Could Be Dangerous

FANDOM BLOG!and animals plus other shit I find funny

[catchymemes]

[peneigh-dzredfohl]

Can everyone who reads this PLEASE reblog it?!?!?  Libraries literally saved my life as a child!

Being abused at home, bullied at school and lost in the world, the library and all the books I could escape to the most amazing worlds, kept me alive!

I would walk to the library, and spend all day, from 10 am to 9 pm reading there!! I got special awards for how many books I read, I wrote little blurbs on why i loved the books (probably why I love to BETA and do ARCs) 

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE Just hit the green arrows and the reblog!!!

As a 50 year old woman, the library offers me so much. Digital art pads to borrow, 3D printing, book clubs that are face to face (yeah, the introvert likes face to face because a moderator will stomp on anyone getting snarky)

New books in LARGE PRINT! I’m visually challenged and as much as I love my kindle, The feel of a real book in my hands will always be a beloved feeling!

Our library also has quarterly books sales of almost free books!! For 5$USD we get in a day early and can buy as many as we want. Anyone else has to wait and there is a limit for the first 2 days.

[stevviefox]

Also many, many libraries have inter library loan(it may be called something different). This means if they don’t have the item you want, they can get it for you. This may include photocopy/pdf of articles. This can also include along with books and DVDs, microfilm/fiche which is also a huge resource. Check around for libraries that are listed as depositories if you want to look at government documents.

Remember that many colleges and universities have open stacks for the public. You will likely have to pay a membership fee but you will get to stuff.

[psi1998]

I love the library ☺

[icycove]

The library was one of my favorite places to go as a kid and I still live to go and just. Sit and read. Or do homework. The university I’m at has a massive 8-story one I love to just wonder around in~ Great places

[jaks21]

Libraries are amazing places, we need to protect them to ensure their continued existence.

[pidgeling]

i’m so upset

I just realized that the reason ghosts say Boo! is because it’s a latin verb

they’re literally saying ‘I alarm/I am alarming/I do alarm!!

I can’t

[life-of-a-latin-student]

present active boō, present infinitive boāre, perfect active boāvī, supine boātum

[interretialia]

Recte!

[flightcub]

if it comes from the latin word, they’re actually saying “I’M YELLING!” which is even cuter

[grizzlyhills]

do they speak latin because it’s a dead language

[feralkwe-deactivated20210912]

get out

[monticellomarshmallow]

This is exactly the kind of content I come here for like I want to print this out, frame it and put it on my wall.

[reallyreallyreallytrying]

“average person eats 3 spiders a year” factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

[doubleca5t]

An actual World Heritage Post

[dykecosette]

how does this post not have a million notes but anyone online can quote it

[definitelynotlazav]

one week until ten years of Spiders Georg

[yd12k]

[rox-and-prose]

Happy ten years of Spider Georg

[autistic-out-loud]

Why diagnosis is a GOOD thing

I was late diagnosed and a lot people asked me why I bothered or why it mattered.

It mattered. It mattered so much.

Because it was acknowledgement. Imagine not being able to communicate with people because you don't speak the same language, except you don't realise that and still keep trying and failing, until one day, someone tells you and you realise what the problem is and you can change things.

I always knew I was weird, but more weird than some other people who were "weird", and some things I could change and make better but other things, no matter how hard I tried (like picking my skin - my form of stimming, and not really making friends) some things NEVER changed, and I thought it was my fault that I couldn't change or control it, and I HATED myself for it.

Now I know why it is how it is, and that I can't control it, not always, and there's things I can do about it (for skin picking I have fidget toys instead - doesn't stop me picking but reduces it) but also I can FORGIVE myself.

The worst thing about having something different or wrong is having it and not knowing, because if you don't know you can't understand or act, and others can't either.

I understand myself better and can make better decisions for me.

It doesn't mean I use my autism as an excuse or that I've giving up on trying to do things and just sit back and do nothing. I haven't just gone - "ah well, I'm autistic so I'm just gonna give up and live in my cave"

However, I have given up some things - like eating out - which I didn't do much anyway as I prefer home cooked food. But I'd go out to eat if people invited me, even though I didn't like it because I thought it was just my anxiety, but turns out it' overstimulation from all the noise. Things I never fully understood as my body reacted but I was told it was other things. Now I know it's overstimulation and I need to take time out.

