#you'd prefer an astronaut

[sanguivore]

#hum band #hum #90s #90s rock #90s bands #1990s #old web #graphic #alt rock #space rock #shoegaze #electra 2000 #you'd prefer an astronaut #downward is heavenward #inlet #dividers are from gifcities

[ilovethecheetah]

Hum perform I'd Like Your Hair Long on MTV 120 Minutes 1995

#hum band #hum #mtv #120 minutes #matt pinfield #you'd prefer an astronaut #matt talbott #tim lash #bryan st pere #jeff dimpsey #1995 #alternative rock #90s

[cosmonautroger]

Hum - You'd Prefer An Astronaut (1995)

#Hum #You'd Prefer An Astronaut #1995

[1funeral2many]

#hum #space rock #hum band #matt talbot #you'd prefer an astronaut

[foldback]

Hum - You'd Prefer an Astronaut

I've wanted a copy of this for the turntable for a long, long time. Finally rectified this afternoon at my local record store.

#hum #you'd prefer an astronaut #music #records #album art #vinyl

[plakatierenverboten]

HUM: Stars

#hum #stars #you'd prefer an astronaut #1990s music #grunge

[zombimanos]

When I was 15, my bandmate pushed HUM onto me. "You HAVE to buy this album!" So I did, and I hated it. ...but then a week later I saw them play this on 120 Minutes, & I ended up listening to the album on headphones every night that summer. I was eternally floored. (honorable mention: that was also the the summer I first fell in love & i lost my virginity)

#hum #you'd prefer an astronaut #120 minutes #120 minutes was the best show on mtv #it was on at midnight and my bandmates & I would rush home on monday to watch 120 minutes taped on the vcr from the night before #it's a reason i still think fondly of mondays lol #yes i know i'm fucking ancient

[soaquua]

#nobody posted this before huh #this song made me cry yesterday lol #why i like the robins #hum #you'd prefer an astronaut

[visualtones]

Hum - You’d Prefer An Astronaut

1995

#hum #you'd prefer an astronaut #album cover #1990s #1995 #animal #zebra

[gettingupandleaving]

youd prefer an astronaut is kinda weezer but cool

#hum #you'd prefer an astronaut

[panda-music-1982]

Hum, "Stars"

You'd Prefer An Astronaut (1995)

#'90s music #hum #stars #you'd prefer an astronaut #soft grunge #Youtube

[closeted-goth]

forever thinking about how there's just a Hum track chilling in the soundtrack for Saints Row 2 (2008).

#stars #from the 1995 album you'd prefer an astronaut #having paramore and opeth and tears for fears is one thing and all checks out #it was after all the times of let's just put as many roadrunner bands/mychem adjacent bands in games as we can #and obvs everybody wants to rule the world and the final countdown and the such are forever songs #but lemme talk to whoever got that one (1) niche 90s alt rock track in the game

[ilovethecheetah]

Hum perform Stars on Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1995

#hum #hum band #you'd prefer an astronaut #1995 #90s

[clonerightsagenda]

Could you please recommend some sources or would you be able to give a summary on how swordfighting would work in spacesuits? I'm doing book research, am trying to figure out how it would differ and ended up browsing your space tags for facts.

Ok, first of all, I absolutely love that people are coming to me for weird space scenarios now. That being said, I don't know anything about swordfighting. So I will give you some thoughts from the space perspective, and perhaps some people with swordplay experience can chime in.

First of all, what's important to remember is that spacesuits are pressurized. They're not as pressurized as shuttles and stations, which means you have to breathe pure O2 or sit in a less pressurized airlock for a while so you don't get the bends on your spacewalk, but they're still somewhat pressurized. That makes it very hard to bend the joints. Spacewalking is a workout - many astronauts take Ibuprofen beforehand. It also wrecks your hands and nails - one astronaut even removed their nails before they could fall off. Finger dexterity goes way down. Your range of motion is limited, as is your field of vision - you've got your helmet visor, but good luck turning your head over your shoulder. It's also quite easy to overheat, and if you build up sweat and condensation in your visor, there's no way to clear it off.

Overall, I'll be honest - I struggle to see people successfully swordfighting in modern spacesuits. Visibility is bad. They're too stiff and clumsy. You'd lose your grip on the sword and it would go spinning into the void, and possibly you rip off some fingernails at the same time.

