HOW DARE YOU! HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO ME!

A PSA about trucks from a truck driver

I and some colleagues were talking about how we wish everyone could see the safety videos that our company was showing us, because I don’t think most people understand how traffic works in a truck. So here’s some things we wish everyone on the road knew.

- we’re not kidding about tailgating. If you’re right behind us on a straight highway? Chances are we have NO IDEA you’re there, which means we can’t anticipate any of your movements. Plus slowing down takes multiple downshifts, so we might start decreasing speed way earlier than you expect.

- We’re not kidding about any of our blind spots. WE CAN’T SEE YOU, GUYS.

- That bit about slowing down taking a while? The same goes for when you’re in front of us. Don’t cut off a truck. Oh god, PLEASE don’t cut off a truck. If you cut me off, I’m not irritated, I’m terrified. For YOU. It can take 7 to 9 seconds for us to stop. DON’T CUT OFF TRUCKS.

- Before you get mad about how slow we’re going on the highway, keep in mind that many companies govern their vehicles so they literally CAN’T go over 60 or 65. This is a good thing, I promise. Because…

- Do you know what happens when a car meets a truck in an accident? The car gets totaled and the truck needs a new coat of paint. You will not win this fight. I know nobody likes getting stuck behind a big dumb truck, but it’s not worth your life.

We are trying our best to protect you from our 80,000 pound death machines. Please help us out.

I have a question for Star Wars fans. If Doctor Who fans are called Whovians and Star Trek fans are called Trekkies then what the fuck are Star Wars fans called? I feel like we should have a fan fandom name if we don't already have one.

My new ship! Xie Lian and Hua Cheng from Heaven Official's Blessing!

one of my personal favorite dichotomies in atla is how iroh, once the top strategist and highest-ranking general of the fire nation, now directs all his energy and considerable tactical experience towards attempting to keep his teenage nephew from throwing himself into life-threatening situations AND IROH REGULARLY FAILS TO PREVENT HIM FROM DOING SO.

he lead a six-hundred day siege and now iroh can't keep up with a sixteen-year-old armed with two swords and a passionate deathwish. zuko's motto is "act first, think never" and he's running rings around his uncle. it's like!!! who's gonna come out on top, iroh's west point education vs. zuko's deep and abiding commitment to always choosing the stupidest possible course of action, and zuko manages to win every single time

No but the fucking symbolism of Yaddle using every ounce of her strength to lift the door so that the light can shine on Dooku because she was right, the remaining Jedi who cared about him would have forgiven him but it fails, the dark is too strong, Sidious is right there, and she falls out of the sunlight into the darkness where she's powerless against them because she gave it her all but his anger is still too strong for her and this sentence is too long but AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH light/dark imagery my beloved that scene was a masterpiece of cinematography

I would kill to see a spin-off series of that. get on it BBC!

Bill, Jack and River together. In a TARDIS. The Universe wouldn’t survive.

[Image description Bender from Futurama in Robot Hell saying "I'm on Tumblr? But that means, Twitter's been killed --crap, I mean 'un-alived'" second panel is the Robot Devil, labeled "Tumblr" saying "It's alright, you can say that here."]

Magneto is JEWISH. He is a Jewish character. The original version of the story the new X-Men 97 season is trying to tell relied on him being snapped out his plan by a young Jewish girl being hurt (I actually posted about how much I love this story beat last year). A young Jewish girl he later attends a meeting of Holocaust survivors with. Telling this story without using the word “Holocaust” or “Jewish” is so very telling. And it’s not a one off with this show— Roberto is an Afro-Brazilian character who manifested his powers because of a hate crime and they changed his origin completely.

Disney will ALWAYS shy away from these issues. They will ALWAYS want the kudos from having minority characters while sanitizing their stories. Really think about what it means for them to do this to characters like Sunspot and Magneto, but stand their ground when it comes to keeping the Israeli propaganda character in upcoming Cap movie.