This Is Really Obvious, And Yet...

I already knew that they were older than trees, but...

I, too, reblog because this must be known.

Yyyyep

I'm old enough to just say two words: Tom. Leher.

We all had fun with geography class now onto science! take this quiz to name as many elements as you can :)

obligatory rb for sample size <3

Who the hell am I to judge? Be weird here!

Right, considering the current state of corporate politics on this site, and that it seems that only those affected seem to be actively speaking on the matter, it is up to I, the only fucking cishet on tumblr, to drag this out to a wider audience.

REBLOG IF YOUR ACCOUNT IS A TRANSFEM SAFE SPACE.

We need to show these higher ups how much we truly value them.

Yes, but also: "Cast in the name of God, ye not guilty!"

Humans are derived fishes. The skeleton of a human (A) compared with the skeleton of a derived tetrapodomorph fish (B), with the fish skeleton scaled to the size of the human’s and oriented in a humanlike pose (and with a humanlike skull). Red shading indicates dermal bone and, in fishes, the dermal fin rays. (From Long 2011 © John A. Long.)

– F. H. Pough & C. M. Janis, Vertebrate Life (10th ed., 2019; p. 165)

The biologist is correct, too.

Organic Chemist: Everything left of the staircase on the periodic table is metal.

Inorganic Chemist: Actually, boron, carbon, aluminum, silicon, arsenic, tellurium, and astatine are metalloids

Astronomer: Everything but hydrogen and helium have metallicity.

Physicist: all nonmetals become metallic under very high pressure and low temperature.

Biologist: I think there's like one type of snail that has some metal in their shells 🤷

It's a mixed bag, but I'm in.

some trends i am really down for

being nice to people working in customer service

girls in thigh-highs

receiving $400,000

pasta

100% true. Overcoming what holds you back should be celebrated.

Liz Fosslien  

YES