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Horses aren't able to vomit, do you think centaurs suffer the same issue?

I have figured their digestive system as a two part system with the human stomach as the first stage and the horse stomach as the second, and looking up the ACTUAL reason horses can't throw up (intense esophageal muscles) I think the answer would be.. kind of? I think they would be able to throw up whatever is in their first stomach like any human, but if it gets to the second stomach it would get.. more complicated.

Like with medical care and certain drugs they would be able to relax the lower stomach sphincters enough to get stuff up but that would SUCK A TON for so many reasons and be rough on the human stomach as it gets hydroblasted by the mass of a horse stomach, but also probably wouldn't be as effective since I think horse's stomach muscles aren't as strong or in the correct orientation to expel contents like humans can (We are the upchucking kings)

So in short, yes - but anything beyond the smaller human stomach is TOO BE AVOIDED.

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Hey Yall! I am going to be testing out opening some loose and casual commissions to those who are interested! The primary goal for me is to keep these fun and sustainable alongside my day job, so they are not going to have much polish (if any, by most standards) and are going to be as fast and loose as I can keep them, including low to no revisions!

I am starting out keeping the offerings to primarily portraits(30$) and centaurs(50$), but if you would like a full body biped, I'm happy to do those just the same as the centaur full body pieces!

Additional characters/multiple characters are -10$ per character!

email theartingace @ gmail with interest or questions!

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I am once again thinking about digging holes

It's so fucked up that digging a bunch of holes works so well at reversing desertification

I hate that so much discourse into fighting climate change is talking about bioenginerring a special kind of seaweed that removes microplastics or whatever other venture-capital-viable startup idea when we have known for forever about shit like digging crescent shaped holes to catch rainwater and turning barren land hospitable

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I finally (got help) slapping Wordpress into shape and Runaway to the Stars is now releasing as a public webcomic! Thank you so much for your support over the years, and sticking with me while I'm slowly chewing my way through this book. I'm very excited to share this story! It'll be updating every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday thanks to the massive Patreon backlog. Patreon will continue to update as I finish pages, which happens on a sporadic non-schedule.

If you experience bugs with the site report them to me. Some things may occasionally break, as coding problems tend to be a very "whack-a-mole" affair; and I'm still getting used to the interface.

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Do you take commissions?

What timing I was just working on organizing a commission sheet as I will be opening up some commissions here shortly! Stay tuned as I should have all the info up later today or tomorrow! :)

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Hi!

I'm an artist that likes to draw big info sheets of speculative biology topics and fantasy characters.

I stumbled upon this illustration on pinterest while searching for references and it lead me to this Tumblr.

If you're the original artist would you mind If I use this illustration in one of my posters for a comparison between different centaur species? Of course, you will be mentioned as the original artist of this and will not be intended to be used for commercial use whatsoever.

Ahh i saw this initially and then completely forgot to answer! But yes absolutely! With credit and not for sale feel absolutely free to use the drawings!! I would love to see the final collection! :)

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I was literally a mile or two from the edge of the totality but i still had a good time 💜

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HAPPY INTERNATIONAL ASEXUALITY DAY!!

-April 6th

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Money's tight and living is hard so when I got laid off from 2 jobs, instead of descending into a depressive episode, I channeled my rage into self-publishing a lovely little coloring book. Please buy one. Leave a nice review so Amazon will recommend it. It would help me lots. Thanks a ton kind strangers of Tumblr.

If profane language is not your vibe. Don't worry. I'm working on another one coming soon that's a lot more wholesome. I'm hoping to have that one also available within the next couple months. Though I am expecting it to take a little longer just because I'm trying to beef up the next one with more designs.

thanks again.

*gives u a lil forehead kiss*

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Looking to take $300 worth of freelance work this month to cover my car payment. The new computer really set me behind and any help is amazing.

https://www.gretchendraws.com/commissions

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Mad with boop power! I felt inspired.

