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quick before the mar12 page: I have an assumption on why Gil couldn't lift the slab despite ludicrous prior feats of strength

He can only push as hard as he has something to push against and with no leg contribution at all it's probably pretty hard to oomph that off

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wish granting ambitions unlocked

I want to see ot3 kiss each other

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im sorry

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I need your help with a hypothesis!

For context: My linguistics professor and I got into a discussion after a test she did with us, and I was of the opinion that the reason for the results was different from the one she offered, so she encouraged me to test my theory.

What I need

All you need to do is draw a coffee cup (with a handle, not the disposable stuff) and then answer three questions.

I don't need to see the coffee cup. You can draw it wherever you like; on a piece of paper, digitally, in the sand, on a foggy window. Anything works. It does not have to be good. A doodle is fine.

You have to draw the coffee cup before you see the questions. This is very important. If you decide to help me with this, please doodle the coffee cup before you keep reading.

Assuming you have drawn the coffee cup, I now need you to answer these three questions:

On which side did you draw the handle?

Are you right-handed or left-handed?

Do you primarily write using the Latin alphabet or a different one? (please specify which)

More context

Most people will draw the handle on the right side. My professor says it's because most people are right-handed, so they draw the handle in the direction that would be comfortable for them to pick up.

I said drawing it on the right side just felt more comfortable to my hand and argued it's probably because we write a bunch of letters like that. B, b, D, P, p, R all look like a tiny "handle on the right side" and are all a straight line followed by a round one (so "cup first, handle second," like most people draw cups). The Latin alphabet doesn't have letters like that that face the other way, except maybe d, depending on how you write it, so it makes sense to me that people writing mostly Latin letters would go with the handle on the right side.

Which means that I need to know what Asians, Arabs and Greeks do and if the distribution of left and right sides of handles differs from the Latin alphabet group. Cyrillic seems to favor right, too, though it'd be interesting to see if there are differences.

If there are, my theory is right. Doubly so if there is a sizeable increase in a group whose alphabet has letters that benefit the left side choice.

So feel free to spread this to as many people as you like and put the answers in the comments or the tags of a reblog. The more answers I get, the better I can assess whose theory is better.

Thank you for your help!

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update of no particular significance: I have bought a new tablet, it came with a neat little key shortcut remote with up to 40 customizations (ish)

I've got to sleep before I decide how I want to handle that, because the possibilities are dauntless and I want it to actually make my process easier, not just make me forget the keyboard versions.

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#girl genius#klaus is loose in the timestop theory#for real though he is GONE#that man has CEASED TO BE WHERE HE WAS#he is NO LONGER THERE#he is SOMEWHERE ELSE#he is in a PLACE WE DO NOT KNOW#doing THINGS WE WILL NOT LIKE#i'm calling it now#(and if i'm wrong i get to be surprised which is also fun)#what the heck is going on with Castle Wulfenbach anyway#not an accidental hint -leletha-jann's tags, evoking repetition a-la Parrots Pining for the Fjords

Okay yeah no way is klaus still where he timestopped himself. Idk where he is but he's Elsewhere, I'm convinced about that post now

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TODAY'S TARVEK TUESMAY IS A TWO FOR ONE

Our first picture today is by @blvdofdiscardart, and its one i recommend lookin closely at to get the full context

Stay tuned for a second Tuesday, currently set for later today!

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bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements

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a little beep boop bop for the booping that's afoot today

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Boop Day!

the feeling when your vassal is really excited to touch your nose for some reason you don't care about

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wishing all artists a very sincere "get weirder with it" this coming year

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sometimes a gauzy skirt into battle is it's own reward

inspired by a work by Joseph Michael Linsner (6th edition cover of Dejah Thoris vs John Carter of Mars) (reblog on tumblr here)

Special thanks to @kithnkin for suggesting this adaptation of a very joyful and fond interaction that happens to feature a triumfant warrior in a gauzy little belt-skirt, which pleases me to inflict on Leo <3

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I'm Carliz

though Carl and Liz also work!

I draw and have fun with it and am gradually growing ever more Powerful!!!

I set up a Tip Jar (kofi) if you really like something I did!

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'in the meantime, don't touch anything, don't steal anything, and Definitely Don't Desecrate anything' - totally the guy that ends up (accidentally) desecrating something

(I've been into turtles just lately and @magicalspacedragon thought of this and gave me the Rodimus reference (under Readmore) to giggle at hehehe)

got the speech off knowyourmeme, link on image

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I did manage to do one at work! Anniversary Tarvek Tuesday! (hall of tuesday?) @calmingpi

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Anniversary Tarvek Tuesday! @calmingpi

Mer-tarvek! the long hair seemed fun