lavender-melancholy:

silvaurum:

“i would kill a pedophile to protect my child” ok but would you teach your child how to say no? even to adults? even to adults you like? would you teach your child the words “penis” and “vulva” and then use them? would you let them ask questions about their body? would you answer them honestly? would you learn how to cope with your feelings when you talk about human bodies, so they don’t feel ashamed? would you set a positive example for how you talk about your body? would you tell your child they don’t have to hug or kiss anyone? would you tell your family the same? would you stand by them when they refuse to hug someone? even someone you know has never done anything to hurt them? would you let your child avoid food they don’t like? would you let you child avoid people they don’t like? would you believe them? would you sit in the discomfort of not knowing all the answers and not take it out on them? would you love your child the same if someone did hurt them? would you make them feel valued just as they are? would you let them talk to doctors or nurses in private? would you let them express their feelings? would you show interest in their life? would you let your child say no to you? would you help your child feel safe coming to you when they make a mistake? would you apologize to your child? would you believe them? would you put aside your anger to focus on what would make your child feel safe and loved? would you put your ego aside for your child? would you take your child’s concerns seriously? would you listen to your child? would you believe them?

nikomedes:

clementine-kesh:

so embarrassing when you finally get around to watching or reading some landmark piece of media well known for having a massive slash fandom and finding yourself completely drawn in by the homoeroticism as well like oh my god has anyone else heard of these kirk and spock guys? sam and frodo? sherlock and watson? anyone else seeing this?

uvb76fan:

venom-princess-deactivated20250:

This is literally how you actually improve ADHD symptoms btw

falseknees:

Coo coo

frostedmagnolias:

Mourning Ring

c. 1770-1830

Gold, jet, glass, hair

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

tepkunset:

when you ask a knowledge keeper something and they say “good question”

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist:

thetetra:

notawitchbutabitch-blog:

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist:

death-threat-collector:

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist:

woke up and someone spilled vanilla extract all over my dash, so as punishment you strange little beasties are getting all the VANILLA FACTS i know:

• vanilla is the 2nd most expensive spice in the world (2nd to saffron)
• which is why more than 99% of what we call “vanilla extract” is actually vanillin (vanilla’s dominant flavor compound) and is not extracted from real vanilla.
• luckily, even professionals struggle to tell the difference when it comes to things like baked goods. but there is a distinct difference in non-heat treated products like vanilla ice cream. real vanilla has a more complex, individualized flavor profile.
• why is vanilla so expensive? because it is a ridiculously delicate & demanding crop. complete primadonna.
• vanilla beans come from vanilla orchids. these crazy flowers bloom for A SINGLE DAY and have to be HAND-POLLINATED in a process that is exhausting, delicate, and requires specialist knowledge passed down over generations.
• then, if you’re lucky, you get vanilla beans.
• which then require months of further specialized treatment.
• the entire process takes about a year and can go wrong at any stage

• vanilla has been cultivated for over 800 years (possibly much longer). the first known cultivators are the Totonac, an indigenous people of Mexico.
• the Aztecs used it as a sweetener to balance out the bitter taste of cocoa. it was popular in a drink called xocolatl–the precursor to modern hot chocolate!
• it is only pollinated by a very specific orchid bee!!!
• which is why no fruit could be grown outside of Mexico until the 1800s
• Edmond Albius, born into slavery, invented the pollination method we still use today–launching a global industry when he was just 12 years old.
• today, the majority of the world’s vanilla is grown in Madagascar
• if you want real vanilla, read the labels carefully–it’s harder to find than you think!

in conclusion, those tiny black specks you see in fancy vanilla ice cream? those are vanilla bean seeds! itty bitty orchid seeds!!! they are delicious and also a PRISSY BITCH!

(src)

Okay, but what about Saffron? Why is that more expensive?

ok i love saffron but it is a fucking CUNT look at this shit:

this is saffron. it’s made up of tiny red threads. each of those threads?

• THREE TO A FUCKING FLOWER.
• it takes 75,000 flowers to make ONE POUND of saffron
• do u see this field? do u see this fucking field?
• 
  

• this field will produce enough saffron to fit in a goddam…baggie? a basket? a smallish bucket, perhaps?
• and did I MENTION
• the harvesting has to be done BY HAND
• are u
• are u comprehending
• the Bullshit, are u comprehending it yet?
• can u imagine. having to sit over a pile of thousands of blossoms and pick each. motherfucking. thread. by hand.
• and after hours and hours
• (your joints aching)
• (your fingers stained)
• after hours of this nonsense, lo and behold! you have harvested–about a thimble full of fucking saffron
• jesus wept and so should you

she’s such a whore why do i love her

*pointing at the banilla beans, after explaining to my girlfriend that the pollination method was to push the pollen back into the flower

THESE, These are selfcest beans!

One time I saw someone getting rid of 10 POUNDS of saffron for a dollar at a garage sale. I immediately bought it then explained my plight to bakery after bakery (over the phone) till one was like “come here and show me” they took it off my hands because I just didn’t want to see it go to waste.

