Gruel eating peasant

[amygdalae]

kind of hate my stupid caustic pussy for dissolving my underwear over time but it's kind of cool, like, scientifically

[destinationtoast]

dying at this sequence from @pinkydragon01 :

[halfbloodfanboy]

[paxamericana]

[official-kircheis]

As per my last clay tablet,

[lurking-latinist]

CCing Ibbi-Ilabrat on this one just to make sure we’re all on the same page!

[ariaste]

“The sesame is visibly dying” makes me lose it every time. My sesame #mysesame

[medievaljournalist]

making a pilgrimage to tumblr & getting conned by a blogger claiming to sell scraps of the shroud of pjackk

[cosmicretreat]

[strawberry-crocodile]

the thing about capitalism is that at a certain point a product reaches its maximum audience and cant really be improved (at least not while remaining profitable), but capitalism requires a product provide infinite growth, and at that point the only way to increase profits is to raise prices, cut corners, and in the case of services start adding advertisements. this is just how the system works.

[charyou-tree]

Rent-seeking is the act of growing one's existing wealth by manipulating the social or political environment without creating new wealth.[1] Rent-seeking activities have negative effects on the rest of society. They result in reduced economic efficiency through misallocation of resources, reduced wealth creation, lost government revenue, heightened income inequality,[2][3] risk of growing political bribery, and potential national decline.

The actual economic term for this parasitic behavior is "Rent Seeking", as in "charging you rent for things that didn't used to cost money just because we can."

[paintedpolarbear]

"The classic example of rent-seeking, according to Robert Shiller, is that of a property owner who installs a chain across a river that flows through their land and then hires a collector to charge passing boats a fee to lower the chain. There is nothing productive about the chain or the collector, nor do passing boats get anything in return. The owner has made no improvements to the river and is not adding value in any way, directly or indirectly, except for themselves. All they are doing is finding a way to obtain money from something that used to be free." obtain money links to the wikipedia article for Parasitism which might be the most brutal diss I've ever seen on wikipedia ever

[sabertoothwalrus]

this idea came to me in the shower and I actually doubled over because I was laughing so hard

[sabertoothwalrus]

Visit Original Link

here's the unmuffled version. if you even care

[jotainjotain-muuta]

Oih miten ihanan hirveää yrittää kirjottaa seksikohtausta suomeksi. Englanniksi se on vähän gringeä joo, mutta suomen osalta sanasto on jääny jonnekin Jallun ja Kallen sivuille. Joita todella arvostan, haluan tuoda sen takaisin ja tuntea, että oon syntynyt väärälle vuosikymmenelle, kun en voi lähetellä tuhmia kirjoituksiani lehtiin ja tienata niillä paria markkaa.

Tää on nyt vähän tämmöstä se meni sinne -huttua, ku en tiedä pilaako tunnelman jos puhun asioista niiden oikeilla nimillä. Yhden kerran käytin sanaa kalu. Hirveää. Kalu, kyrpä, muna, jorma, jortikka, meisseli, kanki, panna, nussia, puikottaa, reikä, riemurasia, pillu, vittu, römpsä, kolo, märkä, valua, kosteutta, limaa, tuotosta, hanuri, pakarat, perse, takapuoli, takamus, nuolla, imeä, liukasta, lentää, ruikkia, liukua, työntää, vetää, ottaa, antaa, saada, muodot, tissit, tisut, tisulit, rinnat, pulleat purjeet ja mahtava peräsin

Kuka näitä voi ottaa todesta saatana

[koisokasvi59]

Mahtava peräsin ja pulleat purjeet!!!!!!

[octobaba]

Tartu tiukasti hanuriin ja näppäile mua

[olispakaljaa]

muneloa pimeloon 💫

[ruttotohtori]

🎼Ammun kermavaahdot sun hedelmäpommiin

[hehkuvamyyhapero]

lerssi

[nononobodyunderstands]

"Life is a struggle from the cradle to the grave." Photographed at Haarajärvi in North Karelia region in 1941.

