Adult in Progress. Lover of Cats

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
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myothertardisisonthemun

I sent a letter today - something I haven’t done for years

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It’s full of plastic bread clips

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It’s for Science

myothertardisisonthemun

At the risk of loosing some mystery, I think I should add some context:

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There’s this website-I mean, scientific organization called the Holotypic Occlupanid Reasurch Group.

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They are a group of abiologists who study and classify Bread clips.

I found a species that has not yet been described:

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Yay for citizen science 👍

numberlover1729

wtf?

myothertardisisonthemun

Update:

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meckamecha

Apparently HORG is widely appreciated by pediatricians since knowing exactly what kind of Occlupanid a child may have swallowed makes removing it safely much easier

the-real-numbers

IIRC this is actually part of the reason HORG was started. A man swallowed a breadclip and the clip closed around part of his tissue linings (in his intestines I think?). The specific shape and flexibility of the clip were significant determining factors in the removal process, as some bread clips have spikes and prongs that would have made extraction more complicated. They started the taxonomy so they could work out extraction techniques for each type.

wyndryga

are you fucking kidding me occlu like oculus or close and panid like bread. its a fancy word for breadcloser

castrateurfate

happy very specific archive thursday, everyone

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flutterbuck

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firesidoni

oh damn, okay, so literally last night i was talking with friends about how unrealistic the golden horse in tears of the kingdom is and how it feels like they were just trying to one-up the white horse in breath of the wild, and then i run across this post, do a tiny bit of looking, and—no really gold horses are actually literally a real-world thing!

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sunshine304

I remember reading about this breed in horse books. They're indeed very very old (over 3000 years old) and come from the deserts in turkmenistan. The way their hair is built helps them with the extreme temperature changes in the desert.

They're tough, with high endurance and intelligence, friendly and sensitive.

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ironwoman359

Oh my god if 8 year old me had known about this it would have been OVER

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prokopetz

"Isn't it weird that [thing humans commonly eat] is poisonous to literally every domesticated animal" I mean, there's a pretty good chance that [thing humans commonly eat] is at least mildly poisonous to humans, too. One of our quirks as a species is that we think our food is bland if it doesn't have enough poison in it.

xeansicemane

Humans have a really weird mix of mundane superpowers.

We're not fast and don't have a lot of natural weaponry but we're bizarrely tolerant to a broad range of toxins to the point that one toxin is considered a morning necessity for some to perform at work. Gotta love us.

vexwerewolf

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c-53

I think my favorite bit i do with customers is when white women are like ‘i dont know what to getttttt’ and i hit them with the ‘you should be bad~ 😈’

c-53

Saying ‘you should be bad!!’ In like Gay Voice to a white woman at starbucks has like the same psychological impact as going like ‘who’s a good boy?’ To a dog. It makes them so excited in a really endearing way.

fortidogi

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wingsformypillow

A day late, but posting a story of when we first got married to celebrate our anniversary:

The thing about having an autistic husband, is as much as I love him, he just is not capable of picking up on behaviors or facial expressions and knowing what they mean. He needs me to speak the words I’m feeling.

Early on, this was a problem. When I was exhausted after work and didn’t have the emotional energy to deal with anything, I needed some time alone.

I would say “I’m tired,” get up and leave a room.

He’d follow.

I would shut a door.

He would open it, and keep talking to me.

I had to actually speak the words, “I would like a little bit of space for a while.”

And then he would say, “Oh.” In a sad voice.

And then I’d feel like an asshole, because he always seemed so sad when I did that. I didn’t want to hurt him. I loved him, and I thought I was a bad wife for wanting time for myself. Things were not good.

One day, I came home, and on my desk was a card, laminated. It was simple, black text on white background, in 36-point font. It said:


I love you. Fuck off.

And he took my hands and said the reason he was sad wasn’t that I needed space— he needs his sometimes too, but I pick up the signals and leave him alone.

He felt bad that he couldn’t understand me, and I always looked so uncomfortable and guilty when I told him.

So now I have a card that I can hand to him, any time, and he will understand and go away for an hour and nobody feels guilty.

wingsformypillow

Thinking of making him a “I still love you. Still fuck off.” card for anniversary now

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lurkinglurkerwholurks

I am convinced that Bruce Wayne dies of old age. Not on patrol, not in some disaster or crime spree or brutal accident, but peacefully, at the Manor, in his own bed. He gets to be happy. He gets to be at peace. He gets to live a long life—80s or even 90s maybe. It’ll still be a surprise when he dies. Death always is a shock, even when you know it’s coming.

The only person who won’t be surprised by the call is Clark. Which isn’t to say he won’t be surprised at all, just at a different time. Clark will be the one who wakes up in the middle of the night. He won’t know why at first, the way few of us do when roused from a sound sleep by nothing at all.

And it really will be nothing. Clark will stare into the dark, thinking, listening, and realize the world has gone silent. The white noise at the edge of his hearing, his subtle companion for decades, has ceased.

Bruce Wayne’s heart has stopped beating.

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