#according to the name generator

[ratboysims]

ok these new presets and hairs and eyebrows are soooo good

#new babygirl just dropped her name is talia #according to the name generator #these are my fave of the new eyebrows all my sims wil be wearing them from now on

[amphibianaday]

day 1421

#uh just a heads up if you expand the tags to see all there's. a lot. very long #amphibian #frog #poison dart frog #based on my most popular frog to date (day 651) #inspired by everyone pointing out what they think it looks like #here's a fun secret fact the original guy is actually a phantasmal poison dart frog (Epipedobates tricolor) #(according to the original artists title of the drawing) #not Anthony's poison arrow frog (Epipedobates anthonyi) #i feel too awkward to really point it out though because they look the exact same. i cannot tell if there is a difference #im half convinced the same frog was just discovered and named twice #its very curious btw if you go on the (english) wikipedia page for either species it doesn't mention the other #while hereptiles.info (no idea if this is a trustworthy site) lists both names as common names for the same frog (incorrectly??) #while inaturalist lists them as two different frogs. curiously with tricolor having wayyyyy fewer photos #ok anyway that's my rant i went on a whole journey trying to figure out if these are the same frog or not and i have no answer #i did some more 'research' and i am more confused. some sources seem to imply they are now considered the same species ( e. tricolor) #i think my conclusion is i am willing to agree the drawing looks more like e. anthonyi. it seems like tricolor is generally less vibrant re #and the white is darker and more green? #i feel like thumblr should stop me from typing more in the tags at this point this is a whole essay #at this point i am failry convinced this is specifically the Santa Isabel frog. isthat the real subspecies or morph or whatever #or just the name pet sites are using to sell it?? #i even found some sources (frog selling websites) refering to it as “Epipedobates Anthonyi 'Santa Isabel' Phantasmal Poison Dart Frog” lol #Anyways if you read this far hi. species are confusing. i am not a frog scientist #the first few tags are like an hour old now i just kept trying to figure it out and adding more tags

[cricketclan]

WOOO moon 55.. good and bad things again tho updates will be spotty BUT im getting back into doing these (hopefully bc i miss my silly little creatures a lot)

First - Prev - Next

#i had to hold myself back from naming colby jack's kits after cheese tbh #heathersong :((( #sergei and bugswarm arent actually sisters according to the game but they joined the clan at the same time and are the same age #so now they are <3 #also i love bugswarm shes one of my favs tbh #cricketart #cricketclan #clangen #clan generator #art #warrior cats #birchfur #heathersong #poolkit #swankit #goosekit #maplekit #coniferkit #timberstep #colby jack #firekit #copperkit #sergei #bugswarm #tw cat death #tw death #tw animal death #tw injury #tw animal injury

[wyldhunt]

HADES II ↳ Hecate — Ἑκατη, "The Far-reaching One"

#supergiant hades #hades supergiant #hades 2 #hades game #supergiant games #hecate #hecate (hades) #mygifs #gamingedit #gamingdaily #holy fucking CHRIST trying to figure out what things hecate has dominion of to put into a gif is a nightmare #HECATE DO LESS PLEASE #she's got magic the night the moon AND light and fire and plants and ghosts and ghouls and graves and necromancy and crossroads #AND boundaries and according to some people THE WHOLE UNDERWORLD and she works from all realms GIRL JUST TAKE A FUCKING NAP HECATE #HAVE SOME GARLIC AND GO TO SLEEP FOR A BIT QUEEN #also trying to decide between ''the far reaching one'' or ''the worker from afar'' for her name translation was Dificil #but more people referenced hecate meaning ''far off'' or ''far reaching'' so i figured that'd work best as a generalization #anyways hi witch mommy i love you and your unexpected shredded muscles #im gonna be making a matching melinoe one later !

[bixels]

Hi! I’m such a fan of your 1920 AU and all the designs you’ve done. Absolutely amazing! So what is Rarity’s Chinese name? Do you have an idea of what the hanzi would be?

華琳琅. First name "Linláng," which means glittering jewels and is used in metaphors for something beautiful and precious. Surname "Huá," which means magnificent.

