There is a method of growing rhubarb known as “forcing” where the plant grows in complete darkness and is tended to in candlelight. It grows so quickly during this process that you can hear it grow. [1, 2]

Thanks! I hate it.

What kind of horror movie shit is this?

P l a n t

I didn’t think it was possible to make a torture chamber for plants and yet

Anyways, here’s a soundcloud link of forced rhubarb:

https://soundcloud.com/rhubarb-rhubarb-rhubarb/a-mass-of-popping-rhubarb

Thanks, I hate it!

not a dream

whenever my anxiety gets really bad, I go to Jigsaw Planet and solve puzzles for hours, or however long I need to calm down, and it really helps, I’ve been doing this for years and it works for me so I thought I should share

I made you guys a Jigsaw

I made you another puzzle

If you have asthma, do not go protesting. Tear gas can be lethal to people with asthma because not only is the powder it's made of toxic and causes burns, but for us it triggers painful and severe asthma attacks that can lead to death. I did not know this going into the protest and later read about protestors with asthma who died after getting hit with tear gas. I'm lucky to be alive. Please share this and take care of yourselves.

Like please share this I don't want this happening to ANYONE.

reblog to give roman sanders a hug

1286 hugs!!

I need to prove a point to myself right now so reblog if you believe transmen are men and that transwomen are women.

I’m feeling really low at the moment and I just need to see something positive. 

Hell yeah!

Of course! They are whatever they believe themselves to be, no judgement passed.

I like how a bunch of people are saying Virgil would be a Squib however

What if he didn’t belong to the Hogwarts houses because

VIRGIL WENT TO ILVERMORNY SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY!!!

The schooling is slightly different but so is Virgil. What house would he be in there???

@princeyandanxiety

@precisely-prinxiety

@sanders-au

You guys are good at headcanons which Ilvermorny house would you think his in?

HOLY SHIT THIS IS SO GOOD

However, consider:

Virgil in Durmstrang.

Think about it!! Durmstrang is considered a ‘dark’ school, right? Well, Virgil used to be considered a ‘dark’ side!! Honestly just drawing parallels rn lol, but i genuinely think there could be some truth in this if they were actually in the hp world.

Then i looked up the houses, theres Atticus house - which is essentially the equivelant of Slytherin with a little Gryffindor thrown in - Concinne house - doesnt really have an equivelant but students are placed there based on blood purity, finances, inner beauty and charm - Liberalis house - equivelant to Ravenclaw - and Terpsichora house - ewuivelant to Hufflepuff.

I’m not sure which house Virgil would be in, thats up for speculation. Bjt just consider, Virgil moving from Durmstrang to Hogwarts, the equivelant of him leaving the dark sides!! Just, consider? 😊

ALRIGHTY BRINGING THIS BACK UP BECAUSE @stressed-fan-photography HAS A GREAT SUGGESTION!!!

Not only is Durmstang Being the Dark Side wizard school awesome but it also means

VIRGIL, DECIET, AND REMUS WITH THICK SCANDINAVIAN ACCENTS!!

Oh My God yes!! Love it!!!

I’m kinda bitter bc I was gonna make a post about this earlier and then I didn’t :( have my analysis anyway

Logan’s Part:

Very literal, what actually makes up one’s body. Also promotes Logan’s extremist water agenda. Nice.

Roman’s Part:

Focuses on telling stories, also the only part that doesn’t mention any tangible ingredients.

Virgil’s Part:

Mainly about insecurity and acceptance. Also parallel’s Virgil’s acceptance arc in that people don’t see him clearly/misunderstand him.

Patton’s Part:

Switches into a very optimistic tone, lots of puns here. It also technically doesn’t mention a real world ingredient except in the pun about flower/flour, which I’m counting.

ok I’m gonna add onto this with something I noticed!

Ok so with Logan’s part, besides the guitar and piano that are prominent throughout the whole song, there is one other instrument that sticks out with him, synthetic strings. It also shows up with the chorus.

Next, Roman’s part. The strings aren’t there and have been replaced by bells. When the next chorus kicks in, the piano and guitar are accompanied with both the strings and bells, bringing them together.

This pattern continues until all four parts are together. For Virgil, it’s an acoustic guitar and Patton is an upbeat electric guitar

Yeah, it's almost like each verse is adding in a new musical ingredient, and during the choruses we hear what the mixture sounds like with the new ingredient added in 😉

Love this! 😍😍😍

@stressed-fan-photography

Aaa this is beautiful!!! 💜💜

LAST WEEK WE CAN USE THIS SOMEONE HIT THE PANIC BUTTON

your last 12 used emojis will tell you how 2020 is going to be for you

THE TAGS IM WHEEZING:

But the best one is:

🥺😒😉😓😋😢🙄🤔💐😜🤤😅

So basically a rollercoaster

😔🏳️‍🌈💜😊❤️😂😜🔑😅👌⚠️👉🏻

Ehhh gay?

