i may be a romantic but i’m not hopeless

there’s also this:

Part two of Māori pronunciation: Vowels

Part one was consonants. To be able to actually say anything in Māori you need vowels; in Te Reo Māori consonants cannot stand alone.

There are five vowles in Māori;

“a” in haka (a type of dance) “e” in whare (house) “i” in Hinemoa (personal name) “o” in noho (to sit) “u” in ngutu (lips)

In Māori vowels can be either short or long. Long vowels are shown by placing a macron (a bar) above the letter (like the “ā” in Māori). This is important, because there are words that differ only in vowel length, but have an unrelated meaning.

Compare:

“kaka” (dress) with “kākā” (a native parrot) “keke” (cake) with “kēkē” (armpit) “pipi” (type of shellfish) with “pīpī” (baby bird) “koko” (shovel) with “kōkō” (fat tūī (a bird)) “ruru” (morepork (a native owl)) with “rūrū” (handshake)

Vowels can be combined, to create diphthongs;

“ai” in kai (food) “ae” in Kae (personal name) “ao” in kao (dried kūmara) “au” in kau (cow) “ea” in hea (where) “ei” in hei (hay (for animals)) “eu” in heu (to shave) “eo” in eo (lice) “ia” in pia (gum, sap) “ie” in hie (scram, get lost) “iu” in piu (to throw) “io” in pio (many, majority) “oa” in moa (an extinct type of bird) “oi” in moi (a noise made to call a dog) “oe” in moe (to sleep) “ou” in kou (to hoot (a bird)) “ua” in tua (“th” make a number ordinal) “ui” in tui (to sew) “ue” in ue (to push)

Diphthongs also make use of short vs. long vowels, such as;

“kae” (personal name) with “āe”(yes) “kao” (dried kūmara) with “kāo” (no)

It is possible for three vowels to appear after each other, for example;

“aue” in aue (an expression of surprise)

This as well make use of short/long vowels;

“aue” (an expression of surprise) “auē” (to cry, howl)

That’s it for vowels. I did mention on the consonant post that I’d give more examples of “ng” so you can practice saying it with all vowels, so;

yeah Charon really isn't a moon proper because it's not actually orbiting Pluto, they're orbiting each other!

this means that Pluto and Charon are actually a paired system of orbiting bodies and not a standard planet-moon-system at all, and this is a major reason why Pluto was disqualified from being a planet proper in the first place!

this double-orbit is also a major reason why Pluto's orbit around the Sun is just so unbelievably fucked up.

which, again, is another reason why Pluto got kicked off of the Planets table and had to go sit with Planetoids and Dwarf Planets at the kiddy table.

(thanks a lot, Charon.)

So I've done my first aid + CPR a few times. And every single time I try and bring up scenarios for fat folks

Specifically like 'what if someone is too large for me to wrap my arms around then to do the heimleich'

And its incredibly rare I get a decent answer.

How absolutely insane is it that me, as a fat person, is asking how to have MY life saved or to save ANOTHER life, is an impossible feat if someone is fat.

Most of the time they tell me to 'just try anyways uwu'

The heimleich is scientifically as effective as slapping someone VERY hard on the back. The only reason it's so well taught is the man that invented it did a lot of great PR for himself. It's also a bit easier for smaller framed people to get the necessary force in, because people are often extremely scared to hurt people, even in life threatening situations.

With larger bodied people, whether they be fat, tall, muscular, etc. If you cannot get your arms around them, literally just slap the shit out of their shoulders. You want hard, open palmed slaps right in the center of the shoulders or slightly below.

If they are too tall for you to reach that high, guide them to lean over the back of a chair, and then slap slap slap slap slap.

It's been proven to be just as effective through many studies. It just doesn't have a trademarked name and a dramatic effect in film.

If you have to do CPR on a larger bodied person, again, fat, body builder, tall and broad, whoever, the trick to finding where you want to put your hands if going to be to take your hand and shove it in their armpit. No seriously. Put your hand in their armpit, then drag it in a straight line towards yourself until you're in the center of the chest, then put your other hand beneath that one. This is where you push. Then you are going to move the arm closest to you out of the way so you can get closer to them, and get the leverage you need to press down for compressions. The more of your body weight that is over your hands, the better the compression will be. Act like you are trying desperately to pack the last of your clothes in a suitcase, and just slam down hard on their chest.

They will make *horrible* noises. You might even break ribs.

But a broken rib is better than being dead.

Huge thanks to Richard of the Order of the Blade for throwing me around!

(If you’re in the UK, consider checking them out! The order are a combat school with a really fun and welcoming ethos)

i explained the reason why i wrote these poems [the tristia]: you ask me why i send them to you? / i long to be with you [the reader], in any possible way

I want to go to this exact point and run around it saying “I’m in Sweden!” I’m in Finland!” “I’m in Norway!” until I get tired