#ask me #general-bear #this took a while to answer cuz i was workshopping names with my ma #but according to her #this is a very fitting name for a lady such as rarity

[blueskittlesart]

Maybe draw Ganondorf from your au?

i was sincerely hoping someone would bring up sof so i could show off all the designing ive been doing in my free time LMAO here's ganon as of rn :)

#design subject to change but not for much longer because im almost at the point where i have to make him appear in the comic lol #asks #loz: sword of fate #also he's just ganon in sof not ganondorf! dorf as a suffix is. well it's used for villages in german according to my very brief research #but yknow japanese writers i will cut them some slack. anyway since he's the first ganon i thought removing the suffix would be appropriate #like it was added onto the name in later generations or something. you get what im saying. this makes sense #anyway design things i want to point out. the mask gets flipped after link cuts it open during a miniboss fight which serves as the first #reveal that ganon is like. his age. a kid. + by the time link sees him next he's put it back together upside down. #the flipped shiekah eye is a symbol in itself obv but the 3 dots r also supposed to sort of evoke the triforce when it gets flipped #hence why the one on top (power) is white while the others are fully filled in! #and the horns when flipped are supposed to resemble boar tusks a bit irt later incarnations lol #color symbolism in his design also--as the story goes on he becomes more generally desaturated and the hair turns bright red which becomes #his dominating color. one of the first things to go as he begins to spiral are the blue elements of his outfit bc he's losing wisdom! #anyway. i put too much thought into this LMAO <3 #skribbles

[impossible-rat-babies]

if there’s one simple thing that has improved my time in 14 a great deal, it’s color coding other players in instanced content

#it makes reading who is who so much easier when their name is bright red or blue or green #is the tank is the right place? look for the color coded name #is the healer with you and that isn’t just the black mage? color coded names #it’s such a simple fix #character config —> display name -> general #party member settings -> apply colors according to role #pick the colors to your hearts content #owen talks

[antisocialgaycat]

BESTIES I HAVE THE BEST FRENCH TEACHER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD EVER

NO MORE MADAME BIRB

IM SO HAPPY

#just a load of garbage #according to my sister hes hilarious so yippee #i have a kinda bad math teacher tho #and a kinda bad science one too #im so confused tho cos i have 2 food tech teachers and 2 music teachers #both of the music teachers are new and have the most basic names in the world ever #and both of my food tech teachers look the same #i have a new english teacher which isnt suprising at all #same hass teacher as last year which is kinda bad cos i actually want to pass this year #but in general we're chilling

[soleilnova]

NOT SO BERRY GEN 1: Mint - Myata Berry

TRAITS: Jealous - Materialistic - Vegetarian

ASPIRATION: Strangerville Mystery + Chief of Mischief [YA]

GENERATION REQUIREMENTS

Original-

master the scientist career

complete the chief of mischief aspiration

master mischief skill

master logic skill

complete elements collection

Additional-

master gardening skill

master rocket science skill

make at least three enemies

assign a voodoo doll to at least one sim

find spouse through hate -> love relationship

have (at least) one child with spouse and one alien child

Storytelling Goals-

complete strangerville mystery

BACKSTORY

Myata Berry was the laughing stock of Foxbury Institute, in spite of the advanced science curriculum and "extraterrestrial theory" course that they boasted of. When she arrived she discovered that her extraterrestrial theories professor was disgraced, kept around solely to be a source of entertainment for academic snobs, but there was a certain charm and draw to his classes that brought in conspiracy theorists and eccentric geniuses to his door. Myata was among them, and she became his prized student.

She graduated with honors, in spite of the board's best efforts to keep her out of the spotlight. She prided herself on her perfect grades, kept her academic rewards polished and on full display, and had a drive for success and competition that led to bitter and petty academic rivalries. The day she graduated was the start of the rest of her life.

After taking a job at one of the leading labs in the world, Myata caught wind of rumors of alien abductions and other mysterious disappearances, strange conditions, and government secrets. At the very center of this was Strangerville. Captivated, she packed everything up and relocated to the desert. She used her life savings to make the move and renovate a cheap trailer home (as she refused to live in anything that did not resemble at the very least a moderately expensive home, complete with an HOA and full hardwoods all throughout) and now resides there with her beloved cat, Peppermint.

With eccentric neighbors and lots of talk of extraterrestrials and the supernatural, Myata is sure she'll fit right in. And she's bound and determined to unravel the mysteries of the universe and reveal the truth even if she dies trying.

PLAYLIST: coming soon

MOODBOARD: coming soon

CREDITS: original challenge and rules by @/lilsimsie, updated challenge goals by @/sweetlysimss, any additional challenge/storytelling goals are all my additions.

#the sims 4 #ts4 #not so berry #not so berry challenge #not so berry mint #not so berry: generation 1 #WHOO let's get this show on the road!! #in case anyone is curious btw 'myata' is russian for 'mint' (according to google translate at least so...yeah) #it's one of the only words meaning mint that i thought 1. worked as a name and 2. i haven't seen used yet #and it's the only one that looked and sounded nice as a name to me #anyways! #prepare for chaos!

