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jason and the brick

is it just me or is that just a really dumb ship?

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What she says:

What she’s thinking: all four main characters in the mysterious benedict society are highly different types of intelligent, and only a few of them would be recognized as “intelligent” or “gifted” in the modern education system (Kate in particular would probably be called out as a trouble maker) but Mr. Benedict (and the author by extension) firmly insists that they are all very intelligent and necessary for the mission to succeed. IN ADDITION he argues they all have strengths and weaknesses and the best way for them to learn and grow is to be in a highly diverse group of people who rely on each other and everybody works hard, and that idea of “intelligence is highly varied and not always recognized/appreciated and diversity is critical for growth and success” was such a formative idea as a kid and I wish more people demonstrated those ideas. ALSO he caps the novel off with all of the kids in loving, supportive, healthy homes despite almost all of them being in a non-nuclear families (several of them are adopted, one of them has a single parent, and they all view each other as basically siblings) is just so positive. Because not everyone is born into a stable nuclear family or maybe they aren’t born with a photographic memory or a stunningly high IQ but the story doesn’t end there, it Begins there. They respect themselves and each other and out of that grows everything else. Probably the two biggest themes of the book are that family is born out of love and respect, and intelligence is born out of curiosity and stubbornness and that’s fantastic.

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the mysterious Benedict Society is an amazing series that is way too underrated

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*bashes head into a wall* .. i Wamnt.. i rlly want GIRLFRIEND !!! want gf. pls,

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Recently saw the rumors about me detransitioning circulating again. 🤬 Trans women can be butch. We can be femme. We can be anything. Just because we look one way or another doesn’t speak to our identities! 

Don’t use me for disinformation campaigns against trans kids. Trans butches are just as trans as the next girl. In fact, I’m more trans than ever and getting more trans by the day. 💪 Just let trans people be ourselves and respect our identities. 💁‍♀️

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So, we’ve all seen the posts about how alcohol, caffeine and spicy food is viewed as horrifying poison across the galaxy, and how aliens are all suitably horrified when they see us consume it. 

Tell you what I haven’t seen mentioned, but which is also varying levels of toxic to most not human animals? Theobromine. Normally found in chocolate. 

Like, can you imagine being captured by aliens who are planning to poison you to send a message to your crew. They spend some time describing this poison, including the risk of internal bleeding, vomiting, seizures and heart palpatations as you get steadily more and more afraid. 

Then the executioner brings out a mug of steaming hot chocolate. 

I don’t know about you, but if i’d been in space for an indefinite amount of time on what are presumably carefully calculated rations, I would be kicking aliens out of the way for that cup. 

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Humans are Weird, “Relationships”

Krill = Alien medic (member of a mostly human crew)

Captain Vir = Human captain of a freelance ship (for hire)

Human Behavior log

Date: 84 75 U Cycle   07/13/4020 Human sun Cycle

Time: 12:20 human time

Contents: recorded as a dictation for scientific purposes

Additional Information: Captain Vir has recently returned from the wedding of his sister back on Mars.

 Krill “Captain, May I ask a question?”

*Captain takes a seat in his chair on the bridge* “Shoot.”

Krill “Um… what?”

Captain Vir *sighs* “Figure of speech, go on ask your question.”

Krill “Human mating rituals.”

Captain Vir *long pause* “Sh**, you sure you want to talk about that?”

Krill, “Humans are monogamous?”

Captain Vir *pauses rubs the back of his neck* “Well yes, and no.”

Krill “What do you mean yes and no. The answer is either yes or no, that’s how other species work.”

Captain Vir,”Well, some humans are and other humans aren’t.”

Krill, “You can’t just choose.”

Captain Vir, “Yes you can.”

Krill, “You can’t reject your instincts.”

Captain Vir, “You’d think after six months on a human ship you would know that we aren’t in the habit of doing what we SHOULD do.”

Krill *sighs in exasperation* “Fine, So if you aren’t ALL monogamous than what are you?”

Captain Vir taps his foot, “Well A lot of guys are just interested in being with a lot of women.”

Krill *nods* “To spread his DNA to multiple partners.”

Captain Vir *shakes his head* “Um, no, people who do that actively avoid producing offspring.*

Krill *blinks in confusion* “What�� but that’s the point.”

Captain Vir, “No.”

Krill sighs, “Ok, so it’s like when one male has many females, and he has them, like a herd to show his dominance?”

Captain Vir *shakes head again* “No, he doesn’t own them in any way, but I guess you could say he uses it as a status symbol. What you are talking about is more like polygamy.”

Krill ….?

Captain Vir “One man with multiple wives. In that case he IS married to them and the point is to get offspring.”

Krill, “Ok, that makes more sense. The female takes care of the offspring, so she is less likely to be promiscuous with her partners and less dominant?”

Captain Vir, “Um well…. No.”

Krill, *annoyed* “What do you mean no.”

Captain Vir “It used to be like that, but then a couple centuries ago the roles of men and women were sort of rejected, so women are like men now. Some of them have many partners and avoid offspring. In certain areas Nepal, at one time, it was normal for multiple brothers to marry one wife to avoid having to break up family land. In Africa there was once a warrior queen who dressed as a man and made her many male concubines dress as women.”

Krill *Paces in annoyance.” *So your males and females can act exactly the same, and they don’t even pare with each other to mate necessary, but to show dominance over other humans.”

Captain Vir “Well, not exactly. Only with likeminded humans. Monogamous humans look down on multi-partner humans while multi-partner humans sometimes make fun of monogamous humans. And no offspring isn’t the point. I’d say it often has more to do with companionship, with offspring as being an optional side effect for some while being the focus for others.”

Krill *Rubbing his cranium* “Do you humans ever do anything that makes sense?”

Captain Vir shrugs, “Not really. Some humans don’t even want to pass their DNA at all, and actively avoid companionship.”

Krill “But you just said.”

Captain Vir “I know what I said, but you need to stop trying to understand humans in simple terms. We aren’t simple. We are confusing, we don’t have a breeding season, we aren’t always attracted to the best candidate genetically, and we reject our own instincts. We have ignored our animal side for so long that if you dug into my brainstem right now, I couldn’t tell you what kind of reactive instincts I could give you.”

Krill *throws up hands in exasperation* “Than how do I understand humans.”

Captain Vir *leans in close and motions Krill closer* “There is only one think you need to know about humans to understand us.”

Krill *waits*

Captain Vir “WE DO WHATEVER THE HELL WE WANT!”

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It’s so rare that you meet someone who makes you feel so warm and happy like they are like sunshine and you just want them around all time.

Unknown (via thoughtkick)

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aesthetic

im so sick of aesthetic because i wont them ALL. GIVE ME ALL THE AESTHETIC