So I don't eat out, at least definitely not if its a busy, noisy place. But I can still go out to eat with friends, just get a takeaway and take it to the park, or take turns cooking at home. So yeah

Diagnosis matters and is important and can turn someone's life around

I told people and they didn't know how to react as they thought it was a negative thing but I was obviously happy about it. Because they're told things like this are negative, but they don't have to be, not if we don't stereotype and shut people out. I haven't changed, and those closest to me realise that, I'm still the same person, just BIGGER, because I understand myself better.

Its never a negative thing - stop acting like it is. Whether a person is diagnosed autistic or not, they will still be autistic if they're autistic - but with knowledge comes power, understanding and opportunity.

this comparison is a bit far out but bear with me: Imagine having cancer and not knowing. Getting weird symptoms and not being able to live your life fully. You can continue on like that until it really eats away at you and you have nothing left or you can seek help, get a diagnosis and get treatment. Sure, you still won't be bouncing back to your normal self straight away, but you'll know the reason behind those symptoms and have things to help and be able to explain to those close to you what's going on. which is better?!

[autistic-out-loud]

Simplifying my autism

So basically it is just that our brains are different, and I know everyone's different, but this is like - really different, we may have larger/smaller parts or more complex connections between parts of our brains.

Basically my Autism comes down to that I just don't get other humans. I don't understand people the way others do, not naturally. I've had to learn about sarcasm and subtle cues - but I still don't always get it right. I'm great at customer service - as I've learnt the rules to it and those brief relationships are very straight forward. But otherwise I'm lonely, I get confused, I don't read situations right, I don't have many friends or other relationships, and I have social anxiety.

But I just don't get other people. Over the years I've learnt things to do to fit in: - Learning about sarcasm - Reading body language - not being so literal - look at how others react - Trying to figure out the context (if there is any)

I still struggle, and it's lonely and often I can't tell if people actually don't like me, or do like me or anything.

However, I can do all that natural stuff that seems to come to other people with ANIMALS. - I can generally tell what an animal is feeling and read its body language (on multiple occasions I've corrected other peoples assumptions that they base on human body language) - I can see what they are doing and why they are doing it - I can tell how they will react to me and what I can do to change that reaction - I can almost communicate with them. It's so weird

And so I turned that into jobs working with animals and its been awesome. So basically instead of getting normal social skills my brain got confused when developing and went full animal lol. I understand animals the way other people understand each other

terrible cartoon to help show what I'm describing

other Autistic peeps, how is your brain different?

[autistic-out-loud]

"You don't look Autistic"

One of the phrases that really annoy autistic people. My response=

"That guy over there is Scottish, does he look it or should I ask him to wear a kilt and carry a set of bagpipes"

Autism doesn't affect the way you look, and while sometimes you can pick someone is autistic as they may be verbally or physically stimming, just like with other parts of ourselves - race/ethnicity, religion, what sports teams we follow - you can't always tell just by looking.

Sometimes I just ask people "what am I supposed to look like?" and that usually stumps them. People have this idea in their head and they need to realise, just like other stereotypes, it is harmful

[manyetha-darcylock]

"THE AUSBERG"

So this is something I've been working on for a while - a tool to help those with invisible disabilities show people there is more to them than they see.

And an iceberg was perfect -Firstly for the pun -Secondly because, like an iceberg, invisible disabilities have a lot more going on than people see -Thirdly, while some icebergs look similar they are all UNIQUE just like every AUSBERG

So this was a tool that helped me explore my autism, and own it - there's good, there's bad and there's stuff that is just the way it is. I got to learn more about myself, own what I have, see it's not all bad, see I'm not alone and see there's different ways to see things - like my being very literal and logical can be a problem at times but it's also a strength and why I'm so good with computers and things.

So I'd like people to share this, anywhere they like, even just the image. MAKE your own - I'll add my blank art below so you can use. Even if it's not for Autism but another invisible disability, or maybe even a visible one - because you can't "see" all of it.

Go nuts And if this helps just one person I'll be happy, hell I already kind of am because it helped me.

