The Nerd Box

Previously thechibidude They/them

[bone-of-contention]

A bird’s nest in a broken skull at St. Leonard’s Crypt.

[ndnbutch]

why is the two wolves meme anti-indiginous?

It’s based on a story that is falsely attributed to Natives, usually but not always the Cherokee. It’s a settlers’ approximation of how we talk and what we believe. To parrot that phrasing uncritically is pretty anti-indigenous, and the fact that it’s so commonplace is indicative of how little thought it given to the mockery of Indigenous spirituality and how frequently it’s appropriated

[ndnbutch]

Oh and to add to this: no, I don’t really think there’s any good way to, like, rehabilitate this one. Like any sort of rephrasing from the original is still ultimately going to have the same roots. I don’t think you can swap out “wolves” for another animal or concept and then have it be okay, I do think the phrase just needs to be abandoned entirely. Just pointing this out because I’ve noticed when people learn that a joke or statement is in some way anti-Indigenous they love to try and workshop on how the basic premise can still be salvaged—like what people have being doing for ages with trying to find replacements for white people calling things their “spirit animal”. And it’s just kind of exhausting to see. Sometimes you need to just let things go and/or accept that certain things are not for you!

[moniquill]

[reasonsforhope]

Source:

Eastern Monarch Butterfly Population Nearly Doubles

The population wintering in central Mexico's forests occupied 4.42 acres, up from 2.22 acres during the previous winter.

-via World Wildlife Fund, March 6, 2025

[xngelbug]

scrunkled

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

@jorality

[grumpy-gh0st]

would you rather

never have to brush your teeth again (mouth is always clean)

never have to lotion your body again

never have to wash your hair again

Voting ended on2h

Pls reblog

[grumpy-gh0st]

would you rather

never have to brush your teeth again (mouth is always clean)

never have to lotion your body again

never have to wash your hair again

Voting ended on2h

Pls reblog

[crapbirdphotography]

Purfl binch

[spiribia]

It probably is kind of fun to be a parent bird and find big fat bugs to put in your child’s goalpost mouth. And the more you do it the larger your baby gets, which shows your progress. Mine is reaally big, think I’m going to get a high score this time. It has a unique skin too, I’ve never even seen this one before. Has anyone gotten that one, dark brown and white belly with stripes? It’s not even in my Wrenpedia, it has to be a really special unlock

[spiribia]

I’d appreciate if you didn’t call my child a “parasite”, thank you very much! Typical r/childfree

[draconym]

About to tank the reputation I've accrued with my local crows by capturing their injured baby

[draconym]

Baby Acquired. It's bald like a Skeksis for some reason.

[draconym]

Wet cat food for the prisoner

[snototter]

An adult male fantastic least gecko (Sphaerodactylus fantasticus) in Guadeloupe

[snototter]

i'm actually not sure why sphaerodactylus are often called least geckos but i have to assume its just one of the least amounts of gecko you can get

[fakelawyerbug]

I've seen a bunch of "fandom etiquette" posts on my dash today and I'm going to say something that is maybe going to be unpopular but;

The absolutely pervasive mentality that unwanted criticism or critique shouldn't be given and should be ignored is why fans of color don't stay in fan spaces.

And I am not going to mince words here:

A lot of you are racist. A lot of your fan works are racist.

That might have been difficult to hear. And if it was, you should probably reflect on why that was.

"Fandom etiquette" has created a space where fans of color either bite our tongues and eventually leave or say something, get dogged on, and then eventually leave.

So much of "fandom etiquette" seems to be about insulating creatives from Feeling Bad and hostility to any kind of negative feedback is a pretty big contributor to why bigotry festers in these spaces.

[iridescentoracle]

#imo the potluck analogy applies- it would be rude to critique someone's icing technique at a potluck bc it wasn't as good as at the bakery #but if they had decorated their cupcakes w hate symbols it wouldn't be rude to tell them that's gross and gtfo #in fact it would be inappropriate to NOT say anything in that situation #or to complain that another guest who did point it out was 'ruining everyone's potluck' #and pointing out racism in fan works is 100% the second thing not the first! (via destructions-daughter)

[covid-safer-hotties]

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

You have became this medieval role, how do you feel about it

you are in the medieval era and you have this role!

How do you feel?

great!! I love this

good!

It's okay

So bad. I hate this

This is similar to my real job!

Results/other

Voting ended onJul 18

[badassdemonsword]

You couldnt come up with a jollier name for a bird if you tried

[minmos]

this thang has one of my favorite ebird descriptions of all time

[stroberidreams]

That unwanted animal wants nothing more than to get out

[crapbirdphotography]

There is a small chance there’s a swamp sparrow in this photo (no I don’t no where either)

[spinsterwolf]

PLEASE WHERE IS THE WEE BEASTIE

[crapbirdphotography]

Hey don’t cry, crap photo of [REDACTED], ok?

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[Crap-O-Meter Rating Explanation]

Crap-O-Meter Rating

Grade AA Crap Bird Photo

Grade A Crap Bird Photo

Grade B Crap Bird Photo

Average Bird Photo

Maybe it's not crap, but I like it anyway!!

Voting ended onJul 9