Ghost_Medic

Just a guy and his phone.

[lurker-no-more]

Well … points made, lmao.

[theslasherjunkie]

Bro, what do you think Bridgerton is?

[sam-keeper]

So can we talk about the absolutely stunning duplicity going on here?

[lettucekitty]

…that’s cheating!

[arokanjitatsumi-deactivated2014]

HOLY SHIT

[fandomsandfeminism]

That is some DELIBERATELY EVIL data representation. Where is the super villain that designed this fucking graph?

[bogleech]

“Okay murders spiked by like well over 1000% but if we turn the graph THIS way, it’s like they went DOWN! HOORAYYYY!!!”

[tempest-caller]

For anyone confused: the red represents the murder rate. Look at the numbers at the y axis. The graph is upside down because, normally, a graph starts at 0 and then goes up, but this one ends at 0.

[laura491]

As we put it in German: never trust statistics you haven’t manipulated yourself

[antique-scarecrow]

this is fucking disgusting

[mckitterick]

There, I fixed it.

[oh-snap-pro-choice]

Holy fuck this is utterly vile.

This is why I believe everyone should have a stats class in highschool. People can moan about math all the way want but things like this affect not only your life but society itself. Being able to read graphs properly, understand statistics… It frees you from so much.

[statistical-distr-of-polls]

(Only for the corrected graph)

Shape: Bimodal

[theslasherjunkie]

Murder in self defense is still murder, it’s just the kind you can get away with.

[sailforvalinor]

Thoughts on my first Tarzan rewatch since I was a kid:

• Golly gee, I did not remember that both Kerchak and Kala’s very young son AND Tarzan’s parents get mauled by a leopard, it happens within the first ten minutes, and you actually SEE his parents’ bodies. Modern Disney would NEVER

• Also remember when Disney actually animated really good fight scenes, they had nail-biting tangible stakes, and they actually showed blood??? Remember when they weren’t cowards????

• REMEMBER WHEN TARZAN KILLED THE LEOPARD TRYING TO PROVE HIMSELF TO HIS ADOPTIVE FATHER HAVING NO IDEA THAT HE WAS AVENGING HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER (AND MOTHER). REMEMBER THAT

• It’s been said before, but the effort put into the physicality of Tarzan is just top-tier—especially later into the film where he starts to mix his gorilla and learned human mannerisms. There is so much detail here and it’s fascinating

• Also, the times where they chose to make the gorilla conversations understandable to the audience or make them sound like gorillas (aka switch to Jane’s pov) is SO fascinating and does wonders for building up the “two worlds” dichotomy.

• Jane’s crush on Tarzan is SO obvious and honestly comes on so suddenly, she is delulu for days, but honestly I cannae blame her, if *I* was saved by a strong handsome wild man who couldn’t understand me but stared deeply into my eyes as if he could see my soul through them as he pressed the palms of our hands together, I’d probably fold too

• My favorite character was Tantor the elephant. WHAT a character arc, I was so proud of him

• Hey uhhhhhhhh remember how the villain of this movie died by inadvertently hanging himself and the movie indicated this by showing his dangling silhouette in a flash of lightning??? HELLO???

• Y’all like to give Ariel a hard time for giving up her voice for a man when Jane Porter permanently and irrevocably left civilized society to run away to the wilds of Africa to live with gorillas for a man she met a week or two ago who she’s still getting over language barrier issues with. I’m not saying she shouldn’t have done so, I completely support her decision, but I feel like if this movie weren’t so slept on some of y’all would have a lot more to say about it.

• In general Jane is a bit more unhinged than we give her credit for, and more power to her. She’s rapidly climbing the ranks of my favorite Disney princesses.

• And then her father joins her??? “People go missing all the time”???? LOL

• Finally, it’s been said before, but: Phil Collins, you legend. You did not have to go that hard on this film, but you did and we appreciate it so much

[theslasherjunkie]

It gets better: he specifically wrote “You’ll Be In My Heart” for his daughter Lily, star of Emily in Paris, and in honor of that she named her own daughter Jane.

[tgirl-thucydides]

[jessthecheesewitch]

[theslasherjunkie]

That last line absolutely cooks

[writing-prompt-s]

“Could I have your name?” The Fae asked with a slightly warped smile. “of course,” You respond, returning their smile “Which one would you like?”

[theslasherjunkie]

For what the faerie didn’t know is that I’m Spanish.

“My full name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, which one would you like?”

[asoftspotforangels]

some of my favorite woven tapestries, by Cecilia Blomberg:

Point Defiance Steps

Mates

Rising Tides

Vashon Steps

[wizardshark]

WOVEN TAPESTRIES???

[psychologicalwarclaire]

WOVEN TAPESTRIES?!?

[theslasherjunkie]

W

O

V

E

N

[writing-prompt-s]

The year is 2551; fantasy writers have started highly romanticizing the 90s~early 2000s(much like how most fantasy novels today are written in a medieval setting)when technology was still primitive. You’re a writer who decides to cash in on this trend, but your knowledge on the era is…limited.

[theslasherjunkie]

Alexa, what’s a CD?

[trentacool-deactivated20141231]

[the-absolute-funniest-posts]

he’s schwimming

[theslasherjunkie]

It took two decades but y’all finally got the joke

[writing-prompt-s]

The hero’s identity was accidentally revealed, but it turns out they are moderately poor, have no friends or family, and their civilian life is frankly…sad.

