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Source: Yotsuba&! よつばと!

by Kiyohiko Azuma

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fic prompt where pre-sonic 3 robotnik thought it was a brilliant idea to do a subathon ala-ludwig style wherein 1 sub = 1 minute of streaming. problem is it got WAY too successful and robotnik became an overnight celebrity and then GUN eventually spotted it. so now stone is trying to control the crab throughout the pacific fucking ocean, escaping the military as robotnik continues his subathon

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i love agent stone from hit film series sonic the hedgehog reblog if you're a true stoner

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Easter egg for office workers: if you go onto Excel and press ctrl+left, then ctrl+down, you will reach cell XFD1048576. If you put a dot in there, then ctrl+A and fill every cell in black, you can then print 34 million black pages from your office printer and get fired

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okay guys we've all had a lot of fun with the whole "five day work week" thing but let's stop joking around. we only need three. four at the absolute maximum

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I'd rather have a thousand "OHMIGOD WE WERE RIGHT!!!" theory confirmed moments where due to good storytelling and foreshadowing the audience was able to figure out parts of the future plot than just one more stupid twist that makes no narrative sense to avoid being "predictable".

If people knowing anything about your plot spoils the show entirely maybe it's just no good lmao.

It's not worth ruining your narrative themes and character integrity just so everyone is shocked. Sometimes twists that have been guessed .... Are better.

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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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a world where kipperlilly isn't a villain but just running for president is so fucking funny. you're a pedantic perfect straight a student with anger management issues who does all the extra curriculars and wants to be student body president for her senior year and then the person you're running against is a sweaty lesbian who wears a yellow tracksuit every day to school and who eats her lunch out of a trashbag and she walks up to you wearing a cowboy hat filled with salsa that her friends are dipping chips in, to wish you luck in the election. she wins

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Jr year baby!

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a lot of vivziepop designs just feel like they want to have his swag but can't quite manage it

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Excerpts from the original Doctor Who - The End of Time: Part II script by Russell T. Davies.

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i didn’t know i needed an isekai where an awkward nerdy middle-aged dad who’s not a weirdo or a creep and died saving a child is reincarnated as an otome villainess except he’s too nice to be mean to anyone and just happy to have good eyesight now but i’m so glad it exists