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hornet thinks that by refusing ascension and living with mortal bugs she is refusing the divinity her father represented but she doesn't realize that he too shed his larger form to be closer to the ground

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She just has to receive 10 more of these before she makes the connection

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Actual roman epitaph for a dog

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humans are the same

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I’ve seen this one doing the rounds a few times (and it makes me cry every time I see it), but was curious about the original Latin text, so I did some digging: it’s a shortened version of CIL 10, 00659, a tombstone from Salernum (modern Salerno, Italy). (source; CIL is the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum).

Portaui lacrimis madidus te, nostra catella,

Quod feci lustris laetior ante tribus.

Ergo mihi, Patrice, iam non dabis oscula mille

Nec poteris collo grata cubare meo.

Tristis marmorea posui te sede merentem

Et iunxi semper manib(us) ipse meis

Morib(us) argutis hominem simulare paratam,

Perdidimus quales hei mihi delicias.

Tu, dulcis Patrice, nostras attingere mensas

Consueras, gremio poscere blanda cibos,

Lambere tu calicem lingua rapiente solebas,

Quem tibi saepe meae sustinuere manus,

Accipere et lassum cauda gaudente frequenter

And here’s my translation:

Wet with tears I have carried you, our little (female) dog, just as I did in happier times fifteen years earlier (lit. “three periods of five years). For myself, Patrice, now you will not give me a thousand kisses nor will you be able to lie lovingly around/against my neck. I have sorrowfully placed you, merit-worthy, in a marble tomb and I have joined you always to myself in death, as by your cleverness you matched a human. Alas, we lost such pleasures for myself! You, sweet Patrice, were accustomed to join us at our table, to beg charmingly for food (while sitting in our) laps. You were in the habit of greedily licking our cups with your tongue, which my hands often held for you. Frequently and joyfully (you) receive a weary one with your (wagging) tail...

tl;dr: this dog was named Patrice and was very, very loved. (another translation with some glossing of the text.)

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It's the fact she's joined to them in death, it's the fact that she sat in her owner's arms and ate their food. That he held the cups down for her to drink from....

Hundreds of years and we still know she was loved. We still know how she liked to sleep. All these years!! Loving dogs is the same!!!!

thaylepo

gonna point out too that 15 years is an INSANELY long lifespan for a dog in ancient Rome. This dog was both well loved and well cared for to have lived so long. Obvs there's going to be some statistical overlap with ancient dogs with loving epitaphs having longer lifespans, but in a world without modern vetrinary science or medicine, no canine vaccines, and no nutritionally formulated dog food, this Roman's beloved pooch exceeded even the average pet dog lifespan today.

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freakyfrankyfresh

As someone in their 30s, 5/6 ain't bad.

sigynpenniman

But when I say the “wholesome and funny” YouTube short I have been handed of students surprise showing their teachers 10+ year old photos of themselves and most them were emo/goth in some way and every single one now has medium brown beach waves and is wearing head to toe beige and immediately screams and hides the photo like it’s the most embarrassing thing in the world is a hallmark of a deeply insidious tendency to associate socially acceptable WASPy aesthetics with maturity and responsibility and perpetuates the idea that everyone grows up, “gets right” and becomes the most digestible unobtrusive heterosexual I’m “taking it too seriously”

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“It’s not that serious” oh but it issssss because every day we perpetuate the idea that non-conformity of any kind to the white straight middle class standard is inherently immature and gets “left behind” when someone becomes a socially acceptable adult

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This idea that maturity is conformity is everywhereeee if you look for even a moment

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“heavens know you need it.”

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hey everyone "I" have something to show "you"

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elbiotipo

Still firm on my idea that we should ban advertising.

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In the Biotipist People's Republic the only advertistments you would get would be giant posters of Yuri Gagarin telling you to support space exploration.

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There is this artwork (by British artist Marcus Coates) at Utrecht Centraal train station that I adore. Every day it shows a new fact about what's happening in nature on that day. For example in this picture I took last month, the sign says:

14/03 Today in nature: Litte moorhens start constructing their nests.

It never fails to cheer me up when I walk by there :3

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20/05 Today in nature: The first red deer calf is born.

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17/06 Today in nature: Bats are active again and catch thousands of insects at night.

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15/08 Today in nature: The moles cast out their young.

21/08 Today in nature: Young bats are starting to catch insects by themselves, and no longer rely on their mothers' milk.

07/09 Today in nature: The last Common Branded Skippers (Hesperia Comma butterflies), show themselves while flying around.

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10/11 Today in nature: Thousands of wild geese return from their nesting period in the far north.

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08/01 Today in nature: During warm winters the small newt begins its breeding process.

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This artwork has been broken for like 4 months now (and very important months, i'd say, cause its spring! I need to know whats going on with the moles and moths and whatever!) and I just went to file a complaint with the public art commission and they said they are working on it!

So dont worry, soon I will be giving regular updates again about what's happening in nature in the Netherlands.

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They sent me an email a few days ago saying that they were happy that many people cared, and to inform me that they managed to get it working again! 🥳

21/04: Today in nature: The Beachwalker, the Pied Flycatcher, the Grasshopper Warbler, and many other birds are back in the Netherlands.

A younger coworker saw me scrolling tumblr the other day at work, and made a comment implying I was a loser/out of touch due to it And to that I say- Fuck dude you right but at least its not tiktok brainrot

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GO BABY GO

parrhesiac

I love this. I *love* this.

Not only does the child have the rhythm and their part down precisely, but also, they are clearly doing the very-small-child thing of reserving exactly nothing.

Children have to learn not to use all of the force they're capable of, adults mostly never use all of the force they are capable of, but here someone has given this child exactly the opportunity to use all of the force their body can produce, and do it musically.

The glee of that all-out effort in a context where clearly the people around them approve and appreciate their contribution? Amazing.

froginakettle

young kids in music class on drum days are something incredible to watch. beat the shit out of something and make a big sound under the resounding approval of the teacher? best. day. ever.

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I was high off my ass last night and had this dream where I was in this dense ass forest and sitting there was a tall woman. She was so tall I couldn’t see her face but she was wearing gold and I was like “uh…hi?” And she said “I made you, do you know that?” And I nodded and she was like “I hear your thoughts. Why do you hate my creation? Why do you try to destroy yourself? I made you perfect as you are. Please don’t break my heart”. Then she started crying and it flooded and I woke up with fucking heart palpitations like what does it Mean™️????