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Rating band names based on their accuracy:

(I keep updating this list so check back later)

The Beatles: 3/10. None of these people are beetles, they’re just a bunch of fruity guys from Liverpool with matching haircuts

(Edit: changed from 0/10 to 3/10 because John Lennon beat his wife)

Pink Floyd: 4/10. There is not a single person named Floyd in the band, but some of the members do arguably look kinda pink

Nirvana: 10/10. Getting high and listening to Nirvana is roughly what I imagine actual nirvana to be like

Foo Fighters: either 0/10 or 10/10. I have never seen foo in real life so either they’re pretending to fight a problem that doesn’t exist or they’re doing an absolutely fantastic job of fighting it

The Eagles: 0/10. Same as the Beatles, there is not a single eagle in this band. The name is misleading and we have all been lied to

Queen: 6/10. Partial points for Freddie Mercury

Led Zeppelin: 0/10. I don’t think any of these guys have ever even seen a zeppelin, let alone one made of lead. A lead balloon would crash faster than my hopes and dreams

The Rolling Stones: 3/10. There is not a single stone in this band. Some points added because I’m pretty sure they rolled quite a few

U2: 0/10. Despite what the name says, I am not a member of this band

Metallica: 9/10. Naming a metal band “Metallica” is like naming your dog “doggy”

Red Hot Chili Peppers: 2/10. These guys are not chili peppers. They’re not even that hot, let alone red hot

Guns N’ Roses: 0/10. How the fuck could a gun or a flower play music

Backstreet Boys: ?/10. Depends entirely on their current given location

Simon and Garfunkel: 10/10. No notes

The Doors: 1/10. Jim Morrison is kinda shaped like a door tho

Chicago: 4/10. The number of people in this band does not come even remotely close to the population of Chicago. Points added because it originated in Chicago

Earth, wind, and fire: 2/10. This is even more innacurate than Chicago. Points added because wind instruments were often used

Def Leppard: 3/10. There is not a single leopard in this band. Some of the members are probably kinda deaf by now tho

The Beach Boys: ?/10. Accuracy depends entirely on location

The Black Eyed Peas: 6/10. Not sure what the hell an ‘eyed pea’ is but the black part is pretty accurate

Imagine Dragons: ?/10. Depends entirely on whether or not they’re thinking about dragons.

Cage the Elephant: 1/10. Why would you do that. Let the elephant go

Green Day: 0/10. They’re not even green

The Police: 0/10. There is not a single cop in this band

KISS: 5/10. I’m sure they probably kissed sometimes

The Monkees: 0/10. Are you fucking kidding me

We Butter the Bread with Butter: 8/10. I can’t verify this but I have no reason to suspect that they’d lie. Butter seems like the most logical thing to butter bread with

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: 0/10. I got really excited about the concept of a lizard wizard only to be let down. My disappointment is immeasurable

They Might Be Giants: 5/10. I googled everyone in this band’s height, the tallest guy’s only 6’1 so I wouldn’t exactly consider him a giant. Then again, I can’t really argue because the claim was only that they MIGHT be giants

The Presidents of the United States of America: 2/10. None of these people are Joe Biden nor are any of them former presidents. This is incredibly misleading. I’m pretty sure “Lump” was written about my first girlfriend tho so I’ll give them a point or two

Gorillaz: 2/10 Not quite but we’re kinda close genetically so I’ll give them partial credit

The Killers: ?/10. I have no way of verifying if they’ve actually killed before but the fact that they’re not in prison tells me probably not

The Offspring: 10/10. These guys are definitely somebody’s offspring

Arctic Monkeys: 1/10. They are neither monkeys nor are they from the arctic

Thirty Seconds to Mars: 1/10. It takes WAY longer to get to mars than that

Beastie Boys: 8/10. They’re pretty beast on the guitar

Jimmy Eat World: 1/10. Slow the fuck down Jimmy, you’re biting off way more than you can chew

Hole: 9/10. One point deducted because I’m pretty sure they had more than one hole

Rage Against the Machine: 10/10. They did exactly that

Alice In Chains: 0/10. This is illegal. Let Alice go

The Band: 10/10. This could not possibly be more accurate

Nine Inch Nails: 1/10. I can’t find any good pictures of their feet but from what I can tell their fingernails definitely aren’t nine inches long

