they only tell lies and do not exist

1. borrowing misery from future

2. carrying grief of the past

their (live!) young gestate for. wait for it. eight to eighteen (??) YEARS. can have up to 10 at a time. good grief.

longest lifespan of any vertebrate, up to five hundred years

toxic flesh

has giant eyes but is usually blind because of a weird little crustacean that's evolved to live on and eat their eyes. this doesn't seem to bother them much.

lives in deep cold water and has the lowest swim speed and tail-beat frequency for its size across all fish species. just generally lives life in extreme slow motion

largest genome of any shark

eats everything including moose and polar bears

stop romanticizing your self imposed suffering! leave it in the closest recycling bin!

Pic 2: "Ancient Repitilian Brain: oh yeah, baby. Frame your suffering as a masterpiece. Only one problem -- no one's watching. It's boring, buddy, boring as death."

Pic 3: "Leave the gun on the table, this has nothing to do with happiness."

Pic 4: "You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting."

Pic 5: Two people sitting next to each other holding hands.

Pic 6: A close-up painting of two bloody hands linked together.