[theslasherjunkie]

That’s just Spider-Man

[shittymoviedetails]

In Shrek, more precisely in Fiona’s transformation scene, there’s a reference to the ancient belief that ogres somehow could emit light with their skins, something like bioluminescence. You can find additional information by searching for “Fiona Fleshlight” on Google Images

[theslasherjunkie]

For the love of God please don’t

[toastbutteregg]

[theslasherjunkie]

A joke that never gets old

[toastbutteregg]

i mean… i only did this but i’d always say its for my grandpa cause theyre both dead. i cant pretend to kill my grandmas ever 😭

[theslasherjunkie]

Doesn’t work in small towns. The guidance counselor was one of my grandpa’s regulars, if I claimed he died the music teacher would be so far up my ass

[toastbutteregg]

[theslasherjunkie]

Just @ me next time damn

[i-was-today-years-old-when]

i learned that of the four recorded deaths by killer whales three of them were by the same killer whale named Tilikum (x)

[theslasherjunkie]

Dude, these are fuckin brutal.

The first one was essentially a gang murder where a student trainer and competitive swimmer was drowned by not one, not two, but THREE Orcas. The creatures were separated and the facility closed the following year.

The second incident involved a man staying in the park after closing so he could skinnydip with Tilikum (this is at SeaWorld Orlando, so Florida Man is at play). The man was found having apparently been drug and chewed upon, with his genitalia bitten off. SeaWorld denies any recording of the event.

TEN YEARS LATER, he grabbed a veteran trainer by the ponytail and drowned her, grabbing her arm during an attempted escape and eating it.

The best part is that a year later, he returned to performing.

[shittymoviedetails]

In The Departed (2006), Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg play two different characters— a subtle nod to them being two different actors, despite my wife being unable to tell them apart on the first viewing of the movie.

[dunsalien]

op this is the funniest post you’ve made yet

[theslasherjunkie]

There’s a number of interviews where they talk about being confused for each other all the time, so it’s not just her.

[toastbutteregg]

[theslasherjunkie]

The hospital next to mine has eight landing pads for LifeFlight, you know one of them is landing because my building shakes from the flyover.

Last night there were already two on the roof and another landed.

[gahdamnpunk]

AND a race one since the most affected regions will be Africa, Asia and Oceania

[rock-fish-deactivated20201231]

as a friend pointed out, this headline makes it sound like supply will be dwindling. supply is fine. people will be *priced out*.

[trekmemes-deactivated20220205]

this is fucking MURDER.

insulin has been mass produced (from animal extracts) since -1923-. slow acting insulin has existed since the ‘50s, and ‘human’ genetically engineered insulin (derived from E. coli bacteria) has existed since 1982.

insulin treatment for diabetes is not some new or ‘unproven’ treatment. according to beyondtype1, “Humalog rapid-acting insulin came on to the market with a list price of $21 a vial in 1997.” adjusting for inflation, a vial these days should cost about $34 at most. instead, it costs over $300. there is NO reason for it to be steadily gaining in price to the point that diabetics are unable to afford their lifesaving medication, other than the sheer inhuman greed of pharmaceutical manufacturers.

let me reiterate: life without insulin (for Type 1 diabetics in particular) is a slow and painful death sentence. the ability to treat diabetes is a relatively modern phenomenon that has allowed countless people to live full, healthy lives. we should be expanding full covereage and access to insulin to diabetics the world over, and it should be FREE.

[plantyhamchuk]

Have y’all heard about Open Insulin Foundation?

“ We’re a team of biohackers with a variety of backgrounds, and skills, and relationships to insulin and diabetes from many cities and countries around the world, including Oakland, California; Baltimore, Maryland; Paraiba, Brazil; Dakar, Senegal; Yaounde, Cameroon; and Puerto Rico. We’re working to develop the first practical, small-scale, community-centered model for insulin production to make insulin accessible to all. We envision a world in which communities in need have local sources of safe, affordable, high-quality insulin, and where people living with diabetes and their communities can own and govern the organizations that produce the medicine they depend on to survive. 

What We Do

We are creating an open-source (freely available) model for insulin production that centers on sustainable, small-scale manufacturing and open-source alternatives to production. We are developing protocols to produce short-acting (lispro) and long-acting (glargine) insulin, working on developing open-hardware equivalents to traditional production equipment, are researching sustainable regulation pathways to bring our insulin to the public, and are building capacities for local, small-scale manufacturing.

How Do I Participate?

Our work would not be possible without the support of volunteers, interns, and community advisors. We welcome people of all backgrounds from all over the world to bring their enthusiasm, time, connections, and experiences, both in life and in work. Our volunteers promote us on social media, build equipment, run experiments, write reports and blog posts, facilitate meetings, connect with other organizations and groups, meet with experts in the field, run virtual events, and contribute in designing tools, resources, and methods of all sorts.

Potential Partners

We welcome collaboration with other groups that share our mission―community labs, academic institutions, patient advocacy groups, and NGOs.

Donate

Your donation will help us get closer to our goal. With a healthy financial situation, we can pay for lab supplies, acquire lab equipment, recruit scientists, and pay for consultation fees for regulation and manufacturing experts.”

Open Insulin Foundation

[theslasherjunkie]

Went from anti capitalist to ad with zero hesitation