Hey btw, another worldbuilding thing: You can, and actually should have weird and impractical cultural things. They’re not inherently unrealistic, for as long as you address the realistic consequences as well.

 Let’s say you’ve got a city where there’s tame white doves everywhere. They’re not pests, they’re regarded as sacred, holy protectors of the city, and the whole city cares for them and feeds them like they’re pets. They’re so tame because it’s a social taboo to hurt or scare one. Nice pretty doves :)

 Then someone points out that even if they’re not seen as pests, doesn’t having a completely unchecked feral pigeon population - that not only isn’t being culled, but actively fed and cared for - mean that there would be bird shit absolutely all over the place?

 A part of you wants to say no, because these are your nice, pretty doves. To explain that there’s a reason why they’re not shitting all over the place, maybe they’re super-intelligent and specifically bred and trained to not shit all over the place. The logistics of how, exactly, could anyone breed and train a flock of feral birds go unaddressed.

 An even worse solution would be to not have those birds, editing them out of the world. No, they spark joy, you can’t just toss them out!

 Now, consider: Yes, yes they would, but the city also has an extensive public sanitation service that’s occupied 90% of the time by cleaning bird shit off of everything. One of the most common last names in the area actually translates to “one who scrapes off dove shit”, and it’s a highly respected occupation. And thanks to the sheer necessity of constantly regularly cleaning everything, the city enjoys a much higher standard of cleanliness, and less public health issues caused by poor public sanitation.

 The doves do protect the city. By shitting fucking everywhere.

While I absolutely love your idea, I just want to say that you can easily reduce public bird shitting from Pigeons by offering them comfortable lodgings where they can sleep and feed. Sure, you need to clean THOSE, but the pigeons shit a lot less all over town.

The Augsburg concept has one big pigeon house every 500m in which wild pigeons are fed, protected from weather and have nesting opportunities. Cities doing that have WAY less uncontrolled populations (since they can take out eggs if they feel they need reduce the population), way less shit AND a healthy population since it’s easier for veterinarians to notice and get to sick animals.

So I’d say one can of course still keep your general idea……but there’s also those MASSIVE palace-like pidgeon houses and only the most worthy are allowed to enter and directly interact with the pigeons (feed them, heal them, clean their lodgings). One big entrance for the human servants (priests??) and millions of small holes for the pigeons.

In fact, one could potentially turn your idea around IN THE PIDGEONS FAVOR. So your world is like ours and most major cities have a big feral pigeon population. And most of those cities HATE the pigeons and try to fight them and stuff. And they think that pigeon worshipper town is frigging cuckoo. BUT when comparing, then pigeon worshipper town is ridiculously clean and beautiful. No bird shit everywhere, no ruined house facades and statues from erosion through bird poop. Pigeon haters go “how tf are you so clean, you have birds EVERYWHERE???” and the worshippers shrug and show their little bird temples spread around town that keep their precious birdies AND their town pretty.

I think this is a really good example of how research can greatly improve your worldbuilding! You don’t have to be perfectly accurate - it is fantasy after all - but the real world is so much more clever and beautiful than any of us know

advice that’s stuck with me: you don’t have to work inwards to justify a premise (e.g., ‘how would it ever be plausible to use snakes as currency’) as long as you work outwards in interesting ways from that premise (e.g., ‘how would a society that used snakes as currency look different? what would they use for wallets?’)

when i was a kid I was really bad (or really good depending on your definition) at hidden object games. which is to say that I would not specifically search for the objects the book asked me to look for. no. that would make no sense. what i instead did was open a spreadsheet

i then proceeded to list every single object in the image in my excel spreadsheet, highlighting the objects the book asked me to find in red as i went. Then, by the end, not only had i found the objects, I had also found and categorized all of the other objects as well. This way, if anyone asked me to find any other objects in that image, i was fully prepared

on an unrelated note i was diagnosed as autistic before third grade

You used the letter a 46 times!!