[escuerzoresucitado]

[amysnotdeadyet]

sound on for eepy baby noises

[yourheartinyourmouth]

me when i'm wrapped up oh so cozy in my blankie

[eusexuanal]

Settles down on your dashboard gingerly and with a big heaving sigh

[hollowedskin]

Me trying to say something to my partner about some cool fanart I just saw on my dash.

Him: back up back up, what the FUCK is Mouse Effect.

[lizardsexposed]

[hollowedskin]

Lizardsex I love you...

The burning question of course is whether everyone is mice, or just the humans. Like are the salarians little frogs or is it Mice and Mice With Blue Tentacles???

[lizardsexposed]

sorry im absolutely too floored by the fact you just called me 'lizardsex' to give you an answer

[hollowedskin]

... I see now your name is probably Lizards Exposed and not in fact Lizard Sex Posed.

[dwarf-scum]

This exact phenomenon is why there’s now a hyphen in my url.

[championofdogs]

Hi pervert! I've ô’btained an item...

[friend-of-a-cat]

I got a similar email a couple of years back that I still think about on the regular because it was so funny to me.

You have no idea how badly I wanted to reply. Just for the bit.

[championofdogs]

Light Yagami is harassing you via email.

[reallyreallyreallytrying]

nip over to troy, bit of rough and tumble, big horse, bish bash bosh, back home to ithaca. simple as

[memento-meliora]

forced to say “it’s okay!” Instead of throwing a fucking chair at their head

[wateredwizard]

Why does your post have lingerie on

[memento-meliora]

God forbid a bitch be feeling herself while mentally ill in this economy 😢

[g75bxcjh]

i somehow found my way to the “what did the drunkest person at the party last night do?” thread

[mysticalalleycat]

I don’t know why I love this post so much but it makes me laugh every time.

[kurhanchyk]

[kurhanchyk]

are you okay i noticed you reblogging "a raven with a damaged wing. it can still fly with ease" again

[artifacts-and-arthropods]

The Buff-Tip Moth: this moth's unique resting position all0ws it to mimic a broken birch twig, and the buff-colored patches on its head and forewings even resemble freshly-snapped wood

Phalera bucephala, otherwise known as the buff-tip moth, is a remarkable mimic that can easily disguise itself as a twig. This moth has a unique resting position that makes its body seem narrower and more cylindrical, and its wings are covered in silver patterns that resemble tree bark, while the buff-colored patches on its head and forewings mimic the appearance of freshly-snapped wood.

Above: three actual twigs and one buff-tip moth

This type of camouflage is also known as a "protective resemblance" -- a form of mimesis in which an animal can avoid being preyed upon by mimicking an unremarkable or inedible aspect of its environment. Many other moths are able to disguise themselves in similar ways, often mimicking dead leaves, twigs, moss, and/or tree bark.

Above: more photos of Phalera bucephala

The buff-tip moth is particularly adept at disguising itself, however, and the fact that it so strongly resembles such a specific object (not just a dead leaf or a piece of foliage, but a broken twig from a silver birch tree, in particular) makes this disguise seem even more impressive and unique.

Above: the photo at the top shows a buff-tip moth in its resting position, while the photo at the bottom shows the same species with its wings unfurled

It also tends to look like there's a weird little smiley face in the setae surrounding the moth's head, which is arguably even more striking, but for some reason none of my sources seem to mention that weirdness.

Above: the weird little smiley face on the back of the moth's head

This species is distributed throughout the British Isles, mainland Europe, and parts of Asia, with its range extending into Eastern Siberia.

Sources & More Info:

Wildlife Insights: Buff-Tip Moth Identification Guide

Butterfly Conservation: Buff-Tip

Wildlife Insights: Phalera bucephala

The Wildlife Trusts: The Buff-Tip Moth

Moth Identification: Phalera busephala

Encyclopedia of Life: Global Map of Known Occurrences for Phalera busephala

Insecta: Phalera bucephala

Lepidoptera and their Ecology: Phalera busephaloides and Phalera busephala

Journal of Ecology and Evolution: Strong Foraging Preferences for Ribes alpinum in the Polyphagous Caterpillars of the Buff-Tip Moth

Dickinson County Conservation Board: Protective Resemblance and Other Forms of Mimesis and Mimicry

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