that which is eternal

Thomas Barrow and Barris sideblog @camedownonamoonbeam | 37yo as of 2024

[macdenlover]

it came to my realization that 99% of my fandom related headaches would be cured if everyone understood this

[yvanspijk]

Eggs are oval. The word egg is even etymologically related to oval. Oval comes from Latin ōvālis (egg-shaped), a derivative of ōvum (egg), the ancestor of Spanish huevo, French œuf and others. Latin ōvum, in turn, was a distant cousin of Germanic *ajjan, the ancestor of Old Norse egg. This word was borrowed into Middle English and gradually displaced the native word ey. Click my new infographic graphic to learn more.

In 1490, William Caxton wrote an anecdote on eggs and eyren. Commenting on the linguistic diversity of English, which made creating a standardised English hard, he told the story of a group of northern merchants asking a southern lady for eggs:

“And one of them, named Sheffelde, a mercer, cam in to an hows and axed for mete, and specyally he axyd after eggys. And the goode wyf answerde that she coude speke no frenshe. And the marchaunt was angry for he also coude speak no frenshe, but wolde have hadde egges and she understode hym not. And thenne at laste a nother sayd that he wolde have eyren; then the good wyf sayd that she understood hym wel. Loo, what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte: egges or eyren? Certaynly it is harde to playse every man bycause of dyversite & chaunge of langage.” (And one of them, named Sheffeld, a mercer, entered a house and asked for food, and specifically he asked for eggs. And the good lady answered that she couldn’t speak French. And the merchant was angry because he shouldn’t speak French either, but he wanted to have eggs and she didn’t understand him. And then, at last, another person said that he wanted to have eyren; then the good lady said that she understood him wel. Oh, what should one write nowadays: egges or eyren? It’s certainly hard to please everyone because of diversity and change of language.)

[dragon-in-a-fez]

I hope everyone involved in the decision to make astronauts use Outlook on their way to the moon never goes a day of their lives without stepping in a fire ant colony

[sleepy-bebby]

[themoonandmyman]

to whom am I squeaking

[slowspinningredemption]

incredible things happening on reddit right now

[depsidase]

[importantpics]

[little-robin-h00d]

He is plugged in and charging.

[mimosa-sexypeople-contests-2026]

Activating full meower

[joy-and-whimsy-official]

Joy and whimsy detected! This meower is joyful and whimsical!

[horreurscopes]

there's this phenomenon i've noticed on youtube which i dub "man math" which is when men STEM-ify hobbies/activities/art forms in order to make them more masculine. it's very noticeable in the cooking video sphere where there's an endless stream of videos made by men along the lines of "the SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN best way to cook an egg" (and dgmw, i watch them and find them helpful, but the observation stands), but i notice it also in the way men approach ceramics (a lot of focus on mold-making and slip-casting to perfection, basically reinventing one man mass-production rather than play and discovery), tailoring/sewing/knitting/textile art, gardening and other nature-oriented hobbies, interior decor, furniture making and woodworking, journaling/planning/productivity, even drawing and painting, there's always some man math angle to it that although interesting it often strikes me as some sort of overcompensation to move away from the inherent vulnerability that comes with art making and once you notice it it's literally everywhere

[horreurscopes]

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[pixelartpeach]

E—m—d—a—s—h—N—e—c—k—l—a—c—e

[pixelartpeach]

Y—o—u—P—e—o—p—l—e—W—i—l—l—R—e—b—l—o—g—A—n—y—t—h—i—n—g

[seven-oh-four]

needs an em-dash at the beginning and/or end, otherwise the first or last letters will be right next to each other

[pixelartpeach]

϶—O—h—T—r—u—e—ϵ

(added clasps)

[pancake-blogging]

϶—F—r—i—e—n—d—s—h—i—p—B—r—a—c—e—l—e—t—ϵ

[too-many-blorbos]

϶—C—U—R—S—E—D—A—M—U—L—E—T—ϵ

[bees-official]

Cursed amulet necklace that doesnt have a cursed amulet its just the phrase cursed amulet

[sentientballofpeas]

϶—C—U—R—S—E—D—(¤)—A—M—U—L—E—T—ϵ

[pixelartpeach]

϶—T÷h÷a÷t÷s÷A÷G÷o÷o—d—P o

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[peachybeesplease]

rating the ways my family members have referred to me to other people since coming out as nonbinary

my secondborn (my parents)

7/10

sounds vaguely historical but in the way that I'm going to be sent off to war to prevent a succession crisis

potentially confusing to the listener bc the average conversation has little relation to birth order

my sister's, [name] (my aunt)

9/10

direct and to the point!

still very clear about what our family relationship is. I think we can do away with many nouns if this is any indication

my young adult child (my mom)

4/10

it's giving "20 year old minor"

I promise you can just say my kid. it's ok I don't mind strangers thinking I'm like 5 bc that would make me a prodigy for doing stuff like my laundry and dishes in one day and honestly I could use that kind of support

my liberated one (my grandma)

10/10 THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT

completely unclear what my relationship actually is to her. her personal oracle perhaps?

made immensely funnier by her immediately following it up with referring to my brother as her grandson.

[abyssaldyke]

It's spring now which means the kids in my city have started drawing hopscotches on the sidewalk and as a rule I do every hopscotch I see because 1. Use it or lose it (ability to scotch) and 2. If a child got down on the hardscrabble streets of Boston Massachusetts to draw a scotch the least I can do is use it, but in doing the hopscotches, I've learned that about 50% of them are the typical 8-10 step scotch and the other 50% are. Somewhat avant-garde. And of course I'm not vetting the entire scotch before I start it so sometimes it's like haha 8 steps woo! Childlike whimsy! And sometimes they're 20 steps or 30 or they've got a section with three squares instead of two where you have to do a little Charleston to step on all three, or, memorably, FORTY one foot squares. A full BLOCK of jumping on one foot but I'm no quitter so once I've started Jigsaw Junior's fuckin hopscotch gauntlet I'm there til the end just a daily pot smoker in her thirties jumping kasa-obake style through an affluent suburb while some little proto-kennedy watches from his bedroom window rubbing his sadistic little third grade hands together and cackling. It's amazing. I love spring.

[engale44]

@joy-and-whimsy-official I feel like this is so full of whimsy tbh

[joy-and-whimsy-official]

Official joy and whimsy post

[liberalsarecool]

"Dignity For All" is anti-capitalist. 👏🏻💫

[liberalsarecool]

Join a union. Respect your coworker. Solidarity.

[beardedmrbean]

[vexwerewolf]

This is one of the funniest noises I've ever heard in my life

[mikkeneko]

for the love of god unmute

[joy-and-whimsy-official]

Joy and whimsy… questionable? This post may or may not be joyful and whimsical.

[depsidase]

[elvishcostello-deactivated20260]

i think a lot of people internalized the misogynistic idea that “men are rational and women are emotional” and just went “that’s true… but it’s a good thing!” instead of saying “that’s obviously bullshit and we shouldn’t perpetuate this belief in any form”

[tpwrtrmnky]

researchers: this condition is underdiagnosed advocacy groups: we'll spread knowledge that it's underdiagnosed healthcare workers: some of us will use expanded diagnostic criteria now patients: wow we finally know what's up

tabloids: the condition is mysteriously spreading. this is DANGEROUS.