i know we’re all sick of self-care being a marketing tactic now, but i don’t think a lot of us have any other concept of self-care beyond what companies have tried to sell us, so i thought i’d share my favorite self-care hand out
brought to you by how mad i just got at a Target ad
I screwed up. I didn’t think that using an ancient language on a piece of tumblr merch was necessary but I forgot what site I was on :) . This is tumblr, of course it has to be in linguistically accurate cuneiform.
I went and hired an expert on Ancient Semitic Languages and Cultures. There aren’t as many as you’d think that are willing to translate text for an internet gag so I’m so happy I found Paul.
Notes on the translation from the translator:
I used the ventive suffix on the imperative “give (rib+am)” which is a special feature of Akkadian that indicates the motion of direction. It makes it a little bit more authentic. The longer version actually includes the words “to me (ana iasim)”, but a typical Akkadian speaker probably wouldn’t have needed to say that.
Also, for the word “money” I used the Sumerian (KUG.BABBAR) instead of spelling out the Akkadian, because that was a common feature in Akkadian scribal writing.
For the font I was happily surprised that Google has a Cuniform font, so not only is it correct but it looks pretty neat too.
Right now you can buy both versions in the shop but cuniform version won’t ship for a week or so as I have to order new stock with the new design.
Back in 1066 if you were out of cash you could just go to a castle by the sea and pretend to have washed up and say to the lady when she finds you in the morning “verily was my vessel thrashed uponne y rockes, and was I threwn theroute, and nighly drownèd, but spied I a maiden seated on a cresting waive, and she spoke unto me thus, Thou shalt upon a new land happen, and the Ladie who ruleth there will do good unto thee, and robeth thou in the coloures of her house, and take thy hand in marriage upon y dethe of her Lord, and then that sea-maid sung an a daulphin issued me from y tempest to this gentle cove” and she would just believe you. And then when her husband died the next day of “stomach upset” she would marry you and you’d be fine. It happened so often
God. What is it about Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal that’s like. He’s cold and calculating. He’s warm and approachable. He’s unreadable and chilling. He’s gentle and loving. He’s confident and haughty. He’s terrifying and monstrous. He is all of this in the span of a minute he’s none of it he’s everything in between he’s the opposite of it all.
The angels should’ve used more corporate jargon. Dean asks Cas in s8 where he’s been and why he ran away and cas just looks Dean dead in the eyes and says “my boss was lobotomizing me because I wasn’t meeting target deliverables and my priorities were not in alignment with my scope of work” and Dean just has to accept that as an answer.
