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[everythingfox]

Anita Venken

[thatswhywelovegermany]

Honestly, as a German I can not quite understand the obsession of the English speaking world with the question whether a word exists or not. If you have to express something for which there is no word, you have to make a new one, preferably by combining well-known words, and in the very same moment it starts to exist. Agree?

[latveriansnailmail]

Deutsche Freunde, could you please create for me a word for the extreme depression I feel when I bend down to pick up a piece of litter and discover two more pieces of litter?

[thatswhywelovegermany]

um = around

die Welt = world

die Umwelt = environment

ver = prefix to indicate something difficult or negative, a change that leads to deterioration or even destruction that is difficult to reverse or to undo, or a strong negative change of the mental state of a person

der Müll = garbage, trash, rubbish, litter

-ung = -ing

die Vermüllung = littering

ver- = see before

zweifeln = to doubt

-ung = see before

die Verzweiflung = despair, exasperation, desperation

die Umweltvermüllungsverzweiflung = …

[serhumfreysbrokencollarbone]

This is a german compound on the spot master class and I am LIVING

[toastbutteregg]

[worldoftanksshitposting]

Reasons why War Thunder is better than World of Tanks:

[coolhandofagirl-deactivated2015]

security called me at work today and told me they saw me outside chasing a frog around on the security cameras. i wasnt in trouble they just wanted to let me know they saw me. i didn’t catch him.

[elbiotipo]

IM SO ANGRY

[elbiotipo]

THERE WAS ONCE A TOAD CONSTELLATION BUT IT WAS DECLARED OBSOLETE

[elbiotipo]

https://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/88const/Buf.html

We could’ve had it all…

[rqqu]

let’s bring her back

[bbfroglove]

SHE IS NOT OBSOLETE IN OUR HEARTS!!!!

[bogleech]

Comin at ya soon with a deep sea abyss coloring book project soon!!! These are just prototype sample pages, I want it to have a nicer font by the time it goes to print, and the black background might end up being a liability depending on the final paper quality but I’m submitting its kickstarter pretty soon! I’m not sure whether I should include the ones everybody knows already, like sea pigs and footballfish and stuff, or stick just to the ones I never see anybody talk about. I do plan to have blobfish in it just so I can illustrate and discuss what they actually look like alive and the cute way they live.

[jcamcript-deactivated20200414]

Strange and massive objects plow near the moon, captured on amateur film from Quebec, Canada. (26.03.2020).

[pocketphoenix]

Aliens for April…… why not

[state-issued-boyfriend]

Bro please be nice aliens, like, please

[inkythealien]

[dilf-patton-deactivated20220806]

WOAHHH that’s so cool!!!

[relevantbubble]

Me expecting a joke video and waiting to see what hilarious item flys by on camera:

Me seeing what actually happens:

[beardedzombietech-deactivated20]

Reblogging again for the “April Aliens” part

[angrybell]

Why not?

[alaska-man-wyoming-land-deactiv]

Sorry dudes, it’s the Kaguya Cadillac science mission

[latining]

catching that mission on camera by accident is just as cool as aliens.

[hawkeyetoo]

“I was looking at the moon and I accidentally captured footage of a once in a lifetime lunar mission that’s mapping the surface of the moon a quarter of a million miles away…” Now THAT’S COOL!

[anais-ninja-bitch]

wild

[oldschoolvillageidiot]

No difference.

[followthebluebell]

i think the weirdest thing about the shelter-in-place has been the nightly howl, which i forget about every night until i’m walking my dog and the neighbors just suddenly start fucking howling.

[followthebluebell]

see, we all live literally miles from each other; with the shelter in place in effect, most of us never see other humans FOR DAYS besides the ones we live with.  so my neighbors decided we should just howl— like dogs— every night at approximately the same time to ‘encourage community bonding and release tension’.

it’s also a useful reminder that everyone is still alive. i’m not sure what we’re supposed to do if we notice a howler is missing.

at least one neighbor suggested, “hey, maybe we should just set up a telephone tree instead” but was soundly called off because “listen, we all moved to the mountains because we don’t want to talk to other human beings, we’re just going to howl instead”.

