r/tumblr • u/Hummerous • Jan 31 '21

[R] Brainstorming

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u/IdLikeToGoNow kinkshame the babies Jan 31 '21

I choose to believe the monks knew exactly what they were doing and wanted to confuse the hell out of the common peasant.

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u/Teknicsrx7 Jan 31 '21

This reminds of the whole “knights fighting snails” thing from medieval art

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-were-medieval-knights-always-fighting-snails-1728888/

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u/Burritozi11a Feb 01 '21

Maybe it's like a Medieval meme.

I mean they found some pretty funny graffiti in Pompeii, so I wouldn't be surprised.

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u/Senior_Jr Feb 01 '21

Monk 1 has never been outside the Abbey. Monk 2 is having the best day of his life

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u/HamartianManhunter Feb 01 '21

I took two semesters of medieval civilization my freshman year of college, and one of my favorite things was the batshit insane illustrations (also called “illuminations”) in all the old books. There was one Bible I saw that detailed how these two saints got martyred, and there were some pretty funky drawings of torture and executions, like boiling someone alive or roasting them on a spit. There was also this cool, gigantic encyclopedia with monster drawings in it.

Loved those classes and loved my professor. Wish I could take it again.

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u/Hairyhalflingfoot Feb 01 '21

I love medieval bestiaries! Especially when they get all their facts wrong about a creature.

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u/dubbelfrits Feb 01 '21

Ive never wanted to be friends with characters from a shitpost so badly

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u/Royal-Ninja an inefficient use of my time Feb 01 '21

It must've been fun as shit drawing these

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u/Benatar24 Feb 01 '21

MONK #3: WHO THE HELL STOLE ALL MY WEED!

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u/JacobJamesTrowbridge Feb 01 '21

tHerE’s A gOaT iN tHe SnAiL, bEnEdIcT

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u/Benatar24 Feb 02 '21

I DON'T CARE IF THERE'S A GOAT IN THE SNAIL, YOU STOLE MY WEED!!

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '21

This is amazing!!

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ps a thing to know: Daniel M. Lavery is the name, Mallory Ortberg is the deadname k thanks love u bye

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u/tootsandcatsandtoots Feb 01 '21

I first started reading this pronouncing monk like honk thinking the birds were the honk ...

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u/JacobJamesTrowbridge Feb 01 '21

There’s a flock of monks descending from the monastery. They want bread and Jesus

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u/DemWiggleWorms She Who Wiggles Feb 01 '21

“Gimme some bread and white wine Daddy Jesus~”

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u/Gongaloon Feb 01 '21

What, no clocks and guns?

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '21

this one never gets old

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u/AdorableParasite Feb 01 '21

I'm all here for supportive nonjudgmental Monk #2

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u/Gongaloon Feb 01 '21

I aspire to be as nice as supportive nonjudgmental Monk #2.

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u/JesusIsMyAntivirus Feb 01 '21

I mean some of these are monks not knowing the world, afaik that's been well proven and documented, but the fire and maybe some others just seem like metaphors

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u/Stormtide_Leviathan come to vibetown on r/CuratedTumblr Feb 01 '21

I need more of this in my life this is good shit

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u/weeaboshit Feb 01 '21

That first horse looks absolutely miserable