And 555 letters, so the letter a is about 8.29%

The letter a is on average used about 8.2% of the time, which means you used it more than average!! :)

a-counter you are my best friend and greatest ally

From The New Anecdota Americana, 1944

diversity win! this farmer is poly

Pequeño pero matón

They should put these on all the civil war miniatures. Spice things up a little

have you ever noticed how in ‘twelve days of christmas’ so many of the gifts are various birds? who has access to these many birds? why is this person receiving so many birds? can i receive this many birds? i want answers

This is because the song was written in the 1780s under the reign of George III, when birds were extremely scarce in England due to over-hunting. The specific birds listed were the most hunted, thus the song is about the singer’s true love finding the rarest things in country to give for Christmas. All 12 gifts were birds in the original published song.

The birds included were:

A Partridge in a Pear Tree- Both things uncommon in the country, partridges having gone extinct in the region due to hunting in 1763, when the last of its kind was shot down by The Duke Of Ellingsby and left for his dogs. Pear trees cannot grow in the region at all.

Two Turtle Doves- The rarest known dove, now completely extinct as it was hunted for its precious shell. As the only shelled bird, the Turtle Dove died out around 1850. Its shell was often used to make frames for glasses.

Three French Hens- The French Hen was not technically a hen, but a species of vulture which resembled a chicken. This species was farmed, not hunted, but was exceedingly scarce as the breed was closely controlled by its farmers, the French family who would go on to introduce “Bird Mustard,” a type of mustard meant specifically for the breed. French’s Mustard is still made today.

Four Calling Birds- A “Calling Bird” refers to a Aves Cornelius, Or the Calling Cornish Grouse as it’s known today. It exists now only in zoos. The bird is notable for its male having a corkscrew shaped 14 inch penis, which was dried and and turned to powder for use as an aphrodisiac at the time.

Five Golden Rings- Referring to the Gold Ringed Pheasant, a delicacy which was overhunted to extinction, the last known specimen being eaten by Gerald Geraldson Esq. who consumed the bird with a dollop of French’s Bird Mustard.

Six Geese-a-Laying- This does not refer to Geese laying eggs but to Alayin Geese, golden geese which were likely the inspiration for a goose that could lay a golden egg. They were already extinct by the time the song was written, but this fact was not known until around 1830.

Seven Swans a-Swimming- Swans are common today but only because of an intensive breeding program. They were as rare in the 1780s in England as Astatine is today. This is why the duck in “The Ugly Duckling” is so remarkable, not for its beauty but for its rarity.

Eight Maids-a-Milking- The Maidenbird was the only known bird to have live birth and nurse its young with milk. “Maiden’s Milk” was used to make the original egg-nog, which was a royal delicacy reserved only for the children of the king and queen and even to them it was only served on Christmas. The bird is now extinct.

Nine Ladies Dancing- Seems an odd gift to give a lover doesn’t it? Unless you know that the Dancing Lady Eagle was the only eagle to live in England at the time. It was named for its habit of shaking violently to rid itself of Eagle Ticks, which resembled a frenzied dance. It was trophy hunted to near extinction, and lives only in captivity now. As the tick has gone extinct, it no longer dances.

Ten Lordes-a-Leaping (To use the spelling of the time)- The Lorde Heron still exists today, though it is no longer called the “Leaping Lorde” as it was in the time of the song. Identical visually to the Royal Heron, the only way to tell if a Lorde is a Royal is whether the genome runs in its blood. The Royal gene being extremely rare, that kind of luxury was not for most people, who could only afford a different buzzard.

Eleven Pipers Piping- The Piper Finch is still rare though it’s sold today at some pet shops and bird markets. Its voice was said once to be the most beautiful sound in the world, but is now considered a nuisance by most. The Piper Finch is most famous as the type of bird seen adorning the tip of the Washington Monument, as George Washington raised the animals. The British Piper Tax was one of the reasons the colonies split off to form the modern country of New England.

Twelve Drummers Drumming- The Drumming Magpie. Immortalized by Gioachino Rossini in his opera “La Gazza Tamburo.” The rarest bird in England by far, only three were known to exist at the time of the song’s writing. This would make twelve of them an exceptional rarity and near impossibility to crown the parade of gift birds. The drumming Magpie is named for its habit of tapping on trees to drive out maggots and grubs for it to eat.

