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What's "scented meat"?

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

A demon carefully paints its disguise before heading out into the world, depicted in a Qing dynasty artwork from 1894.

“Painted Skin” is one of the best-known stories from Pu Songling’s Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio.

Wang Sheng encounters a beautiful young woman and secretly brings her home, despite a Daoist priest warning him that she is not what she appears to be. Curious and suspicious, Wang eventually looks through a window and discovers the horrifying truth: a hideous creature is painting a human face onto a sheet of skin. It then puts the skin over its body, transforming itself into the beautiful woman.

Wang turns to the priest for help, but the creature realizes its disguise has been discovered and violently attacks him. His devoted wife, Chen, is then forced to endure a humiliating ordeal in an attempt to save her husband.

As with many of Pu Songling’s tales, the horror carries a deeper moral lesson. Wang is deceived partly because he wants to believe the woman is beautiful and harmless, even after being warned otherwise. The painted skin becomes a literal metaphor for how attractive appearances can conceal something far more dangerous underneath.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Brad Pitt using a cellphone between takes on the set of Troy (2003).

[BODEGA PEPTIDES @bigsnugga]

me all tournament: *hate watching england*

me the second they’re matched up against the empanada israelis:

[rebekah @rebekah_e_s]

we now go to the FIFA VAR room

[KJMG 🇺🇸🦅⚔️ @GarrigleKen]

@wstgoat7 @CatShoshanna You’re not

[Leyla Hamed @leylahamed]

Fair play to this England fan for using his moment on Norwegian television to call for a free Palestine

[moo @moopreet]

haaland costing Norway a goal because he was being too Viking 😭😭😭😭

[✧ @kkangluvr]

it’s so hard to be mad at england winning when they start playing wonderwall and hey jude like okay this is sweet i GUESS

[Darya @daryabdz]

my dad just asked me if wonderwall was england’s national anthem

[barnhowl @barnhowl1]

@uncledoomer There's no real evidence of tht tho and they probably wouldn't have wanted to suffer thru the five plus years of semi or full baldness anyway

[barnhowl @barnhowl1]

@dadbodjock Yea women by and large don't operate like gay men news at 11

[barnhowl @barnhowl1]

@piccadilly395 @aurorasiridence Everyone defending voice note guy

[✨ @ohheyitsnotme]

@Brieyonce They always do the “at least he’s honest” bs about men who are audaciously disrespectful

[barnhowl @barnhowl1]

@MissHollywoodz @BIGPIKLIZ Yea because you have common sense/ basic standards

[Mia Sanchez @supadupagangst4]

@gay_kyle2 submissive men think this is super humiliating and emasculating and shows what a cruel goddess his dom is when in reality they look like 2 special needs adults that escaped

[barnhowl @barnhowl1]

@oulosP @Nullsci1 A lot of brain dead ppl seem to think thts what you meant yes

[barnhowl @barnhowl1]

@ILoveReflexCR @oulosP @Clavicular0 Tht don't look like no Florida smh

[barnhowl @barnhowl1]

@brainrotmindfry @leviticusherpes You are correct and it's painfully obvious. And I don't hate her or never find her funny

[barnhowl @barnhowl1]

@eleanorzjames @timecaptales I'd say more than alright, pretty stunning