Intermittent and Lazy Reblogging

You can't tell me off for dad jokes any more

[cafeinevitable-deactivated20220]

Over The Waves by Setsuko Matsushima

art quilt

[perenial]

daddy's got to be honest kitten. i don't think we're finding the northwest passage

[goddamnshinyrock]

every so often I remember that whales molt

I’m not sure why I feel this way, but imo this is the most cursed marine mammal fact I have ever heard

[gallusrostromegalus]

THAT’S RIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME SO I CAN INFLICT THIS ON EVERYONE AT 1AM!

Mammals normally shed their skin in small flakes all the time when their skin cells die off, but because whales are living in the ocean -AKA, Bacteria Stew- flaking off like that would cause microabrasions (really tiny cuts) that would mean the whale is continually fighting off infections.  So, when a whale needs to replace it’s dead skin cells, it preps it’s new skin underneath, then sheds all it’s dead skin cells at once, like a lizard:

but not having hands makes it hard to remove this gross film, so molting brings many whales clsoe to shore where they can roll around on rocky/sandy coastal seabeds to scratch it off.  Here’s a bunch of Beluga coming in for a mass scratch:

And THIS is what a chunk of Sperm Whale Molt looks like, floating in the water before it’s devoured by pelagic microfauna, because you take what calories you can get in the open ocean:

Nature is Amazing!

[bogleech]

wish it still held in one big piece like a snake though. Wish you could be swimming in the ocean and you see a huge empty whale billowing like a balloon. like a latex glove a hundred feet long. imagine getting tangled in that. what if you died cause you got caught in an empty whale like it’s a big blanket

[tomthefanboy]

So you're telling me that a Sperm Whale that looks paler than normal is most likely in a molt, and so would would be seeking something to rub up against to slough the skin off.

And if they were in the remote reaches of the sea and found a large wooden object floating conveniently nearby they would have every reason to rub up against it a few times to scratch off the skin. Then dive and tell the nearby whales about its location.

A human riding on this wooden object might be alarmed by this. They be familiar with whales and not know they molt. So this repeated bumping and ramming and pushing by pale sperm whales could lead them to believe that this wasn't a natural function of a group of animals but instead one un-naturally pale whale that just had a grudge against your ship. So far from any port you might end up going to any length to save your crew from this crazed enemy.

[felixisfruity]

this is my favourite thing ever

[eilooxara]

[tatzelwurming]

captain ahab got me fucked up if he thinks i’m chasing that gay ass whale anymore

[sneepity-snoop-snorpity-sneep]

#im cackling#howling with laughter#one time a ship that will remain nameless#was at a tall ship festival#and we#my shipmates and I#were eating dinner at a pub#saw the crew of this ship come in#and about six of us got up quietly#no words spoken#and left#RAN down to the ships#had two of our crew distract the watch#and the rest of us swam around#climbed onboard#and managed to get the nut and the keeper off their worm and gear#tied a long length of twine to the helm and threw it in the harbor with an empty water bottle tied to the other end#went back to the pub#soaking wet#and later in the evening when the crew of [ship that will remain nameless] came over to pick a fight#we got the absolutel pleasure of saying#oh =) you must have =) dropped this =)))))#and giving them their fucking cap nut and keeper#and watching their first mate#visibly loose colour#sobered RIGHT the fuck up#anyway we fished the helm out next morning and gave it back but my god#guys i miss sailing

no way i’m leaving these in the tags

[bitegore]

i made a character sheet. free to use as you wish, feel free to change whatever you want XD open source ass thing. spent all of ~maybe an hour on it.

Credit: the text in the insert-image box comes from this video, and the text for the top three lines (intense, complex, fruity) comes from this post. The actual image was made with the free NBOS character sheet creator, which is a sort of dated but free and solid text-layout sheet maker intended for ttrpg style character sheet creation.

[mirrorbird]

this is GENUINELY one of the best character development sheets I've ever seen. Cuts right to the core of what you and your readers will glom onto, doesn't waste time on details that don't directly affect the narrative. Stupendous. Effervescent. Finally, some good fucking food

[lizardsister]

can we pretend the ripples in the park lake are like swimming trout........ i could really use a fish right now, fish right now, fish right now.......

[fairycosmos]

sudden urge to burst into tears. im not a toddler i just agree with their beliefs

[raevenlywrites]

World is hard, scary, confusing

Needs not being met

Little to no control over my environment

Overwhelmed and need some release

Desperately want a nap

Yeah, that checks out

[terapsina]

Random Discworld Question!

Which of these two would be the most PISSED OFF if they died and then woke up as a god?

Granny Weatherwax

Samuel Vimes

Voting ended onOct 4, 2023

[vaspider]

Granny would just think that being a God is being a Witch with more people to look after.

Sam would be so fucking furious. Do you know how much more you have to WATCH YOURSELF when you're a GOD? How much WORK it is to make sure you don't do something that's WRONG, or abuse your power??

He'd go spare.

[jabberwockypie]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[rhubarbes]

Jalal Merzoug

[koloocheh]

forget about touching grass, i need to touch THE SEA I NEED TO GO INTO THE WATER I NEED TO DIVE INTO THE SEA!!!!!!!!!!!!

[koloocheh]

I NEED TO GO IN THERE ⬇️⬇️⬇️‼️‼️‼️

[niccillustrates]

There’s something about the sun on the sea

[niccillustrates]

[lunamonchtuna]

— Jihyun Yun, from "The Leaving Season," Some Are Always Hungry

[valtsv]

i bet the fishing scene on the banks of the river styx is insane

[valtsv]

"but why would there be fish in the river of the dead"

[geritsel]

Georges Lacombe - La Mer, coastal scenes of Brittany.

[lebedame-wegelagerin]

[zekedms]

Can’t believe you left this in the tags @thewitchywinnie

[hmmm-official]

hmmm

[randomitemdrop]

Item: armor sprue, mass produced for use by army builders. Once the armor has been removed and assembled, the remaining sprue chopped into greebling for buildings and vehicles for added character.