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It was nice not having to cover them in blood and soot this time

"Grace sounds like a young Eridian" this, "Grace is chronologically a pebble" that. ENOUGH. I propose "Grace is a creaky old man to Eridians." His wealth of knowledge beyond theirs gives the impression that he's spent centuries alive to learn it all. His rougher voice (compared to their whalesong) and steady, fluid movements (compared to their habit of either perfect stillness or jittering) are both full on Eridian gandpappy. They're convinced he's basically Bill Nye before he even reveals he wants to teach science.

Give me an Erid that refuses to accept that Grace, a thirty four year old, isn't everybody's sweet old grandpa no matter how much Rocky rages that Grace is technically younger than everyone he's teaching.

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Have we considered that Rocky might just have higher levels of lead in his carapace than the average Eridian?

Like, sure he slept near the fuel tanks and I’m sure that helped. But he was up there for decades and definitely moved around the ship away from the astrophage while fixing things, going to watch others sleep, tending dying friends, piloting.

Rocky must be from a region of Erid with more lead in the surrounding area which was incorporated into his body. For Rocky it could have been centuries since he last lived in that place with high lead content yet it still protected him.

This happens with human teeth in that the area where you grow up is imprinted in your enamel for decades afterwards. But that’s not a thing the average person knows. So Rocky never brings it up, because it’s kind of just a fun fact? Like, saying you’re from Oregon in a doctor’s appointment. Ok? Cool? This is about your gallbladder.

If the Eridians didn’t know anything about radiation and Rocky isn’t a biologist or doctor why would he know his leady body is a relevant detail. There’s no reason to think this would come up in the conversation once Grace realizes about the astrophage being nearby. Occam’s Razor: astrophage protects from radiation. Rocky slept near astrophage. Therefore astrophage protects Rocky.

I can just imagine they find this out way later when they’re on Erid and Rocky goes to his hometown to visit his parents and comes back to the bio dome and is like

Rocky: Bring rock from where Rocky from to add to Grace beach! Has same texture as Rocky! Same same same

Grace: cool! Let’s put this baby under the microscope. We can shoot it with the element detector!

Rocky: yes yes yes look at rock! Hear hometown sounds.

*Several experiments later*

Grace: uhhh. You might want to sit down.

So much faith

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Shoutout to Eva Stratt, the only fictional woman I have ever seen who does terrible terrible morally grey crimes directly to the beloved male protagonist, and everybody loves her and draws beautiful fanart of her and calls her their favorite character. PHM fandom has its flaws but at least most people I've seen actually like women.

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A strange thing happened in much of the United States where once upon a time food trucks were cheap food that you could get on your lunch break but then in our car centric society they slowly died out because people would just drive somewhere cheap to eat.

Then people started realizing that a food truck was basically a more affordable way to start up an experimental restaurant and the food truck was reincarnated as a device made to sell you a coffee for ten whole dollars.

I was walking somewhere in 100 degree heat in this horrible car centric desert of my hometown that lovingly nursed me on pollution and heat stroke and saw on my journey a food truck selling iced coffee. “My savior” I thought. “It shall sustain me and keep me cool until the bus arrives in half an hour”

Um, but no they were charging ten bucks for a simple coffee with milk and caramel syrup.

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what abled ppl think is a massive problem for disabled folks: 13 year old on the internet faking something

what is actually a massive problem for disabled folks: "well you don't LOOK disabled, are you sure you're not faking? I'm not giving you accommodations until you PROVE you're not faking. Please give me, a stranger, your medical info and explain your condition to me in detail so I know you're not faking and only then will I respect or take you seriously"