One of my favorite things in this world is analyzing art made by artists who repeatedly state that what they created has no meaning whatsoever.

Did You Know that art analysis is more than just trying to decipher the artist's encrypted message?

important addition i forgot that not everyone might know. similar to how ao3 bookmarks work, you can also link to non-ao3 fanworks using this format. so, for instance, if theres some fanart on tumblr that inspired you to write the fic? you can link that fanart to your fic!

gotta be a term that isn't the dunning Krueger effect but is a kind of similar idea where the more deep scientists get into their topic and the more exhausted they get, the more likely they are to find stupid ways to describe things

this post brought to you by a bunch of coral specialists at the end of a workshop voting to define coral, a complex animal, as "a rock with problems"

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Tldw; there is majority support in the European Parliament for a bill that would cover most of SKG's issues, and if passed this would bypass the decision of the Commission. There are also ongoing lawsuits in France and other places that would likely lead to some legislation. There is also a bill being worked on in California that wouldn't stop current games from being killed, but would stop future games from being killed

For my fellow Europeans south of us who are currently suffering from extreme heat. Stay safe!

Bloopers are movie aftercare and it’s fucked up that we got rid of them

this too shall pass

HURRY UP

prehistoric people make me cry so easily it is not even funny. and i don't mean it as a some kind of hyperbole okay i mean like straight up red-faced weeping when i think about bad dürrenberg burial

I love characters who would die for each other but will not, under any circumstances, communicate a single honest feeling.