Smiling Through the Storm

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Originally posted by hand-crafted-enriched-memes

DREAM TO MEME

We’re past the point of being able to ignore this now. @pixellecutie​’s sleeping brain dreamed a dream of marine biology, and you’ve all really put in the work to make it a meme in its own right. Who knew there were so many benefits to being a marine biologist?

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The origins:

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Originally posted by pixellecutie

The Minecraft axolotl version by @queerbeemc​:

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Originally posted by queerbeemc

The Animporphs version by @jivs-jam​:

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Originally posted by jivs-jam

Even @theshitpostcalligrapher​ chimed in. Thank you, @theshitpostcalligrapher​, for services rendered to the community:

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Originally posted by theshitpostcalligrapher

This kissy fishy by @cryptidcanary​:

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Originally posted by cryptidcanary

A reality check by @anxiety-plus​:

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Originally posted by anxiety-plus

The tired marine biologist by @hustlerose: 

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Originally posted by hustlerose

Above all things, sophisticated (@noneedtofearorhope​):

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Originally posted by noneedtofearorhope

More cons (oh no!) according to @essential-npc​:

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Originally posted by essential-npc

A delightfully different perspective, this time from the forest floor, by @bepisdrink​:

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Originally posted by bepisdrink

A worthy remix by @charlesoberonn​:

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Originally posted by charlesoberonn

thebookrose

So I just now learned about Stagecoach Mary and how have I never heard of this absolute LEGEND of a woman before

bai-xue-lives

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  • She was born a slave and freed when the Emancipation Proclamation was issued (she was about 30)
  • She was about six feet tall and 200 pounds and once she was free she decided she’d never take shit from anyone ever again
  • When one of her close friends, a nun by the name of Mother Amadeus, became ill with pneumonia at her convent in Montana, Mary headed alone into the frontier to nurse Mother Amadeus back to health
  • After Mother Amadeus recovered, she gave Mary a job as the foreman of the convent. She repaired buildings, took care of chickens, made the long and dangerous journeys into town for supplies, and did other odd jobs.
  • She could drink most men under the table, and one saloon offered five bucks and a free shot of whiskey to any man who could take a punch to the face from Mary and remain standing. 
  • She was once said by a local paper to have broken more noses than anyone else in Montana
  • She was outspokenly Republican, which at this time was the liberal party in America, and would get into political debates with the more conservative townsfolk
  • One time a man insulted her outside the saloon so hit him in the face with a rock, and only stopped when other cowboys held her back.
  • On one supply run into town, her wagon overturned and the horses fled. Mary spent all night single-handedly fending off a pack of wolves with her guns before she righted the heavy wagon by herself and tracked down the spooked horses. The only thing lost in the accident was a jar of molasses.
  • She lost her job at the convent when she got into a gunfight with a male employee who did not want to take orders from a black woman. She reportedly shot him in the ass, which angered the local bishop.
  • After losing her convent job, Mary spent a brief time running a restaurant, where she welcomed and served all comers
  • When a job for a mail carrier opened at the local US Post Office, Mary got the job because she managed to hitch six horses to a wagon faster than any of the male candidates
  • She was sixty at the time
  • This made her the first black woman mail carrier, and the second woman mail carrier in US history
  • When the snows were too deep for the horses to manage the long and dangerous delivery routes, Mary would strap on snowshoes, put the bags of mail on her shoulders, and do it herself
  • At one point she apparently had a pet eagle????
  • She only retired from the mail route when she was about 70 years old, and instead made a quieter living by babysitting and running a laundry business in the town of Cascade
  • She was a huge baseball fan and often gave the local team a big bouquet of flowers from her garden
  • The people of Cascade loved Mary so much that they closed the schools annually on her birthday
  • When a law was passed in Montana that forbade women from drinking in saloons, the mayor of Cascade granted Mary an exemption. 
  • When her house burned down, the whole town got together to help her build a new one
  • She continued drinking, fighting, and going to baseball games until she died of liver failure at 82 in 1914
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Mary (far right) and the local baseball team

Anyway sorry for gushing I just now heard about her and I’m in love

augustdementhe

I’ve heard of her, but godDAMN, if her story doesn’t bear repeating. ^w^

historyisntboring

She has her own wikipedia page. Enjoy.

fuzzynecromancer

Fuck all these WWII retreads, where is HER movie?!

healthydoser

About as American as you can get!