggedabbouit, it means to move on with your life without looking back at your regrets. I think it is a beautiful word.
Hey sorry boss man, I know that I’m a fucking awful maid and never do any work but unfortunately your wife thinks my cruel cold demeanor and backhanded remarks are hot. Yeah, the other maids hate me, cuz while they are busy cleaning, your wife is busy between my legs, making more messes for them to clean up. And you can’t even have me killed or imprisoned because “your” daughter has my eyes, and the scandal would ruin your career. So no, I’m not gonna clean up that wine stain on the carpet. Now pick up that controller so we can play crash team racing already
Hey sorry boss man, I know that I’m a fucking awful maid and never do any work but unfortunately your wife thinks my cruel cold demeanor and backhanded remarks are hot. Yeah, the other maids hate me, cuz while they are busy cleaning, your wife is busy between my legs, making more messes for them to clean up. And you can’t even have me killed or imprisoned because “your” daughter has my eyes, and the scandal would ruin your career. So no, I’m not gonna clean up that wine stain on the carpet. Now pick up that controller so we can play crash team racing already
I know thats not the point, but have you actually ever masturbated to any of these so called "fetishes" of yours? Cause it looks like you just talk about this for the meme
high school teachers: if you don’t show up with a dress and full makeup or a fitted tuxedo to class everyday to college your professors will execute you
college professors:
I once had a professor SLAM a thermos down on his desk and say to us “there’s more pressure in my sinuses right now than there is at the bottom of the sea. This thing’s full of NyQuil. I’m going to drink it while I teach, and when your heads are replaced by swirling rainbows, I will cancel the rest of class.”
You can write a story about a character who gets horny for things you consider to be bad things to get horny for as a means of demonstrating how very fucked up this character is, but watch out.
vampirism poses the question “what if there was a fundamental, horrible, unending well of want in your soul that, if truly satisfied, would lead to great pain for all those you hold closest and, in turn, their absolute and total revilement of you?” and naturally as a person with no problems I don’t relate to this in any way at all.
Mysterious: your roommate says “im gonna take a shower” and they enter the bathroom. The sound of running water is heard for the next hour. Then they exit the bathroom totally soaking wet.
Haha so uhmmm remember how I said Narinder fell first and harder? It doesn’t go well for him for a while lmao.
He confessed with full confidence that they would accept him over everyone else cause of course. Why wouldn’t they? Oh? They said no! Well actually, they said they’re gonna pretend that they didn’t hear that haha whoops. Lamb fumbled for another 200 years.
Its fiiiine this opened them both up to talk about it later and they’ll test the waters soon…. In another few years. Boy gotta yearn for this lamb. It’s what they deserve.
(alt: Video render of Isoxys minor, Middle cambrian bivalved arthropods shown here in orange with a dark aquarium background
Isoxys has a taco shaped carapace enveloping it’s entire body like a copepod, the open part of the ‘taco’ pointing down, its segmented body is completely hidden inside the 'taco’ with tiny swimming legs reminiscent of those found in Triops, barely visible poking out of it. and two front appendages that look somewhat like an anomalocaris’ claws but pointing up although they are not closely related to anomalocaris. It also has two eyes visible on the front, poking out of the carapace
Tl;Dr a swimming taco with segmented 'tusks’ on the front and shrimp like legs poking out the bottom.
The video depicts them flitting around the aquarium from a close-up view with a short focus distance since they are typically only 1 cm long)
imagine travelling back in time to the instant at which music was invented. you exit your time machine and find yourself atop a steep cliff of ice. You crawl to the edge, and observe as lone figure, clad in furs, makes their way along below; they are whistling an unmistakable and pitch-perfect rendition of Closer by Nine Inch Nails