Bush: ?/10. Not quite sure about this one, felt uncomfortable asking

The Who: 2/10. I’m not dealing with this “Who’s On First” bullshit

Radiohead: 0/10. Not a single person in this band has a radio for a head

Queens of the Stone Age: 0/10. This band should be called “five random dudes from the modern era” but FRDFTMA is a bit of a mouthful

Soundgarden: 2/10. Sound does not grow in the garden

Sonic Youth: 5/10. They’re not exactly youth anymore but the sonic part checks out

Talking heads: 8/10. There’s more to the band than just a bunch of disembodied heads but the heads do tend to talk

The Cranberries: 0/10. Decent music but I only added them so that the Beatles and Freddie Mercury weren’t the only fruits on this list

The Wiggles: 8/10. They do tend to wiggle a lot

Blue Man Group: 10/10. Yep!

Weezer: 5/10. They all look like they definitely have asthma

Limp Bizkit: 3/10. While the visual image of baked goods playing the guitar is hilarious, Fred durst is not a biscuit. Points added because he probably has erectile dysfunction

Stone Temple Pilots: 0/10. None of these people are accredited as being licensed to pilot anything, much less an entire stone temple. Stone temples don’t need pilots anyways

Wasted Youth: 8/10. I guess it really kinda depends on how you frame it but yeah, they probably wasted a lot of it

Them Crooked Vultures: 3/10. These are people and not birds but Dave Grohl’s posture is kinda bad and John Paul Jones is so old that his neck kinda looks like a vulture’s so I added some points

Audioslave: 0/10. Slavery is illegal

Traveling Wilburys: 4/10. Sure, they traveled a lot but not a single one of those lying bastards was named Wilbury

D12: 6/12. There were only 6 people in this band

NWA: 10/10. I’m a little too white to safely comment on this one but I’d say they nailed it

Jet: 1/10. A real jet would be way too loud

Goldfinger: 0/10. Not a single person in this band has a finger made out of gold

No Doubt: ?/10. I can’t really be too sure how Gwen Stefani felt but I think it’s probably a safe assumption that she had some doubts

The White Stripes: 3/10. I bet if you stripped them down naked and made them stand shoulder to shoulder and squinted really hard they’d probably look more like white stripes

Screaming trees: 3/10. They scream occasionally

Garbage: 2/10. I think they’re being a little harsh on themselves, their music isn’t THAT bad

Butthole Surfers: 5/10. Not even gonna touch this one

Megadeth: 3/10. To be fair, some of the former members are dead but only a little amount of death, not mega death

Dead Kennedys: 2/10. Last I checked Kennedy was still dead but neither he nor his clones are members of this band

Cake: 0/10. The cake is a lie

Cracker: 8/10. Most of them are

Tool: 7/10. I don’t know much about their music but they sure look like tools

Counting Crows: ?/10. Is this what emo kids do instead of counting sheep? Accuracy depends on whatever bird they happen to be counting at the moment

Dave Matthews Band: 10/10. It certainly is

Oasis: 1/10. Their music is the opposite of an oasis

Blur: 2/10. They are not that fast

Barenaked Ladies: 0/10. If I wanted to be this disappointed I’d reestablish a connection with my biological father instead

Meat Puppets: 10/10. Technically, aren’t we all?

Live: 8/10. Apparently they still do live shows but I deducted some points because I’ve only ever heard their music on Spotify

ABBA: 9/10. I’m still not giving any points to Guns N’ Roses but that’s mostly out of spite

5 Finger Death Punch: 8/10 I guess it probably depends on how hard you hit them but this seems to be the usual amount of fingers to punch somebody with

All American Rejects: 9/10. They’re all rejects from America so I don’t really see any issue with this

T. Rex: 0/10. Even if any of these people WAS a T. Rex I don’t think their arms would be long enough to play their instruments

Free: 0/10. Unless you steal their music, in which case it becomes a 10/10

The Strokes: 3/10. To my knowledge, none of them have had a stroke but I still added a few points because the name was probably accurate for other reasons

The Smashing Pumpkins ?/10. Another thing I have no way of verifying but this seems like a waste of perfectly good pumpkins

Therapy?: ?/10. The hell are they asking me for? I don’t know their medical history

