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Reconstruction of the Xeste 3 fresco at Akrotiri, a priestess and a monkey give offerings to a goddess, note the elaborate griffon to the right of the seated figure.

kai-username

Hear me.

Trust me, they could make awesome kismeses with each other.

(I struggled so bad with Equius, oh my sweaty mechanic boy, how you pain me so, but my fondness for you could never prevent me from drawing you.)

luci-muller

Ballstuck

l0v3gy4l

feferi collage/moodboard (?) thingy ⍢⃝

f2u ‼️‼️

amnhnyc

Have you ever seen a tufted pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus whiteheadi)? Found only in Borneo’s mountain forests—at elevations of more than 3,280.8 ft (1,000 m)—this tiny critter is one of the world’s smallest squirrels. It grows up to 3.4 in (8.6 cm) long. And at about 0.8 oz (22.7 g), adults typically weigh less than half a stick of butter! Easily recognizable thanks to its ear tufts, this species feeds primarily on moss and lichens.

Photo: Daniel Schlaepfer, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

pastellus

I'm sorry but this may genuinely be one of the funniest footnotes I've ever read From Euripides' Electra. Yes... The quote is about Agamemnon...

lucretius-big-naturals

RIP Lucretius you would have loved aromanticism and wave-particle duality

thankksmarsha

aaaaaAaaaAAAAaaaaaaAaAAAaaaaAAaaaaAAAAAAaAAAAaaaAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

thankksmarsha

Oh no it's fine I didn't want to read the article anyway. No yeah I want to read 3/4 of a page worth of footnotes.

#manilovefootnotes #studyblr

rudjedet

people who don't know anything about academics: man y'all are stuffy and boring what's up with that? actual academics: *too busy fist-fighting each other over the beryllium problem or the existence of a dentistry profession in ancient egypt to reply*

micewithknives

people who dont know anything about academics: *for some reason have the illusion of everyone in Fancy Academic Clothes doing Boring Research and glossing over Historical Facts Because Historians Dont Like The Truth*

actual academics: someones lying on the floor in a band tshirt they havent changed out of in three days crying over the paper they’re supposed to be writing that was due over a month ago. the whiteboard says “6 hours since our last fight about Whether Silcrete Exists”. someone wants to give their thesis the title “theyre lesbians harold” but cant figure out how to cite a tumblr post as a title because they havent eaten in 48 hours

art-thropologist

People who don't know anything about academics: they're keeping this grand conspiracy about these civilizations a secret!!! actual academics: can barely coordinate a time for a Zoom meeting, will infodump about their specialty for hours without prompting

archaeo-geek

People who don’t know anything about academics: How dare these stuffy scientists ignore this poor random dude who has a Theory That Changes Everything (and conveniently makes him a small fortune by selling books and DVDs about the Theory) Actual academics: Has already patiently explained to 40 different people why the Theory That Changes Everything doesn’t make any sense and is also kinda racist, but nobody is hyping their answer because it doesn’t make anybody money or make them feel extra special.

rudjedet

Also actual academics in this case: *vibrating with the only barely controlled need to throat punch Erich von Däniken the dude hawking the Theory of Racist Lies*

rudjedet

I mean if you want I can show you 😌

rudjedet

The funniest thing about this post is that every single thread version of it (and there are quite a few by now) has the same two base responses:

non-academics/people who have no experience with academia: lmao this isn't true, exaggerated for sure

academics/people who have experience with academia: this is so real I watched my prof pull someone from another faculty across the restaurant table after a conference last year

athingofvikings

I'm just remembering the time I was an undergrad and ran into the assistant professor carrying the replica swords out of the professor's office. I asked why, and I was told it was a "precaution" after the last time the professor's rival visited. I did not get any elaboration, despite asking.