#which 33 species not found anywhere else in the world!!!

[sporecored]

so relieved!!! We rescheduled water quality monitoring for friday, now I can focus on finishing preparing for my two (2) presentations tomorrow!

[myconetted]

The California Floristic Province (CFP) is a floristic province with a Mediterranean-type climate located on the Pacific Coast of North America with a distinctive flora similar to other regions with a winter rainfall and summer drought climate like the Mediterranean Basin. This biodiversity hotspot is known for being the home of the Sierran giant sequoia tree and its close relative the coast redwood. In 1996, the Province was designated as a biodiversity hotspot allowing it to join ranks among 33 other areas in the world with many endemic species. To be named a biodiversity hotspot, an area has to contain species and plant life that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. The California Floristic Province is home to over 3,000 species of vascular plants, 60% of which are endemic to the province.

broooooo i didn't even realize

that's so endemic!!!

[kashyyyyk]

i was tagged my the lovely @theleavesoflorien to answer these questions, so here goes :))

1. Do you prefer writing with a black pen or a blue pen?

blue actually! but idk why

2. Would you prefer to live in the country or in the city?

the country ideally, bc cities are just too noisy, too grey, too many people. but on the other hand, ppl in the country are boring af... so. guess i could live anywhere where i had some peace and quiet and nature on the one hand, and some interesting ppl on the other - one can dream ig, lol

3. If you could learn a new skill, what would it be?

any skill would be nice X’D but i guess writing, always. and not being a procrastinator. just being able to focus and actually finish/achieve smth. would be great (if that’s even a “skill”)

4. do you drink your tea/coffee with sugar?

coffee sometimes (aka when it’s bad coffee lol); tea never (tho i’d put in honey sometimes)

5. What was your favourite book as a child?

gosh i have no idea. i remember liking most books by Marc De Bel and Patrick Lagrou (both Flemish writers) and then as a teenager ig it had to be Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban!   

6. Do you prefer baths or showers?

i like both, but maybe baths, which have that additional element of “i’ve got time to relax rn” which is always great

7. If you could be a mythical creature, which one would you be?

werewolf :’) or smth that lives in the ocean (not a mermaid tho, i’m not 12) like a giant turtle or smth, or some big cat (i don’t know my mythology wow), or a dragon :33333

8. Paper or electronic books?

paper! ♥ which goes against my eco principles but i just loooove books and can’t get myself to read on a screen

9. What is your favourite item of clothing?

my mom jeans :’) 

10. Do you like your name? Would you like to change it?

i don’t like it at all D: if money wasn’t a factor, i probably would’ve changed it already, sorry @ my parents but yes

11. Who is a mentor to you?

George Harrison :’)

12. Would you like to be famous? If so, what for?

writing fantasy/scifi books or shows/movies pls and thanks ♥

13. Are you a restless sleeper?

i sleep like a log, which ig is why i wake up feeling like one XD

14. Do you consider yourself to be a romantic person?

lol. i used to... guess deep down i still am, even tho i’ve completely embraced ace/aro life for now. would never go for any of that sappy stuff tho, but some epic kind of soulmates love, i’m one of the idiots who believes in that shit :’)

15. Which element best represents you?

water ♥ and i guess air to a certain extent

16. Who do you want to be closer to?

lmao @theleavesoflorien, Henry Cavill, HARD SAME :’))) or Dhani Harrison for that matter :3 ~the 2 Main Platonic Baes~ but in all realness, i’d just wish i had any rl friends that i vibed with on a soul level /rip

17. Do you miss someone at the moment?

my brother i guess, always ♥

18. Tell us about an early childhood memory.

re-enacting The Lion King with my brother XD and generally just making up stories with him - @theleavesoflorien, we did the radio shows/quizzes too! brilliant XD

19. What is the strangest thing you have eaten?

fermented shark, in Iceland. i highkey would not recommend 

20. What are you most thankful for?

still being alive i suppose :’) tho sometimes these days i wish i wasn’t. also, great music, books, tv shows, movies ♥ and whatever unspoiled nature we still have

21. Do you like spicy food?

sure! tho not like really spicy ig

22. Have you ever met someone famous?

i met Michael Palin in 2018 at a book signing ♥_♥ after a talk he did. and i said i’d liked the talk and he said thanks :’))))) also met Terry Gilliam last year and we talked for 2 secs ♥ and ig there were others but i can’t remember right now. oh yeah, talked to Finn Jones at a con one time :’)

23. Do you keep a diary or journal?

lol yeah like about 5 of them XD all for different aspects of my life i suppose. i have the worst memory in the world, so i need this to literally remember things

24. Do you prefer to use pen or pencil?

pen

25. What is your star sign?

cancer sun / leo moon / scorpio rising 

26. Do you like your cereal crunchy or soggy?

oh my fuck who would like soggy cereal o_____O

27. What would you want your legacy to be?

idk, just generally being remembered at all would be nice. would be great to have contributed something noticeable, but having made people happy in some way at all would do ig

28. Do you like reading? What was the last book you read?

LMAO yes :’) i’m reading a few dozen atm, but the last one i finished was Sign of Chaos by Roger Zelazny, part of the Amber series i’ve read about 6 times now instead of reading new things

29. How do you show someone you love them?

no idea :’)) just be there for them ig. giving them some of my time must mean i love them bc i loooovvvveee my time :’)

30. Do you like ice in your drinks?

not really actually. if it needs to be cold i’d rather just have it chilled than have ice in it

31. What are you afraid of?

dying without really having lived :’) /harsh truths hour

32. What is your favourite scent?

peaches, basil, privet, monoï, ....

33. Do you address older people by their name or surname?

gosh, depends on the situation. i guess i’d say sir or madam (without the surname tho) and i mean older as in at least 20y older

34. If money was not a factor, how would you live your life?

not working for anyone else another day in my life. except if i found something i really want to get behind and put some effort in. hopefully write for pleasure tho, which would hopefully come easier since i wouldn’t be stressed at all times. i’d like to live near the ocean and the jungle, surrounded by a only few but likeminded people ♥

35. Do you prefer swimming in pools or the ocean?

love ♥ the ocean, tho i also scares me lol. would say a natural pool or a lake without too many weeds in it :’)

36. What would you do if you found $50 on the ground?

take it ofc

37. Have you ever seen a shooting star? Did you make a wish?

oh yes! i always make a wish :) and the same one each time too

38. What is one thing you would want to teach your children?

that they’re okay, that of course growth is important, but that they’re enough as they are, and only have to change if they want it, not for anyone else. i’d try to teach them empathy and respect for all beings and the earth we live on

39. If you had to have a tattoo, what would it be and where would you get it?

got three already, but i’m contemplating George Harrison’s squiggly sun drawing from his Here Comes the Sun manuscript, maybe on my ankle? still considering Tolkien’s dragon drawing too. an ॐ somewhere definitely, maybe combined with some lotus thing, idk yet..

40. What can you hear right now?

Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in the Sky (Live, from Pulse)

41. Where do you feel the safest?

in my flat. or in nature when there’s no one around. in fact i feel safe most places where there’s not too many people around

42. What is one thing you want to overcome/conquer?

my procrastination

43. If you could travel back to any era, what would it be?

ooof, difficult choice. maybe just super far back to hunter-gatherer times tbh XD like okay, not that intellectually or spiritually developed, but still in touch with the actual earth we live on as simply another species, before assuming we were anything “more” or w/e, before any money or power or religion came into play ♥

44. What is your most used emoji?

i’m on the computer now so, hmmmm but: ok hand, and the crying emoji, and the two hearts, and ofc the “this is fine” content smiling one XD sorry idk how to describe it

45. Describe yourself using one word.

idiot

46. What do you regret the most?

not having taken my life into my own hands in my 20s... but i honestly try not to regret much anymore. i guess my 20s couldn’t have gone much different all things considered, and i did learn from them

47. Last movie you saw?

Mortal Kombat X’D

48. Last tv show you watched?

Red Dwarf ♥♥♥

49. Invent a word and its meaning

this is too difficult :’)))))

as usual i’m lazy and tag anyone who feels like doing this! ~♥

[fatedendshq]

100 Questions about your OC

To fill out for fun or for people to ask~

1. What is your OC’s name? 

2. What is your OC’s gender? 

3. What is your OC’s sexual orientation? 

4. How old are they? 

5. What species are they- human, animal, alien, robot, none of the above?

6. What is their family like? Do they have one?

7. Who is there best friend? Why?

8. Do they have a partner/significant other? Why are they together/not together?

9. What is their most prized possession? Why is it so important?

10. Do they prefer to be warm or cold?

11. If they could only eat one food for the rest of their life, what would it be?

12. Is there anything they’d like to change about themselves physically?

13. Who is the most important person in their life?

14. Are they a cat person? A dog person? An okapi person?

15. What sort of books do they like to read (if they like to read)?

16. What’s their favorite thing to do on a rainy weekend?

17. Where were they born?

18. Where do they want to live?

19. Do they have a job?

20. If they could work anywhere, where would it be?

21. Do they use any sort of weapon? If not, what would they want if they could have one?

22. Do they have any sort of special power/what power would they want?

23. What’s their fashion sense?

24. What do they think of snakes?

25. What is their biggest pet peeve?

26. What is their greatest fear?

27. Do they have any sort of disability, disorder, or health issue?

28. Who is the person they hate the most in their life?

29. Is there anyone they want to be more like?

30. If they got three wishes, what would they ask for?

31. Their home is on fire- what do they do?

32. Do they like children?

33. Would they rather take a short cut or take the scenic route?

34. What’s their strongest belief?

35. What’s their opinion on lying?

36. Do they believe that the ends justify the means in any situation?

37. Do they believe in any sort of higher power?

38. Which family member are they closest to, if any?

39. Do they ever want to get married and/or have kids?

40. What was the hardest decision they ever had to make in their life?

41. What was the happiest day of their life?

42. What’s their favorite holiday?

43. How did they meet their last/current/future significant other? Or their best friend, if non-applicable?

44. If they were a class in a fantasy RPG, what class would it be?

45. Do they have any birthmarks or scars that they’re embarrassed by?

46. What’s their favorite color?

47. Do they have any piercings or tattoos? Do they want any/any more?

48. Have they ever tried drugs or alcohol?

49. Are they an idealist or a realist?

50. Are they more introverted or extroverted?

51. What is their main goal in life?

52. What are they willing to sacrifice to accomplish that goal?

53. Would they ever kill somebody (what would they consider a justifiable reason to kill someone?)

54. Have they ever kissed someone? Do they want to?

55. Have they always been comfortable with their sexual/gender identity, or is it something they’ve struggled with?

56. Do they have any special ability or marking that sets them apart from others of their species/race? Why is it so remarkable or strange?

