Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

honestly i get even more steamed about split infinitives because it's a stupid rule that does not apply to english and should not have EVER been applied to english in the first place BECAUSE IT'S A RULE FROM LATIN *THAT LATIN DOESN'T EVEN FOLLOW*

ultimately, if it's good enough for wild bill shakes, and if it's commonly used and understood by modern writers, it's good enough for me.

and if you see anyone kvetching about it, dear fediverse, make relentless fun of them. "oh you're too good for Shakespeare now are you? going to mark up Hamlet for being ungrammatical?"

stay tuned for more of my """""utterly daring"""""" english major opinions that include shit like "a split infinitive is fine actually"

and what always gets me about these stick-up-their-own-ass types is that even if they go purely with the idea that the english language is immutable and we must not change it in modernity... they're always hoist by their own petard. https://nyulocal.com/shakespeare-used-the-singular-they-and-so-should-you-6452240ca9e0

of course i'd love it if the english language had an elegant third person singular neutral pronoun, but english ain't latin. and we have been using 'they' in this role for centuries.

even if the claims that shakespeare invented these words are drastically overstated, he still was the first person to use many of these in literature that survives. so even giving wild bill shakes as little influence as possible, he was still making the conscious choice to include words that hadn't made it into common use of written english yet. (in other words, it's probable he was 'canonizing' terms invented by/used by lower classes into the realm of the upper-class.)

i feel like all of the people who view the english language as immutable and get really stick-up-their-ass about it also are likely to hold shakespeare in the greatest of esteem

which is ironic, because shakespeare is very clearly of the opposite opinion wrt mutability of the english language

i mean he gave us newfangled terms like 'eyeball'. and 'newfangled'.

i hope that the ghost of ol' wild billy shakes* greets every single person who says "they is singular" in the afterlife and immediately challenges them to a no-holds-barred beatdown

*william shakespeare

snapping turtles are VALID to eat fingers

i figure it's time i put something back in the meme economy

i made this beautiful piece of art in #splatoon2 and then the game promptly ate it after i shared it on twitter (alas)

me a few days ago: have... have i lost my mojo? am i doomed to be bad at #splatoon2 forever??? i guess there is nothing to do, but single player, and tears,

me now, after being in first place for team contributions for a good 6 game streak or so, team winning the majority of those games: NEVER MIND WE'RE GOOD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz8_ZePCTqM YOU PUT THE LIME IN THE COCONUT

that #spoonie feeling of staring down a twitching muscle like you're a lion tamer until it quits its shit

I SEE YOU, coracobrachialis, QUIT THAT.

why is "songs that shouldn't be covered as jazzy lounge music, covered as jazzy lounge music" such a compelling genre https://youtu.be/_NWeKB8n7qw

@maple thank you so much for being on top of things <3

i'm glad it's a known entity at least, and i'm glad they are now duly blocked!

back to pondering primers for sensitive skin so i can up my makeup game instead

the main focus seems to be 'blurring' or 'pore minimizing' and i have already just accepted i have pores the size of texas. there ain't gonna be no silicones big enough to spackle them over and if i try i will just end up having a hideous breakout 😩

"ah let's see what's on the federated timeline today... nsfw? doesn't sound too bad -"

...

"okay, that's a child that you have just drawn posed sexy in bed naked. that is a prepubescent child. let me just report that to the mods real quick aaaand maybe let's not see what the fediverse is up to right this moment huh"

also if grim fandango is on the switch

monkey island on switch when?????????????

listen grim fandango is also a good time but monkey island is just a tiny bit better don't at me it's facts.