these are so cool
 

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Power lines in Iceland

im cautiously optimistic

ADORE!!!!! These are AWESOME!!!

this just cracks me up
 

I know people get facial ticks over certain things - bothered/irritated. Like spelling. Not having the ability for it, I don't care. However there is one thing that does each drive me a bit mental... The use of the word "gender" when they mean the word "sex". Or vice versa. I know its probably my scientific family background that makes this such an irritation but I do sometimes just want grab someone and tell them sex is the physical expression of dimorphism. It is chromosomal expression or the secondary sex characteristics someone physically has. Gender is identity. Transgender is not the same thing as transexual. When I say someone has made peace with being female, that does not mean they ID as a woman. It means they have accepted their female body and work with it without the struggle they once had. They may or may not be a woman. They may or may not use she or he. Making peace with ones body has nothing to do with gender.

When I was at odds with mine, when I was body disphoric, it fucked with my head a lot but I had no issues with my gender aside from feminist issues with gender role expectations - which had nothing to do with my body disphoria.

Body disphoria is something most of my partners have had though not all. Some never had it, some only have small issues like "why don't I have a cock with my vagina?" And some have disphoria to the point they considered transition at one point or another but after some time, found the disphoria faded and made peace with their female body and did not feel the need anymore. They are accepting of being female and not a woman.

Many are fine with being a woman and not feminine and having a brain dick.

But the confusing the two makes clear communication really difficult at times.

Milkshakes were originally alcoholic!

The term "milkshake" first appeared in print in 1885. In this context, it was referring to an alcoholic beverage, not the sweet, creamy, non-alcoholic drinks we know today. This alcoholic drink was described as healthful and sturdy and included, among other ingredients, whiskey and eggs.

By 1900, the milkshake better resembled the drink we know today. It was made of chocolate, vanilla or strawberry syrups. It really became popular in 1922 when Walgreens employee Ivar "Pop" Coulson took a "malted milk" drink (milk, chocolate and malt) and added ice cream to it.

The drink became very popular very quickly and was soon being requested by young adults across the country. With the invention of freon-cooled refrigerators in the 1930s, milkshakes making was automated. And then in the 1950s, salesman Ray Kroc bought exclusive rights to a milkshake maker. This machine sped up the production process in major fast food chains like the ones we have today.

It's kind of sad seeing women poke fun at another womans anatomy.

Actually, it's not kind of sad. It's very sad.

Words

P.S. Just to ensure that the above isn't read as being passive aggressive - I'm referring here to the constant digs re. Kate Middleton. Everywhere I go, someone is taking a pop at her and at a specific part of her in particular. WTF?