57. What’s their ideal endgame?

58. If they had a Tumblr, what would they blog about?

59. Any kinks or fetishes?

60. If they only had one day left to live, what would they do?

61. If they found a wallet with the equivalence of 200 dollars in it, what would they do?

62. If they live in a world without magic/without mainstream magic, do they believe in magic?

63. If they could have any pet ever, what would it be?

64. Who is the person they admire most? Why?

65. Do they think they are attractive?

66. What is their biggest regret?

67. What would they do for a klondike bar?

68. The most important person in their life has been bitten by a zombie/whatever qualifies as a zombie in their world. Do they put them out of their misery, or try to find an alternative?

69. Is there anyone in their life they just can’t say no to? Why?

70. Are they more math, science, or art oriented?

71. Is there anything they like that would be considered geeky in their world?

72. Did they/would they leap at the call to adventure, or were they/would they have to be dragged along?

73. Do they think there is more to life than whatever they are doing right now?

74. Which Disney Princess would they like the best?

75. What’s their most positive trait?

76. What’s their fatal flaw?

77. What do their friends/family/teammates find most annoying about them?

78. What are their biggest strengths?

79. What are their weaknesses?

80. What is most memorable about their appearance?

81. What’s the most embarrassing thing they have ever said/done?

82. Do they dwell on the past, or live in the moment?  

83. Why is their main goal so important to them? What set them on that path?

84. Do they believe that people are inherently good?

85. What is their opinion on themself?

86. What emoticon describes them best? 

87. Is there any other fictional character you would compare them too, personality or appearance-wise? 

88. Do they know how to dance? Do they like dancing?

89. What sort of music do they/would they like?

90. What do they consider the worst evil in the world?

91. What’s the closest they’ve been to dying (or, if they’re already dead, how did they die)?

92. What’s their spirit animal?

93. Do they like their name? Is there any name they’d rather have?

94. What is the significance of their name?

95. Have they ever been bullied? Have they ever bullied anyone?

96. Are they a light or heavy sleeper?

97. What do they dream about when they sleep? .

98. Do they prefer an urban or a rural setting, or something else?

99. Is there any moment or event that they feel defines their life and who they are now?

100. Why is this character important? To you, and/or to their world?

[cornflowercanine]

65 Questions You Aren't Used to: 1, 3, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 26, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 60, 62, 63 (i hope these arent too many)

ooo hell yes i enjoy not shutting up ty for so many asks >:333

“1. Do you ever doubt the existence of others than you?“

...no? like i can get it! its just mostly that I dont feel real.

“3. The person you would never want to meet?“

thats.....so many people holy shit.........every single sexual assaulter seems good, tho! :’3

“10. What were you doing at midnight last night?“

uhhhh iirc playing minecraft >:3333c

“11. Favorite age you’ve been so far?“

12/11 was a pretty damn good age!! but honestly i like being in the latter half of my teens, young enough i can be a mildly immature little shit but old enough i can kinda be taken seriously aaand also just not be a dumb kid >:33

“13. Your worst enemy?“

[redacted]

“15. Do you like someone?“

as in, LIKE like? yea theyre -POINTS AT EVERY OTHER GIRL IN EXISTENCE-

“17. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?“

like, i can do the WORLD a favor and blow up donald trump or some shit, but if thats too much, then...maybe my older bro

“19. If anyone could be your slave for a day, who would it be and what would they have to do?“

kinky uhhhh @terryiffing i’d force xem to be as nice to xemselves as possible and if im having One Of Those Days then xe can make sure im alright and dont do anything dumb

“21. If you were the opposite sex for one day, what would you look like and what would you do?“

probably not that different bc androgyny 100, but like... REALLY REALLY FUCKING LANKY AND NARROW. also in what fucking universe would i have any reason to do anything other than just violently jerk off the entire day lol

“26. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere in the world, but you have to leave immediately. Where are you going to go?“

uhhh give it to terry so xe can fly to me and we can fuck around here

“28. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place? “

no queerphobia in any way shape or form

“29. What is your favorite expletive?“

i’m quite fond of cunt!!!

“30. Your house is on fire, holy shit! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the one thing you’re going to save from that blazing inferno?“

uhhhhhhhhhh laptop? so i can talk to my friends aka my will to live

“34. What was your last dream about?“

GOD THEYVE,,, BEEN SO FUCKING VIVIDLY WEIRD LATELY.BUT I REMEMBER LIKE.... I WAS DMING TERRY AND SHIT..... AND LIKE. THERE WAS SOME SORT OF EMERGENCY GOING ON, LIKE A BIG FIRE OR SOME SHITFFFFFFFFF IDK

“35. Are you a good….[insert anything you’d like here]?“

a good furry? yes in that im more loyal than my fursona’s species to the fandom, but also....i..........biggy cheated on it........with hoemsteckc :((((

“44. What do you want to be when you graduate?“

1; im educationally neglected, i cant do simple math2; ive never been inside a school3; i dont want to go to college either4; i just want to make sandwiches/clean at my health food store and DRAW PORN5; pls

“45. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?“

uhhhhhhh not being dead afraid of men to the point it ruins my life would be pretty nice!

“47. If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be?“

where do u find qt girls. if u have not found qt girls yet am i still a filthy kinnie through and through

“48. Do you hold grudges?“

HIGHKEY NO LMAO. if you do me wrong i will never forget it but its so hard/borderline impossible for me to be legitimately, fully angry at you for whatever and stiCK TO THAT.

“49. If you could breed two animals together to defy the laws of nature, what new animal would you create?“

make a fucking winged coyote so i can kin it i acTUALLY,,, HAVE NO BETTER IDEA. EVERYTHING ELSE IS ESSENTIALLY JUST “THIS ANIMAL, BUT WITH STRIPED TAIL THEREFORE MAKING IT 69X PRETTIER”

“50. What is the most unusual conversation you’ve ever had?“

points at terry’s entire server

“51. Are you a good liar?“

uhhhhhhh YES AND NO??? yes in the regard im VERY GOOD at making excuses when i need to but bad as in,, vast majority of the time i dont like lying. it feels. dirty. and not in good thotty way, in bad, morally wrong way :(((

“52. How long could you go without talking?“

...like, pre-2017, i could go days without a real convo... GOD IM JUST A PARROT OK I CANT SHUT UP

“60. Do you believe in aliens?“

bitch i AM

“62. What is your favorite letter of the alphabet?“

hmmm.... x is good, i suppose :o

“63. Which is cooler: dinosaurs or dragons?“

ah yes, both of these i was obsessed with for months and then proceeded to continue my normal life not GENUINELY giving a shit about them.i guess dragons are COOLER but i still like dinos, like raptors, small feathery qt guys :3

ty for all the asks anon i would tag this as long post but idfk how to tag asks so sorry @ people who see this shit on their dash i am like 45% asleep rn let me ju

[blogs-a-clusterfuck]

all 65 questions

1. Do you ever doubt the existence of others than you?Like aliens? Because no. There has to be another species out in the universe 2. On a scale of 1-5, how afraid of the dark are you?1, the dark doesn’t scare me 3. The person you would never want to meet?Donald trump 4. What is your favorite word?Fuck5. If you were a type of tree, what would you be?I’d like to say a birch or maybe cherry blossom tree6. When you looked in the mirror this morning what was the first thing you thought?Damn I love my new piercing 7. What shirt are you wearing?None, I’m in the bath rn8. What do you label yourself as?Not really sure tbh. But I’m a girl9. Bright room or dark room?Dark room10. What were you doing at midnight last night?Baking a whole ass pan of brownies and apple pie11. Favorite age you’ve been so far?Probably now honestly. I’ve had more fun being 18 and 19 then any other age, but 19 by far has been great12. Who told you they loved you last?My friend Alissa 13. Your worst enemy?I can’t think of one tbh. I try not to stay mad at people. Unless it’s my roommate because he makes me so mad and I make him super mad14. What is your current desktop picture?It’s just a blue background but it was Shawn Mendes 15. Do you like someone?No not right now. I did but I’m over it16. The last song you listened to?God is a women by Ariana Grande 17. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?No one? I don’t want to kill someone. Idk maybe hitler?18. Who would you really like to just punch in the face?Trump 19. If anyone could be your slave for a day, who would it be and what would they have to do?Shawn Mendes 😂 and just hang with me 20. What is your best physical attribute? (showing said attribute is optional)Ummmm I like my smile and recently I’ve really liked my cheekbones somereason?21. If you were the opposite sex for one day, what would you look like and what would you do?I’d look like a boy? And honestly I’d just do shit with my dick. Like go pee somewhere standing up, look at it. I’m curious what it’s like to have sex and not worry about pregnancy 🤷🏻‍♀️22. Do you have a secret talent? If yes, what is it?I don’t think so?23. What is one unique thing you’re afraid of?Lightning, like severely 24. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your disposal.Steak and cheese25. You just found $100! How are you going to spend it?I wouldn’t I’d save that shit or actually maybe get a tattoo26. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere in the world, but you have to leave immediately. Where are you going to go?Australia 27. An angel appears out of Heaven and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. “Be brand-specific” it says. Man! What are you gonna say about that? Even if you don’t drink booze there’s something you can figure out… so what’s it gonna be?Mikes hard lemonade in black cherry. Ugh I want to live off that stuff28. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place? No being mean29. What is your favorite expletive?Fuck and any variation ex. Fuckface, fucker, fuck ass, etc.30. Your house is on fire, holy shit! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the one thing you’re going to save from that blazing inferno?My phone.31. You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?Oh jeez. Maybe like one of my memories between my dad and I 32. You got kicked out of the country for being a time-traveling heathen who sleeps with celebrities and has super-powers. But check out this cool shit… you can move to anywhere else in the world!Is this a question? I’d move to Europe probably 33. The Celestial Gates Of Beyond have opened, much to your surprise because you didn’t think such a thing existed. Death appears. As it turns out, Death is actually a pretty cool entity, and happens to be in a fantastic mood. Death offers to return the friend/family-member/person/etc. of your choice to the living world. Who will you bring back?My little brother34. What was your last dream about?It was about me getting super drunk and hooking up with my roommate/neighbor from my dorm (which half happened I just wasn’t drunk 😬😬)35. Are you a good….[insert anything you’d like here]?Listener? I like to think so.36. Have you ever been admitted to the hospital?No37. Have you ever built a snowman?Yes38. What is the color of your socks?I have none on39. What type of music do you like?Pretty much everything 40. Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets?Sunsets cause then you see stars41. What is your favorite milkshake flavor?Coffee or mint42. What football team do you support? (I will answer in terms of American football as well as soccer)Patriots 43. Do you have any scars?Yeah a lot44. What do you want to be when you graduate?Hopefully a children’s psychiatrist 45. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?My weight46. Are you reliable?Yes47. If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be?How do you feel/how’s life did it get better48. Do you hold grudges?I try not too, I don’t think I have any 49. If you could breed two animals together to defy the laws of nature, what new animal would you create?A big bumblebee house pet50. What is the most unusual conversation you’ve ever had?My fucking group chat with my roommate Sarah and the roommate/neighbor from the question above. It’s so fucking weird and a lot of personal things are said without any care 😅51. Are you a good liar?When I need to be52. How long could you go without talking?Not long 53. What has been you worst haircut/style?When I was like 10 I cut my hair too short54. Have you ever baked your own cake?Yes55. Can you do any accents other than your own?Not really 56. What do you like on your toast?Butter, peanut butter or nutella57. What is the last thing you drew a picture of?Uhhhh I think a bunny at work?58. What would be you dream car?I don’t really have one but I’d like a Jeep limo59. Do you sing in the shower? Or do anything unusual in the shower? Explain.I sing and dance all the time60. Do you believe in aliens?Yes61. Do you often read your horoscope?All the time62. What is your favorite letter of the alphabet?I think a cursive z63. Which is cooler: dinosaurs or dragons?DINOSAURS64. What do you think about babies?I love them but I only want one I think.65. Freebie! Ask anything interesting you can think of.I didn’t get a question

[alittlenomadchristina]

El Gouna Diving – Guide for Scuba Fans

The resort town of El Gouna, 20 kilometers north of Hurghada, was only opened in 1989 (my birth year!), but has managed to become one of the most fascinating places in Egypt - and the scuba diving around El Gouna is breathtaking. 

