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My pediatrist ordered me to “aggressively stretch” my hamstrings and calves (meaning to do safe stretches 3-4 times a day) and less than a week later I can’t touch my toes yet but I can already reach like 3 inches lower on my leg. It’s almost like stretching actually does something when you remember to do it. Weird.
What’s worked for me so far at the advice of my doctor is looking up a lot of different kinds of stretches and how to do them safely and just doing the appropriate one for the situation I’m in when I remember to do it.
Like if I happen to be sitting on the floor, there’s certain stretches I can just do for a minute while I’m down there. If I’m chatting with someone next to a coffee table or a bench, there’s stretches I can do with a slightly elevated surface. If I’m next to a wall, there’s certain stretches I can do while leaning on a wall or a chair. If I’m sitting on the couch, there’s stretches made to do on a couch or a bed.
And I’m finally remembering to stretch. Because I can stretch anywhere.
I also stretch like this. Me and my boyfriend tend to watch netflix while eating meals together, and once the food is finished but the episode isn’t, I start stretching in my seat. So occssionally he’ll look over to me and I’m sitting there like
I’m at a sociology conference and just attended a memorial for one of the giants of our field, and one of the panelists told this story…he was at a meeting with this guy, who he got his PhD under and had a long standing relationship with, and he was bemoaning the current state of the world, and he asked this old professor, “how can you be so optimistic? I can’t ever be anything but a pessimist.”
and the old professor said, “you little fucker, I’m going to make a statement and then I’m going to take you out to the parking lot and beat your ass. What good does your pessimism do?”
and that really struck me. not the least because I also knew this old professor and he very rarely swore, so I know this was something he was really worked up about. what good does your pessimism do? What GOOD does your pessimism DO. I’ll be thinking about that for awhile.
imagine one of those country songs that’s all “no more women I’m in love with my truck” but as the song progresses it becomes increasingly clear that the lyrics are describing a literal gay relationship with Optimus Prime
Great moments in corporate synergy: Disney released their Super Bowl ad imagining what the world would be like without Iconic Disney Moments and it included a single Disney animated film. Frozen obviously. Otherwise it’s entirely films made by companies they bought and one live action remake. “Remember when Disney brought you Star Wars” and it’s the original and no. Bc they very much did not bring us that one
There’s two things here. For one it’s weird how Hollywood’s baffling distaste for animation has spread to Disney now. But also the way they retroactively claim things they bought were not just made by them, but are core aspects of their identity.
Without Disney, would Star Wars exist? And like. Yes. There are three trilogies of films and the two best-liked were not made by Disney. But now “Disney Took You to a Galaxy Far, Far Away” is A Thing. We all remember that right. We all remember when Disney gave us Star Wars (the 1977 one and not Rise of Skywalker & the Star Wars Hotel)
Marvel was bought by Disney earlier but: the first phase of the MCU, so everything up to The Avengers, wasn’t made by Disney. It was made by Marvel themselves, and then they entered into distribution deals with various studios (mainly Paramount, one by Universal). Anyway now Disney brought you Marvel. It’s one of the main things they brought you, remember? Look at this clip from The Avengers (a film already in production that Disney bought out the distribution rights for when they bought Marvel). That’s what people think of when they think of Disney: Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, Hulu, and live action remakes
Tbh the actual worst moment of “Disney has always been responsible for the exciting IP ‘war with Eastasia’” synergy was when Disney bought Fox and they started retroactively calling Anastasia a Disney movie
You know that movie everyone in 1997 & for decades afterward had to keep explaining wasn’t a Disney movie? There’s now official Disney anniversary merch of it
OMG- my sister was complaining of this!
We were on a very long car trip, that occasionally meant swapping drivers so another person could nap, and the only thing we could agree on for music that would keep the driver awake but wasn’t super annoying for backseat napper was “Disney Radio on SiriusXM.”
We sang to classics, laughed at the newer stuff while someone (me- *cough cough*) explained where the hell it was from, and generally had a good time.
The Cantina Bar Theme from Star Wars came on. My sister was so irritated.
“It’s not their music! They are just claiming it because they own the company! That music is Lucas music!”
She was also mad that it listed THE great “John Williams” as “J. Williams and orchestra.”
There was room on that screen to put his whole name and the name of the orchestra, people! They chose not to.
Anyways, that happened a few more times with other pieces of music, and it became a running joke. “It’s another one! That one isn’t yours Disney! You can’t claim that one!”
Like- we were making a joke about them “claiming” things just because they played the famous music on their radio station. But apparently they are going full gaslight now. How fun for them. 🙃
Disney absolutely wants people to think they created this stuff. They’re doing it now because in twenty years, a lot of people won’t know any better or care.
The additional layer of irony with the Anastasia’s director, Don Bluth, had a long-standing feud with Disney, and even poached over half of their animators to work for his own company, but they still absorbed and took credit for his work regardless.
finding out not everyone knows about/has seen Yard Geese?? As in, the stone geese that you put on your front porch and dress up for different seasons & holidays. I love these little guys but I’ve suddenly realized I haven’t seen a single one since I left Appalachia. I’m curious whether this is a regional thing. It might not be at all, and I know Tumblr polls don’t leave a lot of room for nuance, so just for fun:
Have you seen one of these IN REAL LIFE, not just online, IN YOUR region?
Yes, and I consider my region Appalachia and/or Southern Appalachia
No, and I consider my region Appalachia and/or Southern Appalachia
Yes, and I consider my region the Midwest
No, and I consider my region the Midwest
Yes, and I consider my region the non-Appalachian South
No, and I consider my region the non-Appalachian South
Yes, and I am in a different region than any mentioned above
No, and I am in a different region than any mentioned above
ALT
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