headspace-hotel

Humans in Space are surprisingly safe

thefreegladelancer

When Aliens first got access to human ships the thing that surprised them most was the sheer number of safety systems on board. Surely a species as tough as humans would not need to be protected from anything?
But everywhere they checked they found multiple failsafes, safety protocols, and safety nets protecting everything from the weapons system to the coffee machine.
Some of these systems were so specific they wondered why or how the humans had come up with them and why they spent the effort fitting them to their ships.

Their questions were answered when humans first started working on an alien ship.
Within the first month the human crew members had:
Burned themselves
Stabbed themselves
“Strategically amputated” an arm (then reattached it without much fuss)
Spaced themselves on more than one occasion
Been electrocuted by the food despenser
Exploded four computer terminals
And secretly grown a cat in one of the science labs

After that the Aliens sent a request to the human council for a copy of their safety protocols
And also learnt the meaning of the term “idiot proofing”

thefreegladelancer

Oh hey this got 2.7k notes when I wasn’t looking.
The Cat’s name is Captain Kirk

theorigamiphoenix

shirebarbie

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catmask

what is the lamest thing that ever genuinely scared you like either as a kid or adult. i got scared of those halloween cartoon scooby doo ass eye stickers ppl put on mirrors when i was 9 and screamed so hard i fainted

catmask

you are an R L Stein protagonist my friend

trashy-milifilou

at below memory forming age, in kindergarden, I had an accident.

while using a toy scooter, some kid my age ran up to me and pretended to be a tiger. I was startled hard enough to fall off my scooter and I had to get stitches :)

now I have a cool headscar and objective knowledge that my grandpa did love me enough to yell at some teachers while getting the ambulance.

homunculus-argument

Hey just as a general reminder: Don't take advice/critique from someone who isn't doing what you want to be doing. People can only point you to the direction of their own path, and if that's not where you want to go, their advice isn't relevant to you. Doesn't even matter if they're succeeding in whatever they are trying to do, or if you both suck at the same thing. They can't teach you how to get where you want to be.

If you want to be drawing in an anime style and want to get better at doing that, an art teacher who fucking hates anime style and wants you to stop isn't going to help you. You can ignore the relationship advice from a dude who's got a new hot girlfriend every few weeks because they all dump him by the end of the month. Don't let someone who looks boring tell you what you shouldn't wear. Your mom's "maybe people would like you more if..." doesn't mean shit if she's got no friends and nobody likes her.

trashy-milifilou

My mum once took me on a painting themed multi day boat trip. The guy who owns the boat and gives the painting classes was not equiped to handle a teen that believes vibrant colors should take priority over having dynamic lighting with shadows.

Like, as an absolute beginner to water painting, I was there being proud that I could fill in my intended area without spilling water, and here this guy goes trying to teach me how to mix the muddiest color I have ever seen. I think I am going to stick with pallet orange for this one.

sometimes decisions are an art style and sometimes that art style is massive gutters in between areas of paint because that means they wont touch to create the most ungodly color ever

theorigamiphoenix

yoccu

This is an honorary Star Bite hdjsgjdhd

I started drawing this guy when I worked a day job on reception, and I usually draw him nowadays while I’m on the phone taking notes about important details since it takes a matter of seconds. Biji is for everyone, so please feel free to draw him if you like.

The reference is Like This because the point of Biji to me is to do things quickly and without any stress. Biji cannot be drawn badly! So I did the sheet for him in about five minutes LOL this is Biji’s wisdom

headspace-hotel

pnwnativeplants

I said this offhandedly on facebook and some boomer made this incredible meme for me

headspace-hotel

Tell them we love it

went to the butterfly garden this week imagine my galaxy brain when I realised that holes in leaf are a way to find caterpillars :) my additional explosion brain when the bird poop was only 50% bird poop and 50% poop colored caterpillars :)

charlesoberonn

charlesoberonn

After reading the notes

amateurs read 1984 animal farm AND homestuck to be fair the only one I couldnt shut up about was homestuck but thats because I had not enough friends to talk at when I first had my dystopian phase (12)

clannfearrunt

owlet

thank you scherz et al. for bringing us the frogs Mini ature, Mini mum and of course, the Mini scule

owlet

scherz is such an amazing last name too literally translates to joke hoax or jest from german

magmaaqua

ringneckedpheasant

I am always saying this during museum visits

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welcomtodennys

wanna know how the rest of the world is with this

I was homeschooled/knew homeschoolers personally

I didn't know homeschoolers personally but I know it happens in my country/state

I've rarely, if ever, heard of homeschooling happening in my country/state

what even is homeschooling?

