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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>Hello, visitor! My name is Sami. I like to knit and sometimes post about that, though mostly I just post fandom stuff—homestuck, 30 Rock, Sherlock, Avengers… I should warn you that I have my share of Big Important Opinions about Things That Matter (social justice is what I’m saying). I guess I should, for the sake of perspective, mention that I am a 16-year-old white straight cisgender teenage girl living in Southern California and I’m not super culturally aware, but I try very hard to keep informed and ask questions when I need to. I guess I ask for your patience. Thank you. Enjoy :)
Derse Dreamer, Sylph of Breath</description><title>I'm Smai</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @smaithesmai)</generator><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>togetsomesleep:

sexweb:

i don’t get str8 men

HE EATS A...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/235745c8c7e4a63e08f107d7ea5e9745/tumblr_mn0db52MyT1qbixxto1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://togetsomesleep.tumblr.com/post/50827324821/sexweb-i-dont-get-str8-men-he-eats-a"&gt;togetsomesleep&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sexweb.tumblr.com/post/50797022523"&gt;sexweb&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;i don’t get str8 men&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;HE EATS A FUCKING POTATO I AM CRYING.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51052965541</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51052965541</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:51:47 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8i0txSsIX1rd1gfxo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51052799214</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51052799214</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:48:07 -0400</pubDate><category>makes my day every time</category><category>collarbones</category><category>ah yes</category></item><item><title>dickfaerie:

my favorite activity is pretending that i can sing
</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dickfaerie.tumblr.com/post/22788638145"&gt;dickfaerie&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;my favorite activity is pretending that i can sing&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51052784860</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51052784860</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:47:47 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>something about institutionalized discrimination and the self-perpetuating nature thereof</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;during the Red Scare, there were a lot of things it was dangerous to be: foreign, poor, an artist, and for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt; reason, gay.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;so, let&amp;#8217;s talk about that reason.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;gay people were super in the closet, and if people knew you were gay, you could be considered an enemy of the state, a danger to society, automatically labelled as a leftist or a spy, and denied work just about anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;that&amp;#8217;s because the soviet union was using gay people as spies, by blackmailing them into sharing state secrets (military intelligence, that sort of thing)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;why could they use this as blackmail? because they knew that it was super dangerous to be gay in the us, and most gay people would do whatever it took to keep that from getting out!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;why was it dangerous to be gay in the us?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;because the us thought you were a spy if you were gay.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;why did they think you were a spy?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BECAUSE THE USSR WAS BLACKMAILING YOU WITH YOUR SEXUALITY&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;WHY DID THEY BLACKMAIL YOU&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BECAUSE THEY KNEW IT WAS DANGEROUS TO BE GAY IN THE US&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;WHY WAS IT DANGEROUS&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;DO YOU SEE WHERE I&amp;#8217;M GOING WITH THIS&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51052740181</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51052740181</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:46:48 -0400</pubDate><category>i'm sorry this got long</category><category>but holy shit</category><category>how did this happen</category><category>how did no one see what was happening and fucking DO something about it????</category></item><item><title>everythingiever:

loveyourchaos:

Toxic (Britney Spears Cover)...</title><description>&lt;iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_51051808974" src="http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51051808974/audio_player_iframe/smaithesmai/tumblr_mlvijuno4c1s8uk73?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fsmaithesmai%2F51051808974%2Ftumblr_mlvijuno4c1s8uk73" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://everythingiever.tumblr.com/post/50974796108" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;everythingiever&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://loveyourchaos.tumblr.com/post/50972427897"&gt;loveyourchaos&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Toxic (Britney Spears Cover) /// Yael Naïm&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Did I reblog this before? It’s super cool.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51051808974</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51051808974</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:27:05 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"You want me to be a tragic backdrop so that you can appear to be illuminated, so that people can say..."</title><description>“You want me to be a tragic backdrop so that you can appear to be illuminated, so that people can say ‘Wow, isn’t he so terribly brave to love a girl who is so obviously sad?’ You think I’ll be the dark sky so you can be the star? I’ll swallow you whole.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Warsan Shire (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rhodic.tumblr.com/"&gt;rhodic&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51051681385</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51051681385</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:24:31 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>typeanomaly:

When you pick up your knitting and accidentally yank the needle out of ALL THE...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://typeanomaly.tumblr.com/post/44718114928/when-you-pick-up-your-knitting-and-accidentally"&gt;typeanomaly&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When you pick up your knitting and accidentally yank the needle out of ALL THE STITCHES.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/4eddce162fa3d7b353ad6eb7af72792a/tumblr_inline_mj94rq3evI1qz4rgp.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51051642278</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51051642278</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:23:43 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>brodingershat:


I don’t really submit things to people, but, I just thought this was a perfect...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://brodingershat.tumblr.com/post/50996761050/i-dont-really-submit-things-to-people-but-i"&gt;brodingershat&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don’t really submit things to people, but, I just thought this was a perfect comparison of you, and your fans.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ayz9MvKI1rqrnlao1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’ve seen the first half of this gif before and I always thought the cat was freaking out- because of that face it makes before it turns, hahaha- but now it looks like it’s giving him a kitty hug.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51051371942</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51051371942</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:18:15 -0400</pubDate><category>this gif is fucking precious omg</category></item><item><title>I want to spend an entire day using onomatopoeia as a means of communication. </title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theknittyditty.tumblr.com/post/51014976856/i-want-to-spend-an-entire-day-using-onomatopoeia-as-a"&gt;theknittyditty&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Leonie, how are you feeling?”&lt;br/&gt; “Squash, woosh, pop, rushhhh.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fucking words that sound like the noises they make, man. I love it!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;related to the word that I only know how to spell because I paid close attention to &amp;#8220;hey arnold&amp;#8221; when I was a kid, is there a word for words that sound like what they mean?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;like, not the sound they make, but what they mean. like, &amp;#8220;slur&amp;#8221;. that sounds like a lazy-ass word that just kinda tumbles out of your mouth. sllllurrrrr. or &amp;#8220;soft&amp;#8221;. or other words like that. do we have a word for that???&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51050969442</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51050969442</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:10:18 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>thenerdfighterkid:

slydig:

tsarbucks:

slydig:

dont be mean 

be median or mode

damn math fandom...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thenerdfighterkid.tumblr.com/post/50796030040/slydig-tsarbucks-slydig-dont-be-mean"&gt;thenerdfighterkid&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://slydig.tumblr.com/post/50767375062/tsarbucks-slydig-dont-be-mean-be-median"&gt;slydig&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tsarbucks.tumblr.com/post/50767315820/slydig-dont-be-mean-be-median-or-mode"&gt;tsarbucks&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://slydig.tumblr.com/post/50767300758/dont-be-mean"&gt;slydig&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;dont be mean &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;be median or mode&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;damn math fandom bloggers&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;shut up we have a good range of jokes&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51050266856</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51050266856</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:57:07 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>hapabap:

like I don’t get why people shit on feminine crafts
like
i saw where there cookies should...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hapabap.tumblr.com/post/51016913777/like-i-dont-get-why-people-shit-on-feminine"&gt;hapabap&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;like I don’t get why people shit on feminine crafts&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;like&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;i saw where there cookies should be, but there were no cookies, so I made some and thus they were&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;i’m taking all this flat stuff and this stringy stuff and i will shape it into three-dimensional objects that will cover my nakedness with fabulousness that i created myself&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;in doing these things, you become mighty&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;you become a GOD.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I saw this great post that went kinda like this, about how knitting rejects societal norms of standardized sizing and how you don&amp;#8217;t have to depend on what society dictates for you to wear because you can make whatever you want to wear, and it basically came down to &amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;m making stuff where I lacked stuff before; it&amp;#8217;s fucking punk rock&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;it&amp;#8217;s fucking punk rock you guys&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51050126084</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51050126084</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:54:38 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a278370f79e8b54f30ebb27209c85a8a/tumblr_mn1t6cxYmA1ql2603o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51049962701</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51049962701</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:51:40 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are..."</title><description>“Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Charlotte Brontë&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Jane Eyre&lt;/em&gt; (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://arpeggia.tumblr.com/"&gt;arpeggia&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51049719980</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51049719980</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:47:22 -0400</pubDate><category>this is a good reason to read jane eyre</category><category>and I will literally loan it to anyone who wants</category><category>as long as they don't mind highlights and notes :P</category><category>but holy fuck do I love this book</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ee921a3d976de296a672dedb878ecd0f/tumblr_mn4vj9rvZN1qa0n48o1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5995013dc00b9dc4fb7799ce219673fe/tumblr_mn4vj9rvZN1qa0n48o2_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ecf83679300e2c92cf759c6bc123959e/tumblr_mn4vj9rvZN1qa0n48o3_r2_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51049436437</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51049436437</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:42:27 -0400</pubDate><category>SHUTTING DOWN YOUR MANIC PIXIE DREAM GIRL SHIT RIGHT HERE</category><category>RIGHT NOW</category><category>GO BUBBLEGUM</category><category>YOU FUCKING ROCK</category><category>i'm so happy this exists though</category><category>if you can't tell</category></item><item><title>arockettopigfarts:

“Dear people who complain about the...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2c22666921811df156254e6e5c15ad91/tumblr_mm91lukBzw1qblec2o2_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://arockettopigfarts.tumblr.com/post/49553643622/dear-people-who-complain-about-the-chemicals"&gt;arockettopigfarts&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Dear people who complain about the chemicals they’re exposed to: &lt;span&gt;EVERYTHING IS CHEMICALS.” -Hank Green&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51048404164</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51048404164</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:25:36 -0400</pubDate><category>can't reblog this enough</category></item><item><title>butasparrow:

touchmypopsicle:


it’s kinda funny how when you get older you start to enjoy the...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://butasparrow.tumblr.com/post/33324496323/touchmypopsicle-its-kinda-funny-how-when-you"&gt;butasparrow&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://touchmypopsicle.tumblr.com/post/33314057708/its-kinda-funny-how-when-you-get-older-you-start"&gt;touchmypopsicle&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;it’s kinda funny how when you get older you start to enjoy the things you hated as a kid like taking naps and getting spanked&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;the second one was kind of unexpected&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;but no one is disagreeing &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51048381997</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51048381997</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:25:14 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>trustisforfools:

mrspiritual:

musicalpandas:

gainingconfidence...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/36b744899241c9f1190714dac682dc23/tumblr_mmpprijo8d1r10d9po1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://trustisforfools.tumblr.com/post/50380240494/mrspiritual-musicalpandas"&gt;trustisforfools&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mrspiritual.tumblr.com/post/50380000864/musicalpandas-gainingconfidencexo"&gt;mrspiritual&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://musicalpandas.tumblr.com/post/50351035743/gainingconfidencexo-havocados-emorenita"&gt;musicalpandas&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gainingconfidencexo.tumblr.com/post/50346196183/havocados-emorenita-why-arent-these-being"&gt;gainingconfidencexo&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://havocados.tumblr.com/post/50335434124/emorenita-why-arent-these-being-reblogged-more"&gt;havocados&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://emorenita.tumblr.com/post/50332992820/why-arent-these-being-reblogged-more-often-i"&gt;emorenita&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;why aren’t these being reblogged more often?&lt;br/&gt;i rather see these than “keys in hand”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fatality&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Umm so since I’m stupid could someone kindly explain each step for me like step 3 am i head butting him in the face or the chest? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think it depends on the height of the person, but I suppose the head is a more effective target. I hope this helps :)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Step 1: Step back the moment he reaches for you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Step 2: Duck!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Step 3: Head butt him in the chin. It’s very important that it is the chin and not the chest because it is much more uncomfortable and disorienting to have your teeth bang together especially if it cuts his tongue (which it will if it is in the way). More than likely height won’t matter. He will be leaning forward from the missed attempt at grabbing you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Step 4: Knee him in the balls.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Step 5: When he doubles over, jab him on his back. I believe at the base of the neck just above the shoulder blades would be best. I’m not an expert, but this seems like the best place, imo.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Step 6: Don’t lose contact. Bring your other hand over and slam your hands against the sides of his heads as hard as possible. Right on the ears is the best place; it is extremely disorienting if done correctly. Then take his head and bring it down on your knee as you bring your knee up. It’s very important that you avoid the nose because if you knee his nose it will definitely break and more than likely the bones will stab his brain killing him, so aim for his mouth instead.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Step 7: Keep your knee up and bring your foot out to kick him over. Personally, I don’t like the image because it looks like she kicked him with her toes. You do not want to do that. Instead kick him with the ball or heel of your foot and put power behind it with a push.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Step 8: He is on the ground. You could probably stop here and he would get the picture, but if you really want to…Your leg is still in the air from the kick. With all your force slam the edge of your your heel on his side. It will be more effective if you lower your body first by bending at the knee of the leg your weight is on. Done right, you can break a rib or two.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;reblogging again for that^&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;for the record, boxing the ears (step  6) is a really good way to win a fight. it’s disorienting, it’s relatively easy to do and hard to block (because people aren’t normally thinking about it) and you could cause temporary deafness, which is gonna slow their reaction time (you could also cause permanent deafness in one or both ears, but I’m talking short term)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;although if you’ve already reached step 6, you’re probably pretty good to go&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51048275784</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51048275784</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:23:30 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>fishingboatproceeds:

bbc-bestbromancecompany:

