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{{broken audio, but you can get the same experience from any source of “Never Gonna Give You Up”}}

princenscout:

christinefuckingchapel:

throwbacksongs:

Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up

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#is this a rick roll? an anti rick roll???#have we broken the rules of logic by actually posting this legitimately?????? (via)

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#April Fools #legitimate Rick Astley #(it genuinely is Never Gonna Give You Up) #(all the way through) #(I checked) #oh why not #I already had this stuck in my head for the occasion #(though I haven’t (yet) encountered any RickRolls this year) #(not even ones that made me suspicious beforehand)

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Okay, folks. It’s Lying Liars Who Lie Day.

Beware of new features on websites (cough-TumblrPro-cough)* and things with links that can neither confirm nor deny they go to Youtube (or in some cases that confirm they go to Youtube). If possible, avoid contact with parts of the offline world containing known or potential pranksters. If your life circumstances forbid this, my sympathies.

Good luck, everyone. Stay safe. It’s dangerous out there today.

*I watched that whole video (having been told in advance it was a video, but not what was in it) bracing for a RickRoll. Never happened. Must admit, I was too scared to click the upgrade button. Let’s see…oh dear.

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#oh look an original post #embarrassment is such a painful emotion #best avoided #Gmail’s ‘new feature’ was a failure in every respect #shelfies provoked no emotion in me whatsoever #not even doubt #doubting it would require caring about it #I read it #shrugged #clicked ignore #didn’t think about it again until I saw someone saying it was their prank #and another thing #this happened at about 9 – 10 PM March 31st #Google damn well *knows* my timezone #I’m pretty sure I’ve explicitly told them #and they’ve previously shown themselves capable of geolocating me to within a couple dozen kilometres #they could have the fucking decency to wait until local midnight #rather than trying to catch me while my guard is down #tag rambles #April Fools

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thatwarmtoastyfeeling:

wordsofapurpleman:

trellisazegaze:

s-stevens:

Architecture Studio, a new set from Lego, comes with 1,210 white and translucent bricks. More notable is what it lacks: namely, instructions for any single thing you’re supposed to build with it. Instead, the kit is accompanied by a thick, 277-page guidebook filled with architectural concepts and building techniques alongside real world insights from prominent architecture studios from around the globe. In other words, this box o’ bricks is a little different. Where past Lego products might have had the happy ancillary effect of nurturing youngsters’ interest in architecture, here, that’s the entire point.

Seventy-three different kinds of bricks are included in the set. But bricks are easy to find. It’s the guidebook that’s truly new. Its pages offer accessible overviews of basic architectural concepts, along with illustrated exercises for exploring them in Lego form. Pages on negative space and interior sections, for example, encourage budding builders to think not only about how their miniature creations look from the outside but also in terms of what sorts of spaces they contain within them.

Oh my goodness

Oh my.

:0

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#Lego #neat

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azuritereaction:

alexob:

AmoeBAND became a 2012 IDEA Award Finalist by innovating every possible aspect of the plaster (band aid).

The design revisions were:  

– Strategic cut-outs shape to fit fingers in such a way that it is easy to bend them and not disrupt the bandage.

– An intelligent dressing material allows you to regularly check wounds from the outside, without upsetting the healing process.“According to research, the when an infection of a wound is detected, the pH value is between 6.5 and 8.5. AmoeBAND’s indicator cross turns purple, alerting the user needs to change it immediately.”

– Since the bandage material used exudes a leather-like feel, availability in different skin-tones helps it blend in, without overly highlighting the injury.

– The packaging has been redesigned to a matchbox style and includes Braille instructions.

Hat tip to designers Tay Pek-Khai, Hsu Hao-Ming, Tsai Cheng-Yu, Chen Kuei-Yuan, Chen Yi-Ting, Lai Jen-Hao, Ho Chia-Ying, Chen Ying-shan, Weng Yu-Ching, and Chung Kuo-Ting

it’s always funny when people improve on something and you look at the innovations and it’s like so fucking obvious what needed to be changed, but yet no one seemingly thought of it until then, yourself included

Ah, it’s been a while since the last time I saw this post going around. Still wondering when/if it’s actually going to come to market. Still wondering why they’re not emerald green.

(Is it somehow embarrassing to be obviously wearing a bandage? Why are only little kids allowed decorative ones? And if for some reason you don’t want decorative ones, there are already bandages out there that are transparent, which seems like a better solution than just having several shades of one-size-fits-no-one skin tones.)

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#bandages #the current ‘vague beige’ is so unlike pale skin #that the only way you can tell it was *meant* to be like pale skin is through the way it clashes even *more* with dark skin #embrace the clash or don’t have a colour at all

Safe April Fools!

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justice-turtle:

shadesofmauve:

People are posting “You won’t see screamers on this blog” things for April Fools.

I will also not post obnoxious things for April Fools!

I don’t think it’s nice.

Also I won’t have electricity.

I’m getting my power turned off for April Fools.

(It’s not a joke).

(It’s a part of remodeling).

Officially joining the Safe April Fools movement, here.

(Also be told, errbody: if you post a screamer or assholeish April Fool’s joke, I will automatically unfollow you, no exceptions.)

*nod* This blog is a prank-free zone.