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mihnyards

queue this post when it’s your birthday and be surprise

susiephone

sci-fi jobs that must exist that i find inexplicably amusing:

space customs

tow trucks except they’re towing illegally parked spaceships

for that matter, spaceship thieves, if only for how much more effort i imagine that would take

irs agents who have to find tax evaders who went 2 or 3 galaxies over

literally everything about the concept of the space version of the dmv

imagine being the person who teaches hapless 16 year olds how to fly a spaceship

people who analyze Old Earth media for a living the same way people now analyze shakespeare or beowulf, aka a bunch of scholarly and serious academics writing papers arguing the true meaning of Mean Girls and Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure and A Very Potter Musical

cruise spaceships. you’re taking a slow tour of saturn’s rings and people are still complaining about you running out of cocktail sauce

feel free to add more

maramahan

Space cartographer. Some poor sucker’s gotta literally count the stars in order to chart ‘em. Did you think computers made the maps??

Gas station attendant, but in space. You thought earth truck stops were liminal? Try pausing to refuel on an asteroid hurtling though the middle of inky-black nowhere. You’d see some interesting folks pass through, though

Imagine working at a space hotel, for that matter

Traveling Salesman

susiephone

op, back again, with more

IT workers who deal with tech that can communicate across the multiverse, rearrange people’s molecules, and communicate with ancient eldritch gods…….and 9 out of 10 problems can still be fixed with “read the instruction manual” or “did you turn it off and back on again”

let’s players. people’s love of video games and screaming profanity at said video games transcends galaxy and species lines

the post office. bravest people in ‘verse. though they did have to change their creed. it’s now: “neither snow nor rain nor heat nor black holes nor meteor showers nor solar flares stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds…”

also, food delivery peeps. all the above danger + dealing with more drunk aliens.

SPACE UBER

tourist traps. “welcome to the galaxy’s biggest ball of yarn. yes, it’s this one, not the one on mars. the martians are filthy liars and they’ve always been jealous of our superior attraction.”

science museum tour guides. the museums have gotten…….very big. it’s a very exhausting job, but it’s so worth it when the field trips full of kids from various galaxies get all excited

space drug dealers

captainlordauditor

I’m absolutely losing it imagining space customs. “Sir, I’m sorry, but no graphite is allowed in the carry on bag”

mightymessenger

the ok boomer meme isn't that deep i swear to god

mightymessenger

like ok yes we need to talk about how baby boomers aren't all rich white entitled & bigoted and that generational divides don't inherently mean anything but at the same time some teenager saying ok boomer to some 60-something yr old being transphobic isn't an act of classism christ on earth

fanfckery

"Okay boomer" is not "all boomers suck" it's a reaction to specific bigotry that is perpetuated by... Cis straight white boomers. Which is usually whining trans people existing, not getting away with racist jokes anymore, younger generations not nodding along with their bigotry.

"Okay boomer" is a great way to shut down a bigoted tirade. It's just "You can keep talking, but no one is listening. We've got better things to do."

You're not gonna say "Okay boomer" to a random person because they're talking. "Okay boomer" is only a way to shut down baited arguments.

a-book-of-creatures

Honestly the biggest disappointment I had researching ABC was that medieval authors did not, in fact, see the creatures they were describing and were trying their best to describe them with their limited knowledge while going “what the fuck… what the fuck…”

a-book-of-creatures

Instead all those creatures you know came about from transcription and translation errors from copying Greco-Roman sources (who themselves got them from travelers’ tales from Persia and India - rhino -> unicorn, tiger -> manticore, python -> dragon, and so on).

downinmybeastheart

So unicorns are real

a-book-of-creatures

behold… a unicorn

gallusrostromegalus

I always thought animals in medieval manuscripts looked like the result of having to draw say. A Tree Kangaroo, but your only source for what it looked like was your friend who heard it from a fellow who knows a man who swears he saw one once, whilst very drunk and lost, and I am SO PLEASED to find out this is, in fact, the case.

glamourweaver

Questing Beast

- Neck of a snake

- body of a leopard

- haunches of a lion

- feet off a hart (deer)

So is it

Or….

fullten-deactivated20240430

do you have any thoughts and opinions on marilyn manson?

