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Before COVID shut the library down, I was helping a little boy and his mom find books.

“What do you like to read about?” I asked. “Dinosaurs!” This is common request, but can mean different things, “Okay. Do you want a story about dinosaurs, or facts about dinosaurs?” “Facts.” I took him to the dinosaur section (567.9) of the juvenile nonfiction. He picked out a couple books, and I asked him if there was anything else he was looking for. “Do you have anything on DNA?” I had to think about that for a second. “I think so…but I’ll have to look it up.” The boy beamed, “I want to find out how DNA works, so I can bring them back!” “We just saw Jurassic Park,” his mom explained with a smile that did not waver when she added, “We didn’t learn anything.”

boldlyanxious

Clearly the kid learned where to start

thebootydiaries

nerunerd7

Is no one gonna talk about the pregnant Phineas in her profile picture?

thebootydiaries

and what about it

suspend

IM SCREMAING I GOT BANNED AT CLUB PENGUIN FOR SAYING “GO FUK A CACTUS”

ruinedchildhood

4estchild

“I actually got the J&J” 🤣

ruinedchildhood

his-dark-materials-trilogy

From His Dark Materials Dustposting

valtsv

i think we criticize people in tv shows and movies for not checking if the person they tried to kill is definitely dead too much. like why tf would i wait around for hours to see if my nemesis crawls back up the cliff i tossed him off. maybe i have a life outside of being evil and killing people. did you ever think about that.

moami

Someone who’s not German tell me what this is.

nuguflops

cutter for the foil put over the top of bottles

genevawashere-deactivated202107

Well this idiot is clearly not German. It’s for trimming Mein penis

themoonmothwrites

My 4yo: *points to the label on my tea bag* what does that say?

Me: it says “over 300 years of experience”. It means the people at twinings have been making tea for 300 hundred years.

Her: *dramatic gasp* they haven’t even died?!

Me: *whispering* tea vampires…

lynati

Immortalitea.

necarion

You may live forever, but there is a steep cost.

rockshitty

My favorite part of my dnd group right now is that their collective anxiety creates a better story than I do when planning the session.

rockshitty

Me, intending to have them either fight or befriend a pack of CR ½ wolves: As you’re setting up camp tonight, you hear howling in the distance.

My player, a ball of anxiety with legs: hey, uh, dm? What phase is the moon right now?

Me, reading their mind and quickly flipping pages to the CR 3 werewolf: Oh, you know. Full.

iguanamouth

Have you ever thought of a Chinese dragon combined with a dachshund or a ferret?

you mean like. a little. weiner dog dragon ohhohoohh man

ginormouspotato

OH NOOOOOO I LOVE THIS SO MUCH

persephinae

Merida + Scottish twitter

brucebocchi

libertarirynn-deactivated202006

This is fantastic I never want it to end.

konkoa

This has been a PSA.

reapersun

I’m trying not to reblog posts on this blog but I feel that this is important to post here.

enigmaticagentalice

on a related note:

princecharmingtobe

And for the people asking “Well if you don’t support it irl then why would you like it in fiction?!” Because when it’s happening irl real people are suffering and dying and that’s horrible and I’d never want that. But when it’s fiction, when no real people are being hurt or killed, it’s interesting to explore the experience, the effects it may have, and to an extent experience the emotions involved without actually having to experience the horrible thing. You explore scary, dangerous things from a safe distance.

pretentioussongtitle

It’s the same reason I love disaster movies and don’t love actual disasters. I mean, if someone can’t intuit the difference between watching a movie like 2012 and yelling “cool!” when LA slides into the ocean and being horrified at the real life effects of global warming and the idea of millions of people dying as a result, then *I* am not the one with the problem.