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artbyalexis

30 minute environments…..i love doing these when i can stay focused long enough

#aesthetic #art

rocktheholygrail

Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal (2013-2015)

Meirl

My Wife’s Lovers, 1891, Carl Kahler

loppytaffy

God I hope I am immortalised by my husband for having 40 cats

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Fun facts:

It cost $5,000 in 1888 to have this painting made, which is more than $120,000 in today’s money.

I say 1888 because it took three years for Kahler to complete, reportedly because he spent most of the time studying and sketching each cat to get a feel for their personality.

It was painted for Kate Johnson, the title was her husband’s idea though, proving him the most patient and good-humored husband in the history of crazy cat ladies.

Speaking of cat ladies, the picture actually contains 42 cats. Or more specifically, Mrs. Johnson’s 42 most favorite cats. She had 350 in total.

It sold at auction via Sotheby’s a few days ago for over $800,000 dollars, vastly more than its $200,000-$300,000 estimate.

The buyer is a private collector in California.

Probably someone who really, really likes cats.

I mean, really likes cats.

#cats

pterribledinosaurdrawings

Very annoy when this happens

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really loving how ominous this is

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aromoji

Won’t that only solve 75% of your problems?

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aromoji

The book solves half of your problems, not all of them

Say you have 8 problems. You read the book, and you have 4 problems. You read the book again gets rid of HALF, of those 4 problems. So you’re left with two. Out of the 8 problems, 6 were resolved and 6/8 is 75%.

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Finally Tumblr can do math

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So, what you’re saying, is that if I buy infinite books, I will solve all of my problems, because the sum as n approaches infinity starting at 1 of (½)^n equals 1, which would be 100% of my problems.

acesian

No, you will only ever be able to become infinitely close to solving all of your problems, like this:

queenophydea

Please stop explaining math to me im gay

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quecksilvereyes

that’s why radioactive material is such a bitch! it only ever deteriorates relative to its mass so it will never completely vanish

the-dracologist

This post is pushing me to the limit

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jammerlee

MY BRAIN IS ONLY WIRED TO BE ABLE TO SEE COLORS ONLY MANTIS SHRIMP CAN SEE NOT COMPREHEND THE SQUARE ROOT OF FUCK YOU

andrusi

You know, you could just buy enough books to cut your problems down to one and hope it’s one you can solve on your own.

dvandom

If your problems are truly integer in nature, eventually you hit the point where the infinite divisibility model fails. Then, each new book has a 50% chance of solving your one remaining problem.

Unfortunately, problems are not a static set, and you are likely to gain new problems along the way. Problems like, “Where do I put all these books?”

jimintomystery

If your problems are truly integer in nature, I feel bad for you son

I got infinitely divisible problems but a book ain’t one.

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thesunryside

Mario Cart stats

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#aesthetic

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i cant stop laughing

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Look I was panicking for a second too.

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hey @ black mirror execs i know your season 5 was hot garbage so here’s some inspo for season 6

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ventusvibrio

Wait, why not?

charleythehouseplant

TL;DR: Tattoos are associated with organized crime in Japan.

Longer explanation: While tattoos in Japan may have originally been considered to be a status symbol and have religious importance (we have accounts of tattooed Japanese people from Chinese diplomats during the Yayoi period, 300BC-300AD), during the Kofun period (300-540AD), they became a tool used to mark criminals, coming to a head in 1720 where full-arm tattoos were used exclusively for ‘minor’ offenses instead of cutting off noses and/or ears.

All of this led to tattoos getting hugely stigmatized. Until fairly recently, the only people you could find who did have tattoos were generally part of the yakuza (Japanese mafia), who often chose hugely elaborate tattoos based off of traditional Japanese art. Here’s a few of them:

Tattoos in Japan are still so controversial that in 2012, the then-mayor of Osaka, Toru Hashimoto, launched a campaign to get companies to get rid of their employees who had visible tattoos that was very well-received, with many companies siding with him.

Many swimming pools and onsen still ban tattooed people for all of this. During the 2019 rugby championship in Japan, the government effectively begged the foreign players and supporters to please cover up in public because people will react badly, and with the 2020 Olympics in Japan, apparently the government has tried to launch an awareness campaign amongst the public that tattoos on foreigners aren’t considered a sign of criminal conduct in their home countries, because the press backlash would be a nightmare.