wish we had more internal organ emojis
40,000 years ago, early humans painted hands on the wall of a cave. This morning, my baby cousin began finger painting. All of recorded history happened between these two paintings of human hands. The Nazca Lines and the Mona Lisa. The first TransAtlantic flight and the first voyage to the Moon. Humanity invented the wheel, the telescope, and the nuclear bomb. We eradicated wild poliovirus types 2 and 3. We discovered radio waves, dinosaurs, and the laws of thermodynamics. Freedom Riders crossed the South. Hippies burned their draft cards. Countless genocides, scientific advancements, migrations, and rebellions. More than a hundred billion humans lived and died between these two paintings—one on a sheet of paper, and one on the inside of a cave. At the dawn of time, ancient humans stretched out their hands. And this morning, a child reached back.
I feel weird about using the term gay for historical figures bc sexuality is made up and the ancient Romans didn’t see gay the same way we do, but at the same time Vergil liked men.
Like you get me? Using the term gay makes me feel weird because it puts historical context which doesn’t exist on vergil but also the vast majority of people who want to talk about queer history don’t have the patience to actually read about the way sexuality was conceptualized in the ancient word so I end up using the word gay to avoid the joke “and historians will call them close friends” but like. Gay didn’t exist the same way we see it today so when I say that I’m being wrong and reductionist.
reposting a favorite reddit moment of mine since god knows if ill ever see it again
They should pay me to sort objects by color and shape and size all day I'd be good at it I'd be so fucking good at it
Today I DMed a game for a group of friends in person for the first time in years, and it was so stinking amazing! They were all newbies, but seemed to really enjoy it. I have been running public dnd games for the last few years now, which I absolutely love, but there’s something so special about playing a game with a group of close friends, and the trust and interaction in those games.
I don't know. I just don't know