As hard and as ruthless as a rose petal

It’s recently been found that even hive insects rest. Bees will play with colorful toys. Ants sleep for about 1 minute but they do it so frequently it amounts to a few hours per day. Even trees take breaks.

robots require very frequent breaks! welding machines generally have it programmed in that they can’t run so long they melt themselves. ive overseen two different manufacturing robots now and each of them were fragile, finicky idiots that require constant maintenance and repair. they pause in between moves, in between jobs. you’re always keeping an eye on programming errors, on coolant levels, on heat. you’re always pulling bits of scrap out of joints, sweeping up debris, washing off nozzles and untangling hoses. and even then it snaps a chain and takes a whole morning’s vacation.

This dog's face is sending me. New reaction image

#i already know by reblogging + adding tags to this that i’m abt to get a full length essay from jenny with citations either backing me up #or gently refuting me #and frankly there’s only so much longer i can pretend to be smart before she realizes how in over my head i am irt tolkien analysis #(none of which is a complaint btw i’m still expecting that essay) #BUT anyway . the whole point is that it WASN’T a riddle. it was never meant to be. it wasn’t even directed AT gollum #it was bilbo putting his hands in his pockets & finding the weird little trinket he’d picked up & musing abt it #& seeing as the trinket was the ONE RING i think it’s far to remark upon it #*fair #like i’ve put hair ties in my pocket then immediately forgotten abt and; upon finding them later; literally gone Hey what’s in my pocket? #it’s a normal reaction that’s completely rhetorical and aimed inwards #bilbo was trying to think of his next riddle UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE AND ANXIETY CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES #and then wondered aloud what he’d found earlier #and GOLLUM was the one who interpreted it as a riddle and engaged with it thusly #i would argue myself that if i’m in a riddle contest and then sneeze and go excuse me (technically a question) & my opponent #takes it as a riddle & tries to figure out the answer #that reflects on them and not me and i am not responsible for any victory that may secure #lastly while yes “what’s in my pocket” is emphatically not a riddle gollum ALSO broke the rule by guessing FOUR times #and the contest was to see if he could eat bilbo alive or not so. i think maybe it’s okay if it was tipped in bilbo’s favor #i’m not a master of riddle contests or their rules but if i stump a dragon by going Oh gosh what will i ask next? #and that means the dragon doesn’t devour me in one bite well then. i’ll pat myself on the back and consider that an official riddle #anyway over to you jenny #lotr (via seekerstone)

Trying to find an old tumblr post I used to see a lot.

Holy shit I just realized:

so tumblr is turning 20 in february 2027

would you mind explaining the “and me i feel also not so good” thing? i tried looking it up without luck 😔

So movie!Grace is terrified of elevators, and in the book Eridians get to space by an elevator.

When do you go out for a walk around your neighbourhood? Most folks around me opt for the late evening. Me, I usually pick about fifteen minutes after I tried to drive anywhere. Having some incredibly unreliable vehicles means I get to take a great nature walk whenever I want to, and often also when I do not. Making those walks successful, however, takes preparation.

Hey OP, love your scalding take here; don't forget about commutes.