Sorry everyone. "The Game" is something many of us played and only succeeded in losing, and now it's time to once again take up that heavy mantle of failure. When one Tumblr user asked what the hell all this game losing was about, another was compelled to explain the burden so many of us live with the this day. For more Tumblr, here are various Tumblr gems to keep the day moving.
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An ekans doesn't seem nearly as imposing when it looks like it could crawl out of a tailpipe. Many of us grew up with the global phenomenon of Pokémon searing its mark into our childhoods, and a lot of time has been lost on those games for good reason. This Tumblr Thread explains how the Pokémon probability system is madness. Also, here's a thread on why Mr. Mime is the creepiest Pokémon.
It starts out really making sense, then you're like all right this is getting extreme? Then upon closer inspection, possibly by employing your crackerjack critical thinking skills you read the username and you're like "oh." The creative minds of Tumblr never stop, leading to some totally random, funny and bizarre Tumblr nuggets.
So it started with a goofy observation on ants getting your attention, and then someone gave it some more thought and re-characterized this whole thing as you taking on the God role in an ant war. A simple story prompt or small idea can spin into a whole thing, like this Tumblr thread about wildlife fighting off an alien invasion or this short story about lies making scars. For short bursts of creative weirdness here a bunch of Tumblr gems to keep the day moving.
A limited knowledge of animals and a well timed photo can send the wrong message, and this person is here to explain why it's probably not as sad as it looks. For more people enlightening other people on how animals actually work, here's a thread on farm animals that takes a dark turn.
Leave it to Tumblr to ask incredibly specific questions about the world of Star Trek and then rationalize the living hell out of them. It's kind like the time Tumblr had questions about gay Klingons. Tumblr asks interesting questions that make for good sci fi, like this thread about an alien invasion fought off by wildlife.
Apparently Assassin 33 AD just came out and it has a few people confused. Honestly, it's extremely hard to tell from the reviews and trailers if this is some low budget goofball satire, weird fundamentalist propaganda or an ill-fated sci-fi christian fever dream. Laura Robinson gives an interesting account on the film.
Tumblr gets itself into some interesting rabbit holes regarding the mating habits of fictional creatures, like this Tumblr thread that asks the hard questions about centaurs. Tumblr never runs out of sci-fi concepts and questions, which result in some pretty creative threads like this one about how humans are durable space orcs.
What started as a quarantine buddy with a silly name developed into a hen relationship. If only love stories in our own lives could be so straightforward. For some more stuff about animals, here's a funny list of all the animals one Tumblr user's grandpa brought home.
Oliver Clegg's assertion isn't far off from the real world. Study anything, be it food, sports or apparently the arcane and you start to become a nauseating douche about it. People get creative with wizard stuff all the time, like this short and sweet Tumblr thread on a wizard IT guy. For a wholesome one, here's a thread about a guy's grandma who fell in love with d&d while battling cancer.
The Doncaster Council narrated a thread on the infamous Oregon whale explosion of 1970, and how it's a good example on why it's a good idea to listen to experts, especially in times like these. For some more weird history, here's a tumblr thread that makes history fun.
If you've ever seen a cat look at you with longing or desperate hatred in its eyes for the simple act of not petting it so much or only feeding it as much as usual, you'll get what this Tumblr thread is on about. Here are some Tumblr comedy gems to keep the day moving, as well as more nuggets of gold from Tumblr's busy brains.
When it comes to inside jokes among countries, it's actually fairly common to have a running gag about a town or place that doesn't exist. Tumblr hatches nuggets of gold from its busy brains, like this tumblr thread that makes history fun.
Twitter user melmadara led everyone down memory lane with a powerfully nostalgic thread. Anyone near an elementary school somewhere around the 90s will remember the smelly jerseys, stressful multiplication tables, and fruitlessly attempting to use a recorder. For more, here are some nostalgic memes for the 80s and 90s kids as well as some funny 90s life hacks.
These tumblr users are right, in just a few years, these are gonna make absolutely no sense, so I guess buy now. Tumblr users crafts some nuggets of gold from time to time, but sometimes the format can turn something like doing basic math into a brain cell losing battle. The cacophony of memery seen here is chaotic, but it at least makes some sense for now.
Tumblr discussions have the tendency to rewrite things you felt were pretty well defined, and add some creativity into the mix. With a group of people with so much time on their hands and an interest in animals, you end up with stuff like like this Tumblr thread on how cats became domesticated. For some goofy animal creation jokes, here are funny tweets about god making animals.
