VOCIFEROUS CROW

a collection of things I make and things I like

[amaruuk]

A silly thing I did with that Spinosaurus from before - made it actually SPEEN, complete with appropriate audio!

[aflinn]

This is my humor talisman for the rest of the week

[feliicityrampant]

the athiesm of women/people of color/lgbt people is absolutely different than the athiesm of cishet white men and i feel like people forget that a lot

[paintmeahero]

how?

[windwardstar]

Don’t have spoons for long explanation - also this is only speaking for christianity - but religion has been a force of oppression for women, people of color, and lgbt+ people and the rejection of the religion is often coupled with the rejection of how religion treats them.

I’ll also say that abuse survivors are included in this because it is a reaction to and an attempt to reconcile how (christian) god would allow abuse to happen.

For straight white men atheism is usually rooted in intellectual and rational superiority complexes. It’s a “i am more rational and intelligent than you, how can you believe in something so obviously fake” thing as opposed to a reaction to a societal institution that upholds their oppression and abuse.

[bairnsidhe]

Women, PoC, Queer people, immigrants, trauma survivors, etc:  How can I believe in something that teaches you to be cruel?  How can I trust the books that tell me of peace and love, when you use your faith to hurt me?  How can a loving god allow [insert injustice of the day]?

White Men: I, as an Intellectual, eschew silly superstitions that say I might, someday, after my death, face one (1) single consequence.

[aflinn]

I get that this is some people's experience, but it's not mine. I was raised as an atheist, by atheist parents who were raised Catholic and Methodist. This seems to me to be the biggest division in atheists: those who were raised and those who eventually discarded their religious upbringing. My atheism was very much centered on rational thought, the scientific method, and evolutionary biology. I am not cis, het, or a man. Not all science-rooted atheists are Hitchens/Dawkins/Harris wannabees.

[powerofthestruggle]

Man eating rice, China, 1901-1904

[comradepiyaz-deactivated2016020]

this is an extremely important picture

[fear-and-trembling-pdf-deactiva]

Ive never seen someone from 1904 having fun omg

[scootsenshi]

He has a nice face

[fearwax-deactivated20200108]

No but the history behind this picture is really interesting

The reason that everyone always looked miserable in old photos wasn’t that they took too long to take. Once photography became widespread it took only seconds to take a picture.

It was because getting your photo taken was treated the same as getting your portrait painted. A very serious occasion meant so thst your descendants would know that ypu existed and what you looked like.

But one time some British dudes went to china to go on an anthropological expedition, and they met some rural Chinese farmers and decided to take their pictures. Now, these people weren’t exposed to the weird culture of the time around getting your photo taken, so this guy just flashed a big grin during the photo because he was told to strike a pose and that’s the pose he wanted to strike.

[thisisarebeljyn]

I think painted portraits and old photos give us the idea that in general people were just really unhappy because those are the visuals we have. This is so refreshing.

[avatar-dacia]

Hey, look; “Man Laughing Alone With Rice” is back on my dash.

[jumpingjacktrash]

always reblog Happy Rice Guy. once upon a time, he really enjoyed his lunch, and that’s beautiful.

[aflinn]

Happy Rice Guy and Joseph Ducreux portraits have a very similar energy.

[itscolossal]

Underwater Footage Captures a Blanket Octopus Revealing Her Billowing Iridescent Membrane

[halorvic]

Found this little guy in the dishwasher

[did-you-know]

Fika is the Swedish tradition of having coffee, cake, and a chat. It’s such an integral part of the culture that many businesses have fika twice a day, and sometimes it’s mandatory. Source Source 2

According to IKEA’s corporate website: “Some of the best ideas and decisions happen at fika.“

[setheverman]

so after reblogging this to find out if other countries had this as well, i found out the following:

germany: yeah we have something similar called “Kaffee und Kuchen” :)

america: i work 16 hours per day at minimum wage and get a 7 minute unpaid lunch break, and instead of “fika” i have “suffering” and “death”

[saurophaganax]

Look at this bulbasaur i caught today

[owldee]

peak lesbian wedding gifting I CANT

[owldee]

the saga continues

[marvelmerlinao3]

The saga has a thrilling closing chapter

[owldee]

ALSO THIS

[ranescu]

I am so ready for the first of Halloween.

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Give a ghost the right pair of shoes and they’ll conquer the world.

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Super hot where I am today, so have a summer spook.

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Send me pics of your ghost costumes :> 

[ranescu]

Why is everyone into dom ghosts…?

[ranescu]

They’re single and ready to mingle~

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[vega-antisocialite-deactivated2]

if I ever reblog a long as shit post, it’s this

sorry

notreally

[almondkittie]

It’s ONLY October 1st and already y’all are reblogging the weird shit!!???

[libertarirynn-deactivated202006]

This is the longest set of cursed images I’ve ever seen

[onemancabaret-deactivated202412]

i t i s t i m e

[bobthedragon]

all the dinosaurs with discovered pigments with their accurate (to my knowledge) colors!

[cutecatpics]

The monster truck of cats Source: niqdisaster on catpictures.

[penguin-and-kiwi]

That boi got big fëët

[penguin-and-kiwi]

He boot just right for he got damn feet

[mysticalgalaxysalad]

@thecutestcatever

[princesstigerbelle]

holy shit imagine the size of those beans

[aflinn]

Nah. Big boi, but smol bean.

[showerthoughts-lol]

I don't think I have ever picked up a pair of tongs without clicking them together a couple of times.

[cillart]

Gotta make sure they work

[shinosarna]

channel your inner crab

[shut-up-jab]

[stimman4000]

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[aquatixwitch]

What the fuk.

[kaylapocalypse-deactivated20201]

girl WHAT

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[aquatixwitch]

What the fuk.

[kaylapocalypse-deactivated20201]

girl WHAT

[despazito]

this took me too long to make, heres a translation glossary

bonus points if you draw your abomination

[aflinn]

I was sick in bed today and decided to do a quick sketch. I got Megapodtitan (big/foot/giant) and my partner got Agigaichthys (not/savage giant/fish).

[bluerhinostudio]

It’s a shame the National Geographic folks couldn’t have shot this thing when it was painted–but here’s the finished standing Quetzalcoatlus. He’s taller than a modern giraffe!

[aflinn]

[bedupolker]

Inktober: how does a phone work underwater half a billion years ago anyways?

[aflinn]

I love this