bigweld

mathew. i hate this place.

[buzzfeedrewind]

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

calm down edgelords, the whole point of society is that it’s not survival of the fittest. literally the point is that we’re leveraging our collective strengths to lead to better outcomes for everyone. we’ve been doing it for a couple thousand years now

[plucky-passerine]

And if I could butt in as an evolutionary biology student, “survival of the fittest” is CONSTANTLY misinterpreted anyway! It was never supposed to mean “survival of the strongest/fastest/healthiest/best”. The original phrasing used by Darwin himself is actually “survival of the most fit”, meaning that the individuals who were the most suited for their environment tended to be the ones that went on to reproduce.

And in a rapidly changing environment spread out across every biome of the entire planet? Our best chance for survival is diversity. Having lots and lots of variation of genes and experiences and abilities makes us EXTREMELY versatile and adaptable as a species, which is part of why we’ve been able to make such a huge impact all this time.

So yes, society means we don’t HAVE to follow biological systems of survival, but even if we DID our best chance is STILL to have a diverse and varied population.

So eugenics and social Darwinism isn’t just cruel and inhumane, it’s also just fundementally wrong. Having a population of just the “fittest” individuals is far more likely to lead to our destruction as a species than edgy “survival of the fittest” people seem to think it will.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

survival through diversity

[strongermonster]

hey what’s up how’s everybody’s weekend going it’s 11am here and i just had to hear my nana use the word ‘precum’ incorrectly in a room full of like 40 people how y’all doin today

[strongermonster]

it’s rly important to my nana to stay ‘hip and cool’ so she parrots a lot of the slang she hears us use. so last thanksgiving i was trying to put ketchup on smthn and i forgot to shake the bottle and got that gross watery bit first and went “oh no the ketchup precum” and my nana overheard and asked what that meant, and instead of telling my sweet 70 y/o nana what precum meant, i told her it was just a silly word for the unmixed liquid that comes out of squeeze bottles

anyways, cut to today where we’re having a  birthday lunch for my cousin and she goes to put mustard on smthn and gets the watery shit and sighs to herself “mustard precum” in her sweet lil welsh accent and every single person who knew what it meant and overheard took 30pts of psychic damage and sat there for a minute like

[unclefather]

Look at that snatched waist and sock bun. She’d do numbers on Instagram

[joshpeck]

this website was a mistake

[memewhore]

[chlommunist]

[starfleetacademy]

My favorite catholic lore is that anyone can make holy water in a pinch but the church puts dumb restrictions on us like ‘do this only if someone needs their last rites’ like I WILL bless this McDonald’s sprite and I WILL enjoy the crispiness of our lord and savior

[subrosa-shit-deactivated2024091]

Another bit is that holy water cannot be diluted. When I went to the Vatican the tour guide was explaining this, if you put any amount of holy water into any amount of normal water, the whole bunch becomes holy. This is how they sell Pope Holy Water in the gift shop. This is how I’ve been drinking only holy water for two months now. I am immune to demons.

[meglyman]

Homeopathic holy

[kaijutegu]

It’s not actually any amount of holy water- according to the Church, the water has to be more than half holy water by volume. So if you take a half gallon+a few drops of holy water and a half gallon of secular water, you get one gallon of holy water, plus a few drops. You can then add a gallon of secular water to that and then you have two gallons of holy water. We’ve got a couple jugs of Pope Water in the linen closet at my parents’ house, because my mom used the heck out of this loophole after a trip to Italy in 2008. It was more than a decade ago at this point and we still have Pope Water. We no longer have that Pope, but by god do we have his water.

[kaijutegu]

Here’s what a jug of Pope water looks like. Mom measured a fill line on them so that we never accidentally run out and just have old jugs of secular water lying around.

[corvidbone-deactivated20200223]

[taquito]

im risking my life to post th

[catcrumb]

[veryfunnymemes]

[aromoji]

Won’t that only solve 75% of your problems?

[queenophydea]

[aromoji]

The book solves half of your problems, not all of them

Say you have 8 problems. You read the book, and you have 4 problems. You read the book again gets rid of HALF, of those 4 problems. So you’re left with two. Out of the 8 problems, 6 were resolved and 6/8 is 75%.

[augie279-deactivated20191219]

Finally Tumblr can do math

[avatar-of-the-vast]

So, what you’re saying, is that if I buy infinite books, I will solve all of my problems, because the sum as n approaches infinity starting at 1 of (½)^n equals 1, which would be 100% of my problems.

[acesian]

No, you will only ever be able to become infinitely close to solving all of your problems, like this:

[queenophydea]

Please stop explaining math to me im gay

[yorksilk]

[quecksilvereyes]

that’s why radioactive material is such a bitch! it only ever deteriorates relative to its mass so it will never completely vanish

[the-dracologist]

This post is pushing me to the limit

[endgameexecutor]

[factsnfunnypics]

Reconnect

[cillianmurphy]

I AM ABSOLUTELY LOSING MY MIND AFTER READING THIS PLEASE READ IT

[cillianmurphy]

READ PART TWO AND THREE BELOW !!!!!

