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![Flying: Somebody said “the eggs are flying off the shelves” & I got inspired [OC]](https://pics.conservativememes.com/somebody-said-“the-eggs-are-flying-off-the-shelves”-72541696.png)
![Flying: SINCE THE FIRST GRAIN SILO
CATHEDRAL
SHIP
COMPUTER
SINGE THE FIRST TIME WE PUT PEN TO PAGE-
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we have
always
different from
ourselves|
made things
FOR A LONG TIME WE THOUGHT
WE WERE BUILDING MIRRORS
BUT NOW WE KNOWW BETTER
WE WERE SETTING FIRES.
ineskew:
mellific:
in the past, we’d convinced ourselves that our technologies were just reflections of those who made them. we were wrong.
(twitter)
[ID: A quote from the Twilight Mirage arc of Friends at the Table, illustrated with art in shades of blue. “Since the first grain silo, cathedral, ship, computer,” the quote begins, over drawings of a grain silo, cathedral, rocket ship, and computer servers. “Since the first time we put pen to page— we have always made things different from ourselves,” it continues, the words appearing to be written with a fountain pen, a typewriter, and a word processor. The next couple lines are written over a picture of outer space, several spacecrafts and a city-ship flying through the stars: “For a long time we thought we were building mirrors. But now we know better: We were setting fires.” This last line is illustrated with a image of three planets drawn to resemble a glitching screen. /end ID]](https://pics.conservativememes.com/since-the-first-grain-silo-cathedral-ship-computer-singe-the-67074480.png)
![Flying: Guillermo del Toro says he saw a
real UFO and it was 'horribly
designed'
The Shape of Water director Guillermo
2.4K by Laura Hudson/2d
m808vthetank:
thefingerfuckingfemalefury:
elphabaforpresidentofgallifrey:
doux-amer:
truestoriesaboutme:
dragon-in-a-fez:
imagine you saw an alien spacecraft and your first reaction was to critique its flat color palette and unimaginative lines
The Truth is Out There and It Has Bad Aesthetics
Because context actually makes the already great headline even greater:
“I know this is horrible,” del Toro continues. “You sound like a complete lunatic, but I saw a UFO. I didn’t want to see a UFO. It was horribly designed. I was with a friend. We bought a six-pack. We didn’t consume it, and there was a place called Cerro del Cuatro, “Mountain of the Four,” on the periphery of Guadalajara. We said, ‘Let’s go to the highway.’ We sit down to watch the stars and have the beer and talk. We were the only guys by the freeway. And we saw a light on the horizon going super-fast, not linear. And I said, ‘Honk and flash the lights.’ And we started honking.”
The UFO, says del Toro, “Went from 1,000 meters away [to much closer] in less than a second — and it was so crappy. It was a flying saucer, so clichéd, with lights [blinking]. It’s so sad: I wish I could reveal they’re not what you think they are. They are what you think they are. And the fear we felt was so primal. I have never been that scared in my life. We jumped in the car, drove really fast. It was following us, and then I looked back and it was gone.”
(x)
the same man that made a movie about making giant robots to fight aliens SAW SOME ALIENS, INSULTED THEIR AESTHETIC, and RAN AWAY SCREAMING
“there is intelligent life out there but it’s really fuckin tacky”
The real reason we haven’t made official contact with alien life is because they were offended by his remarks and don’t want to come back until we apologise](https://pics.conservativememes.com/guillermo-del-toro-says-he-saw-a-real-ufo-and-66390300.png)