It’s kind of like a mix between Venice and St. Tropez, there are more yachts than cars here and more water canals than streets.

If you’ve been nervous about coming to Egypt, El Gouna is a great start. It’s meticulously clean, quiet and hassle-free.

Besides 3 marinas, plenty of hotels, golf courses, boutiques, and delicious international cuisine, you can also enjoy an amazing time underwater. 

Since El Gouna is purpose-built and consists of several artificial lagoons, there is no reef along the beaches of the town itself. By boat, you can reach some fantastic dive sites in the Northern Red Sea though.

El Gouna shares many sites to the south with its neighbor Hurghada including the beautiful horseshoe-shaped reef of Sha’ab El Erg with its spectacular coral gardens and Careless Reef.

From banks to first-class medical facilities, night clubs and restaurants to countless fun activities on land - everyone will find everything they need for a great vacation, whether you’re a diver or not. 

That makes it especially easy when you as a diver go on vacation with non-divers, unlike in some other parts of the world. There’s plenty of stunning nature and diverse activities for everyone.

All the dive sites in El Gouna are only accessible by boat, as opposed to Dahab e.g., where you’ll go mostly on shore dives. You can find my scuba diving guides to Sharm El-Sheikh and Dahab here.  

The good thing about diving in El Gouna is that no matter how much experience you have, there is a variety of dive sites suitable for all levels, from beginners to expert divers.

Note, however, that all sites are weather dependent, especially Abu Nuhas. 

Ideally, you have a few days time to make sure you’re able to dive all the best dive sites here even when the weather conditions change some plans.

The dive centers usually pick you up from your hotel around 8 am, depending on how close the dive sites you’re going to explore are to the shore.

The boat trip generally includes lunch after the second dive, and some operators offer snacks like fruit or cake in between dives.

If there are non-divers with you, they can join and just snorkel (at least on most trips, please ask before) and enjoy their time on the sea.

Did you know that so far, more than 400 species of coral have been recorded? And that 20% of the fish population in the Red Sea can not be found anywhere else in the world?

In this guide, I will first give you an overview of the best dive sites in El Gouna. After, you’ll get some more helpful tips regarding the best time to go diving in El Gouna and my recommendation for a safe dive centre.

I have to say, I was really pleasantly surprised by the quality of the diving here. I’d just come back from many days of diving in Sharm El-Sheikh as well as a one-week liveaboard from Hurghada to Marsa Alam, covering all the best dive sites of the Red Sea. 

Therefore, I wasn’t expecting too much, but I’m so happy I went and got to see dolphins and had lots of other stunning underwater encounters. El Gouna is a great place to go scuba diving!

Below, I’ve listed the 5 best dive sites around El Gouna, in no particular order. It always depends on what type of diving you prefer.

I’ve asked plenty of experienced and local divers and these names are the ones that always pop up. 

The 5 Best Dive Sites in El Gouna

Abu Nuhas

About 2 hours cruising time from El Gouna lies the reef of Abu Nuhas. The Arabic name means "the father of bad luck", and stems from the no less than 7 ships that have hit this reef over the years.

It’s located to the north of Shaidwan Island, close to the Suez canal and usually partially submerged which makes it dangerous for shipping.

The two wrecks Carnatic and Ghiannis D. are the most interesting ones for divers:

The Carnatic is a 90-meter (295 foot) steamer that sunk in 1869. It’s known as the "wine ship" because it carried port wine that you can still see today, sealed with corks. The wreck is broken in two pieces and lies between 16 and 24 meters (50 and 80 feet). Since currents can be strong and stirring up the sand causing low visibility, it’s best to dive the Carnatic in the morning.

The Ghiannis D. is a large, modern freighter with its deepest point at 28 meters (90 feet). It’s very interesting to explore the inside of the stern with its command bridge, residential quarters and engine room. Groupers made the central part of this wreck their home and others, like eagle rays, snappers and sharks frequently pass by.

Siyul Kebira Island (Big Siyul)

Marked by a solar-powered lighthouse, this island can be reached from El Gouna in 1.5 hours and from Hurghada in 2 hours.

It’s one of the most beautiful and least crowded dives in this area and especially suitable for beginners.

You’ll find a lagoon off the southern side that is no deeper than 25 meters (80 feet) and has a reflective coral floor.

Thanks to a lot of light, the corals are very healthy and attract a huge variety of fish: angelfish, red anthias, butterflyfish and lots of others find shelter under the magnificent acropora formations.

Turtles, giant pufferfish, lionfish, giant morays and huge schools of glass fish can often be seen here. Frequently, you’ll also spot sharks dwelling on the bottom.

Shaab El Erg (Dolphin House)

The more than 5 kilometer long reef of Shaab El Erg is horseshoe shaped and lies directly east of El Gouna.

It’s become famous because large numbers of bottlenose dolphins use this location as a shelter and most of the time you will meet them. 

Besides Marsa Alam, here is actually your best chance in the Red Sea to see them in the wild. I did see them the day I went, it was amazing!

At Shaab El Erg you can also often spot turtles, crocodile fish, rays, scorpion fish, napoleons and large schools of goat fish. The corals are very colorful, too.

I was pleasantly surprised to find not only dolphins, but also so many cute tiny sea creatures like nudibranchs, and, my new favorites: christmas trees. Those are worms that come in lots of different colors and just look incredibly beautiful.

Dolphin House is just one of about 7 common dives here, but understandably the most popular one. Poseidon Garden is another option, here you’ll find lots of clams of all sorts in the huge table and brain corals.

A big number of pufferfish likes it here, too, as well as schools of butterfly fish and bannerfish.

When it’s manta season, your best chance to see them is at Manta Point. You may also get lucky and spot a reef shark. Moray Eels and turtles are common inhabitants here.

Umm Gamar Island

Umm Gamar is one of the most popular dive sites in the Hurghada archipelago. It translates to “The Mother of the Moon” because this small island is crescent-shaped when you view it from above. 

The sea bed can be up to 100 meters down. Dives are made on a slope that gently drops from 15 meters (50 feet) to 75 meters (250 feet). 

At this dive site you have a good chance to spot free-swimming moray eels during daytime. You may also encounter large tunas, great barracudas and sometimes an eagle ray. 

Umm Gamar is also the kingdom of poisonous fish like scorpionfish, lionfish, turkeyfish and stonefish. 

Always pay attention to your surroundings, try not to brush up against anything and maybe even wear gloves.

Just 5 minutes from here lies Shabrur Umm Gamar which is a great dive site for beginners.

Careless Reef

Careless Reef is the most famous coral reef in the area and the furthest dive site south of El Gouna.

It lies unprotected in the open sea which means that, especially during bad weather conditions, it can be a challenging dive and not necessarily suitable for beginners.

Careless Reef is made up of 2 large pinnacles standing on a plateau that drops off on all sides. While the seabed is no deeper than 15 - 16 meters (50 - 55 feet) between the two coral towers where your boat moors, it suddenly drops 60 meters (230 feet) to the east.

This wall is full of caverns which are the home of lionfish and glassfish. You will see all sorts of marine life at Careless Reef.

Plenty of small coral fish like angelfish and grunts swim between multicolored soft corals, red fire corals, and umbrella acropora.

If you’re lucky, you may even spot a gray shark or whitetip reef shark close to the deep cliff.

What you will definitely see are moray eels swimming fully extended around the reef, the huge creatures are one of the main attractions of the Careless Reef dive site.

Best Season For Diving in El Gouna 

The climate in El Gouna is cool in winter (20°C / 68°F) and hot in summer (40°C / 104°F). Water temperatures reach up to 30°C in summer and go down to 20°C in winter.

Below you’ll find a table with air and water temperatures for every month:

WATER AND AIR TEMPERATURES

MONTH AIR TEMPERATURE IN °C SEA TEMPERATURE IN °C January 21-22 20-22 February 21-22 20-22 March 21-24 21-23 April 25-27 23-24 May 27-31 25 June 32-36 25 July 36-38 25-27 August 38-40 26-27 September 29-33 27 October 29-30 24-26 November 25 23-25 December 22 21-23

Generally, I’d say that May to October is the best time to go diving in El Gouna. There’s usually more marine life in summer, including big animals. 

A 5mm wetsuit with a hood is best from the middle of November to the end of March. For the rest of the year, a 3mm wetsuit is sufficient.

Recommendations for Dive Centres

I usually travel solo and I’ve made a few bad experiences, so I know how important it is to find a trustworthy dive center where you do not have to deal with security concerns and, as a woman, harassment. 

Unfortunately, though it’s not dangerous, sexual harassment is quite common in Egypt and can be really frustrating.

El Gouna is probably the place in Egypt where harassment occurs the least, it’s a bit like a European town and very relaxed.

Nevertheless, finding a good dive center isn’t always easy.

To do my research for this Diving Guide to El Gouna, the team of Emperor Divers sponsored my dives for this trip.

I've heard good things about Emperor Divers before and now that I've been diving with them myself, I can honestly confirm that everything is super organized, professional and safe. 

If you're coming to El Gouna and want to explore the underwater world, you'll be in good hands with them!⠀

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88 Crazy Things You Probably Didn't Know About Australia

1. Australia is as wide as the distance between London to Moscow.

2. The biggest property in Australia is bigger than Belgium.

3. More than 85% of Australians live within 50km of the coast.

4. In 1880, Melbourne was the richest city in the world.

5. Gina Rinehart, Australia's richest woman, earns $1 million every half hour, or $598 every second.

6. In 1892, a group of 200 Australians unhappy with the government tried to start an offshoot colony in Paraguay to be called 'New Australia'.

7. The first photos from the 1969 moon landing were beamed to the rest of the world from Honeysuckle Tracking Station, near Canberra.

8. Australia was the second country in the world to allow women to vote (New Zealand was first).

9. Each week, 70 tourists overstay their visas.

10. In 1856, stonemasons took action to ensure a standard of 8-hour working days, which then became recognised worldwide.

11. Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke set a world record for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. Hawke later suggested that this was the reason for his great political success.