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[silentiumlitwicks]

I can feel The dryness of those markers in my bones

[the-silent-screamer]

Fun fact those dry markers were supposed to have water put into them to make them work. You take off the bottom thing and pour water in and bam, instant marker success. Only learned about this four years after I’d lost my set 🙃

[bemusedlybespectacled]

WHAT

[a-girl-with-sparkling-lies]

WHAT

[bee-dot-exe]

WHAT

[maximumsunshine]

Hey. Reblog to save some poor kid lots of grief.

[no-lo-lo]

Fucking what?!

[tinydooms]

Every ‘90s child on Tumblr raises their head in outrage.

[calder]

vegans make peace with honey

no shut up do it

[calder]

vegans will pretend not to hear when natives tell them their agave products are unsustainable because they have whimsical feelings about, and i cannot stress this enough, the freedom of hive insects

Honey is literally murder but go off

[kasaron]

Prove it.

They literally puke their guts up to make your honey

[kasaron]

I have not seen any evidence tonsugges they are harmed or die in the process of production. They do regurgitate the nectar as part of the process to concentrate it into honey (an interesting process) but they do not suffer any injury during this process. If they did, the cost to produce honey, which is done naturally as a measure to survive over winter and through times of lower availability, would outweigh the benefits. If you kill several bees to produce enough honey to make one more bee, It makes no sense. Any animal that did that would die, even with human intervention.

Do you have any sources which suggest otherwise? I’d be interested to hear of this (relatively publicly available) information was false or misunderstood.

Bee farmers use whats called a honey maker. It’s a crude devices. It similar to a meat grinder. They force the bees in and grind them up. What comes out is a paste. That paste is later filtered into what we know as honey

[hematite2]

This is the funniest thing I’ve ever read

[leonardo-nierman]

@zoologicallyobsessed please show us pics of your bee grinder

[gemstone-gynoid]

they might be falsely thinking about a honey extractor machine. but all these do is you place the beehive frames inside and a motor rotates it at a speed that removes the honey, which is then tapped through a tap at the bottom. 

[darkenedyeastextract]

…do they think they put bees in that and spin them around until they vomit…?

[demonius-darkblade]

bee carnival

[yeah-yeah-beebiss-1]

bad and naughty bees get put into the b e e c e n t r i f u g e to extract their honey

[bastlynn]

Vegans coming after beekeepers is one of my major teeth grinding annoyances. For many reasons, because there’s so many lies. And to go one step further because it’s such a waste. You see, the strongest vegan argument is that they don’t want to exploit animals or take from them without their consent.

… but… Bees consent. NO. I’M NOT KIDDING.

How? Bee hives aren’t kept on leashes. They’re outside, the bees can travel miles every day. They follow their queen. Who is also outside, not on a leash, and can travel miles every day. If she doesn’t like the hive for any reason - for example: it got too hot, too cold, too messy, too filled with sugary stuff and they need more space… then the queen leaves. And with her the hive.

The queen stays in the hive because the hive is the best place to live. Period. Done. End of. If the hive is staying with the beekeeper it’s because the keeper is doing their job correctly and keeping them happy because the bees can, and do, leave bad beekeepers.

Of all the animals we have domesticated as livestock, bees are the ones you can most easily argue are consenting participants in their keeping.

[alicentsgf]

[mystical-mew]

Here it is. The bee post is back

[guerrillatech]

[jv]

This is akin all those hot takes about the 2k bug being an hoax:

"Remember when they told us every computer was going to crash on 1/1/01 and there would be chaos and then nothing happened?"

Yeah, I remember. And I'm sure every programmer and sysadmin that contributed the billion person/hour global effort to prevent it also remembers.

[alarajrogers]

No one talks about acid rain anymore, either. And that's a very good thing.

[chocolate-and-discourse]

Sorry, I could never be a capitalist, I suffer from “wanting humans to have their basic needs met” disorder, where I care about people who aren’t me.

[chocolate-and-discourse]

Someone once asked me if, assuming we got universal healthcare, I would be okay with the rise in “healthcare tourism” where people who are sick come to our country to get their medical bills taken care of and life-saving medical treatment cheaper than in their home countries. I was just like, yeah thats fine, I’d actually prefer it if 0 people died from preventable causes kept behind a paywall for no reason.