😋💫😔✌👏💛🌟❤😚🤷‍♂️😌😢

😊💜😂👍🙄😁💁‍♀️🤷‍♀️😍🙀😅🤦‍♀️

Bit of a rollercoaster 😂😂

Selfishness VS Selflessness was good and all but

The final decision was so, so, so wrong.

Thomas should’ve gone to do the callback. He should’ve gone to try to get the role.

And they should’ve listened more to Deceit.

I understand.

Believe me: I understand that the wedding was important, it is one of the most important moments of one’s life.

But the thing is? Thomas shouldn’t have gone.

1) Deceit was right since the beginning. Thomas didn’t want to go to the wedding from the very first moment.

“Admit it! What am I doing here right now, Thomas? Am I the snake coming to trick you into sinning? Or have you had your mind made up since the moment you receveid the news about the callback? You didn’t even forget about the wedding, did you? IT WAS ALL AN ACT!” (Deceit, 34:26 - 34:43)

“FINE! I WANT TO GO TO THE CALLBACK!” (Thomas, the moment after)

And why is that? Well, Thomas made it perfectly clear.

He didn’t want to go because he would’ve been playing games on his phone for the whole time (and no shade, that’s pretty disrepectful?) because he didn’t want to be shoven in his own face the fact that he is still single while his friends are getting married. He said he’s afraid to go.

He’s so romantic, as Roman shows us, and so affectionate, as Patton displays. And in Moving On, he made clear that his breakup was a massive, heartcrushing thing for him. And the fact that he hasn’t been able to find love again makes him almost miserable.

“And on top of that, a dream come true falling into my lap scheduled on the same day! ANYONE would want to go to the callback!” (Thomas, 34:55)

He’s destroyed by the whole situation.

2) “So yeah! I tried to force myself to forget about the wedding, and now I wanna lie to my friends so they don’t HATE ME for not supporting them!” (Thomas, following the line above)

That’s bad. That’s really bad.

Thomas didn’t have to lie. Lying was something that Roman brought up. Lying was something that Thomas thought about.

Lying was never anything that Deceit proposed throughout the whole video.

Why is that bad?

Because that’s not Selflessness. That’s self-destruction.

Thomas has to learn that he CAN’T always put others first.

Sure! His friends will be upset about the fact that he isn’t able to come to their special day! But Guess What?? If they truly support him, they will encourage him to go to the callback and follow his drams! They would push him to do what’s best for himself!!

Because if they don’t do that, they are not good friends. Thomas is not skipping the wedding because he doesn’t feel like it, but because he has a life-changing opportunity going on! And if they don’t at least try to understand and don’t get mad because they know how much acting means to Thomas, they are selfish. They are not good friends.

3) “How would you feel about that?” (Patton, telling Roman that Imaginary!Eliza wouldn’t go to his imaginary wedding because she had others things to do, 25:39)

“It wouldn’t bother me. Her not being there doesn’t change the fact that it’s MY big day.” (Roman, in response.)

“You wouldn’t miss ‘Liza May Manelly?” (Patton)

“SOOOOO? I would be devasted! But you know what?? She is her own person, and she has her own life, I can’t take that from her. Her being at the wedding is for me. And if I forced her to be there, when she didn’t want to go, then I would be the selfish one.” (Roman)

Thomas wouldn’t be selfish. Their friends would be.

If you always, always put others first, you’ll never take care of yourself. You can’t always be the best person for others, sometimes you have to be a good person for yourself, if it for a good reason.

About Deceit:

¾) Thomas and the 'Light Sides’ stopped listening to Deceit after a bit. When was that? When Thomas acknowledged that Deceit had been right the whole time, and ROMAN NEEDS TO GET HIMSELF TOGETHER.

And they never let him explain the actual point of what he was trying to do.

“It’s my sworn duty to help Thomas achieve his hopes and dreams. But Thomas wouldn’t dream of attaining his hopes through deceitful means.” (Roman right after the sentence, 34:25)

“BUT THAT’S NOT TRUE!” (Deceit)

Look at his face as he says “That’s not true.” He’s helpless. They stopped listening to his point of view and are back on the fact that he is Deceit, and deceit only. He doesn’t know what to do to be heard anymore.

