a post-doc was doing a guest seminar at my institute and at the beginning of his presentation he was explaining why he chose birds for his evolutionary analysis - so he said "well first of all, because birds are the best and most interesting animals and it's fun to study them" and a few professors in the room gave him a very serious nod
"Claudius declined to unscramble the omelette" is perhaps my new favourite sentance ive ever read in an academic article and definitely the best possible way to describe a Roman emperor avoiding dealing with conflict
you may have seen achilles in his miserable blanket burrito but have you seen odysseus Sitting Like That while appealing to achilles in his miserable blanket burrito
achilles looking very "make him stop make him stop make him stop"
Brother Gregor never spoke and often spooked the neophytes with his appearance, but he was a gentle soul and a phenomenal cook and knew more ways to prepare a fish than the abbot knew hymns
"ohh what if my kid starts identifying as a CAT because of the trans agenda we have to prote—" well they've always done that. do you remember the psychological effects of h2o on young girls. of warrior cats on autistic children. i believed i was a demigod because of percy jackson. twilight came out and kids were telling their friends they were secretly vampires. this is just a thing kids do. worry less
I've had bdsm scenes with less psychosexual Dominance/submission undertones than whatever is going on with those guys in fast and/or big trucks on the highway.
Like, I'm sorry I'm in front of you and I'm not doing 20 over the speed limit. I promise this is solely because I'm trying to get to work in relative safety. It wasn't intended as a slight on the size or quality of your reproductive organs, as you have clearly interpreted it.