Ever needed to hear about mad dad birds with enormous feet? Try THESE on for size:
What’s that you say? These are clearly the feet of a dinosaur, not a bird? WHY NOT BOTH?
This is Australia’s very own dinosaur, the second-largest bird in the world, the emu. Say hi!
They roam around Australia making ‘wonk-wonk’ noises under their breath and glaring at everything. And the dads take care of the babies! They sit on the eggs…
They look after the tiny stripey adorable things….
They look after the less tiny less adorable things…
And they even look after the great big menacing things that are almost as big as they are.
But here’s the catch. All emus look pretty much alike. Especially when you are a tiny stripey adorable thing. All you can see of your dad is is great big dinosaur feet (see picture #1). So there is one very unrealistic thing about all the adorable terrifying dinosaur family photos above:
I have never seen an emu family in the wild where all the babies are the same size.
Here is the reason!
Emu dad and his emu babies are roaming about wonking and glaring at everyone. Suddenly emu dad sees another emu dad! A threat!
Emu dads do some display threats with dancing and bouncing and fluffing and… look, it’s very serious business, okay?
If this does not work to see off one emu they might progress to actual fighting.
Oops, sorry, you wanted the dignified version. Here, have some ART:
MAGNIFICENT.
Either way, this encounter will end up with one or both adult emus zooming away as fast as he can run. This is very fast.
This is the other thing they do besides wonking and glaring, by the way. They run. Fear the running emu.
Anyway, this leaves all the tiny and medium-sized and semi-large stripey things milling around making confused tiny “cheep? wonk?” noises and basically just following whichever pair of large feet they can find.
HI DAD
And so mostly when you see a male emu with a gaggle of youngsters at heel, they are all different sizes. Who knows whose they are? Not him! But he’s going to look after them anyway.
This isn’t even the most like birds a plant can look! This green birdflower grows in Australia and appears to make hummingbirds except, wait, there’s no hummingbirds in Australia. So what is this plant doing.
Look at this Duck Orchid! Caleana major is found in South Eastern Australia. Look at this thing! It’s a duck!
i could never be hannibal lecter because i hate lying theyd be like and whats for dinner hannibal and id be like it’s beef SORRRYYYYY its actually a guy who i killed and cooked up 😬 are you mad at meee and theyd say no hannibal you told the truth and thats what matters and then we’d all hug
This site is a special flavor of deranged
yeah lol this is an insane to post who would even fucking post this
if anyone is ever trying convince you that an entire class of people is universally unsafe and you shouldn’t interact with them “for your own safety” or that you should only interact with others in your class because that’s the only way you’ll stay safe they’re projecting past trauma or lying. Everyone is capable of harm. No one is obliged to it. We can be sympathetic to those who have been hurt without reducing people to immutable traits that prevent us from empathizing with each other.
USAmerican Christian Nationalism is not my favourite thing but “That’s my God-given right as an American” really goes off. Hits all the notes, really. I think I’m gonna steal it
transitioning is like putting on the They Live glasses and seeing that 90% of people looking at you are either jerking off or furiously sharpening a knife. or both. and i do not mean that in a sexy or fun way, and i dont like clarifying that, but i know there’s a 90% chance you are thinking it, because i wrote it while being a trans woman.
to clarify:
when considering the sexual violence against trans women, it’s important to remember that “people only view us sexually” does not mean the same thing as “people only find us attractive”. it means “people can only conceptualize of our existence within a sexual light” because that’s how the majority of our coverage in media has been tinged in the past century. as a result of the chaste and patriarchal nature of modern capitalism, gender and sexuality are inseparable in much public discourse by virtue of propaganda, and as a result, a trans woman is seen as sexual because efforts towards projecting specifically femininity is only categorized as sexual. and when paired with the uncharitable perception of “man”, that propaganda can often evolve how people view us directly into “sexual threat” anywhere, for any reason. i could be in the freezer aisle of costco looking down at the ground while i push my cart and i’d still get dirty looks for wearing a dress (this has happened).
when i say “they’re either jerking off or sharpening a knife”, i mean we’re either viewed sexually, or as sexually threatening, in almost all scenarios.
[NOTE: AS WITH ALL MATTERS OF TRANSMISOGYNY, THIS ISSUE IS 100 TIMES WORSE FOR BLACK GIRLS]
EMPATHY [Easy: Success] - She says it so insistently, as if arguing with you. You may have upset her.
