New medieval peasant cultural exchange post. Medieval peasant shows you the real night sky and you light on fire and explode.

@bookshelfdreams wait wait hold on give me a minute to process these tags 😭

really factual recounting with no embellishments whatsoever

the interpipes are leaking

Mammals both produce milk and have hair. Ergo, a coconut is a mammal.

I know you’re being facetious, but this is an actual issue with morphology-based phylogeny.

*leans over and whispers to person beside me* what are they talking about

*leans over and whispers back*  Human ability to quantify and categorize natural phenomena is sketchy at best and wildly misleading at worst

consider the coconut

this reminds me of that time Plato defined humans as “featherless bipeds” and Diogenes ran in with a plucked chicken screaming “BEHOLD A MAN!”

i love how you say “it reminds me of that time” like you were there.

listen if an immortal feels brave and supported enough to come out we should respect them

This post is a journey

1 Reblog = 1 Respect

I maintain that humans started attempting classify animals, and some god or another made the platypus, and is still laughing.

Zeus: *hits joint* okay so like. It’s gonna have a duck bill right. But an otter body okay? And then a beaver tail. It’s a mammal. But. It lays eggs!

Hades: wait wait dude. Give it. Give it poison. Make it poisonous

Athena: You mean venomous, and make sure the eggs have both reptile and bird traits. Hermes: *takes the joint* Give it extra senses. Poseidon: It should be aquatic.

I MEAN where’s the lie

Demeter: … And where exactly do you expect me to put this? Everyone: Australia.

World Heritage Post

A coconut and a platypus are now related. Because tumblr is science. Behold the word of tumblr.

one of my favourite things about my boyfriend is that he's 6'4 but convinced he is a normal sized person and this does not constitute "tall"

once, if not twice, a week the card game shop he plays digimon at upload a top-4 photo best described as "gandalf and the hobbits" and every time he is genuinely baffled as to why he looks like that

told him i made this post and he's still insistent that he isn't tall

incidentally the fact i am 5'5 also comes as a shock to him at least once a day and then he inevitably asks if i'm "normally that short"

if you lean in real close you can hear his singular brain cell bouncing around like a windows screensaver

Has your boyfriend got his eyesight checked? Bc when I don’t wear my glasses I’m nice and close to the ground but when I do it’s HOLY SHIT WHY AM I THIS TALL, I’M AFRAID OF HEIGHTS, HELP ME time and it’s genuinelly terrifying.

he wears glasses he's just dumb

update to this post from yesterday:

bf: apparently only 7% of people are over 6' tall me: yes........? bf: that isn't very many. am i tall? me: i cannot believe we are having this discussion again. yes. you are tall. you are still tall. you were tall yesterday. you will be tall tomorrow bf: oh my god i'm tall aren't i me: my love the netherlands is the tallest country in the world and even there average male height is 6' 0.5". you are tall by "kingdom of giants" standards, even. but we live on "shortarse island", so... bf: AM i tall though me: you are 6ft 4

he is he's very pretty

Can he make spinach puffs? Asking for irrelevant reasons....

having watched emperors new groove (it's my favourite) he does understand this reference but also he really loves cooking so you saying this has now prompted him to look up how to make spinach puffs

which is to say that yes, he is kronk

fun fact they're both the same person. same 6'4 boyfriend referred to himself as a short king because he thought it meant a man who really likes wearing shorts

Large dog energy

having anti role models is a beautiful thing. it's not easy to live up to someone else's behavior but it is easy to lasso yourself into behaving right when you realize you're reminding yourself of the worst person youve ever met in your entire life

Robe de Style Wedding Dress

mid 1920s

Augusta Auctions

Saw an adorable pistachio green Singer at the thrift store yesterday and ugh it's terribly overpriced for the condition its in. 100 CAD is too much when you've got no bobbins and are missing the bobbin plate cover! There's a bunch of dust and dirt in there of course, and no lightbulb, and who knows what other work it needs. Also the green plastic box it's in seems kinda warped and shaky, though at least it still has the lid.

Not my photo but it looked like this.

just a bit sadder and with an indecently exposed bobbin area. Edit: Like this one.

But it's probably good for me that it was out of my price range, because I'd be sorely tempted if it was under 50, and would have probably bought it right away if it was under 30, and I Do Not need more machines when I haven't finished fixing up the ones I already have!

