"Yes, like the baby deer."

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nidoqueeen: we don’t need to ask for directions, helen.

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:06:27 +0100

nidoqueeen:

we don’t need to ask for directions, helen.

mrpuddingston: Inspired by a typo I did earlier on facebook: I was trying to say star trek but...

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:05:58 +0100

mrpuddingston:

Inspired by a typo I did earlier on facebook:

I was trying to say star trek but this works too I guess XD

WANT

inbox: inbox: I FOUND MY TWIN ON OMEGLE

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:05:26 +0100

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I FOUND MY TWIN ON OMEGLE

foo-of-the-forest: “The Con is Tomorrow” by Victor Hugo

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:04:20 +0100

foo-of-the-forest:

“The Con is Tomorrow” by Victor Hugo

oh gOd they’re on the squeaky side of the bed again :(

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:04:02 +0100

oh gOd they’re on the squeaky side of the bed again :(

IT’S 3AM I WANT TO GO TO SLEEP STOP BONING

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:03:35 +0100

IT’S 3AM I WANT TO GO TO SLEEP STOP BONING

The Final Problem: damnsherlockwhathappened: I’m a Kindergarten teacher and today I was...

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:01:20 +0100

The Final Problem: damnsherlockwhathappened: I’m a Kindergarten teacher and today I was...:

damnsherlockwhathappened:

I’m a Kindergarten teacher and today I was giving some kids their first writing lesson. Trying to make them write the letter “a” I kept saying “start here and it goes around. Around. Draw around, like that, yes, AROUND” and this one tiny little kid just sighed…

thedoctorknows: so it’s rebloggable now

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:00:33 +0100

thedoctorknows:

so it’s rebloggable now

Can hear best friend having sex.

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:54:48 +0100

Can hear best friend having sex.

captain james tiberius perfect hair: thymoss: ohai-ohia: inertialreferenceframe: zaataronpita:...

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:26:13 +0100

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misandrwitch:

i also don’t like the idea that in the future in a lot of narratives, star trek included, theres no more religion in general???

like slow down john lennon we’ve lasted this long i don’t think we’ll be gone in 2234 i want muslim space explorers :((

and c’mon dudes everyone wants to see rabbis arguing about when sunset is *in space*

muslims would definitely do that to lmfao

NEVER ENDING SHABBOS IF THE SUN DOESN’T SEND.

Or is it never beginning…

imagine ramadan lmao oh my god

I think we’ve found the reason why there are never Jews and Muslims in space…

I’ve always wondered how muslims in sci-fi settings go about praying toward mecca when they’re on the other side of the galaxy. I mean, do they need to be precise about facing mecca, or would it be ok as long as they were facing in the general direction? Because with the distances involved, if you’re facing just slightly the wrong way, you might be praying towards Alpha Centauri instead or something.

Maybe they’d invent some sort of compass that always points exactly towards Mecca.

…man that could be a huge point in the story

Precise, elegant interstellar navigation systems that came about because of Muslim space travelers making scientific breakthroughs in order to create that compass

And the entirety of the rest of the spacefaring world is drastically altered and improved by the research they perform and technologies they create.

And even you were able to pray in the right direction, how would you know when to pray? 5 times a day, right, but what’s a day in space?

ThIs is awesome

I mean, from a Jewish perspective, if you were praying from the other side of the galaxy, it would be enough to pray towards Earth.

Just as when Jews around the world pray towards Jerusalem, it’s enough if you’re west of Jerusalem to pray facing East and if you’re east of Jerusalem West and so on. But really, you’re praying towards the Kotel (Western Wall) and not just towards Jerusalem and Jews in Jerusalem pray towards the wall.

So praying towards Earth, knowing that Jerusalem is in that direction, should be enough.

Maybe same with Mecca?

THERE IS A BOOK WHERE THIS IS A THING THAT THEY TALK ABOUT.

I just can’t remember it because I just woke up and haven’t had any coffee yet. But, here follows a list of novels that I can think of off the top my head (that is, I can see on my bookshelf) with at least incidental portrayals of Judaism/Islam in the future. (All of these, are to my very much non-Jewish, non-Muslim, non-religious eye, reasonably positive/substantive? That is, the religious identity of a character/group of characters is important to who they are in a non-offensive/stereotypical way. But I might be missing something more subtle than I can detect.):

Roma Eterna, by Robert Silverberg

Hyperion, by Dan Simmons

The Last Colony, by John Scalzi (and I think the two books that come before it, too. I can’t recall if Islam or Judaism get mentioned specifically, but he makes a point of establishing that existing earth religions go out to the stars along with the rest of our culture.)

Ender’s Game/Shadow and Sequels. (I hesitate to put these here, because I’m almost positive they’ve got to be offensive to someone. Or possibly everyone. I’ve seriously soured on Orson Scott Card as a writer and human since I was in high school and read these.)

I’m sure there are tons more, but I am still sleepy.

reblogging for reference and also because the discussion is awesome

this borders on blasphemous but oh my g o d and what about prophets and sacred places in every galaxy and intERSTELLAR PILGIMAGES

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10knotes: i don’t know what these are but i love them FLUFFY...

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:42:18 +0100

10knotes:

i don’t know what these are but i love them

FLUFFY COWS!!!!!!!!!!!

personally i feel like romeo and juliet could have handled the situation better

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:28:21 +0100

personally i feel like romeo and juliet could have handled the situation better

ballerinahomicide: trapghoul: the fact that women’s healthcare seems to be a joke among men is...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:59:57 +0100

ballerinahomicide:

trapghoul:

the fact that women’s healthcare seems to be a joke among men is sickening.

lance armstrong loses a testicle and everyone’s like “oh man must have been so hard for him poor guy losing his manhood LIVESTRONG” and angelina jolie gets the jokes after her mother died from cancer and she’s trying to protect herself????

most accurate post on tumblr

gayoak: (whispers) its a-ok to rely on fictional characters to get you through your life bc life is...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:59:26 +0100

gayoak:

(whispers) its a-ok to rely on fictional characters to get you through your life bc life is hard ok if it makes you happy stick w/ it and anybody who says otherwise can go fuck themselves (pets u gentlee)

Jack Dawson… Penniless artist who wins a ticket onto Titanic in...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:58:07 +0100

Jack Dawson… Penniless artist who wins a ticket onto Titanic in 1912, attends a first class dinner, develops a taste for the finer things in life, pockets the Heart of the Ocean, survives the sinking, pawns the diamond, spends the following ten years building his wealth and in 1922 moves to West Egg as Jay Gatsby… Millionaire with a shady past and fear of swimming pools.

itsdoctorfuckinwho replied to your chat: Genuine “conversation” at work today. I...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:57:29 +0100

itsdoctorfuckinwho replied to your chat: Genuine “conversation” at work today. I just didn’t know what to say.

I hate people. Seriously; dude like that; die in a fire.

I did mentally wish explosive diarrhoea on him for a moment, then figured wishes like that come back to bite you, so I decided I’d settle for the thought that he was probably gonna get a good ol’ fashioned karma slap for it.

tehriz replied to your chat: Genuine “conversation” at work today. I just didn’t know what to say.

WOW that is the rudest thing I’ve ever heard in my life.

I was just totally lost for words. I almost asked him to leave the shop, but as we’re a walkthrough to a department store I wasn’t certain if I could. It was SO uncalled for. :(