Y'all might be in for a bit of a surprise 1 comments
snowbeast
· 2 years ago
Guffaw
Being gifted can have its drawbacks 12 comments
You do what you need 8 comments
Behold, the Swedish Semla. 4 comments
I see dead people 2 comments
Being gifted can have its drawbacks 12 comments
snowbeast
· 2 years ago
Exactly. But unfortunately, it still works for me to procrastinate then work like a honey badger on speed for the last 48 hours. Always just in time. The results are great but the process is so demoralizing.
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Being gifted can have its drawbacks 12 comments
snowbeast
· 2 years ago
The combination of being unusually intelligent, lazy af and excellent at working under pressure is the reason I have so many grey hairs.
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An Actual Terry Meme 12 comments
Ranked 462nd as a man to 1st 15 comments
snowbeast
· 2 years ago
I would think that any decent investigator would take more than just the victim's clothing into account. Don't forget very often an autopsy is ordered too.
Should be allowed on the counter 6 comments
So anyway, that's how I got into hiking. 2 comments
snowbeast
· 2 years ago
* permanent confused look on my face
* found in forests, carrying a basket of mushrooms but hopelessly lost
* the local children prefer my cat to me
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* found in forests, carrying a basket of mushrooms but hopelessly lost
* the local children prefer my cat to me
This looks like a job for Occam's razor! 1 comments
Ranked 462nd as a man to 1st 15 comments
snowbeast
· 2 years ago
It depends on the state of the body. The police/medical examiner records sex based on the physical appearance of the body, especially the genitalia. If something points to the deceased being transgender (i.e. dress, gender reassignment surgery scars, etc) then it would surely be noted as potentially having bearing on the case. If the remains are skeletal, then sex is determined by comparing bone dimensions against established ranges (same with race). Note that as the ranges overlap, sex determination can be tricky. Regardless, it would be impossible to detect from bones alone that a person changed gender as an adult.
Sleepovers are the best 7 comments
snowbeast
· 2 years ago
Some of us don't have a lot of opportunities! And I saw the way that raccoon was looking at me.
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Sleepovers are the best 7 comments
Rune-substance #3 8 comments
snowbeast
· 2 years ago
There is so much speculation about the zoomorphic decoration. This one is obviously a snake, but a lot of stones depict something more approaching a dragon, or a snake with multiple appendages at least. And then there are the lions, carved by people who had never seen one. I have more posts coming ;-)
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Rune-substance #3 8 comments
snowbeast
· 2 years ago
Runestone built into Kaga church in Östergötland, Sweden. Kaga church is one of the country's oldest, founded in ca 1137, and still retains its medieval spire.
Old Norse: Tufi ræisti stæin þennsi æftiʀ Lid-Bofa, faður sinn.
English: Tufi raised this stone in memory of Lid-Bofa, his father.
It is possible to date runestones approximately based on their decorative elements. On this stone, there is a looped band of runes, and a snake shown from above (rather than in profile) which is plain apart from a small lappet by the tail. This simple style, plus the fact that it was re-purposed when building the church, points to a dating between 1010 and 1037. Tufi likely personally approved its usage - perhaps to symbolically bring his father into the church?
See Gräslund 2006 for information on dating runestones stylistically.
L2012:9799 / Ög 103
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Edited 2 years ago
Old Norse: Tufi ræisti stæin þennsi æftiʀ Lid-Bofa, faður sinn.
English: Tufi raised this stone in memory of Lid-Bofa, his father.
It is possible to date runestones approximately based on their decorative elements. On this stone, there is a looped band of runes, and a snake shown from above (rather than in profile) which is plain apart from a small lappet by the tail. This simple style, plus the fact that it was re-purposed when building the church, points to a dating between 1010 and 1037. Tufi likely personally approved its usage - perhaps to symbolically bring his father into the church?
See Gräslund 2006 for information on dating runestones stylistically.
L2012:9799 / Ög 103
Country people talking to bugs 2 comments
snowbeast
· 2 years ago
Can confirm. Skeeters, ticks and flies experience immediate and devastating prairie justice. Bees, moths, beetles and the like are gently sent on their way after being told "this house ain't big enough for the both of us." Spiders I negotiate with, and the result depends on the individual, his powers of persuasion and whether or not I can reach him.
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