46 Screaming Bees @46screamingbees - Tumblr Blog

It was around this time 8 years ago that I could wear normal shirts again post top surgery, and more importantly, the cuddle ban was lifted.

This is one of those transition milestones that I am beginning to forget, but in the best of ways - my chest just feels like it's always been this way.

the "you aren't friends" really sells it.

46screamingbees

hello

disgruntledexplainer

is it just me, or has Star Trek aged particularly badly as a franchise? I’m not talking technobabble; I’ll give most pre-1970s shows a pass for bad science, since they were really doing their best, and some of my favorite shows use the exact same bad science. I’m talking about it’s tone. I used to like it a lot, but now it just feels really smug and pretentious. “look at how MY secular values have produced a SPACE UTOPIA! All because we have abandoned SUPERSTITION for SCIENCE!”. give me a break.

it somehow manages to be both grossly ethnocentric in it’s embrace of western values while at the same time completely dismissive of the culture that those values sprung from. it is unabashed worship of modernism, a philosophy that died 2 decades ago because of how shallow and meaningless it was (only to be replaced with post-modernism which is arguably worse). with the notable exception of the inclusion of the Ferengi there seems to be no real effort to question or critique the philosophy, or even add a little nuance to it. it never makes any attempt to address the societal ills that resulted from modernism and secularism. it is the storytelling equivalent of drinking mayonnaise.

say what you will about Star Wars, but at least it took 2 REALLY BAD movies to ruin it for me (I still maintain the Force Awakens had some potential). but all it took to ruin star trek for me was getting a bachelor’s degree in the social sciences (history, leaning heavily toward anthropology) to see how full of shit it really is.

disgruntledexplainer

bad tropes

I have so much trouble enjoying science fiction and historical fiction nowadays. My stupid college education is getting in the way. things that go through my head:

-no, you can’t harvest zero-point energy from a vacuum; you need an energy gradient to do that.

-wormholes are supposed to be spheres

-no, aliens did not build the pyramids for goodness sake

-no, the church did not declare science heretical in the middle ages

-why is the middle east just a big desert in this?

-if you converted somebody’s body into energy to teleport them, you would literally just be killing and cloning them; not to mention that you would essentially be turning them into a nuclear bomb. Also, perfectly recording that information is basically impossible because of the uncertainty principle

-while on the topic of star trek, I feel like that franchise takes the prize for “the most hilariously unrealistic and over-optimistic depiction of a space-faring civilization in fiction”.

-why is everyone breaking formation in this medieval battlefield? and where are all the pikes?

-that… is not how people dressed back then in that region.

-no, hyperspace isn’t white

-just… everything about “pym particles” and the “quantum realm” in marvel

-*sigh* no, the inquisition was not burning witches in the middle ages.

-stop calling it the dark ages, I BEG you

-nobody takes conservation of mass seriously

-no, making objects and creatures out of “pure energy” isn’t a thing

-ninjas refusing to use guns because “honor” LOL what the fuck they’re ASSASSINS

i-am-an-accidental-hipster

Some Generator Rex themed minifigures for your D&D or Gamma World campaign

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happy gaming!

katara

I really need help

This is really embarrassing but my family and i are financially struggling, we don’t have groceries to eat at the moment, we’re a large family of six, i’m sorry if this is annoying but i don’t know what to do, please if you could help me out with at least $1 that would mean the world to me 🥺

ko-fi / paypal

a human friend of ours is starting a youtube channel about Diablo 2 and D&D. If anyone is interested, we will share a link to it.

234hr

anonymously message me (3) things you want to know about me.

writing-prompt-s

Your Tumblr username decides your profession. How is your first day at work?

46screamingbees

given that it is winter, not very good

pugzman3

nunyabizni

I don't think we've ever had anyone in the top job that hated California and Californians more than gavin does.

mornington-the-crescent

I will say, for as much as such a thing sucks, it is at least somewhat refreshing to see politicians being open about how much contempt that they have for the average American.

paula-of-christ

Please boost

I am going back to school for my theology degree in the fall and I already could barely afford school, but now with corona, I really dont think ill be able to afford it. I already put my deposit in and signed up for classes so ill have to go for at least the first semester, but if I can get even one years worth covered, I'll be thankful and probably be able to finish my degree.

Hey! My name is Paul Anne. I'm a twenty-something female that is going back to school for the Fall … Paul Anne Kay needs your support for Go

Even if you cant donate, please think about reblogging this or posting it elsewhere. Thank you guys so much.

by-grace-of-god

The mystery of icon-preserving bees

For a decade, a beekeeper near Athens, has kept a tradition: every spring, he slips icons of Christ, the Holy Virgin and different saints in his beehives, in order to bless his bees and his yearly honey production. And every year, the very same mysterious phenomenon occurs: bees make their honeycomb cells around the pious images, meticulously avoiding covering them.