Roman??? Sweetie??? You were the first one to suggest to lie and say Aunt Patty was at the ospital?? In 'Can LYING Be Good?’ he was the one that supported lying to Joan???

He shouldn’t have said that phrase while blaming Deceit for it, since HE was the one that suggested deceitful means in the first place.

“I don’t understand. You got what you wanted. You proved that I’m not as honest as I’d like to believe.” (Thomas, 36:40)

“But you’re STILL missing the point!” (Deceit)

He’s struggling because they won’t listen. They don’t want to listen.

“Okay, let me put it this way! Life is like a piñata!” (Deceit)

He’s trying to make it as simple as possible so they will listen and understand like Roman did about the compromising thing.

Deceit explains that if you take the blindfond off, it will be easier to get the piñata. And what do they get out of it?

That he suggesting of beating up someone and rob their unconcious body.

“NO!!”

He’s literally chocked. They are twisting his every word AGAINST him.

“I’m trying to teach you a lesson, but it’s literally impossible!”

He looses all the cool and the calm that he had during the entire video. He can’t do it anymore. He fought against them the whole time to be heard and understood, but when he is proven correct, at the very last moment, they stop listening definitely.

And then Logan definitely shuts him up, and that’s it.

“I’m sure that Thomas’ friends would love to know that he is forcing himself to attend their wedding. It’s clear that you all don’t want to listen to reason.” (Deceit, 37:43, before sinking out.)

5) They never asked him his purposes. Sorry if at this point of the post I’m too tired to look it up, but he asked Logan and Roman if their sole purposes were to be Logic and Creativity, and both said no.

Maybe, if they had asked Deceit the same thing, he would’ve been able to be understood better.

6) When popping up, he keeps changing himself into someone Thomas will listen to (first Patton, now Logan) in hope to be listened to.

-

So, I don’t know.

I loved the episode! There were many funny moments and I love every second when Deceit was on screen, but honestly?

If he doesn’t get reedemed, it might not be his fault. If he wants to be part of the conversation and they cut him off, it’s theirs and Thomas’ lost.

Deceit is trying his best.

This is an amazing point!! But if you don't mind, I just wanted to add one more point -

He only ended up going as a punishment for himself. His punishment for trying to do somwthing for the betterment of himself, that could benefit his financials, his future and his mental well-being (his love for theatre would positively affect his mental well-being as he would be in his 'happy space', so-to-speak). Yet he has decidednto throw that all away, and 'punish' himself by going to the wedding, which has no benefit for himself. And like op said, if they were truly his friends, they would have encouraged him to take the oppurtunity. While selflessness is a good trait, to that extent it begins to turn destructive. The fact he's viewing it as a punishment just shows that he should not go to the wedding.

Just my little thought!! I always thought that was upsetting.

Sanders Sides Culture:

-Starting to call characters in other fandoms/ real people kiddo because it rubbed off on you

-Lowkey really wanting to dress up as one of the sides/ closet cosplaying just for fun

-Having an appreciation for Crofters (even if you’ve never tried it, or even seen a jar in real life.)

-Getting one of the songs stuck in your head (bonus points if you’ve been caught doing the Roman vs. Logan rap by yourself before.)

-Gushing about your favorite side to a friend/ family member that’s never even heard of Sanders Sides before because trust me, he’s the best

-Being confused by the ships at first “But.. their all Thomas, isn’t that kinda weird?” But by the time you’ve seen the fan art/ fanfics one of them is your otp

-Dropping everything to watch a new video

(Feel free to add on)

-Quoting parts of episodes to yourself when you hear a reference and laughing your ass off in public, subsequently convincing everyone around you that you're either insane or possessed or possibly both.

-"HAVE YOU HEARD OF THOMAS SANDERS? OH MY GOSH SIT DOWN I HAVE A THING TO SHOW YOU."

-"I started watching the series around 8:00 and somehow it's already 3 in the morning?"

-Appreciating glasses. Also purple.

-Constantly thinking to yourself "this person's a Patton" and "yup, another Roman" whenever you meet someone.

-Imaging what your own Sides would be like

-(optionally) Imagining your Sides interacting with Thomas and his Sides

-watching old vine compilations and just fucking bursting with Pride whenever Thomas is in one.

-“what Sanders Sides character would I be??”

-Having multiple names picked out for Deceit and using them instead of just saying Deceit.

-talking to yourself like your talking to the sides and asking for advice. (I do this wirh Logan and Patton regularly)

-Shortening all of their names: Dee, Ro, Rem, Virge/Vee, Pat, Lo/L.

