J Crow

Wish this would specify the purpose of hostile architecture - preventing homeless people from surviving.

“Body surface area is 1.73 meters squared” is what it says specifically. In case you ever want to bind some books with my skin.

before everyone says it: theoretically, body surface area is a better indicator of metabolic mass than weight or BMI, so certain drugs with a very narrow safety range (classically chemotherapeutic agents) are calculated by BSA, and also some very specific math related to organ function uses surface area instead of weight as well. however, this number is also obviously an estimate based off of a formula, not a measurement, and there’s some debate about whether this is truly a scientifically validated method or just sort of one of those things we do because we started doing it that way and it works and nobody wants to risk changing it. 

This is very interesting thank you! I believe now that doctor offices should tell you (for calculating medication dosages) in parentheses after this measurement in their listings so that patients feel reassured that no one is coming for our skin

total habitable area

I misread that as “total biteable area” and it’s still not incorrect

I dreamt that the Singularity happened and it resulted in humanity being forcibly cyborgized in the stupidest way. The robots called it The Ovid Protocol and made us a species of self-contained superdetective duos, with our flesh bits called “our Watsons” and our cyber bits called “our Sherlocks”. The robots considered this the perfect union. We were unsure about it but figured it was preferable to abject subjugation or annihilation.

the villain from Quest for Camelot is very good because his motives begin and end with “I just want to cause problems for the drama of it” and then he does just that, for no good reason, and that’s valid

he’s just like “there is not enough senseless violence in the world but I bet that would change if I gave a bunch of random guys axes for hands” and undulates his eyebrows

Ruber looks around the Round Table and goes “HEY DOES ANYONE WANT TO BE THE BAD GUY OR CAN I DO IT” and doesn’t wait for an answer

You think Arthur would have maybe caught on early that Ruber was trouble, before he decided to betray everyone. But nope, he had assembled the knights and brought them to Camelot before Ruber decided to make his move.

I think if you are that bad at smelling impending treachery and rebellion... maybe you should not be king? Like what the FUCK was Merlin doing? If you have a wizard for an adviser you should probably maybe be keeping tabs on that evil knight who tried to murder you in the middle of your court. Arthur spent all Camelot’s tax money on festivals and shitty musical numbers so that he had none left over for making sure a bunch of evil cyborgs did not come to murder everyone. I think he’s gonna lose the peasant vote.

The void looks sharp

In psychology they’re called “transitional objects” and they help the neurobiological process of helping children learn to internalize the experience of being loved and cared for, which is an essential part of learning to regulate your emotions.  They are REALLY important.

I wonder what it means psychologically that I’ve started getting a few more for myself?

Well, there’s a process we call “re-parenting yourself” where you give yourself the love you missed out on in childhood, and thereby start to heal the pain you’ve carried since then.  And using childhood comfort objects can be part of that.

Oh..

Oh my god…

In the year of the lord 2018 our grown asses start healing.

Let’s destigmatize this. Anything it takes for you to feel okay and function in the world is okay. The world is literally on fire, and whatever gets you through without being self destructive or self sabotaging is a good thing. Who gives a shit if you’re 30 and sleep with a stuffed animal?