im not really trying to be funny here i genuinely have never wanted context for something more in my life than this video. i mean ive always figured its just one of those weird for the sake of weird kind of things. but regardless the logistics of this whole setup are what intrigue me. what is this body of green water? a koi pond? the lighting reminds me of a hospital room or something. is the room flooded? it doesnt really look that way, but its possible. why are there apples and balls in it? but why is it also in a room? i cant tell if theres light eminating from the water or if its just such an intense shade of green it gives the illusion. is the bed affixed to the wall and suspended over the water or what? how did the bed even get there if its not a flooded bedroom? i only just noticed the water bottle tied to the bar as well. how does he manage to act relatively unbothered by a massive branch hitting him in the neck. and the watermelon just speaks for itself. im not expecting an answer i just need you to know these are the kinds of things i ask myself for 20 minutes each time its brought back to my attention
Wait… how is snowball earth controversial? I was taught that its fairly well supported and a generally popular theory so now im curious
It's pretty accepted in some circles, but there's still a lot of debate about it. One of my professors is very much not convinced as he has visited one of the claimed tillite sites and disagrees with the classification, plus the snowball earth theory has some problems because it requires ice sheets to form at the poles and there weren't continents there at the time. One of the stipulations of ice sheets is that they have to form over land, so he doesn't agree that any of the models adequately handle this issue.
Definitely one of those things where the places/people you learn from can influence your perception of the theory! It's more accepted some places than others, and I just happen to go somewhere with very snowball earth skeptical professors.
Apparently if you find a tagged Horseshoe crab and report it to Fish and Wildlife they’ll send you a certificate with info about your crab AND a pewter horseshoe crab pin! Keep your eyes peeled 👀
(Photo from the Nantucket Conservation Foundation)
learned today (after googling it upon seeing the "Sadomasochism Brothers" post) that masochism was named by a psychiatrist who had read Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's erotic writing and was like "I feel safe in concluding that this man had Fucked-Up Freak Sex Disorder, which now until forever will bear his name", while von Sacher-Masoch was still alive. there are accounts of von Sacher-Masoch being like "bro what the fuck" about this