be honest with me now, pard
hozier’s little side quest narrations in between songs are so important to me. saw him (live !!! first time ever !!!!) today spend a solid three minutes going “i’ve just seen the most amazing bootleg hozier tshirt. if i could sell it without getting in loads of trouble i would. if i could WEAR it without getting in trouble i would. it says HOZIER and then it just has pictures of faramir from lord of the rings. oh no— oh i’m sorry, it’s a higher honor, it’s aragorn. and you have— is that boromir? and who’s that, that’s— that’s your fella from the princess bride” about a group of 3 people who had aragorn, boromir, and inigo montoya respectively on their “bootleg hozier” shirts. king.
I went to his show Friday and saw the following collection (the first is the only picture I took myself). I don’t know where or how this trend started but I fully support it
how do i put out a grease fire if it is on my clothes time sensitive
almost every single person I follow who reblogged that goon squad poll picked the impractical weapon thug. we are the impractical weapon brothers
when when you want to see content but you are the only one who can create it
Why would you hide this in the tags?
lovely story from a friend today.
Look, this post has been wildly more popular than I thought it deserved, apparently at least in part because "don't burden others; be independent" is far more ingrained in people than I realized. So here's the thing: society works when people help each other. Helping others gives people a chance to know each other, and gives them an investment in the people they help. Helping creates bonds. People enjoy helping, and you are doing a good by letting them help you if they so wish.
Offer help; accept help. You will be a part of creating a helping culture. Which, incidentally, weakens capitalism and the fractionation between people that benefits those who would use us.
good to know you think a catholic saying a homophobic slur is funny
If some old bitch in wizard robes calls me a faggot im laughing at them lol.
Guys the catholic church said something homophobic drop everything and be serious for a moment this is huge
when did we as a society start allowing a sandwich to cost sixteen dollars? eighteen? I know I've paid twenty-one dollars for a sandwich at this point. is this just the world now? sandwich prices don't come down like gas prices. they go up & up & up. good luck to us all
i am very normal and can be trusted with knowledge of dungeon cuisine
Guys. Guys please. We have to remember that protagonist is not a stand in word for hero and antagonist is not a stand in word for villain. Please. We learned this in middle school. The protagonist is the character the audience follows. The antagonist is the character who is working against the protagonist.
no idea where i was going with this but i abandoned it at the most disconcerting moment possible
look actually calling things that aren't the brand name by the brand name is something corporations really hate. because if it becomes common enough they stop having the trademark to the brand name.
did you know trampoline used to be a brand name? true facts. the inventor wanted all the imitators to call theirs, like, "elastic platforms" or some shit (i don't remember the specific shit) so he could keep advertising The One and Only Genuine Trampoline (tm). and then we didn't. and now nobody remembers him or his trademark.
aspirin used to be a trademark of Bayer
Per Wikipedia: "Trademark erosion, or genericization, is a special case of antonomasia related to trademarks. It happens when a trademark becomes so common that it starts being used as a common name and the original company has failed to prevent such use. Once it has become an appellative, the word cannot be registered any more; this is why companies try hard not to let their trademark become too common, a phenomenon that could otherwise be considered a successful move since it would mean that the company gained an exceptional recognition."
Examples of genericized trademarks include:
- Air fryer
- Aspirin
- Dry ice
- Escalator
- Flip phone
- Heroin
- Kerosene
- Teleprompter
Examples of trademarks that are at risk of genericization (so you definitely shouldn't use these terms; you don't want to take them away from the poor corporations, do you?):
- Adrenaline (owned by Pfizer)
- Allen wrench (owned by Apex Tool Group)
- Band-Aid (owned by Johnson & Johnson)
- Bubble Wrap (owned by Sealed Air)
- ChapStick (owned by Suave Brands Company)
- Frisbee (owned by Wham-O)
- Google (owned by Google)
- Hula hoop (owned by Wham-O)
- Jacuzzi (owned by Jacuzzi)
- Jell-O (owned by Kraft Heinz)
- Jet Ski (owned by Kawasaki)
- Kleenex (owned by Kimberly-Clark)
- Lava lamp (owned by Mathmos)
- Ping Pong (owned by Parker Brothers)
- Play-Doh [and "Play Dough" in the UK] (owned by Hasbro)
- Plexiglas (owned by Altuglas International)
- Popsicle (owned by Good Humor-Breyers)
- Post-it note (owned by 3M)
- Putt-Putt golf (owned by Putt-Putt Fun Center)
- Q-tips (owned by Unilever)
- Realtor (owned by National Association of Realtors)
- Rollerblade (owned by Nordica)
- Scotch tape (owned by 3M)
- Sharpie (owned by Sanford L.P)
- Styrofoam (owned by Dow Chemical Company)
- Super Glue/Superglue (owned by Super Glue Corporation)
- Tupperware (owned by Earl Tupper)
- Velcro (owned by Velcro Companies)
Many of this list I was aware are trademarked names but some are wild. Allen wrench? Really? Fucking POPSICLE?? REALTOR????