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when i first heard about the male loneliness epidemic i was like oh yeah close camaraderie and bonding between men is often discouraged in favor of competition or, if not discouraged, at least filtered through a lens of individualism that precludes deep connections. and then i learned what people meant by it (men arent getting laid) to which i say skill issue

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ok but helen and odysseus have SO much potential as a brotp. his lying/disguise skills + her vocal impression abilities? the chaos would be UNSTOPPABLE

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Archeosky was having fun with this

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*assume that the shoreline is composed mainly of sand and/or small rocks

no nuance bc i want to be proven right by the masses™️

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ok typically what i do is i wear Not Home clothes when i'm out of the house and Home clothes when i'm in the house which also double as Asleep clothes but apparently nobody else on earth does this and that's super weird. please help me gather data points/settle an argument

not to panhandle for reblogs but this poll won't work unless someone reblogs it 🥺🥺🥺

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that’s a good one

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an australian walks up to a bar

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something i have always found really weird is when english texts italicize words from other languages.

i remember reading a book as a kid and the author continually italicizing the word tamales

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Translator’s note: This part of the text was damaged when Dr. Indiana Jones threw it off the side of a mountain.

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Enough about favorite books. What’s a book you read and absolutely hated? The book you’ve got a bone to pick with.

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Pipe sprung a leak in the bathroom the other day and the cat came and bothered me about it and I can't stop thinking about it. She doesn't know what a towel or a mop is but she knew there was an unauthorised fucking Wet and she trusted my ability to rectify the situation

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I always want to chew through drywall when I hear about “science is a lie” “science is brainwashing you” “science is indoctrination” because science isn’t a BELIEF, it’s a SKILL, it’s a TOOL used to determine whether something is trustworthy.

“mathematics are corrupting the youth” “the Dewey decimal system is ruining society” “geometry is threatening our way of life” like listen to that shit

If your house has no right corners and you routinely buy Throckmorton quantities of dish soap par accident then math isn’t your enemy, David

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oh great archeology mouse, your field of knowlege is beyond me. how might one prepare for a duty as noble as yours? Do you have some mond of routine that you do? Does your schedule change super dratically between digs and paperwork times and more? You probably awnsered this but I have a memory closer to a goldfish than a mouse

One prepares for a duty as weighty as mine through heavy training. Stage 1) excessive cups of tea; stage 2) excessive nerding out about research in conjunction with the tea; stage 3) have tea with others and nerd out together. Many naps are recommended.

I’m actuality though, yeah life is VERY different between fieldwork and office work in archaeology, at least for me.

A lot of my office work consists of report writing, followed by data organisation and presentation, and the occasional mapping program. So consists of a lot of hunkering down to research, collate, and express information in a way that is both understandable, and also useful to making an assessment of a site.

In contrast, fieldwork is obviously a lot more physically active. It may consist of surveys (so lots of walking, usually with an iPad to record landscape information, and any sites we may come across). Or it may consist of excavation (either the physical digging itself, or sieving and processing the dirt excavated for any artefacts). Excavation also involves a bit more physical paperwork in my line of work, doing things like describing the soil you’re excavating, and how the exaction of your pit or trench is going.

I don’t have too much of a routine I follow though. I mostly work from home, so I schedule certain types of breaks with alarms, but a lot of office work consists of a meeting with other co workers, and then all of us go off to our tasks that weve decided are the highest priority for the day

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Mutuals, send asks

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You good?

they're making me do my degree :(