12. The world's oldest fossil, which is about 3.4 billion years old, was found in Australia.

13. Australia is very sparsely populated: The UK has 248.25 persons per square kilometre, while Australia has only 2.66 persons per square kilometre.

14. Australia's first police force was made up of the most well-behaved convicts.

15. Australia has the highest electricity prices in the world.

16. There were over one million feral camels in outback Australia, until the government launched the $19m Feral Camel Management Program, which aims to keep the pest problem under control.

17. Saudi Arabia imports camels from Australia (mostly for meat production).

18. Qantas once powered an interstate flight with cooking oil.

19. Per capita, Australians spend more money on gambling than any other nation.

20. In 1832, 300 female convicts mooned the governor of Tasmania. It was said that in a "rare moment of collusion with the Convict women, the ladies in the Governor's party could not control their laughter."

21. Australia is home to the longest fence in the world. It is 5,614 km long, and was originally built to keep dingoes away from fertile land.

22. Australia was one of the founding members of the United Nations.

23. Melbourne is considered the sporting capital of the world, as it has more top level sport available for its citizens than anywhere else.

24. Before the arrival of humans, Australia was home to mega fauna: three metre tall kangaroos, seven metre long goannas, horse-sized ducks, and a marsupial lion the size of a leopard.

25. Kangaroos and emus cannot walk backward, one of the reasons that they're on the Australian coat of arms.

26. Speaking of, Australia is one of the only countries where we eat the animals on our coat of arms.

27. If you visited one new beach in Australia every day, it would take over 27 years to see them all.

28. Melbourne has the world's largest Greek population outside of Athens.

29. The Great Barrier Reef is the planet's largest living structure.

30. And it has it's own postbox!

31. The male platypus has strong enough venom to kill a small dog.

32. And when the platypus was first sent to England, it was believed the Australians had played a joke by sewing the bill of a duck onto a rat.

33. Before 1902, it was illegal to swim at the beach during the day.

34. A retired cavalry officer, Francis De Groot stole the show when the Sydney Harbour Bridge officially opened. Just as the Premier was about to cut the ribbon, De Groot charged forward on his horse and cut it himself, with his sword. The ribbon had to be retied, and De Groot was carted off to a mental hospital. He was later charged for the cost of one ribbon.

35. Australia has 3.3x more sheep than people.

36. Prime Minister Harold Holt went for a swim at Cheviot Beach, and was never seen again.

37. Australia's national anthem was 'God Save The King/Queen' until 1984.

38. Wombat poop is cube shaped! This helps it mark its territory.

39. European settlers in Australia drank more alcohol per capita than any other society in history.

40. The Australian Alps receive more snowfall than Switzerland.

41. A kangaroo is only one centimetre long when it is born.

42. Sir John Robertson, a five-time premier of NSW in the 1800s, began every morning with half a pint of rum. He said: "None of the men who in this country have left footprints behind them have been cold water men."

43. The Box jellyfish has killed more people in Australia than stonefish, sharks and crocodiles combined.

44. Tasmania has the cleanest air in the world.

45. The average Aussie drinks 96 litres of beer per year.

46. 63% of Australians are overweight.

47. Australia is ranked second on the Human Development Index (based on life expectancy, income and education).

48. In 2005, security guards at Canberra's Parliament House were banned from calling people 'mate'. It lasted one day.

49. In Australia, it is illegal to walk on the right-hand side of a footpath.

50. Australia is the only continent in the world without an active volcano.

51. Aussie Rules footy was originally designed to help cricketers to keep fit in the off-season.

52. The name 'Kylie' came from an Aboriginal hunting stick, similar to the boomerang.

53. 91% of the country is covered by native vegetation.

54. The largest-ever victory in an international football match was when Australia beat American Samoa 31-0 in 2001.

55. There are 60 designated wine regions in Australia.

56. Melbourne has been ranked the world's most liveable city for the past three years.

57. If all the sails of the Opera House roof were combined, they would create a perfect sphere. The architect was inspired while eating an orange.

58. Australia is home to 20% of the world's poker machines.

59. Half of these are found in New South Wales.

60. Moomba, Australia's largest free festival, held in Melbourne, means 'up your bum' in many Aboriginal languages.

61. No native Australian animals have hooves.

62. The performance by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the 2000 Olympics opening ceremony was actually a prerecording- of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

63. The wine cask (goon sack) is an Australian invention

64. So is the selfie.

65. Durack, Australia's biggest electorate, is larger in size than Mongolia.

66. The world's first compulsory seat belt law was put into place in Victoria in 1970.

67. Each year, Brisbane hosts the world championships of cockroach racing.

68. In 1932, the Australian military waged war on the emu population of Western Australia. Embarrassingly, they lost.

69. Canberra was created in 1908 as a compromise when Sydney and Melbourne both wanted to be the capital city.

70. A gay bar in Melbourne won the right to ban women from the premises, because they made the men uncomfortable.

71. In 1992, an Australian gambling syndicate bought almost all the number combinations in a Virginia lottery, and won. They turned a $5m purchase into a $27m win.

72. Eucalyptus oil is highly flammable, meaning gum trees may explode if ignited, or in bushfires.

73. In 1975, Australia had a government shutdown, which ended with the Queen firing everyone and the government starting again.

74. A bearded Australian was removed from a darts match in the UK, after the audience started chanting 'Jesus!' at him, distracting the players.

75. There have been instances of wallabies getting high after breaking into opium crops, then running around and making what look like crop circles.

76. An Australian man once tried to sell New Zealand on eBay.

77. In 1940, two aircraft collided in midair, in NSW. Instead of crashing, the two planes became stuck together and made a safe landing.

78. The male lyrebird, which is native to Australia, can mimic the calls of over 20 other birds. If that's not impressive enough, he can also perfectly imitate the sound of a camera, chainsaw and car alarm.

79. Some shopping centres and restaurants play classical music in their car park to deter teenagers from loitering at night.

80. Despite sharing the same verbal language, Australian, British and American sign language are all completely different languages.

81. In 1979, debris from NASA's space station 'Skylab' crashed in Esperance, WA. The town then fined NASA $400 for littering.

82. There have been no deaths in Australia from a spider bite since 1979.

83. There currently a chlamydia outbreak among koala species, which has led to a 15% drop in koala populations.

84. In NSW, there is a coal fire beneath the ground which has been burning for 5,500 years.

85. An Australian election TV debate was rescheduled so it didn't conflict with the finale of reality cooking show Masterchef.

86. Chinese explorers travelled to Australia long before Europeans arrived. As early as the 1400s, sailors and fisherman came to Australia for sea-cucumbers and to trade with Indigenous peoples.

87. The first European to visit Australia was Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon, in 1606. More Dutch explorers visited the country over the next hundred years, plotting maps and naming it 'New Holland'.

88. Captain James Cook first landed on Australia's east coast in 1770. In 1788, the British returned with eleven ships to establish a penal colony. Within days of The First Fleet's arrival and the raising of the British flag, two French ships arrived, just too late to claim Australia for France.

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// stole this OC questions sheet from here! super fun ya’ll should do it :’0

if you want to do it pls do i want. to kno abt ur ocs. you dont need to do all 100 bc i sure af didn’t

1. What is your OC’s name? Kimiko Ijichi 2. What is your OC’s gender? DFAB - Cis - she/her 3. What is your OC’s sexual orientation? Demi-asexual! 4. How old are they? I typically rp her as 16, but I like to imagine her in her late teens or early 20s 5. What species are they- human, animal, alien, robot, none of the above? Human 6. What is their family like? Do they have one? Yes!  She’s an only child with a mother and father.  Gengyo is a very loving and passionate father, though tends to be neurotic, paranoid, and spoils his daughter to no end.  Ritsuko is also a loving mother who puts compassion for others as a first priority, but has been struggling with her dysthymia and thus has been a less enthusiastic parent in Kimiko’s life.  More info on Gengyo here, and more info on Ritsuko here! 7. Who is their best friend? Why? Her designated best friend was and forever will be Isaki Matsuna.  Kimiko refuses to refer to anyone else as a best friend.  Isaki had been with Kimiko since early elementary school.  Her typical form of expressing affection was through taunting, and while that did seem odd to Kimiko, Isaki truly did care for and look out for her.  They were complete foils of each other; ultimately, they were perfect contrasts. 8. Do they have a partner/significant other? Why are they together/not together? Zak & I are working on a ship, but we have yet to really rp the start of it -- so no. 9. What is their most prized possession? Why is it so important? A ribbon from a beginner’s level riding competition!  It was the only competition she rode in, and she only got 7th place (they gave ribbons to all the competitors), but Isaki was there to train her, to cheer for her and put it in a really fancy frame.  The framed ribbon is nailed right above her desk at home! 10. Do they prefer to be warm or cold? She prefers to be chilly. 11. If they could only eat one food for the rest of their life, what would it be? No way would she settle for this. 12. Is there anything they’d like to change about themselves physically? She really wishes she had long hair like Isaki’s.  Down to the butt.  But she would never be able to manage it. 13. Who is the most important person in their life? Isaki was and always will be her inspiration; but from someone who is living, her father!  Although he’s eccentric, he’s the light of her life, as is she to him! 14. Are they a cat person? A dog person? An okapi person? Birds!!  She’d love to have an African gray parrot when she retires!  Calm, friendly cats seem like nice companions, too. 15. What sort of books do they like to read (if they like to read)? Mystery, thriller, crime, autobiographies and memoirs, and books on psychology mainly.  She doesn’t strictly stay with these genres, though. 16. What’s their favorite thing to do on a rainy weekend? Turn on the news channel or turn on the radio and listen to the police scanner.  Arrange her blossoms from her flower pressing into little designs to frame.  Study, ofc.  And go shopping. 17. Where were they born? Hiroo, Shibuya 18. Where do they want to live? She wouldn’t mind staying in Japan, but doesn’t need to stick with where she’s living now (Ikebukuro).  She does prefer big cities, though. 19. Do they have a job? As a student, no.  But during college she’d probably get a part time job as a waitress or something before getting her internship.  Then she’d intern at a therapy facility only to start work as a psychologist & therapist.  Slowly but surely, she’d move her way on to more difficult, struggling people involved with touchy cases.  But that wouldn’t be until she’s in her mid-30s. 20. If they could work anywhere, where would it be? Chicago.  A big city full of crime. 21. Do they use any sort of weapon? If not, what would they want if they could have one? When she starts to work as a criminal psychologist with rather dangerous people, authorities would prompt her to keep a taser on her.

22. Do they have any sort of special power/what power would they want? Nope.  Wouldn’t want any.

23. What’s their fashion sense? Form-fitting comfy young hipster librarian with pastels.

24. What do they think of snakes? Interesting, but keep them away from her or so help me God.

25. What is their biggest pet peeve? Regarding someone as a bad person for mistakes they have made in the past.

26. What is their greatest fear? Not being recognized for her work in her department, and that she won’t be able to help any of her clients or the police force.

