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This midterm election, in my view, is the most important midterm election in the modern history of this country. And what’s at stake is whether we continue one-party, right-wing reactionary rule in Washington, in which we have a Congress that follows a bigoted, racist, sexist, homophobic president — who also is a pathological liar — or whether we stand up and fight back for justice for all people. That is what is at stake.” .. (quote Senator Bernie Sanders) .. (cartoon Rob Rogers)
And you just know that even if it were presented exactly like this on the voting machine, a statistically significant number of people would think “‘Democracy’…you mean like Democrats?” and hastily punch “Totalitarian Rule.”
My friend is feeling a bit down and feels like nobody will date her because she’s asexual. I want to let her know that people will love her even if she doesnt want sex.
Why are there so little notes
I would and am dating an asexual person. He’s pretty swell.
My partner & I are asexual and I can’t wait to marry the fuck out of them
Pros to dating an ace: Never have to worry about being cheated on because your partner has grown bored with your body or you won’t engage in certain sex acts
Cons to dating an ace: People invalidating your relationship as “just friends” (“just”??) even if you intend to get married/adopt kids etc because all they can focus on is assumptions about your sex life 🙄 The most minor of annoyances tbh
Thousands of years ago, somebody looked at a flock of sheep and went, “well, they aren’t cold.”
Guys. Guys.
It’s so much better than that.
So once upon a time, goats and sheep were essentially the same animal, and all of them had hair. Now, you can do some stuff with hair, but you can’t do a lot, so mostly sheep/goats were kept for meat and milk.
Except then a mutation showed up, and some of the sheep/goats had WOOL instead. And someone realized that 1. you could spin that shit, and 2. then you could WEAVE that shit, and 3. IT GREW BACK.
Generations of selective breeding ensued. Two visibly discrete species emerged, one primarily for meat and milk, and the other primarily for wool. They also have different behavioural characteristics, because independence was not helpful in a sheep, so it was bred out of them. Sheep remain one of the few non-draft animals that we farm even though they are not delicious.
The most similar part of sheep and goats that remains today is their skeleton. On an archaeological dig, you find THOUSANDS of bones and bone fragments that can only be identified as “sheep/goat”. It’s incredibly frustrating, but also kind of hilarious after you’ve spent enough time in the sun.
ANYWAY, human beings have always been smart and surprisingly good at changing nature because they want a sweater.
The entire knitting community needs to hear this.
Oh man I’m so glad I can add this to my arsenal of responses to people who say all GMOs are made of poison.
In zooarchaeology, sheep/goat is a valid category and no one will press you further on the issue.
Huh, I wonder if this is part of why Chinese only has one word for sheep/goat (羊). You can distinguish as 绵羊 “wool-sheepgoat” for sheep vs 山羊 “mountain-sheepgoat” for goat.
TIL.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHEEP AREN’T DELICIOUS
^^^That last comment was inevitable. (Is sheep mutton? I don’t think I’ve ever had it, only goat, which was good, but also it was in curry and I’d eat a shoe if you put it in a good curry.)
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