The Man. The Moth. The Legend.

The true nature of the cowboy narrative is a reflection of humanity's resistance to change and the grief experienced as part of the human condition when one witnesses the destruction of nature. In this essay I will

[frankenmouse]

It is so ridiculously easy to gain a reputation for being competent by just reading signs.

This is not metaphorical. I mean actual, literal pieces of paper/plastic/metal/whatever explicitly erected to inform the public.

“How did you know this was the right trail?” I read the sign.

“Wow, how did you know what that flower is?” There’s a SIGN.

“How did you know we needed to use the side door?” THERE IS A SIGN POSTED ON THE FRONT DOOR.

Just…why are we having such different experiences of the world? People can read. I KNOW they can read. There’s nothing wrong with their vision.

Just. READ. THE. GOD. DAMN. SIGN.

This also applies to:

Syllabi

Instructions

[herssian]

"there is no way you're not using chatgpt for at least a few things here and there no matter your stance on it" what the FUCK are you talking about

[allykatsart]

[beetroot-merchant]

im not a girl Unless ☝️ im being told to go piss

[penandinkprincess]

parenting commitment level 3000

[penandinkprincess]

apparently a requirement for working at poison control is a talent for stand-up comedy

[starsarefairylightsfornerds]

[tired-fandom-ndn]

Obsessed with characters who are chronic oversharers but in a way that conceals any real information about themselves. Characters who talk about everything but leave out everything that actually has meaning to them, who use their oversharing to hide all the things they're not talking about.

[femmenietzsche]

YouGov doing the Lord's work yet again

[lukewarmbreadatamoderatepace]

Which of the following is your favorite dinosaur?

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Brontosaurus

Triceratops

Pterodactyl

Velociraptor

Stegosaurus

Brachiosaurus

Other

I don't have a favorite

Voting ended onApr 23

*We know pterodactyls and plesiosaurs aren't dinosaurs

[whynotdot]

Any chance I get to talk about Borealopelta Markmitchelli, I'm gonna take it. This gorgeous specimen is one of the best preserved specimens of its size ever found. It's a nodosaurid (related to ankylosaurs) found in Alberta with its armor and stomach contents intact. It's skin is in such good condition that they were able to study the melanosomes and determine it was a reddish brown color! It was found belly up so they think it died near the edge of the Western Interior Seaway, bloated and then sank when the gasses dispersed. Mark Mitchell is the technician who spent 10 years removing it from its matrix so the researcher studying it named the species after him. I love this creature so much, it always seems so peaceful like it's taking a nap 🥰

[skarabrae-stone]

[mrs-f-a-f-o]

[may12324]

She couldn't go back to Lesscia. She had to finish what she started in Blenraden. She would rip Hseth out from Talician hearts one damned shrine at a time.

She was a godkiller still, after all.

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Read Godkiller, its good!

[random-jot]

ooh I got pliny of elder

[pilferingapples]

MAY ALL YOUR OBSTACLES COLLAPSE IN THE YEAR TO COME LIKE UNTO A GIANT STRAW GOAT IN THE WIND

[berensreverie]

A moment of pain does not undo a lifetime of hope.

Happy anniversary Dragon Age Veilguard!

[insinirate]

[depsidase]

[erodingsinner]

once you learn about pseudoscience you're forever doomed to get angry when people talk about like. love languages or stockholm syndrome. but forced to stay quiet lest your lose your mind trying to correct millions of people

[thebaldursmouthgazette]

I keep seeing people buying into the idea that the dalish are playing pretend at elven culture or “larping ancient Arlathan” and it’s pissing me off because:

1. Huge portions of Dalish culture have absolutely nothing to do with ancient Arlathan. They’re not trying to imitate ancient Arlathan, they’re researching ancient Arlathan and trying to reclaim the culture that was violently taken from them, but by the dragon age there’s been like 1800 years since the fall of Arlathan and thats important to them too. Their nomadic traditions, for example, are a refusal to live under human rule after the exalted march on the dales, it’s nothing to do with Arlathan. Their traditions are not an accurate recreation of ancient elvhenan because they’re not supposed to be. They’re not playing pretend at ancient Arlathan, they’re being modern dalish.

2. A lot of people seem to think the veil going up and the fall of Arlathan were the same event, but there was actually a period of nearly 2000 years between the two. 2000 years where the evanuris weren’t there and elves, who previously spent decades on simple conversations, were mortal and lived to like 80. 2000 years where most of their information was inaccessible and people died before even a fraction of history could be shared between them. This is when the truth of the evanuris was forgotten and they were established as benevolent creator gods. When the dalish were able to begin researching ancient Arlathan another 800 years later, pretty much all the information they’d have on ancient Arlathan (a period spanning probably 20,000 years at least) would have been from the tail end of this period. The dalish did not just pick up a book that mentioned the evanuris and start assuming. They researched the history and culture of late ancient Arlathan and got what is most likely a pretty decent picture of it. It’s just that late ancient Arlathan was itself 2000 years and a great catastrophe removed from the truth, and pretty much all the surviving historical sources were propaganda in favour of their ancestors oppressors, which is not the fault of anyone (except, you know, the oppressors in question). 2000 years will do that.

Solas has this attitude because he’s an immortal being who’s like, at least 20,000 years old and thats counting from when he took physical form. A period of 3800 years is nothing to him, it’s nap time. He can’t comprehend that thats an absolutely normal length of time for cultures to develop and change dramatically and understanding of ancient history to get warped.

[galetops]

this is a foundational text to me i can’t believe it hasn’t even cracked 4k retweets