27. Do they have any sort of disability, disorder, or health issue? I am thinking about her having dysthymia like her mom, or some other form of depression, since trauma can be “passed down” and she’s gone through a lot.  Still trying to figure out where and how that’d fit though.  She’s also lactose intolerant if that qualifies here.

28. Who is the person they hate the most in their life? She tries not to hate, and she doesn’t truly hate anyone, but her ex-boyfriend Hoitsu Mifune is someone she really, truly, strongly dislikes.

29. Is there anyone they want to be more like? Isaki.  She was always super cheerful, fun-loving, spontaneous, and very go with the flow.

31. Their home is on fire- what do they do? Get out of there according to the fire escape plan she and her family have practiced.

32. Do they like children? Yes!!  While rowdy ones tend to annoy her a bit, she still likes them all the same!

33. Would they rather take a short cut or take the scenic route? Depends on where she’s going.  If it’s a lazy day with no plans, scenic route always.

34. What’s their strongest belief? If you don’t care for others, you’re not human; you’re a monster.

35. What’s their opinion on lying? It can come in handy from time to time, so long as it’s not meant to harm anyone.

38. Which family member are they closest to, if any? Her father as of lately.

39. Do they ever want to get married and/or have kids? YES. YES. YES. YES. yes.

40. What was the hardest decision they ever had to make in their life? Going to see Isaki’s father in the hospital while he was on his death bed.

41. What was the happiest day of their life? Not sure.

43. How did they meet their last/current/future significant other? Or their best friend, if non-applicable? She met Isaki in elementary school when they were partnered up together to do a report.  They were inseparable after that.  After Isaki’s death, Kimiko met Hoitsu when she was 15 through a teammate on the tennis team.  They were together for nine months before she ended it.

44. If they were a class in a fantasy RPG, what class would it be? Probably a cleric.

45. Do they have any birthmarks or scars that they’re embarrassed by? She does have some birthmarks running up her legs and some on her chest, but she’s not embarrassed by them.

46. What’s their favorite color? Lavender

47. Do they have any piercings or tattoos? Do they want any/any more? Her ears are pierced, but that’s it.  She’s content with that.

48. Have they ever tried drugs or alcohol? Nope!

49. Are they an idealist or a realist? Idealist

50. Are they more introverted or extroverted? Extroverted!

51. What is their main goal in life? To become a criminal psychologist.

52. What are they willing to sacrifice to accomplish that goal? Her time, her well being, her friends.

53. Would they ever kill somebody (what would they consider a justifiable reason to kill someone?) Nope!  Not at all.

54. Have they ever kissed someone? Do they want to? She kissed Hoitsu a few times, though he was uninterested by it.  She likes romance, so I guess she wants to?

55. Have they always been comfortable with their sexual/gender identity, or is it something they’ve struggled with? No, she doesn’t even know she is demi-asexual.  She just thinks she’s uninterested because she isn’t ready to be sexually intrigued by someone.  Which is technically true.

56. Do they have any special ability or marking that sets them apart from others of their species/race? Why is it so remarkable or strange? Nnno?

58. If they had a Tumblr, what would they blog about? TBFH. she’d probably be either a studyblr or post about psychology and self care.

59. Any kinks or fetishes? Rich-Looking People.

60. If they only had one day left to live, what would they do? Say her goodbyes to her friends and family, then cry.

61. If they found a wallet with the equivalence of 200 dollars in it, what would they do? Find the ID and report it to the police to be given back.

62. If they live in a world without magic/without mainstream magic, do they believe in magic? Excluding Kiyo, no she doesn’t believe in it.

63. If they could have any pet ever, what would it be? AFRICAN GRAY PARROT. PLEASE.

64. Who is the person they admire most? Why? Isaki; go back to #7 and #29

65. Do they think they are attractive? Yes!

66. What is their biggest regret? Not asking for Isaki and her family to stay home the night of the crash.

67. What would they do for a klondike bar? she’d kill a man

68. The most important person in their life has been bitten by a zombie/whatever qualifies as a zombie in their world. Do they put them out of their misery, or try to find an alternative? Find an alternative.  If it resulted in having to kill her father, then she’d kill herself afterwards.

69. Is there anyone in their life they just can’t say no to? Why? Her mother; she knows she’s struggling with a lot of things and can’t seem to balance all she needs to, so she wants to help her in any way possible.

70. Are they more math, science, or art oriented? Science!

71. Is there anything they like that would be considered geeky in their world? Forensics??? Maybe?  Just knowing and spewing weird trivia about it?

72. Did they/would they leap at the call to adventure, or were they/would they have to be dragged along? If asked, she’d happily tag along, so long as safety is guaranteed.

73. Do they think there is more to life than whatever they are doing right now? Oh yeah.

75. What’s their most positive trait? She’s utterly compassionate.

76. What’s their fatal flaw? She’s utterly compassionate -- to the point where she needs to baby those who are struggling, which in turn sacrifices her well being and ultimately doesn’t help those she’s caring for.  Savior complex tbh.

77. What do their friends/family/teammates find most annoying about them? She’s loud, most jokes go over her head, she’s blunt, and she probably is nosy about their lives.  She just has to know if they need her.

78. What are their biggest strengths? She knows how to remain calm and rational during a panicked event; compassionate; ambitious; does her best not to be judgmental.

79. What are their weaknesses? She has a savior complex; very invasive about personal lives; self-sacrificial; depressed; spoiled.  Fun fun.

80. What is most memorable about their appearance? Uhh either her height or her eyebrows?

82. Do they dwell on the past, or live in the moment? OH BOY.  She preaches about living in the moment, and accepting and learning from the past to progress in The Now.  BUT.  She dwells.

83. Why is their main goal so important to them? What set them on that path? Becoming a criminal psychologist interested her at the age of nine; it was said to be an exciting job that paid very well.  But after Isaki’s death and evidence to show that she was involved with drug use/dealing and underage gambling, Kimiko changed her mindset.  She now wants to become one since she knows criminals are still people.  She wants to help them in any way she can, to help them lead healthy lives again.

84. Do they believe that people are inherently good? YES. She’s adamant about it.

87. Is there any other fictional character you would compare them too, personality or appearance-wise? tbh I did start to design her with traits from Ishimaru and Kirigiri.  So I guess them?

89. What sort of music do they/would they like? Pop!  Soft pop about romance is typically what she listens to when she’s doing her work.

90. What do they consider the worst evil in the world? Abuse, cruelty and neglect to children, as that traumatizes them and sets them up for a difficult life, only to repeat the abuse to their children.

91. What’s the closest they’ve been to dying (or, if they’re already dead, how did they die)? She attempted suicide soon after Isaki’s father died in the hospital, as he was the last of her immediate family who was living.  She attempted by hanging, but her knot was lousy and undid itself.

93. Do they like their name? Is there any name they’d rather have? She does!  Ijichi is a name rather well-known since her father’s family has an attorneys practice starting with her great grandfather Ijichi.

94. What is the significance of their name? Kimiko ( 君子 ) means “noble child”; Ijichi ( 伊地知 ) I cannot find the meaning of for the life of me. Italy, earth, knowledge? idk

95. Have they ever been bullied? Have they ever bullied anyone? There’s always bullying in the school yard; she’s never been horribly bullied, nor worried too much about it.  Isaki was the one who would usually torment others, so Kimiko was just her henchman.

96. Are they a light or heavy sleeper? Average?

97. What do they dream about when they sleep? idk, random things. Dreams are weird.

98. Do they prefer an urban or a rural setting, or something else? She does like rural settings to stay at for a while, but ultimately she’s a big fan of urban settings.

99. Is there any moment or event that they feel defines their life and who they are now? Isaki’s death.

100. Why is this character important? To you, and/or to their world? Oh man.  When I get an idea for an OC, it’s always in a short spurt, so pretty much all my OCs are really under-developed.  But for whatever reason, I stuck with developing Kimiko.  RPing her also helped SO MUCH in terms of figuring out why she is the way she is and adding new traits and perspectives to her. idk.  I just love her a lot and I’m glad my pals here like her as much as they do. ;;;

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Name: Erick Magnusson

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Straight

Species: Metahuman

Affiliation: Rebel Army

Rank: Guard

Powers/Abilities: Bio-Metal Physiology 

Weaknesses:  Metal abilities are vulnerable to extreme temperatures (hot/cold), as well as high level energy, corrosive, metal bending, and magnetic effects. Rendering the user unconscious causes reversion to base state. Prolonged use of shapeshifting requires an increased mass or weakness and unconsciousness can result. Regeneration only occurs while in metallic state.  When in metallic state, user’s weight is increased.

Faceclaim: Sebastian Stan

Biography:

Born in December of 2008 to Magnus and Valeria, a first generation Norwegian immigrant couple, Erick had a normal American childhood growing up.  Erick’s father Magnus worked as a police officer while his mother worked as an overnight trauma nurse at the local hospital so they could save enough money to put Erick through college.  Erick participated in the stereotypical activities for a young teenager, playing football throughout high school while maintaining a solid GPA that would have earned him a scholarship almost anywhere in the country.  Surprising both of his parents however, Erick turned down his scholarship offers and joined the military as an airborne infantryman.  Erick spent the next decade of his life in the military, bouncing from conflict to conflict at the behest of his government, putting boot to ass wherever it was needed.

It was during one of these first deployments that Erick discovered his power.  His convoy was ambushed during a routine patrol and the vehicle Erick was riding in was destroyed.  When his teammates went to check for survivors, nobody expected to find anyone.  Instead the discovered Erick, shielding a fellow soldier as the flames reflected off his silvery skin.  His squad kept it quiet for the time, mostly discounting their recollections as stress induced hallucinations.  However, the outbreaks continued with increasing frequency and his power became a kind of local legend amongst the teams.  As CARMA rose to prominence Erick realized what that meant for Metas and left the military and government as a whole, returning to school to earn his bachelor’s degree.  During his time at the university, Erick heard the rumblings of a Rebel Movement and what it meant for thus Metahumans looking to make a place for themselves.  Equipped with this knowledge, Erick made his way to Pansaw, California to offer his assistance.

Erick spent about 6 months with the Rebels, teaching them what he could of his military tactics and strategies.  Most importantly however, he tried to help the Rebels grow, both as people secure in their powers, and as leaders and soldiers in a resistance.  It was during this time that Erick met and then fell in love with, Hope Ramirez.  She reminded Erick that there was still good in the world, despite everything that he’d seen.  Which was why when she was captured by CARMA, Erick went insane.  With the help of one of Hope’s friends, Erick conducted a lightning raid on CARMA’s main facility, rescuing Hope and getting her away from their clutches.  Unfortunately for Erick, the jail break occurred at the same time CARMA raided the Rebel Base.  Devastated by his perceived failure, Erick once again threw himself into the Rebels, pushing himself, and everyone else, harder than he ever had before.

