C'est La Vie

Non-binary They/them Chicago

[seductive-yogurt]

[systlin]

Something I find incredibly cool is that they’ve found neandertal bone tools made from polished rib bones, and they couldn’t figure out what they were for for the life of them. 

Until, of course, they showed it to a traditional leatherworker and she took one look at it and said “Oh yeah sure that’s a leather burnisher, you use it to close the pores of leather and work oil into the hide to make it waterproof. Mine looks just the same.” 

“Wait you’re still using the exact same fucking thing 50,000 years later???”

“Well, yeah. We’ve tried other things. Metal scratches up and damages the hide. Wood splinters and wears out. Bone lasts forever and gives the best polish. There are new, cheaper plastic ones, but they crack and break after a couple years. A bone polisher is nearly indestructible, and only gets better with age. The more you use a bone polisher the better it works.”

It’s just. 

50,000 years. 50,000. And over that huge arc of time, we’ve been quietly using the exact same thing, unchanged, because we simply haven’t found anything better to do the job. 

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

i also like that this is a “ask craftspeople” thing, it reminds me of when art historians were all “the fuck” about someone’s ear “deformity” in a portrait and couldn’t work out what the symbolism was until someone who’d also worked as a piercer was like “uhm, he’s fucked up a piercing there”. interdisciplinary shit also needs to include non-academic approaches because crafts & trades people know shit ok

[assasue]

One of my professors often tells us about a time he, as and Egyptian Archaeologist, came down upon a ring of bricks one brick high. In the middle of a house. He and his fellow researchers could not fpr the life of them figure out what tf it could possibly have been for. Until he decided to as a laborer, who doesnt even speak English, what it was. The guy gestures for my prof to follow him, and shows him the same ring of bricks in a nearby modern house. Said ring is filled with baby chicks, while momma hen is out in the yard having a snack. The chicks can’t get over the single brick, but mom can step right over. Over 2000 years and their still corraling chicks with brick circles. If it aint broke, dont fix it and always ask the locals.

[anx1ous-op0ssum]

I read something a while back about how pre-columbian Americans had obsidian blades they stored in the rafters of their houses. The archaeologists who discovered them came to the conclusion that the primitive civilizations believed keeping them closer to the sun would keep the blades sharper.

Then a mother looked at their findings and said “yeah, they stored their knives in the rafters to keep them out of reach of the children.”

[whatevercomestomymind]

Omg the ancient child proofing add on tho lol

[binmint]

Sometimes the most mundane solution is the right one, 

aka “it’ ain’t that deep”

[cyberscully]

as a procrastinating overachiever i feel like i don’t necessarily “half-ass” things, it’s more like a “3/4 ass”. like overall did i do pretty well? yeah. did i reach my maximum potential though? i think the fuck Not.

[just-shower-thoughts]

Every single odd number has an “e” in it.

[savvygunner]

[violetnpurple]

LISTEN-

[bl6ckwoman]

Not all of them. 30 and 50 aren’t spelled with the letter e in it …

[antiandrogen]

[teamnowalls-deactivated20180918]

father god 

[abrown16]

…if you can split a number in half evenly, it’s even. 30 and 50 are odd.

[antiandrogen]

[ethereal-sketches]

-_-’

(15+15=30

25+25=30)

[britteryikes]

25+25 = 30? You sure about that??

[laurdlannister-kingslayer]

Lord have mercy….

[kumasenpai]

Bye

[mf-johnson-deactivated20190605]

3 days into 2018 smh

[kwantsu]

LMAOOOOOOO

[effigyofubiquity-deactivated202]

[lizzysarai-deactivated20190109]

One

Three

Five

Nine

And since everything else after that is a variant of these numbers, then all odds have the letter ‘E’.

[britteryikes]

🗣YOU FORGOT SEVEN!!

[thxrsdxy]

It keeps getting worse.

[e-wifey-deactivated20201128]

LMAOOO WHAT IS GOING ON

[ellsworthej]

[goldensweetcheeks-deactivated20]

My head hurts…

[skullprincess]

This is why that Tumblr University shit was the dumbest idea ever just look at this

[drankinwatahmelin]

who failed yall?

