These tags made me snort at work.
Unless you're intersex in specific directions. I was forced on estrogen, and my body didn't know what to do with it, and it made me physically and mentally ill. This is a common issue a lot of intersex people deal with. I am a person with XX chromosomes who needs testosterone to be a functional woman.
Don't forget us or how "correcting" us was part of the foundation for HRT and GRS.
I love the term “loanwords” because it implies that you intend to give them back.
*dumps a box full of words on French’s front porch* You never came back for your shit.
Loanwords, loaned to the British Museum so
Would everyone like to know the best thing??? There are two types of borrowed word - loan words and calques. Loan words are words taken directly from the language i.e. tattoo, sushi, guillotine. Calques are words literally translated from the language before being borrowed i.e. beer garden, scapegoat, killer whale (incorrectly calqued, the original actually means whale killer which is a whole other post).
Did anyone notice the fun thing?
Loan word is a calque (German lehnwort lit. Loan+word) and calque is a loan word (French calque - tracing or imitation). Have a good day!
senshi pre-touden siblings party:
dungeon meshi textposts pt27 except they’re a little different than our usual vibe :)
i’ve been thinking a lot about the insane dehumanization of north koreans lately (they’re not allowed to smile, they’re all brainwashed, they would let their family die to save a picture of their “dear” leader etc) so here’s another post with pictures from the dprk of north koreans just… being people
as always i highly recommend this easily accessible youtube documentary called the haircut/we went to north korea to get a haircut
it’s revolutionarily eye opening to westerners who’ve been provided nothing but incredibly biased ‘news’ against nk since birth. you are not immune to propaganda
everyone in the notes going onto a post about how citizens of the dprk should be viewed as fully realized people and going “i agree they should be viewed as people but ONLY if you attach the disclaimer that they live under an evil government to their every move” perhaps take a moment to consider that you are doing the dehumanizing op is talking about - @pleuvoire
yeah…
here’s an album with 400+ images of life outside of Pyongyang
Not me explaining that here on Tumblr tits is a gender neutral term for big chests unless the person has said they don't like it
On a serious note people being unironically horny about cis men and referring to their chests as tits in their horny rantings has made me feel more comfortable as someone who is transmasc
Like I don't have huge dysphoria about my chest because I'm not very well endowed but I still have some and like thinking: "I'm a sexy dude with sexy tits" is actually a good feeling for me personally
my blog is a safe place for the gender neutral usage of tits
Actually that makes for a really funny poll idea
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you've heard of her right? the whole town's talking about her. the girl who turned kinda weird through the intersection. we all saw and we're mad at her.
always learning more about the world
Ain't nothing like turning to your coworker to ask what they're making and hearing them say "piranha solution".
For the curious it's a mixture of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide. It'll dissolve anything organic faster than you can say "fuck I spilled it".
Hazard statement(s)
H272 May intensify fire; oxidiser.
H290 May be corrosive to metals.
H314 Causes severe skin burns and eye damage.
H350 May cause cancer.
Precautionary statement(s) Prevention
P201 Obtain special instructions before use.
P210 Keep away from heat/sparks/open flames/hot surfaces. - No smoking.
P221 Take any precaution to avoid mixing with combustibles/organic material.
P260 Do not breathe dust/fume/gas/mist/vapours/spray.
P280 Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection.
P281 Use personal protective equipment as required.
P220 Keep/Store away from clothing/organic material/combustible materials.
P234 Keep only in original container.
Okay you're clear to reblog this now.
Piranha solution vs chicken drumstick.
If you think he's exaggerating the 'vaporizing' part you're wrong
That's the goal: eliminate humans to save Gaia.
what's really great about this chart is if you look closely enough you can actually see where and how the tweet is lying to you.
like ooooohhhh you got me, the CO2 levels were higher back in the fucking miocene than they are now, who gives a shit, meanwhile since industrialization emerged carbon rates have been skyrocketing and are higher than they've been in several million years. not to mention given the scale of this chart you're not going to see how dramatic and sudden this change has really been since it's barely visible on the chart:
maybe consider that when you try to flatten the data down to a straight trend line from the fucking cambrian, some important nuance may be lost.
also obviously the claim that "all life evolved" in the prior epochs where CO2 was much higher is just nonsense- plenty of life has evolved in the last several million years, most notably, you know, humans, so we should maybe consider that humans are adapted to that climate and won't fare particularly well if we return the CO2/temperature to the levels they were back when dinosaurs walked the earth. yeah, the CO2 levels and temperate have changed wildly throughout earth's history, but these changes are usually related to massive extinction events, so it's probably a good idea to avoid that. you're worried that humanity is going to be sacrificed to protect gaia but what is actually more likely to happen is humanity will be sacrificed to protect short-term corporate profits. and you're helping them do it, great job.
at any rate, to turn the tweets (wrong) "all life evolved when CO2 was much higher" argument back around, all human agriculture was developed when CO2 levels were much lower (and also CO2 levels are rising rapidly) so the notion that there's any realistic risk of CO2 levels dropping too low for agriculture to be viable is completely ludicrous.
Hello, climate change lecturer here. The tweet is absolutely laughably wrong.
I shall simplify, but: life originally evolved under higher CO2 levels because the sun at that time was younger and cooler than it is now. Higher atmospheric CO2 meant the planet didn't freeze, thus allowing self-replicating proteins to turn into single celled organisms without dying the moment night fell.
However, life (mostly bacteria) then evolved this neat trick called photosynthesis where it takes CO2 and uses sunlight energy to convert it into usable sugars. That caused a slow build up of oxygen until the more modern atmosphere evolved, and that's a good thing, because that allowed oxygen-breathing life to evolve - and that push and pull between photosynthesisers and oxygen breathers is how complex life then evolved and turned into the planet-wide ecosystems you see today.
Also, the sun is now bigger and hotter than it was. An oxygen-rich atmosphere avoids us burning the moment morning comes.
Basically, the arcanely stupid man in the tweet has done the equivalent of going 'Wait, life evolved in water?? Then we should DROWN ALL THE LANDS AND RETURN TO THE OCEANS SO LIFE CAN KEEP EVOLVING'. For those interested in learning more about this viewpoint, I recommend Pokémon Sapphire.
human brain is so easy to manipulate its stupid. sun is out longer in evening = life is worth living...read some negative social media posts = everybody hates me...read one interesting article = i have the scholar's ambition
Venanci Vallmitjana (Spanish, 1830-1919) The Beauty dominating Strength, 1875 Museo Nacional d'arte de Catalunya
Hey, it’s #webcomicday, and I’d super love it if you checked out my second long form comic, SHOT AND CHASER. It’s set in May 2020 in the Texas panhandle and is about destructive forces like tornadoes and shame.
About 2/3 done at 164 pages, and for mature readers. (No sex, drugs, or violence, but it’s all about the complicated gray-area mess of life.) CWs: takes place in early May 2020. Also CPTSD/past religious abuse is part of the plot. SHOT AND CHASER is mirrored on Tapas and ComicFury at a long delay, but it’s best read on its own independent site with no ads. I anticipate finishing it sometime in 2025. Cheers!