Just as the Rebels were establishing their new base, Erick received a message from an old military friend that turned his whole world upside down.  His friend had developed metahuman abilities and was being hunted by CARMA.  Leaving everyone behind without a word, Erick travelled back to the East Coast to try to bring his friend to the relative safety of Pansaw and the Rebels.  During their escape, CARMA forces caught up with them and a fight ensued.  During the struggle, Erick’s friend threw himself in front of a bullet meant for Erick, forgetting that in his metallic state, the bullet wouldn’t have hurt him.  This loss devastated Erick and he fled, travelling aimlessly around the country, never stopping in one place for very long.  Without realizing it, Erick’s travels continued to carry him west until once more he found himself on the outskirts of Pansaw, wondering if there was still a life for him there.

Personality: 

+ Loyal + Charming + Dedicated

– Cold – Overly determined – Aggressive

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Toronto is Getting Its First International Art Biennial, Starting This Weekend

A former car dealership on Lake Shore Blvd E has been given a major makeover. As the site of the first Toronto Biennial of Art, the industrial space is filled with contemporary art by Canadian and international artists, spanning installations, videos, illustrations, interactive exhibits and more. In addition to the Lake Shore location, the Biennial also has a presence at Mississauga’s Small Arms Inspection Building, as well as at over a dozen other spots across Toronto including the Ontario Place Cinesphere and the Bentway.

An undertaking five years in the making, Toronto’s first Art Biennial is something the city’s art community has long been hoping for, and it has been thoughtfully curated so that the city plays a far greater role than just host. For the inaugural edition of the art festival, programming is built around the city’s waterfront, which is undergoing urban renewal at a faster pace than anywhere else in North America, and has also been home to indigenous people long before Toronto became a city—for at least 12,000 years. In the spirit of honouring and celebrating those underrepresented histories, the Biennial seeks to engage with the ancient geographical area as well as the communities who have seen it subjected to the vagaries of colonization, mass settlement and industrialization.

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Re-gram via @shezaddawood #TObiennial19 • Opening tomorrow @torontobiennial #Leviathan : The Cod Trap is at 259 Lake Shore Blvd East and includes work produced on and of Fogo Island, including a section of an original #Newfoundland #cod #trap reworked by the artist and a selection of recent #paintings that #combine #oil #acrylic and #wool on #linen and that look at the overlap between the #social #histories of #fishing and #craft #traditions – part of a #Canadian partnership between @torontobiennial @mocatoronto and of course @fogoislandarts – thanks for making the research, time and space possible

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“One of the Biennial’s objectives is to raise awareness about indigeneity in this region in the context of art and programming that asks us to reconsider how we are in relation with each other, the land, and our environment,” says the festival’s Executive Director, Patrizia Libralato.

Titled The Shoreline Dilemma and curated by curated by Candice Hopkins and Tairone Basti, the inaugural edition explores the implications of what is often known as the “coastline paradox,” through the lens of Toronto’s ever-changing shoreline. This exploration is in service of a larger question: What does it mean to be in relation? More than 90 local and international participants have responded to and expanded on this question about interpersonal relationships as well as our relationship to the environment through their art.

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The inaugural Toronto Biennial of Art opens ONE WEEK from today! 100+ Artworks 90+ Participants 60+ Talks, Workshops & Performances 40+ Places of Origin 15+ Exhibition Sites View details at ➡️ torontobiennial.org and start planning your visit! . #TObiennial19 #art #contemporaryart #toronto #CultureTO #torontoevents #torontoart #ArtTO #Biennial

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Toronto is one of the most multicultural cities in the world, and the curation of artists participating in the Biennial reflects that diversity: they come from over 40 places of origin, including Brazil, France, Guatemala, Iran, Thailand and the United States as well as Nunavut and Indigenous communities in Canada, Colombia, Mexico and New Zealand. 50 percent of the Biennial’s artists identify as women, roughly 65 percent are people of colour, and 25 percent are indigenous. The event organizers are expecting over 400,000 visitors to attend the Biennial over the course of its 72 days to view over 100 works of art, including 20 new commissions made specifically for the event.

Artists at the inaugural festival include Toronto-based Luis Jacob, who is presenting a series of photographs along with archival maps, reports and street views documenting the shifting narratives of Toronto; Vancouver-based Sioux artist Dana Claxton, whose series of portraits mounted on LED fireboxes features indigenous women draped in their cultural belongings—beaded necklaces, feathered jewellery and embroidered bags; Kiwi Lisa Reihana, whose 64-minute video “brings to life Māori and Pacific Indigenous peoples’ relationships with their cultural knowledge and spaces,” and Mexico City-based Fernando Palma Rodríguez, whose installation of robotic monarch butterflies, the only species to migrate between Mexico and Canada, reflects on their decline due to climate change.

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📢 The Toronto Biennial of Art is thrilled to announce an additional 33 Canadian, Indigenous, and international artists, collaborators, and artist collectives who will be participating in the inaugural #TObiennial19, running from Sept. 21 to Dec. 1, 2019! . . Co-curated by Candice Hopkins (@candicebeforebronwyn) and Tairone Bastien (@tairone76), the Biennial will include 20 new commissions and more than 100 works installed across 10 sites on or near Toronto's waterfront. . . ➡️View the confirmed list of artists at: torontobiennial.org/#media. . . 📸 Captions: Dana Claxton (@danaclaxton), Headdress-Dana, 2019. Image courtesy of the artist. . Abbas Akhavan (@abbasakhavan), For the Birds, 2017. Installation view, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany, 2017. Photo: Jann Averwerser. Courtesy of the artist and Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver. . Fernando Palma Rodríguez, Tocihuapapalutzin (Our revered lady butterfly), 2012, electronic control, servo motors, PIR sensors, electronic software, aluminium, soft drink and beer tin can. Image courtesy of the artist. . #danaclaxton #abbasakhavan #fernandopalmarodriguez #art #contemporaryart #toronto #CultureTO #torontoevents #pressrelease #announcement #torontoart

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The Toronto Biennial of Art runs from September 21 to December 1 at various locations. More information can be found here.

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The ‘life support system of the biosphere’ is in peril

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The ‘life support system of the biosphere’ is in peril

Don’t forget the little guys. (NASA/)

An elephant is hard to miss. An amoeba is less so. In some ways, it’s unsurprising that microbes—bacteria, fungi, amoebas, and alga alike—have been overlooked in the fight to figure out how climate change is influencing our planet’s animals. But understanding how microbes influence climate change (and vice versa) is essential to understanding what’s happening to our world. That’s the argument captured in a new consensus paper authored by 33 microbiologists and published this week in Nature Reviews Microbiology.

“Simply put, the microbial world constitutes the life support system of the biosphere,” the authors write. Microbes are at the bottom of every food web, and live in places on Earth that nothing else can. They were here long before other forms of life, and life relies on their functions. But despite this fundamental influence, how microbes fit into climate change is still poorly understood.

“Microbes are everywhere, and they’re dynamic,” says Rick Cavicchioli, a microbiologist at the University of New South Wales Sydney and the paper’s main author. They can also have a massive impact on climate change, he says. Take methanogens, the microbes that produce all of the methane in the world. They’re found in the bodies of ruminant animals like cows, in rice paddies, in melting permafrost, and everywhere else that methane comes from, and he says they’re a prime example of how human interactions can produce this potent greenhouse gas.

While many of us acknowledge that cows create methane, we cut out the crucial intermediary step: the methanogens that live in cow digestive tracts. “We farm ruminant animals and we farm so many of them that they put out very significant quantities of methane. We need to understand the connection between the microbe and the animal, and the choices that we make as a lifestyle,” Cavicchioli says.

Changing our diets to decrease the number of cows (and methanogens) we farm is one mitigation method, he says. But another is exploring what circumstances can raise or lower the number of methanogens living inside each cow and thus the amount of methane they produce. In Western Australia, researchers are exploring feed additives for this purpose.

Although the paper discusses a few different places where microbes are important, its main focus is on marine species. The ocean is changing faster and more drastically than almost anywhere else, and approximately 90% of the biomass in the ocean is made up of microbes, which perform crucial functions such as fixing carbon and nourishing animals all over the food web. But like many things about the ocean, the authors write, marine microbes are poorly understood, the authors write.

“What [the authors] said best is that microbes really are the unseen majority,” says Christopher Walter, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Minnesota who was not involved in the paper. But when it comes to which creatures get the most attention, “our concern is a little bit tilted in terms of what we care about.”

Although visible animals like birds and elephants have been the historical focus of studies of climate change’s impacts on the natural world, microbes have started to make more of an impact in the past five years, Walters says. “There are so many national labs now that are studying nutrient cycling and looking at putting them into these large global climate models,” he says.

But it’s a slow change, and getting the public to understand the importance of microbes is even slower, says Cavicchioli. He’s currently involved in an effort to improve microbial literacy in schools from kindergarten onwards. “Most people have a pretty poor understanding of anything too small or anything too big,” he says. “There’s an urgency to improve literacy and there’s an urgency to understand the links between microbes and climate change.”

Written By Kat Eschner

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83 Hypothetical Questions – Fun, but nearly impossible to answer.

Coming up with the hypothetical questions can be a fruitful way to expand a conversation from dull everyday topics to something far more interesting and fun.

You can develop a set of questions to ask that are unique, outside the box, and have really memorable answers. And they can really be used in any situation, from dating… to getting to know a new friend.

So… try some of the hypothetical questions below to spice up your next conversation.

Contents

Best

To Ask A Girl

To Ask Friends

Interesting

Random

Funny

Deep

How To

11 Best Hypothetical Questions

Always start with the best, right? These hypothetical questions allow for some great conversation about all the best speculative topics.

Here are the 11 best hypothetical questions:

1. You’re walking in a forest and you found a black suitcase. Inside it, holds 1 million dollar and a piece of paper stained in blood with a single word “Don’t”. Would you take the suitcase home or leave it?

It’s the start of a great story, if people make the right hypothetical choices.

2. You are at war. Deciphering an intercepted code, you learn two things about your enemy. A single spot in their defense will be at its weakest in ten days, and they will attack on of your cities in five days. What do you do with this information? What is the most efficient course of action?

Is victory or defending others the most important thing in life and war?

3. If you could really sell your soul to the devil, what would you sell it for?

The oldest bargain on offer, but what would actually make it worth it?

4. You find a book and begin to read only to discover that it is your life. You get to the point that you are at now, do you turn the page knowing that you will not be able to change the events to come?

Would knowing the future be exciting or spoil the adventure?

5. If you were really a robot, would you want to know?

A deep question about how we define ourselves.

6. If you got to choose between fifty years of being incredibly happy or to live forever and be unhappy what would you choose?

What price would you pay to be immortal?

7. If you could learn any one skill in the world without trying (like Matrix learning style), which would you pick?

Find out what skills people really wish they had.

8. You are offered a pill that makes you 25% more intelligent but permanently removes your hair including eyebrows. Do you take it?

A fun way to examine the worth of beauty vs. intelligence.

9. If Jurassic Park were real, would you visit it?

An incredible vacation, although that park does have questionable security.

10. If a zombie plague were to start right now, where would you hold up?

Who doesn’t enjoy a good hypothetical zombie apocalypse?

11. If you could change one thing about how the human body has evolved, what would it be?

Give everyone jetpacks on their feet, obviously.

