A Mosh Pit Of Intrests

[sneakyfeets]

Does anyone have that pic of the three cats lined up and the black one has a really stupid look on its face

[thelarrygodmother]

You mean this one???

[sneakyfeets]

Yes thank you

[homo-sex-shoe-whale]

My favourite math fact is that 0.9999999.. is equal to 1. Exactly. Not approximately. Not as a rounded number. 0.9999 (recurring) is exactly 1.

[transsexual-dandelions]

Question. How the fuck does that work?

[homo-sex-shoe-whale]

I tried explaining it here:

[secondaristh]

Here’s another perspective on why .999… repeating is exactly equal to 1.

For any two distinct real numbers, we can always find a rational number strictly between them, i.e. that rational number must be able to be expressed as a terminating decimal or a repeating decimal.  To be clear, that rational number is strictly between the two values; it is not allowed to be equal to either.

Suppose k is a rational number strictly between 1 and 0.9999….  If this is possible, then, I can write k exactly as either a decimal with finite digits, or I can write k as a repeating decimal.  The problem is, there are no decimals with finite digits between 1 and 0.999… , and there is no way to write a repeating decimal that is greater than 0.999… and still less than 1.  Either way, a k strictly between 1 and 0.999… does not exist.  The only way this can be true is if those two numbers are not actually distinct.  That is to say, 1 = 0.999…..

[oysters-aint-for-me]

i truly appreciate how math seems like it’s this infallible always-true only-one-answer thing, when in reality math is just like:

[teddy-bear-tears-2-deactivated2]

I still remember the story my parents tell about me everytime I make a new friend. The wonderful story of the Baby Helmet.

[teddy-bear-tears-2-deactivated2]

I now realise I should have offered some context.

[mpregwizard-deactivated20260125]

yes please i would love context thank you

[teddy-bear-tears-2-deactivated2]

Aight then. Buckle down cause I'm about to tell you the family famous Baby Helmet story.

When I was a kid, learnin to crawl and walk and shit, still a baby, my parents noticed something off about my head shape. So they took me to the doctor.

Turns out I was fucking up my skull formation plates by sleeping on one side of my head constantly which caused the plates to settle in a way they weren't supposed to be settling.

And the doctors baisically were like "On god bro we gonna fix this for you" and low and behold, a solution came.

A helmet. A thick, adjustable helmet that was meant to reshape my skull. I had to wear that bad boy for a while. It was white with purple butterflies on it cause they knew I liked purple and I liked butterflies.

However, there was a cost. And not a money kind. It was my parents sanity going and humor being cranked up.

Because instead of sitting around and being a baby and all that, I found a better use of the helmet.

I realised that it protected my head it gave me the best idea.

To hit my head on every fucking surface there was. It drove my family insane.

They would hear me bonking it on the tv stand, on the floor, on the table, my own high chair. I would even stand up and charge at visitors and my family's legs and just fucking ram into them and full baby speed. It was the most enjoyable pass time that made both me and my parents laugh their asses off.

However, one day at the doctors, they had finally deemed my head fixed and safe. And the helmet was gone (but we still got to keep it).

Now keep in mind that I had been going absolutely ham with this shield on my head for months. I had grown accustomed to it, as though it was a second part of me.

So after we come home from the doctors, we go into the living room and my parents let me and my twin play for a bit.

Soon came the need to bash my head against something.

So I got in position, ready to go. My parents saw it happening. They leapt up, ready to stop me. But they were not fast enough.

It all happened in slow motion. I slammed my head into the floor full force. Silence.

I lift my head. There are no tears or wails. Only confusion. I blinked. Still nothing. I was silent for the rest of the day, coming to terms with the fact that I lost my invincibility.

Never again did I bash my head or ram into people.

And that's one of the many family famous stories about me. And my personal favorite.

[mpregwizard-deactivated20260125]

fantastic. absolutely wonderful. thank you for this story. reading this has brought me immeasurable joy as i imagine a tiny child ramming into shit with ruthless abandon. 10/10

[sensationaldisney]

[mordenkainensblog]

How Rogues Work: A Summary.

[charlesoberonn]

If Necessity is the mother of Invention, Boredom is the aunt of Invention and Art is Invention’s gay cousin.

[adizzyninja]

I’m intrigued by the implication that Boredom is therefore the mother of Art

[charlesoberonn]

I mean, am I wrong though? Is art not the result of a need to be mentally stimulated or expressive in some way?

[peashooter85]

Italian currasier’s close helmet, circa 1620.

from Hermann Historica

[biff-donderglutes]

:3

[pyropiano]

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[bogleech]

I love how fucking shitty this helmet’s expression is. Oh my god. Can you even imagine that face being the last thing you see with a sword through your chest. This was absolutely just designed to piss people off.

[thischarmingmothman]

Visit Original Link

[darkcynda]

So here’s one of the new mons, Polteageist!

but you wanna know what the funny thing is?

here’s a screencap all the way back in 2014

[vriskanon]

no Pavlov was the scientist. The dog is Pavlov's Monster

[yahenni]

While unobserved, Schroedinger is simultaneously the doctor and the monster.

[dragonzzilla]

There were once three brothers who desired the same woman. Each of the brothers wanted to win her heart, so each of them went out and found a gift.

The first brother presented a bundle of rare flowers. “I saw these and thought of you, as you are both beautiful.”

