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[notjusthespongenextdoor]

For a city to be walkable. It must also be sittable.

[notjusthespongenextdoor]

#every time I read this phrase the same thing happens#I read it as shittable and go wait that can't be right#oh right they were talking about public benches that makes more sense#but public bathrooms available without fees should also be a thing tho#cities should definitely be shittable#it happens EVERY SINGLE TIME

it must also be shittable

[filmyshilmy]

— Aishwarya Rai in blue and a snake necklace at Cannes 2006 and 2026

[catchymemes]

[samairuart]

Agar tum kahoooo~

[kajra-re]

Kajol, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, 1995.

[micamicster]

Kajol as Simran Singh in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

[catskewl]

Happy birthday, Sophie Scholl, May 9 1921. Sophia Magdalena Scholl (9 May 1921 – 22 February 1943) was a German student and anti-nazi political activist, active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group in nazi Germany. She was convicted of high treason after having been found distributing anti-war leaflets at the University of Munich (LMU) with her brother, Hans. As a result, she was executed by guillotine 22 February 1943.

Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don’t dare express themselves as we did.

Her last words:

How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause? Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us, thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?

[omanapoove]

favorite bollywood montages → are re are - dil to pagal hai (1997)

[akindplace]

do you guys remember when we googled something and we would get results that were actually related to the things we searched

[kymcat]

the economy is in shambles…i don’t know

[cb-writes-stuff]

I just learned that in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, the problems that Miis have that you have to solve (formerly called Problems) are now called Ponderings. So in light of that

[mutlulukrenkleri]

[keikomivra]

JURASSIC PARK (1993) Dir. Steven Spielberg

[icarus-suraki]

[atlaculture]

A Rose by Any Other Name

So today I learned that many Inuit, Inupiat, and Yupik peoples did not historically eat capped mushrooms, despite the many varieties that can be found in the arctic. There's no singular, clear-cut reason for this aversion, but some arctic mushrooms can be hallucinogenic or cause gastrointestinal issues, so it's not an unreasonable food taboo.

Anyways, as a result of this aversion, the traditional name for capped mushrooms in many Inuit languages is pretty hilariously rude and specific:

Nunavik Inuktitut - Tunitinging ("Caribou Food")

East Greenlandic/Tunumiisut - Qivittoq Sopa ("Cannibal Ghost Soap")

Inuinnaqtun - "Shooting Star Shit"

Inupiat - Argaignag ("That which makes your hands fall off")

Yupik - Chertovysuhi Ushi ("Devil’s Ears")

Anyways, this led to the following scenario popping into my head:

Aang: Sifu Pakku gave me and Katara the day off today. We should go out and pick some mushrooms! Katara, Sokka, & Yue: [awkward pause & looking confused] Katara: ...Oh, right! Gran-Gran did tell me that people outside the poles like to eat mushrooms... Sokka: Well, if it's good enough for them, then I guess it's good enough for me... Yue: I suppose I'd be willing to try some... My father taught me which ones are edible... Aang: Wait, do people in the Water Tribe not eat mushrooms?? Katara: You have to understand Aang, mushrooms take a lot of time to forage and many of them can upset your stomach. Aang: Well, what kinds of mushroom grow out here? Yue: Let's see... There's "Reindeer Feed"... "Cannibal Shampoo"... "Haunted Snot"... Katara: "Lunar Diarrhea"... "Hand-Rotters"... "Vaatu's Earlobes"... Sokka: "Kuruk's Toe Jam"... "Kyoshi's Hemorrhoids"... "Sozin's Anus"... Aang: Never mind, my stomach's already upset.

[waterviolite]

There are lots of fun names! Another source about Indigenous names for and traditions around mushrooms

I especially like the names ‘frog’s navel or umbilical cord’, ‘star excrement’, and ‘squirrel food’.

[atlaculture]

Very interesting read! I didn't realize an aversion to mushroom was common to so many indigenous cultures:

Examples of peoples who did not normally eat mushrooms include Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Nuxalk (Bella Coola), Kwakwaka’wakw (Southern Kwakiutl), Haisla and Hanaksiala, Haida, Upper Inlet Dena’ina of Alaska, Innu of Ekuanitshit (North Shore, Quebec), the Naskapi Innu of Labrador, and most Inuit...

The broad swathes of Indigenous peoples with an aversion to mushrooms lends credence to the "protein poisoning" theory. In the initial article I read, the author theorized that the aversion might come from a fear of "fat starvation", also called "protein poisoning". This is a type of malnutrition that develops from a diet high in protein, but low in fat. High-protein, low-fat foods like mushroom generally require more calories to digest than the food itself can actually provide. Additionally, the protein content causes the metabolism to speed up, leading to even greater hunger. If fat is not available to consume, the individual will develop fatigue and nausea within a few days, diarrhea in seven to ten days, and will die after several weeks.

When eating them is basically a net negative, it's no wonder why so many Indigenous peoples gave them mean names.

[cheaphalloweencostume]

anyone else feel compelled to be like “☝️ ‼️” when your birth date is mentioned in either fiction or nonfiction but then sometimes you be watching true crime and it’s like “the victim’s eviscerated remains were located on november 27th” and you’re like ah.. birthday.. ☝️.. but i am sorry

[steelplatedhearts]

environmental storytelling