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just some casual girlfriend reanimation, nbd

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when I’m working on a drawing sometimes I say to myself “is this too much blood splatter? maybe I should tone it down a little” and that’s when I know I need to add more blood

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just some casual girlfriend reanimation, nbd

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My dad told me he once met a lady who had four nipples. How? Well he was at a nudist party in a tent in the woods, they were all high, and she said “want to see something cool?” and then lifted up her breasts, revealing two additional nipples underneath.

I cannot for the life of me remember how the topic came up.

fathers casually dropping the craziest lore of their lives in the middle of a conversation

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Astrology's weird bc if you've only ever had fun with it and come across someone w seething hatred for it you're understandably like, what the fuck is this person's problem? But also if you've seen someone take it Too Far, any mention of it understandably becomes a red flag

Like imagine if you really liked Pokemon and you're like, "I really don't see why people would hate this unless they're just assholes for no reason?" Like it's a totally normal opinion opinion to have. But also imagine if you took a quiz and learned you were a Bug type and people stopped talking to you because they were like "It's in your nature to be emotionally manipulative." It would also be totally normal to be like "Oh okay fuck Pokemon fans then."

Now you may be like, "But the latter situation doesn't happen!" and that tells me you are fortunate because you have not dealt with the worst that the west coast of America has to offer

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Suddenly struck with a need to explain to you how boat pronouns work (I work in the marine industry).

When you're talking about the design of the boat, you say "it".

When the boat is still being built, your say "it".

When the boat is nearing completion, you can say "it" or "she".

When the boat is floating in the water you probably say "she", unless there is still a lot of work to be done (e.g. no engine yet) then you say "it".

When the boat is officially launched and operating, you say "she". If you continue to say "it" at this point you are not incorrect but suspiciously untraditional. You are not playing the game.

If you are referring to a boat you don't really know anything about you may say "it" ("there's a big boat, it's coming this way"). But if you know its name, it's probably "she" ("there's the Waverley, she's on her way to Greenock").

If you are talking about boats in general, you say "it" ("when a boat is hit by a wave it heels over")

If you speak about a boat in complimentary terms, it's "she" ("she's a grand boat"). If you are being disparaging it may be it, but not necessarily ("it's as ugly as sin", "she's a grotty old tub").

If she has a boy's name, she's still she. "Boy James", "King Edward", "Sir David Attenborough"? The pronoun is she.

If it's a dumb barge (no engine), you say it. But if it's a rowing boat (no engine), you say she.

I hope this has cleared things up so that you may not be in danger of misgendering floating objects.

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late to the party but how about that marcille/falin, huh?

wow

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Tree with vines, Jamaica - Frederic Edwin Church - 1865 - via Cooper Hewitt

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If you guys were on here at 11 years old what would you be posting about

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this seems self-centered you know “stereotypical American bs” but I’m curious

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Listening to a non-fiction book about maritime disaster and the way this author is describing the ship sinking is so sexual

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thinking about this book i found on archive.org that’s a kid’s book from the perspective of one of the ponies on the terra nova expedition. the ponies that sucked and were sickly and got shot and eaten. those ponies. never before have i been so mad a book wasn’t available to borrow i need to read this so badly.

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Discworld is so delightful because you get lines like "When banks fail, it is seldom bankers who starve" except it's spoken by a 7 foot tall sentient clay statue named Pump 19 and directed to a man whose name is Moist von Lipwig

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the most important rule of taxonomy is to have fun and be yourself

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Tiles! I want to have a kitchen wall full with different designs