Yes.

I hate that dude. I hate his music. It’s white, banal, and his whole shtick is so puerile and repetitive. He’s racist, sexist, ableist, and a fucking inept boring piece of shit that his whole “career” relies on shock factor and nothing else. He has nothing else. Ugly white rich kid who was given everything as a kid but acts tortured and misunderstood for money

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carmelacamillamaria

At one of my old strip clubs I actually met a girl who dated him. They only dated for a week and in that time he beat her and locked her in his house under strict supervision not to be allowed to leave. She had to lie about going out so she could escape, and completely fell of the map. He is an abusive controlling misogynistic piece of shit and anyone who stans him is an atrocious person

yambd

Remember the time he shaved a swastika into Stoya’s pubes pq like, I never forgot that. Marilyn Manson is just like… the most average Ohioan. He’s racist, sexist, p much a nazi, and was only ever out to shock ppl who are *exactly like him*.

pragnificent

Christ, I didn’t have an opinion of him other than that his music is pretty shitty and boring. Had absolutely no idea about any of this other shit.

rosequart

“she-ra is queerbaiting” oh ladies we are Not doing this today

rosequart

i havent seen a single scene from this show but it takes 1 second of critical thinking to know that a lesbian creator dancing around censorship & having gay subtext is astronomically different from straight creators dangling around gay rep like a donkey with a carrot and stick

aloneindarknes7

It’s absolutely not queerbaiting. There is a canon Princess couple, Netossa and Spinnerella. Also, Bow’s has two fathers. There’s a nonbinary character that is referred to as they/them.

It’s not queerbaiting. It’s queer representation done well.

vonbaghager

Netflix: pwese stop shawing your passwowds becawse it’s making us wose a biwwion dowwars ;u; pwease ignowe ouw existing hundweds of biwwions of dowwars of pwofits because we alweady haf dat money so it doesnt count ;u;

susiephone

sci-fi jobs that must exist that i find inexplicably amusing:

space customs

tow trucks except they’re towing illegally parked spaceships

for that matter, spaceship thieves, if only for how much more effort i imagine that would take

irs agents who have to find tax evaders who went 2 or 3 galaxies over

literally everything about the concept of the space version of the dmv

imagine being the person who teaches hapless 16 year olds how to fly a spaceship

people who analyze Old Earth media for a living the same way people now analyze shakespeare or beowulf, aka a bunch of scholarly and serious academics writing papers arguing the true meaning of Mean Girls and Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure and A Very Potter Musical

cruise spaceships. you’re taking a slow tour of saturn’s rings and people are still complaining about you running out of cocktail sauce

feel free to add more

maramahan

Space cartographer. Some poor sucker’s gotta literally count the stars in order to chart ‘em. Did you think computers made the maps??

Gas station attendant, but in space. You thought earth truck stops were liminal? Try pausing to refuel on an asteroid hurtling though the middle of inky-black nowhere. You’d see some interesting folks pass through, though

Imagine working at a space hotel, for that matter

Traveling Salesman

susiephone

op, back again, with more

IT workers who deal with tech that can communicate across the multiverse, rearrange people’s molecules, and communicate with ancient eldritch gods…….and 9 out of 10 problems can still be fixed with “read the instruction manual” or “did you turn it off and back on again”

let’s players. people’s love of video games and screaming profanity at said video games transcends galaxy and species lines

the post office. bravest people in ‘verse. though they did have to change their creed. it’s now: “neither snow nor rain nor heat nor black holes nor meteor showers nor solar flares stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds…”

also, food delivery peeps. all the above danger + dealing with more drunk aliens.

SPACE UBER

tourist traps. “welcome to the galaxy’s biggest ball of yarn. yes, it’s this one, not the one on mars. the martians are filthy liars and they’ve always been jealous of our superior attraction.”

science museum tour guides. the museums have gotten…….very big. it’s a very exhausting job, but it’s so worth it when the field trips full of kids from various galaxies get all excited

space drug dealers

captainlordauditor

I’m absolutely losing it imagining space customs. “Sir, I’m sorry, but no graphite is allowed in the carry on bag”

puppydeathfarts

Isolation on autopilot?

