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Physics meme

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One time I was really ill in physics and managed to rearrange the equation for speed distance time wrong, which is an equation I’ve been using for years. 

The worst part was I had the speed of a particle going 100x faster than the speed of light and didn’t see an issue until my friend pointed it out.

#physics #school #science #equations #goodthingaboutphysicsisyouranswershouldberealistic #badthingiswhenyouconstantlyforgettocheckyouranswer

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I once did a physics test and thought I did really awful because I had the worst migraine of my life and couldn't read the sentences as a question and the teacher said it was a rather difficult test.

Turns out I only lost one mark because I forgot to say the shiny objects reflect. I even set up the sentence I literally forgot the last word. The teacher found it quite funny. 

#physics #test #school #migrane #ivenocluehowididsowell #iliterallycouldnotread

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To all the people who think they’re bad at maths, just know that practised mathematicians can also be really bad.

We were doing a proof as a class and we couldn't get the right answer and we couldn't figure out why and it was a fairly complex equation for A level students and we were stumped for ages until the teacher realised she did 1+2=4 and then our problems were immediately fixed. 

#maths #i do love maths though #itssofun #likegivemeanequationoveranessayanyday #simplemathsishard #ioncedid4+5=5 #school #alevels #a level maths

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I went to see Les Mis and then my drama teacher went to see it the following week and Javert managed to set the barricade on fire. Which is ironic as when I went to see it I said to my friend about how worried I was about the fire they had on stage.

He’s also like a really dark artist so he thought it was intentional because it was after the battle and everyone was dead and they slowly started getting up off of the floor to clear the stage that was literally on fire. Gavroche was the only one to stay and one of the adults had to come get him.

It was all good in the end though as they took a short break then resumed the performance.

#les mierables #lesmis #theatre #theatregonewrong #fire #mydramateacherhatesmusicalssoitsironicthatsomethinginterestingsomethingwouldhappenwhenhewent #musicals

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Me going shopping for the first time and literally clutching my shoulders as I jog to keep up with my dad so as to allow other people to shop because I know how bad I am at touching things when I shop and constantly repeating the mantra of DO NOT TOUCH.

Me at the people complaining at the inconvenience of a mask:

#coronavirus #wearamask #shopping #itsnotthatbigofaninconvineance #theeffortiputintomakesureimresponsibleinshopsishugeandsomepeoplecantevendothebareminimum #ialreadydontunderstandsocialcuesandnowihavetolearnabunchofnewones #butimgonna #becaseliveslikeactuallydependonit

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Do you know how many blogs I’m following on this dumb website because I accidentally hit follow on mobile and don't have the heart to unfollow.

#mobile #accidentalfollow #thereslikeover200blogsimfollowingbypureaccidentalone

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Do you ever just sit in your kitchen and think damn that fridge is loud or just plug your phone in and just hear the electricity go through the wire or are you normal?

#electricity #imlike90%sureimautistic #autism #autistic #itssoloudandnooneinmyfamilybelievesmewhenisayitis

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I had a crush on this girl and the moment when I realised I really liked her is when we were talking about the Iliad and she said she wanted to read it for Patroclus and what was that other guys name.

She forgot Achilles and remembered the one people always forget and it was so cute.  

#achilles #patrocles #gay #crush #the illiad #ancientgreeks

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I manage to find the slug in the kitchen by hearing it squelching on the bin lid from half the room away and my dad still doubts me when I tell him where the noise in my car is coming from.

Side note, I was correct.

#hearing #super hearing #car #personal

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They have volcanic springs in the ocean around Santorini and let me tell you those things look like blood water. Also as the tour guide explained when we were swimming in them that there was no marine life in the area because of the amount of magnesium and sulphur in the water.

It also could have affected the people’s health as this was centuries after the eruption and if you were asthmatic or had respiratory problems you couldn’t go in because of the danger in would cause you.

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Low-wage workers are not who you think. #Fightfor15

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There are so many unintended consequences to well-intentioned actions. It feels like a game you can’t win.

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I understand that centripetal force means I won’t fall even without a safety harness but there is nothing that will ever convince me to step on that.

