deaconsrecallcode: I literally thought this was a post making...

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deaconsrecallcode:

I literally thought this was a post making fun of some weird ass ad but no it’s an actual weird ass ad on my dash
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jimtheviking: Oh my… Okay, so my friend Chloe

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jimtheviking:

Oh my…

Okay, so my friend Chloe just pointed this out, and it’s amazingly accurate:

“Because of the scarcity of Dwarf-women, their secrecy and similarity in appearance to males, and their lack of mention, many Men failed to recognize their existence.”

Okay, so?

Well, Tolkien was a philologist, and a Norsist, and that means he knew Völuspá well enough to pull the names of every dwarf from Dvergatal and he had a pretty firm grasp Old Norse grammar.

In fact, he grasped it well enough that he knew if you dropped an n from a name ending in -inn, it changes from the masculine definite enclitic to the feminine.

Well, what the hell does any of this mean?

Well, I give you the names of the Dwarves from the Hobbit, as they appear in Dvergatal (stanzas 14-16) and in the order they appear:

Dvalins,* Dáinn, Bívurr, Bávurr, Bömburr, Nóri, Óinn, Þorinn, Þráinn, Fíli, Kíli,  Glóinn, Dóri, Óri

Now, in the Hobbit, they’re named as follows:

Dwalin, Dáin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Nori, Óin, Thorin, Thráin, Fíli, Kíli, Glóin, Dori, Ori.

Now, you notice something with the way those names got changed? That’s right, he changed the masculine -inn definite suffix to -in, which is feminine.**

That means that, at least grammatically, Dwalin, Dáin, Thorin, Thráin, and Glóin are female Dwarves.

Since we know Tolkien was meticulous about his grammar, this was done most likely as an in-joke (lol we’re so learnèd about Norse grammar that my comment on Dwarf women being indistinguishable from men is hilarious because of this grammatical funniness)

But there’s a not-inconceivable chance that the Dwarves were using the masculine pronouns in Westron because that’s what the Men who met them used, despite the fact that a third of the company was female, and hey, it’s kinda neat to think he wrote a bunch of Dwarf-ladies going on an adventure.

*-ins is the masculine Genitive definite article suffix in Old Norse

**He also dropped the double-r suffix, but -r as the root is still, in general, a masculine grammatical feature
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notactuallyherenotreally:

haussofkm:

mockeryd:

Dog: I AM SORRY BABY HUMAN! DO NOT CRY ANYMORE! i SHALL BRING YOU MORE TOYS

The cutest thing ever.

is no one gonna mention how it gives the kid a playstation controller?

like ‘here small human, this makes the big humans happy. i am sorry please stop crying’

dogs are so pure like ???????
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rosy-lenses:

reasonsmysoniscrying:

(Looking at Pokémon cards)

8yo: “Will you trade me for my Pussyduck?”

6yo: “No thank you, I’ve already got a Pussyduck.”

Me: “Guys? Um. Somebody want to spell that one out for me?”

8yo: “P-S-Y-D-U-C-K. Pussyduck.”

Me: “I see. Well, we’re gonna go ahead and call that guy ‘SIGH-duck. SIGH-duck.”

whats new pussyduck

after about six or seven whats new pussyduck drop in one it’s natu unusual
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captainpoe:

Negasonic Teenage Warhead and her girlfriend Yoiki
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weakmoves:damn tomorrow is 4/20 y'all about to be annoying

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weakmoves:

damn tomorrow is 4/20 y'all about to be annoying
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korkrunchcereal:

kenkit:

planesexualpilot:

tsuvorite:

smokedankmemes:

An elderly woman plays GTA V

OH MY FUCKING GOD

(( IT’S EVEN BETTER BECAUSE SHE’S BRITISH ))

OH. MY. GOD.

Lmao 

Wankers! Wankers! Wankers!

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randathepanda:

comet0ne:

Found it on 4chan

i was screaming bc of the cat at first

and then i turned on the audio

and my mind imploded on itself

Please turn on the sound.
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brookietf:

humorstar:

cr: @thepigeongazette

I WAS READY TO CRY

I swear to god I was about to chuck my phone.
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thepigeongazette:oh god not the hamster too

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thepigeongazette:

oh god not the hamster too
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elevenlondon:

Never shame a man for his tears.

or his genuine feelings.

i always encourage whoever I’m talking to to actually talk to me on a deep level.

Men need emotional support just as much as women do.
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Talking with writers online

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insomination:

alwaysboth:

elexuscal:

Their stories: Amazing grammar, soaring vocabulary, beautiful imagery and prose which flows like a river.

In chats: no capitalisation or punctuation, swears like a sailor, misspellings everywhere, acronyms and abbreviations every five words, idek

#listen #listen do u know how much braining it takes to make the words go? #it is a lot #it’s like wearing fancy clothes all day #and then when you’re at home and comfy #u just put on ur pj’s ( @feynites)

I have never related to a statement more than “do you know how much braining it takes to make words go?”
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cathugging: yzghuldar: mingpicket: kink: deleting

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yzghuldar:

mingpicket:

kink: deleting someone’s pointless comment by reblogging the post from the same person they did

I mean, that’s censorship but okay.

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gaysun:wlw don’t consume gay content in the same

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gaysun:

wlw don’t consume gay content in the same way that straight girls do and I’m tired of people acting like we do, it’s literally just that lesbian and bi women representation is so much rarer than representation of gay men and we’re so fucking desperate to see ourselves and y'all have the audacity to accuse us of fetishizing you because we find comfort in mlm content because it’s just about the only gay content out there and p.s @ mlm please consume and support the rare wlw content that does exist because I’m tired of seeing us have to find ourselves in mlm content meanwhile y'all can’t be bothered to even try to relate to a woman
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the-galaxy-system:

Trans men who are okay with their children calling them any variation of “mom” are valid.

Trans women who are okay with their children calling them any variation of “dad” are valid.

Nb people who are okay with being called the typical gendered parent names are valid.
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anarcho-dragonitism:

can we stop saying that words like dumb and stupid are ableist slurs or ableist language please I’m autistic and that’s just… not what the fuck a slur is bye

A slur is when a word’s principal colloquial usage is intended to target a certain group in a violent manner and stupid and dumb are used in relation to disability like 0.1% of the time. It’s almost always referring to people who say shit completely out of their lane and realm of expertise and it’s actually useful language. It’s like, I’ve been called disgusting for being gay b4 but disgusting is mainly intended to refer to other stuff and it’s not homophobic to use it in a context that has nothing to do with gay ppl. Tired of seeing ppl getting hassled over insulting an idea using the only language that can describe the negative quality of the idea. Like, guys. R***rded is a slur. Stupid and dumb are not damn slurs.

I’m Autistic and Schizophrenic and I think both ND and NT ppl should reblog this if they want
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