If there’s an afterlife I want to know the story of the bag of saffron and how 10 lbs made it into the hands of someone who had no idea nor interest about saffron.

dearheart i respect your commitment to ecological responsibility but are you aware you gave away, for free, circa THIRTY THOUSAND U.S. DOLLARS OF SAFFRON????

utopians:

I was really led to believe before watching the x files that it was like. “strange phenomenon happens, it’s ambiguous whether it was paranormal in nature, Scully thinks it’s explainable but Mulder has a crazier explanation” but no. every single episode has been “Mulder sees absolute, unambiguous, incontrovertible proof of the existence of aliens but Scully happens to be in a different room every time”

harveydentures:

One thing that’s enjoyable about Barduil as it sprung from the Peter Jackson trilogy is how Thranduil and Bard’s relationship is uneven in Thranduil’s favor in a social sense, but uneven in Bard’s favor in an emotional sense. Thranduil saves Bard’s life for openly selfish reasons and makes only vague attempts at connecting with him because ultimately he’s the one with the established power behind him, he doesn’t need to be friendly. But Thranduil’s arc, both in the movies and the books, involves a lot of turmoil and forced vulnerability that he’s obviously been intentionally avoiding for a long time. Much of the drama in the second half of the movie trilogy especially is about how other characters manage to squeeze feelings out of him. Bard is the stoic one here, because even though he’s less privileged, he’s the one who’s been in consistently challenging circumstances for a long time, and he’s adapted accordingly. Bard isn’t impenetrable, he possesses softness and warmth where it’s natural, but he’s much more emotionally sturdy than Thranduil.

And physically sturdy, as well! In the movies, Thranduil is constantly hiding a hideous disfigurement from his past conflict with dragons - the same conflict that killed his father as a result of Oropher’s rashness and bad thinking. Bard not only escapes the death of Smaug with his body intact, he saves his children as well. When Doriath was destroyed, Thranduil was still somewhere in the early stages of his life. When Laketown was destroyed, Bard was an adult and father in his own right. One man is living a reflection of the other’s past circumstances, as altered by the difference in culture & biology between Men and Elves.

Speaking of which, the difference in how elves & men respond to time also gives Bard a social advantage over Thranduil. He says himself that “100 years is a blink in the life of an elf.” After ten years, Bard will have absorbed what you and I would consider a decades worth of information about Thranduil. Thranduil, on the other hand, will have put a tiny fraction of that amount of thought into Bard. Ironic that he brags about this; it’s actually kind of an interpersonal handicap! But it makes sense that Thranduil wouldn’t pick up on that, because as Lee Pace says, he’s spent a long time sheltered. But Bard hasn’t.

featherfangart:

My dear Leliana,

I hope our little demon doesn’t trouble your people at Skyhold any more than they deserve. Morrigan insists there’s no true demon blood in this one, though I have my doubts. But as wild and fierce as he’s become, he’s still much too young for what happened at the Vigil. Things did get a little out of hand, as I’m sure you know, and now – well, an empty Keep can hardly be considered well-protected.

My Warden and I shall see your Inquisitor at Adamant Fortress. Afterwards, we will come take our boy off your hands.

I was going to draw all of them, but got too tired after finishing the first one, so I at least sketched the rest heheh

your-dewey-decimal-number-is:

sepdet:

catasters:

I love how this photo demonstrates every single molecule of “how can you tell if a cat likes you”

• whole body lifted upwards towards Friend
• walking to brush against/wrap around leg
• front legs together to assist with tippy toe back arch
• back legs slightly back stretch so gooood
• question mark tail
• head and tail also rubbing Friend
• position of trust: cannot see Friend, knows Friend is looking out for cat
• SPROING WHISKERS curling forward & down (cat smile)

I adore sproing whiskers of happiness.

599.752 and 599.359

cat and capybara

orcboxer:

toastycyborg:

beardedmrbean:

I scrolled past this without second thought. Paused. Thought, wait, I’ve never seen a crane on the road. Scrolled back up. No answers. Typed this response, then noticed the book’s author. What a whirlwind

Basically they bring it in piece by piece and assemble it on-site, using a smaller mobile crane (trucks with crane attachments) and once the crane itself is assembled, the top part can use hydraulics to climb up and down its own mast, so it builds itself taller like this

There is however no explanation for BJ Nomnom

allsadnshit:

Being an adult in this recession and being like wow I am totally “splurging” on 3 new sets of cotton underwear and 3 pairs of socks like whoaaaaa hold your horses duke of the land where’s all this money gonna come from

etherealspacejelly:

bastard sounds great in an irish accent. if an irish person calls you a ‘daft bastard’ it just feels right

the welsh have the monopoly on things ending in hell. fuckin hell and bloody hell hit different in a welsh accent. its like music to my ears

the scots have piss and shite for sure. “its pishin it doon out there” “this is a load of shite” absolute poetry

if i may speak for the english i think we do penis related words very well. dickhead, knobhead, bellend, etc.

and for all the shit we give them, you gotta admit that no one can deliver a 'goddamn’ quite like an american. theres a certain weight to it that you just cant achieve in other accents. when an american says goddamn you know shit just got real