COMPOSURE [Formidable: Failure] - You feel a pit in your stomach. You did something wrong, but you don’t know what.
LOGIC [Trivial: Success] - Her way of dressing, the feminine name, yet deep voice - it should have been clear to you sooner. She’s transgender.
ESPIRIT DE CORPS [Formidable: Success] - Almost imperceptible, the lieutenant anxiously twitches his eyebrow.
DAMAGED MORALE - 1
Transgender? What’s that?
This doesn’t have any bearing on the investigation.
ENCYCLOPEDIA [Trivial: Success] - A transgender person is someone who does not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth. Oftentimes they will dress conforming to their desired gender roles, change their names, and seek medical intervention to, “transition.”
Gender is rather bourgeois, anyway.
Why would any proud Revacholian discard their masculinity?
Changing your gender? That sounds like quite the hustle. Maybe we can learn a thing or two from this woman.
That’s cool. I have no opinion on this one way or another.
RHETORIC [Medium: Success] - Just as Mazov dared to challenge the established order of capitalism, so too do others challenge the order of things such as sex and gender.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY [Trivial: Success] - IT’S BEEN SO LONG SINCE WE’VE FELT THE TOUCH OF A WOMAN. WHO CARES IF SHE USED TO BE A MAN? HAVE SEX WITH HER NOW! ITS WHAT A REAL MAN WOULD DO!
EMPATHY - [Trivial: Success] - Don’t do that. It’s clear now, you upset her for accidentally calling her a man. Just apologize.
COMPOSURE [Medium: Failure] - Profusely.
ESPIRIT DE CORPS [Medium: Success] - It’s important to be a good ally.
DRAMA [Medium: Success] - Make a real show of it, sire!
“Oh, I didn’t realize. I’m sorry.”
“I’m so sorry I’m so sorry I’ll leave you alone forever now.”
“I haven’t been a good representative of the RCM. We’re here to help the people of Martinaise, no matter their identity. I’m sorry to have let you down.”
[Drama - Legendary 14] Try and come up with an elaborate, heartfelt apology in the style of the turn of the century thespians.
HIGH 83% +1 Found testosterone ampoule on nightstand. +1 Homo-Sexual Underground. +1 Read about the turn of the century thespians. -1 Recovered your gun. -1 Masculinity challenged.
This is a Red Check. It cannot be retried.
⚀⚀
CHECK FAILURE
YOU - You try and come up with the words to convey your apology to the young woman, but you come up blank. It’s hard to fit, “transgender” into iambic pentameter, as it turns out.
DRAMA - I’m sorry, sire. I have failed you.
KIM KITSURAGI - “Detective? You’ve been standing there for a whole minute. Are you okay?”
ESPIRIT DE CORPS - Shit, the lieutenant is onto us. We have to say something soon, or we could lose him.
COMPOSURE [Trivial: Success] - Don’t worry, we can still salvage this. Anyone have any ideas?
VOLITION [Heroic: Failure] - Let me handle this.
You - “I’m so sorry, I’m so fucking sorry. I’m such a fucking failure. Do you want me to kill myself?”
woawoawoawoawoawoah let’s hold off on that interaction there, pal. can’t help but notice those feedist posts and reblogged nudes of fat people who aren’t f-cup single-chin small waisted size 10s on your page. you aren’t some kind of fetishist, are you? 🤨 look idk what you do in your freak pervert circles, but around these parts, we love/tolerate fat people in spite of their bodies. give them too much encouragement and they stop being good obedient lays feel objectified, you see.
they should make being from california illegal [remembers im highly critical of policing and the law as institutions] we should restructure society so that nobody is from california
just had to reblog a few times to make sure she meets a terrible fate.
Fair enough
Just reblogging again
Same
Reblogging again
Same
pardon my swedish, but fuck jk rowling
Yeah fuck her
yeah! fuck her, the bastard!
Light her on fire
this is why i like you.
