Let's Talk About the Universe

thecassiopeiankind:

hymnsofheresy:

hymnsofheresy:

#controversial opinion but i feel that cremation should honestly be more accepted in christianity. you know “memento, homo,

quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris” and all that jazz. i think it would be more poetic in a sense.

for those who are asking the latin is “remember, man, that dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return”

“memento, homo” is how i start my to-do lists

snowdayinthearchives:

Which Late Edwardian are You? (aka: Me Trying to be a Relevant Content Creator)

pileofknives:

tilthat:

TIL scientists were monitoring whale stress levels by analyzing their poop and found that their stress plummeted sharply after the 9/11 attacks. After shipping traffic was halted, the oceans quieted down and made it easier for whales to communicate with each other

via reddit.com

Whales did 9/11

water-sound-feel:

patrexes:

patrexes:

shoutout to 10th century norway for having the only medieval penal code (gulaþinglög) i’ve read that not only doesn’t suggest you torture people but explicitly says tortured confessions are made out of fear and you should specifically not listen to them. good job 10th century norway

also shoutout to tumblr mobile for letting me blog exclusively in hot pink

I feel like I’m reading Elle Woods blog

tunellite:

Your grandmother was a lesbian

chihiroreo:

theres no mixed races in skyrim. you trying to tell me that two elves never fucked? like wood elves and high elves can look fairly similar sometimes so even if theyre both racist they may not know. “oh shit we made some kinda high wood elf. some sorta weed elf”

actuallyblind:

patrexes:

fun fact my cat & i are both blind so we accidentally run into each other sometimes, but bc im much louder than he is, when we get close to each other he chirps to warn me he’s there

Thank u for sharing this is beautiful solidarity

zandorv:

captainsnoop:

thalassarche:

orson-bigdaddy-krennic:

shamblingshitpickle:

PSA: journalists aren’t supposed to put names in the headlines if the person isn’t a public figure. It’s not a matter of maliciously not giving credit

^^^as a journalist, this is something that bothers me ALL THE TIME

A friend of mine on Twitter explained this the other day, so to elaborate based on what she said: If the name is not instantly recognizable the way a public figure is, then putting the name in the headline isn’t going to bring about any sort of recognition or connection in the reader, and doesn’t do much to draw the reader into the story. But something like “local teen” does create a connection by tying the person into the community, and encourages the reader to learn more about what this local teen has done. The name will be in the article itself, after the headline has done its job at getting the reader to look into it.

It’s worth noting too that usually, according to the Inverted Pyramid writing style used for journalism where the most important information is shared first, the person’s name is usually in the first sentence of the first paragraph.

Whenever I see someone get up at arms over a headline that says “Local Teen” and the first comment is “SAY THEIR NAME” I’m always like “hey, thanks for telling every journalist present that you don’t read articles and just skim headlines.” Really makes us feel appreciated.

I think this Onion headline illustrates the point pretty well

insomniac-arrest:

insomniac-arrest:

late night cashiers at 24-hour convenience stores are the holders of our greatest secrets and most intimate selves

not my mom, not my partner, not God himself has seen me no-make up in line to buy a choco-pop and panty liners while on the brink of a heart felt meltdown

no one has given me the empty stare of complete indifference that fills my anxious nerves with relief

there is nothing like the sweet freedom of complete nihilism experienced at a 7/11 at 2am, God lives in church, the randomness of the unfeeling universe lives at aisle 9 of CVS