(It's not that I want to Possess a ton of vintage machines, you understand, it's just that they are all sad little orphaned kittens and puppies to me. Who will give them a metaphorical bath and medicine? Would they starve without me??)

Looked back in today and it's still there AND there's a 40% off sale on several categories of thing, including electronics, and I asked if that includes sewing machines and was told yes it does.

I left because I was hungry and carrying heavy groceries but ohh dear. That makes the sweet little green baby $60 CAD, which is only slightly more than I paid for the groceries. A solid metal machine lasts so much longer than a groceries.

The annoying thing is I have no idea how long the sale is on for, because the employee I asked said presumably the whole week but who knows, and their website and social media also doesn't say.

Hrmmmmmmmmmmm I may go back tomorrow and ask to plug it in and try the pedal. That would be bad and naughty and neglectful of my other machines but I may do it.

How about I make a list of tasks I have to do first! If I:

Then I'm allowed to buy it if it's still 40% off. Normally I am very slow at Tasks but this may speed me up.

Well that was the most productive evening I've had in a long time!

I injected glue into 3 cracks on my wooden case and put wood filler in the holes and let that dry for several hours.

I found a very helpful video on fixing the timing & needle bar height on a 99k and got that all sorted out and now it's stitching again! And I popped the motor & light back on, which is by far the fastest and easiest task on this list.

I sanded the wood filler and wiped the dust off and glued the 4 sides of the box together. (Now I can return this clamp that I borrowed from Papa a few weeks ago.)

Still plenty more to do on the box, but progress is being made!

During this time I was also adding hourly coats of shellac to the scruffy horn bit on the shuttle holder thingy for my White VS2. I did 3, and then a 4th daub on one part, and I also found a couple small burrs on the metal and carefully filed & sanded them off.

I let it dry overnight, tried it this morning, and it seems to have stopped the big loopy snags!

I still need to mess around with the tension a bit, but I'm going to wait a couple days just to make sure the shellac is fully cured before I subject it to any more vibrating shuttle action.

Now just the last 3 tasks to go!

Also, I was surprised to hear in the notes that apparently 100 is still a good price for this machine? Maybe I've just been very lucky, but the last two machines I got in sad fixer upper shape (the 99k and a Japanese Singer 15 clone) were $20 each, and my Pfaff 360 was $25 at an estate sale. (Originally 50 but it was half off day.) I paid 200 for my 15-91 when I moved out and it was newly refurbished, so half of that for something that will need new parts and hours of work feels like an awful lot.

Self-imposed task list: DONE in just over 24 hours!

Singer 185J: MINE for $60!

Arms: TIRED ow I walked all the way home with it. At least it's a "portable" model, so smaller and lighter than the 15.

I'll make a separate post with some more pictures later!! (Also I really need to make an actual post about my 15 clone sometime)

I'm still amazed at how well that worked as motivation to do tasks. I never get that much done in one day. I will try to bribe myself in a similar manner to do more tasks, but I don't think it'll work as well without an unknown time limit. But I could make a list of tasks to finish before I can wipe the dirt off the surface, another list to do before I can remove the motor and the world's crustiest drive belt, a big task to do before I can free it from the cracked plastic case (oooh!!) before I can order new parts, etc.

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everyone reblog this!!

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Per StopNCII.org, only their partner sites will remove the images, not “all the places on the Internet”—but that’s better than nothing.

For folks in the notes very upset that she only has two babies left: These baby possums are of dispersion size - they're big enough to leave mom and fend for themselves. These two are just the ones who haven't moved out yet.

Oh wow I had no idea they were so tiny when they left home! Our possums in Australia don't have as many babies so they're generally 1/3 to 1/2 the size of the mum when they get kicked out.

I would definitely assume a baby opossum was abandoned if I hadn't been told otherwise.

Every year wildlife rehabs are delivered many perfectly healthy baby possums for this exact reason and generally, it means they get a little boost of assured safety, food, and hydration before being released. Imagine, you're newly 18 and starting your adult life - you're just kind of walking around, maybe on your way to community college or something, and a Kindly Cosmic Horror picks you up, carries you to a fancy hotel where you are given several really excellent meals and maybe receive a series of vaccinations, then you are dropped into a resource-rich area approximately nearby where the first Kindly Cosmic Horror picked you up. This is how life is for young Virginia possums every spring.

