LittleMinx

Hey, previously known as neongreen26

[lookatthisbabybird]

so there are lots of good pictures of baby peacocks practicing displaying

(i found most of these on google image search but thought they were important to show the world)

this is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen.

I love it.

[arachnomatic]

When they’re this age or a little older, they’ll display at anything roughly their size: chickens, cats, work boots…

[naamahdarling]

OH! NO! It somehow never occurred to me that this would be a thing thank you for sharing this OP my life has been enriched

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

Oh my gosh. I knew that all babies practice adult behaviors, but I’d never thought about baby peacocks practicing this behavior. I’m dead of cute. 

[elen42564]

@kedreeva

[kedreeva]

@why-animals-do-the-thing I just want to add that it’s not just baby peacocks that do it, all peafowl display, hens included. And it’s not an adult behavior that they’re practicing either. They all do it, at every age, in and out of breeding season, when they are happy, excited, alarmed, or when they are trying to be threatening.

The males DO display as part of courting, BUT that display comes with a dance and song (if you can call the racket they make a “song”) that set it apart from normal train-raising behavior. Notably, they wiggle their wings and rattle their train and and scream, and if a peahen comes close enough, they lean forward so that their train looms over the top of her (basically becoming her field of vision) and if she looks amenable and he likes her, he will make a godawful honk-squeal and rush toward her. If she squats, he gets a ride, and if she doesn’t he respects her no and goes back to his dance.

But, yeah. Totally just a general species behavior!

[coolxatu]

hate being poor. wanna rob a bank

[coolxatu]

i wanna gnaw on the ankles of a rich person til their foot comes off and they deflate like oogie boogie from a nightmare before christmas but instead of bugs falling out its gold doubloons

[birf]

piss: the saga

[the-stray-liger]

Instead of making up shitty racist headcanons about Miles shoplifting join me in headcanoning him picking up ballet because he thought Gwen being a ballerina was super neat and it would help him in his spiderman job

[beefybluewerewolf]

[dracophile]

Spider strength he can’t control + Lifts = Hilarity

[aethersea]

Miles, muttering to himself: do not yeet the ballerina. do NOT yeet the ballerina

[thatgirlonstage]

Jumps. JUMPS.

Miles frantically googling “How high can normal people jump??? How high can ballerinas jump?????? I don’t think I’m supposed to be able to jump straight up to the ceiling and also I keep getting stuck up there please help”

[phantoms-lair]

Once Mile’s spider sense pinged lightly about a balcony set and he told the crew master he had a bad feeling about it. The balcony collapsed later. No one was hurt, but now Miles has to go over sets and pronounce them clear of ‘bad feelings’

He’s not even good enough to be in shows yet, but nothing goes out without his seal of approval

[firebirdeternal]

honestly I have known so many stage managers and props department people who are Exactly This Superstitious. (And hell, in this case they’re not even wrong he literally has magic danger powers)

I’ve also known a few dancers, and without exception the reaction to finding out this boy can effortlessly hold them in a single arm lift or YEET them dozens of feet in the air (And catch them after!) would be PURE GLEE.

[crazy-pages]

“Okay, Glynda, look, we all know he’s Spiderman. Kid’s terrible at hiding it. But imagine this. None of us tell him we know and none of us tell him how high ballerinas can really throw their partners. And each class we just keep on pretending like we’re impressed with how fast he’s improving but, y'know, he’s still got further to go.”

“Uhuh, yeah, I see that look in your eyes Glynda. You know exactly where I’m going with this. How high do you think Spiderman can throw you?”

“Okay, Glynda, stop giggling, the giggling is creepy. Dessie, please make her stop giggling.”

[silver-thyla]

This is wonderful

[teashoesandhair]

I just walked past a mirror and did a double take and thought "dang, I look more sophisticated and suave than my usual baseline level of -4, why do I look so elegant?" and concluded that it was because my lips looked slightly darker, like I was wearing a subtle but daring shade of mauve lipstick, which gave me an air of worldliness and fine taste, like a lady who might flirt with a detective to put him off the scent

And then I realised it was because I'd eaten so many dark chocolate truffles left over from Christmas that I'd stained my mouth

Très sophistiquée

[morathor]

There is elegance in decadence

[teashoesandhair]

GOD this comment just changed my entire life

[planet-motherfucker]

[fuqwin]

[programaticallydelicious]

Maybe he’s ordering a decaf because he has a heart condition, and you’re about to give him a heart attack and send him to the hospital.