[sivavakkiyar]

pronunciation of names in English is always funny because it also doesn’t follow strict cultural rules. At this point I’m going to say the standard American pronunciation of Kamala is (I don’t know how to do actual pronunciation guides) is ‘Kuh-MAH-luh’, as opposed to the standard South Asian ‘Kum-ala’ (hope that got across)

this is funny because I’m a huge Matana Roberts fan, right? Huge. Every album since day 1 for a decade. I have boots. I have *favorite* boots. You remember that album she did with Tortoise? I remember that album she did with Tortoise.

anyway I always pronounced her first name ‘MAH-thuh-nuh’. And I remember taking my ex to the first time I saw her live and she said at the end when she was giving her work and piece’s explanation ‘by the way, my name isn’t Sanskrit, I’m sorry but it bugs me, it’s not ‘MAH-thuh-nuh’, it’s ‘Mah-TA-nuh’. I crawled into my seat. I Gregor Samsa’d. I died a little that day

#worst part? I knew better. kinda. sorta #according to her that’s the most common pronunciation of her name in general and that was surprising to me #why use the sanskritic assumption in that case? Weird #this wasn’t to me I swear!!

[draconxs]

Aside from Lu.ffy who he enjoys fighting the most, Ka.ido probably would've enjoyed fighting K.id in a prolonged fight as well what with all the brutality and carnage. La.w on the other hand would probably piss him off to no end teleporting about the battlefield like an annoying gnat he can't swat. high-key thinks teleportation is a cowardly play.

#✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*thoughts*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ #forgor to mess with names a lil to keep out of the general tags #but ye #anyone not in club facetank is a bubble blowing baby #according to him

[rohirric-hunter]

LotRO was so mean to me yesterday -- I ran a few Moria instances and it gave me no less than 4 bows that have the same name as the bows I'm after with the Deadly Defender's Bow appearance, but not one of them was the right bow.

#lotro #not that i think world instances are the answer #but i might try replaying some instances from the reflecting pool #problem is the bows are rare right #so im unlikely to get them as random drops in the first place #but i honestly think you only get rare loot from boss chests in moria world instances #and according to the lotro companion none of them are referenced in moria world instance boss chests #oh yeah update on this that i dont think i posted about: there are more than two bows with this appearance #most of them are moria - lothlorien - mirkwood range like 58-63 ish #all of them are rare #i generally trust the lotro companion to know these things because i think it gets its info from data mining #as it has npcs named DELETEME listed as being in the game and such #(these are not bullroarer npcs i checked) #anyway point is the companion says these bows are in the game and i believe it #however that does not make them easy to find #many of them ARE associated with corpses chests backpacks etc #its a long shot but i might take a burg through moria and see what i can see #also the ashwood recurve bow apparently has scaling associated with it? which i think is new #but that doesnt change the fact that it references skills that dont exist #i still think its just in the game for the character creator screen #besides its got no boss chest references and most scaling instances dont drop loot outside that #although a few do. idk. merits exploration

[tired-needs-sleep]

sara profusely denying they have a crush while hasumi gives a very knowing look at her trainer

#i was curious about what sumi's name meant so i went to google #according to the first result it means lotus #which i think is very fitting for her general personality #when i think of a lotus i think of a calm yet pretty pond #sumi is fairly chill when she isn't being the guard dog pokemon #sumi knows what you are sara. #you are helpless. helplessly in love you softie #sleepy rambles #oc: kisaragi🌙

[praxieserver]

no new content tonight but i think eli and menorah should kiss gn

#family #like #i really like to give them starcrossed lovers vibe #especially #and actually #moreso on menorah's side #like i personally think cartman becoming jewish was originally a way to fuck w kyle but he really did end up loving his family #my evidence for this being being naming his jewish child fucking #MENORAH #and yet looking as thought he really cares for his family #but just has a huge #irrational #hatred to kyle and anything related to him #so like his dissaproval and lowkey intense hatred of eli would driv e arift in their relationship def #i feel like this also causes problems with eli and menorah themselves #because eli (according to the personality i made up for him) would feel as though he's ruined menorah's family life #and made things difficult for her in general #and i feel like menorah would think that eli's getting tired of putting up with her dad bc eli cant communicate his anxieties very well #cue drama love break ups dramatic declarations of love breaking down and rebuilding familial bonds making new bonds with new etc.