But fear not! Something that's been in the works for a while is what MIT calls the Biosuit. The idea here is a skintight compression garment that provides the same pressure as a traditional spacesuit but with less bulk and more mobility. It even looks a bit like fencing gear! If you're writing a book where space swordfighting is a thing, I'd say go with a spacefuture where they have suits like this. Preferably made out of fabric that's very resistant to slashing and stabbing. Even so, given the dangers of a suit rupture or getting knocked into the void, I'd think getting into a fight outside a ship or station would be an act of last resort.

Inside a pressurized station or vessel where you're not going to drop your sword and never see it again, blades make a lot more sense - you don't want to hit a gas line or ignite the atmosphere! Your biggest concern at that point would be the laws of motion. If you hit someone with force, you might go flying backward. I imagine that would change the kind of blocks and strikes you use, but again, I know nothing about swordplay. An entirely new school of zero G swordfighting might develop? There's some room to play around!

#terrible space facts

[clandestinegardenias]

thanks for the tag, @l-tyrell !

do you make your bed? Mostly! My dog likes to lay on it during the day, and to keep her fur off the sheets it's nice to have it...closed haha

what's your favorite number? vague preference for 711. I was 7lbs 11 oz when I was born, and the last 3 digits of my first phone number were 711, plus like, Slurpees! I was always number 7 or number 11 on sports teams.

what is your job? I'm a sociologist and a professor at a university (assistant professor, but on a tenure track. it is still WILD to me that i landed this)

if you could go back to school would you? if I had time and it was free? TOTALLY. Love school, love learning, I could have majored in a billion different things cause everything was interesting. Maybe physics? I'd love to know more physics.

can you parallel park? sort of? like, I can. and I will force myself to, just because I feel like I should be able to, but it might take me a few corrections

a job you had that would surprise people? tour guide for an historic Dutch windmill, haha. sometimes I got to help the miller sift the flour

do you think aliens are real? yes, but not necessarily in a way we can readily perceive them/a form people generally anticipate. We get too anthropocentric with it

can you drive a manual car? nope! I know the theory, but have never been taught/actively tried

what's your guilty pleasure? probably like...food that is really unsustainably produced but DELICIOUS like idk those giant strawberries grown in California that I can get in the Midwest in February. oh, or almond milk.

tattoos? no, nothing against it, just too noncommittal

favorite color? the color of the Caribbean sea

favorite type of music? i mean my top artists in the past year were Megan Thee Stallion and The Kingston Trio? I like oldies and anything that has a fucking BEAT

do you like puzzles? yes! very unseriously and recreationally, but yes (I am bad at it but I have fun)

any phobias? eternity, can NOT think about it too long or I WILL panic

favorite childhood sport? softball! i liked running the bases and standing in the outfield

do you talk to yourself? internally, ALL THE TIME. out loud when something particularly silly/surprising happens, like I'll just be standing in my yard and go "well that was weird"

what movie(s) do you adore? Some Like it Hot and Lawrence of Arabia are a consistent top 2. oh, and The Blues Brothers!

coffee or tea? tea! i love a yummy coffee latte but the caffeine is almost always too strong for me :( and also TEA IS SO GOOD I'm not mad

first thing you wanted to be growing up? astronaut!! i would still go to space if someone gave me the chance

tags @sunlaire @stormyoceans @apocalypticdemon if you'd like to!

#ask game

[astronomy-posts]

What Are Constellations?

There are a few different definitions of constellations, but many people think of constellations as a group of stars. The constellations you can see at night depend on your location on Earth and the time of year. Constellations were named after objects, animals, and people long ago. Astronomers today still use constellations to name stars and meteor showers.

This group of stars is called the "big dipper." If you trace a line between the stars, it looks like a ladle, or dipper, that you'd use to dip soup from a pot. This photo of the big dipper was taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station, but you can often see this group of stars from the ground, too!

What constellations can you see in the night sky?

It can be a little confusing to picture how the night sky changes as we orbit the Sun. You can see how it all works in the illustration below.

For example, say you’re in the Northern Hemisphere looking into the night sky on September 21. You’ll probably be able to see the constellation Pisces. But you won’t see Virgo because that constellation is on the other side of the Sun. During that time of year, Virgo’s stars would only be visible during the daytime – but you’d never see them because of the brightness of our Sun.

#astronomy #solar system #nightsky #nasa #science #constellations