ramblings of a life addict

baylee. 28. queer and married. she/they. addicted to all the feelings that mean I'm alive

[drumlincountry]

If your life is horrible and you need a new source of meaning and direction.... Do NOT find religion. Learn to identify plants.

[godshideouscreation]

[sighinastorm]

dig how Portugal is looking at her

[sighinastorm]

golden lion tamarin

[captchacomics]

[rasec-wizzlbang-blog]

can we bring back captcha comics

[kushblazer666]

[jasper-rolls]

[honeyslim]

No offense but these are absolute classic images

[teathattast]

[flightyquinn]

[ot3]

i gotta admit this is a new take on vote blue no matter who than i've seen recently

[catismylife]

#101

[sighinastorm]

This is one of the best photographs of any subject in any style. This shot helps justify the existence of photography.

[caats]

[baddingtonbitch]

i bet daniel craig and rachel weisz are engaged in forms of full time kink we can't even comprehend. like if he leaves even one speck of crust on her tea sandwiches she puts him in a christening gown and hunts him on their estate

[crustacean-warlock]

Reminder:

[selfundiagnosed]

Pierogi pillows

[i-am-dulaman]

Okay something that bothers me is the fact physics is seen as the more prestigious of the three main sciences, with biology at the bottom and chemistry in the middle. Like. I doubt most people could name a famous biologist, but they could name 5 famous physicists. Why are Albert Einstein and Stephen hawking household names but Norman Borlaug and Jonas Salk aren't?

Not to dismiss the accomplishments of Einstein or Hawking, or their genius, but their actual tangible contributions to society have been miniscule compared to that of Borlaug or Salk who have each saved LITERALLY hundreds of millions, if not billions, of lives each. Half the food on your plate was probably grown thanks to Borlaug and Salk is the reason half your siblings didn't die of polio as a kid.

Sure Einsteins theory of relatively is important for modern satellite communications but really though how can it compare?

This is coming from someone who studied physics. I love physics, and years ago when i was at uni I looked down at biology and so did everyone else studying physics. And I know others did too. Retroactively of course I know this was so very wrong.

If society as a whole started treating biology with more respect then maybe more students would go into that field. If we had rockstars of medicine and agricultural science that were household names rather than just physicists? think of how many more lives could be saved, how many more lives could be improved.

I'm not saying physics isn't important, and more scientists of any kind is always good, but proportionally I think societies priorities are a little skewd.

[elusivemellifluence]

Relevant xkcd

[greenwire]

Jonas Salk was a household name in his lifetime, and people do know the names Richard Dawkins and Louis Pasteur and Charles Darwin. But biology has been demoted to a "soft science" in recent decades, a phenomenon I can explain with a single image:

My prediction is that you will see this happen with chemistry next.

[pusheen-the-radical]

its already happening with chemistry-adjacent studies!!! chemical engineering used to be seen as the hardest form of engineering, until it became extremely popolar with women students, to the point where it is now pejoratively called ‘femical engineering’, and lookie-look which is now considered the *easiest* type of engineering. wanna venture a guess?

[greenwire]

Someone in the notes actually took the time to inform me that "correlation does not equal causation" but there is actual scientific evidence that we value women's work so low that when women enter a field, the prestige and pay in that field drops. We have seen this in numerous fields, even outside of the sciences and engineering fields. Biochemistry is being demoted to a soft science now too, but I think we will see, as the trends continue, that more women in chemistry will lead to devaluing of chemistry.

Some sources on this phenomenon.

As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops (Published 2016)

Work done by women pays less because women do it, research shows.

Occupational Feminization and Pay: Assessing Causal Dynamics Using 1950–2000 U.S. Census Data

Abstract. Occupations with a greater share of females pay less than those with a lower share, controlling for education and skill. This asso

The above two sources are discussed on the NYT article and show that, as women enter a field, the prestige and pay drops from that field. I found an interesting article on this below:

This third link is to an article that examines the long-term change in disparate prestige and pay experienced by women over time. In some respects, the gender pay gap is shrinking significantly and has been doing so since the 1980s. HOWEVER, when you control for other factors (more women are highly educated now, more jobs require higher education now than in 1980, more fields have earned a prestige and pay boost commensurate with these events) the negative effect of female percentage on overall pay an occupation receives has become stronger over time. In other words, the sex-based discrimination women experience has intensified as our net educational level and career choices have increased.

It's interesting because there's science behind this, there's science behind the pay gap, but MRAs value women's opinions so lowly that they can rebut it with "nu uh!" and people will go "well there's really no way to tell who is right here."

I had wanted to link them before, but I really didn't want to do so in the context of an online argument. Either you believe in sexism or you don't. If you don't, then I won't convince you it exists, and I don't want to spend my free time trying.

[creekfiend]

kids these days just want to be on phone. NO ONE is dying at my antarctic research station

[paverics]

I love those Olympic “here are the LGBTQ+ athletes we’re rooting for!” articles because they’re like

gymnasts: 1

swimmers: 2

rowers: 1

female footballers: 45

runners: 3

[herpsandbirds]

[dxppercxdxver]

physically incapable of being upset by being rickrolled. if it’s well executed i get to engage in the playful wink-nod with the jokester. and if it’s obvious. well then i just get to see my beautiful friend rick astley

[maudiemoods]

If life is a never ending loop of dirty dishes and laundry then that means life is a never ending loop of home cooked meals and comfy clean clothes

[moveslikekeithrichards]

may your next ibuprofen take effect swiftly and noticeably