Condition your teacher to get the fuck out of the class
Think about this in the context of performing feminity. So many women deny that they have been influenced to shave, wear makeup, wear heels, etc and claim they do it for themselves. But when you are receiving compliments and are getting treated better when you do those things, you are definitely being influenced.
Think of this in terms of race. If you are complimented for being light skinned, not only are you going to try to be as light skinned as you can manage, but you are going to associate darker skin with not being complimented therefore not being complimentary. Your values are going to shift to follow the dominant racial hierarchy *without you being aware* that you are valuing things that way.
reblogging this now bc the race angle was added!
Conditioning works in many, many ways. We as a society have managed to be conditioned as a collective by ourselves, government propaganda, rich people and more. This is why it is so hard to break our own programming and overcome our bigotry, too.
Hollow trees are often more stable than before their cores rotted! “The removal of the tree’s dead heart brings yet another advantage. The change of form from solid pillar to hollow cylinder alters the way in which the trunk reacts to mechanical stress. It is much more resilient and stable. The removal of many tons of timber also reduces the strain on the tree’s elderly and doubtless somewhat decayed root system. The result is that an old hollow tree is often able to withstand a gale better than a younger undecayed one. In the ancient hunting parks of England such as Windsor, where trees stand out in the open, unprotected by others from the wind, it is by no means rare after a storm to discover that hollow oaks, four or five hundred years old, remain upright when younger ones, a quarter their age, have been blown over.” https://asknature.org/strategy/relationship-provides-nutrients-stability/
I’ve seen a lot of hollow bonsai. Having hollows and big holes is a great way to make your little tree look ‘aged’ which is what bonsai is all about. One of my favorite bonsai trees is almost completely hollow.
And a shitton of shimpaku juniper bonsai are almost entirely deadwood with a single living vein supporting the foliage.
The white of the trunk here is deadwood (specifically ‘shari’ which is deadwood on the trunk) and that brown vein running through it it is the only living part of the tree, which is where the foliage is growing at the top (well, the far left).
Was Elrond in a gay marriage? We don’t know, because it’s none of our goddamn business. … No matter what Elrond got up to, it didn’t effect his ability to perform his job like a boss. And that is to provide travelers with great directions.
A lot of people said that King Dice kinda reminded them of Dr Facilier from the Princess and the Frog movie so I sat down and drew these things
Maybe I’ll make more *wiggles eyebrows*
And of course the backgrounds are not drawn by me I just edited Dr Faciler out of the picture, also i apologize if the pictures are not in high quality
concept: a game called “john mulaney or cecil palmer?” where you have to guess if a quote was said by popular stand-up comedian john mulaney or fictional radio host cecil gershwin palmer
this might sound easy, but please keep in mind that john mulaney has
said “whoa, that tall child looks terrible! get some rest, tall child!
you can’t keep burning the candle at both ends!” and cecil palmer has
said “alligators: can they kill your children? yes.”
John has said “🎶Because we’re Delta Airlines, and life is a fucking nightmare! 🎶” and Cecil has said “Delta Airlines, because it’s not like you’re safe anywhere else.”
Some highlights from Shrek Retold, a weird and wonderful full length fan film made by over 200 contributors, that that recreates the entire first Shrek movie scene by scene using each contributors own unique style for the section they created.
