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Interesting Theory

I’m linking not reblogging b/c I’m not sure how to put the original under the cut for spoiler purposes. But this is super interesting. Major spoilers for Storm of Swords and Feast For Crows

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Dear HBO Store,

Sell Renly’s crown as a ring. I will buy it.

cosmo tip #256

expertcosmotips:

next time he wants to roleplay make it into a larp session and CUT HIS FUCKING HEAD OFF

We’re walking down the aisle to the theme from that movie. Appropriate for a gay wedding, no?

Awesome! It had a great score.

Finally Saw Beginners Last Night

It was really good. If you haven’t seen it yet, see it.

Some people just don’t know how to stand on a train

scoldylox:

ailatansmindpalace:

donnapirana:

People just stand with their feet close together and cling to the poles or the ceiling or the walls for dear life. They just don’t seem to grasp that you have to plant your feet like you’re on a surfboard, so that your weight shifts from one foot to the other when the train accelerates and decelerates.

And you know who does this WAY more often than annoying tourists who have never seen a mass transit system? Young douchey guys in suits. Dudes who clearly think that their jobs are soooooooooo important, who view themselves as up and coming Washington power players, but who can’t seem to grasp the basic physics of standing on a moving vehicle. Sometimes I want to enlighten them, but most of the time I just want to see them fall on their faces.

That’s the people that will land on you when the train stops abruptly.

I want a list of proper behaviour for standing up in crowded places and sitting down in mass transit.

• Just because you got on the train doesn’t mean the rest of us did. Move forward or we won’t be able to get onto it.
• Remove backpack but don’t leave your stuff on the floor. Sometimes it’s so crowded you can’t see the floor and trip on some idiot’s gym bag.
• We are all annoyed to be here, no one does this for sport. Please refrain from loud sighing, “tsk”, or just being all “ouch, it’s crowded”. Stoicisim, people.
• If you want to listen to music, put earphones on. I never want to listen to other people’s crap music.
• If reading, maybe a bradsheet isn’t the greatest idea.
• When sittting down, dudes do not get a pass because they own balls. Balls will shift to their own position, close your damn legs and sit properly. Taking up all the room isn’t Ok.
• When your close to someone sitting down, remember you have a bag/backpack/shopping bag and don’t casually lean it on that person’s shoulder.

Feel free to add some more.

I bolded the two most important to me. See also:

• On a crowded train, do not lean against a pole. All the people around you need that pole to hold on to, and unless you want them furrowing their hands in around your back, you leaning on the pole is a way of taking the entire pole for yourself.
• Come on. Scoot over to the window side of the seat when the train’s crowded and you’re the only one in that 2-seater. Sitting on the aisle, with the window seat empty while people are writhing around you? Douche. Bag.
• That first bullet up there? Applies to escalators as well. Just because you made it safely to the top or bottom of the moving stairs does not mean you can stand there acting like a dope figuring out where you need to go. Move to the side so there isn’t a catastrophic pile-up behind you.

All good. And re: Scoldy’s last bullet point New York City needs to start a See Something, Say Something level campaign for Stand on the Right, Walk on the Left. It’s just not really done here.