[charlesoberonn]

Everyone loves to talk about carcinization but nobody talks about how unrelated clades of plants repeatedly evolve into trees.

[charlesoberonn]

Being a tree is just a way for plants to flex on their neighbors and soak up all the sun

^three distantly related plants that independently evolved into trees

[charlesoberonn]

They're both, that's what I'm saying.

Their family is grass but their body plan is a tree.

There is no "tree family". No ancestral ur-tree which all trees got their body plan from.

[rhyperographer]

There are a number of commonly used terms to describe plants and animals which don't have a phylogenetic meaning. Tree & fish are two common ones.

If you get into the stuff which break the rules or have exceptions it gets even crazier. Like, panda, reptile, etc.

[charlesoberonn]

Birds are reptiles

[rubyvroom]

[rubyvroom]

Yeah, it's time to get this post out again

[stahsm]

Overlock Stitch by @clothes_reetzy

[thatisuseful]

Damn, that's useful

[fluidstatick]

Finally a hand sewing tutorial on a hemline that isn't just the ladder stitch! the ladder stitch disappears when you tighten it, but it's not meant for hemlines because it breaks really easily! The overlock stitch is more stable, so it holds much longer, and it won't pucker or warp the fabric!

[duckbunny]

one of the many reasons to insist upon chronological timelines is that it's much, much harder to scroll forever if you can catch up with yourself. if you can run out of tumblr because you reach yesterday, that is a good and helpful prompt to do something else.

[salvadorbonaparte]

"on god's green earth" is way too fun to say even when you don't believe in god and know most of it is blue, actually

[ashlgcostumes]

Tag via @bluehairedspidey and vocabulary updated

[thememedaddy]

[trulywicked]

All that and

Buy the REALLY GOOD yarn to make my dream projects.

Tip 200% every time I go out to eat or have food delivered.

Go to see the friends I've made online who live in fucking Narnia or some shit.

Pay off all my and my mother's medical debt.

Never have to worry about things around the house breaking because I can get them fixed or replace them.

[emrinalex]

Be able to live comfortably without worrying about bills constantly. Be able to travel a bit, see the parts of the world I have only read about or watched in documentaries. Be able to ease other people's burdens and have the fun of doing so anonymously. I don't need to go buy Venice, I just want to be able to help the people when they need it.

[depsidase]

[haunted-hideaway]

I’m glad that OP:

1) Figured this out.

2) Shared so others can learn from their mistake.

[voyagers-stone]

btw if youre young and scared of doing adult things without your parents ive learned that like 90% of the time you can just tell the doctors office or the dmv "haha sorry ive never done this without help before... can you show me how to do this?" the employee will not care. if that means anything to you

[liopleurodean]

literally walked up to a desk in the courthouse, said "is this where I register a car or is it the next one?" and she said it was the next one. and the lady at the next desk helped me. it feels embarrassing but I promise you can just ask

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

One of the most important lessons I learned in customer service is that no matter how much help you need, as long as you're nice about it, you won't even crack the top five of worst customers they've had to deal with that day. I will walk an old lady through every step on that pin pad with a smile as long as she's polite, because two calls ago I had to deal with someone screaming about politics for 45 fucking minutes because I wasn't allowed to hang up on him.

Everyone has their first time doing something, everyone makes mistakes, everyone has dumb moments, and as long as you're choosing kindness I'll just laugh it off and help out. Because no matter how dumb you think you are, there was already someone who was just as dumb but was determined to ruin my day over it.

[libraford]

Googled something about quick hydration and it suggested big jug of water, couple tbsp pickle juice, dash of lime juice.

Its surprisingly tasty????

[libraford]

Pleased to report that after a day of this i am not longer craving caper brine and my mouth is not dry as usual. There's some good suggestions in the notes too that I want to try.

-ancient roman posca: water, red or white wine vinegar, honey, salt, herbs (coriander, mint, thyme)

-switchel: water, ginger, vinegar, sweetener, lemon, salt

-ayran: yogurt, water, salt, mint

-Agua pepino: water, cucumbers, lime, sugar, optional mint.

[libraford]

I have been reminded of:

-shrub: vinegar, sida water, elderberry (or other berry), sugar.

[libraford]

I have now been informed of

-sekanjabin: honey, vinegar, mint, water.

[libraford]

"Wow, I wonder why this post was popular this week."

-sees the reports of the heatwave in Europe-

"... ah."

[itssquidbian]

feminist retelling shoulsnt be the woman does some girlboss shit femist retelling is she does the same stuff except u actually give a shit abt her perspective and thoughts and feelings as a human being this time

[lokh1]

‘how would other people describe you’ why would i know this

[c-53]

Please take my white ass to anor londo

[shadowysiren]

*grabs you with my long gargoyle-like arms and flies off witj you*

[c-53]

Oh thank god hold me tight you scary motherfucker

[shamebats]

The (European) sun is a deadly laser, stay safe everyone

[unfuckablebogtroll]

☝️🤓 it’s because the further you move toward the earth’s poles, the lower the angle of the sun is at the hottest parts of the day, meaning the radiation hits your whole body, causing it to feel 10-20 degrees warmer than the thermometer reading will tell you. People from tropical climes, aka close to the equator, are used to the sun’s radiation hitting a much smaller target- their head and shoulders.

Also the further you move toward the poles the more pronounced the difference between the length of day and night is. Worst part of a far-north (or south) heatwave is it doesn’t get dark long enough for meaningful cooling.

It’s not the heat. It very literally is the sun.

[pilgrimattinkercreek1974]

Top ten vanity plates ever spotted….no question

[estrogenesis-eeveeangelion]

i dunno i feel like it's more complicated than that

[ovur]

You don't care about me. You never did

[the-shania-twainsaw-massacre]

Thats not true Nefarious Anglerfish

[shamebats]

Since there is a wave of anti-birth control propaganda, this is your reminder that the birth coontrol pill was responsible for 30% more women graduating with college degrees between 1970-1990

[cwicseolfor]

Also a whole lot of people need it to hold down a job or stay in school regardless of reproductive risk: it offers menstrual control. It can be the difference between debilitating, bedbound periods and normal function. It’s medicine. It’s also very cheap to produce and returns soooo many thousands of dollars to the economy for every dollar it costs, so don’t let anyone make a false financial argument about it.

[pangur-and-grim]

my humours have balanced. I have become mentally normal again

[pangur-and-grim]

no, mentally normal people can still write spider sex books

[teaboot]

YOU

[mmavverickk]

dear @teaboot i am sorry i mistook you for @pangur-and-grim

[consistantly-changing]

[Undescribed first two images, plus the alt text copied from the third image in case of deletion:

A comment on this post by mmavverickk which says ":( does this mean the spider sex book is off?"]

[A comment on another post by mmavverickk which says "is this a hint about your spider sex book".

User teaboot, the Original Poster of the post the comment is on, replies, "I think you may have me confused for someone".]

[mmavverickk's avatar (the among us sabotage button) and teaboot's avatar facing each other. mmavverickk's avatar is holding out doodled flowers. text above says "i apologize for the case of mistaken identity please accept these poorly drawn flowers"]