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lovenotefromcoco:

thefreakynigga:

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whatevercomestomymind:

stuff-n-n0nsense:

assasue:

saxifraga-x-urbium:

systlin:

Something I find incredibly cool is that they’ve found neandertal bone tools made from polished rib bones, and they couldn’t figure out what they were for for the life of them. 

Until, of course, they showed it to a traditional leatherworker and she took one look at it and said “Oh yeah sure that’s a leather burnisher, you use it to close the pores of leather and work oil into the hide to make it waterproof. Mine looks just the same.” 

“Wait you’re still using the exact same fucking thing 50,000 years later???”

“Well, yeah. We’ve tried other things. Metal scratches up and damages the hide. Wood splinters and wears out. Bone lasts forever and gives the best polish. There are new, cheaper plastic ones, but they crack and break after a couple years. A bone polisher is nearly indestructible, and only gets better with age. The more you use a bone polisher the better it works.”

It’s just. 

50,000 years. 50,000. And over that huge arc of time, we’ve been quietly using the exact same thing, unchanged, because we simply haven’t found anything better to do the job. 

i also like that this is a “ask craftspeople” thing, it reminds me of when art historians were all “the fuck” about someone’s ear “deformity” in a portrait and couldn’t work out what the symbolism was until someone who’d also worked as a piercer was like “uhm, he’s fucked up a piercing there”. interdisciplinary shit also needs to include non-academic approaches because crafts & trades people know shit ok

One of my professors often tells us about a time he, as and Egyptian Archaeologist, came down upon a ring of bricks one brick high. In the middle of a house. He and his fellow researchers could not fpr the life of them figure out what tf it could possibly have been for. Until he decided to as a laborer, who doesnt even speak English, what it was. The guy gestures for my prof to follow him, and shows him the same ring of bricks in a nearby modern house. Said ring is filled with baby chicks, while momma hen is out in the yard having a snack. The chicks can’t get over the single brick, but mom can step right over. Over 2000 years and their still corraling chicks with brick circles. If it aint broke, dont fix it and always ask the locals.

I read something a while back about how pre-columbian Americans had obsidian blades they stored in the rafters of their houses. The archaeologists who discovered them came to the conclusion that the primitive civilizations believed keeping them closer to the sun would keep the blades sharper.

Then a mother looked at their findings and said “yeah, they stored their knives in the rafters to keep them out of reach of the children.”

Omg the ancient child proofing add on tho lol

Okay the last one should have been a no-brainer? Like… hallo? Sharp knives in a house with possibly one or more kids? Yeah better store that knife/dagger/whatever out of reach of those wittle grabby hands

Not to mention obsidian blades are ABSURDLY sharp (under a microscope even an extremely sharp scalpel will look like it’s very jagged, while an obsidian blade will be completely STRAIGHT). They’re about 30 angstroms, while a normal boxcutter will be between 300 and 600.

No one would want a kid running around with a blade about ten times sharper than a razor.

For those curious, obsidian is volcanic glass. And glass has a remarkable quality in that it is both incredibly brittle, but also remarkably strong.

Because it has no internal structure and fractures on multiple levels, those fractures can form both acute and obtuse angles.

The acute angle narrows the cutting area to a microscopic point, which coupled with the internal strength of glass means that when it touches something else, that other thing will usually be on the losing end of the deal.

So not only were these people child-proofing their lives by keeping the sharp as all hell knives away from the kids, they were using an extremely effective material that requires minimal tooling to produce effective cutting implements.

TLDR: Ask a craftsman is amazing advice, and you can see the ingenuity of people even without technology.

Lol it’s appropriate that archaeologists, the people who went to school to study this shit, don’t actually know jack about the operations of daily life, even though 90% of the time, that’s what they’re unearthing. Especially the part about keeping the blades away from the kids. These people probably have 0 experience with kids.

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healthy-purple-sandwich:

socialjusticeichigo:

dairyisntscary:

Cows are getting a bad rap and it's time to set the record straight: Giving up meat won't save the planet

A UN report claimed that livestock was doing more to harm the climate than all modes of transportation combined, but this isn't the case.

Business Insider

Many people continue to think avoiding meat as infrequently as once a week will make a significant difference to the climate. But according to one recent study, even if Americans eliminated all animal protein from their diets, they would reduce US greenhouse gas emissions by only 2.6%.

According to our research at the University of California, Davis, if the practice of Meatless Monday were to be adopted by all Americans, we’d see a reduction of only 0.5%.

Shit its almost like the real problem is corporate greed causing mass pollution on an unimaginable scale.

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malemalefica:

Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. According to tradition it preserves the sepulcher of the Apostle Santiago, being a temple one of the main destinations of pilgrimage of Europe during the Middle Ages, privilege granted in 1122 by Pope Calixto II

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chroniclearia:

“Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master”

— Dwight D Eisenhower (1890-1969) U.S. President  (via philosophicalconservatism)

chroniclearia:

We don’t carefully clean off and repaint cracked nail varnish we paint over it like men

foxysanimecooking:

Brocks Cream Stew from mewtwo strikes back

Hello lovelies! As promised with the start of this blog I’ll now share this wonderful recipe!

Will need a large soup pot makes enough for 8 bowls

♡Ingredients ♡

1 half a large daikon radish ~peeled and cubed

3 russet potatos ~peeled and cubed

2 Chinese carrots (regular carrots work fine too but then you’ll need 4 )

3 cloves of garlic ~ minced

1 broccoli~ cut to bite size pieces

4 chicken cutlets with the skin on! ~ cubed

Half a white onion ~ minced

3 tbsp chicken stock

4 cups hot water

♤For the Roux ♤

1/3 cup of flour

¼ cup of butter

3ish cups of milk (can go a bit over that’s ok)

2 cups Cheeeeeese I like sharp cheddar but whatever your taste is that’s fine ~ shredded or tiny cubes work best

Then salt and pepper for taste

◇Steps◇

1) heat some oil in the bottom of your pot, lightly saute the onions and garlic until softened but no browned. Added chicken until cooked over high heat.

2) add potatos, daikon, carrots and water mixed with the stock power. Bring to a rapid boil on high heat then turn down to low for a simmer.

3)in another smaller pot prepare the Roux, melt the butter over medium low heat. Add a splash of milk (maybe half a cup) and the flour. Sprinkle cheese in now and again so it melts. Whisk it all together slow. But no too slow or it’ll clump. Gradually add the rest of the milk and cheese until it’s creamy and yummy. Don’t worry if starts to clump just add a bit more milk. Add a pinch of salt an pepper to it

4) add the Roux to the stew! Careful not to splash and burn yourself!! Add the broccoli and bring to a soft boil once again till the broccoli gets softer. Taste and season as desired.

5) serve warm with buns!!

ENJOY

♧Foxy Tips♧

Personally I like extra garlic and some soy sauce to add a little more flavour and salt but make it to your Taste! A soft boiled egg also would be yummy on top!

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weeniebagel:

attackofthebteam:

attackofthebteam:

its a shame dnd has been taken over by “i roll to seduce“ theater kids when rpgs SHOULD be all about acting like this guy

this guy sounds how wearing a wizard shirt feels

this is the only dude allowed to play dnd

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