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Kenny, 31, They/them, Yeah, shut up kid! Cuter Blog: sanitarypunk

[bunchashapes]

fuck with me

[matildasrevenge]

[8nin]

"There's millions of Tumblr users" to you. To me There's only about 12 and we all reblog the same five posts from each other

[deadelated]

the gay thoughts are back

[mosasadogs]

saw you laying on our couch on your stomach kicking your feet cutely before posting this

[deadelated]

I was literally sitting like this with my guns

[ozempicofficial]

[hometoursandotherstuff]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwydx34kzlvo

[runcibility]

"Vanderhorst had been under the influence of MDMA and three litres of vodka she had consumed on the night of the offence last September, her lawyer Michael Hill told the court."

three. liters.

[anais-ninja-bitch]

i support women's wrongs

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

[rohirric-hunter]

We laugh at how The Art of War is basically just, "An army can't fight if the soldiers aren't eating," but I'm reading this document about conservation of ancient yew trees and it legitimately says, "You should never fill the center of a hollow yew with concrete," so I think that probably making blatantly obvious statements is just the bane of being a specialist in anything

[v-spicata]

Ah yeah, that's actually not so bizarre when you know the reasons behind it. Still extremely wrong but understandable at least.

So yew trees are weird. They are extremely long lived with basically no known upper limit to their age. They do this by simply being extremely good at not dying like other trees do.

When a normal tree gets to an old age what usually happens is a fungus gets into their heartwood and takes hold. Their internal, dead wood rots away and they hollow out, lose structural support and collapse. Depending on the species this process can take decades or a good few centuries or so.

While yew trees do hollow out in this way they simply keep going afterwards. A ring shaped yew tree with most of its trunk missing is actually just middle aged and the most ancient yews get even weirder than that.

Wikipedia has this image of a Scottish yew where the start of this hollowing process can be seen. To be clear - for most tree species this would already have been fatal.

The thing is seeing a very old yew in this condition looks wrong to a tree surgeon, it's like the tree is constantly on the verge of death. So, if it's a well loved tree you try and do what you can to stop it from falling apart entirely.

A hundred years ago people tried all sorts of things like chaining up branches and also, yes, plugging the hollowed trunk with concrete. We know better nowadays.

Funnily enough there are even yews that survived this treatment and are still alive today.

This is a picture of the Tisbury yew in 1998 from the Ancient Yew Group, barely a minute ago from the tree's perspective.

Yews are fascinating plants with roots in European culture as ancient as the trees themselves. A few individual specimen trees are even estimated to be around five thousand years old - literally prehistoric in age.

Oh also they do weird things with sex as well sometimes. One of the oldest UK trees, the Fortingall yew appears to partially be turning from male to female on one side. It'll be interesting to see what becomes of it in the next few centuries of its life.

Sorry if this is all stuff you already know, I couldn't resist a chance to infodump about one of my favourite species.

[sixpenceee]

I don't care how rich your family is. Why are you condoning child labor?

Trust me if I had control over anything I’d prevent it, but ask any of your Asian friends whether  they are from the Philippines or India and they will tell you that their families hire these child labourers. That’s the custom there. They take underprivileged children to work for them and in exchange their families get money.

It really sucks, I wish our 8 year old was in school, but that’s what they do here, not just my family but every slightly wealthy family.

I will document everything and make a post so this issue gets recognition.  

[kill-kelli-deactivated20160616]

“It’s the norm here so we do it” I’m sorry but no.

Child labour is inhumane. An 8 year old should be out playing and having fun and not slaving away to make money for his family. Care enough about the 8 year old working for you? Give his family money, support them, and don’t hire him or any child to do child labour.

I’m repulsed.

[sixpenceee]

Do you have any reading comprehension skills? I came to this country for a vacation to visit my family and I am witnessing these acts. I do NOT condone child labor. I did NOT hire this child to work for me. ME, personally? I didn’t do THIS.

But my uncle? Other families? YES, they have been hiring these children, because HERE in Bangladesh that is a popular practice.

Now, ofcourse it isn’t RIGHT. Ofcourse I am against it. Ofcourse, I am documenting everything to bring some justice.

Honestly, this is why people don’t like tumblr anymore. Because some users take people’s thoughts and actions no matter how much of a good intention they may have and make it seem as if it’s the most offensive, grossest thing they have ever seem.

You guys need to calm down and think things through before you go around throwing out words about how REPULSED you are at something you clearly didn’t understand the meaning behind.

[apathy--and--urgency]

SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY 

[heritageposts]

date of origin: 2014

[brucebocchi]

i’m laying in bed and my ass is out for No Reason

[beinggayisreallyexpensive]

boo!! we hate your hole!!

[brucebocchi]

[queenpalms]

[humancomputer-blog1]

If you need me I’ll be in the bath watching lava on my television

[cloudfreed]

“sigh…. this extremely hot water will have to do”

[placebhoe]

what is shreks favorite month

[orlandobloomers]

HE SEEMS LIKE A JANUARY MAN 

[placebhoe]

octogre

[orlandobloomers]

HE SEEMS LIKE A JANUARY MAN

[eggcup-deactivated20180129]

hey i have hiccups can someone scare me

[itwashotwestayedinthewater]

[eggcup-deactivated20180129]

HOO!

thanks it worked

[itwashotwestayedinthewater]

[eggcup-deactivated20180129]

……you can go now

[puyopuyo]

i’ve had these posts looping like this for hours

[octavio-world]

[aheathenconceivably]

thinking about when i mentioned tom and jerry by title alone to my 65 year old father and his only response was to laugh REALLY hard and say "him and that fucking mouse.." while staring into the distance. and then the conversation was over

[peoplegettingkindamadatfood]

[deconstructedcunt]

the dad kept buying it tho. #ally

[pesky-plumbers]

[graffyn-guy]

The funniest part of this, to me, is that they didn’t use the “G” in Super Mario Galaxy? 

[pesky-plumbers]

[treaclethetortoise]

There is no war in Ba Sing Se

The Moon landing was faked

Major words in Mario games have never used a G

[pesky-plumbers]

please stop bringing attention to my mistakes i already feel terrible

[graffyn-guy]

What about the H in Super Mario Sunshine? @pesky-plumbers

[pesky-plumbers]

[final-justice]

@pesky-plumbers what about the F from Mario Golf?

[pesky-plumbers]

[tremendouslysizzlingsandwich-de]

y in mario party

[pesky-plumbers]

this one is actually justified so kiss my fucking ass ok the Y is from Mario Teaches Typing

your ass tryina 1-up me like everyone else but you failed uwu

[grawly]

there was a g in this one too tho

[pesky-plumbers]

[tilthat]

TIL a star discovered 75 light-years away is no warmer than a freshly brewed cup of coffee.

via reddit.com

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Yeowch!

[bloggersremorse-deactivated2018]

Still preddy hot