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(art bloggo- kool-art68) hey, im a nerd who likes nerd stuff, and i also like to draw nerd stuff too.

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Upper Peninsula of Michigan | guth.co

[slitherpunk]

why are people talking about overwatch again

[slitherpunk]

you cant fool me. trying to make me learn shit

[hexolios]

i can’t believe this

[mothric]

no sideblogs, we chaotically cram our personal posts, aesthetic posts, and 800 hyperfixations into one blog like men

[sixpenceee]

These plants are photosynthesising underwater and producing an excess of oxygen through their leaves in the form of small bubbles which is called pearling. (Source)

[egregious-flumadiddle-blog]

WOAH WTF THIS IS BEAUTIFUL

[sunder-the-gold]

Oh, that’s a pretty lake — whoa, I’ve been transported to a magical faery land!

[smurfetteskater]

They’re breathing…

[sixpenceee]

Chimeric creations by Midori Hayashi

[miscquellanius]

Ponio

[cosmic--dragon]

OH FUCK NO

[disanddatmedia]

so i dont know how but i found this photo on my camera roll and im so fucking CONFUSED

[te5seract]

Skye & Skye by perkot

[tokyocandid]

Tokyo moon

https://www.instagram.com/tokyonieve/

[tinybro]

so we have a conversational safeword in my group of friends and it’s great, idk why more people don’t do this. whenever someone wants a subject to be dropped immediately no questions asked we just say “spleen” and we stop immediately and it’s a really good way to avoid crossing the line between teasing friends and genuinely upsetting them by accident, or stopping debates from turning into actual arguments

[the-hopeful-lark]

Wait but no this is actually a brilliant idea. 

[imakegoodlifechoices]

When I was a little baby high school student, I used to do the Living Chessboard at our local Renaissance Faire. We always used “forsooth” to indicate if someone was actually injured and needed to quickly end a choreographed fight. It was also very useful when doing little street improvisations because if someone tried to stop you, you could say “forsooth good sir, I must leave.” and they knew you couldn’t do a scene right then. We all used it in real life too, to say “no really” and it was amazing because there was a word used in a casual setting that meant “I’m not playing, I need you do listen to me.” So if someone tried to pick me up or tickle me, I could say “forsooth stop.” And I was instantly obeyed. I had “forsooth” long before I learned what a safeword was, and having a non-sexual safeword for everyday use amongst a circle of friends was the best thing ever. It made me feel very safe and listened to, even as a tiny 14 year old. Because let’s be honest, 14 year old me was teeny tiny and adorable and it’s easy to coo at kids when they say “no don’t pick me up!” but to have a word that every single person respected to mean “whatever I say after this MUST be listened to” was amazing. It gave me a definitive voice when it would have been easy to dismiss me.

So basically having platonic safewords is awesome and I’m all for it.

[sixpenceee]

Kelimutu is a volcano, close to the small town of Moni in central Flores island in Indonesia. The mountain has three volcanic crater lakes that differ in color. The science of the Kelimutu lakes is relatively well-known. Lake colors periodically change due to adjustments in the oxidation-reduction status of the fluid of each lake, and also considering the abundance of different major elements, such as iron and manganese. (Source)

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[suselling]

oh yeah, in celebration of 2019, i feel like it is important to note that 2019 is the last year that chara falling into the underground can happen….

[wizardshark]

you know what that means yall, gotta go dive into a hole in a mountain this year or never

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[galadrielkenobi]

Saw the pq2 version of this alignment chart and decided to make a Yakuza version of it! :D

[sixpenceeeaesthetic]

Déjà vu. Via ray 

[phoenixyfriend]

Gonna go full white girl here for a moment

If I ask if a food is spicy at all, and you reply “No, not at all! You can barely feel it!” then that is a contradiction. It is spicy. It may not be very spicy, or even moderately spicy, but it’s still spicy. Please just tell me that straight-out.

I know there’s a good chance you’re mocking me in your head when I say that I cannot handle spices at all, and that even the mildest of sauces, that you insist are barely there, are going to hurt, because I’m mocking me too. I know I’ve got a child’s palate when it comes to spicy food. I know it’s almost laughable, how badly I react to even table pepper in more than the most minuscule of doses.

But if I ask “is this spicy,” and you answer “not at all,” and then proceed to tell me that it’s mild, then I will still consider it too spicy.

If I ask “is this spicy at all” and you say “no” while knowing that it is, just a tiny bit, because you can’t imagine anyone reacting, then please don’t be offended when I take one bite and then throw it out, because I asked for a reason.

It’s a dumb thing to talk about, but… yeah. Just do your cannot-handle-spices friends a favor and be honest when they ask. Mild is still a level of spice.

(This goes doubly for strangers, because if they have a digestive problem like, IDK, ulcers or something, then spicy food can irritate the stomach lining further and cause extreme pain. Some people claim that capsaicin can be used to treat ulcers, but you know… just play it safe, yeah?)

[bettsplendens]

Let people be babies about spices! It doesn’t hurt you any. 

[randomslasher]

This is important. 

Food doesn’t taste the same to everyone. There are scientific reasons that some people might be able to tolerate ‘mild’ spice and others might not. If someone tells you they are sensitive to spice, that doesn’t mean they’re experiencing what you experience when you eat those foods. It means that for them, it feels far different. It hurts. 

My partner is super sensitive to spice. She calls herself a ‘spice wimp,’ which I hate, because there’s nothing wimpy about not wanting to suffer through horrible burning sensations in your mouth. Which is what she has to suffer, when someone tells her something “isn’t that spicy” when in fact it is. 

This isn’t about flexing.This isn’t about being tough. This is about acknowledging that the chemical and anatomical composition of someone else’s taste receptors is different than yours, and you need to be sensitive to that. 

I’ve learned to detect even the smallest amount of spice, so I can tell her if something is probably safe for her to eat or not. I’ve learned that the tiniest burning sensation to me means something is going to cause her physical pain. I’ve gotten better at identifying which foods will be okay and which will not. And you know what? I’m able to do it without being a dick about it. It has nothing to do with who’s’ tough and who’s a wimp and everything to do with the fact that her nerves process spice differently than mine do. 

She’s not a wimp, and she’s not a baby. She’s just someone whose DNA doesn’t let her eat spicy foods the way someone with my DNA can. That’s all. 

[acontentquarter]

yes!! I feel really shitty about being unable to handle food spicier than kfc strips so I’d be grateful if people were mindful of that💞

[spillybun-deactivated20190921]

Also someone might have sensory issues, and liking or disliking spice has nothing whatsoever to do with race 👍

[trilllizard666]

to add onto this

I do actually really like spicy food! it tastes great and I’m much more willing to experiment around with spicy foods than I’ve been as a picky kid.

but the issue here is:

my body doesn’t like it.

my digestive system is pretty bad at the best of times, and it gets even worse when I eat spicy food.

just cause someone can EAT spicy food doesn’t mean that their stomach and intestines are gonna thank them later.

so if someone says “Yeah, I don’t do well with spicy food”, take them serious, no matter if it’s them being unable to stand the taste of it, because it causes them actual physical pain, ruins their digestive system, or gives them heartburn so bad they constantly feel like they’re gonna puke

[great-tweets]

There is nothing new under the sun.

[tastefullyoffensive]

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toads riding snake