warriorsatthedisco:

tinycodingkitty:

azzandra:

am-i-the-last-dreamer:

biggest-gaudiest-patronuses:

pain-and-missouri:

tilthat:

TIL a 19 year old man dove 85 feet into the ocean to wrestle an 80 pound octopus with a 9 foot diameter to the surface in a 25 minute epic battle in which he punched the octopus subduing it after it turned red and lunged at him tearing off his respirator. He drove it home, cooked it up, and ate it.

via reddit.com

This is the man you must fight at the gates of Valhalla to prove you’re worthy of that mighty hall

It somehow gets crazier. this teenager trained for months. he staged fights in his parents’ swimming pool to train for this epic match. he choose halloween night for the final showdown. and it was for a school project. he could have chosen any seafood, but he decided on, in his own words, “that big fucking octopus.” magnificent bastard. 

Y’all missed the part where he dragged it ashore and divers saw him, got upset and sent some pretty rough stuff to his family. Then, at the Washington Fish and Wildlife meeting, he showed up and was like “yeah, it should be protected.” 

Except that the giant pacific octopus is nowhere near extinct and actually doing just fine.

So not only did he wrestle, kill, and eat a giant octopus– he got it protected from hunting in several locations even though the species doesn’t need protecting. 

Fucking legendary indeed.

So the only person they need protection from is this guy.

…what sort of school project requires you to wrestle sea life?

That’s just how Washington is

howls-moving-asshole:

howls-moving-asshole:

Yesterday a man came into my work, all scruffy and dirty with a big backpack on his shoulders, and as he was leaving I told him to stay dry because it’s been raining almost none stop for a few days. 

He stopped and turned around and laughed, and then he showed me his new shoes that he just bought and said “I’ve been walking the perimeter of the United States; these shoes will last me another month, rain or sunshine.”

We talked for a bit and he told me about how he’s walking around the perimeter of the entire U.S. to raise awareness and money for the homeless. He told me about some things he’s seen and the places he’s been so far. Before he left, he gave me a big smile, said “God be with you,” and walked out the door with the happiest strut I’ve ever seen. 

He started off in Virginia and made it all the way down here to Florida on foot, and he’s still got a long way to go. He was very kind and very optimistic. 

I’ve never met someone like him before, so I want to try and spread him and his effort here on tumblr. 

He isn’t very popular yet, but I really want to try to spread his word and raise awareness of the homelessness issue here in the U.S., and try to help him raise money for this cause. 

His name is Leroy Bailey and if you want to follow him around the U.S. his facebook is here. 

I didn’t get a photo of him so I took this one from his facebook

It’s been almost 3 months since I posted this and Leroy is now in Texas! He still has a really long way to go though so let’s keep this circulating, get his name and his cause out there!

lgbtqkidsrock:

etakeh:

scyphoza:

Just unquietly.

The largest storm ‘since records began’ is currently building in south east Asia/ the Pacific – its looks like it’ll be skirting the Phillipines and hitting the area around Hong Kong and Macau around Monday the 17th.

This is Typhoon Mangkhut

Those little green lines are islands and countries.

It is LARGER/STRONGER THAN FLORENCE

It’s currently typhoon 10. The highest cataorgoy and equivalent to a category 5 for American hurricanes.

Jfc, pray for South East Asia

Here are some statistics that show how powerful Mangkhut is:

  • At its peak on Wednesday, Mangkhut became the strongest storm of 2018, with wind speeds of 285 kph (180 mph).
  • Typhoon-force winds stretch for 270 kilometers (168 miles), which is the distance between Paris and Brussels.
  • Tropical storm-force winds are expected to extend all the way south to the Philippines’ capital, Manila, and as far north as Taiwan.
  • On the Philippines’ island of Luzon, more than 30 million people are expected to face tropical storm-force winds.
  • More than 4 million people are in the path of the most destructive typhoon-force winds in northern Luzon.

Satellite images from Wednesday show the comparative sizes of Florence and Mangkhut.

30 million people.  That’s a lot of fucking people. 

If any of our followers are in South East Asia and the pacific we hope you all stay safe or are able to evacuate.