Oh damn, this is super interesting. Relatable, too. From the Coping book:

into-the-weeds

[”Many traumatized individuals were quite isolated from supportive others during their childhoods. They typically endured the aftermath of abuse alone. On the one hand, this likely generated terrible loneliness, but on the other hand, isolation was also a signal that “it’s over now,” that is, the abuse had ended. Thus, some people, or parts of themselves, automatically retreat to isolation to gain a sense of safety and relief. They may develop a habit of isolating when they are stressed in the present, often without even realizing what they are doing or why.”]

binghsien

ahw fuck.

saint-batrick

man…i really don’t like this mirror.

ice-block

Crazy how humans were like “hey check out these funky rock doves! They’re pretty useful since they can basically care for themselves but won’t run away from home so let’s domesticate them like we have dogs and cats!” Then hundreds of years later in like 1950 rich people were like “lmao you still keep pigeons? That’s pretty cringe bro” and everyone was like “damn you’re right” and just. Released all their pigeons into the cities and spent the rest of time until modern day absolutely hating the birds that they literally made just like dogs and cats in this essay I will-

fishmotif

podcastsmakemecry

[ID: Tweet by @/yatogamis_ that says: “my favorite part in fics is when a character realizes they’re in love with someone and there’s always this “oh.” in italics” End ID.]

dankmemeuniversity

gahdamnpunk

Some places don’t even name the charity like you’re just donating to the corporation’s tax writeoff. You’re better off giving that money to a homeless person on the street who needs it more..

mightymessenger

the ok boomer meme isn't that deep i swear to god

mightymessenger

like ok yes we need to talk about how baby boomers aren't all rich white entitled & bigoted and that generational divides don't inherently mean anything but at the same time some teenager saying ok boomer to some 60-something yr old being transphobic isn't an act of classism christ on earth

fanfckery

"Okay boomer" is not "all boomers suck" it's a reaction to specific bigotry that is perpetuated by... Cis straight white boomers. Which is usually whining trans people existing, not getting away with racist jokes anymore, younger generations not nodding along with their bigotry.

"Okay boomer" is a great way to shut down a bigoted tirade. It's just "You can keep talking, but no one is listening. We've got better things to do."

You're not gonna say "Okay boomer" to a random person because they're talking. "Okay boomer" is only a way to shut down baited arguments.

acetheticallynice

If you really wanna get a sense of just how fucking big blue whales really are, then consider the fact that the dolphins swimming in front of this whale are over two metres long

b-atiful

While 100% a species of dolphin i want to point out those are ORCAS. if anyone got confused for a second like i did. Those are fucking orcas. Holy shit that is a giant fucking whale.

shmegel

Each orca is over 6.5 feet long, Americans.

bunjywunjy

guys, just, no. these are likely pacific whitesided dolphins, a criminally adorable cetacean found in the North Pacific that does indeed average at around 2.3-2.5 meters long.

now THIS is an orca, pictured here in the act of headbutt-murdering a common dolphin right into fucking oblivion. (common dolphins are about the same size as the pacific whitesided dolphin, for scale.)

that’s right, orcas max out at an astonishing 25 feet long, or well over 7 meters. that’s almost a quarter as long as that blue whale, and is just generally way too fucking big to deal with today when you remember that we’re talking about an apex predator the size of a minibus. they’re simply too big to be mistaken for anything else in the ocean!

orcas eat a wide variety of foods depending on their location, from herring to that really unfortunate common dolphin up there (rip.) if I really wanted to give the lowdown on them I’d be here all day, but I’ll tell you that orcas are also the only known predator to hunt and kill blue whales. so lets just be glad it’s only the dolphins in that first pic!

bunjywunjy

also here’s a cheerful reminder that the evolutionary rise of the Orca mysteriously coincided perfectly with the decline and extinction of Megalodon!

coincidence, I’m sure. have a good night, everybody!