Mark Forsyth (The Inky Fool), The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language (via wordsspentinvain)Shit can be traced back to the Old English verb scitan (which meant exactly what it does today), and further back to Proto-Germanic skit (the Germans still say scheisse), and all the way back to the Proto-Indo-European word (c. 4000 BC) skhei, which meant to separate or divide, presumably on the basis that you separated yourself from your faeces. Shed (as in shed your skin) comes from the same root, and so does schism.
An odd little aspect of this etymology is that when Proto-Indo-European arrived in the Italian peninsula they used skhei to mean separate or distinguish. If you could tell two things apart then you knew them, and so the Latin word for know became scire. From that you got the Latin word scientia, which meant knowledge, and from that we got the word science This means that science is, etymologically, shit. It also means that knowing your shit, etymologically, means that you’re good at physics and chemistry.
Challenge #00841-B110: When Clint Met Natasha
Some men get so nervous if a lady shows up at the restaurant with a box of explosives.
Budapest. Some years ago.
He thought he had been discretely
following her, right up until the moment she sat down opposite him at
the cafe. She gave him a winning smile and a, “Sorry I’m late, darling.
Caught up in shopping.”
Quick handsigns. Three bogies. Armed. Target you. No look.
“That’s okay, sweetie,” he said, making sure the nearby shrubbery blocked him
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Read more »i wish there were words like “girl” and “boy” and “man” “guy” “lady” etc to refer to nonbinary people besides just “person” bc sometimes i dont feel like gendering myself when i want to say stuff like “guess who just slipped and fell in the mud while walking the dogs. this girl/guy.” because “guess who slipped in the mud while walking the dogs. this person” makes me feel like i am a robot or an alien trying to integrate into
spinefever:I like the SPG cover of Cellophane better than the originalI like the SPG cover of anything better than the original
I like the SPG cover of Cellophane better than the original
I like the SPG cover of anything better than the original
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DUDE!Steam Powered Tandem!
Because why not.wow this is amazing
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Challenge #00840-B109: Penfold... Hush.
If we never meddled in powers we did not comprehend, how would we gain comprehension?
“Uh… by examining them with science? Preferably by non-invasive, passive means first?” suggested Penfold.
Blenkinsop glared at her. “Honestly. You’re such a wet blanket.”
“Wet blankets survive fires, Blenkinsop. All I’m asking is that you pay attention.”
She sighed and folded her arms. “Really.”
“Yes. There is a reason why you found these tools and instruments in the middle of a ruined temple. In
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Yvette Henderson, a young black woman between the age of 25-30, was summarily executed by Emeryville Police in West Oakland yesterday February 2nd. Learn more via Twitter. It was the second police killing in the East Bay Area in 24 hours.
Anti black racism, police violence, murder
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'Historic' Ruling States That Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Isn't Sex Ed
‘Historic’ Ruling States That Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Isn’t Sex Ed
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STOP TAXING MY PERIOD!!!
Read more »So in Australia at the moment there is this huge debate going on about the GST and the unfair tax on sanitary products. Incase you are behind on this topic here is a little about it:
Since 2000, the Australian Government has taxed every menstruating Australian 10% every time we get our period. It is estimated that our periods earn the government a whopping $25 million each year!
And why are we taxed GST on our periods because the Australian government
thevasthonk: Dear Steam Powered Giraffe and Daft Punk, Please collab Thanks, Me
Read more »Dear Steam Powered Giraffe and Daft Punk,
Please collab
Thanks,
Me
Challenge #00839-B108: Infodump
You know you’ve over explained something when you make a robot’s eyes go glassy.
“…and when he looks out the window, there’s this long shot that doesn’t make any sense? ‘Cause they’re in a left hand? But it’s a right hand? And that’s how you know that it’s another ship?”
T0B0r blinked. Dazed. “…this does not answer my question…” ze managed.
“And then when she escaped? You can clearly see she’
Read more »They're ready!I finished them all, this morning. Huzzah.Alas, I currently don't have the funds to buy the proper postal parcels, so they're...
They’re ready!
I finished them all, this morning. Huzzah.
Alas, I currently don’t have the funds to buy the proper postal parcels, so they’re all going to be sitting quietly until I have money again.
Sigh. O, fuel… why do we keep needing you?
Since the finings came in gunmetal and black [it was that or silver and gold] I did my best to hide it behind silver and gems. You just can’t get gunmetal stuff that’
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PLUTO 2015
NASA
I AM SCREAMING OH MY GOODNESS
whoah
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bee-the-gatekeeper:kurli-q:cranquis:modernathena90:Whoever wrote this has mastered the sass I wish to create myself. I applaud...
Whoever wrote this has mastered the sass I wish to create myself. I applaud you.
Boom
Crotch-fruit
I get the feeling others are also wondering how a measles outbreak is even possible.
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