Twenty One Pilots. 0/10. There’s only two of them and neither is a licensed pilot

Finger Eleven: 0/10. Leave the poor Stranger Things girl out of this

Fall Out Boy: 9/10. I conferred with an expert on this one who confirmed that they are in fact boys who had a falling out

Cream: 8/10. Considering this was the OG supergroup I’m sure a lot of people did in fact cream when their music came out

6 months ago
A character design/reference sheet for Dick Grayson in my fic "door, opening." Several full and partial-body drawings of Dick as Nightwing and in civilian clothing are surrounded by handwritten notes. Dick is depicted as lean and muscular, with brown skin and eyes and dark, curly hair. He is shown in acrobatic action poses, as well as performing gymnastics and aerial silks. He has many scars, and is drawn with bruises. A couple star stickers sheets and a smiley face are also drawn near the border of the page. 
The handwritten character notes read: 
"DOOR, OPENING"
character reference by cowboysorceror
NIGHTWING/DICK GRAYSON 
- hypermobility/connective tissue dysfunction - dislocates/subluxes things very easily. Right shoulder is particularly bad. He won't get the surgery to repair it because of recovery time. 
- explains most injuries with sports accidents - coworkers think he pushes himself too hard with difficult skills. 
- minimal armor on suit - prioritizes mobility. Kevlar plates are thin, lightweight & flexible. 
- kevlar weave also incorporated into the material - it's tough. 
- packs pretty light - no big clunky utility belt - just essentials. Too much on his person breaks up aerodynamics & creates drag, & detracts from Nightwing's combat style 
- operates very independently in Blüdhaven - collaborates frequently in Gotham & in New York with Titans when there is reason for it, but he almost always handles things in Blüdhaven alone 
- blue caps to the escrima are metallic & conductive for electric shock
- Nightwing suit is insulated to protect against electricity 
- teaching gymnastics & aerial arts at a studio in Blüdhaven 
- coworkers have a running bet about # of siblings 
Age: 26
H: 5'7"
W: 159 lbs 
[small drawings of both the Romani and French flags] 
- Graysons were gens du voyage, Roms en France. Sinti-Manus dialect. 
- works mostly with kids, but also teaches circus arts community workshops sometimes
- silks are a favorite. His classes are very popular. 
- Grappling + Curls = 90's hair. Kind of a look, though!
A close-up of one of the character art, Dick Grayson in three-quarters profile.
A close-up of the character art, including Nightwing's head and arm in an aerial maneuver, and Nightwing's fist around an escrima stick that's crackling with electricity.
A close-up of the character art, in which Dick Grayson is smiling at the viewer from a pose on aerial silks.

Dickie to go along with Jason's design for "door, opening" my in-progress fic! my handwriting is also typed out in alt text 🐦

6 months ago
Tweet from Defend the Atlanta Forest @defendATLforest (15 November 2023):

The most important story of the #BlockCopCity action is not the police aggression, which was expected.

It is the methods and tactics used by protesters to keep one another safe, effectively preventing any arrests or injuries. Let's take a closer look. 🧵

[Embedded image is a photo of a formation of protesters wearing dark clothes and face coverings and head protection, either black knit hats or helmets with protective goggles. Some wear white protective coveralls. Some carry black umbrellas. Two long horizontal banners of white fabric stretched across PVC pipe frames are collectively carried across the formation on diagonals leading to a central vertex. Black text reads, in all caps: "We are the people's stop work order" and "Block Cop City." These framed banners are tall enough to cover the people carrying them from shin to shoulder. At the center point between the two banners, one person carries a square board like a shield, painted black with "Black Lives Matter" spray painted on it in white in all caps.]
Tweet continuing thread from Defend the Atlanta Forest @defendATLforest:

Clothing: many protesters wore matching white coveralls. Many others wore muted or neutral colors. By blending in with one another, activists make it more difficult for police to target vulnerable people in the crowd.
[A photo of a group of protesters wearing white coveralls as well as other PPE including face masks and gloves. Many carry flags or banners on poles.]
Tweet continuing thread from Defend the Atlanta Forest @defendATLforest:

