Y’all I know we joke about the abysmal state of critical reading and thinking on this site but I cannot believe we’re to the point of citing PLINY THE ELDER.
This guy (who died in 79 AD which I only mention bc his name was tossed in here like a contemporary source) wrote a whole bunch about what he considered to be every topic to ever exist. He had a LOT of ideas about the natural world, animals, and how we could use them to treat disease. Do you suffer from a tooth ache? Here’s a passage for you:
To eat a snake’s heart, or to wear it, attached to the body, is considered highly efficacious. There are some among the magicians, who recommend a mouse to be eaten twice a month, as a preventive of tooth-ache. Earth-worms, boiled in oil and injected into the ear on the side affected, afford considerable relief […] (source).
This is the tip of the iceberg with this guy. Moreover, I know at this point most people realize that TIL is a useless source, but I’ve seen this a few times on my dash this month unironically.
We Have to check our sources. I’m begging y’all
Pliny also claimed;
There are 176 types of fish in the sea
That lions give themselves C sections with their claws when giving birth
That there was a kind of tree you had to sneak up on to cut because if you startled it it would turn to stone
And that there was a kind of fish that could control storms.
So NOT perhaps someone you want to cite, folks.
The last one is true I was the fish
PERSONALLY MY FAVORITE PLINY BIT WAS THE GIANT MAN-EATING PAKISTANI HIPPOS
Midoriya. If we get two double pounders and fries we could both make it a combo and add a drink for a dollar each. The drink is worth the extra dollar because of its size. I will take your drink if you already have one. If we get three combos we get a discount. We could split the third combo, or find someone else to join us for lunch. However if we do three combos it might be better to get the family meal. The family meal is slightly more expensive but it has dessert with each combo. Those little apple pies. Lava cake is also an option, but those are an extra dollar and have too much chocolate. Chocolate filled with more chocolate, with a chocolate drizzle. An obvious scheme to encourage people to purchase a side of milk, which costs more than the other beverages. We need to work together here. I have a coupon.
the anime does a good job, but this scene is way more dynamic in the manga imo
commissioner gordon: Harley and Ivy have hijacked an AM radio station and taken the employees hostage
batman: what are their demands?
commissioner gordon: they haven’t issued any. they, uh.
batman:
[commisioner gordon turns on the radio]
harley: —you gotta walk away, sweetie. His family sounds completely toxic, if not outright emotionally abusive, and he’s too enmeshed to see it.
caller: no, you’re right. you’re right. I gotta do it.
harley: you got this, honey. now, stay on the line a minute, I’m writing down some the names of some books for you and you can get those from Ivy after we’re done. okay! our next caller —
[commisioner gordon turns off the radio]
batman: what station is this?
commisioner gordon: WGTM.
batman: the one that rebroadcasts rush limbaugh?
commissioner gordon:
batman:
commisioner gordon: you know what, i probably didn’t need to call you for this.
I WOULD PAY MONEY FOR RADIO SHRINK HARLEY OKAY?
I WOULD CALL RADIO SHRINK HARLEY OKAY?
“alright, babe, one more reminder that my license was revoked which means i have to tell you this as your friend and not as a mental health professional: you have two options here. one of them is safe, legal, and healthy, and will have lasting long term benefits. the other one is fun.”
reblogging for this extremely accurate addition.
Ivy’s segment is where people call in to ask why their succulent is dying and she yells at them for watering it too much.
oh, VERY good
A few weeks in Selina gets dragged into it, and starts offering advice on caring for cats with special dietary needs and stuff. It inevitably turns into Jackson-Galaxy-esque explinations.
“My cat keeps attacking my feet.”
“How often do you play with him?”
“Not as much as I should, but he has a basket of toys right there where he can reach it.”
“He wants to play with you. Grab a teaser toy or a laser pointer and go nuts. He’ll wear himself out in about fifteen minutes and you can go back to work.”
great, now i actively want someone to start a podcast that’s just in-character episodes of batman villain radio shows
buce wayne would by an old radiotower and hire his old friend, harleen and her friends to continue the radioshow without issue.
These side-by-side images show the striking similarities between Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic 1963 March on Washington and the 2020 March on Washington led by his son and Rev. Al Sharpton on Friday.
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