#grass huts

[lasteveharvesting]

“When it is understood that one loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them, the essence of natural farming will be realized”

-One Straw Revolution, Masanobu Fukuoka

[pettyprocrastination]

cringe brainrot cod thought but Alien!au Simon Riley where he's a retired veteran who takes on a job of being freelance security which means accompanying a collection of scientists led but some capitalist billionaire onto an non-domesticated planet where they all inevitably get picked off one by one until he's the only one left to find their murderer is an alien gal who wants to be left the FUCK alone on her planet. Builds a little hut deep in the forest and learns if he leaves her alone she'll leave his alone on separate sides of the world- eventually they fuck idk what to tell you.

[twisted-wonderland-but-gayer]

So uh, you know what DoL is, that game is bat shit but fun if you ignore certain aspects ... Its got some nuts lore and everyday activities, like image Yuu saying something like "oh this place is pretty nice, I haven't been kidnapped or almost kidnapped and nothing too crazy happened!" Extra wtf points if Yuu had TF traits (maybe devine and animal for extra fuckery) like oh they aren't a beastman they just ate a bunch of weird shrooms wore a sick ass choker and prayed for 50+ days (Wolf + Angel TF)

I mean yes, there's some parts I'm glad you can toggle off cause holy fuck. Then again the creator said that it is a trauma simulator and the whole point of the game is that it never gets better but you can cope which is one of my fav tropes in horror. Like fear and hunger in that regard (I think abt these games a lot tbh).

Tagging this as Dark Content just in case

The lore is so fucking intense and the fact there's a potential timeloop/eldritch being trapping everyone there and influencing them is fucking WILD. The whole world is a cage designed for you and it lets you know it.

Anyways. I can imagine that Yuu comes with a lot of trauma that needs to be worked out but they are one hell of a fighter... and I imagine Crewel is the one to break the horrible teacher curse and help them heal cause he's nice. Other students think you're insane for considering him kind. They also wonder why you put up with Crowley but he is an improvement from your previous headmaster.

Students getting their asses whooped in cause Yuu had to always fight for their life and shit.

So much "this is how it should have been" or "I wish I could have met you as a better person and loved you right away but I wouldn't have been able to love you as much as I do now cause you've been by my side"

Yuu panicking over the kids at the orphanage cause they're used to looking out for them. Bonus if maybe Deuce or Ace gets in trouble and Yuu takes the blame prepared for the most heinous punishment but instead just gets some boring homework to do and it kinda breaks them.

They share horrible stories that are relatable in their world and everyone just stops.

Also the transformation things in the game imply that Yuu to an extent is a shapeshifter that changes gradually. Can you imagine if a few months into the shool year Yuu gets Fae ears, maybe some animal like claws and sharp teeth, or even gills and they're like "yeah I can do that" or maybe they even fall in love with one of the non human boys and they start changing to be more like them cause they love them <33

This game ruined me

[andragoras-in-vanity]

im convinced that people who actually want to live in cities and dont see the environmental and emotional trauma their inflicting on themselves by enabling those places to continue to grow have just the most severe brain damage

[jtbb]

transgender middle schoolers deserve the world forever and ever amen

[comfymind]

[tasmanianstripes]

Sometimes I remember absolutely batshit insane discourse topics I saw when I was a teen and I am just. Amazed

Also, the fact that adults also said this just adds to the insanity tbh

[autismmydearwatson]

Why is the idea of ancient Egyptian people being Black so hard to understand. Point to where Egypt is on a map, I assure you it is not in Europe or Asia.

[i-think-pictures]

Switzerland

[cherryblossomshadow]

Honest question, how does the nature cooling work? Is it just great air flow? Are they dug into the ground to better insolate? Does it get cold at night? (comment courtesy of @goblin-named-sam)

@goblin-named-sam mud is a bad conductor of heat, it doesn't allow the heat to enter during the day. in summers people may wet the walls of their houses a bit so that when the water evaporates, it leaves the walls cooler (the same principle on which sweating works!) and the inside is as ambient as if there was air conditioner.

since it's a bad conductor of heat, it doesn't let too much of it escape at night or in winters either, so it keeps you comfortable both ways (comment courtesy of @an-absolute-nightmare)

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its so stupid that we prize european everything when its so unsuitable to other climates. in north/west europe it makes sense to wear more clothes n have more complex house desigsn that r warmer, but in a hot country it doesnt work. these traditional housing styles, and traditional clothing thats labelled “immodest” and “uncivilised”, are cheaper, use less resources, better for the environment and more comofrtable for ppl

ppl who still have access to traditional better methord r very lucky. in australia we dress and build and act like its cold england, so ppl are forced to wear way too hot clothes, live in way too hot houses, and go out in the sun at midday

if ppl started building mud and thatch houses here and we all walked around in our underwear (or west asian-styled covering clothes for us lightskinned ppl) then i would be very glad and quick to adopt it over continuing to have an anglo saxon culture (comments courtesy of @yossarianirl)

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Just because you grew up in one lifestyle doesn't mean it's good (comment courtesy of @legendoro)

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It's not just a culture thing either - different parts of the world develop different types of building styles in reaction to the environments they're trying to adjust to. It would be silly to expect people who live in a hot and dry climate to build homes designed to withstand monsoon season or to expect people who live in an area where wood is scarce to build timber frame houses. The climates and resources that surround you affect what sorts of homes are practical and comfortable and affordable. Of course the resultant building practices are going to change as a result! (comment courtesy of @reesa-chan)

