i unironically believe electricity is the closest thing we have to magic in this universe. consider:
it's basically what human "souls" are made of (your consciousness is the result of miniscule amounts of electric charge jumping between neurons in your brain)
when handled incorrectly or encountered in the wild, it is a deadly force that can kill you in at least half a dozen different ways
when treated respectfully and channeled into the proper conduits, it is a power source that forms the backbone of modern society
if you engrave the right sigils into a rock and channel electricity into it, you can make the rock think
there is a dedicated caste of mages (electrical engineers) tasked with researching it in ivory towers
whatever the fuck Galvani was doing with those frog legs
look at this and just try to tell me it isn't a kind of summoning circle
like this but cooler (hes got a bowtie)
[ reblogs appreciated ☆☆ ]
The point of officially naming a pet is not to actually use that name but to have a baseline from which to come up with every conceivable nickname to call them instead.
I got Optimus Prime but I disagree
I am unhinged and morally questionable at best
This is a little something I’ve whipped up involving Transformers Prime. Here are the months and twelve of the bots from Transformers Prime. It’s my idea of a reblog thread.
January: Shockwave
February: Ratchet
March: Megatron
April: Bulkhead
May: Wheeljack
June: Starscream
July: Bumblebee
August: Dreadwing
September: Airachnid
October: Arcee
November: Optimus Prime
December: Soundwave
I got Soundwave.
Tagging: @kayssweetdreams, @sundove88, @shadowqueen402
I can’t show anyone because I forgot to take pictures but I tried last night and
Holy Fuck IT WAS
BEAUTIFUL
okay so here's how you get really good rice (source: asian)
Rinse the rice TWICE with COLD water, and then when you fill the rice pot up for the 3rd time, have the water about an inch or so higher that the level of rice.
it will be soft and fluffy and reheat really well
I will absolutely try this because I yearn for Chinese takeout quality rice so so badly.
I also have a dumb follow up question, but precisely what kind of rice is it that Chinese restaurants use? Of course it's white rice, but I mean when I'm standing in the rice aisle and there's 10 different variations of white rice, what do I really want? I'm rice-savvy enough to know it's not like, jasmine or basmati. But there are so many other categories. Short grain, medium grain, "something which might be sushi rice but is being coy about it". The Hmart near me has like 12 shelves stacked high with rice and I am simply clueless.
“transition poses some ethical questions. Such as, from what age should you be allowed to irreversibly change your body.“
This of course completely ignores the fact that puberty makes irreversible changes to your body. But let us just rephrase the question: “from what age do you gain bodily autonomy?” Now it gets very easy to answer: From the moment you’re fucking born.