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something i have noticed lately: as a collective, a lot of gen z are simply getting tired of their phone

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Found an antique 1939 lime pop bottle in the stone fence, advertised as being Lithiated. Everything had lithium in it for a while, great for hangovers and mood swings, until they realized how toxic it was for the system.

Got me thinking. There was a time when Radium was the next big thing™. It was magical, glowed in the dark, and manufacturers rushed to put it in everything. It went into makeup, drinks, glassware, toothpaste, watch dials, etc. It was total quackery of course, but it took time for the lies to come to the surface, because there were profits to be made.

One of the biggest lawsuits in history, one that changed the courts and worker's rights forever, was that of the Radium Girls.

I am, of course, not drawing any parallels whatsoever with modern day ravenous adoption of something that is toted as magical while exploiting an untold number of people, causing an unknown amount of harm in the long run.

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recently I have seen a ton of threads on reddit along the lines of, "can non-smokers really tell if someone smokes cigarettes?" or "do non-smokers think everyone who smokes cigarettes smells?"

yes. people with half decent smelling abilities (I would say ye average person who can smell) are able to tell not only if someone is a smoker, but if they live with a smoker or have been around someone smoking cigarettes recently. cigarette smell is awful, it gets into the clothes, it gets into hair, it gets into paper, it gets all over the skin. it seems like people who are around cigarette smoke a lot stop noticing the smell.

just about everyone who can smell (and is not a smoker) notices cigarette smell. it is extremely potent. cigarette smell, even just leftover in clothes, is a common trigger for asthma and other types of breathing problems, and perfumes to cover up the smells can often just make that worse, make someone breathing it sicker, and bring more attention to something that absolutely reeks. a lot of smokers do not realize just how terrible they smell until they stop smoking.

I have ordered fountain pen parts that CLEARLY came from somewhere someone was smoking cigarettes. most of the package was plastic or metal, but there were a few tiny sheets of paper. talking, a few inches by a few inches. the total size of an index card or two. just those few sheets of paper reeked so fucking bad that first I got really sick, and I had to put those parts into a sealed container for months with some baking soda until they stopped smelling so fucking bad and stopped making me so fucking sick. I have no idea just how someone could feel comfortable selling something that stunk that fucking awful, but I guess the people who sent it to me either smoke too much to tell how much their products fucking reek, or they just genuinely did not give a single fuck.

cigarette smoke really, really, really stinks. even if it was from days, weeks, or months ago.

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post four-horned antelope right now

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isnt it crazy that kids these days arent gonna know the experience of "we happen to have these movies/episodes on VHS so lets just watch them a bunch" ????

youre telling me theyre not gonna be playing the cat in the hat (live action), 4 donkey kong country episodes, madagascar, the garfield movie, 3 episodes of the super mario super show, and the scooby doo live action movies on repeat throughout their childhood ????

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Don’t look at things you know will make you angry. Don’t read the comment sections. Don’t look at the blogs of people who add dumb comments to posts to confirm that they’re dumb all the time. Don’t read old conversations you had with people you don’t talk to anymore. Go look at pictures of kittens or something instead. Protect yourself from negativity in every way you can.

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An Anatolian pars, a leopard subspecies, is seen by a camera trap set up in Turkey. It was thought that the endangered animal was extinct for years until 2013 when two of them were spotted

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

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Thanks for the question, Anon!

I got my lobes pierced when I was 12, so elementary school. I added more over the years when I was in high school and then took those out, but got my conch pierced when I was 27. So I have my lobes and conch currently.

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#as a tiny baby #but then a few more times starting 15 years old >:) #and now slow starting my stretched ears journey woth the OG holes 😌 #ao many typos #AGAIN typo

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crabs are literally being forcefemmed by barnacles every day and no one ever talks about it

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the fact that op turned off rbs is very very funny to me. anyway i want this post on my blog too.

#I'm sorry this is too perfect

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You don’t say.

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A Rare Sight

An Ethiopian wolf sits among purple flowers in Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains National Park.

by Axel Gomille

Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award

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Was messing around on Birds of the World earlier and came across my new obsession

Smugness written all over his inaccessible little face

Where might he be found you ask?

Here

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Here, on Inaccessible Island (where I will be posting from here on out)

Also found in this remote location…

The Inaccessible Island Rail

Known for being the smallest flightless bird in the world, this Rail possesses the souls of anyone that actually accesses the island

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obsessed with the april fools day joke from the another crab's treasure devs

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“If you have time to watch Netflix you have time for a side hustle” my side hustle is relaxing so that my body and brain can heal from by this nose-to-the-grindstone bullshit. I refuse to feel guilty for being a human with the need to relax sometimes. my side hustle is no.