BOOPS ARE BACK

day 1 at the communal puzzle club: i see a puzzle with a sign next to it that says "please help with our communal puzzle" and i say to myself "don't mind if I do" and did the whole thing

LIES!

i hate this shit so much.

First of all, vitamins ARE chemicals you dipshits

Secondly, vitamin B12 is the most chemically complex of all vitamins! Do you even know anything at all?

Thirdly, wtf do you think is giving it a mango or mint flavor/smell? Hint: it's chemicals. Mangoes contain Ethyl-2-methylpropanoate, which is what gives them most of their flavor and smell. Mint contains Menthol. They are both organic chemical compounds.

I fucking hate this shit SO MUCH

ooooo, chemicals are baaaad, but buy our plastic product we had built in a sweatshop and shipped around the globe using fossil fuels so you can breathe things into your lungs that your lungs weren't really meant breathe... because that's the Healthy thing to do!

Nevermind that there is also no medical data suggesting that the body can absorb vitamins by inhaling them. Experts agree that there is no concrete evidence pointing to vitamin vapes’ efficacy.

Additionally, when it comes to vitamin vapes, there is the matter of the propellant and chemicals used to deliver and vaporize vitamin B12. Virtually no studies have been conducted on vaping essential oils, flavorings, and propellants used in vaping devices; however, a preliminary study on cells suggests that some may cause cell damage. One chemical in particular, vegetable glycerin, is used by Breathe and many other vaping devices marketed as “safe” and has been linked to lung inflammation.

Chemicals are like fires. Whether they are life-saving or deadly is all about the context.

You can't just go "chemicals are bad!" It's the application. For instance, you body uses naturally occurring vegetable glycerin to pull water in from substances you consume, to help hydrate you. But your lungs are NOT designed to breathe it in! The fact that it might damage your lungs does not mean it is a nasty chemical

But it does mean that this is a nasty product.

pisses me off to see this kind of thing

tribute to jerboas

BOOPS ARE BACK

This Caturday, meet the black-footed cat (Felis nigripes). It’s the smallest wild cat in Africa, only growing about 8 in (20 cm) tall and weighing around 4.4 lbs (2 kg). Don’t let its size fool you: This pint-sized predator is an extremely successful hunter, with a recorded kill rate of 10 to 14 prey animals per night—taking down critters such as rodents and birds about every 50 minutes! How does this stack up to bigger felines? The black-footed cat’s hunting success rate is 60 percent, far higher than that of a group of lions on the hunt—they peak at about 30 percent. And why does this tiny cat eat so much? This species’ fast metabolism requires it to refuel constantly. 

Photo: Patrick Ch. Apfeld, CC-BY-3.0, Wikimedia Commons

sick of this anti-aging obsession. let's go in the opposite direction. i want more characters who are hardened & grizzled & have a face lined with the harrowing tribulations of time--and then halfway through the narrative u find out they're 27

“Those poor boys”

“She deserves to be punished too.”

“I’m not saying I support rape, but-”

“Sorry to say - she deserved it.”

“She put herself in harm’s way”

“But if she was fingered, then that’s not rape.”

“She ruined their lives.”

All amazing points and so important to take in. I think I have done a couple of these, but not habitually or intensely. But it’s good awareness for me.