a clock with a 0.1% error in the length of a second is right once every five hundred days, if you don’t apply corrections
this is not a metaphor for anything
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#…I’ve had this in my to-consider-reblogging tabs multiple days longer than the previous post #I didn’t *intend* to pair them #but something interesting might shake out of the juxtaposition #clocks
#Sapphire and Steel #I didn’t actually laugh aloud but it still amused me enough to reblog #juxtaposition #storytime #clocks #(also in all seriousness that house sounds like hell to live in) #(my brother recently tried to put up an analog clock in the living room and I couldn’t stand it)
this comic brought to you by my bachelors degree in linguistics
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#me‚ a th-fronter: this is just fae pronouns #we tried those‚ and they’re not *nonexistent* but they didn’t get super popular‚ didn’t *stick* like singular they did #galaxy brain: pronounce the *plural* they with a θ #language #comics #art #fun wif forn fronting #gender
There are manmade joys beyond my comprehension, too. The horrors aren’t special.
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#I don’t know that I *wholeheartedly* endorse this post #but it occurs to me that nightclubs sure do qualify as a manmade joy beyond my comprehension #is the blue I see the same as the blue you see #the wondrous variety of sapient life
i wish a songwriter wouljd be brave enough to write about the unexplored topic of having a fun night at the club
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#music #I didn’t actually laugh aloud but it still amused me enough to reblog #clubbers live in a dark-matter universe #witnessed only indirectly through their media #like alloromantics but much more so #(I do personally know a fair number of alloromantics) #(and even some alloromantic allistics) #(but the percentage of special interests depicted in pop music that are romantic is *way* higher than the percentage I see around me) #(in my own part of the elephant) #is the blue I see the same as the blue you see
You put ice cream in a glass and pour soft drink over it. It creates a thick layer of delicious foam on top of a sweet, creamy drink with ice cream in it.
And yes I did attempt to get a picture by googling “Australia spider” like a fucking moron.
Spiders Georg out there pioneering previously-undiscovered levels of brain freeze
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#we’re not here to fuck spiders because that would give us horrible yeast infections #language #food #Australia #Spiders Georg #embarrassment squick? #illness mention #the more you know
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