#very fun science fact

[calamitys-child]

My purpose and singular mission in life is to make sure queer and/or neurodivergent kids know that sometimes it really is their parents who are stupid and other adults are on their side. This, unfortunately, does not make me popular with their parents. Gonnae keep doing it though.

#kid was very overwhelmed by the theatre environment and panicking and didnt want to see the show cause it looked scary #and the mum was trying to get me to tell the kid its not scary (no i dont lie to kids i told her there are lots of funny bits but a couple #of maybe scary bits too) #and I told her hey listen the bravest thing you can do is tell people you arent comfortable somewhere. youve done so well to do that #and i gave her a program so she can learn more and make an informed decision if she wants to come another time #and i asked her what her favourite things are and she said science and animals and i told her to try the museum its super fun #and her mum was all 'ugh shes a nightmare she's ~on the spectrum~' #and i went yeah me too. and told the kid this isnt for everyone and she did well to tell me and i hope she likes the museum #and like. her mum yelling at her was making everything worse. talking to her like a person with agency? #got her from full panic attack to actively smiling at me in under 5 minutes #sometimes your parents or guardians are in fact being stupid or rude! neurodivergent adults exist! other people see you and hear what you're #saying and won't be mad! #anyway. now IM very overwhelmed but i really hope that kid remembers this and i hope she has a great day #im going to get a coffee and sit under a tree for a while

[myenterpriseisparked]

Okay I understand where people are coming from with the "emotional suppression in Vulcans is learned not genetic" talk re: "Charades" but, consider......... the emotional suppression is muscle memory, and the aliens took away the mental muscles that remembered how to do it. It's a crude metaphor on my part, but that was the way I saw it.

Also consider: it's a sci fi show using extremely high-concept bullcrap science on a weekly basis and maybe nitpicking it is a fruitless endeavor because none of it is going to make sense otherwise and enjoying the ride for what it is is a much more enjoyable way to engage with this franchise. Sometimes you need to shrug and let dumb things happen and laugh.

#i am so sick of whatching people find itty bitty things to pick SNW apart over #I'm trying really hard not to get internet preachy about it because everyone it entitled to their own opinions #but some people really beed to calm down and stop taking everything so seriously #Star Trek has NEVER had completely accurate science #or consistent rules within it's own universe #I mean look at Threshold #that is 1000% Not How Evolution Works #like at all #but we all laugh it off and throw a party about it every year #or how about the fact that Miles O Brien was a Leiutenant #and then he was suddenly an enlisted man #I could go on #but the point is that if you get caught up in the trees you'll miss the forest #and also a bundle of laughs because that was a very funny episode #was it perfect? of course not #but I am not gonna let the flaws ruin the whole thing for me #I had fun and laughed and smiled and that's all that really matters in my book #Strange New Worlds #snw spoilers #I'm really hesitant to tag this because I don't want people coming for my head lol #but alas I need to make sure people who haven't watched the episode can block spoilers

[maskyartist]

i KNOW i said i'd draw putt putt branch but i cant control the vibe and the vibe rn is feral clay

he vaguely remembers floyd. vaguely. he knows floyd was...there. at some point when his mind was whole. but he cant see where he'd be. a lot of his past memories were pushed away to make room for survival instinct, so his memories mostly consist of good ones with (Sp)Bruce and the night he left, the argument with JD mostly

floyd's kinda be pushed to the back of his mind, so its like meeting someone new. Clay smells death on him. Decay. But he stands and talks like a living creature.

Floyd confuses Clay. He calls him Pink. He'll remember his name eventually.

#masky says #trolls dreamworks #feral putt putts au #putt putt trolls #trolls clay #trolls floyd #finally doodled floyd! :D idk i like his gay lil vibe #hes so twinkish its ridiculous #i wanna put him under a microscope #clay's very curious about floyd he lingers around him a lot #his reactions and existence confuses him...he smells like death but hes living. baffles his mind #meanwhile floyd's trying to handle this being his big brother now. the same big brother who read to him every night #who taught him math and basic science. the things he needed to know. who taught him fun facts. #is now an animal and knows less then he does. its like a nightmare. its terrifying to see someone you love reduced to nothing #hes pushy on clay's recovery i think. he wants him to get better. makes him push himself too far #but he just wants normalcy again. he wants clay back to himself so he can feel normal #he wants to meet his REAL big brother not this monster who has his face #meanwhile clay's just watching. learning. trying to figure him out. put faces to memories #its hard when his instinct for when things get too hard is to retreat into viva #bury his face in her shoulder hide in her pelt he just shields himself from the world with viva #and she lets him she protects him always and forever they're each others half to a whole #did yall know im obsessed with my own au? :D

[moonlightpearl27]

