if you say “as one does” after any phrase nobody’s allowed to think you’re weird anymore. cheat code bypass for all standards of social normalcy
i was gonna add something like “so i was *extremely violent/grotesque/unusual thing*, as one does” and then i stopped because i realized the george costanza nature of this post.
“it’s like an instant bypass, jerry. nobody can say you’re strange anymore when you pull that bad boy out”
“an instant bypass.”
“yes. and i use it to escape social accountability. as one does.”
“Oh, Mother Night! Fold your dark arms about me. Protect me in your black embrace. I sit alone, an impotent exile, whilst this form, this presence, returns to torment me!”
Cinematography by Alex Thomson Production Design by Assheton Gorton Directed by Ridley Scott
The absolute psychic damage of living through multiple far-right Supreme Court decisions that are so historically bad they belong in in the hall of infamy with Dred Scott in the span of 8 years, all because one man lost the popular vote but won the Electoral College while people screamed at you for saying the Supreme Court was on the ballot in 2016
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)
