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Hi, I Like Microorganisms

@themicrobelady

I'm a simple kind of person, really. I like biology, microbiology, virology, veterinary medicine, animals, fashion, food, Childfree living, D&D, and MAKEUP! I’m also a proud mom to 3 year old Liliana and 2 year old Ajani, who are the best kitties! Pro-choice, pro-science, pro-vaccines. You'll also find random ramblings on my blog; hopefully a few will make you laugh or at least smile.
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When the CDC tells people to throw out their lettuce everyone rushes to do it. But when the CDC tells people to vaccinate their kids it’s a giant conspiracy and we shouldn’t listen to them

Source: reddit.com
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Signs of an Emotionally Abusive Relationship

1. You walk on eggshells when you’re with your partner as they’re suspicious, explosive and react so easily.

2. Their feelings and opinions are the only things that matter. Your feelings and opinions are irrelevant to them.

3. They take everything very personally.

4. They’re not interested in affirming you.

5. Any praise or compliment comes with strings attached.

6. You have to be who they want and need you to be.

7. You feel they twist your words so you’re left feeling confused.

8. You can’t question their judgment or the things they say and do.

All of this applies to a relationship with one’s parents, too

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Apparently, telling someone that he isn’t a good parent for doing the bare minimum makes me a bitch and an asshole.

But like, people know kids need food, medical care, transportation, clothing, and shelter. Providing those things doesn’t make you a great parent. It means you can keep a kid alive. Nobody congratulates dog owners for providing their fur baby with food and water because that’s what THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO! So why do we treat procreators like they’re noble when they are giving their kid the bare minimum? A truly great parent strikes a balance between authority and friendship. They respect their children’s autonomy. They work with that child to prepare them for life outside their childhood home. A great parent doesn’t ascribe to a “PVP” view of child rearing and instead treats it like a team endeavor.

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More fun facts about ancient Celtic marriage laws: There were no laws against interclass or interracial marriage, no laws against open homosexual relationships (although they weren’t considered ‘marriages’ since the definition of a marriage was ‘couple with child’), no requirement for women to take their husband’s names or give up their property, but comedians couldn’t get married

It’s Adam and Eve not Adam Sandler and Eve

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annajiejie

I want to expound upon “comedians couldn’t get married” thing because it’s actually really interesting. Satire was respected in Ancient Ireland. It was thought to have great power, enough to physically maim the subject one was making jokes about. Satirists could bring down kings with a witty enough insult. That was actually their original function. When the king didn’t do right by his people, a bard was supposed to compose a poem so scathing it would raise welts on the king’s skin to oust him (it was illegal for a “blemished” king to rule.) Unwarranted satire was considered a form of assault. So what it boils down to is ancient Celts being like “These people are too dangerous to reproduce. DO NOT TRUST THEM WITH CHILDREN. EVER.”

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burdmom

whats a king to a bard

Thats literally a dnd skill

Vicious mockery at sixth level

@thedaft1 I mean, my gnome bard DID kill a mounted knight by insulting him to death so...

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msnbcpundit

REMEMBER SKIP-IT FROM THE 90’S

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my weapon of choice during school yard fights 

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almostvivian

DnD campaign but the only weapons are 90′s toys @riskpig

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allisquish

Distance weapon: those sky dancer propeller toys.

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riskpig

I’ll allow it.

I have but two words:

Are those a weapon or piece of armor?

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kaleymonster

Party walks into the inn to rest and the pub looks like

Perfection.

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biglawbear

I ride into battle on one of these

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amtrax

Those last ones do lethal damage to the user if you roll anything below a 20.

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thedaft1

@themicrobelady please introduce this somehow into one of your dnd games, please for the love of God have one of your characters wield a skip it or something please please please it needs to happen

@thedaft1 My human barbarian, Dave, would totally do this!

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the princess bride is exactly what a dnd campaign would look like as a movie like? the delightfully weird cast of characters with their own quirks, the strange pacing and narrative that still Works, the absolute absurdity of it all, the jumping back and forth between wanting to be serious and it being really funny, hell its even Told like a dnd story through the use of the grandfather being the one telling the story

what a fantastic fucking movie

also like the character backstories are SUCH dnd backgrounds like? “im out for revenge for my father who was killed by a guy with six fingers on one of his hands” “i bumped into a band of pirates and their leader liked me so much he ended up having me take on his title to retire”

that is the Exact shit that people come up with for dnd characters

DM: having narrowly escaped Humperdinck, you find yourselves in the dangerous Fire Swamps

Westley: do I know anything about this area? Any danger?

DM: roll a history check

Westley: 15

DM: you know of rumors of giant rats in the swamps, as well as quick sand

Westley: what do I know about the giant rats?

DM: roll nature

Westley: [nat 1] …… rodents of unusual size? I don’t think they exist

DM: hey what’s your passive perception-

But why is this so accurate?