I have a postmortem science degree, but hobby in studying paleontology/pre-history. It took a rise of only 10°C and excess pollution to wipe out over 83% of all life on the planet between the Permian and Triassic eras. Entire chains of life just wiped out. Carbon dating, sediment layer study, fossil records, they all show how screwed me are if we keep this up. The earth will survive, it always does, but it took 30 million years before life recovered.
Humans need to learn from the past, see the consequences of what most would think is a small change, but the ones in power don’t seem to give a shit.
Mortuary science, pathology, autopsies, etc. I was going for a masters in Anatomic Pathology before I became disabled. I just research all things dead. I was always the weird little girl that liked studying mummies and fossils, so it seemed the logical step when I was choosing a career
For a long time; crab, lobster, crayfish were seen by the upper class as bugs of the sea and were very inexpensive. It’s only relatively recently did they become hella expensive. My 8th birthday party, I remember getting a pound of snow crab legs (including sides) for $6.99 at a nice seafood restaurant. I was born in the 90s, so it wasn’t that long ago!
Going for a topless walk on the beach at night! It’s the only time I’d feel safe enough to. I’ve been sexually harassed and assaulted enough, starting back when I was a little girl, to know I could never do that normally.
Canadian geese… the damn cobra chickens are ridiculously protective, strong, loud, and grumpy. In Michigan, you just can’t avoid them. They’re everywhere and in the thousands. I’ve been attacked, my dogs have been attacked, they poop everywhere, and their wings are strong enough to break bones. I do not like the cobra chicken.
They attacked my dogs, and you’re a random person on the internet. I think you can guess which side this girl is on… her puppies 😅 Can I also bring up how the aggression and all caps response really feels like an angry goose that learned to type.
Has anyone released an electric car which came with an extra battery for trip replacements, and gave you the ability to buy more batteries for longer trips?
They are. I went through pre-med for my postmortem science degree and am still close with my doctor/dentist friends from the program. They get kickbacks from companies if they successfully sell a brand. Sometimes the results are great, like Wakix (my Narcolepsy medication that actually helped), but other times, it’s a garbage product. If the medical professional has a fancy pamphlet or offers you coupons for the product, that means the company is paying them.
I’m in the USA, where you do pay, but the companies hawk drugs and other products anywhere that they can get approved by the government drug administration
I’ve posted here a lot about my mental health, I lost basically everything, I have no one I can talk to, my car is wrecked, I have less than 100 bucks in my bank account, while I have housing their are problems that make it not the best. I have 1k in debt....
I know this might not help, but I’m a survivor of a suicide attempt and now know that there is hope and there is help. It just took facing my lowest point to discover it. (I’ve also been a part of the LGBTQ+ community since back when we had to refer to each other as “Family” or “Friend of Dorothy” so I really hope this helps you.)
Please reach out to local LGBTQ+ groups for advice and assistance. If you’re in the USA, apply for Medicaid and get into counseling asap (they’ll backpay from the date the application is submitted), apply for food stamps and section 8 housing. There’s shelters specifically for Trans persons, because many shelters will shun those that don’t follow bio gender. Food banks are amazing and they also have resources. Shoot your story to Point of Pride; which helps save and improve lives in the trans community.
Noted that this is the face of the person who ruined the lives of my friends and former coworkers. In case anyone doesn’t know, everything Rooster Teeth will be vanishing in like 2 weeks thanks to Warner Brothers. I finally get my dream job as a Production Designer on Simple Walk into Mordor, then this…
Does this mean that this hard-of-hearing girl is more talented than those that can’t do both? It feels good to think so haha. The only thing I hate is when the subtitle goes prematurely and ruins jokes.
I’m permanently disabled with a degenerative condition. Once I’m just surviving and not living, I’d love the freedom of a painless end. I watched grandparents suffer, I’ve watched them be kept alive through machines and drugs, I listened to my grandfather beg me for death… you’ll never change my mind that assisted suicide for the terminally ill is the ethical choice.
For me it’s driving while under the influence. If you couldn’t tell, I like me some ganja. However I have long since held the belief that it is utterly insane to drive while under the influence of most substances, with maybe nicotine and caffeine being the exception. All too often I see other stoners smoking and driving,...
There are a lot of cosplay elitists, that think you need to be a supermodel or look exactly like the character to cosplay them. Bruh, this is about creating art of our favorite Fandoms. I’m allowed to make sexy versions of characters, people are allowed to cosplay characters of different ethnicities as long as there’s no blackface, people can make costumes of anyone, even if they don’t know every bit of info from the source material. Let people have fun… this isn’t about you and all your gatekeeping is doing, is stopping you from having awesome and talented friends.
