It looks funny, right? You think it looks funny.
I do too. But it lives its whole life. So you have to take it seriously eventually, right? And be respectful and shit.
I think it can digging in the ground for tubers.
they are naming this new beast “Suck Bear”.
not really secretly, it’s just that there’s no organised way to track what had its copyright sunset. partly because of the sheer volume of work, partly because the publishing industry would implode if people found out there were books published before 2012
Yup! Talk to librarians; they have only one agenda and that’s “let me find a way to get you what you want and I don’t care why you want it”
I feel like this could be useful in my future
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If I don’t reblog this one of these things is definitely going to happen to me
This is a Nuclear Waste Warning Message.
Y’all that link is an incredibly interesting read
oh, i’m in love with this! the story behind this message is that we’re storing a lot of radioactive waste in an isolation plant in new mexico and we need to tell future humans: ‘we buried something dangerous here, don’t disturb it or you’ll die. this place should be left alone for 10,000 years. tell future generations as well.’ and this raises several problems: how do you explain contemporary time conventions to future humans so they understand what ‘10,000 years’ means, and starting from when? how do you account for the fact that we have no idea what level of technological development future humans will have? will they still understand any of the languages we speak today? and my absolute favorite: how do you combat humans’ natural tendency to immediately go do the thing they were just told not to do?
so in 1993 a report was developed by two panels of materials science experts, linguists, anthropologists, architects, geologists and astronomers to create a marking system for the site. they proposed different levels of messages to be placed in the area. and the language part of the report is amazing because they’re really trying to cover everything. my favorite parts:
and finally, part of the message: 'we have found it extremely difficult to imagine all the forms of human society and available technology that over the next 10,000 years might give people the desire and ability to intrude into the repository level and thus potentially bring great harm to themselves. nevertheless, we have done the best we can in the design of a marker system that will survive over this period, that will be understood by those who encounter it, and that will be effective in countering their natural curiosity to dig at such a uniquely marked and fascinating place.’
#what really gets me#what really really gets me about the proposed message#is ‘this is not a place of honor’#because it’s meant to be very practical i.e. you won’t find any treasure here so don’t dig it up#but to me it really reads like ‘this terrible thing is our fault and we’re sorry’ (via @vrabia)
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The Flag of Japan but it's actually this hand towel with a perfectly-placed water stain
oh shit i just peed on my towel accidentally better turn this into clout
you peed on it
you peed on it didn’t you lil piss boy
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Transformers has a lot of quotable lines, especially from the animated movie, but “I’ve heard it said that we only gain wisdom through suffering, and tonight I intend to make you very wise” is so fucking raw and needs more appreciation
i was told i should post these, so here are some pokemon team specialties that arent based on type
1. pokemon that start out only knowing one attacking move max but grow up to be worthwhile 2. pokemon that are actually two or more individuals working together as one 3. pokemon that are [at least rumored to be] from space 4. pokemon that were created [deliberately] by humans 5. pokemon that were created [accidentally] by humans 6. pokemon that used to be humans 7. pokemon that hunt humans for sport
by request of no one, have a few more:
8. pokemon that hate your guts. its nothing personal, they just hate all of humanity
9. pokemon that people canonically eat. producers of berries and milk dont count; people actually consume at least some part of these pokemons flesh
10. aka Team “WHO’S A GOOD BOY???”
what’s wrong with bein’ what’s wrong with bein’ what’s wrong with bein’
confident?
aphrodite areia, the warlike aphrodite and the first incarnation, found in cythera and sparta.