Nerdfighter...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/68a7f506341fbfac48fd7119894001e9/tumblr_mn6g9uVZJb1s3dd6ho1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com/post/51039991381/bbc-bestbromancecompany-nerdfighter-benedict"&gt;fishingboatproceeds&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bbc-bestbromancecompany.tumblr.com/post/51037544181/nerdfighter-benedict-or-just-failed-vulcan"&gt;bbc-bestbromancecompany&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Nerdfighter Benedict? Or just failed Vulcan?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, there are eight possibilities here. (I’ve spent a fair bit of time thinking about this.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1. Benedict Cumberbatch is a hardcore nerdfighter and when Martin Freeman threw up a gang sign, Cumberbatch was like, “I have one of those.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2. Cumberbatch, who obviously has a relationship with Star Trek, just naturally changed the Vulcan sign (pulling in the thumbs, turning the palms inward, crossing the arms) in precisely the same way that I happened to change the Vulcan sign when I first made the nerdfighter sign in the halcyon days of 2007.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3. One of the interns on set who has gained the trust of Benedict Cumberbatch was like, “If you do your hands like this, the Internet will get really excited.” And so he did.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4. BBC, in their infinite wisdom, staged the entire photo and Cumberbatch was taught the nerdfighter sign (I MEAN LOOK AT THE PERFECTION OF HIS NERDFIGHTER SIGN! He seems so comfortable and confident in it, almost as if it is muscle memory, almost as if he has flashed it to his laptop screen on hundreds of occasions in the past, but I digress) and this photograph was staged to get people psyched for Sherlock, although what tiny segment of nerdfighteria is not already psyched for Sherlock? Also, if this is the case, who is Martin Freeman trying to advertise to? Residents of the West Side?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5. Benedict Cumberbatch has a relative or a friend who is a nerdfighter and so he is passingly familiar with nerdfighteria and liked what he has seen and wanted to make us all very happy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;6. The nerdfighter sign also happens to be the hand sign of some obscure English gang with which I am unfamiliar called like The East London Wanderers or The Slightly Intimidating Liverpudlians or whatever.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;7. Nerdfighteria actually figures in the plot of the new season of Sherlock. Perhaps a nerdfighter has been (wrongly no doubt!) accused of a murder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;8. Benedict Cumberbatch was playing some kind of British version of Rock Paper Scissors against two invisible opponents, and he went double scissors (as any smart person would).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51047887789</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51047887789</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:17:15 -0400</pubDate><category>john green gets down to it</category></item><item><title>Why aren't more people freaking out about the new Venezuelan labor law?</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mynameiswells.tumblr.com/post/51045887183/why-arent-more-people-freaking-out-about-the-new"&gt;mynameiswells&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://monetizeyourcat.tumblr.com/post/50974561250/why-arent-more-people-freaking-out-about-the-new"&gt;monetizeyourcat&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dancepunksnotdead.tumblr.com/post/50973508350/why-arent-more-people-freaking-out-about-the-new"&gt;dancepunksnotdead&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;You know, the one that gives housewives/full-time mothers a pension— &lt;strong&gt;wages for housework?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It’s &lt;strong&gt;ONLY A HUGE VICTORY FOR FEMINISM, SOCIALISM, AND WOMEN OF COLOR&lt;/strong&gt;. Not a big deal or anything. Tumblr is mysteriously silent about this.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/venezuelas-new-labour-law-best-mothers-day-gift"&gt;&lt;a href="http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/venezuelas-new-labour-law-best-mothers-day-gift"&gt;http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/venezuelas-new-labour-law-best-mothers-day-gift&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;holy shit!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;you guys socialism is a good thing&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;about the “women of color” thing, though&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;i mean, like, yes, most of the people benefiting from this will be women of color in the sense that they are not white.  but most of the people in venezuela are, y’know, latin@, so i guess it doesn’t make sense to me to call them women of color?  if the majority of people benefiting from a law made in venezuela were not what we in the us would call people of color, that would be horrifying.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;it just seems a little us-centric, y’know?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;ok yeah a little, idk&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;but still, that&amp;#8217;s badass! go venezuela! :D&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51047535651</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/51047535651</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:11:44 -0400</pubDate><category>when I see things like</category><category>new labor laws</category><category>i get a little worried that it's gonna be bad news</category><category>but this is awesome!</category></item><item><title>theknittyditty:

smaithesmai:

march-tember-one-teenth:

musicdem...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6f919df087800127b0fa13e6215c689b/tumblr_mn2yyyYvIW1qm340wo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7730997b424d016ad717ffaa920eb635/tumblr_mn2yyyYvIW1qm340wo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theknittyditty.tumblr.com/post/50969014491/smaithesmai-march-tember-one-teenth"&gt;theknittyditty&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/50960725372/march-tember-one-teenth-musicdemon8-omg-so"&gt;smaithesmai&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://march-tember-one-teenth.tumblr.com/post/50941140846/musicdemon8-omg-so-pretty-thats-my-baby"&gt;march-tember-one-teenth&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://musicdemon8.tumblr.com/post/50888185938/omg-so-pretty"&gt;musicdemon8&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;omg so pretty.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;That’s my baby sister and her boy who actually can’t keep his head on his neck&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tag" href="http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/what%27s-up-with-that"&gt;#what’s up with that&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(I know right?)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Oh my god, Sami, you look so gorgeous! Both dresses are stunning! Ahhhh!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pretty pretty!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;omg :D thank youuuuuuu&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/50969403155</link><guid>http://smaithesmai.tumblr.com/post/50969403155</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:57:35 -0400</pubDate><category>eeeeee nice things</category></item></channel></rss>
