cryoverkiltmilk:

squeeful:

ineptshieldmaid:

marzipanandminutiae:

feels-for-the-fictional:

satanpositive:

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.

runningmanoutofcontext:

RM Would You Rather

  • Would you rather play name tag elimination or hide and seek with bells?
  • Have the winner get a prize or have the loser get a penalty?
  • Get a water bomb punishment or no lunch?
  • Play games on the acupuncture mat or on the mud flats?
  • Participate in the New Years cooking battle or play in the Dream Cup?
  • Let your fate be decided by the roulette wheel or by pop up pirate?
  • Go in the Cage of Death or on the Nevis Swing?
  • Visit the Haunted House in Japan or ride the cable car in Indonesia?
  • Get a forehead slap or clothespins on your face?
  • Have a love line with KJK or Kwang Soo?
  • Have a love line with Ji Hyo or Somin?
  • Stay loyal to your team or betray everyone to win?

graceful-manatee:

noctisluciscaelumcxiv:

Hey, anyone else do a sort lf thing where they infodump…to themselves? Like, u want to infodump to someone. But there’s no around/the people around will ignore or get mad at you so you just go over a the knowledge about whatever it is in your head? Or out loud? Like for example, I’d like to infodump about Earthbound. My friend is at work, my family will get mad/ignore me. So i am just going over all the things i know about the game but in my head. Anyone else do this? I do it ALOT.

I do this all the time. I usually say it aloud though……. and with an accent……