Or maybe he’s just ordering a decaf.

Maybe she’s ordering sugar free because she’s diabetic, and you’re about to put her six feet under.

Or maybe she’s just ordering sugar free,

Maybe they’re ordering non-dairy because they’re intolerant, and you’re about to ruin their day. Maybe they’re allergic, and you’re about to sponsor an all black event in an open field.

Or maybe they’re just ordering non-dairy.

Maybe they ordered gluten free because they can’t process it, and you’re about to destroy their digestive tract.

Or maybe they’re just ordering gluten free.

Maybe they’re ordering this way just because they don’t want the food, for whatever reason.

But are you willing to bet their life on it?

[otakusapien]

#also in the reverse#they might need the caffeine for a headache#they might be allergic to soy or almonds and need real dairy#they might have low blood sugar and need the boost#there are no safe assumptions when it comes to what people eat#even if it will just make them a little sick you’re still making them sick#just give people what they ask for

[diangelo-supporter10]

LOUDER FOR THE FUCKERS WHO RUIN PEOPLE’S LIVES IN THE BACK!!!!!!

[teaboot]

Some rando: You should think about stopping your prescription

Me: My pills make me not want to die tho

They: You shouldn’t want to die, that’s not normal

Me: Yeah that’s why I’m taking my pills

[teaboot]

Again: But you aren’t the *real* you when you’re on your pills

Me: I’m the alive version of me

[teaboot]

An actual doctor, once: “Relying On A Chemical Crutch For A Hormonal Imbalance Denies The Fortitude Of The Human Soul”

Me: Cool so like I’m agnostic

[inner-muse]

They: “But you might be on pills the rest of your life!”

Me: “So?”

[illnessisnteasy]

Good! That means that I have a “rest of” my life to continue living!

Thanks to the pills.

[erinptah-admin]

Meanwhile, no person ever: “You should think about giving up your insulin/antiretrovirals/beta blockers/anti-rejection drugs/prosthetic legs/daily multivitamin, because using those your whole life is bad for some reason”

[teaboot]

Oh no, they do that too.

[living-deciduously]

I have a kidney transplant. A woman once told me she didn’t believe in organ transplants and that people should just die when they’re meant to. 

[teaboot]

Sounds like a great set-up for a murder

[teaboot]

People who are fully healthy, fit and neurotypical seem to think they are that way because they’re doing something right that the rest of us haven’t thought of, and not just because they got lucky

[ayeforscotland]

Okay I can see why some people might want this...

Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck

[ayeforscotland]

GIVE ME YOUR BIOMETRIC DATA SO I CAN ANALYSE YOUR BONE STRUCTURE CHILDREN🤪

[ayeforscotland]

That’s genuinely terrifying

[jonasateo]

Giggle me timbers, it's a nightmare frankensocialmedia.

So, what do they actually collect and what do they do with it? Well:

Collecting my data? My biometrics and location?

You betcha.

And you will sell all that information?

Gotta make a profit ❤️

And how about information on my ethnicity, political standing, religion, criminal record, location, my biometrics, sexuality and gender?

Well. We will sell that too, but only to the good girls and guys 😊 We will sell your biometrics to facial recognition software and everything else to your government or others, that give us enough money 🙏

So if I am in a country that wants to target me for my ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexuality, gender identity or political standing, you will sell them this information?

In a heartbeat 🏳️‍🌈

.....

Do not use this Plattform. Please.

[iamcon-fu-sion]

this feels both terfy and scammy at the same time. 

[ayeforscotland]

[tux-bird]

[cipheramnesia]

[gluten-free-pussy]

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™️????

[animution11]

[royalhans]

polar opposite of this post

[hrmsketches]

inspiration struck and would not let me go until i drew this

[gluten-free-pussy]

This is really beautiful!!!

