teethguy

local teeth dealer 24/7 at every location // 19 // he/they // multifandom madness ensues here https://teethhotline.carrd.co/

[1-800-teethnow]

does anyone get me

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[atomic-chronoscaph]

Six Finger, The Most Amazing Toy Ever! - Topper Toys (1965)

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Item: prosthetic finger containing several small missiles of various uses (also a pen)

[tiredadventurer]

[ranboolivesaysstuff]

I have never connected with someone on a deeper level than that moment

[1-800-teethnow]

what is this crossover

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

I think that when talking about the Fermi paradox, too many people assume that intelligent life is inherently colonial.

Like, on Earth, for every hyper-imperialistic culture, there are 200 that just… aren’t.

What if they value other things? What if they see no reason to go probing and conquering?

We can assume that space aliens are “like us” without assuming that they’re like white British people specifically, can’t we?

And why assume that humans of the far future will be like humans of today? Why assume that we will become a space-faring colonial force, eager to leave our home and manifest-destiny our way across the Milky Way?

I don’t think we’ll ever lose our curiosity, and I don’t think we’ll ever stop trying to learn about distant stars, but will we feel the need to live on them?

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

I’m saying this as an art history person, by the way.

As humans, all cultures have the same mental and physical capabilities. Any culture on earth could have hypothetically produced hyper-realistic Greek-like sculptures or Renaissance-like paintings.

But realism in ancient art is incredibly rare. Not because most ancient cultures were incapable of creating realistic art, but because most ancient cultures valued other things.

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

What I’m getting at isn’t the idea that space colonization (or even exploration) is inherently wrong. What I’m saying is that I want to dispute the idea that intelligent life must inherently develop forward into some “perfected” state, whether that be Dyson spheres or matroshka brains or complete control over our galaxy.

It reminds me a lot of that “march of progress” illustration. The idea that evolution— or civilization— has some sort of end goal. And that that end goal must involve increased intelligence, solar-system size computers, and mass control over vast swaths of the universe, no matter where you started from, on earth or otherwise.

Back to the idea of art: imagine being born way back when and watching the development of extreme realism in painting, and wondering just how realistic paintings could get. What new heights will be reached? Maybe paintings will eventually feel like literally, actually looking out a window, or actually having a person in front of you.

But in the unimaginable future, in 500 odd years, realism isn’t actually nearly as valued.

What I’m saying is that many people expect “advanced” aliens or future human civilization to look like this, which it very well might:

But I think the odds are just as good of it looking like this:

[woman-becomer]

who want me

[woman-becomer]

I got lumpy in two. did you see

[woman-becomer]

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

very few people have yellow as their favorite color but the people who do are always unhinged about it

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

[piedpip3rrr]

Gang gang gang gang gang

[peanuttoffee]

what if this part of her won

[deannego]

[feefal]

Werewolf transformation, but with Jackalope’s instead. Inspired by the Shope papilloma virus in bunnies, it’s theorized to be the source of myths about the Jackalope.

It causes horn-like tumors to form, which can bear a resemblance to antlers.

It’s darn tootin’ creepy, so don’t google the virus if you’re squeamish👀

[its-emimi]

[1-800-teethnow]

man i love furbies. NO idea why tho

[ikimaru]

so Bobby has a shirt of the girls but consider the girls having a Bobby shirt ✨

[loish]

I am on a lifelong quest to paint super round, chunky flowers that look like cabbages. This is the latest installation!

[frodofeels]

my favourite thing is probably the scientific name of the Grizzly bear. 

It’s Ursus arctos horribilis. “ursus” meaning bear in Latin and “arctos”, bear in Greek.

so essentially a grizzly is a “horrible bear bear.” 

[spuddykins-deactivated20150510]

shaymew

[ajani]

The Eurasian Brown Bear is Ursus arctos arctos

So literally “Bear Bear Bear”. The most bear a bear can be. 

[hufflepug79-deactivated20160122]

So bear. Much roar. Wow.

[madgastronomer]

Also! The Arctic Circle is named for the bears, not the other way ‘round. It’s the Circle With Bears In, and the Antarctic is the Circle (and continent) Away From Bears.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Are you telling us that the poles of our world are Bear Continent and Anti-Bear Continent

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[trochaic-mutant-ninja-tetrameter]

🎶Latin name of grizzly! Scary bear bear!🎵

(Additional fun fact that’s not mentioned here: the poles aren’t called that because there’s bears in the Arctic and no bears in the Antarctic. It’s a complete coincidence; the Greeks called them that long before any of them had been to either pole. Instead, they’re called that because Ursa Major, the great bear constellation, points towards the Arctic and away from the Antarctic. It just so happens that Ursa Major points towards the land of the polar bears and away from the bearless penguins! Wild!)