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Willow (1988)

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Anonymous did a thread on PP and I think everyone needs to read it even if you're not Canadian

https://x.com/YourAnonCentral/status/1876521681352827328?s=19

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Why do so many cephalopods die immediately after reproducing?

Okay so the physical reason is that mating triggers a change in their brain chemistry and hormone levels that essentially poisons them and makes them behave strangely and stop eating. If the gland responsible for this change is removed, the cephalopod continues as normal and lives for many months after laying eggs.

But the evolutionary reason is the end-Cretaceous extinction. Cephalopods used to have a pretty huge variation in lifespan, ranging from a few months to over 200 years (https://www.iflscience.com/ancient-paperclipshaped-sea-creature-could-live-for-200-years-57685)

Large, long-lived cephalopods were hit hard by the mass extinction and those who survived did so by being short-lived and reproducing quickly, so they were selected for as cephalopods recovered from the extinction event. The most ancient species, the nautilus, can live for several decades and mate many times, hinting at the high diversity of life strategies that cephalopods used to have.

So yeah, the reason octopuses usually only live a year or two before self-destructing is because of that fucking asteroid.

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every drawing of your favourite Guys is improved when you just add some blood onto them. I promise

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Taco night

(alt: Video render of Isoxys minor, Middle cambrian bivalved arthropods shown here in orange with a dark aquarium background)

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i actually kinda like it when a character getting better includes them becoming weirder and less polite and more confusing and strange. no more "domestication" i wanna see the weird guy be weird!!!

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Qianzhosaurus

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recipes will be like "prep time: 5 minutes" beloved it took me 10 just to get out the ingredience dont underestimate me

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Last year, did you spend more than $150 (of your currency), on socks?

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saying something dominant that completely flops is the most embarassing thing ever. like okay i guess mommy needs to kill herself now

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"You're all yourselves. I can bind you. Let you come within one another's souls. One-from-many."

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DS9 as a show dares to ask the important questions, like for example “would Star Trek still be good if it was set at the food court at the mall??” and the answer to that is “yes, and actually it will somehow be better”

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i think some of you dont like narratives or stories or characters i think you just like fanfiction tropes

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Normal guy voice . I need to watch him lose consciousness in a vulnerable position

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