It may be because I do cosplay erotica for a living, so people assume I’m doing it for money or attention. I do love when they try to gatekeep me and I know more about the Fandom than they expected. These costumes are EXPENSIVE to make, so I’m not going to waste my time and money on something I don’t love.
My grandmother’s house, which was in a VERY nice, very high class neighborhood, was $20k back in the early 80s. Today, the area is destroyed and had become another run down suburb near Detroit. It’s dangerous to live in, but that house is still $160k.
WWII saw the end of almost 500k American lives, but the population of the country still increased. There will always be more people, but there will never be more Earth.
I do research and writing for a crime docuseries, and the amount of times sex workers go missing and cops/news don’t care until there’s multiple bodies or a more well known disappearance occurs, is DISGUSTING.
The Poughkeepsie Killer was killing sex workers in broad daylight and was keeping their corpses in his hoarder house attic. The families of Wendy Meyers and Gina Barone went to the press and were told that the cases “weren’t the kind the public cared about”.
Police had the suspect but didn’t pursue the case until 5 women went missing. Why do their lives matter less just because they do a different kind of physical labor for work? Each was someone’s daughter.
As a mortician, I’m highly confused what the hand-embalming syringes are doing … is this supposed to be a pro-embalming poster? Get embalmed and look pristine forever?
You’re the one saying “all men”. I’m saying there’s a reason women are skeptical and distrusting of nearly all men UNTIL they’ve gotten to know and vett them. I do research and script writing for a documentary series about crime and was a mortician for a decade; so this subject hits close to home.
Mine probably isn’t that secret these days, but almost every sauce I add nutritional yeast to. Curry, chilli, bolognese, it just makes them all better.
Back incollege, I was a waitress at an Italian restaurant. A lady came in ordered a dish with lots of tomato in it, then demanded I tell the chef she was allergic to MSG, in an accusatory way. What she didn’t know is that I was going to school for a medical based degree, and recently had a professor go off about how MSG is in tons of foods naturally and not to believe the craze about it being bad for you.
“Oh my gosh! You’re allergic to MSG!?! I’m sorry, but all tomatoes contain MSG. Please choose another dish” … “I’m sorry, ma’am but mushrooms have MSG in them too. I’ll talk to my chef and see what suggestions he might have.”
She changed her tone “I’m not allergic, I just don’t want it added… it’s bad for you… blah blah”
I didn’t get tipped, but it was hella satisfying to passive- aggressively educate her.
77% of Top Climate Scientists Think 2.5°C of Warming Is Coming—And They're Horrified (www.commondreams.org)
“I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South,” one expert said.
PSA: Don't eat cicadas if you're allergic to shellfish... or at all (lemmy.world)
Ladies if all the men of the world disappeared for 24 hours, they are fine they will come back, BUT during those 24 hours what are YOU doing?
This question has been around for a while but I’m curious as to your answer
What animals do you dislike for unusual reasons and why?
For me:...
Americans Are Open To Cheap Chinese Cars. That’s 'Scary' For The Rest Of The Auto Industry (insideevs.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15089465...
Borders are merely representations of governance (lemmy.world)
Remember when the body washes contained literal micro plastics and were advertised as such?
I plan on blowing my brains out soon.
I’ve posted here a lot about my mental health, I lost basically everything, I have no one I can talk to, my car is wrecked, I have less than 100 bucks in my bank account, while I have housing their are problems that make it not the best. I have 1k in debt....
Tax the rich (i.imgur.com)
My subtitles! I can't hear without my subtitles! (lemmy.world)
'I'm dying, you're not': Those terminally ill ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death (apnews.com)
On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her teenage grandson to talk about her death....
What's a common occurrence in your hobby that you think shouldn't be?
For me it’s driving while under the influence. If you couldn’t tell, I like me some ganja. However I have long since held the belief that it is utterly insane to drive while under the influence of most substances, with maybe nicotine and caffeine being the exception. All too often I see other stoners smoking and driving,...
I wonder if this groundbreaking science survived peer review... (lemmy.world)
Oof. Am I crazy or is this way beyond house inflation? (lemmy.world)
The idea that 40 years and this house cost than 10x more?...
Serial Killers Have Rapidly Declined Since The 1980s (www.discovermagazine.com)
Caption this. (mander.xyz)
XXX (sh.itjust.works)
What's your secret ingredient that makes your version of a common dish better than anyone else's?
Mine probably isn’t that secret these days, but almost every sauce I add nutritional yeast to. Curry, chilli, bolognese, it just makes them all better.