You should research sea butterflies because I'm too lazy to
Alright you got me. I've done my best to fact check this information but if I get something wrong please do let me know.
1[A sea butterfly, scientific name Thecosomata, is actually a species of free-swimming sea snail.
"The Thecosomata (collective/plural: thecosomes, from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē), meaning "case", and σῶμα (sôma), meaning "body"), or sea butterflies, are a taxonomic suborder of small, pelagic, free-swimming sea snails known as holoplanktonic opisthobranch gastropod mollusks, in the order Pteropoda (also included within the informal group Opisthobranchia)." (Wikipedia)]
2[They often have very light, sometimes even translucent shells, and several families have little to no shells or gills.
"Most pteropods have some form of calcified shell, although it is often very light, even translucent." , "This has led to a number of evolutionary adaptations in their bodies, including complete or near-complete loss of the shell and the gill in several families." (Wikipedia)]
3[They got their name from the way they swim, as it looks like a butterfly flying through the air. They do this for feeding purposes, as to feed they use a net of mucus to capture plankton, which is neutrally buoyant, and when a predator comes by they hide in their shells, causing them to sink. They then flap their wings ("a foot modified to form a pair of winglike flaps (parapodia) that are used for swimming," [Britannica]) to generate lift and get back to where the plankton are after the threat had passed. (Citation limited, appears to be true from watching them swim)]
4[ (paraphrasing) They live either at or close to the surface of the sea, and most of them are less than 1cm or 0.4 inches long (Britannica)]
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Pteropod, small marine gastropods of the subclass Opisthobranchia (phylum Mollusca) characterized by a foot modified to form a pair of wingl
This is what I found in the small amount of time I was able to research this today and I apologize for any inaccuracies that may be in this post. Snopes is the main fact checking website that I know about and it was down at the time of researching.
reporting a trans woman for "NSFW" (completely normal selfie in a tshirt) - 1 button press
reporting a nazi: navigate through several menus, have receipts on hand, write us not one but two short form essays and solve my riddles three or an error message is awaiting for thee
One of the biggest tragedies of half the TADC fandom rejecting Jax's transness is they're not appreciating the fact that goose trojan horsed her transfem character in the shell of a tumblr sexyman and then made it canon in cinemas
You are robbing yourself of how funny that is and I'm sad for you
Because SOMEHOW people need to be reminded of things from literally ten years ago:
"Free the nipple" never meant "free to not wear a bra" or "free to breastfeed." Those were adjacent conversations that of course "free the nipple" supporters would boost, but that was NEVER the core of free the nipple.
The core of free the nipple was always that the breasts of people perceived as women ("female-presenting nipples" to use some Tumblr speak) are in no way different than the breasts of people perceived as men. And that since the chests of people perceived as men are not sexualized and are allowed to be exposed, so too should the breasts of people perceived as women. If men can be topless, so can women. If it's inappropriate for women to show their chests, neither should men. It isn't sexual assault for a woman to walk around barechested, because it isn't sexual assault for a man to do so either, and breasts are NOT sexual organs.
Claiming breasts are inherently sexual organs is factually and morally wrong, it is sexist and controlling, it is a tool of oppression, and it defines normal body parts (and bodily functions) as sex which leads to inherent sexualization of people with those parts. It leads to 12 year olds with large breasts being accused of seducing 40 year old men or trying to distract and corrupt their classmates.
"Free the nipple" doesn't mean "free the nipple in a god-fearing way." It means FREE THE NIPPLE, full stop, end of sentence. It means to free the nipple of the faulty social constructs that cast it as a sexualized, malicious force of seduction instead of a normal body part that should be free of expectations of shame or "modesty."
Breasts and nipples aren't shameful, sexual, immoral, porn-adjacent, kinks, a distraction, or things to be feared. They are a part of your body just like your elbows and ankles, and being afraid of them, thinking they will corrupt some innocent person or that being exposed to them is trauma akin to sexual assault, is the entire fucking problem.
Free the nipple, not just for breastfeeding, not just from bras, but from the fucked up social constructs that cast them as malicious instead of innocent. Stop trying to sanitize "free the nipple" for puritanical, conservative audiences who already hate you and the rest of us. You aren't helping anyone.
I think I can laugh now at the fact that I was so nervous to share my name with my friends considering all of the reactions have been pretty much "HELL YEAH" and high fiving me lol
even had a little moment of nerves/excitement when ordering something today and getting to use my name for it, but it was made even better when one of them nudged me when she heard me use it and was so excited for me and I even got to see my name on the receipt and yeah maybe everything really will be okay
i wish to all the queers that they are given the correct title by a stranger today !!!!
"Sir," "Miss," "Boss," etc :3
(that is if you have peers and family who are not using yours already<3)
you are all lovely and you matter!!!!!!! <333333
I also wish this. Not just today but your whole life. I hope everyone has lovely day.
Ok but actually I do think ads should be illegal, most of all billboards because they are distracting to drivers, and most of all especially those electric billboards that light up the entire area or change
I don't think all ads should be illegal, otherwise it would be impossible for anyone to start a business with a good idea they had. I DO however think there should be a hell of a lot more restrictions on advertisements. No more billboards, no big annoying pop-ups, video/audio ads must be THE SAME VOLUME OR LOWER that the content you are watching/listening to, AND NO 2 HOUR LONG UNSKIPPABLE ADS. LOOKING AT YOU YOUTUBE. also no hateful ads. If an ad is just going to harm people then it cannot be aired. Bigoted ads would be an example of this. This one is more United States centric but no more spammy political text messages and phone calls. In fact, why don't we extend that out even more? No more telemarketing calls, emails, or text messages.
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