Wow I drew him happy for once
Roses are red, that much is true, but violets are purple, not fucking blue.
I have been waiting for this post all my life.
They are indeed purple,
But one thing you’ve missed:
The concept of “purple”
Didn’t always exist.
Some cultures lack names
For a color, you see.
Hence good old Homer
And his “wine-dark sea.”
A usage so quaint,
A phrasing so old,
For verses of romance
Is sheer fucking gold.
So roses are red.
Violets once were called blue.
I’m hugely pedantic
But what else is new?
My friend you’re not wrong
About Homer’s wine-ey sea!
Colours are a matter
Of cultural contingency;
Words are in flux
And meanings they drift
But the word purple
You’ve given short shrift.
The concept of purple,
My friends, is old
And refers to a pigment
once precious as gold.
By crushing up molluscs
From the wine-dark sea
You make a dye:
Imperial decree
Meant that in Rome,
to wear purpura
was a privilege reserved
For only the emperor!
The word ‘purple’,
for clothes so fancy,
Entered English
By the ninth century
Why then are voilets
Not purple in song?
The dye from this mollusc,
known for so long
Is almost magenta;
More red than blue.
The concept of purple
is old, and yet new.
The dye is red,
So this might be true:
Roses are purple
And violets are blue
While this song makes me merry,
Tyrian purple dyes many a hue
From magenta to berry
And a true purple too.
But fun as it is to watch this poetic race
The answer is staring you right in the face:
Roses are red and violets are blue
Because nothing fucking rhymes with purple.
The ring on Godot’s hand was for Mia.
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Source: Sprite art for AA: T&T
Sorry I can’t go to school today it’s a
national holiday
@silverxcristal it’s a national holiday today
- Capcom during AA3 meeting: So, how will we destroy the hearts of our fans this time?
- Shu Takumi: Let's make Edgeworth defend Phoenix's love interest, ignoring his own feelings. Let's make a moment of tension suggesting a hug that will never happen. Also you know Mia? She's dead, but let's give her a huge background where she lost his boyfriend because of a female devil that poisons him. Also let's make this demon destroy the Fey clan because they're not destroyed enough. Oh, and Mia's boyfriend, he didn't suffer enough, he will be the culprit.
Defense vs Prosecution: Laser Tag Edition
APOLLO: Uh… we went to laser tag, which was pretty awesome.
ATHENA: Were your legs sore for like… two days afterwards?
APOLLO: Yes.
ATHENA: So much running up and down slopes.
KLAVIER: There’s actually rules. They were like… “No running! No doing this!” And as soon as it all started I’m like… “Oh I guess nobody’s gonna– OKAY EVERYBODY’S RUNNING! Everybody’s RUNNING! It was like… a battlefield. It was running… and screaming… and diving. It’s basically like… fifteen minutes of running up and down slopes at 45° angles.
APOLLO: And I was sick.
KLAVIER: I said to you before we left, “If you’re sick, let’s not go play fucking laser tag.” He’s like, “nah, I’m fine.”
APOLLO: It’s so fun~.
KLAVIER: So we go play laser tag and we’re on different teams, ‘cause it was… um… prosecutors vs defense attorneys… and others because the teams would be uneven without Kay, Ema, Miss Fey, Trucy and Pearl… that and they wanted to join.
KLAVIER: ANYWAY, one round, about ten minutes in, I turn the corner and I see someone on the floor on the defense team. And I shoot them and run past and then I hear this moaning. I’m like… “Was that Apollo?”. So I walk back around the corner.
APOLLO: Lo and behold, it was me. Dying. On the floor.
KLAVIER: THAT is your own fault. Anyway, I asked him if he was okay, he said that he wasn’t feeling so good. We just started talking and he nods his head. I told him to go sit in the corner and take it easy if he doesn’t feel well. There was this look on his face… I can’t describe it perfectly but he was smiling and just genuinely happy for a moment.
ATHENA: A moment? What happened?
KLAVIER: I–
APOLLO: He shot me in the head and then walked away.
KLAVIER: I needed the points!
APOLLO: Asshole.
The list of businesses dropping the NRA is growing
Dicks isn’t dropping the NRA, it’s better. Following Sandy Hook, they quit selling AR-15 rifles and equivalents at their main stores, only selling them at their specific hunting locations. Now, they’re pulling AR-15s from all stores, they won’t sell guns at all to anyone under the age of 21, they won’t sell high capacity mags or bump stocks, and they’re calling for stricter gun laws to be put in place. That’s about as much as they CAN do, short of not selling guns at all. It won’t help, but I like seeing a company take a moral stand like this for something that will probably cost them money long-term.
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