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I'm a hat, a trans hat. Ask me hat questions. Hat :D she/her
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prokopetz

"Isn't it weird that [thing humans commonly eat] is poisonous to literally every domesticated animal" I mean, there's a pretty good chance that [thing humans commonly eat] is at least mildly poisonous to humans, too. One of our quirks as a species is that we think our food is bland if it doesn't have enough poison in it.

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xeansicemane

Humans have a really weird mix of mundane superpowers.

We're not fast and don't have a lot of natural weaponry but we're bizarrely tolerant to a broad range of toxins to the point that one toxin is considered a morning necessity for some to perform at work. Gotta love us.

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vexwerewolf
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official-kircheis

Peppers: evolution can you give me capsaicin to deter mammals so my seeds are spread by birds?

Evolution: to deter mammals?

Peppers: yes, to deter mammals

Humans: harder daddy

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just-mushroom-thoughts
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guerrillatech

A new mode of production arises out of the newly networked masses.

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praeca

Fanartists:

Thingiverse users:

Royalty free sounds

Flash games

Productivity has always been there

Because shockingly when people enjoy what they do (you make it enjoyable instead of just hammering on them) people WANT to do things!

Fanfiction authors!!

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fatefulfaerie

Where is the button to shout this from the rooftop?

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changelingsrule
stephenbland
gin-juice-tonic
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marbleboa

That one Series of Unfortunate Events quote

[ID: A Mob Psycho 100 comic. Muraki gestures to Sakurai, who's glaring and surrounded by an ominous red-black aura while holding up a sword, and says, "You must understand-- he had a terrible childhood." Mob stares at him, dead-eyed, and replies, "Yes, I understand. I'm having a terrible childhood right now." Reigen is lying twisted behind him in the Family Guy Death pose. End ID]

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mylittleredgirl
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trillscienceofficer
Anonymous asked:

I think, about romulan women, I read it on startrek.com.

trillscienceofficer answered:

Oh so you're SERIOUS serious

The one article I could find on StarTrek.com about Romulan women & their presentation is this one

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Shoulder Pads of Power: Romulan Fashion and Women’s Empowerment
A brief and fashionable history of Romulan women
Star Trek

but if it's the one you mean I think you're misremembering it a bit because it actually talks more about the association we usually make between shoulder pads and the authority that women in position of power specifically hold:

[T]he shoulder pads endow Troi’s character with unprecedented confidence and air of authority even under adverse circumstances. While Marina Sirtis still appears quite feminine as Major Rakal, there is no denying that when her character woke up in the bulky Romulan uniform, Troi owns her newfound authority and utilizes her position as a Tal Shiar agent to intimidate her foes and complete her mission. The shoulder pads function to empower Troi with a more masculine silhouette without eclipsing her femininity. Major Rakal sitting in the Commander’s chair of the Romulan warbird with her imposing shoulders starkly contrasts Councilor Troi’s usual seat to the side of Captain Picard wearing a form-fitting catsuit.

the article also goes on to say that there's quite a bit of continuity in costuming choices between TNG and Picard (uh, spoilers for Picard S1 I guess):

The infamous shoulder pads make a comeback in Star Trek: Picard to emphasize the formidable power of Picard’s new Romulan foes, namely Narissa and Oh. These two women characters are introduced early in the series as undercover Romulan operatives in Starfleet working for the shadowy Zhat Vash. After Narissa and Oh reveal their true identities, they don the iconic shoulder pads in later episodes. In “Broken Pieces,” viewers obtain insight into Narissa’s traumatic past explaining why she joined the secret sect of the Tal Shiar with her aunt Ramdha. In the scene where they experience the ‘Abomination,’ or vision on Aia they are wearing dark robes with triangular leather shoulder pieces attached to the outside of their tunics. This new external interpretation of the shoulder pad returns during the season finale, “Et in Arcadia Ego Part 2” when Commodore Oh exchanges her Federation Head of Security Uniform for a sleek black Romulan military ensemble.

There's also no mention at all of what you were saying about women losing their womanhood... The article just says this

The 24th century Romulans have less colorful gender-neutral uniforms which denote several aspects of Romulan society. The Romulan uniform’s gray bulky tunics and straight slacks indicate that Romulans are practical and militant. Unlike the Starfleet uniforms in TNG, they are loose fitting and do not emphasize the waist, hips or chest. A departure from TOS, Romulan women characters are not sexualized and at a glance look no different from the men. Even Romulan civilian clothing that is seen in the TNG two-part episode, “Unification,” have similar shoulder-padded tunics and uniformly cut hair on men and women. From a production standpoint on TNG, there is simply much more representation of Romulan women characters compared to other alien species.

I won't dispute that pretty much all the enemies of the Federation were written based on stereotypes about countries on the other side of the Iron Curtain but it strikes me as odd, at the very least, to make the claims you've made in the previous ask?

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stephenbland
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coughloop

bragging about how much better they are than twitter while making their website as close to twitter as possible by the day staff you are the dumbest mother fuckers alive who approved this

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lyridmeteorshower
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sexygaywizard

Reddit has put up r/place again (a community collaborative project where you can place a pixel every 5 minutes) despite this usually happening during the week of April Fool's. The top comments announcing it's opening are all calling it out for being an obvious ploy to increase engagement due to all the site's recent bad press and the actual canvas has "fuck spez" (the ceo) written all over it lol

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lyridmeteorshower
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there's also text saying "NEVER FORGET WHAT WAS STOLEN FROM YOU" attributed to r/savethirdpartyapps, with a bunch of third-party reddit app icons on it

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mousefag

[puppy tutorial]

this is an puppy. it likes to bark and woof. puupies will attempt to nap when they are sleepy tired. pupys need lotz of love and attention. make sure to love your ouppy atleast once every thirty seconds or else it may become lonely.

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wiremxther

the like. "prime directive" wrt to calling people eggs is such like. idk its pussy shit. if i jokingly say "lol you should become a girl about it" or some shit when you do or say something gay and girly and you take it to heart or whatever honestly that is a you problem. that's your fragility, not my irresponsibility or whatever. become a fucking girl about it if it upsets you so bad. the notion that trannies have some like, responsibility not to "convince people they might be trans" or something is categorically absurd - its a reversal of the burden of responsibility. maybe the world should stop trying so hard to convince people to be cis. cisness is not some natural a priori state of existence, it's just the path of least resistance for most people in a world that stigmatizes being trans. i have 0 responsibility to respect the fragility of gendered constructs built up in your head.

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sexygaywizard

Reddit has put up r/place again (a community collaborative project where you can place a pixel every 5 minutes) despite this usually happening during the week of April Fool's. The top comments announcing it's opening are all calling it out for being an obvious ploy to increase engagement due to all the site's recent bad press and the actual canvas has "fuck spez" (the ceo) written all over it lol