The Moonlit Jester

Carmen || 30 || she/her Lover of bacteria, theatre, and creative writing. This blog has never really had a theme and it still doesn't; I'm just chilling here. Originally from Alaska, currently trying to deal with living in the Lower 48.

[aeroplvne]

cha eunwoo in the wonderfools (netflix - 2026)

[anotherfanaccount]

Wonderfools

9/10....cutting point because I wanted more and that'll be solved if they do the sequel like the end of the show hints at.

Absolutely cracking team of dumbasses. Eun Chae Ni to me was delightful simply because Eun Bin cannot be disliked anyway. Cha Eun Woo has finally got me. I get your appeal dude. Keep wearing tank tops and get injured in your shows to aura farm. That surely works for me. Choi Dae Hoon you absolute gem. Always so much fun to watch him devour every character ever. Im Seong Jae I don't know you yet but you were hilarious.

The story was nothing spectacular but the execution was. Neat and rightly paced. The comedy was so rightly done. Also it looked so cinematic.

This was the first promotional material and this is the exact vibe of the show. They find the only one who knows anything and bully adopt him to be more human.

Would definitely love for the sequel to happen.

[kakenaku]

not a single thought behind any of those eyes yet their joy is overwhelmingly radiant it's beautiful

[macgyvermedical]

When Drugs Became Available

Have you ever been writing some historical fiction and wondered "hey, I wonder if my characters would have been able to pop an ibuprofen in 1977?" Well, you're in luck, because this post is all about when common medications became available:

Acetaminophen: 1950

Albuterol: 1969 (UK) 1982 (US)

Allopurinol: 1966

Alprazolam: 1981

Amitriptyline: 1961

Amlodipine: 1990

Amoxicilin: 1972

Amphetamine/Dextroamphetamine (together as Adderall): 1996

Apixiban: 2012

Aripiprazole: 2002

Aspirin (first NSAID): 1899

Azidothymidine (first antiviral): 1987

Barbital (first barbiturate): 1903

Bupropion: 1985

Buspirone: 1986

Calcium Carbonate (TUMS): 1930

Captopril (first ACE inhibitor): 1981

Chlordiazepoxide (first benzodiazepine): 1960

Chlorothiazide (first thiazide diuretic): 1957

Chlorpromazine (first antipsychotic): 1952

Cyclobenzeprine: 1977

Diphenhydramine: 1946

Furosemide: 1959

Fluoxetine (first SSRI): 1988

Gabapentin: 1993

Glipizide: 1984

Hydrochlorothiazide: 1959

Ibuprofen: 1969 (UK) 1974 (US)

Insulin: 1923 (though many types of insulins would become available over the next century)

Imipramine (first tricyclic antidepressant): 1959

Iproniazid (first antidepressant (MAOI)): 1952

Levothyroxine: 1927 (though desiccated pork thyroid was used for the same reasons as early as 1890)

Lisinopril: 1987

Lithium: 1949

Losartan (first ARB): 1995

Lovastatin (first statin): 1987

Naproxen: 1976 (Rx) 1990 (OTC)

Nitrogen Mustard (first chemotherapy agent): early 1940's

Methotrexate: 1947

Methylphenidate: 1954

Metformin: 1957 (France) 1995 (US)

Metoprolol: 1978

Montelukast: 1998

Morphine: early 1800's

Omeprazole: 1989

Penicillin: 1945

Phenbezamine (first antihistamine): 1942

Prednisone: 1955

Propranolol (first beta blocker): 1965 (UK) 1967 (US)

Sertraline: 1990

Spironolactone: 1959

Sulfanilamide (first modern antibiotic): 1935

Tolbutamide (first oral anti-diabetic drug): 1956

Tramadol: 1977 (Germany) 1995 (US)

Trazodone: 1981

Valacyclovir: 1995

Verapamil (first calcium channel blocker): 1964

Warfarin: 1954

Zopiclone (first "Z-drug"): 1986

[macgyvermedical]

Someone asked for this list in date order, so here it is!

