Doctor Sea Monster's Aqua-Lab

I'm not a real doctor, but I am a real sea monster.

[doctor-seamonster]

Behold! The most bizarre and terrifying paleonto-illogical horrors to ever grace your screen!  I present to you...the Forteans of the Dubious Garden! Each of these beasts have been painstakingly re-created by our illustrious Doctor S.Monster. Mammam! The mirrored monstrosity! Stegotops! A gentle giant, perhaps? Think again! Terrorbird! A three-headed triple-thread! Otachi-chan! The flying queen of beasts from another world! The What! Even we don’t know what this thing is! The Twins! Locked in an eternal duel for dominance! Leviathan! Serpent of the seven seas! Decapredator! The ten-legged flesh-eater! ReGINO! The archduke of behemoths!

[memewhore]

[bananahomo]

I reblogged this last month, tagged it, and said “might as well see if it works.” I used this video as a reference to find all the forms that i needed (which is A LOT, especially if you’re a dependent) and sent them through the mail, not really allowing myself to hope.

dude.

$2,714 of medical debt from my top surgery - gone. im shaking this was such a weight on me for 2 years and it fucking worked. what the fuck.

[puppylovesystem]

re-reblogging and thinking about when i have another collection agency calling that i can just do this

[secondmoredangerouseyes]

Yo this is such good info to have

[sorceress-foxgirl-ariel]

Cheers Americans, have fun with this one

[alexiaroselikethewine]

Being recently disabled this is going to relieve a FUCK TON of weight holy SHIT

[incorrectgliyeraba]

Galinda: [takes off Elphaba’s glasses]

Galinda: [feeling the last shreds of her heterosexuality slipping away]

Galinda: We’ll just…leave these on…

[moniquill]

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/tradition

[ecrivainsolitaire]

Every so often a straight person reinvents pride

[lost-carcosa]

[inthefallofasparrow]

[charlesoberonn]

“This is my favorite axe. I’ve been using it for so long I had to replace the handle ten times and the blade twice.”

[thankstothe]

folk hero really

[realtalk127]

thinking about how the best case scenario that elphaba can imagine in the wizard and i is that finally someone will come along who will be able to change everything about her. even in her wildest dreams, she views that as her best option.

and then.

along comes galinda. who - after spending an entire night attempting to give her a makeover - settles on: ‘actually, you’re perfect just the way you are. i wouldn’t change a thing. except maybe to tuck a little piece of myself in with you, just there.’

and i just think that’s neat.

[realtalk127]

here's some additional spiral-worthy thoughts re: gelphie and the lyrics of the wizard and i.

yes, on the one hand, there is the very real, very sad foreshadowing of that song.

but on the other hand, elphaba does actually get quite a few of those wishes met, in a very real way. it's just that she gets them met by g(a)linda, not the wizard. (obviously.)

the most obvious one relates to what i already mentioned re: popular.

he'll say to me 'i see who you truly are a girl on whom i can rely.'

'why miss elphaba, you're beautiful' isn't just about elphaba being beautiful (although she is, and galinda does mean that). it's also about galinda seeing elphaba as a real person for once. not a disappointment (frexspar), an embarrassment (nessa), a nuisance (the rest of shiz), or a pawn (morrible). just elphaba, just a girl. and a beautiful, wonderful one at that.

once i'm with the wizard my whole life will change 'cause once you're with the wizard no one thinks you're strange

this is exactly what happens at the oz dust. once galinda stands up for her, elphaba's not an outcast anymore. and not just that night, but for the rest of the girls' time at shiz. by the time elphie is getting ready to leave on the train, the whole school came out to say good-bye and cheer her on.

all it took was one person who had social capital to spend aligning with elphaba, and then entire student body is willing to change their view of her. (that, it's worth noting, is galinda's real superpower, and it's why she doesn't need magic to be a witch).

and this gift or this curse i have inside maybe at last i'll know why when we are hand in hand

this is what happens during one short day, right before everything goes wrong. the girls are running around the city – hand in hand. both are feeling free for the first time from the expectations that confine them back at shiz, and for the first time it seems that real good is going to come from elphaba's abilities. that everything leading up to this point will all make sense for once. but she does it with glinda, not with the wizard.

anyway, i just think all that is neat. 💚🩷

[cognitohazardous]

at the mariners bar: sorry mates i cant go out today.. My boat's transmasc now. He's more comfortable with he/him. He just went through top surgery to get his sails removed and he's recovering. Bluebeard-and-Pronouns the woke pirate: arrg so he's gotten a mastectomy. well i'm glad that he's discovered himself.

[terramythos]

'People are panicking about AI tools the same way they did when the calculator was invented, stop worrying' cannot stress enough the calculator did not forcibly pervade every aspect of our lives, has such a low error rate it's a statistical anomaly when it does happen, isn't built on mass plagiarism, and does not obliterate the fucking environment when you use it. Be so fucking serious right now

[doctorcrusher]

they were playing running up the hill yesterday at the bar and I realized that when kate bush says she is "running up that building" she is probably using the stairs. and not running up the side of the building. like naruto

[evilkitten3]

no it's definitely the naruto one

[doctor-seamonster]

She 100% could do that.

