after a first sketch based on my self image nobody recognized ig, turns out i have no idea what i look like—looking at photos and in the mirror was really disorienting (i’m not the most handsome but i don’t dislike how i look, my lack of facial recognition is just even worse for myself) 2 reply
everyone who doesn't trim or shave has roughly the same length pubes, the terminal length is always like an inch or two ish for all bc it has a very short growth phase so the turnover is really fast. there's obviously variation but not an interesting amount---the growth phase for scalp hair (for people who aren't going bald or currently sick) can b...... 1 reply
they can break up a grape sized kidney stone into a few pieces & pass naturally (either a sticking a uteroscope up there and breaking it up with lasers iiuc for something like this, or noninvasive show waves can turn it into powder for small ones). but your intestines would rupture & you'd die long before any impacted stool came near the size of ev...... 1 reply
i really like medieval works of microhistory bc their focus on regular people like you and i really drives down how we are the drivers of our histories. one of the great historians in this field carlo ginzburg actually just passed away a few weeks ago, most ow his work was trying to understand popular culture/high culture distinction through recons...... reply
as a kid i also remember really liking geronimo stilton! i never really had favorites that i would obsessively reread or whatever, but i remember my twin being obsessed with a little princess & a wrinkle in time and reading it over and over (at one point she could recite word for word chapters from a little princess lol). iirc i liked earthsea & ju...... reply
did song lyrics stuck in head
did song lyrics stuck in head
