muffintop-madonna:

theofficialvincenzo:

asundergrowth:

sassymurderousangel:

gayndam:

guys listen

mermaids would have to be dark-skinned and chubby to survive in the ocean 

water isnt a great means of protecting oneself from the sun
theyd have to be very dark if they were shallow mermaids and they didnt want to be constantly sunburnt
and they may be paler if they lived deeper in the water but theyd have to be buff and/or chubby as hell to resist the water pressure and cold of the deep sea

what im saying is pale-ass white skinny mermaids are just unrealistic

I love this tea

Fat isn’t a defense against water pressure, it’s an insulator. So the colder the water, the fatter the mermaid.

Scandinavian merfolk would be tubby, evolving more for persistence hunting in the freezing coastal waters, possibly relying more on siren-song to lull prey into effective range. The less moving the better! Gotta keep the chub on to survive the winter.

Whereas Mediterranean/Polynesian merfolk would spend their time among the fertile reefs in warmer waters, competing with other predators. They would be built for speed and agility, buff like sprinters. Darker skin would be harder to spot under the surf, and more resistant to the glaring sun.

Also: it’s not hair, it’s scillia that they use to filter plankton out of the water, and it stings like a jellyfish if you touch it.

I would imagine that merfolk come in many different colors, maybe they even have the ability to shift their skin tone to assist in hunting? I guess that depends on how intelligent your mermaids are.

Tldr; cold water mermaids would probably be chubby, warm water mermaids would look like Serna Williams.

Another thing to take into account is Deep-Sea-Gigantism. It’s not fully understood why many animal species such as the colossal squid and whales typically grow to unimaginable sizes in high-water-pressure areas, but it’s assumed that it develops as some sort of defense mechanism. This would imply that deep-sea merfolk would be a sort of Leviathan-class eldritch horror. 

Hell yeah hell yeah

biglawbear:

pastel-lavender:

shiraglassman:

missweber:

hymnsofheresy:

hymnsofheresy:

have y’all ever had communion bread that was just so….nasty? like i know we have to suffer as christians, but do we really need to have whole wheat bread as the body of christ?

my old church used hawaiian bread. my standards are high

Some old housemates of mine were Syrian Orthodox. At their church different members of the church took turns baking the bread that would be consecrated for the Eucharist. This was all well and good until one woman baked raisin bread. This led to the memorable occasion of a rather flustered priest, who had not seen the bread until that moment, declaring, “This – except for the raisins – is the Body of Christ.”

EXCEPT FOR THE RAISINS omg

Raisins are just dried grapes though, and wine is his blood so really its like a two in one shampoo & conditioner except with jesus

like a two in one shampoo & conditioner except with jesus

cannabiscomrade:

A huge medical step for trans women, cis women and other people struggling with fertility 💕

bane-of-technology:

lux-rae:

you’ve heard of mom friends now get ready for: Anti-mom friend. they suggest every single impulsive thought that runs thru their head like “hey what if you jumped in that pond in the middle of the night” to the group while the mom friend begs them to stop

eldest sibling friend

killjoyez:

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teal-fruit:

teal-fruit:

teal-fruit:

teal-fruit:

I’m making bread

bread boys

my sons!

THEY’RE DELICIOUS

frog bread was tagged explicit. reblog the forbidden frog bread for luck and power

herefortheace:

Some facts

– asexuality and aromanticism are minority orientations

– there is no ace or aro privilege

– aces and aros as a group do not benefit from sex-shaming or from the sexualization of oppressed groups

– many ace and aros are in fact harmed by sex-shaming and the sexualization of oppressed groups

– aces and aros are not more likely to be bad people than others, there is literally no reason or excuse to assume that

– asexuality and aromanticism are not desexualizing identities

– society at large is not thrilled about ace and aro identities. To start with, a lot of people think it’s not “normal” to not experience sexual attraction and a lot of people think romantic love is an essential part of “the human experience”

– society has zero qualms about pathologizing ace and aro identities, denying their existence and painting them as something in need of “fixing”

– aces and aros often do not learn their orientations exist until way late, if ever. They’re generally not taught about in school or college or in any comparable contexts and a lot of people with power there have zero interest in this changing (for example, because they think our identities are “unhealthy” and/or because they refuse to acknowledge them as orientations)

– a lot of aces and aros have recounted a lot of really bad experiences connected to people learning/knowing they’re ace and/or aro

– aces and aros are not in any way better protected from harm than other people

– there is literally no reason to act as if all this isn’t true

Gonna leave it at this for now

captainevans:

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if you have been incorrectly marked as nsfw, you can appeal before tumblr permanently filters you as such and your blog is set back to default settings prior to december 18th here.

surprisebitch:

honestly