This post is a bit of a niche one. The immune system has countless components and the way they work together to keep us healthy is quite frankly bizarre. Most of us learnt about T-cells, B-cells, blah, blah, blah, at every stage of our school education, and it doesn’t get much more interesting until you really zoom in to look at the nitty gritty. So I’ll zoom in a bit today, and talk about just…
What was the Human Genome Project?
The Human Genome Project (HGP) ended in 2003, after fifteen years, with the publication of the human genomic sequence. In a lot of ways, what made HGP so impressive was the level of collaboration of scientists worldwide to make such a massive project happen. Labs around the world sequenced small snippets of DNA to produce the first entire sequence of the human…
Most people know that we should be using antibiotics with caution , but hopefully this won’t be that kind of post. I hope to cover topics which aren’t common knowledge, just because it’s interesting and hopefully I won’t leave you with an impending sense of doom…
The birth of antibiotics….and then resistance…
Most people have heard the story of Alexander Flemming going to clean his old petri…
The flu (influenza) jab is a fairly current topic in the world of vaccination. In the run up to winter, GP surgeries, hospitals and bus stops are plastered with posters urging people to get vaccinated against the flu. The standard influenza vaccine is an inactivated vaccine, which means it contains killed influenza virus (this is why flu symptoms resulting from vaccination are likely markedly…
Me on my way to eat your ass
Was that caption really necessary
IDK, but the music was
Done and done
Me on my way to eat your ass
Was that caption really necessary
IDK, but the music was
oh just a drunk chris evans at the age of ultron prem to brighten up your day
drunk chris evan sounds and acts like charlie day in always sunny
this is my fav video now
I watched WITHOUT sound at first and can I just say, big mistake.
french recipes: if you’re not making this in paris then what’s the point. fuck you
italian recipes: use the left leg meat of a pig from one of three farms in this specific area of tuscany, or from this day my grandmother will begin manifesting physically in your house
american recipes: buy these three cans of stuff and put them in a pan congrats you cooked
chinese recipes, as handed down from mother to child: season it with a pinch of this and some of that. you want to know the exact amount? feel it in your heart. ask the stars. yell into the void.
English recipes: boil and salt it. Okay that’s it enjoy
Greek recipes: You followed all the right steps but this isn’t quite right. I don’t know what to tell you.
Australia recipes: chuck it on the barbie
Latinx recipes: you will never make it better than your abuela, face the facts
Armenian recipes: spend eight days laboring over the stove. the food will be flavorful with the sacrifice of your sanity. no one will appreciate it.
Canadian recipes: It either needs more bacon, more maple syrup, more gravy, or an unholy combination of the three
Polish recipes: you have to toUCH THE DOUGH, FEEL THE PIEROGI IN YOUR HEART, TOUCH IT. LICK IT. SMELL IT.
Every time I see this post, I learn more about how different countries’ cuisines AND neuroses.
Indian recipes: there are 500 cuisines and that means 500 versions of this dish that has 500 spices so gl
ashki jewish recipes: no, no. no. more onion.
internet recipes: here is a heartwarming story about my baby sister’s third birthday that i completely made up, and a copypaste from alton brown.
Irish recipes:
The way he stuffs them in his mouth 💀
did anyone actually ever read those animorph books
just stared at the covers for a concerningly long amount of time before putting it back where i found it
me too
but you have to feel the difference in your heart
a bop is something light or something you casually enjoy. you don’t mind it/it’s cute in the moment.
a banger is something goes hard (some times unnecessarily) can invoke deep emotions. can fizzle out after some time has passed.
a jam is something that can be considered as nostalgic. it is a song that is a personal anthem, no matter what you are going through you just respond to it. it is immortal.
cake with fondant literally isn’t even food it’s like a play dough sculpture with cake trapped inside its vile
thank you for your bravery in speaking the truth about this
What she says: I’m fine What she means: What time period does A Series of Unfortunate Events actually take place? There is mention of horse-drawn carriages, but also of motor cycles and automobiles, but the way the three Baudelaires dress is indicative of the nineteen hundred-something’s. Characters are dressed in both early twentieth century clothing as well as up to date clothing. There is mention of computers, fax, and phones but some things seem rather dated. What time in history is it??
I remember reading an interview with Lemony Snicket when I was a kid, where they basically asked him that exact question.
His answer was “the year of the Rat”.
when i watched the film i was extra confused because i thought they were Victorian but count olaf was drinking a slurpee so i just lost all sense of direction
I think that’s the point
Lemony Snicket’s entire career was based on fucking with everyone
honestly i went into this for the meme but it’s actually fucking fire
i forget if i actually listened to this when i first reblogged it, but heads up to sober me: you did listen to this. you hate it. you hate it SO MUCH.
Playing in the leaves
-Epilepsy -Fainting spells -Murder -Existential crises -Awkward main characters who can’t do anything -Crying -Lots of crying -Sickness, literally all the time -Hysterical women -Screaming and yelling -Did I mention hysteria? -Or crying? -Or SICKNESS
