Dabble In The Ramble

Exploring the Internet one interesting thing at a time

[baratheonpilled]

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms 1.01

[horsefigureoftheday]

Sucks how many people were taught that "horses put their ears back when they're mad" but then never taught the difference between "angry backwards ears," "mildly annoyed backwards ears," "pain backwards ears," "concentrated backwards ears," "sleepy backwards ears" and "just happens to be listening to something behind it."

"Horses put their ears back when they're mad" idk man i think it depends

[horsefigureoftheday]

These are all completely different expressions in completely different scenarios, and only two of them are decidedly negative.

[horsefigureoftheday]

Actually, I wanna talk about the third horse, the one putting its ears back in pain. Over the last 15 years veterinarians and animal scientists have worked out pain scales for most domestic animals by taking photos of the during routine procedures.

We know vaccines painful, and by comparing horses at rest with horses getting vaccinated, we've been able to determine how they express pain visually. By looking at horses with disorders like colic, broken bones, wounds, and so on, we can determine their facial expressions during more severe pain.

At zookeeper school we were drilled through the pain faces of the most common lab animals and livestock. Nowadays I believe this has become a routine lesson in all animal related fields, but the general public still doesn't know that this is a thing that exists.

Here are all the pain face/grimace scales I've been able to find. Please study them if you interact with any of these animals on a regular basis:

[thejewellerybox]

Gannet Diving necklace by Rie Taniguchi

[ser-duncan-the-best]

Currently working on a Dunk Was Raised By Blackfyre Supporters In Exile AU where he and Daemon II. are actually childhood friends and he helped lead a (successful) rebellion against House Targaryen alongside him. The only issue is that I can't decide between Dunk either staying loyal to Daemon and becomming Lord Commander, using his position and sway over him to keep the younger-ish Targaryen kids (think Egg + his sisters and Matarys) alive bc he sees it as part of his vows as a knight OR Dunk having a major fallout with Daemon for this exact reason after he wiped out every last grandkid of Daeron II.

[purlturtle]

Twitter thread by Melissa Caruso about a labyrinthine magical bookstore in Syracuse, NY. Link to the first tweet in the thread; most pictures have image descriptions! Now here are the screenshots of that thread:

And then a hero of the labyrinthine magical bookstores of the world put all the bookstores that people listed in the replies on a map! (Google Maps link)

[stargatesource]

FAVOURITE STARGATE SG-1 CHARACTERS VOTED BY YOU || #4 JACK O'NEILL

[coast-modern]

I was 12 years old in 2011.... you could NEVER make me hate stomp clap hey music

[coast-modern]

How it feels to be 10 years old and hear Little Lion Man for the first time

[caspercryptid]

And it was

NOT YOUR FAULT BUT MINE

And it was

YOUR HEART ON THE LINE

I really

FUCKED IT UP THIS TIME

[voldemo]

My friend really changed once she became a vegetarian 

[voldemo]

its like ive never seen herbivore

[ezekestiel]

i sighed so loud my mom asked me if i was okay and she’s two rooms away

[the1920sinpictures]

1924 Cartier, Paris vanity-case of gold, platinum, mother-of-pearl, turquoise, emeralds, natural pearls, diamonds and enamel. Pinterest.

[frankenmouse]

It is so ridiculously easy to gain a reputation for being competent by just reading signs.

This is not metaphorical. I mean actual, literal pieces of paper/plastic/metal/whatever explicitly erected to inform the public.

“How did you know this was the right trail?” I read the sign.

“Wow, how did you know what that flower is?” There’s a SIGN.

“How did you know we needed to use the side door?” THERE IS A SIGN POSTED ON THE FRONT DOOR.

Just…why are we having such different experiences of the world? People can read. I KNOW they can read. There’s nothing wrong with their vision.

Just. READ. THE. GOD. DAMN. SIGN.

This also applies to:

Syllabi

Instructions

[yesterdaysprint]

Dr. Sargent says women are growing masculine and men are becoming effeminate.

[iowntheworldandyou]

[thombalan]

[purplesaline]

Melon collies

[sahonithereadwolf]

I can no longer feel the infinite sadness

[throo]

Wh-what do you mean it’s from a birthday cake

[throo]

We could have been eating him

[hometoursandotherstuff]

I remember when my area got the orange smoke. It was eerie.

[spacenoirdetective]

Edmund Dulac, illustration of Cinderella, 1915

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[juliabohemian]

These lines are the MOST defining for these characters. Yet they seem to go lost on a large chunk of the audience. Except that Gamora at least acknowledged Nebula’s pain and validated her grievances. Whereas Thor continues to believe that Loki has only ever had ill intentions, and functions primarily to specifically antagonize him. And thus, the general audience continues to believe this as well.