Thanks
pardon my australian but jkr is a fucking cunt and should explode in a car hammer explosion with a certian ceo
Pardon my german but Die dumme Hure soll sich endlich in ihr verfluchtes Grab legen damit jede Transfrau der Insel dazu beitragen kann, dass sie an einem Schlamm aus frischer Pisse und modrigem Dreck ersticken kann.
its mind boggling that someone reblogged this, nearly a year after benedict stood down, nearly a year after the joke made sense, months since the last reblog
everyone in the world is either a democrat or a republican. everyone in the whole wide world is a democrat and a republican and america is the largest and most populous country in the world and america is easily the most culturally diverse country in the world because the middle class white people in my state (like a little country) are very different than the middle class white people over there (another little country, once more called a “state”) and you could never understand how bad it is in america, the main country in the world. where are you from again? it’s bad in america and america is bad but the way that america is run is the only way a country could possibly be run unfortunately. i don’t like it but it’s the only right way for a country to be run and you don’t get it because the main victims of the main country are all here and you aren’t. where are you from again? they never told me about that place. i don’t think you get that real people live in america. probably because you’re a republican. real people live in america and real people are hurt by america but what can you do? god said america has to be like this. god said this because god is real so god is american. you don’t get it because you’re over there and we’re all here in america, the realest country in the world. where are you from again? how can you talk like this with what’s happening in america? you’re a democrat, right? where are you from again? my country is so large it stretches over yours and presses down hard. it’s not my fault that they never told me about that place. my country covers the world. you don’t understand how bad this will be for real people in the real world, the first world, the only world. they never told me—where in america are you from again?
everyone in the world is either a democrat or a republican. everyone in the whole wide world is a democrat and a republican and america is the largest and most populous country in the world and america is easily the most culturally diverse country in the world because the middle class white people in my state (like a little country) are very different than the middle class white people over there (another little country, once more called a “state”) and you could never understand how bad it is in america, the main country in the world. where are you from again? it’s bad in america and america is bad but the way that america is run is the only way a country could possibly be run unfortunately. i don’t like it but it’s the only right way for a country to be run and you don’t get it because the main victims of the main country are all here and you aren’t. where are you from again? they never told me about that place. i don’t think you get that real people live in america. probably because you’re a republican. real people live in america and real people are hurt by america but what can you do? god said america has to be like this. god said this because god is real so god is american. you don’t get it because you’re over there and we’re all here in america, the realest country in the world. where are you from again? how can you talk like this with what’s happening in america? you’re a democrat, right? where are you from again? my country is so large it stretches over yours and presses down hard. it’s not my fault that they never told me about that place. my country covers the world. you don’t understand how bad this will be for real people in the real world, the first world, the only world. they never told me—where in america are you from again?
everyone in the world is either a democrat or a republican. everyone in the whole wide world is a democrat and a republican and america is the largest and most populous country in the world and america is easily the most culturally diverse country in the world because the middle class white people in my state (like a little country) are very different than the middle class white people over there (another little country, once more called a “state”) and you could never understand how bad it is in america, the main country in the world. where are you from again? it’s bad in america and america is bad but the way that america is run is the only way a country could possibly be run unfortunately. i don’t like it but it’s the only right way for a country to be run and you don’t get it because the main victims of the main country are all here and you aren’t. where are you from again? they never told me about that place. i don’t think you get that real people live in america. probably because you’re a republican. real people live in america and real people are hurt by america but what can you do? god said america has to be like this. god said this because god is real so god is american. you don’t get it because you’re over there and we’re all here in america, the realest country in the world. where are you from again? how can you talk like this with what’s happening in america? you’re a democrat, right? where are you from again? my country is so large it stretches over yours and presses down hard. it’s not my fault that they never told me about that place. my country covers the world. you don’t understand how bad this will be for real people in the real world, the first world, the only world. they never told me—where in america are you from again?
everyone in the world is either a democrat or a republican. everyone in the whole wide world is a democrat and a republican and america is the largest and most populous country in the world and america is easily the most culturally diverse country in the world because the middle class white people in my state (like a little country) are very different than the middle class white people over there (another little country, once more called a “state”) and you could never understand how bad it is in america, the main country in the world. where are you from again? it’s bad in america and america is bad but the way that america is run is the only way a country could possibly be run unfortunately. i don’t like it but it’s the only right way for a country to be run and you don’t get it because the main victims of the main country are all here and you aren’t. where are you from again? they never told me about that place. i don’t think you get that real people live in america. probably because you’re a republican. real people live in america and real people are hurt by america but what can you do? god said america has to be like this. god said this because god is real so god is american. you don’t get it because you’re over there and we’re all here in america, the realest country in the world. where are you from again? how can you talk like this with what’s happening in america? you’re a democrat, right? where are you from again? my country is so large it stretches over yours and presses down hard. it’s not my fault that they never told me about that place. my country covers the world. you don’t understand how bad this will be for real people in the real world, the first world, the only world. they never told me—where in america are you from again?