[infiniteseriesofhalfways]

How do we feel about the nickname Jax for someone called Jackson?

#help me settle an argument #also how do we feel about the name Jackson in general?? #according to someone 🙄 its a last name not a first. i disagree #ks asks the internet

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

There's a viral video circulating from the Fort Worth Zoo, of two keepers who ended up in a habitat at the same time as a silverback gorilla. Spoiler for good news: neither the humans nor the gorilla got hurt. It's a bad situation that ended extremely well, and that's why I want to talk about it.

The audio for this video is mostly someone praying loudly, so if you need to turn the audio off to watch it, you won't miss anything relevant. If you don't want to watch it, here's the summary: it starts with a keeper running around the corner into the main exhibit, pursued by a large male gorilla. She is quickly able to get into a doorway at the back of the exhibit, but does not completely close the door because the gorilla is standing across from her, watching. He eventually moves off to the right hand side of the exhibit, where we can see a keeper is trapped in the corner at the front. She was trying to move towards the exit as he moved to the right, and she stops, standing very still behind a tree, while he stays along the far right wall. They stay like that for a minute, and then the gorilla runs to the front right corner, and the keeper is able to run to the door in the back of the exhibit and get to safety.

Let's start with basic information. Even though it's just going viral now, this video is from October of 2023. It was taken not by a guest, but by the zoo security officer responding to the situation. Hmmm, seems like he maybe should have been doing something else during that situation, instead of than taking a phone video. It's going viral now because the guy (who is no longer employed at the zoo) decided to post it on TikTok for his five minutes of fame. This guy immediately started giving all sorts of media interviews, answering questions like "why no tranquilizers" inappropriately, making memes out of his own video, generally distasteful shit.

Zoo spokesperson Avery Elander gave a public statement that "thankfully, there was no physical contact between keepers and gorilla, and all staff and animals are safe." A comment from the zoo has also indicated that the incident was due to keeper error. (As opposed to, for instance, something in the fencing breaking.) According to the guy who posted the video, a lock was left unsecured and the gorilla was able to open the door to the habitat. I don't know if I buy it, and again, this just... is probably why he doesn't have a job anymore. By sharing that detail - real or not - he places a ton of public scrutiny and blame on that keeper team. (If that's what happened, I can promise you it will have been dealt with internally.) He also was nice enough to say he wouldn't name the women in the video... but verified they're still staffers at the zoo... which means they're eminently identifiable! Excuse me while I ragequit for a second.

So there's two reasons I wanted to talk about this. The first is to make sure it is well known that this guy is purposefully and intentionally exploiting the worst day of someone's life for media attention. Their lives were in danger, and he's using it for fame. His name is in the media articles - I'm not going to share it because he doesn't deserve that attention. The second reason, though, is because this video is a masterclass on how to survive if you end up sharing space with a gorilla. Every zoo person I've spoken to or seen comment on the video is so, so impressed with how the keepers handled themselves.

The gorilla in this video is 34-year-old Elmo. All apes in AZA zoos are managed in protected contact, so keepers are supposed to be separated from them by a barrier at all times. The zookeepers were in the habitat putting out a mid-day meal when he got out. Watching the video, you can see he's not actively being aggressive towards them - he's not making threat displays or trying to approach them. Mostly, Elmo seems like he doesn't know what is going on and he's kinda freaked out about it. (This is confirmed in the zoo's press statement, too). The staff stayed calm, and importantly, watched and waited to see how he'd move and act.

The zoo did say one thing, though, that's a bit misleading. In one article, their press person I quote as saying “In general, gorillas are considered the “gentle giants” of the great ape species.” Just because this may be true in comparison to other great ape species doesn't meant gorilla aren't still incredibly dangerous. This type of messaging always worries me, because I think it leads people to misunderstand the risks of being close to megafauna. Gorilla are extremely strong animals, and their social norms/behaviors are very different from that of humans. That's why it's such a big deal any time people end up in gorilla habitats, and why sometimes in those circumstances lethal measures have to be taken to protect human life.

These keepers are incredibly lucky to be unharmed. These women stayed safe specifically because they're trained professionals who knew how to act around gorilla, they knew this particular animal well, and they'd learned the escapes from the exhibit just in case this ever happened. We should applaud them for their cool heads and quick thinking.

As for the guy who posted the video? As a colleague put it, may he always step on a Lego.

#gorilla #gorilla video #viral video #zoo animals #zoo animal welfare #fort worth zoo