On some real shit, I do not fuck with people who ride those boat things at the carnival. People who get on those do not give a fuck about life, they don’t care about you, ya mama or your kids. They literally have nothing to lose. You don’t care about life so there’s no need for me to fight you because you’re not going to give a damn about my face. 

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I’m Welsh and even though I’m white a lot of Welsh culture has been destroyed by the English ruling powers. Many a times if a tv show has a Welsh character they were played as dumb which could have something to do with the fact that Wales at least in the 20th Century was primarily a working class country.

I speak very little Welsh only the basics and that’s because the Government has made it mandatory to be taught in schools because it is a dying language. Welsh is dying because of the English Government who in the Victorian Era used to beat school children for speaking Welsh in Wales. We are often seen as dumber and less well educated than the English, my dad only moved to Wales from England in his 20s and he will still make fun of me and my mum for saying things in “Wenglish” (Welsh/English) because it doesn’t sound right.

Our accent is often mocked and Welsh actors have to change it to get hired like Michael Sheen played Aziraphale in Good Omens he’s Welsh look up a video of him speaking in his normal accent that won’t get him hired.

I can’t tell you the amount of times I’ve seen people use “sheep-shagger” as an insult because farming is a large part of Wales and has a very large sheep population.

Racism is not as clear cut even in Britain where the English hold a lot of powers over the other British Nations.

My grandpa had to leave Ireland when he was a child and struggled to get a British passport despite being born in Northan Ireland (a part of Britain).

Talking about representation on tv it’s only really been since the turn of the century since Welsh characters are not a charicture of what English writes think we are.

Wales only got it’s own Government in something like 1998 and it was a long fight for it and were still struggling as the Brexit party want to end Welsh devolution.

Britain is very divided as shown by the Coronavirus response Wales, Scotland and Ireland have all had far better responses than Downing Street. On top of that we had issues with English people crossing the border despite the fact we were still in lockdown and had a very different set of rules to them.

Okay non-European tumblr, I’m gonna explain to you why ‘white’ isn’t as simple here as it is in the rest of the world

- Shades of white in Europe range from ‘freshly fallen snow’ to ‘I am frequently mistaken as being from the Middle East’

- White European is a thing. When you fill out a form, under ethnicity, there are several options for white; white British, white European, white other. Because people make that distinction

- There are Europeans who don’t class their ethnicity as their skin colour, but as their nationality. I have family who don’t think of themselves as white, they just think of themselves as Italian and don’t really give much thought to their skin colour

- People here in Britain always question if darker skinned white Europeans are ‘actually white’. I get it a lot myself. My response is always ‘well I’m not anything else, so obviously I must be’

- Despite being white, a lot of Europeans from Italy, Greece, Spain etc, don’t feel white in the traditional sense. We’re not white like white British people. We’re not white like white Americans. We’re our own white. White British is one thing. White Italian is another thing. White Greek is another, etc

- Which is why we have this notion here in Europe of ‘nationality over race’. Being white isn’t as important as where you’re from

- So this really only becomes an issue if you’re an immigrant

- So being white in Europe doesn’t save you from racial discrimination, because sure, you’re technically white, but you’re not white white. Not the right white

- Here in England, Europeans with really blatantly foreign names, such as myself, find it more difficult to get job interviews, because they take one look at our name and don’t bother reading the rest of the CV. A guy I know was actually told by his boss to reduce the pile of CVs he had by ‘chucking away any with a name you can’t fucking pronounce’

- And then even when you do get an interview, half the time you walk into the joint several shades darker than everyone else and feel like you’ve walked into the ‘Swedish supermodel’ clubhouse and you just know you’re not getting hired

This is all basic stuff and it’s very much taken for granted here. Race and ethnicity are not as clear cut, so it can be very confusing for non-Europeans to wrap their heads around. Which is fine. But I implore you to stay in your lane, because when you say things like ‘no white person anywhere in the world ever knows what it’s like to face racial discrimination’, it’s really fucking offensive to all of the European immigrants who are denied jobs, harassed by the police and beaten by racists, because foreign is foreign to these people, and they don’t give a shit if you’re technically white. So when you mean white American, say white American. 

