The oldest living tree ever found was a pine named “Prometheus.” It had been alive since before the Egyptian pyramids were built. Some guy cut it down in 1964. Source

he was actually a forestry graduate student who was doing research on bristlecone pines (Pinus langaevea) and got his increment borer stuck in the tree. this tool costs almost $800, so he asked the forest service if he could cut down the tree to recover the tool. after cutting it down, it became apparent that the tree was actually the oldest living organism. ever. (around 8,000 years old). so, not just some asshole. the guy feels extremely guilty and has even broken down in tears during an interview about the accident

OH MY GOD SO LET ME TELL YOU A STORY

So after the grad student cut down the tree and discovered it was the oldest tree in the world he quit studying forestry and went to study salt flats (can’t cut down the oldest trees in the world on salt flats no siree none of that happening) and he was being interviewed about his research, but in the middle of the interview the reporter just stops and says “wait aren’t the guy that…”

And he just takes off running. Literally. Turns around and runs across the salt flats away from the interview and I feel so bad for him but I can’t help but start crying I’m laughing so hard about it imagine a guy high tailing it across salt flats away from a dude with a recorder

its so different to know it was an accident and that NO ONE was aware until after. its not like this was one ignorant guy cutting down a fucking relic.

if you found out that your dad has 120k followers on tiktok what would it be for? what would your dad's tiktok niche be

when programs fucking autocorrect <3 to ❤️ and :) to 😃,,,, do you have any idea what you’ve just done?? what you just fucking destroyed ?

A) It's irritating when systems turn lovely ascii art into crude little pictograms, and

😎 It's even more frustrating when you weren't actually trying to make an emoji.

when programs fucking autocorrect <3 to ❤️ and :) to 😃,,,, do you have any idea what you’ve just done?? what you just fucking destroyed ?

A) It's irritating when systems turn lovely ascii art into crude little pictograms, and

😎 It's even more frustrating when you weren't actually trying to make an emoji.

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Not For Puppies

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This is one of those works of art that sticks with you forever. My partner and I first saw this comic years ago and quote the “okay, but like…” in our dogs’ voice several times a week.

I do love that every dog owner who has ever seen this just immediately goes “using that forever”

this went so hard the other way for us that “not for puppies” has become a trained phrase that our dog fully understands to mean “you might as well give up because we will never ever let you have this”

@dr-otter

Enjoying the music

Caves are weirder and more varied than you think

my followers can have some cave pics, as a treat

Good reference for writers

Information Wall (with Hat)

a wasp made this post

like this post if you want to see me post my ballsack tonight

empty threats. he won’t do it.

this is a political compass of sexuality to me.

The mechanics behind it are pretty simple too:

That's how you catch the branch in the state of "plant catching on fire", without advancing to the "plant burnt" state.

The physics and artistry of this are fascinating but I love how they have to cut the molten glass with shears like it’s unruly fondue

An Update

great that they acknowledged how much they fucked up with the original plan. I think the new plan is totally fair. However, the disregard for fans and display of greed from the original video has left a bad taste in my mouth. we’ll have to see how it all plays out

Why does basil smell so fucking amazing

Good points. Wait what was that first thing