So there you have it, the song is a love song about finding the rarest birds in England for the one you love. This stands in stark contrast to “The Eight Days of Hanukkah” in which the gifts include horseradish, cement, hair dye, a basketball, and lint.

Bonus trivia- Christmas was never celebrated as a 12 day holiday until after the song was written. The song likely inspired the tradition.

It’s a festivus miracle, and always check the blog title, literally always.

this site has learned to accept men's tits into their hearts. now i need you all to embrace women's flat chests.

Boring: they're all found

Better: the find the submarine empty

Even better: only one person left

Best: completely new person found alone on submarine

It’s D B Cooper

I don't want a direct sequel to the DnD movie

I want more DnD movies with the same cast, but they play totally different characters every time, except for Xenk, who is the only recurring character in the entire franchise

and he gets the exact same amount of introduction, too.

The people who are like "why are you wishing death on these billionaires?!" are not understanding what is going on. It's one thing to wish death on people and it's another thing to have no sympathy for people who died in a situation they were cautioned heavily to not do.

I don't want anyone to die, to be truthful; but here are the facts:

So, no... I feel zero sympathy for those people who should've just been told "no" more often in their life.

The saga of “Link eating things he shouldn’t” continues!

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Interview With Jamison Green. Originally posted on Youtube, by Dr. Lindsey Doe.

Jamison Green was born in 1948. He came out as a trans man the late 1980s and made his transition public, for the benefit of others. He has been an activist since then, and led the FTM community after Lou Sullivan's death.

His contributions to trans rights have been largely erased by mainstream narratives around trans history.

Mr. Green wrote the book Becoming a Visible Man, exploring his experiences as a bisexual trans guy, his relationships with lovers and family, and his struggle to transition. He was involved in the 2012 documentary TRANS, where he advocated on behalf of trans people, and discussed his experiences with being s*xually assaulted.

Roommate went out of town once, asked me to look after her cat.

Night one she comes down meowing at me. I go check her food/water, they're full. Litter box empty. Make sure my roommate's door is still open and she's not locked out of her room or something. I try to pet her and she dodges me, offer her treats and she won't have it, try playing with her but she won't play, try just ignoring her and she won't stop following me around meowing at me.

So I call my roommate, concerned maybe she was sick or in pain and that's why she was being so insistent despite having all her needs met.

Roommate goes: "OH! She wants you to go to bed. Go upstairs to my room and just sit in my bed with her for a few minutes. She should curl up and get comfortable. Once shes laid down she usually lets me go back to what I'm doing she just can't seem to go to bed on her own"

Sure enough, I go sit on roommates bed and she just happily jumps up, curls up on the blanket, and purrs herself to sleep.

I like when cats try to give their humans healthy habits.

Man going back and forth on top surgery as a system is annoying - less so us not agreeing but literally as a system us going from NEED to ACTUALLY I LIKE MY BOOBS to "ehhh maybe need" cause being nonbinary is such a vast thing 😮‍💨

FUCKING MOOD

It's so fucking hard to decide because we are OK with our chest I THINK usually - but are we "Okay" "Ok" or "OK" with them.

Also how much of this is our narcissistic tendencies going "well we have the largest tits of almost everyone we know despite being short so what are we gonna give up our tit game just because we want to look more masc" which is the dumbest shit

It's hard to imagine and picture it especially since we have honking BIGGIES so even when we bind we really don't get the simulation of not having them.

Like we are probably gonna get a reduction solely because honestly its not healthy the size we have - like we literally basically skipped all the gender paper work because we were given a referral solely cause of the proportion issues not being healthy

But then at that point were like hmmmm if we are gonna reduce then should we go all the way or half way

Do we want to preserve some titty and be able to gender bend easier

Do we want to be able to walk around shirtless

What do we value

Guys

Guys what do we value most

Guys

Come on we need a vote.

YEA SAME

I think we’ve settled on proooobably getting top surgery in the future?

Because we can also like. Have a set of silicone tiddies and bras still. Like, generally about 80% of the time we’d rather have No Tit. So it’s easier to put on fake tiddies for that 20% of the time, rather than bind or deal with dysphoria 80% of the time. Also health issues.