11 Hypothetical Conversation Starters Questions

Getting beyond introductions is perhaps the hardest part of a conversation.

To life hack those problems, just use some of these hypothetical conversation starters to introduce interesting and amusing topics everyone will want to talk about.

Here are the 11 powerful hypothetical conversation starters questions:

12. If you were a superhero, which of your friends would you pick as your sidekick? And what would your respective powers be?

A question about friendship and cool powers. Sure to get people talking.

13. What historic figure would make the worst ghost to be haunted by?

Who would be the most annoying or terrifying ghost from all history? A lot of options.

14. If you could ask your future self from the year 2050 one question, what would it be?

Find out what people really want to know about the future.

15. Would you accept a $30k/week job offer where you get paid to sit in a pitch black room and do nothing for 8 hours a day?

How much is that money worth to you?

16. If you could only listen to one band for the rest of your life, what one would you pick?

This isn’t just a favorite band, it’s one that would keep you from going crazy after so much repeated listening.

17. Would you rather travel for the rest of your life (only staying in one place for like 3 months), or never leave your home state again?

This tells a lot about how a person approaches life.

18. If you could breed a hybrid animal of any two species, what two would you choose?

The options are endlessly amusing: from the dog-whale to the pig-fish.

19. What amount of money per month would it take for you to give up your mobile phone forever?

A dollar sign that says more about phone obsession than the cash in hand.

20. Would you rather be a deep sea diver or astronaut?

Decide the best hidden world to explore.

21. Would you prefer to live in the Sahara or in Antarctica?

Which extreme is worse?

22. If you were to lose all five of your senses, how would you know if you were truly alive?

A really deep thinker that leads to some very existential questions.

11 Hypothetical Questions to Ask a Girl

Use hypothetical questions to ask a girl something she hasn’t been asked a million times. These questions will help her to really open up and tell you about herself.

Here are the 11 powerful hypothetical questions to ask a girl:

23. If you had to give up television or the internet, which would you choose?

Find out where she goes for most of her screen time.

24. If you were the President of the United States, what would you do on your first day?

A great way to find out about her feelings about society and what needs to change.

25. If you owned a bar, what would it look like?

Give her a chance to design her ideal watering hole.

26. If the job “President of Earth” actually existed, who would you want to be doing it?

Is she power mad or timid at heart?

27. If you were going to a famous historical figure dress up party, who would you go as?

A great way to find out who and what she admires.

28. Would you rather live for another 60 years but not be able to leave your house ever again, or live for 10 more years and be free to go where you wanted?

Is life about the time or the quality of the experience?

29. If you had to describe your life in 20 words or less, what would you say?

Get her to summarize her whole life for you in a couple sentences.

30. If you could relive the last year, would you change any decisions you made? If you would, which ones?

This opens a whole conversation on regrets and missed chances.

31. If you could have complete knowledge of any 5 things, what would you want to know?

What is she really curious about?

32. If you were invisible for 12 hours, what would you do?

A fun question that lets her imagine all the hijinks she could get into.

33. If you ran Google, what would you do differently?

Save the world or make even more money: get her priorities.

11 Hypothetical Questions to Ask Friends

Having some hypothetical questions to ask friends makes sure you never run out of fun things to talk about. Use some of the questions below.

Here are the 11 awesome hypothetical questions to ask friends:

34. In the event of a zombie apocalypse, what would your hand weapon of choice be?

Always go for the chainsaw.

35. If you could organise a car race for you and your friends where you all drive the same car, what car would you pick?

Just imagining the car race makes the question worth asking.

36. Which Ninja Turtle is the best? And which would beat all the others in a fight?

Perhaps the toughest question on this list.

37. If when you die, you are given the choice between finding out what is next or staying on earth as a ghost to wander the planet alone for eternity, which would you choose?

This makes people question how brave they are when facing the unknown.

38. Imagine you are on top of a 40 storey building, there is a giant inflatable landing pad at street level, its big enough that you have a 95% chance of surviving the jump. Would you jump off to save a friends life?

A lot of pressure on this one with other friends sitting around.

39. If, for some reason, computers had never been invented, do you think the world would be a better place? Explain your answer

Deep and sure to lead to a long, interesting debate.

40. If you could buy any existing .com domain, which would it be?

Mantelligence.com. Obviously.

41. You’re fighting a war, you can pick between having a tyrannosaurus rex or a tank on your side, which do you choose?

Fight the hypothetical battle out between the two for extra fun.

42. How do you think your life would change if you didn’t need to sleep? What would you do with the extra time?

A deeper question that lets everyone examine how they use the time they have.

43. Would you rather know all of the languages in the world, or know how to play all of the instruments?

Communication or music: what’s more important?

44. If you had to get $10,000 by tomorrow and no bank would give you a loan, what would you do?

This can lead to the best bank heist ideas at the table.

12 Interesting Hypothetical Questions

Hypothetical questions are, at heart, all supposed to be interesting questions. Use these to add a little more quality to your next conversation.

Here are the 12 best interesting hypothetical questions:

45. If a person could go to the center of the earth, what would be his weight ?

A question for the physicist at the table.

46. Does the fact that we don’t know of anyone from the future time traveling back to our time (or our past), prove that time travel will never be possible?

This can lead to all sorts of explanations why we don’t see time travelers everywhere.

47. If animals had evolved at the same rate of humans (in terms of intelligence), what do you think would be the dominant species on earth today?

The emperor penguin: it’s more than just a name.

48. How would the world be different if humans commonly ranged anywhere from 4 foot to 12 foot tall?

Other than different sized doorways, what else would happen?

49. What do you think would happen if it was somehow proved there was no god and every religion is pointless?

A tough question full of huge consequences.

50. What do you think would happen to the world if somehow one religion was proved beyond a doubt to be correct and all the others (including atheism) were useless?

A twin to the question above. It’s sure to lead to lively debate.

51. How would you change your life today if the average life expectancy was 400 years?

A deep question about how our assumptions about time affect us.

52. Two kingdoms are poised to erupt into war, the course of which will kill many of the populations on both sides. War can be avoided through marriage of a princess from one kingdom to the prince of the other. The marriage will be loveless. Should the marriage be forced?

Is the good of many outweighed the misery of a few, or not?

53. If the government gave you the responsibility of coming up with a plan to combat online piracy, what would you do?

Put yourself in the public policy chair and solve one of the world’s biggest problems.

54. If you were a scientist, you rather discover something huge, but die before tell before telling someone, or discover nothing at all?

Is the point of discovery the knowledge or the fame you get from it?

55. Do you think the world would be a better, worse or just different place if all land was connected (like it was millions of years ago)?

Would we get along better or far, far worse?

56. How long do you think you would survive if food stopped being shipped and you had to grow it / forage it yourself?

Find out who you know is a real survivor.

11 Random Hypothetical Questions

Sometimes, the best answers to hypothetical questions come from random questions. Throw a few curve balls using these questions.

Here are the 11 awesome random hypothetical questions to ask:

57. How would you change how you live your life if life was like a video game where you respawn back at home after dying?

A great way to imagine the crazy adventures respawning would allow you.

58. If you had to describe each of your friends with you right now only through hand signals (like sign language), how would you do it?

A lot of fun to be had from translating those hand signals.

59. If you had to be renamed after one of the planets in the solar system, which would you pick?

Uranus is obviously right out.

60. Do you think the world would be a better place if someone like Iron Man really existed?

Dream up a world of superheroes and imagine the real consequences.

61. Imagine you lapsed and cheated on your partner – you felt horrible and knew you’d never do it again, would you confess?

One of the all-time tough hypotheticals.

62. If you were the captain of a pirate ship, what would you name your ship? And what would your title be?

A great game to play over a few rums.

63. If you were to have either a teleporter or a time travel machine, which one would you want?

Would it be better to go anywhere or anytime?

64. What would win a fight between a rhinoceros and hippopotamus?

Work the battle out yourselves.

65. You can make one change to any winter olympic sport to make it more exciting, what would it be?

Ice hockey with a beachball or bobsled without the sled?

66. If all swear words became socially acceptable, what existing word would you use to replace them?

Try it in practice for extra fun. Oh, cottage cheese!

67. If you could send yourself from 10 years ago a message no longer than 20 seconds, what would you say?

Invest in Bitcoin? Or would it be more personal?

9 Funny Hypothetical Questions to ask

If hypothetical questions are good for anything, it’s a good laugh. Use these hypothetical funny questions to ask something sure to add a little comedy to your conversation.

Here are the 9 best funny hypothetical questions to ask:

68. Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?

A question for the ages.

69. Why is it that if someone tells you that there are 1 billion stars in the universe you will believe them but if they tell you a wall has wet paint you will have to touch it to be sure?

This may require philosophical, and potentially messy, answer.

70. Would a fly without wings be called a walk?

Sure to get a groan and a laugh, but what would it be called?

71. Why are there no ‘B’ batteries?

Sure to elicit an online search for these mythical object.

72. When does it stop being partly cloudy and start being partly sunny?

A real test in defining terms.

73. If a kid refuses to sleep during nap time, are they guilty of resisting a rest?

A question sure to get an exhausted laugh from every parent.

74. If God sneezes, what should you say?

You bless you?

75. If a bunch of cats jump on top of each other, is it still called a dog pile?

Or is it a cat dog pile?

8 Deep Hypothetical Questions to ask

Add some depth to your conversation with hypothetical deep questions to ask. Use these hypothetical questions to lead your conversation in far more thoughtful directions.

Here are the 8 powerful deep hypothetical questions to ask:

76. You lost your fortune, everyone turns on you. You manage to get $1000, what will you do with it to work on creating wealth again?

A unique way of examining the best ways to get rich.

77. Would you rather one of your dreams came true, or two of your best friends’ dreams?

Selfishness or altruism, what matters more?

78. If time can be divided into infinitely decreasing segments, does that mean we live infinitely long in just one second?

A great way to examine the nature of time.

79. If the whole world was going to die out, would you sacrifice your self to save it or let yourself live and everything else die?

Is your world defined by you or by everything around you?

80. If the world was “reset” to the same state it was 5,000 years ago, do you think by the time the alternate world got to our timepoint, would it look much the same? Or would it be quite different?

You’re asking if things must happen as they have or if it was all chance.

81. Would you live your life differently if nobody would ever judge you for anything you did?

Do you behave as we do because of our morals or because others watch and judge us?

82. How do you think the world would be different if advertising didn’t exist? Do you think we’d all be better people, “wanting” less? Or is it human nature to “want more”?

A question straight to the heart of what it means to be human.

83. If animals could talk, or at least communicate in a basic, intelligent manner, how do you think the world would change? Would you still eat meat?

A vegetarian vs. meat-eater question for the ages.

Downloadable List of Hypothetical Questions

Here is a downloadable list of hypothetical questions (right click the image and select Save Image As…):

More Great Questions To Ask

If you’re looking for more great questions that go a little beyond the hypothetical, Mantelligence has even more on offer. Try some of these:

Looking to get a little strange? Try these weird questions to ask.

Go a little deeper in the speculative with these what if questions.

