afriendofblahaj:

beardedmrbean:

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they used to let kids have real fun

There’s an xkcd for that :3

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Side note: polonium-210 is a very dangerous isotope, however it “does not pose a radiation hazard when kept outside the body”, as the alpha particle it emits have very little penetration power and cannot pierce even the outer layers of dead skin. It has still killed countless people, though, not because of children’s rings, but because of tobacco. Polonium latches onto and concentrates in tobacco leaves, leading to heavy smokers being exposed to more radiation than survivors of the Chernobyl disaster.

It’s always wild to me seeing comments about different toxins like this on information about random things in the past, but it’s never discussed when it comes to cigarettes.



laura-the-swarming:

gumi-megpoidd:

gumi-megpoidd:

gumi-megpoidd:

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did you have to use that photo for that

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i mean good on them…? still paired with that image thats uh. interesting

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I respect the fuck out of this. The whole site is trying its hardest to go against every selling point the dog robots have as its selling points.

The dog robots are supposed to be autonomous, threehalves is explicitly only for being piloted by a human. The giant horns make it difficult for this machine to enter through doorways, and that is the point. Coupled with the built-in weak points, it is very easy to disable this thing, so it can’t be used by the police or the military effectively.

OP alluded to how unsettling the machine looks, and I believe that it was a concious decision; the robot dogs have garnered sympathy due to their apperance, which makes it easier for the police to morally justify their use. This thing? You’re not gonna get many people to sympathise with it. The only people who would are monster and-or robot fuckers, and I believe these circles generally understand that a machine cannot be trusted (though of course many would willingly approach it for pervert reasons (positive) knowing full well it’s a bad idea).



heckthatbork:

pmamtraveller:

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Recreations of Minoan dresses based on different frescoes.

@mathsanddinos



woolandflax:

fangorn-forest:

knight–error:

why is everything a dead wife to you people.

my dead skateboarding cousin

Memento Throckmori



misophonie:

sharing a full screenshot uncropped is kind of like bending over in a little skirt and pulling it up a little



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trotternish ridge, isle of skye, scotland