For a second opinion, I consulted one of my friends who is more knowledgeable about music than I am.

He confirmed that she has the agility, finesse, and power to do it.

[mellkellyismyhero]

I love how Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel specifically cameoed during One Short Day, because that’s the song where Glinda and Elphaba are talking about their future together- a future that we know they’ll never get. BUT having Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth there feels like we got to see a version of Elphaba and Glinda who DID get their happy ending together living in the Emerald City 💚🩷

[sirfrogsworth]

I made this same joke in my head with Sonic but Crash Bandicoot is the superior joke.

[maxknightley]

the thing is that broadly speaking I do agree that trans solidarity is essential to getting anywhere. but also, "solidarity" doesn't actually mean "sticking your head in the sand and ignoring any legitimate grievances that may Sow Division"

[anarchafemme]

Luigi Mangione Accuses Cops of Planting Key Evidence

The 26-year-old is facing a murder charge in connection with the shooting of UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson.

Prosecutors argued that Mangione was carrying about $10,000 in cash and that his bag was a Faraday bag that blocks cellphone signals—all proof that he was a sophisticated criminal who should be held without bail. “‘I’d like to correct two things,’” Mangione said after the prosecutor finished speaking, according to CNN’s Danny Freeman, “‘I don’t know where any of that money came from—I’m not sure if it was planted. And also, that bag was waterproof, so I don’t know about criminal sophistication.’”

[mothers-and-fuckers-of-the-jury]

this is what i've been trying to say. yes the memes are funny, but leaps and bounds more important than that is Luigi Mangione first and foremost is in danger.

while he is innocent until proven guilty in the court of law, far too many people have jumped on the idea of him being the shooter because it's funny. however. there are a few key things i personally need to point out.

the NYPD fucking sucks. no bones about it. they are a legitimately bad police force. they are deeply corrupt and losing public value.

they allegedly found him with the gun and a full manifesto on his person just sitting in a mcdonalds. why in sweet fuck would anybody able to pull off that kind of murder and then evade the police for days just be carrying that around with him??

just. think critically for 30 seconds about any and all media surrounding this case that you read, and especially remember that the public opinion, while it isn't necessarily supposed to be, is influential in court cases.

edit- read my other post. stop harassing me.

[nakamorijuan]

[gayweeb]

this is wrong

[southerngamerguy-deactivated201]

Yeah, she could’ve done this in her standard Sailor Moon form. Super form is overkill, really.

[halfpastcaketime-deactivated201]

Sailor Moon is stronger than Goku. I don’t make the rules. Fight me about it.

[dragonxball]

What!? 👀

[seidmadr-secrets]

I’m on a still active forum, with a solid vs debate scene. Sailor Moon vs. the God-Emperor of Mankind from 40k is one of the most treasured threads there, as Sailor Moon trashed the guy.

[catbureau]

19 pages straight of debate over Sailor Moon vs. God-Emperor of Mankind, in which every time a 40k fan desperately brings up a new point, it immediately gets negated by another one of Sailor Moon’s powers

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

chatgpt is the coward's way out. if you have a paper due in 40 minutes you should be chugging six energy drinks, blasting frantic circus music so loud you shatter an eardrum, and typing the most dogshit essay mankind has ever seen with your own carpel tunnel laden hands

[sharpth1ng]

Most of my job is marking essays and I will tell you this:

1. Most of the time it's painfully obvious when you're using AI because it spits out the most generic takes possible, and it often attributes statements to people who did not make those statements.

2. An AI paper fills me with a vitriolic rage the likes of no other. It makes me viscerally angry that you're wasting my time and yours this way. School is expensive. There are so many people who would love to be here, who would love to actually be learning but they cant afford to. Have some respect and actually use the education you're privileged enough to be able to pay for.

3. An AI paper will get you reported to the academic integrity office, because it's plagiarism. This is not an opinion of mine its a school policy. An academic integrity violation will follow you for the rest of your academic career (if you're even able to get anyone to give you a second chance) and beyond. Its not worth it.

4. A half assed, insane, incoherent paper that I know you wrote the night before? Relatable. Endearing. Ive been there, I can see you trying. You'll get the best mark I can reasonably give you- it might not be a great mark but it won't be as low as a chatgpt mark. You won't get an academic integrity violation on your record and you might actually learn something.

As a TA im always willing to help people if they ask for help. If you're confused or behind in a class I'm paid to help you keep up. Most schools also have writing centers, where you can access free tutors who will help you with outlines and editing your work.

There is no shame using those resources. The students that do use them reliably end up with better grades at the end of term, and they also save time because its a lot harder to spot your own mistakes than it is to have someone else point them out to you.

Ok rant concluded, carry on.

[ineffable-writer]

University tutor/TA here and I can second ALL of the above. Red Bull will destroy your evening. AI will destroy your academic career.

Writing a 40-minute paper on energy drink fuel is a time-honored tradition and infinitely more valuable to you as a person. We don’t assign essays for the purpose of gathering essays—we’re trying to teach you how to think critically and argue for your observations. There’s no point in having a degree if you don’t have the skills the degree confirms you were trained in.

[memewhore]

[ingdamnit]

Happy Ass Tmchri to those who celebrate