A lot of people saying "they're dead" and that's true, but a lot of them are also permanently disabled

"WHERE DID ALL THE PEOPLE GO THAT WE GLEEFULLY SACRIFICED ON THE BLOOD ALTAR OF WALLSTREET? WE NEED MORE SKULLS FOR THE SKULL PILE!"

6. Have a an immunocompromised family member whose health would be jeopardized by cohabitation with someone in daily contact with the public.

7. Homeless and without the foundational resources to become employed

8. Self-medicated with various substances to push though hard times, and are now struggling through addictions that you don't want in your employees

9. Moved away to live with family when they could no longer afford to live independently

*right clicks on you*

*views your properties*

Bleghk! Ptooey!

Sasha the Christmas Tiger does NOT like snow

got a phonecall from my dad and he said "hey. you gotta come out here. i want you to see something" in a very serious tone so i went outside and

Bnnuy

You're laughing

She's trying to get medicine to her sick son for his pneumonia and you're laughing

There's a Wikipedia article for the bean soup incident...

sometimes i think about gay people who lived centuries ago who thought they were all alone who imagined a world where they could live openly as themselves who met in secret spoke in code defied everything and everyone just to exist and i’m like..i gotta sit down. whew i gotta sit down

this is why this sappho fragment hits me so hard

“The Great Geysers of California” by Laura De Force Gordon, 1879, unearthed from a 100-year-old time capsule in San Francisco, 1979.

Gordon Bowsher to Gilbert Bradley, 1940s

beautiful sniffer

Japanese giant salamander according to the tags. I am delighted to know

that these guys exist

that they grow up to 5 foot long

that they are only the third largest salamander species in the world

behind two Chinese cousins that each grow to approx 5'9"

which means there are salamanders in the world taller than me ^_^

who is Electric Bill and why do we all have to keep paying him

hey dont cry Autism Creature speculative biology

Imagine their family habits!

Tibietch families have very particular routines, construct elaborate nests and take great joy in sharing special favorites with their partners and their young. Every Tibietch family forms its' own unique sub-dialect of internal 'household' quotations, similar to the Tamarian language, which could be understood by outsiders, but only after copious observation and explanation.

Tibietch parents are at once strict on matters they consider serious and indulgent to the point of decadence on matters they either consider critical to their offspring's growth or which they recall strain in being a hardship to their own achievement. This is how it is possible to discover young Tibietch who are in possession of more resources than a majority of their same-aged, different-species peers, but who have had the freedom to learn by trial-and-error how to use them wisely and thus can be trusted with same at a precocious age. Many young Tibietch are situationally very sociable, however, and adapt well using surprising material or skill-related choices to manage situations like sensory overload, misunderstandings and frustration. They are often oddly popular in mixed-species youth communities and frequently well-respected among their peers when a challenge faces the group which requires expertise in one of their known special interests.

This was not the experience had by most adult Tibietch, needless to say.

It is now not uncommon to discover Tibietch parents in mixed-species youth spaces, either observing or even actively participating. They may be very quiet, startled at how different things are now, or they may be central to the proceedings, as the diverse offspring have requested 'storytime' or 'show us how to-' or 'can you teach us how-' and it is a rare Tibietch who can resist such things.

Sometimes, it is even possible to find a Tibietch parent, its' baby, and as many as twenty other offspring, including some other, unrelated Tibietch, gathered into a massed group hug which was not the adult Tibietch's idea at all.

This is...optimal.

before i forget!!! cool thing we heard last night at the sinners Q&A: MBJ decided to wear different sized shoes while playing smoke and stack. for smoke he wore a size too large, the explanation being that when you're wearing shoes that are too big, you're less likely to want to move around because of how uncomfortable and clunky it is. as a result, smoke as a character is very still and purposeful with his movements. and then for stack he wore a half size too small because it makes you constantly shift around on your feet trying to find a stance and a position that feels right and takes the pressure off your feet. that makes stack more fidgety and restless. so MBJ said that wearing the different shoes made it a lot easier to embody the twins because he was just reacting naturally to what his body was telling him, rather than overthinking his movements. just the coolest shit. such a neat acting choice. i love movies, man.