[pileofknives]

The term “feral” gets banded about rather freely on here but

[rqqu]

mutuals do this

[thebexxiesdiary]

do the dogs and wolves on the mountain communicate by words? or a different tone of howling? OP tell me, how can u tell the difference between a human and a threat?

[followthebluebell]

pretty easily, tbh.  we don’t have wolves, so you can cross that out immediately.  we have coyotes, but their howls are very distinct compared to dogs.  A dog’s howl is fairly even in tone all the way through, sometimes rising at the end.  A coyote’s howl is broken up by yips and usually ends in several yips.  Humans don’t howl like either.  They sound like humans trying to sound like a wolf.  If you hear a dog, you go towards it, because it might be in trouble.

if you find a dog in the woods, you take care of it, even if it means you have to keep it for a few days until you find the owner.  You treat that dog with the same kindness and care you hope a stranger would show your own lost pup.

we take our dogs very seriously up here.  we’ll forgive all kinds of rudeness from people, but we won’t forgive unkindness towards a dog. 

if you hear something and it’s not a dog, human, or a coyote, you run.  Because it’s something that isn’t supposed to be out here and it knows where you are now. 

It’s not a hunting call.

It’s a warning.

[moomoobooboo-deactivated2020102]

Started weird, ended weird. I admire the consistency.

[littlebirdofprey]

Incredible 

[fantasy-frog]

depression 

[anxietyproblem]

[thatssoscience]

Slime mold was grown on an agar gel plate shaped like America and food sources were placed where America’s large cities are. 

The result? A possible look at how to best build public transportation. 

I just really like the idea of slime mold on a map of the US. It’s beautiful.

[acquaintedwithrask]

I’m—

holy shit

[deaexlibris]

I have a raging science ladyboner right now.

[sxeli-deactivated20171231]

I’d love if we could do it on a state-by-state basis.

[unspellable-blog]

That same slime mold once affirmed that the Tokyo subway is pretty well-designed.  

[nearfuturisticdystopian-blog]

Using slime molds as a calculator.

Using slime molds as a calculator.

Using slime molds as a calculator.

[amydentata]

Natural computation: it’s a thing, and it’s awesome. What is the universe but a really, really complicated computer?

[kasaron]

I love this.

[selinas-deactivated20251210]

Happy Halloween! 🎃

[thebestoftumbling]

[keysmash-warrior-deactivated202]

NooOOO

[samojon]

[celtic-pyro-deactivated20230725]

[altamont498]

Those appear to be bird tracks rather than bunny tracks! Ergo, it was a bird hopping and then taking off, not a bunny getting taken away!

[danceintheskies]

oh my god thank you phoenix wright

[dinnermess-deactivated20200529]

yeah those aren’t bunny tracks.

[saffarren]

Forgive my sceptism, but why would a bird with a supposedly wide wingspan hop around in the snow in the first place when tree branches would suffice in the beginning?

Feel free to explain that.

[tinysaurus-rex-deactivated20240]

I’ll be real I don’t know much about Phoenix Wright. But! I do know a lot about birds.

The mighty ptarmagin! Practically a feathered rabbit, these magnificent creatures are built for the snow.

Look at those boots! Wonderfully feathered. They spend most of their time as little snow lumps.

In fact, they’re very well known for the above phenomenon.

These ptarmagin trails are a pretty common sight!

[valiantlyrainybouquet]

Reblog for the little snow lumps ✨

[baishujinkou]

[bedupolker]

[tenkaichibudokai]

[alannamode]

A fun reminder that Aang was a terrifyingly powerful Avatar.

Most Avatars are informed of their newfound destinies at the age of 16 to begin their training. Because of the approaching war Aang was told of his status at the age of 12. He had already mastered airbending, and in the span of a year he mastered the other three elements, the avatar state, and energybending. He also learned lightning redirection and seismic sense (a technique no previous Avatar had even encountered). In the span of a year.

This child was a terrifying force of nature.

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