Goaty

Pirate-elf-in-training learning sword-fighting and archery; loves space, books, and the outdoors; vegan and gluten-free; aro, ace, and agender (they/them).

[tofuvi]

summer soda.

[msjenx]

Snakes

How long is a snake’s neck?

[fandomsandfeminism]

For a serious answer: very short. The first few vertebrae behind the head generally do not have ribs on them, and would count as a neck.

[milliethemagpie]

And here I thought snakes were basically all neck.

[msjenx]

I thought they were all tail.

[fandomsandfeminism]

Their tails are actually pretty small too. At the bottom of their ribs they have their cloaca. Anything below that is the tail. They are mostly torso.

[fandomsandfeminism]

A helpful diagram. 

[readingchampion]

My entire world-view has been a lie!

[glowcloud-archive-deactivated20]

i love the Women Against Feminism that are like “I dont need feminism because i can admit i need my husband to open a jar for me and thats ok!” cause listen 1. get a towel 2. get the towel damp 3. put it on the lid and twist. BAM now men are completely useless. you, too, can open a jar. time to get a divorce

[frankysplait]

[pasiphile]

SUE

[artbymoga-deactivated20200516]

[artbymoga-deactivated20200516]

It’s that time of year again! To help alleviate my fear of bees, I draw comics about silly little bees.

[cornonmacabre]

[perceusia]

ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ Don’t ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ Stop ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ Me ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ Now

[audio-medic-cant-stop-blog]

٩( ᐛ )و cause ٩( ᐛ )و im ٩( ᐛ )و havin ٩( ᐛ )و a ٩( ᐛ )و good ٩( ᐛ )و time ٩( ᐛ )و havin ٩( ᐛ )و a ٩( ᐛ )و good ٩( ᐛ )و time

[engaging-party-mode-blog]

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ i’m ᕦ( ᐕ )ᕡ a ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ shooting ᕦ( ᐕ )ᕡ star ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ leaping ᕦ( ᐕ )ᕡ through ᕦ( ᐛ )ᕗ the ｡･ﾟ･*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ☆ ٩( ᐛ )۶ skyy y y y y

[baronrose]

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ like

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ a

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ tiger

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ defying

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ the 

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ laws

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ of

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ G

 ｡･ﾟ･*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ☆ ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗR

･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ☆ ｡･ﾟ･*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ☆ ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗA 

 ☆ ｡･ﾟ･*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ☆  ｡･ﾟ･*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ☆  ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗV

 ｡･ﾟ･*:･ ･ﾟ☆  ｡･ﾟ･*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ☆ ｡･ﾟ･*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ☆ ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗI

:･ﾟ☆ ｡･ﾟ･*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ☆  ｡･ﾟ･*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ☆ ｡･ﾟ･*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ☆ ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗT

｡･ﾟ･*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ☆ ｡･ﾟ･*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ☆ ｡･ﾟ･*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ☆ ｡･ﾟ･*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ☆ ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗYYYY                  

[0r15a]

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ I’M

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ A

==ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ RACING

====ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ CAR

======ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ PASSING

=========ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ BY

===========ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ LIKE

=============ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ LADY

===============ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ GODIVA

[plebeiantologist]

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ i’m gonna go 

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ go 

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ go 

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ THERE’S NO STOPPING MEEEEEEEEEEE

[totalspiffage]

My therapist suggested replacing “is there anything I can do” with “what do you need” when comforting someone as the first kind of assumes you as part of the equation in helping someone which isn’t always helpful. It also kind of pressures the person suffering to kind of come up with something FOR you to do. Like I get so frustrated with that first question as a person who gets it a lot.

The second not only takes the pressure off but also might help the person really consider what their actual needs are like hey I haven’t eaten, maybe that’s a reason I feel crappy. It kinda takes the asker out of the immediate picture so the person struggling can focus on what they actually need, and then if you CAN help, you can offer it.

We’ll see if this works better!

[etrogim-deactivated20200109]

wait….are any americans aware that the cia overthrew the democratically-elected premier of iran in 1953 because he wouldn’t concede to western oil demands….and how that coup was the reason for the shah’s return to power, the iranian revolution, and the resulting fundamentalist dictatorship…..like, america literally dissolved iranian democracy and no one knows about it???

[jheselbraum]

No. No we don’t know about it. 

Americans aren’t told this shit. 

The only thing we’re taught about any Middle Eastern country in school is that 1) the region exists 2) it’s where The War is happening and 3) Muslim people live there. That’s it. Maybe if you’re lucky you’ll get into the Hammurabi Code and some early Babylonian stuff but American schools seem to think that if it happened outside Europe and before the colonial period, or makes America look bad and isn’t about A Very Watered Down Version of What Slavery Was, it’s not important.

Info on this is almost notoriously hard to find. It’s not in any texts on American and Russian involvement in the Middle East during the Cold War that I can find. You have to specifically look for a book about the Shah’s return to power, and even then you’d be hard pressed to find a book like that at your local bookstore. Once you get into some higher level college courses you might know about it, but the people who can afford those are more likely to already be indoctrinated into a certain Way of Thinking (read: they’re racist as shit) by the time they get there. And it’s almost like you have to know about it beforehand if you want to find information on it.

The only reason I knew about it is because there’s a thirty second summary of the event in Persepolis. Those thirty seconds flipped my entire worldview.

[fempunkandkittens]

“All the Shah’s Men” by Stephen Kinzer is a good, accessible text for people who want to know more about this.

[rebelcaptain4life]

!!!

[systlin]

I had to explain literally this to one of my co-workers, who is so fuckin racist against Middle Eastern people it’s insane.

She’s 60. She never heard of this.