Keychain buggo Jaime, what is your wisdom? :o

#blue beetle #jaime reyes #blue beetle 2023 #cute #average blue beetle enjoyer #dc comics #dc #my husband #moon rambles #fun fact he’s actually on my political science class notebook and notes #very in character #hehe #he shall bless me with his wisdom and presence u_u #he came home :3 #funko pop #funko #💙🪲

[hermitcraftheadcanons]

This isn't a headcanon but I'm dying to know why you know so much about starfish and how you've had to use it

The reason is that my first ever summer job required me to dissect one starfish per week, a responsibility that I was informed of three days before having to do so (thank you management). I taught myself using YouTube. :) While I've never actually been in a situation again where I've needed to dissect one, I do keep stumbling across conversations where people have oddly specific starfish questions that nobody expects me (Not At All A Biologist) to know the answer to, so I guess the skills remain useful somehow!

~ Mod Shade

#not a headcanon #mod shade #normally i try to keep the personal fun fact spam to an absolute minimum here but hey #it's after midnight and i don't often get to flex my starfish experience #(it was at a science summer camp i was a councillor for，so i guess a semi-reasonable request? but still a very odd experience) #(with very short notice)

[arinishi]

The white lab coat was worn commonly by doctors in 1889 and onwards, and was created a few years prior. Before that, doctors and surgeons would wear darker coats or frocks (usually black) when conducting their procedures. This dates back to around the 1300s or even before with barber surgeons.

In conclusion, THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR DR HENRY JEKYLL TO NOT BE WEARING PROPER LABORATORY ATTIRE WHEN DOING HIS SCIENCEY SHIT

#Fun Fact! they were changed from black to white in order to better identify when it was was dirty or stained (usually with blood) #the black lab coats would just stiffen up over time from how much blood was on them that went unnoticed and uncleaned #I’m tired and this is very funny to me #this was separate research but it got me thinking about my science man #I apologise for this /j #jekyll and hyde #the glass scientists #tgs #henry jekyll #dr henry jekyll #the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde #tgs henry jekyll

[demethinkstoomuch]

I’ve been thinking about the Eighth, for “My brain really wants to do something fanficcy with Silas Octakiseron backing himself into a fatal contradiction” reasons, and so I got to thinking about the planetary set-up, and the general conclusion that it’s probably on or around Uranus. And, well, I’d never really looked at a picture of Uranus, you know? Not a photograph. I’d seen illustrations, and models, and so on, but I’d never really looked at a photo of it. And now I have, and I’ve got just one question:

Why do you have such a baby planet, one the color of mayonnaise?

#the locked tomb #silas octakiseron #colum asht #Fun bonus science fact: it's so much paler than Neptune because its atmosphere is very stagnant relative to Neptune's #And so there's a layer of haze that's almost like fog just coating the upper layer of the planet's atmosphere #The symmetry writes itself #It admittedly is not exactly mayonnaise colored but COME ON! #Very funky of the Eighth to color-code their planet good job Mercymorn #(Now are there pictures where it's bluer? Yes. Do I care? No. #eighth house #Man I cannot believe that there's a process of elimination to arrive at COLOR CODED #I still don't know how I want to picture the Eighth #Logically they're probably on a moon or something #But consider: Some sort of floating dome-keep amid the ice and clouds or something #Also gotta say this particular photo of Uranus is the fakest-looking photo I have ever seen. This looks like 2 seconds in Blender.

[the-starlit-blade]

little comic i made about how xenna and gordon first met, this is sometime around water hazard but i never actually placed it exactly

(xenna uses it/its pronouns btw!!)

#stari's art #half life 2 #gordon freeman #xenna calloway #half life oc #dont mention xennas mask being weird i know i just couldnt be bothered to fix it by the time i realized #also fun fact the line in panel 7 was gonna be 'dont shoot im with the science team' and i changed it at the very last second

[mannekinni]

Posting my bullshit AU while gods not looking-

Give a warm welcome to the BLACK MESA SCIENTISTS! As a team they’re hanging on by the skin of their teeth but by god they are GOING to play splorts if it’s the last thing they do. As it very well may be. 

I’m new to Blaseball so big thankie to @goldpilot22 for being my technical consultant for the statblocks. If I fucked anything up it’s their fault. This includes fucking up Bubby’s pronouns. (/j) Inspiration is I saw https://at.tumblr.com/melonsharks/baseball-baseball-baseball-baseball-baseball/jvjbaxzvex67 <- this sickass drawing and for a good moment drove myself crazy because HLVRAI BLASEBALL REAL? But it wasn’t real, I was just stupid. It is real now though. Just what you always wanted, maybe. Or not. Who cares. 