everyone in the world is either a democrat or a republican. everyone in the whole wide world is a democrat and a republican and america is the largest and most populous country in the world and america is easily the most culturally diverse country in the world because the middle class white people in my state (like a little country) are very different than the middle class white people over there (another little country, once more called a “state”) and you could never understand how bad it is in america, the main country in the world. where are you from again? it’s bad in america and america is bad but the way that america is run is the only way a country could possibly be run unfortunately. i don’t like it but it’s the only right way for a country to be run and you don’t get it because the main victims of the main country are all here and you aren’t. where are you from again? they never told me about that place. i don’t think you get that real people live in america. probably because you’re a republican. real people live in america and real people are hurt by america but what can you do? god said america has to be like this. god said this because god is real so god is american. you don’t get it because you’re over there and we’re all here in america, the realest country in the world. where are you from again? how can you talk like this with what’s happening in america? you’re a democrat, right? where are you from again? my country is so large it stretches over yours and presses down hard. it’s not my fault that they never told me about that place. my country covers the world. you don’t understand how bad this will be for real people in the real world, the first world, the only world. they never told me—where in america are you from again?
everyone in the world is either a democrat or a republican. everyone in the whole wide world is a democrat and a republican and america is the largest and most populous country in the world and america is easily the most culturally diverse country in the world because the middle class white people in my state (like a little country) are very different than the middle class white people over there (another little country, once more called a “state”) and you could never understand how bad it is in america, the main country in the world. where are you from again? it’s bad in america and america is bad but the way that america is run is the only way a country could possibly be run unfortunately. i don’t like it but it’s the only right way for a country to be run and you don’t get it because the main victims of the main country are all here and you aren’t. where are you from again? they never told me about that place. i don’t think you get that real people live in america. probably because you’re a republican. real people live in america and real people are hurt by america but what can you do? god said america has to be like this. god said this because god is real so god is american. you don’t get it because you’re over there and we’re all here in america, the realest country in the world. where are you from again? how can you talk like this with what’s happening in america? you’re a democrat, right? where are you from again? my country is so large it stretches over yours and presses down hard. it’s not my fault that they never told me about that place. my country covers the world. you don’t understand how bad this will be for real people in the real world, the first world, the only world. they never told me—where in america are you from again?
everyone in the world is either a democrat or a republican. everyone in the whole wide world is a democrat and a republican and america is the largest and most populous country in the world and america is easily the most culturally diverse country in the world because the middle class white people in my state (like a little country) are very different than the middle class white people over there (another little country, once more called a “state”) and you could never understand how bad it is in america, the main country in the world. where are you from again? it’s bad in america and america is bad but the way that america is run is the only way a country could possibly be run unfortunately. i don’t like it but it’s the only right way for a country to be run and you don’t get it because the main victims of the main country are all here and you aren’t. where are you from again? they never told me about that place. i don’t think you get that real people live in america. probably because you’re a republican. real people live in america and real people are hurt by america but what can you do? god said america has to be like this. god said this because god is real so god is american. you don’t get it because you’re over there and we’re all here in america, the realest country in the world. where are you from again? how can you talk like this with what’s happening in america? you’re a democrat, right? where are you from again? my country is so large it stretches over yours and presses down hard. it’s not my fault that they never told me about that place. my country covers the world. you don’t understand how bad this will be for real people in the real world, the first world, the only world. they never told me—where in america are you from again?
Shoutout to my dad who accidentally moved into an up and coming black lgbt neighborhood and was very disappointed to learn that all of his “new friends” weren’t actually interested in how to use iNaturalist or where he saw coyotes on his walks 😔🙏🏻
You misunderstand. My father has accidentally been on multiple dates now with multiple guys he was hoping wanted to be friends 😅
i need feminism because when jesus does a magic trick it’s a goddamn miracle but when a woman does a magic trick she gets burned at the stake
fabulous
i mean they did also kill jesus. that was a pretty significant thing that happened. like i understand where you’re coming from here but they very much did kill jesus.