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commission for @fitmc !!!

#This looks insanely gooddddd

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Possum mom figurine ♥️

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Dogged detective

#FUCK YES

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part of being an ally to trans men is not being a dick to cis men for their appearance btw

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we just keep naming bugs like this

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i don't know man, i just wish that we could [suddenly realising i'm coming dangerously close to expressing a real and earnest thought instead of filtering everything through several layers of intangible running bits] blow up the entire world. or something.

#me frequently #me always

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I asked one of my (male) friends to stop using the phrase “man up” and he has been using “fortify” for the past two weeks instead and it’s just a little thing but honestly it makes a difference

and tbh it’s also pretty funny when I start to deflate in the library and he leans over and goes “FORTIFY”

#HDJDHDHDHDH love this

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Tasteful bulge? Yeah I would like a taste f- [I am interrupted by the sound of a dry twig snapping. This is impossible, as I am in the infinite linoleum bathroom dimension for this joke.]

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#how wonderful

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something something everyone wants nonbinary terminology that sounds natural but no one wants to use new terminology enough to naturalize it. idk to tell y'all this but new words are always going to sound weird until they don't. nonbinary people are gonna continue to be alienated by language until we pussy up!! also tbh i feel like some people just think any terminology that is blatantly tied to nonbinary people is cringe by virtue of exorsexism making all nonbinary things cringe

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speechless. the pose. the expression. this should be a painting.

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The Buff-Tip Moth: the resting posture, shape, and color/pattern of the buff-tip moth allows it to mimic a broken birch twig; the moth's buff-colored head and the patches on its hindwings even resemble freshly-snapped wood

It also definitely tends to look like there's a weird little smiley face in the setae surrounding the moth's head, which is arguably even more striking but for some reason none of the sources I dug up on this species seem to mention that weirdness.

This type of camouflage is generally referred to as a "protective resemblance" -- a form of mimesis in which an animal can avoid being preyed upon by mimicking an inedible/unremarkable aspect of its environment. Many different moths are able to disguise themselves in similar ways, and it is especially common within the family known as Lasiocampidae. Some of the other species that engage in protective resemblance include Gastropacha quercifolia, Gastropacha pardale, Gastropacha populifoli, Euthrix potatori, Euthrix laeta, and Calyptra minuticornis (along with the other members of genus Calyptra). Most of these moths disguise themselves as leaves/foliage.

The buff-tip moth is particularly adept at disguising itself, however, and the fact that it so strongly resembles such a specific object (i.e. not just a dead leaf or a vague piece of foliage -- but a broken twig from a silver birch tree, in particular) makes this disguise seem even more impressive/unique.

This species (Phalera bucephala) can be found throughout the British Isles, mainland Europe, and Asia, with its range extending into Eastern Siberia.

Sources & More Info:

Wildlife Insights: Buff-Tip Moth Identification Guide

ButterflyConservation.org: Buff-Tip Moth

The Wildlife Trusts: Buff-Tip Moth

Wildlife Insight: the Buff-Tip Moth

Moth Identification: P. busephala

Encyclopedia of Life: Global Map of Known Occurrences for P. busephala

Insecta: Phalera bucephala

Lepidoptera and their Ecology: P. busephaloides and P. busephala

Journal of Ecology & Evolution: Strong Foraging Preferences for Ribes alpinum in the Polyphagous Caterpillars of Buff-Tip Moth Phalera bucephala

Dickinson County Conservation Board: Protective Resemblance & other Forms of Mimesis/Mimicry

#THESE GUYS ARE COOL I'VE SEEN THESE GUYS

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#it is a slur

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goes to clarify on a miscommunication.

miscommunicates

#I'm just like that boulder guy

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here have some more thoughts about piglin techno

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"this guy pretends to hate me all the time" i support you but that sounds like actually hell

i am all for commitment to the bit but I'm gonna be honest, as a long time comedy enjoyer, humour fan, and laugher, when people present me something where it's like "It's so funny, they never break character" that's not like, a good thing. Like "This guys does a homophobic bit, it's so funny he never breaks" okay so... he's just homophobic, always???

That's obviously a like, extreme example, but even at the basest level like, never breaking character doesn't contribute to how funny a joke is, it just means i lose the ability to stop hearing it.