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he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
PUT YOUR BEARD IN MY MOUTH
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Deceptrode! A bug/ground type that mimics Electrode to protect itself from water and flying-type predators.
Pokédex Entry: Deceptrode, the Mimic Pokemon. This pokemon has evolved a disguise, curling into a ball which resembles electrode to deter predators. This method has proven quite effective even on humans, as many trainers must double check before picking up a pokeball to be sure it isn’t a pokemon in disguise.
"beaten and branded, this vagrant is more dangerous than he seems..."
5 things your character can't do while speaking
Choke. Just think about it, seriously. Think about what choking is and imagine speaking while it’s happening. That would fuckin’ hurt, man.
Hiss. Look, it’s just not possible, okay? No matter how “evil” you want your character to seem.
Snarl. Animals snarls. The Beast from Beauty and the Beast snarls. The Hulk snarls. You know who doesn’t snarl? PEOPLE WHEN THEY’RE SPEAKING.
Shriek. Come on, 99% of the time, “shriek” is not the word you want.Let’s face it: if you put an exclamation point at the end of the sentence, your reader gets the picture. Don’t bring to mind banshees and screaming toddlers.
Sneer. I’m not even going to bother explaining this one. “SNEER” ISN’T EVEN A SOUND.
Choked is not meant to be taken literally, an obstruction in the throat. It means they’re having difficultly speaking, they’re forcing the words out with difficulty. Often used when the character is convulsed in tears or laughter.
Hiss is a low, threatening whisper. Raw, guttural, vicious. It is NOT a literal hiss like an animal, it is a tone of voice that serves the same function. Someone will hiss that they’re going to cut your throat- a message from one person to the other.
Snarl is the same kind of thing. Not literal, it’s a tone of voice that serves the same function. It’s raw and gutteral like a hiss, but more savage than vicious. It’s loud, it’s showy, it’s intimidating. It’s very alpha male, big man, look at how fucking dangerous I am. I’ll take ALL of you on. Even if they’re snarling at one person in particular, nobody better back them up or they’re gonna get fucked up too.
Shriek. Come on, seriously? We’ve all heard people shriek either in fear or outrage. High pitched, loud, out of control, feminine. Men can shriek, but it’s funny and emasculating. Think angry italian women throwing pots and pans or ladies on tables who just saw a mouse.
Sneering is contempt whether it’s a facial expression or a tone of voice or both. There are a hundred different ways to sneer with your voice, but it all adds up to the same thing.
How descriptive words work 101
Op radiating cinema sins energy with that list lol
OP tagging this as “reasons they stop reading a book in ch 1” yet not grasping like the most basic form of figurative language is… something
They’ve found the cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Babies who die of SIDS have a significantly lower level of an enzyme, the purpose of which is to rouse the baby from sleep if necessary (such as the baby stops breathing). This is extremely huge science and medicine news. There is a biological reason. It’s not random.
Dr. Carmel Harrington, the lead researcher for the study, was one of these parents. Her son unexpectedly and suddenly died as an infant 29 years ago. In an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Harrington explained what she was told about the cause of her child’s death.
"Nobody could tell me. They just said it's a tragedy. But it was a tragedy that didn't sit well with my scientific brain.”
Since then, she’s worked to find the cause of SIDS, both for herself and for the medical community as a whole. She went on to explain why this discovery is so important for parents whose babies suffered from SIDS.
"These families can now live with the knowledge that this was not their fault," she said.
May 11th, 2022!
this is super important
Gratitude - Tidying Up With Marie Kondo (2019)
I know people make a lot of fun of Marie Kondo, but I felt like her book was the first organizational guide I’ve ever read that acknowledged people having an emotional attachment to possessions as natural and healthy, instead of telling you you’re an awful person for feeling sad over objects.
between “begone thot” and “piss yourself”, which is the more powerful dragon shout?
did not ask, yet ye shall receive:
BEGONE, THOT;
(remove, foul, foe)
PISS YOURSELF:
(release, warmth, shame)
PWEASE NO STEPPY:
(request, no, cruelty)
These are so powerful
what the fuck ethan
I wish i had a context for this. But I really dont.
I was all ready to “um, actually” this, but, um, actually there’s about 3-4 grams of iron in a person, which x400 is 1.2-1.6kg, which is a smallish but not unreasonable sword. So. Math checks out.
How would you extract the iron, though? The more practical solution would be to kill a mere hundred men, then mix 1 part blood with 3 parts standard molten iron, imo. Cheaper and faster, while still retaining the edge that only evil magic can give you.
Or, you could just make the sword of iron, and then use the blood to temper the blade.
1.2 to 1.6 kilograms is a perfectly reasonable large sword. Your average longsword was 1.1–1.8 kg and I don’t even remember if that’s including the weight of the hilt, guard, and pommel or just the blade. Your more classic “knight sword” was a mere 1.1 kilograms on average; the blood of 400 men is more than enough.
This is using the comparatively crappy metallurgy of medieval Europe and their meh iron swords. Move east to, say, contemporary Iran and make a scimitar using high carbon steel (~2%) for a .75 kilogram blade and you only need the blood of about 225 men.
So putting my thoughts in on this… because how could I not.
So you’ve exsanguinated your 400 guys to get the iron for your sword. Cool. But now you have 400 bodies lying around.