-occasionally calling Thomas ‘Thomathy’

@stressed-fan-photography

-everytime after a new video is released, meeting your friend who is also into TS qnd shouting "OH MY GOD DID YOU SEE IT?!"

-learning all the songs

-repeating sections of videos with your fellow fanders

-rewatching the whole series whenever youre ill or have a day off

-secretly* smirking whenever you realise someone who has never watched the sides before accidentally quotes the videos

*yea, lets face it, its hardly ever secret, you normally start cackling.

Dear friends of Tumblr,

Today at my school we had an assembly about internet predators and when I had said that most of my true friends are over the internet and they gave me a lecture about how “I don’t know who I’m talking to” blah blah. So please, if you aren’t a predator in any way, please reblog so i can prove a point.

If you don’t reblog this, then I am honestly very concerned.

everytime i see this im gonna reblog it and weed out my pedo followers

I’ll reblog it.

m8 i talk to my internet friends every night

boi yesss

I AM NOT A PREDATOR XD

@mysticcherryblossomuniverse @chicatheheroine @pocketundertale @gothic-skeleton and many much more many people <3

@the-purple-hero is a good and pure friend

@x-i-l-verify @elvanimar and all my other mutuals

damn I met my girlfriend online, of course I’m reblogging xD

I’m not a pedo i would love to meet all my internet friends!! And my parents are the same

I would truthfully and honestly LOVE to meet my internet friends! Though,I can be clingy…

I’m a shit ton more quiet in real life though. And a lot more emo. So…

Lmao I Wouk Ove to meet you guys

I’m so using this info in my Are Online Friends Real Friends? College paper :)

Hey! I just want to say that my therapist says that he’s really glad I have my online friends!! He says that I have a meaning relationship with my online friends and says that I even look happier when talking about them. He says that they’re real friends.

TLDR; professional therapist says that online friends are real friends

Literally my online friends have been the only people of keeping mentally stable over the past few months

my online friends keeping me sane/letting me rant about my family/giving me a new family <3 <3 <3

I want to meet you all!

I don’t have many internet friends (on here anyway) but I will prove I am not a predator!

My Internet friends changed me for the better

My Internet friends have been better than my real life friends

^ same

Spread the word, Oct 19 is Sanders Sides Day! The tag is, of course, #SandersSidesDay (no spaces)!

YEAA

SPREAD THE NEWS!

Yayyyyy!!!

Okay so I've just gone back and looked at this shit, realised I missed it by two days, and also realised I spent the day asleep sooooo thats my life rn fun times

hey just a heads up/warning for those of you who don’t do well dealing with the heavy subjects or videos portraying violent acts, sandyhook promise has a new gun violence school shooting PSA that is probably going to be going viral and is slated to play on television and in AMC movie theaters and it’s pretty heavy, especially at the end. I know it’s a topic that needs to be discussed but it’s not a video that everyone will be able to watch, so just a warning for those of you that might not be able to handle it.

For when you’re stuck watching like in a theater- When it begins to play, you will see kids talking about their binder or their other school supplies. When you see the boy with the skateboard, stop watching and plug your ears.

I think you should stop watching when you see this person saying “these colorful binders help me stay organized” because pretty much right after that there’s some panic inducing stuff. The entire ad is 67 seconds long.

It’s legit terrifying to watch. It hits you out of nowhere and I know that this is important for people to understand but I have anxiety and this just makes my fear of school shooters worse

It’s called “Back-To-School Essentials” on Youtube. Dark themes to watch out for plus timestamps:

Boosting this because I saw it came up on insta and without knowing what it was i played it and ended up having a break down over its ending. It’s an extremely important topic but also…. extremely hard to watch……..

It’s going around Tumblr now too, just so you’re all prepared

I watched it when it first started going around and it made me incredibly anxious. Heads up to anybody who needs a heads up.

The first time I watched it I legit felt a panic attack start. If I wasnt on the call with someone to help me before it got into a full blown thing, it would of been much worse for me- please dont watch this unless you can stomach it

DO NOT SCROLL!!

Please reblog this, it is very serious!

Your first, fifth, and tenth most recent emojis predicts how well October will treat you

😳⛈🐺

Looks like your local nonbinary is gonna be a werewolf 

YALL IM 💙💘😇 I FALL IN LOVE WITH AN ANGEL???

Okay so,,,,I’m going to become a trademarked lesbian, and then a lesbian in sign language??

So?

Im so done, exasperated af and sassy to my core. This is me 24/7, this is not a prediction.