homeschooling is outlawed/banned/heavily restricted in my country/state

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If you could answer this, put your country/state in the tags, and share this it would be appreciated! I'm an ex-homeschooler from Texas and I'm genuinely curious on what people from outside of America think about homeschooling or if it's even a thing elsewhere

my mum straight up said if she had another me with the knowledge she has about our education systems and autism now then she would have left the country to get me homeschooled tbh my mum would leave the country for any minor reason but the point stands as far as I know its illegal or practically regulated out of legality here

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taylortruther

inspired by recent discourse... what's your fave type of pasta? (infographic below)

decorative (orecchiette, farfalle, etc)

stuffed (ravioli, tortellini, etc)

sheets (lasagne)

small (anellini, orzo, etc)

tubular (penne, rigatoni, ziti, etc)

twisted (fusilli, rotini, etc)

long (linguine, spaghetti, tagliatelle, vermicelli, etc)

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i personally believe your favorite in each category is more relavant than your favorite category why make bad bitches like tagliattelle fight pretty girls like farfalle? take the short ones for cheesy dishes and the long ones for saucy ones but I will fight anybody who prefers spaghetti to linguine linguine and tagliatelle are just straight up better than spags my very favorite pasta shapes are large decoratives like some conchiglia and radiatore

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legsdemandias

This hack will save your teeth: there are no “right” and “wrong” times to brush your teeth.

legsdemandias

It gets in your head that you brush after eating when you wake up and when you go to sleep. Yeah that’s all well and good, but those are times that don’t have a lot of motivation and control…So just…brush your teeth at a different time.

You go to the bathroom in the middle of the day and are like “I should brush my teeth” DO IT!!!! Don’t listen to the other half of that sentence that says “shit but it’s not the right time”

I don’t care if you’re about to eat, or get coffee, or whatever.

If you are there and you want to…do it.

legsdemandias

Honestly this hack will solve most of problems. Just stop assigning meaningless “right” and “wrong” to tasks and start saying “I can pretty much do whatever I want whenever I want and society and its expectations don’t really matter to me”.

If there’s no barrier in the first place you don’t have to get over it.

worldwithoutmiracles

huge ADHD hack. if you can get over the “all or nothing”, moralizing, judging aspect of every action you “should” take, you’ll discover you can get more done than you expect.

I’m a big fan of the 2 PM shower. spend a whole morning feeling lazy and guilty, then just decide to start the day over again, even if it is lunchtime.

you can always begin again. any hour, any moment can be the beginning. you can choose that. the clock doesn’t run you, you run the clock

monstersandmaw

you can always begin again. any hour, any moment can be the beginning. you can choose that

bakuhatsuo

Love the morals, but there is one wrong time to brush your teeth and that is within an hour of eating/drinking strong citrus. If you just had fresh orange juice do not brush your teeth immediately because large amounts of citric acid temporarily soften the enamel on your teeth and brushing then can cause it to erode rather than re harden. Those juices are high in sugars so instead swishing water in your mouth is a good way to clean your teeth after citrus.

Also: Gatorade. I had heard it wasn’t great on teeth but that did not prepare me for the 17 cavities I had when I visited the dentist after I had forgotten to go for like a year. Turns out drinking gatorade near daily can heavily soften your teeth. Literally my dentist said I was doing so well with brushing and flossing, so I was like cool I got an A, but then he continued all confused saying how I had so many cavities “as if you were drinking lots of sports drinks”. Yeah apparently gatorade is by far the worst of the bunch for your teeth. I’ve been a little obsessive since getting those all filled and a huge thing is:

1) Alkaline water will reharden the enamel of your teeth because its basic (opposite of acidic). Most brands have alkaline water bottles as an option and it tastes the same. I think the price is a bit more expensive but it doesn’t have to be every day or anything.

2) Swishing water is actually a super good thing to do after any sugar&acid beverage like the OJ, coffee, gatorade, energy drinks ect. It does Not have to be alkaline, tap water works too. Sipping coffee all day is another great way to fuck up teeth but if you also swish with water every once in a while it sort of resets your teeth instead of sinking in. Swishing water is also going to help a ton if you can’t convince yourself to brush before bed.

I switched to doing these immediately after finding those cavities. The dentist said there were a few tiny ones that might need filling next time, but with care they might not get worse. I am very relieved to say that I saw him again last month for a normal check up and the scan showed my teeth are doing a lot better and those little cavities haven’t grown at all. I am terrible with remembering/finding the will to brush and that hasn’t changed, but i find the swishing a lot easier and its clearly effective. And I still drink coffee and gatorade! Just with some water to swish too.

Tldr: there is one wrong time to brush and thats after citrus. Swish with water instead after acidic and/or sugary drinks. Swishing with water is also effective as an occasional alternative to brushing (but will not help your breath smell better)