Everything about this delights me.

When you pick up a sword for the first time you will be slow and awkward. This is frustrating, but refuse the temptation to try and become a “faster” fencer. Chasing after speed is like trying to catch smoke. If you try and pursue speed, all you will accomplish is haste. Haste is the enemy of 1st class fencing.

Speed is a lie the untrained mind tells itself when it sees an action it cannot follow. The truth is a combination of timing, control, and fluidity. Fluid motion, even done slowly, will always arrive before a hasty strike. Control will allow you to move without wasteful motion that will slow you down. Timing will eliminate the need to move fast almost entirely. There is no need to get somewhere fast so long as you get there at the right time.  

Tip for mymutuals who engage in bladed armed combat

signal boost

This is true for plenty of other things too!! When you’re learning anything that involves moving your body, don’t forget that quality of movement is more important than speed!

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast

THEYRE LYING JUMP AT YOUR OPPONENT JUMPSCARE JUMPSCARE BACK FOOT FORWARD AND LEAP AT THEM!!

send them to HELL!!!

Jet-Beaded Net Evening Gown

c. 1912

Whitaker Auction

My favorite Tolkien illustrations by Cor Blok in no particular order:

Bilbo and Gollum. Bilbo is the moon for some reason which is cool i guess

Smeagol and Deagol. I love the seaweed in the background, great attention to detail

Frodo serving Robin Hood-realness at his and Bilbo’s birthday party. Literally iconic

Isildur taking the ring from Sauron. Its great but I would like to see more of Sauron than just his hand, because I think he has the potential to look really cool

Pippin jumping into the bath at Crickhollow… no comment

Bilbo gives the Mithril coat to Frodo. Great poses, very stiff and awkward. I like it.

The fellowship. This one is a classic.

Gandalf and the balrog. Amazing

Boromir trying to take the ring from Frodo. I love the way he reaches for his sword, it looks very natural

Merry and Pippin and Treebeard. I like his legs and the fact that it looks like he’s wearing shorts.

The battle of Helms Deep. This one is just great for a lot of reasons. I like how the orcs in the background are just happy and sad smileys. Gimli is throwing a rock at them. I don’t know who the guy with a red hat is in the background, but I love him.

Gandalf, Theoden, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli finding Merry and Pippin in Isengard ft fucked up Shadowfax. Look at them smiling!

Sam, Frodo and Gollum. Frodo got rid of his Robin Hood hat which is a shame, but Gollum with a beak makes up for it.

Eowyn protecting Theoden from the Witch King. The fellbeast is a crow or perhaps a raven. Merry is hanging on the side, stabbing Witch King in the leg and he looks amazing

Mt Doom. Frodo looks very chill about getting his finger bit off, and Sam is just kind of floating there. I love everything about Gollum

story time: i taught my little cousin her first longer word when she was very young. i taught her to say “tax benefits”. and to this day my aunt still doesn’t know where she got it from, but it was a hilarious sight to see a little toddler waddling around the house, wearing a big diaper, all the while yelling “TAX BENEFITS!!!!”

My parents did this with me and “nuclear disarmament”.

I taught my little brother to say “micro-surgical vasectomy reversal” (saw it on a billboard) on a road trip, and he didn’t stop saying it for literal years.

My parents taught me to chant “Get your laws off our bodies!” for a pro-choice rally when I was like four and I went to preschool and taught all the other kids the chant and led them on a mini-parade around the playground and the teachers were like ?????????? ?????????? ????????????

whenever my brother threw a tantrum as a baby my parents would chant “live free or die” until he calmed down it was fuckin weird

when i was a kid whenever we got stuck in traffic my dad would say “what the fuck?!?” in a very comic voice and i would repeat it and then he would say it with a slightly different inflection and i would repeat that too and so forth and so basically my poor mother would be stuck in standstill traffic listening to her husband and 4 yr old daughter swearing at each other without end

i’m a preschool teacher and we like to joke around using radical vocabulary with the children, the other day i overheard one kid say ‘this is my truck’ and the other one said ‘no, this truck belongs to the collective’; they all say it now

whenever anyone picks up my daughter or she goes upstairs, she announces “I ASCEND” it’s the best thing

@kaity–did I nominate teaching Penny “I ASCEND”

Penny’s go to is “MAKE ME TALL”