norway’s curling team is appropriately dressed for valentine’s day
day 2: norway is still slaying the pants game
day 3: pants game is still on top
day 4: still impressive
day 5: another day another trouser
day 6: they have yet to wear one pair twice
Okay so I already reblogged this once but I’m reblogging again because I just watched a short documentary about these pants.
Apparently back at their first Olympics appearance, they (especially Chris Svae, the ginger who plays second) were pretty disappointed with their gear because the gear didn’t look flattering. They couldn’t change the shirts because of Norway federation sponsorships so they started looking for pants to wear. They had a hard time finding pants that both looked respectable enough for professional curling and stretchy enough to allow curling, and promptly gave up on finding pants that were both stretchy and professional.
Chris Svae ended up finding pants that were Norway-colors-ish that looked comfortable enough for curling, but had crazy patterns. People at Olympics were not happy about this because PATTERNS AREN’T RESPECTABLE ENOUGH, so they were conflicted. But the night before the opening ceremony, they were hanging out with a bunch of lady skiiers. Chris at some point just takes off his pants and put on the crazy pants they bought and asks “Do you think we should wear these pants” and the skiers were like “he’ll yeah you should totally do it”
So they wore the crazy pants to play in the Olympics, and a few days later the website where they bought the pants crashed. The owner of the website visited them in Vancouver for the Olympics, and then decided to sponsor the team.
And now, 8 years layer, the Norwegian team has a different pair of pants for each match. Including a Valentine’s day pair.
in response to the recent mass school shooting in florida high schoolers nationwide are planning on walking out on april 20th and not coming back until congress passes gun safety legislation
i’m not in high school anymore but this is an incredible idea and if you’re in high school you should definitely research this, share, and consider walking out
it’s come to my attention that some of this community I know it’s this hellsite come on have gotten into being super weird in the streams of Overwatch League players. I get that you’re into this beautiful, wonderful nerd world, and you’re welcome to chill here, but I’m going to need you to follow one simple rule when you go into their streams: if you wouldn’t say it to their face, don’t say in their stream.
I repeat: if you wouldn’t say it to their face, DON’T SAY IT IN THEIR STREAM
examples:
literally anything about shipping. stop it right the fuck now. I don’t care if you’re sitting here going “I’d say it to their face uwu”, you’re going to be the first OWL player restraining order and I hope you get banned. knock. it. off.
no, seriously. these are professionals who are friends with their teammates. would you want things like this said about you and your friends?
thirst. if you think a player is hot, keep your chill. nice compliments you’d tell acquaintances, like “you’re cute” or “you have a great smile”? go for it. “how big is your dick”? “I want you to fuck me”? banned. get your shit together.
asking really personal questions that you would never ask anyone IRL ever. “what underwear do you have on right now”? are you going to enjoy your week-long timeout? probably not, so don’t ask weird shit
this is more a reddit dudebro problem than a tumblr problem, but don’t be mean to them just because you want a reaction. “ur a trash player lol” you know what reaction you’re going to get? a ban.
owl players are real people and honestly just a bunch of nerds who recently got ultra popular. these aren’t your highly paid actors who probably get intensive coaching and therapy for after tumblr people are being fucking weird to them at cons. they aren’t paid enough for this shit.
knock it off. or don’t and get permabanned, see if I care
And before anyone makes any 4/20 weed comments, the date is the anniversary of the Columbine massacre.
Damn straight.
Fuck, I’ll host GED classes in the damn library if it keeps kids safe. I’ll share what skill with words I have, what life experience I have, and make sure that the kids in my community come home safe and stay that way.
Remember kids: Student walk-outs and sit-in protests are incredibly effective, because it means that the system is breaking down. Their authority only goes as far as you let it.
Don’t bring weapons to protests.
Don’t bring mace or tear gas to protests.
Get bottled water, at least six bottles per person for four hours.
Pack a first aid kit. Ace bandages, band-aids, water, dried gatorade (a scoop in a bottle of water helps prevent heat stroke due to dehydration), and sunscreen.
Keep emergency contacts on all cell phones, and if possible appoint someone in the group to be the designated emergency contact caller. Their job, if shit goes south, is to run to safety and call parents, call friends, call help, not just the police.
Don’t be afraid of Juvie. Your record is expunged at 18, if the crime isn’t something like murder.
The public school system cannot function without students attending, this is a supremely effective strategy.
Keep up with and take food to those who rely on free and reduced lunches. Find a homeschool co-op or go attend classes at those online k-12 things. If you’re old enough to drive now is the time to start carpooling.
just a reminder that this is also to teachers. this is circulating in my program. that teachers are just as much a part of this creation for a walkout, too. because no teacher should have to go to work thinking they’re going to die alongside their students because congress refuses to do anything.
teachers: walk out. for your students. for yourselves. walk out.
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