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uneamiedelabc: I love art, part 32 | John Atkinson Grimshaw

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:00:21 -0400

Hampstead Hill, Looking Down Health Street

Under the Moonbeams

A Golden Beam

Blackman Street, London

I love art, part 32 | John Atkinson Grimshaw

bogleech: what-are-you-doing-here: goddessofcheese: brofligate...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:00:20 -0400

what-are-you-doing-here:

goddessofcheese:

brofligate:

did-you-kno:

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There is literally nothing better than a sexy, badass lady.

CHING MOTHERFUCKING SHIH

This lady was such a badass, I can’t count the ways, but let’s try.

She got married to an already successful pirate, Zheng Yi, and took over when he died. She was crazy strict to keep an iron fist over her fleet of pirates, and the punishments for stepping out of line were brutal. If you stole or looted from a town that provided assistance or tribute to the pirate fleet, Ching would chop your fucking head off with a battle axe and dump your lifeless body in the ocean. If you stole from the pirate treasury, or she thought you were stealing from the pirate treasury, Ching would chop your fucking head off dump your lifeless body in the ocean. Raping any captured female prisoners was punishable by immediate death. Fuck, if you had consensual sex while on duty you got your head chopped off and the woman was chucked off the boat no matter where they were at. Ching wasn’t fucking around, and she wanted to make damn sure you weren’t fucking around when you should have been working.

Two years after she took over, she got so notorious for ransacking towns and taking taxes on them that she pissed off the entire Chinese government, and sent out a massive fleet to bring her in line. Most pirates probably would’ve said this was out of their pay grade and taken off to hide out or ransack some other country.

Ching Shih said fuck that.

She not only faced them head on, she wiped the floor with them, killing hundreds and capturing sixty-something ships from the Imperial Fleet. Prisoners were given the choice of joining up or being executed on the spot. The Admiral of the Chinese navy, Kwo Lang, was so afraid of being captured by her or going back to admit he’d been beaten by her that he committed suicide.

For the next two years, Ching Shih not only kept on pirating, she fought off Chinese forces as well as Dutch and British warships that the navy called in to help. Finally the government gave up and offered her amnesty as well as amnesty for her then SEVENTEEN THOUSAND crewman. Ching Shih got to keep all her plunder, so she retired to the countryside where she opened up a brothel and lived until she was 69.

tldr: I’ve come to terms with the reality that I’ll never be as terrifyingly badass as this woman was.

You know, I heard of her, but I’d either forgotten or never heard that she grew old and retired having never been brought down or defeated ever.

She won being a pirate.

She got history’s high score.

stopped-mid-autograph: Bravo, mister Boyle.

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:00:21 -0400

stopped-mid-autograph:

Bravo, mister Boyle.

oops i have a hangover

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:47:00 -0400

oops i have a hangover

sweetguts: almost 15 years after its original explosion of popularity, pokemon’s fanbase rejoices...

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:00:35 -0400

sweetguts:

almost 15 years after its original explosion of popularity, pokemon’s fanbase rejoices over news you can now walk diagonally in the newest game

"My biggest fear is that eventually you will see me the way I see myself."

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:00:39 -0400

“My biggest fear is that eventually you will see me the way I see myself.”

- Anonymous (via coooode)

science111: 1. dip a spoon of gallium in a glass of hot...

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:00:39 -0400

science111:

1. dip a spoon of gallium in a glass of hot water

2. make a bubble with smoke instead of air

3. dissolve the tablet in weightlessness

4. set fire to the energy-saving lamp

5. push two identical clouds of smoke

6. create a vacuum in the empty tank

7. set fire to the smoke from the candles

8. overturn the glass with smoke

9. pour the hot solution in a plastic cup [x]

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Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:39 -0400

ive-been-triggered-by-kankri: catswithbenefits: catswithbenefits: can someone please photoshop...

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:00:39 -0400

ive-been-triggered-by-kankri:

catswithbenefits:

catswithbenefits:

can someone please photoshop psy’s head on a psyduck for me

never mind i got it

has psyence gone too far

theonion: Study Finds College Education Leaves Majority Of...

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:00:28 -0400

theonion:

Study Finds College Education Leaves Majority Of Graduates Unprepared To Carry Entire American Economic Recovery | Full Report

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Tue, 14 May 2013 22:00:17 -0400

rosalarian: Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy, in case you...

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:38:03 -0400

rosalarian:

Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy, in case you hadn’t heard. How dare she remove those ticking time bombs from her chest, amiright? Like, hasn’t she learned by now that her body is public domain and we all get to vote on what she does with it? Sheesh, how selfish can ya get.

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Tue, 14 May 2013 20:00:22 -0400

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Tue, 14 May 2013 18:00:23 -0400

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Mon, 13 May 2013 22:00:23 -0400

adventuresonpaper: I’ll come back for you i whisper as i caress the books i can’t afford

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:00:24 -0400

adventuresonpaper:

I’ll come back for you i whisper as i caress the books i can’t afford

The Potoo - Either the most unphotogenic or the most ridiculous...

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:00:47 -0400

The Potoo - Either the most unphotogenic or the most ridiculous looking bird in the world.

THIS FUCKING BIRD

benjenstark: SANSA, ARYA, RICKON, AND BRAN HAVEN’T SEEN THEIR MOTHER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF GAME OF...

Mon, 13 May 2013 01:07:53 -0400

benjenstark:

SANSA, ARYA, RICKON, AND BRAN HAVEN’T SEEN THEIR MOTHER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF GAME OF THRONES HAPPY MOTHERS’ DAY

itswalky: Action Hero Grandpa

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:00:41 -0400

itswalky:

Action Hero Grandpa

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Sun, 12 May 2013 20:00:48 -0400