But the woman turned him down. “You are most flattering, but beauty is fleeting. These flowers will not remain beautiful forever, and nor shall I. That you thought first of my beauty is telling, and you would not make a good husband.”

The second brother presented a fresh kill. “I have slain this beast as proof of my prowess. So long as you are my wife, you shall not want for food or warm pelts.”

But the woman turned him down. “You are indeed skilled, but there is pride in your heart. That you thought first of me as a possession is telling, and you would not make a good husband.”

The third brother presented a knife. “I made this for you. It is simple and unadorned, but I can vouch for its edge. It is a tool and a promise. You can use it to defend yourself, and I ever become a threat, then I can only blame myself.”

The woman, nodding, accepted his gift. “You are humble, and acknowledge that things may change between us. That you give me the means to succeed, come what may, is telling, and you would make a good husband.”

She married the third brother, and for the time they remained together, they had more good times than bad, until they parted amicably. 

—Traditional orc parable, explaining why knives are a customary gift in orcish courting rituals

[gobblechopstv]

[silver-tongues-blog]

sometimes i forget that bart is canonically a telepath

[foxgirlbeans]

[youkaihime]

The emphasis Homer put on “*my* thoughts” implies that he heard Skinner as well, and that telepathy is passed down the patriarchal Simpson line

[catchymemes]

[wheeloffortune-design]

…oh.

also, trying to have an artistic career at the same time? yeah no wonder i don’t meet my own expectations.

[catchymemes]

[wheeloffortune-design]

…oh.

also, trying to have an artistic career at the same time? yeah no wonder i don’t meet my own expectations.

[invalidate]

[itsme98z]

THEY ARE 20 YEARS OLD NOW

[jewishdragon]

Remember how fucking hilarious Phineas and Ferb was?

[birdandmoon]

What critters are common in your neighborhood, but really exciting to visitors?

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[blujaytreasures-random]

Squirrels for Longview

[terpsikeraunos]

on the one hand there are many aspects of academia that should be criticized but on the other hand i’m concerned about the rise of anti-intellectualism as a tool of fascism

[catastrophic-success]

Hey yo what the fuck does this say in English? Because if you can’t explain in layman’s terms you’re not doing a good job of getting your point across to everyone.

[heartbeatemoji]

[fvckinnnn]

Damn how do you ever expect people to listen to you if you won’t even explain your philosophy in simpler terms… both y’all acting dumb

[yungcrybby-anonymousbosch666]

Oh my god, you’re going to hate me for this bullshit I’m about to add onto this post. this isn’t direct at you or anybody else. I don’t want you to think I’m attacking you as a person. I just feel very strongly about this subject (did two final papers on it) and I’m about to vomit up words like I’m suffering from food poisoning. I can’t put it in a small format because I’m long winded.

I’m with that one person up there, the original post is simply stated.  the original post is about the incredibly indecipherable shit in college textbooks that’s written like a special code to keep poor people out of a discipline. there was an example floating around on tumblr that was just like wading through molasses to read.

if you know what an “intellectual” is and you know what “fascism” is.you should be able to use context clues.

THIS is literally exactly why they push anti-intellectualism; so people will not want to engage and discourage others from trying to get them to engage. this is why our media is about dumbing down a complex social issue into something “easy to understand.” This is why racism is portrayed as something that “goes both ways” and is about “not liking someone different from you.” All that did was uphold racism, not expose it for what it really is and that’s by design.

People always mention how really old movies from the 30s has common folk using a lot more words than we do today and it’s because during that time period from (industrial revolution in the late 1800s until the 1920s) academia was seeping into culture because people were enthusiastic about all the new technology and concepts.

People wanted to engage with science because engaging with the changing world gave them power over their lives. And that’s one reason why people started to realize workhouses for the poor and all the crazy human rights violating shit brought on by mass production was wrong and they they should do something. The idea that they had rights somehow got into their head. Enter Anarchism and the attempt to get a labor party started in America. That’s why they encourage anti-intellectualism; people start to wrestle for control over their lives.

I don’t know where I’d be today if tumblr had not exposed me to the language I needed to describe my oppression. Now that I can see that what happens to marginalized people has academia behind it, it’s much easier to mitigate the damages, prove it to others, and it gave me a voice. Now I have it in my mind that I have rights.

Preventing that kind of cultural change why fascists love anti-intellectualism. The other thing poor people were engaging with was the Humanities (literature, books, movies, media  that becomes popular culture or deeply embedded etc.,). and that meant new ideas from social outsiders (like first generation children of immigrants, farmers with books, and black people) were gaining traction and getting popular. 

The roaring 20s were what they were because of this. It’s not a coincidence the Harlem Renaissance happened during this time and got white people into jazz, black slang and white women became flappers trying to emulate the black women they’d seen. All of this cultural crossover was very threatening and that’s when stuff like Prohibition, Woodrow Wilson’s entire presidency, and forcing kids to pledge allegiance to the flag started happening. 

(And curiously, these motherfuckers introduced stiff, froam white culture shit like square dancing to stop black music from taking over completely. Like they made up a false folk-way just like they did with Jim Crow. A folk-way is a traditional way of doing things.)

They needed to re-indoctrinate a liberated society and get it back to social (and economic) conservatism and hardline segregation again.

but now people are like, “if you can’t explain it to me w/o “big words” you’re the stupid one.” there were no big words in the original post. Racism and misogyny and complex issues and complex words get used.

this is also why a lot of western culture is “i don’t know and i don’t wanna know”.