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I CAST BOOP AT 9TH LEVEL

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Sometimes self-care is, actually, NOT getting onto the computer and little treats and watching youtube videos. Sometimes those things are self-care, but sometimes they're also avoidant behaviors.

Sometimes self care is waking up and just. Fucking getting in the car. And driving to the bank. And the store. And buying the cat litter. And changing the cat boxes you've been avoiding because your brains been stuck in a hole. And picking up the trash you've been piling up. And getting a load into the wash. And mowing the lawn before the village council sends you a formal complaint and potential-fines warning.

Like its hard and annoying to do because it sucks. It sucks so much. But if I don't start working on this pile of bullshit I've let build up because it stinks and i was stuck in deer-in-headlights mode, I risk letting it turn into fuckery. I do not have the patience for fuckery that I once - foolishly! - thought I had.

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Hey btw, here's a piece of life advice:

If you know what you'd have to do to solve a problem, but you just don't want to do it, your main problem isn't the problem itself. Your problem is figuring out how to get yourself to do the solution.

If your problem is not eating enough vegetables, the problem you should be solving is "how do I make vegetables stop being yucky". If your problem is not getting enough exercise, the problem you should be solving is "how do I make exercise stop sucking ass". You're not supposed to just be doing things that are awful and suck all the time forever, you're supposed to figure out how to make it stop being so awful all the time.

I used to hate wearing sunscreen because it's sticky and slimy and disgusting and it feels bad and it smells bad, so I neglected to wear it even if I needed to. Then I found one that isn't like that, and doesn't smell and feel gross. Problem solved.

There is no correct way to live that's just supposed to suck and feel bad all the time. You're allowed to figure out how to make it not suck so bad.

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I am not unaware of the negatives of Biden's presidency, and I am not trying to elide or forgive them. I'm reblogging posts about the Biden administration because I think it's really important that potential voters in the US realize that there is, in fact, a very big difference between the two parties, and voting for Biden is not just damage control--it actually does good. It's okay, you can actually feel a little excited about making meaningful progress, and not just hold your nose.

He's been very unflashy. He's not a great leader, he's not charismatic and he knows it, but he's an adroit politician and administrator, and he's been getting things done. Letting Trump win at this point would be tantamount to throwing the entire country on the bonfire. It's not a choice between bad and bad, it's a choice between meaningful, if imperfect, progress and fucking doom.

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it’s a tragedy that dinotopia was adapted as a weird gritty looking tv movie with bad cgi when it’s, without exaggeration, the most ghibli any book has ever been

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Idea: orchard harvester saddle. More of a standing platform with a scooter handlebar for the rider where the centaur can hand things up and down. (playing Farming Simulator is making me crave more peaceful/agricultural world building; there's already so much Warlike WB around, it needs some balance)

(also, eat like a horse vs eat like a bird, horse metab is high efficiency but a lot of it just due to net size, imagine that efficiency applied to refined grains and breads. Centaur diets would be less-per-weight than humans, although not necessarily by much due to the metabolic needs of sapient brain and foretorso)

Ohhhh I absolutely love this and absolutely think it should be a thing. I've been thinking more about the inherent benefits of centaurs in an agrarian society and more and more the borders of the Merchant city has been expanding outward towards the edge of Rider territory with enormous matriarchal farm towns that feed most of the surrounding societies so this would fit right in to that kind of lifestyle! And sounds so useful! One doing the moving and loadbearing, one doing the climbing and picking.

And I agree, war shapes societies undeniably but so many worldbuilders forget that trade, craft and industry shape cultures and societies just as much! It's definitely a topic i could GO OFF about haha, I have major exports and interrelated trade agreements drawn up between ALL my current societies 😁

(also absolutely, the use of refined grains and bread was a huge part of my initial thoughts about how centaurs could survive feeding that big horse body with comparatively small/limited human teeth. The efficiency of processed grain and grass fibers would be SO necessary to their digestion and overall survival!)