#HLVRAI #blaseball #The science team #fun fact Forzen is also on the team he was just frozen very early in their play togetherand no one’s given a rats ass about changing this #Idk man #i made it

[wazzuppy]

ryan and shane air blasting each other at every possible opportunity is such a sibling thing to do

#tara says stuff #watcher #mystery files #ryan bergara #shane madej #FUN FACT: my middle school science teacher kept one of those things in his classroom and would air blast students who fell asleep in class #my schooling experience was very odd

[dandyshucks]

whyyyy does nobody ever come back to this group fjdkdl they show up once for a first time and then never return !!! its kind of crushing bc some ppl I've been like... excited at the prospect of seeing them again and then they just never show up ever again :')

and I didn't even get to draw anything good while sitting there !!! AUGH

#bleaseeee come back shfkdl im the only person that goes every week !!! #theres one other person who occasionally shows up but fjdkdl otherwise its just me #and then new ppl every time #and i cannot help but feel like im doing smth wrong and making them not want to return fhfkdl #i even get ppl to talk in the latter half once I've figured their vibe out and they seem genuinely happy to engage w convos #i somehow land on a topic we all enjoy and then we have a fun convo #and im very careful to not talk too much or too little djfkdl i am constantly adjusting to make sure I'm matching whats needed #i kind of have conversations irl down to a science dhdksl its ridiculous honestly but. it is what's gotten me thru life lmao #and I've been told countless times how good i am at connecting w ppl and making ppl feel comfortable #so im just like. what am i doing wrong !! how do i make this group enjoyable so ppl will come back !! #i know it's not my job lol im just an attendee and not a leader but i feel like i Have To if i want ppl to return #idk i just. god. there were cool ppl last week and this week it was some other new person who seemed like she did not want to be there #and i doubt I'll ever see those cool ppl last week ever again #i just want to cry a little bit sbdjdkl today was such a waste of time except for the fact i was able to get out of this hell house fhfkdl #i will just keep hoping that someone actually enjoys it enough to return i guess but this is getting a bit crushing to have happen so much #but... at least i am getting to talk to ppl face to face outside of my mother every week i suppose #vent // #dandy.cmd

[starsnheroes]

❝ Isn't this neat?! One could make the joke that even the universe has questions !! ⸺⸻ Those bound to Earth would not see scientific phenomena without the aid of the James Webb Space Telescope, it's a super cool invention! ❞

[ FUN SCIENCE FACTS WITH NADIA -> The James Webb Space Telescope works through using infrared light, which cannot be perceived by the human eye. The telescope has four scientific instruments scientifically designed to capture infrared light. The range of wavelengths on the electromagnetic spectrum range from visible red to mid-infrared. The wavelength coverage is from 600 to 28,500 nanometers, or 0.6 to 28.5 microns. 1 micron is one millionth of one meter. ] [ MORE FROM NADIA -> The four instruments that the JWST uses is collaborative of the the Canadian-made NIRISS, NIRCam from NASA, NIRSpec contributed by the European Space Agency or ESA for short, and the MIRI from NASA and ESA! Isn't it so exciting to know the scientists around the world are friends and make cool things like the JWST together! ]

#am i gonna through through the effort to research fun fact from time to time just for nadia? #yes because while i am very dumb. i go through the effort for best girl. also cause science is cool. #ic; nadia van dyne #about; fun science with nadia #ANYWAYS HERE YOUR FIRST TASTE AND MY FIRST TASTE AT NADIA #now im gonna have to start to do weekly resarch and get into fun science

[the-terrible-theys]

(trans!)zach and aviva were bunkmates at science camp. i know because i was there

#imagine them both at their first year of science camp! young and excited but also nervous and already feelin homesick on the first night #and they take comfort in each other and bond over their shared love of engineering #and become best buds practically overnight #and they keep getting each other as bunkmates every year and they pair up for everything and it’s all GREAT until it isn’t anymore #tfw some kid you met at summer camp becomes your lifelong sworn enemy. oops! #i have SO many thoughts about this concept #look. aviva being able to list out facts abt zach in mystery of the weird looking walrus can’t be just some plot-convenient intuition thing #those were things she learned over YEARS of friendship and staying up late at night trading whispered secrets #you can’t convince me otherwise #these two’s relationship has so much complexity to it actually. idc if canon barely touches on their history i’ll do it myself #hrnsgdhghh just imagine them sitting under a blanket together with flashlights after curfew because zach is afraid of the dark #aviva on her very first night of camp realizing that Uh Oh! she misses her family! and she doesn’t know anyone else here! and what if maybe #science camp isn’t gonna be as fun as she’d thought! only for the oncoming tears to stop in their tracks in order to comfort #this distraught bunkmate of hers. she adopts zach on the spot #them being penpals after camp ends PLEASE #wild kratts #zach varmitech #aviva corcovado #i also imagine that zach conveniently has his “wait i’m a dude” revelation at abt the same time their friendship ends #so they get new bunkmates for the first time that year #and also that their friendship ends at the beginning of their last/one of their last yrs of camp

