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IME, It is normal (and probably rude, but in the oblivious kind of way) for people to call you by only the first half of your name. (An old teacher of mine actually changed hers to fuse them together so people would stop doing that. XD) Not a lot of people go by two first names, so they’re probably just not expecting it. HOWEVER, it is also normal (and totally polite!) for you to point out your preference. “By the way, I prefer to be called Anne Helene rather than just Anne. Thanks.”

knopperbrister:

It is completely normal in this weird country, though! Promise!

Also, @ everyone pls calm down, I just wanted like one person to say “yeah, that’s kind of weird, but probably not intentional, perfectly fine to point it out” or something like that, not start all this drama.

pls.

Edit: “One people” okay, AH, okay.

AH YES YOU LIVE IN A WEIRD PLACE. XD (just this morning i saw a video on facebook, supposedly about Norway, of someone sliding down a hill in their bathrobe, pants, and regular shoes, sipping their coffee.  i thought of you.) 

SO:  Yes, it’s kind of weird!  Probably not intentional!  You can point it out and that is fine!

😀 (yaaay scripting.)

star-anise:

Today Google is honouring Charles Perrault.

Since i had to be reminded, here’s a friendly reminder that I HATE CHARLES PERRAULT AND EVERYTHING HE STANDS FOR.

Which is, basically, being a guy and sauntering in at the tail end of more than a century of aristocratic women developing a rich aesthetic and literary culture that uses fairy tales to talk in a coded fashion about politics and gender…

Rewriting a lot of those tales to be sexist as fucking fuck…  (Seriously, the moral he appends to Bluebeard is “Curiosity has ruined many a marriage”)

Attributing the tales to an old peasant woman telling stories to children and failing to acknowledge the incredibly educated and refined women* he stole those tales from…

AND THEN BEING PRESENTED AS THE FIGUREHEAD OF THE ENTIRE MOVEMENT.

*Not because the tales would be less awesome if they were authentic peasant stories, which some collected stories are–but Mother Goose effectively obliterates the actual authors Perrault was working from, the precieuses, as role models for female writers.

sizvideos:

Aipoly Vision App helps visually impaired see the world through their smartphone

this is amazing! i am low-vision and could use this when i am travelling

@iatrogenic!!

i was expecting this to be EXTREMELY expensive but actually it’s FREE? can’t wait for the android version, but it does work really well on my ipad (when i remember to turn the sound up). a thing that differentiates SMOOTH MEDICINE BOTTLE A from SMOOTH MEDICINE BOTTLE B, etc!!!

A joke one of my friends told me today

So. Doctor Doom has built a castle which, in order to get inside, you need to break down all its walls. So the Hulk breaks down the first wall rather easily. Drax breaks down the second wall with a little more difficulty, but still with very little effort. The Thing shatters the third wall with impressive strength after weakening it first.
And for the fourth wall, Deadpool simply looks up.
” Am I supposed to be the punchline of this joke? “

The Russo Brothers Would Be Interested In Doing A Black Widow Solo Movie

fyeahmcublackwidow:

Joe Russo: Hell yeah! We love that character

Anthony Russo: And we love Scarlett.

Joe Russo: We find that the character is one of if not the richest character in the Marvel universe. A very complex character, haunted by demons and her understanding of the world is fascinating. I think there is a lot that can be done with that character.

The Russo Brothers Would Be Interested In Doing A Black Widow Solo Movie