life-without-buildings:

ikenbot:

jtotheizzoe:

climateadaptation:

These channels are failing the spirit of conservationism and education. They are failing inspiring awe in young people. Failing much needed inspiration in a very confused and conflicted world.

These shows are failing their core values, their main purpose, which is leadership in environmentalism and cultural education. Far worse, they are failing millions of young people - millions - who look up to them.

Please join me in asking Discovery, Animal Planet, and the History Channels to stop, apologize, and correct.

That’s an important read up there, folks. These “reality” shows are feeding an outdated and unscientific view of predator species. These are channels founded on principles of education and conservation (TLC, of course, left the building years ago). Are they willing to sacrifice that for what appears to be gratuitous bloodsport?

Like any media, you can vote with your eyeballs. And if you support any kind of rights for wild animals and natural spaces, you can not support these programs. If the account above is true, shame on these networks.

It speaks to part of a larger issue with nature films. The amazing footage we see in shows like Africa, Planet Earth, and Frozen Planet is rarely the result of serendipity. It involves years of careful research and preparation to maximize the chances of capturing nature’s majesty on camera, and what is captured is highly edited to create story, drama and emotion. These are uniquely human interests, and nature doesn’t include them in her original script.

That’s not to say we are being fleeced all the time. People like Sir David Attenborough take these concerns very seriously, and constantly strive to find the balance between entertainment and true nature in every varying instance. What we watch is real. But is it REAL?

I wonder how many people realize that, for instance, the famous polar bear birth scene from Frozen Planet was filmed in a zoo? Disney’s adorable Chimpanzee movie was not a documentary, but rather spliced together to create an emotional tale of adoption. Jason Goldman put together a great collection of opinions on the matter.

How far can we take allowances to deliver good edutainment before we are delivering bad science? The “reality” shows surely fail the test. But the others? What do you think?

Damn, I mean considering these are the same dudes putting out irrelevant series after another it feels like their purpose is to flood the brains of anyone watching with mindless, pointless bullshit.. this comes to no surprise. Still pretty damn fucked up though.

i’ve seen these shows and it’s not an exaggeration. “Yukon Men” especially shows the killing of a lot of animals per episode, including wolves. The one with the snakes isn’t much better either.

They really are horrifying shows and they air like a run of the mill reality show.

And i work with those goddamn channels, i get to see the shows whether i like it or not. Fuck.

vintageanchorbooks:

An anonymous novel written on the walls of an abandoned house in Chongqing, China (2012)

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buzzfeed:

You can change the direction this train is moving just by thinking about it.

WOAH

i am totally pretending to be magneto

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this is the best

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i’m gonna reblog this again cause damn, i love how they make shapes so strictly and so… flowy? i don’t know, it’s impressive

the whole project:

blemobill:

Dracarys !!!

oh damn!

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funkalmighty:

wnyc:

During a ceremony at the end of yesterday’s Chelsea match, the crowd got adorably distracted by the son of one of the players making an epic run on goal. The delayed double-fist-pump is the best.

oh my god :3

ok this is adorable!

sydney-rakestraw:

twicetheallonsy:

makiba:

quilted-dreams:

makiba:

teaandcrumpets:

sakura-memories:

2spooky4myshirt:

maybeokaywillbeouralwayss:

agentmargaretcarters:

apparently i don’t

omg what does that even say?

dubstep

????

Okay so money or something PS or please don’t believe there is a generation d/c? between them and their teen.

What is d/c?

In gaming dc is short for disconnect.

“mnE Ps don’t believe there is a generation disconnection between them and their teen”? 

OH!! Many parents(meanie parents?) don’t believe there is a generation disconnection between them and their teen.

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WE DID IT!  
 

good work tumblr

Tumblr speaks teen. Just barely.

okay this was fascinating, i’m ashamed to admit that when i got “many” (after i read the half translation) i shouted MANY!! at my screen

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71nd:

My own personal skin screen print designed by taxis, in a few hours get yours at taf

oh yeah this is going on at taf go people go go go!

dudepubes:

http://dudepubes.tumblr.com/ http://dudegif.tumblr.com/

dudepubes

dudepubes

i’m telling you, i see the best tumblr urls from ilikelookingatnakedmen

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slenclerman:

eat-draw-write:

theamericankid:

I applaud anyone with that much patience as I myself, have none.

With this. I can’t even. 

wtf man i cant even sharpen a pencil right

this will never get old

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bedquest:

dear fucking tumblr

this is a fucking bumblebee

this is a fucking bee

this is a fucking hornet

this is a fucking wasp

as you can fucking see the longer their legs are and the less fuzzy they are is equivalent to how fucking evil they fucking are

the fuckin wasp is made to sting :O

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z1c:

being 20+ on tumblr

i’m 30+ screw you young’uns you have no idea how this makes me feel, i’m sobbing inside :’)

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