As I was explaining this and how, during the Regan years, we funded Osama Bin Laden to fight against Russia, leading to the destruction of much of the infrastructure in the region, one of the plant workers came in to get his badge fixed.

He works in the quality control lab. He served 15 years active duty in the Army. Super smart guy, has a masters in chemistry and another masters in biology, raises saltwater fish in his spare time for sale, has the saltwater aquarium setup of the gods.  Raises rare corals too, some of which he donates to be used in re-seeding reefs around the world, but that’s a side tangent.

And he listened for a minute, then nodded and said “Yeah. I was there during that. I helped train people to fight. They wanted us to help them build schools and hospitals, after, but we were only interested in them as cannon fodder. Left the whole area in ruins. I wasn’t surprised when they hated us for it later. Told people then it would happen. We let them know then that they were only valuable to America as expendable bodies. Why wouldn’t they resent us for that?”

And she just looked floored.

“So…” She started, after a few minutes. “What do you think of Trump?”

“I hate him. He’s a coward and he’s going to get good people killed.” He didn’t even blink. “

She looked back and forth between us for a second, and then asked how I knew all this.

“I research things.” I said. “Google is great.” He nodded enthusiastically.

And she just sat there for a second and then said, really quietly, “I didn’t know.”

She lived through it.

American schools don’t teach you any of this sort of thing.

[runwithskizzers]

[stephanieruble-deactivated20240]

I thought of Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi too. Never underestimate the power of a good book.

[russiawave]

please don’t knock, the cat has the keys

[assassinationtipsforladies]

So to visit them you must first catch their cat? That is some task for potential suitors in medieval epic poetry shit

[gendertrickery]

Befriend. If the cat doesn’t like you, human inside probably won’t either.

[lifeofkj]

Real life videogame level.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Sidequest

Befriend the cat who is the KEEPER OF THE KEYS

[somethingdnd]

More inspiration

[vortexsophia-deactivated2022110]

[patrocles]

jkr doesnt understand anything about america if she thinks the northern and southern states will share the same wizarding school lollll. like the south would have formed its own school anyways after, if not before or during the civil war?

hell east coast and west coast magic has got to be different (european settlers on the east, mexican/hispanic in the whole new mexico, arizona, cali area). 

not to mention historically black wizarding schools would have absolutely been a thing bc african magic survived thru slavery hello??? not to mention under slavery and jim crow laws i highly doubt black children would have been allowed to study with white students. you could even make the assumption that white slavers forbade them for using their magic at all (african magic = dark magic and all that Fun Racism)

underdeveloped and struggling to thrive native american reservation schools of magic in the dakotas? 

texas has to have its own school on its own school. like its just a given fact. TEXAS WIZARDING SCHOOL QUDDITCH (like texas high school football #texasforever)

and obviously you have the elitist new england schools which everyone assumes is the pinnacle of american magic education lol

[goatheadthorn]

But couldn't American wizarding culture/history differ from mainstream American culture/history? I suppose I don't know how well British wizards follow the cultural trends of greater Britain...

[wickedsymphony]

“I feel like Hamilton reached out from history and wouldn’t let me go until I told his story.”

[stickmarionette]

[jonbutter]

Heartbreaking Simpsons Moments 1/∞: Bart Gets an F

[songofages]

I never understood why it’s an F if he gets more than half out of 100? Unless it’s more than 100. If you get more than half the answers right how is it an F?

[i-aint-even-bovvered]

You must not be from America. Here, grading is fucked up.

[heruut]

Average American Grading Scale: A+- 97-100 A - 94-96 A- - 90-93 B- 80-89 C- 70-79 D- 60-69 F- 59 and under

[doodle-in-space-deactivated2018]

oh wow that is fucked up

[relahvant]

why do they skip E in america

[wildembers]

There’s an E in other grading scales?

[well-metaphoricallyspeaking]

And in some places in America it goes by a 7 point scale, so it’d be A - 100-93 B - 92-85 C - 84-78 D - 77-70 F - 69 and below

[flameoflight-blog1]

Now you understand why American kid’s feel like there’s no point to school. If you have a 100 question text, and get 79 of them correct, that’s a C. That mean’s your Average Intelligence on this particular subject. And it get’s even worse when you have only like… a 10 question quiz. If you get two wrong? that’s a B. 80 fucking %. Now tell me again why American school’s are easier? 

[gouthesupermanager-archive]

No wait but whats the grading system in other countries?

[thecerisequeen-archive]

UK Grading Scale

100-70: A

69-60: B

59-50: C

49-40: D

Below 40: F

[gouthesupermanager-archive]

ARE YOU FUCKING WITH ME?! THATS INSANE!!!!

[carolxdanvers]

next time you try to tell americans that we’re stupid

i’m gonna remind you

that our “average” is your “A”

[shrekiravevo]

French system: a grade on 20, 40 on big exams, 10 for short tests. There are no real levels but kids made them: above 15 is great, above 10 is good, above 5 is a bit low and under 5 is bad. We are only judged by our unofficial system we do by ourselves, teachers often announce an average on tests so you know how good you did. And it’s better like this.

[joeynewgarden]

If you want to know why the United States has one of the highest student depression/anxiety rates in the world, please examine this post. Americans aren’t stupid, our grading scale is much harder. 

[midgardian-april]

[a-pinata-named-desire]

[quietpinetrees]

“The copyright on the wind expired, and it entered the public domain. We each kept a piece of wildness in our pocket, and society dissolved.” -QuietPineTrees

[berry-bat]

“It’s their job to do that. You don’t have to say thank you”

[fifty-shadesofgay]

can we please have more aggressively polite memes in the world???

[softpxls]

pink jellies by cindy lane 💖