[microtear-deactivated20181213]

IM SCREAMING

[lukestarkillerisgay]

[hey-hey-shutthefuckup-deactivat]

You whole ass forgot about eight - a number with an e and is pretty fucking even

[shaolinbynature]

why would 8 be brought up if it’s EVEN in a post about ODDS??????? the post said “every single ODD number has an ‘e’ in it” not “every single number with an ‘e’ is odd” what the fuck

[emma-d-klutz]

3 days until 2019 and we’re still here

[guy]

i hate this

[hedasholster-blog]

[lubricates]

OMFG

[sandinlungs-blog]

[greatpostsonline-deactivated201]

lovecraft and his cat n-…

nnnnn-…

ummm…his cat’s name was uhhhh…

this is a picture of HP lovecraft with his cat

[robloxgf-deactivated20190515]

what was his name

[robloxgf-deactivated20190515]

oh no

[sighinastorm]

[snowie-skyes]

WHAT WAS HIS NAME?

[snowie-skyes]

OH NO!

[sillylovingpupper]

What was the cats name?

[sillylovingpupper]

Oh

Oh dear.

[the-quasar-hero]

[treefrogsoup-deactivated2026042]

It can’t be that bad.

[treefrogsoup-deactivated2026042]

Okay it was that bad

[askiathedickhead]

This was legit one of the funniest posts on tumblr. Not child bearing hips funny but up there

[meltingangels]

Me before looking it up: This has to be a shit post it can’t be that bad.

Me after looking it up: Yes. Yes. It is that bad.

[seductive-yogurt]

oof

[catscenter]

[seductive-yogurt]

Almost

[endangered-justice-seeker]

Made my day.

[dinodanius]

This is the cutest shit I’ve ever seen and I follow like a million cat blogs

[sexhaver]

if i had to watch this bottle of water get cuckolded then so do you

[neo-soulless]

😧😧😧😧

[princesseblade]

man been awhile since I’ve seen this on my dash.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[looking-for-tina]

Today is my birthday.

That’s all.

[life-of-a-wilderness-explorer]

I almost failed my fucking physics test because I had this stuck in my head

[tredlocity]

CinemaSins Voice: Ummm it’s clearly established a few seconds ago that the “tunnel” is painted on, so how did the Road Runner run through it as if it were real? *Ding*

[gay-lawyers]

You know a few different times I’ve been asked what my biggest regret in life is and I usually say “I don’t know” but that’s a lie. A fat lie. My biggest regret is one time in 7th grade I broke a glowstick and drew a heart with Sasuke’s name in it on my bedroom wall but if that’s not bad enough you know glowsticks usually fade after a day, right? Well not this one- this one stained the wall so even at a grown ass adult there’s Sasuke’s name in a goddamn giant ass heart on my wall as erasable as the shame in my heart.

[gay-lawyers]

My new biggest regret is this post

[gay-lawyers]

Do not start reblogging this again I swear to god it hasn’t gotten notes for months and now suddenly it’s back in my notifications. I’ve moved out of my house and I am finally free. Let me be free.

[daisenseiben]

You face your shame like a man.

[camreapher]

JUST LETTING Y'ALL KNOW WHERE THIS BLOG STANDS.

[yafavmilf]

Reblog every time it hits my Dash

[trans-junk-rat]

[lifeofcynch]

deathofcynch?? idk

[magicalgirlpropaganda]

Spookyspatulaan’t

[crayyola-deactivated20220827]

Selfhatred-jason-69

[lucifers-favorite-child]

gods-leastfavorite-parent

[irnstrange]

Stony

[luciende]

Look at the last one hhhhh

[nezumionice]

tinasgothergrooveback

[peachy-keener]

hatinglancefluff

[prettty-skinnny-dreams]

ugly-fat-reality (mE THO)

[firebringer-moth-deactivated202]

MtKelp

[frog-truscum-deactivated2018083]

turtle-tucute

[cafab-privilege]

Mrraphael-the-tucute

[pineapple-temporarily-moving]

unlikelyapotato ???

[notsocuddlefish]

Veryspikey?

What’s the opposite of a fish? A bird?

[such-justice-wow]

none-injustice-boo

Hmmmm i dislike it

[shadow-x2331-deactivated2018101]

Light-y1332

[seductive-yogurt]

Repulsive-yogurt

[pukicho]

Kids are just like “ppptppptppthhptpppthh” until one day they’re like “oh shit I can think” and then it’s all downhill from there

[tastefullyoffensive]

This finally clears things up.