[spoopy-valkyrie]

“even the addicts?” yeah dude did i fucking stutter

[foone]

That sounds awesome actually. Imagine being a country with such good healthcare that people are willing to travel just to see the doctors and specialists and hospitals you have. That sounds like a pretty great country to be in, you know?

[shymagnolia]

so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

[shymagnolia]

okay so i just got my dream job??? a week after applying to it?? and now i’m thinking….maybe this is the good luck post

[flagellant]

…..not even six hours later i got an offer of a well paying full time long-term job with free room and board in queens in nyc, allowing me independence and a way to escape an abusive situation and an unhealthy environment

likes charge reblogs cast, folks, this is the good luck post

[coffee-or-hot-cocoa]

i need all the help i can get for finals

[finnglas]

Hey so

the last time I reblogged this post right before I got a great job, in a permanent work-from-home position, with benefits, retirement, and a salary literally 3x what I was making before, doing something I really like. 

So you know. 

This might be the real one, y’all.

[headspace-hotel]

we became adults. and we forgot about that one lizard that can run on top of the water. and the bombardier beetle. we don't even think about mako sharks being the fastest shark anymore.

[headspace-hotel]

a book: a flea can jump 200 times their body length! cheetahs can run up to 70 miles per hour, but they can only keep up this speed for about a quarter mile! the smallest mammal is the pygmy shrew!

me, 7 years old, convinced that this information is of the utmost importance:

[headspace-hotel]

We all should have the list of the top 10 fastest, strongest, smallest, and largest animals in our minds at all times, for quick reference

[headspace-hotel]

Not a day should pass in our mortal lives without considering the Wobbegong Shark

[neongreentoxicity]

Oh my god I am Considering

[headspace-hotel]

RIGHT?????HE'S SUCH A FUCKING FLAT GUY.

[headspace-hotel]

Okay, on a quick search this guy is not actually one of the Wobbegong species (though he is Flat). He is another of the Flat Fishes of the ocean.

Wobbegongs are similarly carpetesque, but that look like...this

O_O

[headspace-hotel]

Please reblog this version of the post, the version without the correction is circulating and it's making me sad

[letsboldlygomotherfuckers]

why do we bother with I hate my partner jokes when your boss is right there

[letsboldlygomotherfuckers]

I love my wife. my boss though? that ball and chain??

[letsboldlygomotherfuckers]

do you understand my vision

[letsboldlygomotherfuckers]

[placeholdername69]

Oh this is too fun

[leatherleaves]

Bestie, your brain, your VISION, ahead of your time

[letsboldlygomotherfuckers]

[letsboldlygomotherfuckers]

[sashaforthewin]

Wait, but this made them ACTUALLY FUNNY

[thegaymertrainer]

I am in love with Clara 😭

[emphasisonthehomo]

Imho the idea of ‘cruelty free’ products or food shouldn’t mean that nothing died to create it, but rather that anything and anyone involved in the creation process hasn’t been exploited or harmed.

Leather is good actually. Veganism isn’t the end all be all to morality and consumption. The issue isn’t that a chicken died for those nuggets, but that while the chicken was alive, it’s life fucking sucked. Vegan chocolate means little if the cocoa that made it was gathered by child slave labor.

Factory farms, abuses of the people who pick the fruit and vegetables we eat, the focus profit and productivity over all else - that’s the fucking issue here. It’s capitalism folks.

[prokopetz]

I suppose it’s a testament to Tolkien’s economy of language that the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy – interminable preamble and endless appendices and all – has a smaller total page count than the individual books of your average modern doorstopper fantasy series, yet manages to pack in such a high density of worldbuilding detail that reading it feels like it takes about a thousand years.

[prokopetz]

(For those expressing incredulity at the idea of Tolkien being an economical storyteller, one must understand that the ability to communicate a great deal of information very efficiently is a totally separate skill from the ability to get to the damn point.)

[picazos-angsty-typist-deactivat]

The day I found out the Twilight series has a higher word count (587,246 words across four books) than LotR (481,103 words across three books) was a dark day.

[picazos-angsty-typist-deactivat]

#thanks I wish I didn’t know this#it’s not the word count that matters it’s the Information Density#physically twilight might be longer#but it’s the lettuce of fiction#lotr is like being hit in the face by a produce truck 

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