Morphine: early 1800's

Aspirin (first NSAID): 1899

Barbital (first barbiturate): 1903

Insulin: 1923 (though many types of insulins would become available over the next century)

Levothyroxine: 1927 (though desiccated pork thyroid was used for the same reasons as early as 1890)

Calcium Carbonate (TUMS): 1930

Sulfanilamide (first modern antibiotic): 1935

Nitrogen Mustard (first chemotherapy agent): early 1940's

Phenbezamine (first antihistamine): 1942

Penicillin: 1945

Diphenhydramine: 1946

Methotrexate: 1947

Lithium: 1949

Acetaminophen: 1950

Chlorpromazine (first antipsychotic): 1952

Iproniazid (first antidepressant (MAOI)): 1952

Methylphenidate: 1954

Warfarin: 1954

Prednisone: 1955

Tolbutamide (first oral anti-diabetic drug): 1956

Chlorothiazide (first thiazide diuretic): 1957

Metformin: 1957 (France) 1995 (US)

Furosemide: 1959

Hydrochlorothiazide: 1959

Spironolactone: 1959

Imipramine (first tricyclic antidepressant): 1959

Chlordiazepoxide (first benzodiazepine): 1960

Amitriptyline: 1961

Verapamil (first calcium channel blocker): 1964

Propranolol (first beta blocker): 1965 (UK) 1967 (US)

Allopurinol: 1966

Albuterol: 1969 (UK) 1982 (US)

Ibuprofen: 1969 (UK) 1974 (US)

Amoxicilin: 1972

Naproxen: 1976 (Rx) 1990 (OTC)

Cyclobenzeprine: 1977

Tramadol: 1977 (Germany) 1995 (US)

Metoprolol: 1978

Captopril (first ACE inhibitor): 1981

Trazodone: 1981

Alprazolam: 1981

Glipizide: 1984

Bupropion: 1985

Buspirone: 1986

Zopiclone (first "Z-drug"): 1986

Lovastatin (first statin): 1987

Azidothymidine (first antiviral): 1987

Lisinopril: 1987

Fluoxetine (first SSRI): 1988

Omeprazole: 1989

Amlodipine: 1990

Sertraline: 1990

Gabapentin: 1993

Losartan (first ARB): 1995

Valacyclovir: 1995

Amphetamine/Dextroamphetamine (together as Adderall): 1996

Montelukast: 1998

Aripiprazole: 2002

Apixiban: 2012

[eisenkrahe]

I already keep track of a lot of this stuff but hey, it's useful.

[sleepyquietgirl]

I feel like I am taking crazy pills

[capricious-frog]

I couldn't believe this was true so I had to double check and I found multiple articles talking about it. We live in a comedy sketch.

Here's the link to the article of the photo:

Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’

Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach

[mumblesplash]

it's such bs that the whole guilt-ridden stoic self-sacrificing martyr thing doesn't work outside of fiction. repressing all your emotions and neglecting your physical wellbeing should make you god's most tragically beautiful morally unassailable little soldier of righteousness but all it does is give you bad skin and gastrointestinal problems

[mumblesplash]

like what do you MEAN the number 1 sexiest character trait of all time is just kind of offputting and bad for you in real life. next you'll tell me smoking has consequences other than looking like a mysterious badass

[whatdoesthevixensay]

correct

[bogleech]

Why are there just blobs of fake rubber meat that a bunch of unrelated microbes can build in the dirt but they've only ever been found in china and can't be classified any further than "biological objects"

[altair-the-heretic]

Taisui TS-2007S, a Large Microbial Mat Discovered in Soil in China - PMC

i love you strange bacterial soil meat

[sabertoothwalrus]

much appreciation for people who create ocs that are clearly derivative of The Character because even if the inspiration is clear, they had the self awareness that their headcanons had snowballed so far past character analysis into pure self indulgence that there was very little of source material left. and that’s beautiful. sometimes when you’re preoccupied playing touys it’s hard to take a step back and realize you’ve actually created something wonderful and new

[therobotmonster]

Fun fact! This is what's called an 'expy', a character that's very clearly intended to be or evoke one character, but has a unique identity.

They get used for a variety of reasons, and a lot more original characters than you'd expect are expys.

Sometimes, it's because you want to use a character that you don't have the rights to. Marvel's Squadron Supreme, for instance, is a whole pack of Justice League expys, usually to serve as placeholder justice leaguers for a faux-crossover fight with the Avengers, (and once to tell an amazing JLA story that DC didn't have the guts to, and every time they've tried, they've missed the point, but I digress-) It can be done either affectionately (The whole of Venture Brothers, characters like Reptar) , to ride tailcoats (all the SNK not-Ryu/Kens), as a "take that" to an idea the author derides (Dan Hibiki from SF2 in response to the SNK not-Ryus. Also everything about the Boys), or because the author used to have access to them, left the company, and rather than change to a new cast they just make Youngblood.