Keep digging deeper with some philosophical questions for your next gathering.

How to Ask Hypothetical Questions: 3 Tips

Asking hypothetical questions are as easy as they are fun. Just follow these 3 tips to introduce them into any conversation.

1. Know your audience

Make sure your audience will be game for a few questions. Find people with fun, creative minds that like to be a little intellectually playful.

2. Know your questions

Choose questions that fit the mood of the people and the place you’re asking. Don’t ask a risqué question at a business meeting, and don’t go too bland when hanging out with friends at a bar.

3. Know your moment

Some questions are great to start a conversation, some to add something midway through. Pick the right moment for your question, then ask away.

In Conclusion

Remember:

Hypothetical questions have the ability to move conversation outside the traditional limits.  These are questions to ask when you are looking for unexpected questions with great, unexpected answers.

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Do all the oc questions for cole because i love him. :u or just do the ones u wanna answer for him

1. What is your OC’s favorite color?Cole’s favorite color would actually be Red, which is surprising given the amount of blacks he wears. 

2. Does your OC collect anything? What do they collect?Cole actually does collect things! He collects apple seeds which he plans on using to create an orchard of his very own. That’s the dream anyhow.

3. What kind of things is your OC allergic to?I honestly don’t see Cole being allergic to anything. He’s rather lucky that way.

4. What kind of clothing does your OC wear?Cole wears more blacks and dark colors that he usually wears to blend into shadows easily. He doesn’t really have that much of a varierty between work clothes and normal clothes since they are mostly the same except his work clothes cover more. 

5. What is your OC’s first memory?While I can’t say it’s his first memory that he has, one of his earliest is learning how to braid his late little sister’s hair with the help of his late Mother. 

6. What’s your OC’s favorite animal? Least favorite?Cole’s pretty chill with animals over all. His favorites would be in the canine spectrum with a soft spot for Pomerainians. Least favorite would probably be any animals that decide to try to get at his seeds.

7. What element would your OC be?While I want to say darkness, I would say he’s more so earth. He’s a rather grounded type of person who’s usually pretty calm and hard working. That being said certain things will put him into pissed off mood that he can be rather reckless in depending on the situation. He’s also most at home in more rural areas and wooded areas than anywhere else.

8. What is your OC’s theme song? I don’t even know I barely listen to much music. You’re better than me at this aspect of characters hunbun.

9. Do you have a faceclaim / voiceclaim for your OC?No real face claim, You suggested Dark Magician’s voice and I kinda agree with that so that’s the closest to a voice claim he has.

10. What deadly sin would best represent your OC?He would be hands down Wrath, since his goal in life is revenge.

11. What are your OC’s hobbies?Cole enjoys hikes, climbing trees, building things, and he rather enjoys gardening. He’s got a basic knowledge of herbalism and sometimes dabbles in poisons, though its rare that he enjoys it too much since its part of work. He does hunt, but its more for survival than doing it for a hobby. 

12. How patient is your OC? How hot-headed are they?It depends on the situation for him honestly. Cole can be very patient when he needs to be especially for his job. Though if you start talking about things he hates or the person he wants to kill for revenge in positive light, he’s rather hot headed. Family is also a topic best left uninsulted with Cole because he will try to kick your ass if you happen to insult his family.13. What is your OC’s gender / sexuality / race / species / etc.?Cole’s a male and bisexual really. He’s also human, though sometimes he can be a werewolf that’s form is a Pomeranian.

14. What foods does your OC like to eat? What are their least favorite foods?Cole absolutely loves apples of any variety; they make rather him nostalgic and are a comfort food for him. They basically remind him of his home, his family, and his childhood. His least favorite food would be oranges, since his parents were rival farmers with orange farmers.

15. If your OC could have any pet, what would they choose? Why?Cole would chose to have a Pomeranian dog as a pet. 

16. What does your OC smell like? Cole probably smells like the woods and trees,

17. How do they make a living? What kind of job do they want / not want? What is their dream job? What do they think of their current job?Cole is an assassin, though he takes on other day jobs when help is needed around the town where the rebellion is stationed. He’ll do most manual labor for a quick buck. Earlier in life he’s had a job as a thief to get by and still sometimes resorts to rather small thefts if he’s strapped for the cash. Cole doesn’t really mind his current job since the main reason he went into that line of work was to assassinate the king out of revenge for his family and home town.His dream job is to become a farmer and start an apple orchard so he can have as many apple as he wants and be able to supply people who are hungry with food.

18. What are your OC’s greatest fears? Weaknesses? Strengths?His greatest fear is water, he cannot swim at all, and will avoid it like the plague. His strengths lie in stealth and agility. 

19. What kind of music do they listen to? Do they have a favorite song?I have no idea, cole does strike me as a somber tunes sort of guy, with also a foundness of calm and mellow tunes.

20. If they came from their world to ours (if not already in our’s) how would they react? What would they do?Cole would freak out over apples being here and the different varieties that are available. He would then cry over the apples.

21. What personal problems/issues do they have? Pet peeves?Cole suffers a bit from PTSD, especially later on in life when he’s Married to Chase and they have kids. He’ll often have moments where he believes they are going to be killed and that he’ll be left all alone like he was back when his home town was destroyed. He’ll have moments when he will honestly break down in front of them for this reason. He also has reoccurring nightmares where he’ll relive that moment in life.

22. What kind of student were they/would they be in high school?Cole would be an okay student and mostly a loner. He’s have one friend, Kain, who he’d go along with on his adventures, but overall he’d be stand offish and quiet to most people. He’d probably get into fights though as well depending.23. What is a random fact about your OC? He absolutely adores his family and will do anything to keep them safe and sound as well as happy. 24. What is their outlook on life? What is their philosophy / what do they think in general about living?Well before he met and fell in love with Chase, he was willing to die for any chance at revenge he could get, it was his only reason for living for a long time and anything he did was to further his progress to that goal. After he falls in love his priorities change and he becomes protective of Chase in a sense, he starts to see his life in a better light and this intensifies when they have kids together. He becomes a devoted father and husband and lives to protect them and keep them safe, putting revenge to the back burner.25. What inspired you to create them / how did you create them? Were they originally a fancharacter? What was their personality / design like when you first made them? He was created to bring more focus on chase. He started off pretty one sided with assassination and snark was basically his character. He developed more over time.26. Who is the most important person in their life? Why? Who is the least important to them (that still has an impact and why?Anyone in his family is super important to him; Chase is super duper important and so is Hunter and Hannah. The most important I would say is Chase since she’s the biggest turning point in his life in a positive way. The least important is probably the King since he hates him with all his being.27. What kind of childhood did your character have?Cole grew up in a small town away from the castle and capital of the kingdom. It was mostly a self-sufficient town with a big emphasis on trading goods for money for taxes and what not. It was a rather close knit community as well with everyone knowing each other. He grew up on an apple orchard and was the oldest child. He grew up a long side his little sister and things were pretty good and rather peaceful. His childhood ended when the entire town was ravaged and destroyed by order of the king on suspicion of there being people of the rebellion there. No one was spared and eventually the place was burned to the ground. The only reason he had lived was due to dumb luck and the fact he was excellent at hiding.28. What kind of nervous habits do they have? Do they stim? Do they have any kinds of addictions?When Cole has episodes, he becomes a clinger. He will cling to who ever is around him at the time and cry.29. If they could choose their epitaph for their grave, what would they choose?I don’t actually know what he would choose. He’d probably chose something sappy and having to do with family though.30. Do they want to get married? Why or why not? Would they ever want kids? Do they have kids? Why?Cole would die in happiness to have any kind of family. The day he married Chase was probably the happiest day of his life, followed by the birth of Hunter and then the Birth Of Hannah. He cherishes them deeply and would do almost anything for them.31. What is their most traumatic memory/experience? What is their favorite memory?Most tramatic would be watching his home and everyone he knew being killed by the King. His favorite memory would be the day he and Chase got married. 32. If they could have one thing in the world, what would it be?That he doesn’t have already? Probably another kid LOL33. Would they ever kill someone? What would someone have to do to push them to kill someone? If they would kill someone, why?Yes he would and he has, for various reasons. He’s an assassin after all. 34. What social groups and activities does your character attend? What role do they like to play? What role do they actually play, usually?Cole isn’t social at all. He’d probably volunteer to feed the homeless though. 35. How is your character’s imagination? Daydreaming a lot? Worried most of the time? Living in memories?He doesn’t do too much with imagination. He uses it more often than not to plan how to get around things stealthfully but other than that he doesn’t really have much of one.36. What does your character want most? What do they need really badly, compulsively? What are they willing to do, to sacrifice, to obtain?Family like mentioned before.37. What’s something that your character does, that other people don’t normally do?Avoid water like the plague and pretty sure most characters aren’t assassins.38. What would your character do with a million dollars? Buy every apple known to man then make the best orchard ever.39. What is in your characters refrigerator right now? On their bedroom floor? Nightstand? Garbage can?Knives, daggers, apples, some clothes, his place is rather small and bland when he lived by himself.40. Your character is getting ready for a night out. Where are they going? What do they wear? Who will they be with?He doesn’t dress up for anything really unless Chase wants that and he’s willing to go anywhere with her.41. What does your character do when they’re angry? Why?Storm off or start a fight, 42. Does your character have any scars? Where did they get them from? He has plenty of them. He has one on his check that his wife gave him, but I believe he actually asked her to do it and it was done to probably remind him of her while he was away for a while. 43. What was the most offensive thing your character had ever said?I don’t really know, it’d defiantly be about the king though.44. How does your character react/ accept criticism?I think he’d take ‘em well enough. 45. If your character was given a slice of pineapple pizza and they HAD to eat it (or something bad would happen), how would they react? Do they even LIKE pineapple pizza?He’d probably just eat it since it was food, and food can be scarce for him at times living by himself.46. Your character is given a voodoo doll of themself. What do they do with it? Do they see if it actually works?He’d probably either give it to chase not knowing what it was, or he’s stuff in a drawer or something.47. Can your character draw? What do they like to draw? Do they doodle?Not very well, he’s never really needed to. He can draw a very basic map if he has to.48. What were their parents like? How has that affected how they are as an adult?His parents were very good ones and they cared for him dearly. Cole was quite attached to them so losing them really did a number on him. Cole is a lot like his parents as a parent himself. He’s very caring towards his kids and willing to let somethings slide with them.49. Does your character like candy? Do they get sugar rushes? What are they like when they get a rush?Cole doesn’t mind em but he’s never gone out his way to have them.50. If your character was presented with imminent and unavoidable death/fatality, how would they react? Would they try to avoid death anyways? Would they try to make their last days count? Cole honestly would be okay with that to some extent and would spend his last day with his family and would try to make them all have good last memories that they can treasure when he’s gone. He probably wouldn’t even tell any of them that he was going to die either because he wants to protect them from that truth as long as he can. Cole would want to peacefully pass away being close to Chase, possibly cuddling her. I think maybe he’d let Chase in on what was going on, but defiantly not Hunter or Hannah.