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#you know I never thought about it but duh #of course people who have been living there for tens of thousands of years figured out the best design for houses in their environment #particularly for natural cooling etc #people use traditional methods for a reason #because it's readily available locally and because it's specifically suited to their local environment #the standard American style house isn't ideal for even most of the USA #why the hell should anybody else have it pushed on them? (tags courtesy of @judiops)

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#i think (white) people think  of the western way of doing things as like. the default. #so therefore everyone else is consciously choosing not to do things the 'normal way' #but like. what part of importing lumber and insulation and construction materials is normal. #they have a system that works! #why would they switch to another system (tags courtesy of @iamanoccasionaldoodler)

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#its so frustrating that people will call them 'mud huts' and not realise that these are architecture designed for their climate #like coming over to the uk and asking why are our houses dont have air con or have triple glazing #why are all these houses in my area built on hills and slopes #flooding and frost is our problem so we have the solutions??? (tags courtesy of @averyroundbird)

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This woman is beautiful and her voice is so calming and her accent is so lovely and also she is so fucking right. (comment courtesy of @just-a-geekygoth)

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#imagine the extent to which we could mitigate global climate crisis if everyone in hot environments used buildings that #were naturally cooling instead of relying on constant electricity to run air conditioning and fans #imagine how many people's lives would be saved if buildings in these places remained cool naturally even in power outages #anti-Blackness really has Westerners ready to sacrifice everyone's lives rather than admit that Uganda has superior building structures (tags courtesy of @closet-keys)

#prev tags #this reminds me of the cooling crisis in Arizona from that one article #where everyone just dismissed the author and supporters as ecofascists #but this is exactly the type of shit that they were talking about! #western housing methods are not sustainable in the desert without AC! #when European settlers came to the Americas they also tried to use western farming methods. and it failed. (tags courtesy of @eruthiawenluin)

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#I'm sorry are people forgetting that bricks are just baked dirt #Roof slate is just cut stone #Wooden roofs are as much made of plants as grass #We just have different materials in abundance in different places #Different building traditions #No one would be shocked to discover that people eat rice instead of wheat in some places #why are people surprised that the building materials might be different too (tags courtesy of @ursusmaritimuslocaha)

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#I have many thoughts now thank you #like why is a house so complicated? it's where you sleep #we turned our homes into castles and split villages into millions of mini kingdoms #now we all see our neighbors as competing nations instead of family and friends #we spend all our time at home away from eachother when we could be coming together at the library or bar or game shop #I used to know the name of every kid on my block now I don't even know what my nextdoor neighbors look like (tags courtesy of @spacebarista-blog-blog)

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Grass thatched houses 😳

“Do you guys still sleep in grass thatched houses?”

“Do you still sleep in houses made of MUD?”

Those of you that keep asking that question, and possibly because of genuine curiosity or lack of proper information …

But anyways, yes we do. Yes, we do sleep in them. We still do sleep in them.

Why wouldn’t we sleep in them? Why wouldn’t you sleep in a house that has its own natural cooling system? Even when it’s the hottest of the hottest months in Uganda.

You don’t need a fridge to keep your water cold or your drinks cold. The grass thatched house does that free of charge. You don’t have to pay for the energy.

Why wouldn’t I sleep in a house that takes nature to construct? That I’m not worried of trying to buy expensive materials in order to have a house to sleep in. Why wouldn’t I sleep in such a house?

Mud scents better than paint. I don’t know if you knew about that. Why wouldn’t I sleep in such a house?

So many times we love to dehumanize other people’s way of life or cultures and simply because we lack information and also because …

You have grown up in one kind of lifestyle. And you think that one kind of lifestyle should be the standard of everyone.

So many cultures in so many places around the world have been dehumanized. The people that think everything theirs has to be the standard of everyone.

Most of us are striving so much to adopt cultures, to adopt every way of life that is not ours, because we have the verge of trying to prove ourselves that we are doing better. “Actually, we are also doing better.” “Actually, we also have this.” “We also have this.”

We also have grass thatched houses.

How will we promote our cultures when we ourselves are not proud of our cultures?

If it doesn’t kill, why shouldn’t we celebrate it?

When did grassthatched houses become a piece of embarrassment?

Anyways, we do sleep in them. I had such a great night sleep.

This is a kind of house that even heals insomnia. You can’t lack sleep. Never.

[thedaywillcome]

It’s so sweet how people are only now realizing that high existential awareness often results in depression.

Like, yes babes, we understand that today’s economy gives those who only recently got to become adults absolutely no prospects of an enjoyable life, robs us of any freedom, and whatever we have left is taken away by the older generation calling us lazy for not wanting to sell our bodies and souls for wages barely getting us through the week. Did you think it would go any other direction but self deprecation and a death wish? How silly!

[bonguri]

20240122 East-Mikawa and Ensyu 4 by Bong Grit Via Flickr: 以前は使われていたらしいプラットホーム。多分構内踏切を渡ってそっちに行っていたんでしょう。 @Nagashinojo station, Shinsiro city, Aichi pref.（愛知県新城市 長篠城駅）

[aviatrix-ash]

Dined with a friend at the pizza hut last night. They really liked black pepper

I offered them a pepperoni but the pepper must have been more tasty.

if you learn to love bugs with all your heart the world will feel half as hostile and a thousand times as big

[dfl-inc]

AI image generation

[bigbitchmarii]

Sydney Pool Pool House An illustration of a medium-sized island-style backyard house with a naturally shaped pool.

[furballfaggot]

PICK THE SKUNK it evolves into Fire/Poison and the ability it gets is sick as hell /j