In 2020, five African grey parrots at a wildlife park in Lincolnshire had to be separated after they were found to be encouraging one another to swear. The park’s CEO commented, “We are quite used to parrots swearing… but for some reason these five relish it.”
What’s the point of giving kids a childhood full of fairy tales and whimsy only to later tell them to forget about it and become cynical adults? Joyful children should grow into equally joyful adults who can see and delight in the beauty of the world.
Unpopular opinion: the best thing young people can do early in their careers is say "please" to the Dread Pirate Roberts so that they may become his valet and eventually assume the title when he retires
WE ARE CLOSED
NOBODY WANTS TO WORK ANYMORE
THEY HAVE HEARD THE LOW THRUM THAT COMES FROM THE FOREST'S CENTER
THEY RUN TOWARDS IT NOW, READY TO SHOW IT THEIR ENTIRE ASS
The goal of a woman’s life is *not* to be a wife and mother. It’s to dramatically gatecrash a christening party swathed in a raven-black cloak and cackle, “I TOO HAVE A GIFT FOR THE PRINCESS!”
Quick! Stop scrolling.
What you see here aren’t just any clouds, they’re Martian clouds. Take a moment out of your day to look at the sky of another world.
📸 taken by my right Navigation Camera. https://t.co/rc7rOWK87d
Lightning bursts, streaking cities & spinning stars - a long-exposure photo out the Space Station window, by the brilliant astronaut Don Pettit @astro_Pettit. Details: https://t.co/p4Wwn9R9iF @NASA
The weird thing about this pandemic is that we’re meeting new people over Zoom but only seeing the upper half of their bodies. For all we know we could be meeting centaurs and mermaids.