A home without a book is darker than one without a lamp. – Henryk Sienkiewicz #WorldBookDay #books #quote http://dlvr.it/T5vHrC
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The grandpa from Midsommar is the reason we have bishounen in manga and anime
This is Bjorn Andresen, an actor who became famous around the world, especially in Japan, for his beauty.
His appearance inspired a lot of the classic pretty-boy manga characters, including characters like Oskar from the Rose of Versailles, and Griffith from Berserk. He was an idol in Japan for a long time. This is him in Midsommar;
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this is by far my favorite safety/warning sign btw. they really went off with this one
No cuz I fucking love this sign. It’s not an actual barrier so it’s not like some sort of challenge it simply says “fuck around and you will find out”
Ohohoho I LOVE “fuck around and find out” signs, especially the really dramatic and ominous (but true) ones
(Context for the last one: it’s a WWII era sign posted around the soldiers’ washroom mirror, warning them to never discuss military plans in places where civilians could hear them and report back to the enemy, e.g. in restaurants and pubs in the country. “Loose lips sink ships”.)
I also love these two, which I would place in the category of “You already fucked around, now you’re about to find out.”
Aerated water is fucking scary. It's water that has a fuckton of gas in it, which reduces the buoyancy to the point where you will immediately start to sink if you fall in.
ive been collecting these recently and wanted to add some of my favorites
Official ominous signs
Source: reddit.com
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What page/ scene of the gomens book did you procrastinate the most over?
We wrote the whole book in about 12 weeks. I don't remember ever having time to procrastinate.
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three FOUR anarchy accounts, that all post nothing but antifa memes, followed me in less than 24 hours. And like, idc, but nothing has ever given me stronger "waving to the FBI agent surveilling me" vibes. four antifa-bot accounts? you want me so bad it's embarrassing.
agent babygirl im saying this from a place of love: you look pathetic
Send me something to think about
baby elephants
(source)
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I could not not share this.
“SO MR CLAUS
ONCE MORE WE SEE THERE IS NOTHING YOU POSESS THAT I CANNOT TAKE FROM YOU”
YULE CAT! NOOOOOO!!!
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and if you feel comfortable sharing what song(s), let us know in the tags!
Gen-X: Looks like everyone thinks I'm dead. Again.
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Haven`t drawn too much because i was away so here are some older Lotr paintings from my sketckbook, plus a Thorin pencil sketch
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Anonymous asked:
One more joke hate: You may claim to be a woman but biologically you are a featherless biped and thus a man.
Finally a good argument for why I'm actually a man
if you told diogenes the cynic about being trans he'd be like "lol that's a sick troll you're epic" and you'd be like "diogenes no i'm serious" and he'd be like "lol that's even better lmao those guys are so mad about it" and then he'd start going by new original neopronouns every single day specifically to piss off the whole symposium
I just had an idea for a really dumb comedy sketch where a transphobe starts ranting about what really makes a women a woman, and diogenes returns each time with a different cis woman or outwardly femme intersex person that doesn't meet the criteria saying "behold, a man!"
"a woman has XX chromosomes"
*Diogenes with an androgen insensitive XY cis woman*: behold, a man!
"Nono, a woman can bear children!"
*Diogenes with someone who has medical complications associated with pregnancy*: "behold, a man!"
"nono, a woman produces the large gamete"
*Diogenes with a postmenopausal cis woman* "behold, a man!"
Trans Rights With Diogenes! coming to PBS
Some idiot: only women can produce eggs!
*Diogenes holds up a chicken* Behold! A woman!
Finished editing volume 5.
It grew.
By over 100%. Almost 150% actually.
Next challenges:
- Take time off, maybe do some drawing
- Maybe write some short stories
- Wait until May to start editing vol 6
- Possibly pick up 1-2 FF WIPs that have been patiently waiting for my attention.
Anyway. It took me a year to fix the mess I made writing it. Volume 6 will hopefully take a bit shorter, but I'm not betting on it. Hopefully, there will be more cutting...
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no fucking way
I thought crocs were so dumb, they simply tried to eat anything that caught their eye. Now they're learning?
What's next?!?
Nah Crocodilians (the group containing all 23 extant species of crocodile, aligator, caiman etc) are actually really smart, they're just a PAIN IN THE ASS to study in the wild because they're stealthy, don't eat or move that often relative to mammals, and are largely nocturnal. That said, we've found evidence of:
- Coordinated Group Hunting across many species of crocodilian- AKA, hunting like a pack of wolves.
- Advanced Parental Care- we knew for a long time that American alligators and Gharials built nests and mothers kept their young close, but GPS tracking has shown that the father(s) also typically stuck around and brought mom kills, but the young stay inside the territory of their parents for 3-5 years, until they reach sexual maturity.
- Nile crocodiles dig enormous and surprisingly complex burrows up to 40 feet deep that they share with other crocodiles- parents and children, but also adult siblings and Unrelated "Friends"- crocs that are frequently seen close together outside as well, but do not appear to be mates. many of these burrows are decades, if not centuries old, are actively maintained, and passed down through generations.
- Amazon Caiman (a type of alligator) recognize individual humans (possibly by voice), and alter their behavior around them based on past interactions. Some of them become quite playful with humans they've had positive interactions with in the past, and others hold "grudges" against specific humans for decades.
- All Crocodilians engage in all major types of play behavior- Locomotor play (engaging in a behavior because it brings positive stimulation), playing with toys (Sticks, leaves, carcass, and in one paper, a floating squeaky toy that had gotten into the Bayou) and social play (Playing with other individuals). Several species, but notable Caiman and Alligators also Play with animals outside their species- young caiman have been observed playing with Amazon Giant River Otters, and Alligators playing with sharks and dolphings off the US Gulf coast. Play behavior is associated with a high degree of intelligence in animals.
- Male Saltwater crocodiles in Australia employ a variety of complex mating strategies, including offering courtship gifts (tailored to the preferences of individual females), sucking up to larger males to get better introductions to females (A Long-Term strategy that pays dividends- while the beta males don't typically mate the first two or three years they try it, the ones that stick with the strategy mate with more females as they age), and doing "Off years" where they pass on the fighting and displaying and just nap and get fat instead- another strategy that pays off long-term: Big Males that engage in Off-Years mated more in On years, and lived longer overall, for a larger lifetime genetic impact.
- Many zoos have had success in training captive crocodilians to do "tricks"- mostly pose behaviors that let keepers examine, vaccinate or medically treat the animal with minimal stress on all sides. But they're also apparently good at "Sit up" and "Roll over".
- And as far as "Trying to eat anything that caught their eye"- pretty much all carnivores, but especially crocodilians, make pretty complex calculations on whether or not to pursue something as prey based on, but not limited to: How hungry they are, what the future prospects for food are based on the weather/season/behavior of their prey/how many other carnivores are competing with them, the likelihood of injury (either in the process of hunting, or from the prey itself), and whether the effort expended is going to be worth the reward (based on projected strategies, how full eating something like that made them last time, and if they're going to suffer weird consequences for it).
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I’ve worked with a few before and honestly if you ever make direct eye contact with a crocodilian, you can actually see the gears turning to devise new and exciting crimes to commit and weighing the pros and cons of getting in trouble vs. having fun.
They’re very trainable and I could almost swear they understand more phrases than they let on. They also have unique personalities and may panic or self mutilate if separated from their peers, which is rare for reptiles.