Sometimes it's because you do own the rights to the character, but you don't want to use them for the story in question. DC bought the Charlton cast of characters: Blue Beetle, Captain ATom, the Question, etc and Alan Moore turned in a groundbreaking outline for an inaugural story for them. Editorial, however, didn't want to take a whole cast of characters they'd just bought and have them all dead or psychologically broken at the end of their introduction tale, and so that's how we got Watchmen. Walter B. Gibson, creator of the Shadow did this when he created the Avenger, because if anyone was going to make money doing ripoffs of the Shadow, it was him.

Arguably, Marvel's Speedball was a Spider-Man expy when he started off, only he was an expy of high-school age Peter Parker, which the comic version of Peter hadn't been for literal real world decades.

And then there's the 'evolved beyond' take mentioned above, which in the wild usually manifests as what I'd call a "druthers expy", (for the non theatre kids, 'druthers is a shortening of "I'd rather-" made famous by L'il Abner. there's a whole song about it.) The main thing that differentes this from the first type can be boiled down to not being allowed to do a crossover, and no being allowed to do a severe reboot.

"Man, Dial-H-for-Hero was a fun comic, but I'd rather it have been cooler and more coherent" Is, I'm almost completely certain, how we got Ben 10, even if its the concept being expy'd more than the actual character.

I have /so many/ druthers expys.

There's other approaches, and there's a lot of of mixed situations and blurred edges, but it's a proud tradition that goes back literal centuries. So grab your blorbo, mash 'em into a new shape, and roll with it.

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

getting lost in boston is fun because I turned around on a street corner three times and some guy yelled "hey stupid! the bus is that way!" very helpful interaction and accurate insult, 10/10 no notes

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

one time I walked around a building a couple times looking for a bathroom and this guy went "this bitch thinks she's on a merrygoround, where the fuck are you tryna go? bathroom? one floor down to the right behind the door that says bathroom."

[mentohol-blog]

My very first time in Boston. I was absolutely miserable, trying to drag my giant suitcase up a lengthy set of stairs in the pouring rain. This guy who had already reached the top looked back at me with the most pure expression of disgust I’ve ever seen in anyone’s eyes, marched back down the stairs, grabbed my suitcase, carried it to the top, left it there for me, and walked away without ever saying a word. I think about him often.

[just7frogsinapeoplesuit]

For the people in the notes going "why is Boston like this": a) the insults are a way to show you have no ulterior motives when helping someone (and don't need to be thanked or repaid), and b) Boston was settled by the Irish

[direhydroid]

also the Italians. mixing Irish and Italian sociocultural attitudes had the effect of multiplying the Sass Levels by the power of infinity, in the sense that you get all of the clever dry wit of the Irish and all of the bitchy gossipy condensation of the Italians rolled into one very stereotypically overly-friendly American package.

also worth noting that who you are to them doesn’t matter. they’ll talk to strangers like that and will also talk to their best friends like that. they’re just Like That.

[just7frogsinapeoplesuit]

More from the notes:

[tosety]

Oh, no, tsundere isn't the right term because we aren't trying to hide anything.

We're not about to leave you stranded but we really do think you're an idiot for getting yourself into the situation.

[just7frogsinapeoplesuit]

[iphigeniacomplex]

“our age of bronze is collapsing” is this beautiful random burst of monty python dialogue amidst the drudgery of nolan’s vision and i think it should win the first-ever oscar for best solitary line

[iphigeniacomplex]

[wringing my hands as i look out my window directly overlooking wall street, watching the sun rise on october 29, 1929] aw fuck it’s the great depression

[estrogenesis-vaporeongelion]

[villainessbian]

Bavarian soldier in 1618: I too wanna serve my country and show loyalty to the Habsburgs. I enlist to serve in the thirty years' war

Soldier next to him: the what

[queerofthedagger]

the fun thing about having a mental health crashout in your thirties is that sure yeah you're crashing out, but at the same time there's a part of you standing across the room smoking ben affleck style, going yeah yeah you're crashing out. you crashed out before you will crash out again can we wrap this up yet. and the most annoying part about it is that they're right, and that that does Not stop you from crashing out even a little. love and light on planet earth.

