cryptic-rainfall 2

New (hopefully temp) account since my main account cryptic-rainfall was terminated. || My banner comes from the backgrounds folder on my linux mint system. Icon from Flavor Foley.

[hjaerta]

[shittttyproblems]

not today...

[dysfunctionalphotography]

Torresian Crow, Exmouth WA

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

I once went to a museum with my family, and while looking at the mosasaur fossils they had I noticed a little information sign thing talking about how mosasaurs are squamates, and honestly that made them so much more cool (they were still awesome before I learned that, but this was the cherry on top).

Like you’re telling me that this giant aquatic reptile from the Mesozoic is in the same order as my corn snake? THAT’S HIS HOWEVER MUCH REMOVED COUSIN-ISH?? That’s awesome! This also made me even more biased towards squamates.

All this to say — learning the relations between different animal groups is so fun, and everyone should try it. And that deep down, all us vertebrates are fish.

Not only that, but mosasaurs are probably sister to snakes! Meaning they share an extremely close common ancestor, closer than snakes or mosasaurs are to any other lizards!

Phylogenetics are fun!

[anxietyproblem]

[valtsv]

this is going to sound like such a little sibling ass take but i genuinely believe that being a little bit annoying is actually a greater sign of maturity and self awareness than being universally likeable and on good terms with everyone

[valtsv]

if some people find me annoying and can't stand me because of how i think and act then that means i'm a fully realized human being with my own personality and opinions and free will and not just a reflective surface for other people's desires, which is in fact a good thing despite what people who want you to just be a reflection of their own opinions and desires will tell you, and why being considered "cringe" or whatever doesn't bother me at all

[valtsv]

also it's really funny when you're confident enough in yourself to know that people not liking you isn't always a sign that you're the problem. like there's something undeniably hilarious about being aware your mere existence has the power to piss someone off and ruin their day and i recommend embracing it.

[spice-ghouls]

[teaboot]

Oh fucking thissss

[bnq]

Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind

[ceekari]

unmute for the unfathomable sounds of mankind being shamed

[pangur-and-grim]

I was so baffled by this until I remembered that I use my kettle, and so it looks like I'm pouring boiling water on my plants

[moveslikekeithrichards]

having multiple different appointments in a short span will have you like "am i supposed to fast for my haircut"

[ckejack]

the loom of fate can predict all lottery numbers with 100% accuracy. but not the powerball number. it is too powerful

[junglejim4322]

Unironically I think the early to mid 20s age group in America has unbelievably bad consent boundaries on all levels and so much language to defend it but this makes me sound like elon musk if I say it however the commonality of someone who will be like “I had 47 panic attacks and it’s your fault” if you tell them no is insane

[junglejim4322]

I rejected someone and got called “the scariest person I’ve ever met” with so much therapy speak interspersed like alright okay alright okay alright okay

[junglejim4322]

“You just say whatever you’re thinking and I don’t know how to handle it” was verbatim part of this conversation. Also everyone hates to see an autistic bitch

[transhumanisticpanspermia]

When I was in this age bracket, there was a huge emphasis on improving consent culture via graceful rejection, and it's gone by the wayside. Which sucks.

Twice in my youth (once in high school and once in college) I was in situations where I was asking someone out and I could tell they were calculating in their heads the risks of rejecting me, and both times I said, out loud, "you can say no, I wouldn't have asked if I wasn't prepared for either answer." And then they said no. This wasn't some spark of special wisdom I had - I knew to do it because feminist conversations among my age group brought it up regularly. This isn't happening nearly enough anymore.

More recently, I was really glad when we got to "rejection sensitive dysphoria" in my IOP program and it was one of those symptoms where the therapists really emphasized how it affects others. Because it does.

Being someone who cannot handle rejection makes you much more likely to violate boundaries, and yes, that includes sexual ones. Yes, you, reader who has never hurt a fly. If you don't want to stumble backwards into sexually assaulting someone, fix your RSD meltdowns. If you keep them up it's only a matter of time. Because if you're nice enough to interact with, but are known to have RSD meltdowns, guess what happens when your friends and acquaintances need to reject you?

[theonion]

Tunneling upward out of the darkness where they had lain in wait for 13 years, the latest brood of Disney child stars reportedly emerged from the ground Monday, filling the air with their mindless droning.

Thousands of spunky young actors, part of the child performer population known as Brood D, were spotted bursting out of the soil en masse within the 51-acre Walt Disney Studios campus, where they wriggled through the grass on their bellies in search of a vertical surface to climb up and cling to. Earsplitting screeches were heard as the child stars frantically delivered lines from yet-to-exist scripts about surfers who were secretly werewolves, preteen mayors who could speak to animals, and triplets separated at birth and suddenly reunited at the same hip-hop boarding school.

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[nohoperadio]

just saw a pigeon doing the puffed up courtship dance thing to another pigeon, and as he was strutting around he suddenly stopped for a split second to do a very brief preen-peck at his own side, then returned to the strutting around. and i surprised myself by instantly losing respect for the male pigeon in that moment, like come on man i appreciate you had an itch or whatever but how is she supposed to feel special when you're getting distracted by bullshit like that? which on reflection i don't endorse, i mean those are pretty harsh dating norms i'm imposing on these pigeons, from a total outsider perspective, for no reason. probably not all girl pigeons are as uptight about that sort of thing as i would apparently be if i was a girl pigeon, maybe she even found it endearing who knows, i don't know her. it's none of my business really. sorry pigeons.

[badassdemonsword]

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

[woolhaven]

it has a really fun description on ebird too (the main cornell tracking program for birding)

[i-give-you-a-fish]

See him shmoove

[a-silly-poll-side-blog-yay]

You just teleported to the last movie you watched! how is it going?

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[epileptiform]

if you see hardware on yhe ground like a washer or a hex nut you have to pick it up because it’s lonely and scared. if you see any metal on the ground you have to pick it up because it’s alone and scared and lonely.

[epileptiform]

they are deserving of love

[your-average-antho-cat]

Remember that if you don't know what a command does you should pointlessly look it up for 15-20 minutes trying to find a clear answer rather than using -h or --help