Sleep paralysis is weird… you’re awake but your body literally can’t fucking do anything, your brain is going “back to sleeeeeep” but your survival instincts are saying “DON’T GO BACK TO SLEEP OR YOU’LL FUCKING DIE” you end up being this creature that’s half way to an anxiety attack but literally can’t do anything about it… mother nature why did you design this shitty animal
And then your brain projects a demon into your room because why not?
Brain: this situation isn’t hellish enough I’m gonna add some uuuuuhhhhhhhhhh…satan
The first time it happened to me I had a witch, complete with pointy hat, green skin and a wart on her nose, floating on a swirling black cloud above my bed.
I was about 12 at the time.
man i feel sorry for you guys. The first and only experience i’ve had with sleep paralysis was literally just a bunch of fucking ants crawling all over my body, but like it was a poorly looped gif of ants and as soon as I realized when the ants reset to their original position, they started floating off my body in chunks and clipping through my bed. Hands down one of the top 5 funniest things to happen to me.
Can we talk about how in zombie shows/movies/books they always find a veterinarian and not a surgeon? Are veterinarians deemed more likely to survive the apocalypse?
Yup.
One of our professional skills is ‘not being bitten by patients’
We actually have a good broad knowledge base for both surgical, medical, and GP things
We’re used to improvising equipment because a lot of stuff is just not made for animals
Meat safety is part of our training
Our cars are often full of equipment, especially in mixed practice
We probably weren’t in the human hospital at the initial outbreak
Did you know that after they switched to blind auditions, major symphony orchestras hired women between 30% to 55% more? Before bringing in “blind auditions” with a screen to conceal the the candidate, women in the top 5 major orchestras made up less than 5% of the musicians performing.
so I believe it was actually more complicated than that, in interesting ways. Because at first, when they did blind auditions, they were STILL hiring more men.
…Then they put down a carpet, so that high heels didn’t clack on the floor, and BOOM women were suddenly getting hired.
The testers didn’t even know that’s what they were picking up on, which just goes to show how tiny of a cue it takes for misogyny to kick in.
The case of blind auditions for orchestras and how it dramatically changed the gender makeup of orchestras is a very illuminating example of gender bias, and an interesting possible way of countering it.
You can be sexist without knowing it. You can be racist without knowing it. This is not a moral failing; it is a moral imperative to remember that you are fallible, and take steps to limit the damage your squishy ape brain’s foibles can cause.
I’d like to cancel my subscription to Menstrual Cycle Monthly
I’m sorry, it appears you’ve taken out a fifty-sixty year subscription. However, we can pause it for nine months as long as you sign a contract that says you’ll take out a subscription to Baby Daily for at least eighteen years
Damn those Terms and Conditions.
i didn’t even read them i’ve made a terrible mistake
People often say they hope their deceased pet dog is chasing squirrels in doggy heaven… what did all of those squirrels do to deserve an afterlife of torment?
Dog heaven is also squirrel hell it’s a very efficient system.
i can’t stop fucking laughing at the thought of squirrels sinning so much in the mortal plane that they have to be sent to squirrel hell to atone
They know that the bird feeder isn’t meant for them
Squirrels will eat unripened nectarines. And by “eat,” I mean “take exactly one (1) bite out of an unripened nectarine and then toss it to the ground, then immediately try the next similarly unripened nectarine” We lost so many nectarines we had to pick them before they were ready if we wanted anything at all.
Squirrel hell is a real place where they will be sent after spending a lifetime pulling shit like this.
In the SU Wanted special that aired two months ago, we were introduced to MANY new gems. And before then, we introduced to two new gems: Aquamarine and Topaz. In the Wanted Special, we were introduced to Zircons, Fluorite, Rhodonite, Padparadscha, and Rutiles. For this post, I’d like to focus on the Rutiles in specific.
We’ve learned the purpose of Zircons, they’re made to be counsels and prosecutors for gems going on trial in the court.
Fluorite and Rhodonite are fusions.
Padparadscha is supposedly a defective Sapphire.
We can easily assume the purposes of Aquamarines and Topazes from the 3 episodes they appeared in.
However, we know next to nothing about Rutiles. All we know is these two twin Rutiles, who emerged as conjoined gem twins.
So, here is my question: What are Rutiles made for? Why are they presumably mass-produced in kindergartens, and what are they sent out to do?
Well, I have a theory. First, let’s talk about rutiles as we know them in our world.
Pictured above: the best photo I could find of a real-life rutile.
Rutiles are a major mineral source of the element titanium, commonly known as a tough, powerful element on the periodic table (if i paid attention in science class). They are about 60% titanium and 40% oxygen. It ranks 6.6 on the Mohs Hardness Scale.
Though rutiles can exist on their own, they are most commonly found as red spikes in minerals of many different types.
Rutile in quartz.
Rutile silk in sapphire.
Rutile in opal.
Rutile in peridot.
There are many other minerals rutile can be found in, but I wanted to use gems that we’re familiar with in Steven Universe.
Rutile is most commonly found in quartz.
Back to the rutile twins.
Notice their design. The lack of a nose or ears. The simple buzz cute. The full-body, simply designed uniform, with a lack of a diamond symbol.
Seems like if you fused with them, not much would change.
So…what am i getting at here?
Because rutile is so commonly found included in other minerals, and the rutiles are manufactured with such simple forms, I believe that rutiles in Steven Universe are made for the sole purpose of fusing with other gems.
“But, Cookie,” you interject. “Isn’t Homeworld AGAINST fusion?”
Yes, fusion is majorly outlawed on Homeworld.
However, it is accepted for one thing. Combat.
Rubies in particular are commonly seen fusing for the purpose of combat.
So, you have a gem like rutile, which is majorly made up of titanium. That’s great for strength and hardnes. If you fused a rutile with another gem, not much would change in the other gem’s appearance, so the resulting fusion would not be entirely different.
Rutiles seem as if they’d be great for fusing with other gems, potentially providing extra strength and hardness in battle.
It only makes sense to me they would be designed for fusing with. And plus, Rebecca and the crew pay more attention to gem meaning and geology than you may believe.
I could very well be wrong, and there could very well be another post exactly like this somewhere else on this site. However, I couldn’t stop thinking about this, and had to get it out here.
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