[pixarsource]

How far computer animation has come: Toy Story (1995) // Toy Story 4 (2019)

[cowpants147]

I thought that was a real fucking cat

[renardtrickster]

Sometimes good posts are made by annoying people so I’ll help out

These are Safe Shorts. They were made by Sandra Seilz after someone attempted to rape her. If the fabric is torn, an alarm will be sounded.

This is the Rape-aXe, invented by a South African doctor by the name of  Sonnet Ehlers. After interviewing a rape victim who wished she had teeth down there, she made this. If someone’s penis is inserted and pulled back out, the teeth will sink in, and can only be removed by a doctor.

The Killer Tampon (couldn’t find a site for it), made by retired anaesthetist Jaap Haumann. When penetration takes place, the sharp end will slice the offending appendage.

The Anti-Rape Belt (also couldn’t find a site), made by a group of Swedish teenagers led by Nadja Björk. It requires two hands to undo.

Anti-Rape Underwear/Bra (once again), as made by a group of Indian students. Will deliver an electric shock when met with unwanted advances, as well as sounding an alarm.

Undercover Colours. Made by 4 male undergraduates at North Carolina U, they change colours when in contact with chemicals or drugs that cause unconsciousness. Used in case you’re wary that your drink has been roofied.

These are just tools to help, but in addition to being mindful of your situations and staying safe, they can help when the worst happens.

Stay safe.

[sabakunogaaraai]

ok, those are all kind of awesome. i wish they weren’t needed, bit still…awesome solutions.

[toothmuncher3000]

I feel more comfortable reblogging this version

[fawkyou-deactivated20190309]

RapeAxe has a gofund me up that barely has 700 dollars. I feel like the inventions that havent even been funded yet should be linked to the page you can support them at.

[babylonqaf]

RapeAxe- website which links their gofundme

[allpinsandneedles]

wish this wasn’t necessay, but this could save someone. please reblog!

[billy-ate-the-pineapple]

@imfemalewarrior

[imfemalewarrior]

Undercover Colors changed their product to something you can attach to your keychain or the back of your phone and put some drops on it to test your drink, it isn’t nail polish they switched their product plan. 

-FemaleWarrior, She/They 

[happyhealthycats]

Citra is REALLY bad at meowing. She sounds like a broken party favor when she remembers to actually meow.

[timemachineyeah]

OH MY GOD

[heatherwanderer]

Being an orange female kitty is already rare, but you had to go adopt the one in a million who can’t cat properly

[happyhealthycats]

She came in a two pack so I had to.

Simcoe (left) and Citra (right), both girls. Both rescues. Both biological litter mates (sisters). Both long term loving projects to teach human trust to.

Simcoe got 100% of the meowing capabilities.

[peniswakt-deactivated20210717]

[siren-kitten-his-deactivated202]

[clairelovexo]

WAIT! WAIT!! So, are you telling me that actual, normal meow was the sister? Who, seemingly, just meowed at the moment because she saw her sister struggling so she tried to help by giving her an example???

[happyhealthycats]

THAT was actually Seymour. Who does also love Citra, but wasn’t really helping. He’s just very vocal because he’s an exclamation mark in a cat’s body.

[wumblr]

there’s a fucking furry at the mall!!!!

[wumblr]

what the hell is an “"easter bunny”“

[wumblr]

[goteveryonewatchinus]

My app crashed three times trying to reblog this, and I feel that was the universe trying to stop me from giving others whiplash.

[tovanori]

Commission by @haywood-airlines-blog  (Sorry it took so long :’D)

21Pirates version of Trench: Depth

Now that I got started on this I kinda thought of more things >_> aka a storyline for their Depth Album but we’ll see

Commission | Patreon | Ko-Fi

[gh0ul-k1ss3r]

my brothers share special interests and my favorite thing to do is walk in a room and be like “hey guys can you tell me about the mariana trench” and then sit there for an hour while they both infodump to me about the ocean it’s extremely entertaining

[gh0ul-k1ss3r]

and my parents are always like “oh my god why would you do that” bitch. I want to learn about the ocean and these two thirteen year old boys r my most trusted source

[deadmomjokes]

fr

I mean, I could google questions I have about medieval weaponry and horsemanship, but on the other hand I could message my sister the simple statement “have question about historical saddles” and get both a phone call and a comprehensive 3 page google document within an hour

Seriously, if you know someone who has a special interest you’d like info about, go ask them! It costs zero money, you make them happy, and you learn way more than a basic google search would tell you.

[willowofthehearth]

I *love* texting or calling my friends and asking them if they have some time to tell me about their passions and special interests. Even if it’s not something I am particularly into at first… there’s a joy in that kind of exchange.