The Ramblings of OJPhoenix

Hi there, you can call me OJ. Trains are awesome! I like astrology, dragons, dwarves, fire, lightning, maps, orange, puzzles, scandinavian mythology, technical drawing, volcanoes, vikings and more. I'm a fan of The Dresden Files, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Homestuck, Ice Hockey, Pokemon, Robin Williams. Varying degree of interest in topics such as maths, engineering, technology, history, theology, mythology, sci-fi, fantasy, the idea of magic. Read more About Me here.

[captainsnoop-deactivated2020041]

i was playing pokemon blue on stream earlier at 350% speed and i got to thinking

what if the reason nobody in the pokemon world has any good teams is because its considered a dick move to have a proper team comp

like culturally everyone is like “haha pick the pokemon you want! if you’re happy with three geodudes, thats you and your life!” and then you’re supposed to just have a friendly battle with any other pokemon trainers and whatever pokemon they just happen to have

like the average trainer is probably just walking around with a growlithe because that’s their pet, or a hiker has three geodudes because the geodudes help him with hiking. and if this pet owner and geodude hiker meet, you’re supposed to have a friendly battle but nothing too serious

now imagine the 10 year old kid that has six pokeballs on their belt comes up. you’re like “haha, we’ll have a friendly battle!” and you throw out your geodude 

and they throw out a fucking gyarados, and it one-shots your geodude 

and then you throw out your pidgey you have because the pidgey helps you navigate mountains because you’re a hiker

and then electricity crackles around the gyarados and a thunderbolt flies off of this giant dragon and evaporates your pidgey 

so you’re down to your last pokemon. you tell them you’re gonna send out your bulbasaur. the ten year old is like “oh okay in that case i’m gonna pull out my vulpix.” like not only is this kid walking around with an amped-up super dragon, but theyve also got multiple pokemon specifically for making type advantage counter-picks?

this kid’s a fucking asshole! really, kid? what are you trying to prove here? this is a friendly match between strangers for fun! why are you composing real-ass competitive teams? what a fucker! 

[elaenathedefiant]

countries where prostitution is legal have higher rates of human trafficking. that’s like an actual fact. not an opinion or anything. so tbh it seems a bit ‘swerfy’ to completely ignore that

[patrexes]

speaking, uh, as a formerly-trafficked sex worker, it’s extremely difficult to come forward as a trafficking victim in countries where sex work is criminalized; you just… get criminalized under those same anti-prostitution laws. of course reported trafficking would increase when the sole fact of coming forward as a sex worker at all no longer endangers you.

[xenoqueer]

This line of argument is the same one that you see with conservatives who point to the increase in divorce rates as proof that making divorce safer is endangering marriage, while ignoring the massive drops in domestic abuse, murder, and suicide.

It’s a shot argument with them, and it’s a shot argument here.

[61below]

In WWI, when they introduced helmets, they saw a sudden spike in head injuries.

What the casual observer may miss was that they were seeing the increase because of a dramatic decrease in deaths from head wounds.

[odinsblog]

“Both sides” are not the same. Republicans are the clear and present threat to social justice and democracy, more than any foreign power could ever hope to be.

[snafugundam]

[kiing-corobo-deactivated2019011]

I hate that this is going to be one of the most memorable things of 2018 fuck u internet

[tracer-isms]

BOWSETTE LADIES AND GENTS

[diarrheaworldstarhiphop]

IMPECCABLE VIDEO

[pasteldaemon]

…I kinda’ wanna see every frame of this individually…

[mitski-miyawakis]

this whole 2-min-and-9-second video dropped both my iq and my already-fragile will to live

[crewdlydrawn-deactivated2022072]

TBC since tumblr’s posting methods changed

[crewdlydrawn-deactivated2022072]

Linked article URLs, in order of appearance:

1. Exploiting harassment claims

2. Bob Livingston admits claim is true

3. Truth about false allegations

4. Coming forward is traumatic

5. Accusational statistics

6. Assault victims’ memory reliability

7. Truck stop killer

8. Not worth the book deal

9. Percentage of women who have experienced sexual harassment.

[jurassicsunsets]

One of my favourite geology facts is this: These diagrams are a lie.

The mantle isn’t yellow. Nor is it orange, or red, or brown, or gray, or black.

The earth’s mantle is made up largely of peridotite.

The earth’s mantle is lime green.

[jurassicsunsets]

Here’s where it gets even more counterintuitive. It’s not molten!

Just going based on temperature, the mantle SHOULD by rights be molten. It’s hot enough to melt the rock. But because it’s so deep, there’s enough pressure to push it down into a solid! 

Water is strange in that its solid form takes up more space than its liquid form. You know this, even if you don’t think you do - it’s why ice floats. This also means that when you put pressure on ice, it turns into water to try and become smaller. That’s why ice is slippery.

Pretty much every other material is the opposite of that - the solid form takes up less space than the liquid. So, even at a temperature where it should be a liquid, enough pressure can make it become as small as possible - and that requires it becoming a solid.

It still “wants” to melt, though. In areas where tectonic plates are moving apart, the mantle is exposed, which decreases the pressure on it dramatically. As it comes to the surface it actually cools slightly, but despite this, the drop in pressure is enough to make it turn into a liquid!

So, no, there isn’t magma under you (unless you happen to live on a volcano). There is liquid, though, but way deeper down - the outer core of the earth is made of liquid iron.

[catchymemes]

Those are some damn cleaned glass doors

[imonlyadumpling]

Wholesome prank

[ampervadasz]

:D

[who-niverse]

[thisistab]

More nonsense.

She drops down into her skirt for the shell spin attack!

[ojphoenix]

this is amazing

[blablabladg]

MeganCoffey as Bowsette (Super Mario)

[veesko]

No One Will Know This Is a Space-Age Napping Pod for Your Cat

Make your house cat-friendly with Spaceship Gamma, a cute wall-mounted capsule where your feline friend can snooze and relax in style while observing the goings on at home from above.

Keep reading

[yermemeblog]

When you’re a duck and have places to be, but safety is key

[cannibalfilmphd-deactivated2023]

[transgenderteensurvivalguide]

Lee says:

The word “transgender” is an umbrella term that covers anyone who identifies as a gender they were not assigned at birth. 

Both binary people and non-binary people are equally transgender.

Being trans without dysphoria is possible.

Gender expression ≠ gender identity, as shown on the genderbread person

More info: Trans resources masterpost or Ally resources for cis people

Followers, feel free to add on!

[specialcar]

Union Pacific train snow plow

[scullyseviltwin]

Cards Against Humanity buys piece of the U.S. border so Trump can't build his wall

"The government is being run by a toilet."

I just needed to share this with… you know… the world. 

[strawbebehmod]

once again, cards against humanity has somehow restored my faith in humanity

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

We live in an age where America’s rights are being safeguarded by clowns, Satanists and a company that manufactures deliberately offensive card games.