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I am a violin maker learning to tattoo so here is a banana with the decoration from the Hellier Strad violin

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"Surely there was a better way to convey this information" probably! That may be why I'm no longer asked to contribute to our social media page at work!

But its that season again and i want to remind everyone that just because an object is vest-shaped and floats does not make it a lifejacket. Only a Coast Guard approved PFD is tested and rated to save your life. Here's an example of what I'm talking about:

This...thing pops up in searches for "child's inflatable lifejacket" and bills itself as such. But scroll down and we find an explanation:

In contrast to life vests meant to keep your head above water, our vest enables you to swim smoothly with your head in the water. It keeps you buoyant longer for a safe and enjoyable experience - without worry of surprise riptides or fatigue.

Catch that? This thing is not intended to and will not keep your head above water, the single most important thing a personal flotation device should do. What if you are in a riptide and fatigued while wearing this thing and not longer able to keep your breathing hole above the water's surface? You're shit out of luck. You drown.

Consumers may notice that there is a warning notice on the back, but the good people at Amazon have cleverly obscured it. We can still make out "does not protect [...] drowning". If your waterwings, floaties, or vest-shaped inflatable have a disclaimer like this then they are not rated to safe your life, your child's life, your dog's life, whatever!

By contrast, every Coast Guard approved PFD has labeling like this:

It will clearly say USGC approved and have an approval number. It will say WHO it is rated for (infant, child, youth, adult), the size (small, medium large), an upper weight limit, and generally what kind of recreation its approved for (near shore versus offshore etc). It will give you instructions for proper use and signs that your lifejacket is nearing the end of its utility and needs to be replaced.

Not all personal flotation devices are suited for all activities. Whitewater kayaking and deep-sea fishing need more specialized gear than a day at the lake. But you should have, at minimum, a correctly-sized, well-fitting, CG approved PFD in serviceable condition for any kind of activity on or near the water. Have it, but most importantly, wear it!!!!!

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California’s first woman structural engineer, Ruth Gordon Schnapp, 1970s

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I think the first hurdle to become a great feminist thinker is to actually realize and get comfortable with the idea that it's fine for stupid women to exist. like you just gotta....you gotta embrace that stupid women exist I'm sorry but it's actually normal for some women to be stupid and you gotta move past it. if you meet a woman who is really truly up and down dumb as a box of rocks, you can just say okay cool and you don't have to get mad you can just go welp who among us is not dumb sometimes and then you gotta move on and save your ire for important things

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if anyone was curious about the progress pics, have a gif! I did this as a housewarming gift for my friends who just moved in together as a couple and who make bread from scratch all the time.

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i wish i was famous in the 70s so i coulda gone on the muppet show and flirted with the muppets

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message from my youtube recommendations im delivering

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Annalaura_art

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This is fucking hysterical

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Suzanne collins wrote a trilogy where a main media propaganda strategy was to market a horrific act of violence as a love story to distract ppl and then it got adapted into a box office breaking movie and ppl made it all about the love triangle. so then since they didn’t get the point the first time Suzanne collins wrote a prequel story about the main dictator and she makes it so that you as a reader want it to be a genuine love story so badly even tho it’s so very clearly not and instead feels extremely unsettling to make her point even more meta which then gets adapted into another box office breaking film and now ppl are making romantic snowbaird tik toks. do u think she’s gonna write another book that’s somehow even more blatant or just give up and start executing ppl? hard to say but I wouldn’t blame her for the second one

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thanks tumblr, maybe i will try ringworm if you dont have anything else

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To be fair if I was arresting Justin Timberlake and he was like do you know who I am I would absolutely say no I’ve never heard of you