[forevercloudnine]

Bruce Wayne’s training as a (mad) scientist: Secret Origins (1986) #6, Detective Comics (1937) #32, Detective Comics (2016) #998

#bruce wayne #silas stone #i did love that the mythology storyline tomasi did highlighted bruce's science training... very cute return to form #i feel like that gets left to the wayside a lot in modern comics because bruce has to be The Bestest Martial Artist Ever #because eventually he became a ninja instead of. like. charles atlas #so really there's no time in his backstory for a university education #and in fact in the current continuity did not even finish high school #which! don't get me wrong. i love bruce being a high school dropout. i think that's fun #but he does so much reverse engineering mad science to deal with his villains #that he NEEDS to have a background in it from his training days #anyway the second panel is from bruce's First Ever Origin so that's how old this characterization is #weird to think about how he existed as a character for several issues before bob kane figured out an origin for him

[heartburstings]

do u ever see comments on posts and artwork full of effort and thought and passion etc and like. think about that post that talks about how people have the darndest time interacting with art without trying to crack a joke about it. is it really so boring to take someone's art seriously? is it necessary to demean someone's efforts, however unintended, for a 'joke' that consists of you being like "ooOOoOh how weird lol!!" like i don't want or mean to be a killjoy. but i think about that post a lot. like y do u need to add a punchline to something that doesn't need one. who asked u. why does it need to be funny. and u don't even have the decency to acknowledge its merit ;/

#wynn speaks #don't get me wrong i love being silly it's 1 of my most valued traits #but like. idk. #imagine seeing a genuinely cool animation of how a feathered dinosaur might look in a jurassic park-esque movie #and you comment that it looks like a big bird creepypasta. like rlly u couldn't keep that to urself? #sorry it's probably not that serious. i'm just extremely petty and that comment annoyed me and now i am in my petty mode #i went to check the artist out (they're on twitter @wobblyworks) and turns out dinosaurs is their Whole Thing #tbh the feathered dino animation reminds me of like #so i went to this science museum to chaperone my little sister n her classmates and they had this fun li'l thing #where a guy was in basically a full-body puppet which was a feathered t-rex #and they treated it like a 'real' t-rex while talking abt dino facts #they let kids throw a light ball at it to 'play' w it it was very cute #and like you could See the puppetteer u could see their legs and shoes and stuff #but even middle schoolers were able to look past that and see how genuinely fucking cool that was! #like yes they made jokes abt the sneakers and how a human crawled out the rex when the show was over and they had to put the suit away #but they were in so much genuine aw it was rlly cute. and it makes sense bc the suit was really well made! it had a moving mouth/jaw #and i wouldn't be surprised if it had a mechanism to blink its eyes #but i digress #i'm not saying that u can Only interact with art with complete seriousness. like jokes r fine #but idk. becomes a problem when that is the only way u interact with art. and also if you're unfunny and personally annoy me #and i'm not saying that person is the kind of person to do that. bc idk them. i'm just like #kind of annoyed with seeing repeat instances of comments that r like 'hmm this art... what if i made it about how funny i am!'' #i say kind of but then i look up and there is an entire wall of tags that r just me griping about it and a detour about a dino puppet suit #sorry besties i just needed to get that out of my system ily <3 #btw the dude's part of a project/kickstarter called 'forgotten bloodlines' #and it seems to be an animated documentary about prehistoric creatures #i recommend u check out the trailer it looks soo cool

[oldtvandcomics]

Oh look. I spent almost three days reading up on gender in the Middle Ages, seems like this was already too much academia for my brain, so I just got treated to a nice school-related nightmare.

#fuck school #and I say it with all my heart #FUCK THEM #I just want to read about crossdressing saints in peace #is that too much to ask??? #I was really having fun too #and will again once I get back on track #just right now I'm a bit done and want to complain #see THIS is why I can't even imagine going into acedemics #this shit right here #I would be fairly good at it #something like social sciences or litterature or whatever #BUT I'M STILL TOO TRAUMATIZED FROM FUCKING SCHOOL #just the idea of going in a similar environment freaks me out #plus I have some serious complexes about feeling as if I'd been actively excluded #it took me literal YEARS to be able to read about Middle-Ages related stuff #it's a miracle that I got through film school without any major problems if you think about it #probably the magic power of a Special Interest #combined with the fact that it was very praxis-oriented #and different enough from 'normal' school #but yeah #anyway #this reminded me that ten years ago I was in the middle of a depressive phase #that made it completely impossible to see more than two days into the future #so compared to that... #we're getting there #personal #trauma