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Once again, proving that Zuko is the best at redemption arcs.

redemption arcs that double as tragedies!! you're a better person than you've ever been and you have nothing left to your name!!you have to rebuild yourself and your life from the ground up and you're smiling in the ashes!! you were devastated your life is ruined!!! nothing is ever going to be the same ever again you are never going to regain what you had you are never going to be free of the guilt you are never going to be able to go home there is nothing left for you!!! you are free you are more yourself than you've ever been!! fires help forests grow!!

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a post-doc was doing a guest seminar at my institute and at the beginning of his presentation he was explaining why he chose birds for his evolutionary analysis - so he said "well first of all, because birds are the best and most interesting animals and it's fun to study them" and a few professors in the room gave him a very serious nod

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Changing my belief system from "this is the hill I'll die on" to "this is the hill I'll kill you on" has done absolute wonders for me 10/10 do recommend

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This is obviously for, like, supporters of people with chronic diseases.

if someone asked me “What color is your heart today? Why?” instead of “how are you” I would murder them in cold blood. 

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㋡🥀

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i want 60 thousand votes by next thursday

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a comprehensive list of everything Pliny the Elder had to say about periods

Pliny's first century encyclopaedia, Natural History, had an entire section on periods. and literally everything he had to say about menstruation was incorrect.

if you take off your clothes while menstruating , it can stop whirlwinds, lightning and storms at sea

but it will also kill young plants and vines such as ivy and rue

on the plus side, if you walk barefoot through a field while menstruating, it will cause all the bugs to fall off the crops

don't do this too early in the morning or it'll kill all the crops too

don't touch beehives when menstruating, or the bees will leave

avoid period sex with during an eclipse because that'll straight up kill the guy

"matters of a most dreadful and unutterable nature" (worse than the above)

laundry will turn black while you're boiling it

cooking or doing the dishes will make the pans greasy and smelly

touching a razor will blunt it

looking in the mirror will tarnish it

but dw if you stare at the back of the mirror for a bit it will go back to normal

being near a dog while menstruating will drive it mad

touching pregnant horses will cause them to immediately miscarry

if it's your first period, even *looking* at the horse will make it miscarry

on the plus side, this property of period blood means you can mix it into contraceptives to make them more powerful

anything purple that you touch will immediately become dull

literally

even the ash from burned fabric which touched menstrual blood will make your purples fade

in Judea, specifically Judea, menstrual blood can cut the flow of bitumen

even swords made of steel can't do that

relieves gout when spread on it

mix with rosewater and apply to the temples to soothe a headache

mix with wool of a black sheep to cure malaria

put on a cloth and wear in your clothes to cure rabies

yes that directly contradicts the mad dogs thing

he wasn't consistent at all

smear on someone after an epileptic seizure to revive them

touch facial sores or boils to cure them

neutralise spells by evil wizards

simply smear menstrual blood on the doorframe and the curse is gone

luckily all of this can be averted with one weird trick: carry a red mullet fish with you, always

you can read Pliny's menstruation chapter in its entirety here.

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"My childhood was so awesome. Kids today don't even know!"

Isn't a flex.

It's a lament.

More people should understand that.

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banned from the clock app for making too many alarms. you set too many alarms girl! banned from clock app.

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Robin song after a rain

© video by riverwindphotography, May 2022

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He has a quest for you

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But also the movies took away a lot of Frodo's courageous moments so you don't feel like he's actually that brave and fighting a great battle you can't see but instead is scared and small and Not That Heroic. When Frodo falls it feels like it was coming because he really didn't do anything noble or worth it and it feels like Sam is carrying him the whole way. In the book, though, it feels every inch of the tragedy it is because you knew him as compassionate and wise and responsible and willing to do hard things.

the lack of compassion that a good portion of lotr fans show for frodo ("why can't he fight or do simple tasks" "why is he so weak" "why does he always need help / to be rescued") mirrors the lack of compassion of people for those who bear the burden of invisible disabilities. he's struggling against an immense weight at every step! something that actively tries to destroy him, worsening at every moment! his heroism is in just continuing to walk his path, step by step. his bravery is in just existing as himself under the debilitating weight of the ring. but because the influence of the ring is invisible, it is forgotten, and frodo is written off as a weak, cowardly, and/or useless character, much like disabled people irl. in this household we do not stand for frodo slander!!!

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when people put "trigger warning" on their content without specifying what the trigger warning is for