Tag: q

hornypineapple:

historieofbeafts:

I know I make fun of Pliny the Elder a lot, but I genuinely can’t stop thinking about this approach to taxonomy:

[There is a fish called the tursio, which bears a strong resemblance to the dolphin; it differs from it, however, in a certain air of sadness, and is wanting in its peculiar vivacity.]

Like, imagine someone describing an animal to you, but the only information they’ll provide is that it’s sort of like another animal, but much much sadder.

okay so apparently the word “Tursio” is what people in Pliny’s time called the porpoise. for reference, here is a dolphin:

and here is a porpoise:

anyways long story short Pliny was entirely correct stop bullying him

beyoursledgehammer:

inber:

sometimes i get richard siken and richard scarry confused in my head which has made for a few interesting literary conversations

This was funnier in my head.

also I’m sorry.

pingnova:

pingnova:

so I think that the whole vampires vs christians thing is really more of a rivalry. cause like, think about it, who are the two main groups of blood drinkers? vampires and christians. really they’re not that different in their most defining activity. so it’s more a matter of these two groups being closely related yet so different.

I guess the central argument is ‘whose blood are we allowed to drink?’ christians say we can only drink gods blood but vampires, who are more egalitarian, believe we can drink anybody’s blood.