Why not put those to good use and cremate them. Use the carbon from those 400 bodies (you won’t need all of them) and now you can make a nice mid-high carbon steel sword.
Now you have a sword forged with the blood of your enemies AND strengthened with their bones.
“high fantasy math” - the tag I should have expected to write some day.
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POV: you said dragoons are good floor tanks
The second girl at least read the book to confirm that it was shit, she even had Capote on deck as backup. Chick 1 is just lazy
Nope. Girl 2 saw that Girl 1′s absolutely accurate analysis was being shut down just because it wasn’t stated in an intellectual way (in spite of its validity). So Girl 2 reinforced Girl 1′s opinions in solidarity and made sure that it was absolutely clear that Girl 1 was factually correct. WITHOUT taking credit for her observations (”kim is right” instead of “Actually, kim”)
Girls supporting Girls.
Girls not letting other girls be treated poorly.
If you read thirty pages of a book and hate it, that’s a good analysis. Girl 1 literally said, “It sucked for these reasons, and I only got through 30 pages.” She was absolutely paying attention and trying to get it. But if all you get is a headache, fuck that book.
I love this exchange
My little sister is a nurse in a hospital that specifically caters to heart/lung things. I talked with her today a bit about the covid vaccine and how I felt guilty signing up for it when I’m absurdly low risk and she didn’t even hesitate when telling me to GET IT.
Apparently they’re seeing a lot of high risk people not getting the vaccine because of microchips or what the fuck ever the conspiracy theory of the week is. By getting the vaccine, even if you’re low risk, you’re protecting those who are gullible enough to reject it because FacebookDotEagleDotTrump said it’s BAD (and those who might have a legitimate medical reason not to.)
Anyways. Get the vaccine. Protect dumb boomers & MAGAs whether they like it or not. My little sister is tired of watching grandmas die because Quanon said the gubernment was gonna track their casseroles.
This just singlehandedly erased all my remaining guilt about getting the vaccine in rural GA, thnk u
Just to add onto this, I’ve had friends telling me they feel guilty for getting vaccinated before me, even though I’m high risk and they’re not. So I’m going to tell you what I told them: by getting vaccinated you are protecting me.
You are protecting me and every other vulnerable person who either can’t get vaccinated for health reasons, or who is unable to get the vaccine at present because wait times are a mess. Please do not feel guilty about getting vaccinated before vulnerable people, you are still helping us. You are not taking spots from us, you are contributing to making society safer for both yourself and the vulnerable people in your life. Do not hesitate because you don’t feel vulnerable enough. Do it for the people in your life who are.
Thank you.
Love how neurotypicals will be like “there’s not a lot of noise in here you shouldn’t be getting so stressed” when the TV is on, I can hear a phone playing music in the bathroom, A twelve year old is playing on his phone on the couch near me, clicking a pen, and an eight year old is playing with LEGO at the coffee table, all the while I’m listening for the 2 year old who is asleep upstairs
Neurotypicals think the ability to tune out unimportant background noises is the same as it actually being quiet
this post is great bc I usually work in an office, which, to a casual observer, is just a quiet room where lots of people sit in silence and work, right? wrong, because at the office, in that “quiet” room, I have to deal with:
the distant chatter of people in the hallways or across the room
the hushed chatter of people near me as they have conversations
people standing directly behind my chair if they have to discuss something with a neighbour
people standing up and doing stretching exercises regularly in my peripheral vision
air conditioning switching on and off, causing changes in temperature and making humming noises
people wearing perfume or body spray
people eating and drinking at their desks near me
people taking their lunch break in the room and talking
people gathering their bags to get up and leave for their lunch break or to go home at the end of the day
and all of these things are absolutely excruciating! I’ve had to leave the room multiple times just to sit in the bathroom and cry because of how overstimulated I am!
I’ve been working from home for the past year because of covid and I cannot express how much more relaxed I feel and how much easier it is to get my work done without the constant sensory overload. I just cannot function well in an environment like that with so many little things going on in the background
And when you tell them about they say “Well just block it out.” Like…If I had the capacity to do that, this wouldn’t be a problem.
If you want to put it in a context they understand, this has worked for me several times:
One of the reasons that new parents, and parents of young children in general, get so fucking tired is that they can never tune out. You have to listen all the time, and it’s the first time most of them have ever had to do that and it is so painful and exhausting that they will just sit there and start crying if there’s one more sound. The only rest they get is when someone trusts takes over the baby for long enough that they can slowly wind down the hyper-alertness and stop listening, at which point they usually pass out.
People who can’t tune out noise live like that all the time. Every moment of every day, without respite. They’re born with the hyper-vigilant ears of a terrified new mother and they can’t turn them off EVER.
The Best Love Story of All Time
I discovered today that if Link’s hair doesn’t load properly in BotW he looks just like Bobby Hill.
“THAT’S MY PURSE! I DON’T KNOW YOU!”
today im thinking about the huge buff bread guy from kikis delivery service. highly underrated guy
Genuinely just a good man. Wife adopts teenage witch that needs a place to stay in the city? Sure. Even though you got a kid on the way? That’s fine. Cat too? Love cats.
My favorite moment with him is when he goes to get some prepped baking sheets and he does this fancy twirl with them in front of Jiji. Like, there’s no other people in the room, he does this to impress a cat.
I don’t think he ever says more than a whole word the entire movie, and I still love him more than most Disney princes based on this one moment alone.
