Siphonophore Coded

i hope i think of this video in the last moments before i die

reminder to worldbuilders: don't get caught up in things that aren't important to the story you're writing, like plot and characters! instead, try to focus on what readers actually care about: detailed plate tectonics

I grew up learning about land formations. Seeing fictional maps that don’t follow the logic and science of them makes me upset

What are the most common sins you’ve seen relating to this? I wanna know

Wind blows clouds in from the sea, but mountains are so tall the clouds can't get past 'em, so you get deserts on the windward side of mountain ranges because clouds can't get there to water the land, or do so only very rarely.

#the rain shadow thing otoh was undoubtedly total ignorance#but those mountains were made as the fortress of a demigod#too steeped in evil to understand beauty#it's *supposed* to look like something that Shouldn't Exist#like quite often this is something that happens in worldbuilding yes#things are arranged Wrong because a person doesn't grasp the underlying logic#but mordor is a bad example for the same reason it's an obvious one#it's So Very Wrong because it was designed to be wrong#to give you a bad feeling with how much it shouldn't look like that#if he just wanted it unapproachable on all sides it could've been in a caldera formation it didn't *need* corners#the corners were a choice#tolkien's job involved lots of looking at maps and things okay#meanwhile people whose lives revolved around the weather generally knew where the rain happened#long before it was formalized into 'rain shadow effect'#people not having The Science doesn't mean they don't have eyes and brains

i've been phasing the phrase 'google it' out of my vocabulary and going back to 'look it up'. fuck you youve lost your generic trademark privileges

Growing up the phrase in my household was "let's look it up in the book", referring back to the giant dictionary my grandpop kept in my mom's childhood dining room. "the book" evolved to be a different dictionary, the encyclopedia, the encyclopedia on CD-ROM, and then finally, an internet search. "Google it" has overtaken "look it up in the book" in my vocabulary, but I think you're right; it's time to bring it back.

tragic when a thing gets hate for being 'woke trash' and you look into it and its not even that woke. like cmon man i was promised monacle popping gay commie propaganda. this is just a video game with a woman in it.

Basically I think a lot of White ppl think the antithesis to racism is "Black people are inherently Cool, White people are inherently Lame" and it's just very hard to convince them that this is also extremely racist lmfao

It's the combination of "seeing a racialized group as Fundamentally Inherently Good is still dehumanizing and you aren't seeing them as people" and "your self-flagellating White guilt is extremely annoying for the people of color around you to deal with"

This is a reminder for those who handmake Christmas presents that now is not too early to start. It may in fact be a good time to start if you have a lot to make/your craft takes a long time. You should maybe start it now, whether that's brainstorming or actually doing the crafts!

i feel like when we talk about autism as a disability a lot of it is about sensory stuff (valid) but recently ive been like. damn this really is a communication disorder. so much of the stress being autistic in society causes me is related to communication. its really insane how for years of my life i thought my autism didn't really affect my social skills much. could not have been further from the truth i spend so much energy trying to make sense of how to engage with other people. and i think it's good to put this in terms of disability and not just "my brain is different" because it's not just that my brain is different! all brains are different! mine is different in a way where it makes things noticeably harder and more exhausting for me.

awww the like button turns into a rainbow when you press it! that's so cute...hey staff what's with all the trans women you keep nuking?

hey no worries lol that just hurt my feelings forever

no yeah it's okay, i'm fine! i'll just Never Forget This Until I Die, no biggie