what are you wearing rn and is it representative of your style
Ummm. Abort.
The yawn is what kills me. “Oh. Yeah, i was gonna take a nap. So sleepy honkshoo.”
This is a really good example of appeasement behavior in cats.
The kitten wants to play, but stops because the older cat has their ears back. Kitten backs down to show a loss of interest— at that point, you can see the older cat blink slowly. This is one of the ways cats demonstrate trust and understanding. The kitten turns away, to further cement a lack of interest in playtime at the moment.
The kitten lies down slowly, occasionally looking to the older cat for more approval. Finally, the little yawn at the end isn’t to go ‘i’m sleepy’, but rather as a calming signal. Cats consider sleeping to be a communal activity. By settling down and imitating the older cat, the younger cat is displaying ‘yes, I understand Now Is Not Playtime, we’re cool, right?’
Apparently a part of the reason why farmed bees stay in the beehives that humans build for them is because the farm hives are safer and sturdier. I don't know how a busy Discord server's worth of bugs that only have one brain cell each would logically conclude that the humans protect them from outside threats, illness and parasites, but if I understood right, the bees would be free to move away and build a new nest somewhere else any time they'd want, and they simply choose not to.
You know how in almost every culture, people have some concept of "if I sacrifice something that I made/grew/produced to the Gods, they will ward me and my harvest from evil"?
So, in a way, don't the bees willingly sacrifice a part of their harvest to an entity not only far greater than them, but nearly beyond their comprehension, in exchange for protection against natural forces wildly outside of their own control?
So tell me, beekeepers, what are you to your bees, if not a mildly eldritch God?
I don’t know about other cultures, but in English folklore, when a beekeeper dies someone has to go out and tell the bees.
Imagine you’re a neolithic hunter-gatherer, just hanging out, sacrificing stuff to your god, when a new god you’ve never met before shows up and tells you that your god is dead, it’s not your fault or anything, and maybe a new god will come along to take care of you, maybe not, it’s gonna be touch and go for a while
Apparently in medieval Europe they also whispered secrets to the bees.
So imagine the mildly eldritch God you worship talks to you and tells you secrets, but these secrets make no sense to you and are incomprehensible to understand or even know they are secrets. But your God does make vibrations at you, so thats probably a good thing right??
Also occasionally the Swarm decides there is not enough room in the Hive because the eldritch god didn't take the offering of Honey at their normal time. So enough of a Swarm builds up that the second queen is able to leave without decimating the first Swarm. They are all set to search out a new place that will likely not have your God anymore (but really that's not too much of a struggle, they have abandoned you, that's part of why you've left, even though the first Swarm still holds out hope for their return).
And then, the scouts find another Hive right next to the old Hive. Literally right next to it. So the Queen lands to inspect it and wow, it's a good deal. The area already has enough food to support 2 Hives, so it's a not problem to stay in the area now that they have the space, but...this wasn't here before.
And then you see God, they've come to help the Swarm move to the new Hive and take the offering from the old Hive. Truly this must have been their plan all along
In English folklore, you ALSO have to invite your bees to your wedding, and decorate their hive, and leave a slice of cake for them, and also bring your new spouse by to introduce them to the hive straightaway. Imagine your eldritch god doing THAT.
if only all gods were so well-mannered
Whenever you find yourself in a situation of difficulty that makes you feel foolish and stupid, like if you lose your phone charger or forget an important appointment, or entirely forget when the War of 1812 took place, or beat meringue a little too far past the point of forming stiff peaks, or spill a glass of water in your lap in the precise way so as to make it appear like you peed your pants right as your crush is about to walk past, just think to yourself:
"At least I have the presence of mind not to think that carrots have too much sugar."
"Unsure what went wrong"
Fun fact: there is a specific eating disorder characterized by extreme avoidance and restriction of foods based on exaggerated perceptions of what is healthy vs unhealthy. It is most obvious in people who for no other reason avoid perfectly healthy fruits and vegetables claiming they are “too high in sugar” but includes anyone who is so obsessive about food purity that they begin unreasonably eliminating foods from their diet that should otherwise be there (example: removing necessary and inoffensive carrots and replacing them with kale).
Its called Orthorexia Nervosa and hides very well in “clean eating” communities k bye.
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we forgot to teach your boyfriend media literacy and he completely misunderstood all the themes and narratives. yeah the underlying message too. he got tricked into believing in-universe propaganda and is writing a longpost about it now sorry
Red Life Mean Gills designs!!!
I kinda went wild with Scotts Design, and I'm really happy with how it turned out! :D for Martyn I stayed pretty close to his actual skin, I also made Scott a Pirate Captain to give them Matching outfits ^^
congratulations to our winners of the 2023 cat fight!
art by mod orange again
the grand champion title of "the meow meow of all time" goes to Jellie (GoodTimesWithScar)! congratulations to all jellie supporters out there, you guys campaigned so hard for her when we had never heard of her before this tournament!
second place goes to Nyan Cat! seems like old internet nostalgia wasn't enough to carry him through to victory, but he did his best sweeping the competition most of the way through!
and finally, third place goes to Cat (Stray)! a relative newcomer to the scene, yet trumped two classics (salem and the cat from coraline) in the third place poll! apparently being a silly little kitty you get to play a game as was enough to sway the votes :)
hopefully losers bracket polls will be posted starting tomorrow, but they will not be as comprehensive as the original polls (i will only be putting name [where they're from] for each one and there will not be pictures). the winner of the losers bracket will go up against jellie in one final match! -mod orange
When I think about American attitudes to parenting there's something that always comes to mind, but I don't know whether it's a real thing. All my life in American films and TV I've heard child characters addressing their dads as "sir" or being told off for not doing so.
Is that really a commonplace thing in American families, or is it just a shorthand way of showing that the character is a shitty dad?
There's still time to increase the sample size!
This is absolutely horrifying.
Reminder that neonicotinoid pesticides, particularly imidacloprid, are found in a variety of home and garden “pest control” products, such as those under the “Bioadvanced” label
This articles goes into great detail to describe the shady, underhanded tactics used by chemical companies to convince people these pesticides are safe. They are not. They are causing mass death of pollinators and all sorts of wildlife.
I do research on trying to improve risk assessments for these, and can tell you oodles about how awful it is. The EPA is trying its best but the grip that these companies have on the industry is infuriating.
if youre ever like man i wish i was watching cellbits streams of decoding the whole arg puzzle thing it seems so cool; I want you to know he's literally just saying the word quack over and over again and its like fucking INTEGRAL to the puzzle that he do this
he's just saying numbers now. he wrote 96 quacks in all caps. he's losing it
I'm currently working on 2 fics for an event and I am really really excited
Don't tell the first one but my favorite one is the second one just for it's formatting
FIFTEEN FOR GERMANY AND EIGHFY-ONE FOR POLAND. WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD
