Plus, we can have some silly shenanigans with fake tits for the rare times we do want tits xD Instead of one default size, we can have a variety to choose from. Ranging from casual to ‘my eyes are up here’ haha. 

And the more fem presenting in the system like the idea of having options for tit sizes. So it’s a win-win idea all around tbh.

Mentioned this to our therapist - "easier to put on fake titties 20% of the time than bind them 80%" in almost quotes and he was like "Well, fair point" 😂 I cited you as "some guy on tumblr"

okay wait i have a theory on candace and phineas's biological dad

so we've hopefully seen this

little comment proving that doof isn't the father. but hear me out

it's roger

first of all, doof's triangle shaped head seems to be a recessive gene, because his parents look like this

they have the nose, but not the forehead. however, doof's ancestors are shown to resemble him much better

example: josé doofenshmirtz

now it doesn't stop there, we've also seen where candace gets her looks from

it seems to be a common feature in drusselstein to have a rather round face with a slightly longer neck. this is also proven when looking at vanessa

who seems to bear a slight resemblence towards candace in the face shape, hair, and neck; though vanessa does inherit much of her looks from her mother charlene

But why would Roger have 2 kids with Linda????

she was a popstar,

he was a politician,

can i make it anymore obvious?

he wanted her

but she'd never tell

secretly she wanted him as well

they knew the press would stick up their nose

they had a problem with him shagging her

so they had kids in secret, because obviously lindana was only a one hit wonder, so she lost her fame very fast so her and roger never went public with their relationship

to support his family, because we all know how important roger wants to think family means to him, he paid child support to linda while she began starting her antique business so they could have a nice house in the suburbs until linda inevitebly met the love of her life lawrence and they start their own lives together creating their own perfect lil family. anyways please let me know what u think

tl:dr

the father of lindana's kids is........ roger doofenshmirtz

It’s why Phineas can afford to buy all that shit to build stuff all summer. Candace just buys collectors item ducky momo stuff

Man going back and forth on top surgery as a system is annoying - less so us not agreeing but literally as a system us going from NEED to ACTUALLY I LIKE MY BOOBS to "ehhh maybe need" cause being nonbinary is such a vast thing 😮‍💨

FUCKING MOOD

It's so fucking hard to decide because we are OK with our chest I THINK usually - but are we "Okay" "Ok" or "OK" with them.

Also how much of this is our narcissistic tendencies going "well we have the largest tits of almost everyone we know despite being short so what are we gonna give up our tit game just because we want to look more masc" which is the dumbest shit

It's hard to imagine and picture it especially since we have honking BIGGIES so even when we bind we really don't get the simulation of not having them.

Like we are probably gonna get a reduction solely because honestly its not healthy the size we have - like we literally basically skipped all the gender paper work because we were given a referral solely cause of the proportion issues not being healthy

But then at that point were like hmmmm if we are gonna reduce then should we go all the way or half way

Do we want to preserve some titty and be able to gender bend easier

Do we want to be able to walk around shirtless

What do we value

Guys

Guys what do we value most

Guys

Come on we need a vote.

YEA SAME

I think we’ve settled on proooobably getting top surgery in the future?

Because we can also like. Have a set of silicone tiddies and bras still. Like, generally about 80% of the time we’d rather have No Tit. So it’s easier to put on fake tiddies for that 20% of the time, rather than bind or deal with dysphoria 80% of the time. Also health issues.

Plus, we can have some silly shenanigans with fake tits for the rare times we do want tits xD Instead of one default size, we can have a variety to choose from. Ranging from casual to ‘my eyes are up here’ haha. 

And the more fem presenting in the system like the idea of having options for tit sizes. So it’s a win-win idea all around tbh.

Mentioned this to our therapist - "easier to put on fake titties 20% of the time than bind them 80%" in almost quotes and he was like "Well, fair point" 😂 I cited you as "some guy on tumblr"

the funniest thing in minecraft is going into your inventory, seeing your character model, and realising you’ve somehow become a pincushion