[starfoozle]

My FAVORITE THING is researchers who wholeheartedly embrace the Ms. Frizzle aesthetic and wear their field of study on their literal sleeve. Everyone in the invasive crayfish consortium has tiny lobster-print shorts or socks. All the middle-aged dad scientists here at the lab have shirts with fish and/or fishing tackle patterns on them. My moss specimen and ammonite earrings keep getting noticed by women who are wearing silver fishbone-shaped or native plant-themed earrings themselves. Every single person on the outreach team has at least one shirt with an anchor pattern on it from Old Navy, and almost all the younger researchers have tattoos featuring their research interests – one fisheries biologist has a half-sleeve of native species she literally uses as an outreach tool. We are self-aware and having a blast with it, honestly.

[dressesandalchemy]

I adore the Ms. Frizzle aesthetic

[elysian-waltz]

Best aesthetic

[sloppystyle]

Out on the town !

[fieldbears]

oh my god  oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god

[fuckyahumor]

BIRDBOX with the cat!!!

[thegreenpea]

Mrs frizzle in another lifetime

[marypsue]

The reason the culture of ‘depression meme humour’ got big was because it was a rebellious backlash against a dominant social attitude that You Just Weren’t Trying Hard Enough which deliberately swept mental health issues under the rug. Turning ‘positivity’ into the cool new meme is a noble idea, but in practice, unless it’s done with care and understanding instead of just a desire to perform what people in your social circles seem to want to see, all it’s doing is recreating a culture of artificial cheerfulness, where deviation is punishable by ostracization. And that’s not a healthy or ‘positive’ environment for anyone. 

I’m usually a big proponent of positive bandwagons - even if people only join them because they see it’s popular, they’re still getting exposure to a thing they might not have otherwise - but if the only reason you’re jumping on ‘positivity’ is so you can make snarky comments about all those losers still wallowing in last year’s meme, rather than out of genuine care and concern for people’s well-being, then there’s nothing at all positive about what you’re doing.

[mad-dyspunktional]

God, thank you… so much for this post.

[linguisticparadox]

We really need to start thinking about the intention and motivation behind other people’s posts when we respond to them. No, it’s not good to create a culture of normalizing suicidal ideation and rewarding people for refusing to take steps to help themselves or work on how they treat others (“not everyone can be neurotypical Karen” “I literally just said to be nice to people Anthony”). But sometimes you just gotta let a vent post be a fuckin vent post. Sometimes scolding or even well-intentioned positivity only has the effect of silencing someone who really, really needs an outlet to talk about how they’re hurting.

[ky-the-squiddy]

DID YOU KNOW that proper pearl necklaces actually have knots between each pearl?

This is done to stop the pearls from rubbing up against each other, potentially causing damage and discolouration to each bead, and also so that if the string breaks it’s unlikely that any more than one or two pearls will fall off the string. Pearl necklaces (and bracelets, for that matter) need re-stringing regularly, to make sure that the string isn’t stretched, frayed, or otherwise damage, which would put the necklace at risk of breaking, and when they are re-stringed properly, new knots are always tied between each pearl.

This post brought to you by the stop making pearls scatter everywhere whenever you break a fancy lady’s necklace when murdering her, thriller writers, all you’re doing is revealing she was wearing shitty plastic beads gang

[nightmareshack]

but………..the drama

[daddys-lil-pagulia-deactivated2]

[mrositonegro-deactivated2020110]

If it helps it helps

[dancinbutterfly]

I swear to god I will never forget my sister unpacking her stuff from that big black trash bag when she moved in with us. JFC. She never complained or said anything but I remember. I remember clothes and journals and little bits and bobs spilling onto the carpet because she couldn’t really keep it closed. I remember and it wasn’t even my life.

Please donate your luggage to foster kids and any kid you know who may have to leave home but isn’t officially in the system (because they’re out there too). Anything you can do matters.

[maria-rosa-mystica-deactivated2]

[meanixwright]

every shade of pink is so phenomenal

[meanixwright]

carnation…….punch……..tango…….mimi…….blush…….aurora………apple blossom……cerise………bubblegum…………