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A mythical figure

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Triggered by another post I didn't want to hijack: Excalibur. In the legends, Excalibur comes out of a lake (although some versions have Excalibur as the sword in the stone, those are later...the sword Arthur pulls from the stone breaks and he goes to get a better one). From the "Lady of the Lake." Here's the thing. In northern Europe in the Iron Age all the way through to the early Medieval period, most iron came from bog iron. It was hard to smelt, because it was a rather low grade ore, but you didn't have to mine it and it was a renewable resource (in about twenty years you could just come back and get more, because it formed constantly). Meaning that the iron used to make a sword came... out of water. In most fairy stories, fairies don't like iron. So the vision of the Lady as some kind of fairy or elf? Not likely. The idea of her as a druid? Maybe. But what's far more likely is this: The Lady of the Lake was a smith. But.... but... The Celtic deity in charge of smiths and ironworking was Bridget, a goddess. The mystical associations with the Lady would fit with her being a priestess of Bridget...and thus, a smith. IOW, Arthurian people, maybe we should not be visualizing the Lady of the Lake as a slender, graceful woman in a gown... ...but as a jacked smith in an apron.
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Time

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Ok, I actually want to talk about this for a moment.

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[NOTE: This is not original content, it is a repost from a tumblr thread which can be found here.]

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Political commentary through the medium of Justin Bieber

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Two things you should note.

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To be a worm again

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Post: "little girls who go around after it rains arg pick up the worms off the sidewalk and throw them back in the dirt are the cornerstone of our society and we should all strive to have that level of compassion for each other and for the natural world". Reply: "this was written by a grateful worm". Reply: "Aren't we all grateful worms in one way or another"
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New movie idea

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A brief insight into a world where animals vocalize like A brief insight into a world where animals vocalize like Pokémon: Patient: "What's wrong with mee" Doctor: "Well let's take a listen." Muffled voice from inside patient: "Tapeworm": Patient: "What's wrong with me" Doctor: "Well let's take a listen." Muffled voice from inside patient: "Tapeworm"
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Horcruxes IRL

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Happens to the best

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Post: "how does one turn their emotions off". Reply: "Okay so first go to settings" -" I'm a fucking idiot I thought that said emojis at first". Reply: "no, im still willing to try this, go ahead, im at settings, what do next"

But also the worst so i don’t know

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Please make this not happen

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Post: "From now on all my fanfic titles will be worded like click bait YOU WONT BELIEVE HOW THESE ASSHOLES FALL IN LOVE THIS TIME". Reply: "HE AND HIS BEST FRIEND PRETENDED TO MARRIED TO SAVE MONEY ON RENT, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WILL WARM YOUR HEART". Reply: "5 TIMES YOUR OTP DENIED THEY'VE SECRETLY BEEN IN LOVE FOR YEARS AND ONE TIME THEY DIDN'T. THE REASON WHY WILL SHOCK YOU!"
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its a simple solution

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There'll be no frustrations, just friendly crustaceans

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I see what you did there

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just pirated my ethics textbook. was this wrong of me? who's to say. i'll find out soon enough
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Technically correct

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Post: "According To A Survey, Gen Z Is More Likely To Recognise Sonic The Hedgehog Than Shakespeare". Replies: "well yeah how is shakespeare gonna recognize a blue hedgehog when he's dead" - "i have misunderstood the post"
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Seems like a bad deal

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Post: "saw this truscum make a very angry post like "YOU CANT TRADE AND COLLECT GENDER IDENTITIES LIKE POKEMON CARDS" and i think thats a quitter mindset. anyone want to trade genders with me". Reply: "I'll trade you a 'skirt with pockets' and three 'cosmic horrors but in a sexy way' if you give me 2 'blood stained Victorian goth' and a '6'5 intimidating lesbian'"
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Not Controversial

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Full Disclosure Agreement

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A series of Tumblr posts, starting with blogger elexecution saying "they need to invent the opposite of an nda called an fda where u have to tell everyone everything", and users chime in on three different reblogs saying "subpoena", "tumblr", "alcohol" and "war thunder forums".

why is the last one frying me tho 😭

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Save me Sad Boy™, Abs Boy™ and Unique Normal Girl™!

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Wanna buy a(nother) humidifier?

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The wait for the ultimate truth is nearly over.............

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Shoes baby!

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Language and Love, c.1380

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https://www.tumblr.com/youzicha/806821895775387649/glossary-eek-also-and-even-tho-at-the-time-prys?source=share

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Primal Instincts

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Link: https://www.tumblr.com/thechekhov/677861872807067648/people-talk-all-the-time-about-primal-instincts?source=share

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WTF Bronze Guy

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Tumblr link

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It's 200 years later and..... yeah.

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Sometimes it will surprise you

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Not that type of happy ending

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I'm sure it'll be a blast!

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This is why you should respect our vets

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I’d say I’m sorry for the title, but that would imply I was sorry for the title.

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Lesbirb

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Yeah

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This was spawned by the "Gamer" post

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There was a discussion about gaming a day or so ago, and it mentioned “Barbies Horse Adventure”

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