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just found out in medieval france, having a lion on your coat of arms was so prevalent that there was literally a colloquial proverb to clown on knights for being basic and not having a real coat of arms. the hate game was so strong back then. imagine medieval hate anons

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The discovery of the statue of Antinous in Delphi, Greece in 1894

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"30 years old isn't old man" what privilege do you live in where your life expectancy is far past 30 years

This post blindsided me so bad I spent a full minute staring at it in shock

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narrator who's terrible at social cues & describes every facial expression as "unreadable"

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what are y’all’s strategies for trying to convince yourself there is joy in your future and that your time is worth being alive for

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hate an x reader fic do not put me in a situation

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In a double-blind study, 53 of the 136 surveyed wigan residents were not able to tell it apart from gravy, while another 79 participants described it as "different, but just as good"

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at a conference I attended recently, a researcher pointed to the difficulty of finding material in archives because so much depends on the metadata and the terminology used to describe things changes over time. "it would be so helpful," the researcher said, "if I typed 'lesbian' into the library of congress database, it would also show me results that were categorised in the 50s, when the materials were interpreted as 'intimate female friendships'"

which is what tag wrangles at Archive Of Our Own do incredibly effectively: searching for "omegaverse" also leads to "alpha/beta/omega dynamics" and "alternate universe: a/b/o" and so on. but ao3 achieves this frankly incredible categorisation and indexing system by the power of countless volunteers putting in hours and hours of unpaid and unthanked free time, and it's completely understandable that most archives do not have that kind of infrastructure, but also how incredible that a fan-run website has better searchability, classification, and accessibility than the library of congress

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“Once you’ve got to know someone online, there are some ultra-simple safety rules you can follow if you decide to meet up in person. In fact, these are pretty smart moves when you’re meeting up with anyone you don’t know well: a friend of a friend, a blind date, or a person you’ve only met briefly at a club or concert.

1) Arrange to have your first meeting in a public place, like a coffee shop. Do NOT go to their house or invite them to yours.

This isn’t just a safety rule; it’s also a way to make your first meeting more comfortable. Meeting on ‘neutral turf’, with some sort of activity planned, even if it’s just having a latte together, takes some of the pressure off, and means you’ll have something to do in case you both go blank and just grin inanely at each other (which, believe me, can happen).

2) Make sure that someone you trust knows where you’re going, the name and details of the person you’re meeting, and when you expect to be back. Consider bringing a friend along with you. If you’re a minor, you need to let your parents know about your meeting in advance.

3) Control your own transportation. Whether it’s having a car of your own, or taking money for a bus or taxi, make sure that you can leave whenever you want to. Don’t make yourself dependent on the other person for a lift.”

Clare Sainsbury, Getting Real: Relationships on the Net

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Really, some of you people on here couldn't think of a woman if your life depended on it

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Oh yeah, I know them, we grew up together on tumblr.com

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hey you guys should watch Star Trek bc you can get sent back to the 1930’s by a beyond godlike talking space donut with a SUUUPER tweaked out McCoy after he accidentally drugged himself w his own meds screwing up time and scaring civilians meanwhile Spock and Kirk are in a domestic partnership while running from the cops and volunteering at a soup kitchen all in the same episode. also Joan Collins is there