#classism #european #this just needs to be said okay i get why non europeans don't understand but it's time they did because sometimes this shit is harmful #white europeans #welsh #british #good omens #michael sheen #aziraphale

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Musical Songs that make me sad/cry:

Because I’m an emotional wreck.

Hamilton:

Burn [sad]

Stay Alive (Reprise) [sad]

It’s Quiet Uptown [cry]

Who lives, Who Dies, Who tells your story [cry???]

Heathers:

I am damaged [sad]

Dear Evan Hansen:

For forever [sad]

Requiem [sad]

You will be found [cry]

So big, So Small [sad]

Finale [cry]

Be More Chill:

Micheal in the Bathroom [sad]

Wicked:

For Good [sad]

Finale [cry]

Bare: a pop opera:

Ever After [sad]

Once Upon a Time [sad]

Cross [mad, not sad, MAD.]

Bare [sad]

Queen Mab [cry]

A glooming peace [cry]

Absolution [cry]

No voice [sad]

The Guy who Didn’t Like Musicals:

Inevitable [sad]

Twisted:

If I believed [sad]

Power in me [sad]

The Trail to Oregon:

When my worlds at stake [sad]

When my worlds at stake (reprise) [sad]

In trousers:

A breakfast over sugar [CRY AND CHILLS]

In Trousers [sad and CHILLS]

March of the falsettos/Falsettoland/Falsettos:

Trinas Song [sad]

The Chess Game [sad]

Marvin Hits Trina [CRY]

I never wanted to love you [CRYY]

Father to son [CRY]

What more can I say? [cry]

Something bad is happening/more racquetball [SOBBSSS]

Holding to the ground [SOBBING CURRENTLY]

Days like This [SOBS WHEN WHIZZER SOBS]

Cancelling the Bar Mitzvah [CRYS CAUSE “WE CANT BE SURE WHEN HE’LL GET BETTER...WHEN OR IF...HE’LL GET BETTER]

Unlikely Lovers [CURRENTLY ON THE FLOOR SOBBING MY EYES OUT]

ANOTHER MIRACLE OF JUDISM [CRYS BECAUSE HJASOM KS SO INNOCENT T-T]

Something bad is happening (reprise) [SOBS BECAUSE MARVIN TRYING NOT TO CRY]

You gotta die something [SOBS CAUSE ANDY RANDY IS SO TALENTED AND WHIZZER DESERVED BETTER]

Jason’s Bar Mitzvah [CRYS IN “THANK YOU”]

What would I do [CURRENTLY DEAD FROM CRYING]

Falsettoland (reprise) [SOBS WRACKING MY BODY AT MARVIN FINALLY BREAKING DOWN INTO SOBS AND THE TIGHT-KNIT FAMILY HUGGING AND THE CHESS PIECE AGHHHH]

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As you can tell one of these musicals hurts me every time I listen to it...

*cough* I wonder which one it is.

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Falsettos is the best musical because it’s so fucking chaotic.

The premise is like some YouTube clickbait title: “DIVORCED MY WIFE AND NOW SHE’S MARRYING MY SHRINK! DUMPING MY BOYFRIEND NOW! NOT CLICKBAIT!” It starts with a song with the word “BITCH” sixty-three (63) times. Whizzer has a line that establishes that he’s the top despite having to act like Marvin’s housewife during the day. Mendel has to hide his boner during the therapy session. Jason plays chess by himself and has no friends his age and he is chill with that…and he’s mostly pissed because he wants to know if he’ll inherit gayness and Marvin’s general assholery–

…Just…all of March of the Falsettos…

The whole family hopes their dog runs away…even Jason. “HOMOSEXUALS” *points at audience*. Nancy Reagan punching bag enters the server. Enter: THE LESBIANS FROM NEXT DOOR and everyone screams. Marvin talks shit about his own son while he watches him play baseball…Whizzer pulls up and is the only one who thinks to teach Jason the right way to play…the others were just going to let him swing badly…It all goes downhill from there because you laugh and then you cry so hard you can’t breathe by the time the curtain call ends…Best Musical Ever.