Reinforced banners/umbrellas: Using structured signage and lightweight umbrellas, protesters were able to withstand police charges, batons, pepper balls, rubber bullets, flashbang grenades, and mace.
[A photo of group of protesters and a line of cops pushing against each other, the cops in black riot gear using clear riot shields and the protesters using the frame of their "Defend the Forest - Defund the Police" banner as a long makeshift shield. Some of the fabric of the banner is torn off from the frame, but the PVC frame itself is intact. Protesters behind the front line are carrying large black umbrellas.]
Tweet continuing thread from Defend the Atlanta Forest @defendATLforest:

Glasses/masks/respirators: aside from concealing the identities of vulnerable activists from hate groups and other opponents of emancipation struggles, these defensive tools allowed protesters to withstand pepper spray and tear gas.
[A photo of a group of protestors wearing protective gear including coveralls, glasses, face shields, masks, respirators, black umbrellas. Two protestors at the front of the line carry square wooden panels painted black with "Black Lives Matter" and "Fuck The Police." Along the side of the group, many protesters collectively carry a horizontal banner of white fabric stretched across a PVC frame, but the text is not readable from the angle the image is taken]
Tweet continuing thread from Defend the Atlanta Forest @defendATLforest:

Formation: the front of the crowd marched in a V-shaped "wedge", allowing the crowd to advance through obstructive lines of militarized police without causing or incurring any injuries or bodily harm.
[A photo taken from behind two cops in all black, one carrying a plastic riot shield. In front of them, a V-shaped wedge formation approaches, holding two long horizontal banners in front of themselves to form each arm of the V. The banners read "Defend the Forest - Defund the Police" and "[We] are the [People's] Stop Work Order" in all caps.]
Tweet continuing thread from Defend the Atlanta Forest @defendATLforest:

Heat-resistant gloves: by wearing gloves, some participants were able to pick up tear gas canisters shot at the crowd and to throw them out of the way, minimizing harm and suffering. Such canisters tend to be hot enough to burn the skin.
[GIF of a tear gas canister being tossed from inside a large cloud of smoke, in a large arc back out toward a group of police in khaki militarized tactical gear.]
Tweet continuing thread from Defend the Atlanta Forest @defendATLforest:

Confidence: the most important tool for crowds facing state repression is their ability to inspire and motivate themselves through joint action, clarity of purpose, respect for differences, and clear metrics for success/failure. "Don't panic, stay tight. We will be all right!"
[A photo of a group of protesters standing at the edge of a forested area. They are mostly blocked from sight behind two large horizontal banners held in a V formation reading "Defend the Forest - Defund the Police" and "We are the People's Stop Work Order" in all caps. The protesters are carrying many large black umbrellas above the group as well as some colorful flags/banners on poles]
Tweet continuing thread from Defend the Atlanta Forest @defendATLforest:

Unpredictability: by using creative messaging, methods, pacing, and routes, activists were able to spread police resources thin. Police were not prepared for the continuous momentum of the march and ended up teargassing themselves.
[GIF panning from a large cloud of tear gas, inside which silhouettes of many people are visible, to a crowd of police in full militarized tactical gear, carrying either clear plastic riot shields or automatic weapons, retreating away from the cloud. As they retreat, one of them calls out a warning about the gas and yells for them to "turn around"]
Tweet continuing thread from Defend the Atlanta Forest @defendATLforest:

In the coming years, liberation struggles will have to draw from experiences + intelligence of protest movements + uprisings around the world. In Atlanta, activists would do well to assume the illegal intent of the administration and to prepare accordingly. #StopCopCity 
/thread
9 months ago

"I have a weeeed soda!" My sibling, just now


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10 months ago

So much of my writing recently has been in messages and it's so funny to me. Like there can be a whole conversation between one section and another just because of message limits. It's so stupid


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1 year ago

'dick was the angry robin' 'jason was the angry robin' 'tim wa-' NONE OF THEM WERE 'THE ANGRY ROBIN' THEY ALL DEAL WITH THEIR TRAUMA IN THEIR OWN WAYS AND ALL OF THEM HAVE A BROAD SPECTRUM OF EMOTIONS. ALL OF THEM HAVE LOST THEIR COOL OR HAD AN OUTBURST AT SOME POINT. ITS JUST WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE A DEEPLY TRAUMATIZED CHILD!!!! THEY CANNOT BE REDUCED TO JUST ONE WORD THEYRE ALL COMPLEX AND THREE DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS!!!!!

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