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The word scapegoat is referencing a literal goat. Back in the days of the temple, every Yom Kippur an actual goat that represented everyone’s sins would be sacrificed by way of throwing it off a cliff. The goat dies to absolve you of your sins, Jesus style except it happens every year. it is literally a scapegoat

And for all the supernatural fans, you may have noticed that many angels names have a pattern where their name ends in el. That’s because biblical angel names typically follow the pattern of (something) of god (אל is a name of god). Uriel (אוריאל) means light of god Raphael (רפאל) means healing of god michael (מיכאל) means who is like god. Azazel, however, whose name notably follows that pattern is a demon. So what gives???

Well the name of the aforementioned scapegoat ritual is Azazel (עזאזל). Az (עז) meaning goat and azel (אזל) meaning out of so literally the act of banishing the goat so Azazel’s name means the act of creating and killing the scapegoat. His name does not actually have god (אל) in it despite the English spelling making it seem like it does. His name is that of a ritual which is meant to absolve the Israelites of their sins through a sacrifice.

So the demon who got Sam addicted to demon blood (sin blood of sins) (literally absorbing sins) fating him to unleash Lucifer and be his designated host body and eventually die to reseal him (literally dying for our sins by falling into a pit) is named after the ritual of creating and sacrificing a scapegoat full of the nation’s sins by throwing it off a cliff

Hey artists, C. Spike Trotman, founder of Iron Circus Comics, just posted an invaluable thread on depicting different types of black hair. I’d do the thing where you screencap the whole thread and post it but it’s just too long (which is great because it’s a whole lot of useful information!) Give her a follow while you’re there.

Many point-of-sale machines now are essentially just a smartphone with a card reader attached and the interface. The control layout can change at a moment's notice and there are no physical boundaries between buttons. With a keypad-style machine, the buttons are always in the same place and can be located by touch, especially since the middle button has a raised ridge on it.

Buttons can also be located by touch without activating them, which enables a "locate then press" style of interaction which is not possible on touchscreens, where even light touches will register as presses and the buttons must be located visually rather than by touch.

When elevator or door controls are replaced by touch screens, will existing accessibility features be preserved, or will some people no longer be able to use those controls?

The word scapegoat is referencing a literal goat. Back in the days of the temple, every Yom Kippur an actual goat that represented everyone’s sins would be sacrificed by way of throwing it off a cliff. The goat dies to absolve you of your sins, Jesus style except it happens every year. it is literally a scapegoat

And for all the supernatural fans, you may have noticed that many angels names have a pattern where their name ends in el. That’s because biblical angel names typically follow the pattern of (something) of god (אל is a name of god). Uriel (אוריאל) means light of god Raphael (רפאל) means healing of god michael (מיכאל) means who is like god. Azazel, however, whose name notably follows that pattern is a demon. So what gives???

Well the name of the aforementioned scapegoat ritual is Azazel (עזאזל). Az (עז) meaning goat and azel (אזל) meaning out of so literally the act of banishing the goat so Azazel’s name means the act of creating and killing the scapegoat. His name does not actually have god (אל) in it despite the English spelling making it seem like it does. His name is that of a ritual which is meant to absolve the Israelites of their sins through a sacrifice.

So the demon who got Sam addicted to demon blood (sin blood of sins) (literally absorbing sins) fating him to unleash Lucifer and be his designated host body and eventually die to reseal him (literally dying for our sins by falling into a pit) is named after the ritual of creating and sacrificing a scapegoat full of the nation’s sins by throwing it off a cliff

They make your hands cold. They give you little asshole pucker wrinkles around your mouth. They kill you so fucking slow. Make it so your lungs hurt all the time. They make every cold a chest cold that takes months to go away. They suck your money out bit by bit, every day forever. Just be a little bit more poor forever until they kill you in fifty years. They kill you for fifty years. Just a little shorter of breath, just a little colder, heart beating a little too fast. And the longer you go, the harder it is to quit.

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Sometimes using a wheelchair means you can no longer get to the places that used to be important to you, and not because of man-made inaccessibility. I have sat with someone as they cried because they could no longer visit the place they had scattered a loved one’s ashes because not even the most expensive wheelchair in the world could handle the terrain. As much as I wanted to, my wheelchair meant that I couldn’t position myself in a way that would allow me to give them a proper hug. In that moment, our wheelchairs felt more like heavy weights than freedom.

And sometimes wheelchairs are like the legs of someone who can walk but would maybe benefit from a wheelchair themselves. Sometimes wheelchairs are exhausting and painful and you’re counting down the time before you’re able to be lifted into bed. Sure, like painful legs, you can do more with them than without, but constantly performing gratitude for something that hurts you is exhausting. And again, not because you need a better wheelchair, but because those are the limits of your body and the technology that exists.