ALTA greeting for negligent penpals and procrastinating authors. Postcard from my collection, 1911.
how do people like have a casual conversation abt scooby doo. you ask me 1 thing abt scooby doo and suddenly i am giving you a lecture on how the scooby media renaissance of the late 90s died because cyberchase was not a fred-centric film.
These are Lumpsuckers, they're cute and grumpy. These are only babies, cos they can grow to a foot long and become... well, a LUMP. Hehe. They have attachment feelers (it does have a name, but brain cannot recall what it is right now) on their bellies, which allow them to grip rocks. The reason they are being bred in large numbers is because they are natural pesticides against sea lice; which effect fish farmers' stocks of fish (usually Salmon). The Lumpsuckers will (gently) attach themselves to the fish and eat the lice. I love these little guys, watching them chase food is so cute.
Shit man, this trojan war is fucked. I just saw a guy raise his hands to the sky and say “grey-eyed athena, strengthen my spear” or some similar shit, and he felled 27 men at once before being whisked away by divine mist. The narrator didn’t even mention him, that’s how common shit like this is. My ass is stuck with a bow and 2 arrows. I think I just heard “would to god my rage, my fury would drive me now to hack your flesh away and eat you raw” two groups over. I gotta get the fuck outta here.
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Shit man, this trojan war is fucked. I just saw a guy raise his hands to the sky and say “grey-eyed athena, strengthen my spear” or some similar shit, and he felled 27 men at once before being whisked away by divine mist. The narrator didn’t even mention him, that’s how common shit like this is. My ass is stuck with a bow and 2 arrows. I think I just heard “would to god my rage, my fury would drive me now to hack your flesh away and eat you raw” two groups over. I gotta get the fuck outta here.
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Oh my buddy and famous horse-tamer hector of troy is gonna love this
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Why do you use It/Its pronouns...
feralratbitesu answered:
i got tagged in elementary school and never recovered
in some ways i love "power imbalance" ship discourse. it's like watching dude bros debate power levels. you're trying to turn an extremely complex and nuanced scenario into crunchable numbers. i think that's why so many people are fixated on age gaps tbh. and then often they fail hilariously because they'll be like "well, it's a five year age gap between adults, so that needs to be addressed--" and then not even consider the insane dynamic of (check notes) dating your direct commanding officer with mind control powers in a fantasy military setting
If you follow the source link you end up at an article about the card that includes information about postage and the poem transcribed below:
In days gone by when we were broke
We hated to reveal it
In fact our pride demanded that
We struggle to conceal it.
But now at least we’re right in style
And need not fear confession.
We shrug and smile and say “Oh, well -
It’s merely this depression!”
And so this card which once we’d scorn
Now seems within all reason.
It’s cheap - and yet it brings to you
Best wishes of the season!
YES, SHARKS MAKE SOUNDS, AND WE'VE JUST HEARD ONE
Yes, that sound you’re hearing, a sharp, rapid click, is actually made by a shark. For the first time ever, scientists have recorded sharks producing sounds, challenging the long-held belief that these ocean predators are completely silent. The surprising discovery came during routine behavioural experiments in New Zealand, when researchers noticed that Spotted Estuary Smooth-Hound Mustelus lenticulatus, emitted loud, distinctive clicks when handled underwater. These sounds, likely defensive or stress-related, were consistent across multiple individuals and even reached volumes comparable to a shotgun blast.
- Spotted Estuary Smooth-Hound at Wellington, New Zealand. Photo by Luca Davenport-Thomas
The researchers believe the noise may come from the sharks snapping their flat, plate-like teeth, a trait adapted for crushing crabs and other hard-shelled prey. Though the exact mechanism remains unconfirmed, and it’s still unclear whether these clicks are intentional or simply a reflex, the finding opens new questions about acoustic behaviour in sharks. Similar clicking has been observed in rays and mantas, hinting that this might not be such a rare trait after all. So yes, that’s the sound a shark makes, and it might just be their version of “back off.”