christian thought in its original form is about defending and sympathizing with the most powerless members of our society and i think its one of the greatest tragedies in human history that something like that was so thoroughly corrupted and weaponized by the very people it was supposed to fight against
We’re only finding out recently that a lot of animals have colors and patterns that we cannot see because they’re outside of our visual range. It calls to attention how much of the world we can’t experience because our senses are limited.
When we shine UV lights on them, they glow pink or blue, but these are the colors that we CAN see…. they could be a bunch of different colors, which we SEE as all pink.
It’s also interesting to consider that most of these animals are not aware of having glowing patches on their bodies…. isn’t it also possible that we have skin or hair patterns that were not aware of? . . (There is actually some research out there to support the idea that our own skin fluoresces as well and that there are gender differences in the pattern and glow.)
Humans do have invisible stripes! They’re called Blaschko’s Lines, formed as skin cells divide at the embryonic stage. Normally we can’t see them at all, though certain skin conditions follow those same lines.
Apparently this is roughly what we’d look like, if our eyes could see in a different spectrum:
Dunno about you, but I want to use this in a story someday. Aliens can see our stripes and we can’t! Magical transformations follow Blaschko’s Lines! A subtle sign of lycanthropy is darker hair there! Wizards are bald with that cool spiral on their heads!
Speculative fiction is so much more fun when you can speculate about something strange but true.
THIS??? IS THE COOLEST???? SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY EVER??????????? AAAAAAAA THAT IS FLIPPING AWESOME!!!!!
With the holidays coming up I wanted to let you guys know something amazing that the app Ibotta is doing. Right now they are offering a free Thanksgiving meal.
How it works: 1. Download the app here: Click Here
2. Look for the banner above that states “FREE Thanksgiving Dinner” & click it.
3. You can just enter the email you signed up with and they’ll load the offers into your account. You will then just “click” each coupon so they are ready to redeem. There are a lot of other offers also for free above also that are available to get for free that are not included in the Thanksgiving deal so make sure to clip them also.
4. What you do is go to Walmart (or do pickup) and buy all these items, make sure you get the exact items above. Buy them. Go back to the app and scan the receipt. It’ll put all the money into your account. You can cash out at $20 for instant Paypal money back. Adding all the food above - you hit the $20 automatically. So everything above is COMPLETELY FREE and you get your money back within minutes of scanning the receipt and cashing out.
The big thing I want to stress is right now so many people are struggling. Even if you don’t need it, get it, redeem all the offers, and DONATE IT. If you have a friend struggling, give it to them. Donate it to your local food bank. Someone needs this. You get a ton of stuff for completely free and it can give you a simple Thanksgiving meal. As you see above you can even get a turkey. 2020 has been a terrible year for many families, many need the extra help, so please think about donating the food if anything.
Few tips: If you are not seeing some of the free offers I posted, some are NOT in the “Thanksgiving” deal. As in you need to go through the offers and look for the extra free ones that I found. Some are just in the normal offers, so make sure to search through the app (Walmart section) to get the rest of the free stuff. It’ll have a little “free” banner on each item that you can add.
Reblog this so we can help as many people as possible!
Four more freebies added! Continue to check the comments for more updates!
I was like, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, we’ll see.” AND SHE’S FUCKING DOING IT! I was like, “I will totally shut you out in the cold. I will blockade yo’ ass quicker than you can spell parfait.” And what does she do? SHE BRINGS JELLYFISH AND TEARS! TEARS INTO THAT SHIT! THAT’S NOT FAIR! Actual wife tears is a fucking knife in the gut. // I think it’s just, Fjord actually getting to– like a lot of things in his life– exercise the ability to show affection for the first time, ever? He did not have any relationships when he was growing up, or time for that, or even interests much less. So, I think half of it was just like, not knowing what to do with those sorts of compliments and feelings? and then even more confused when he started to reciprocate it? So it is… he’s feeling it out.
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