none of those words are in the first folio

I remember one time I got INSANELY high off of edibles while playing Among Us, and it quickly became apparent to the other players online. I forget how honestly but literally anything "sus" I did was ignored by everyone because I was so fucking high. I tested this theory by standing in front of a body and the person that actually reported it didn't even mention me. The funniest part was when I was trying to do wires, I kept fucking up over and over again, so I was just standing in front of wires for actual minutes trying to figure it out. A small crowd of players gathered around me to watch and would get mad every time someone reported a body or emergency meeting because "she's never going to get her tasks done if you keep interrupting them." I don't think anyone cared about winning at that point, they just wanted to see the high crew mate succeed in her tasks.

hamlet / bill and ted’s excellent adventure

So do you think the Mandalorian could take off his helmet in front of his son? Like if they’re alone in the ship together now that The Child is officially his kid can he take the helmet off?

As an Offical Star Wars Nerd ™ I can answer this with a definitive yes.

The closest of family, AKA a spouse or child, is allowed to see a Mandalorian’s face. This includes foundlings they’ve adopted, and therefore yes, it would be acceptable for Din to take his helmet off in front of his new small green son.

Plot twist: as soon as he does, Baby Yoda starts making the most alarming noises and Din is panicking because he has no idea what’s wrong, until he realises that the little baby doesn’t recognise him without the helmet and is freaking out because OMG DAD TOOK HIS FACE OFF. It takes quite a few tries of taking off and putting it back on to reassure Baby Yoda that it’s okay and Dad is still Dad with pink face or shiny face, and start patting the visor curiously with small hands.

A couple of days later Din spots him trying to put an old metal canister on his head and having trouble with his ears.

Hey, if you’ve never interacted with an actual wild animal before and you are visiting a National Park and seeing one for the first time here’s a helpful little guidebook for you: 

- Yes that is an actual wild animal. 

- No it doesn’t behave like your dog, and because you are inexperienced in the wilderness you don’t have any idea how to read its body language. Yes this includes you, even if you feel like you’ve got some sort of “special connection to animals”. 

- No it doesn’t like you, it doesn’t want to be pet by you, it doesn’t want you to approach it, it doesn’t even want to be close enough to you that it’s aware of your presence.

- Yes it absolutely will attack you if it feels even a little bothered by you. No this isn’t limited just to bears and other predators, but to bison and moose and elk and basically any large animal at all. 

- Yes, if it attacks you it absolutely will fuck you up. 

- No, you won’t get any sympathy from anyone. It was being a wild animal and you were being a dipshit. I can tell you with plenty of experience that locals anywhere with abundant wildlife love to pass around stories of the latest asshole who got gored by a bison because they wanted a cool picture for their instagram 

- The general rule for being around wildlife is that at a minimum you want to stay 25 yards away from herbivores, and 100 yards away from carnivores. That says yards, not feet. But if the animal seems to be paying any attention to you at all, you’re too close. 

- No, you shouldn’t feed it. Ever. Yes, this includes you again, with your “special connection to animals”. 

This probably seems a tad abrasive and unnecessary if you’re not someone who lives in the backcountry, but let me tell you I probably once a month or so have to yell at someone to back away from an animal as fast as possible because they don’t know how to read its body language and are unaware just how close their photoshoot is to getting them mauled. Just today I had to tell a lady to get away from a bison, because she didn’t know the way it was raising its tail was a warning sign. It’s extremely frustrating and disrespectful to the animals you’re stressing out because you want to post something cool to your feed. They live here, you’re lucky enough to visit, that should be enough for you. If you really love them, you’ll leave them alone.

If you’d like to hear about more harmful impacts Instagram-minded wildlife tourism has had on animals, I’d recommend this episode of National Geographic’s Overheard podcast. 

The “don’t feed the animals” goes extra for squirrels/rodents/birds. It’s still not harmless. I’ve seen people traipse right through the colony of endangered Utah Prairie Dogs, or even try to pick them up and pet them. Not only is this illegal harassment of a listed species, but you’re just going to get covered in parasites. You know what rodents in the US can carry? Plague. And hantavirus. And other nasties you don’t want.

Also, the steller jays are already assholes, don’t encourage this behavior by feeding them.

Good binoculars are available at a pretty reasonable price. Vortex makes great binos on a budget, and there are some solid budget Nikons.

idiot solidarity: the master's tardis also makes the whooshwhoosh noise, which means he also leaves the parking brake on