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The real red flag is a person who thinks something so inconsequential is a useful test.

Anyway I've definitely eaten an entire tray of deviled eggs by myself so like. I can eat at least a dozen eggs without getting grossed out. Four eggs is just a normal meal of scrambled eggs, that's what I had for dinner two days ago with cream cheese and fresh strawberries.

Asking because I overheard a physical therapist say that she uses this question to see if she wants a second date with a guy, and if he says more than like 4 eggs at once it's a red flag.

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@yanderepuck I certainly won't discourage you from reading the Bible - though keep in mind it's not one "book" in the modern sense, it's very much a collection of texts from widely disparate sources across a large span of history. It's easy to get overwhelmed or lost if you try to read it like a modern text, since it's not organized in a familiar way.

But for what you're interested in, you may find an Encyclopedia of [Western] Iconography more useful https://www.amazon.co.uk/Encyclopedia-Comparative-Iconography-2-Set/dp/1579580092

A lot of what you'll see some place like the Vatican is art that was created within the context of two millennia of cultural discourse, much of it in a society with minimal literacy that meant ideas had to be communicated visually. So an intricate web of iconography and narratives developed into a unique shared visual language. Only a small part of this is constructed from direct biblical references; much of it is references to narratives, politics, etc. that were contemporary to the artists, and use of shared cultural concepts to communicate. Most saints aren't in the Bible, and even figures who are directly derived from the Bible like Mary, mother of Jesus, have had a lot of additional meaning and iconography attached to them. For example, there's nothing in the Bible that says Mary wears blue - but iconographically, Mary almost always wears blue.

Sorry if you've answered something like this before, but I LOVE religious art and imagery but I am 0% religious and no one in my family is as well so I also understand nothing. I've been to the Vatican twice and I feel like I can't fully appreciate the art bc I don't fully understand the meaning behind it all

But I was wondering if there is a certain version/translation of the Bible you would recommend for someone who simply wants to read it.

Thank youu~

I like NRSV personally, but you might have an easier time with NLT. I answered an ask before that kinda explained it a bit more, but alas I'm not super knowledgeable about translations

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Melkor, because he's the only one insecure enough to intentionally give himself a big dick.

Everyone else varies, from not bothering to make a physical form that detailed/realistic (Ulmo, Lorien, often Manwe) to just giving their physical form an average-sized dick because they really don't think of it as particularly important beyond allowing their body to function correctly (Aule, Namo, occasionally Manwe) to "big dicks are just a vulnerability in combat, small is ideal" (Orome, Tulkas).

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Sidney Sime (British, 1867-1941) - Moth Time

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Mayhem is very helpfully shoving things off my work table today. Great.

Meanwhile, Malice investigates the pizza crinkle bag

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I want a herbicide that will kill grass but not broad-leaved plants, and they do exist! At least one of them is approved for use in the UK! And yet. Can I find any of them actually for sale? NO. Of course not.

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If I ask nicely will people reblog this and tell me what their most common breakfast is? Not your favorite necessarily, just what you have for breakfast most frequently? 🙏🏽

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Healthcare systems are flawed and frustrating and bureaucratic and I absolutely understand why people blame that for why people have an urge to turn to "alternative medicine" grifters instead.

But please, please stop.

A fundamental difference between ethical medical practitioners and grifters is that an ethical medical practitioner recognizes the limits of their own knowledge and resources. They will tell you "I don't know what's wrong," and "There's no treatment for this". They know that modern medicine can't fix everything. Sometimes there just isn't a treatment. Sometimes partial effectiveness is as good as it gets. Sometimes managing symptoms is all science knows how to do so far. Sometimes the honest answer is that the damage is permanent and you're going to have to learn to live with disability. Yes, there are bad doctors out there who are unhelpful and/or make things worse, but there are also simply limits to what modern medicine can do.

And understandably, that's frustrating! It sucks to get told that whatever problems you're having are insoluble or unfixable. People want answers and solutions and at least a chance that whatever they're struggling with will go away.

Which is where grifters come in. A grifter will always tell you that your problems can all be solved, your suffering will all go away, you just have to give them money and do what they tell you. They are happy to say anything that will keep you coming back to them, to offer false hope. And no one else is willing to make these promises of health and happiness and wholeness, because honest people know that it's a lie and not everything can be fixed. So the desperate keep going back to grifters, drifting from one con to the next or accumulating them like collectibles, sure that somewhere out there is someone who can perform the miracle they so desperately want.

I don't know what the solution to this is, other than maybe general mental health support to help people come to terms with having disabilities and illnesses and generally less-than-perfect health. But asking doctors to be dishonest, to promise miracles they can't perform, is not it.

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Quick what are you doing RIGHT now (besides scrolling Tumblr)

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Christian Dior Spring 2020 Haute Couture Collection

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He has risen yayy