today i found out that when monarch butterflies migrate south for the winter, all the ones that go across the middle of lake superior suddenly stop going south and go west for five miles and then continue south. which really freaked scientists out cos like What is in the Middle of Lake Superior what do Butterflies know that We Dont Is This The End Times etc. anyway turns out about a hundred million years ago there was a mountain there and the butterflies still think they gotta fly around it. classic butterflies
combine this with the fact that caterpillars literally turn into bug soup in their crystallis, meaning there is no central nervous system to carry over any information, but they seem to retain memories from caterpillar life regardless…
and it brings up a lot of questions about what kind of information can even be stored in genes, like… does genetic memory really exist? what does this mean for humankind? could a race of people develop an instinctual memory of the land like this? are there people whose bones tell the stories of ancient mountains? what about my people? is the diaspora something that can be felt among every one of us? are we all the living cumulation of hundreds of thousands of ghosts?
i am simultaneously fascinated and frightened by this. classic butterflies indeed
The most ridiculous thing in Ducktales is that every duck character speaks in a plain, understandable American (or Scottish) accent EXCEPT Donald Fuckleroy Duck who still sounds like he’s gargling marbles with every word he speaks
Big Boss employed a man whose sole claim to fame was that he was able to run. Said man also was incapable of jumping since he runs into claymore mines you place on the floor
A man named “Hot Coldman” was a high ranking government official
There are several mechs that spoke like Vocaloids and sang while attacking
An astronaut died, was possessed by a pyrokinetic demon, and was able to continue living as a zombie by sheer force of will
A man had his arm cut off and then replaced it with the arm of his boss, whose ghost then briefly possessed him. Maybe.
Two United States politicians attempted to use Metal Gears to restore America to greatness. Both men were killed by the same man with a katana
Nanomachines are pretty much the explanation for everything
There was a guy who could control bees
Big Boss discovered the tsuchinoko
big boss and kazuhira miller invented doritos, mountain dew, and axe body spray. kazuhira miller may or may not have invented mcdonalds
eva kicked ocelot in the face with a motorcycle. not ‘rode up to him and kicked him’, not ‘ran him over with a motorcycle’. she kicked him, in the face, using the motorcycle, as her foot
the first thing otacon did upon meeting solid snake was cry, pee his pants, and talk about anime, and they still wound up raising a child together. a success story
electricity tickles the meat so that different slimes come out. sometimes the slime feels good sometimes bad. some people make more bad slime than good slime. that’s called clinical depression.
The U.S. Department of Education’s recent declaration that Title IX applies to trans students has clarified trans rights in education. This graphic shows just a few, but you can learn more here.
Just a reminder that even if Trump has withdrawn his administration’s support for trans students, Title IX still applies to us!
