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god I would be UNSTOPPABLE if I was capable of consistently initiating tasks. just you wait. you'll be waiting a while but just you wait

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helen “trans people are perpetuating gender steriotypes” joyce is now upset that the scientific american is writing about how women were hunters too back in the day, not just mothers and caretakers. feminist win!

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foreshadowing done well makes me go feral like there’s NOTHING better than getting to the end a book or an important storyline moment and realising that the author laced information so intricately into their writing that weren’t noticeable upon first read but when you read back sections they’re light giant red flags like wow writing is amazing

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You discovered an abandoned one thousand page cookbook one day, and strangely, you found that you can’t flip to the next recipe without making the current dish. Flipping the page, you see the next dish calls for a liter of star dust and gives a “simple” explanation of how to build a starship.

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Murderbot, a construct that was built and used to do extreme violence it's entire existence : I hate talking to people but I will try to resolve this situation peacefully if I can, threats only make people panic and then they take irrational decisions. Extreme violence is sometimes unavoidable but last resort.

ART, a peaceful research transportation : I love talking to people because I can threaten them with extreme violence right off the bat and it makes them do what I want (ads more totally-not-weapons to it's research equipment)

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ah my favorite zelda game *looks at smudged writing on my hand* Wind Baker

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Hey, so the character animation in Soul Eater was really fucking beautiful.

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Because “gee” is an exclamation abbreviating “Jesus” I propose that every time Link yells “hya” he’s invoking the name of Hylia.

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Be honest, if you got isekai'd into your main fandom/favorite franchise with only your current abilities and the stuff on your person, how likely are you to survive?

I'd die instantly

I'd probably die, but there's a small chance I'd make it

I'm more likely to die than not, but it's not hopeless

It's close to 50:50 odds, I'm as likely to live as die

I'm more likely to live than not, but it's still dangerous

I'd probably live, but there's a small chance I get killed

No more risk than my normal life

I would be less likely to die than my day to day now,

I would not only live, it would expand my lifespan

I would be made fully immortal

Nuance/results

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a post-doc was doing a guest seminar at my institute and at the beginning of his presentation he was explaining why he chose birds for his evolutionary analysis - so he said "well first of all, because birds are the best and most interesting animals and it's fun to study them" and a few professors in the room gave him a very serious nod

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How the Geneva Drive (the mechanical step that makes the second hand on a clock work by turning constant rotation into intermittent motion) works.