[hateusandseeifwemind]

[pinene]

Can anyone explain wtf is going on here especially a Korean speaker

[tadeadshihamurder]

someone on reddit explained 😭

[no-one-offical]

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[desmolbean404]

That is one of the most astronomical fuck up translations I have ever seen.

[scienceoftheidiot]

You know what that means ?

*starts talking with more Verlan to fuck up with AI*

[apolladay]

Did your parent(s) bring you to Bring Your Child To Work Day?

Yes, at least once

No, but at least one of their workplaces offered it

No, and it wasn’t offered

I’ve never even heard of this

Nuance/other

Voting ended onAug 9

I always read about this in books but both my parents worked in high-security labs so there wasn’t exactly ever a “schoolchildren permitted today” policy. Was this actually a real thing that happened to people?

[jacobwren]

"But AI can't do your job. It can help you do your job, but that doesn't mean it's going to save anyone money. Take radiology: there's some evidence that AIs can sometimes identify solid-mass tumors that some radiologists miss, and look, I've got cancer. Thankfully, it's very treatable, but I've got an interest in radiology being as reliable and accurate as possible. If my Kaiser hospital bought some AI radiology tools and told its radiologists: "Hey folks, here's the deal. Today, you're processing about 100 x-rays per day. From now on, we're going to get an instantaneous second opinion from the AI, and if the AI thinks you've missed a tumor, we want you to go back and have another look, even if that means you're only processing 98 x-rays per day. That's fine, we just care about finding all those tumors." If that's what they said, I'd be delighted. But no one is investing hundreds of billions in AI companies because they think AI will make radiology more expensive, not even if that also makes radiology more accurate. The market's bet on AI is that an AI salesman will visit the CEO of Kaiser and make this pitch: "Look, you fire 9/10s of your radiologists, saving $20m/year, you give us $10m/year, and you net $10m/year, and the remaining radiologists' job will be to oversee the diagnoses the AI makes at superhuman speed, and somehow remain vigilant as they do so, despite the fact that the AI is usually right, except when it's catastrophically wrong. "And if the AI misses a tumor, this will be the human radiologist's fault, because they are the 'human in the loop.' It's their signature on the diagnosis." This is a reverse centaur, and it's a specific kind of reverse-centaur: it's what Dan Davies calls an "accountability sink." The radiologist's job isn't really to oversee the AI's work, it's to take the blame for the AI's mistakes. This is another key to understanding – and thus deflating – the AI bubble. The AI can't do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job. This is key because it helps us build the kinds of coalitions that will be successful in the fight against the AI bubble." - Cory Doctorow, The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI

[clytemnestraaa]

hi this drives me crazy

canon is what happens in the text. e.g. merlin tries to poison morgana

a headcanon is a fact that you have personally made up as an elaboration of canon. it is your invention. e.g. i think morgana and gwen had a teenage lesbian situationship before the events of canon. or, i think modern morgana would love evanesence.

an interpretation is how one reads the existing text. it is not an invented fact nor is it a headcanon, it is a reading. e.g. i think merlin tries to poison morgana out of misplaced self-hatred. or, i think that one line was delivered with suppressed malice and shows a nuanced relationship.

fanon is the general fandom’s accepted headcanons and interpretations that elaborate or recontextualize canon. e.g. merlin is a badass waif and morgana is a bitch.

these are all different words with different meanings.

[bethanydelleman]

Also, for an interpretation to be valid it needs to be based on the text. It cannot just be a vibe. One can disagree on readings of the text, but if someone comes with quotes and/or historical context and you just have vibes, then sorry, your interpretation is inferior and may in fact just be a headcanon.

[drawingguitarist]

dumb

[seulgily]

If i ever space out just know that this is what’s on my mind

[waste-land-baby]

The further they get the more I trust him

[projectioniist-a-blog]

[sunnythebunny2]

@wtfarefeelingsidk

[headspace-hotel]

I think about this post a lot

[animusrox]

I’ve got a little challenge for you, Sark, a new recruit. It’s a tough case, but I want him treated in the usual manner. Train him for the games, let him hope for a while, then blow him away. Tron (1982) dir. Steven Lisberger