because they fly at night [Italian: pipistrello, Slovenian: netopir, Polish: nietoperz, Greek: nykterides, Farsi: shab parreh]
So bat literally means flapper. You’re welcome.
This, my friends, this is true etymology. Explaining why something is named the way it is, finding patterns and principles of meaning, not just tracing a word’s form back through time (which, admittedly, is oftentimes a prerequisite for exploring the former).
This exact conversation is how I became friends with @pipcomix
breathe. you’ve made it so far this year. you’ve gotten through so many things that you thought you wouldn’t, and you’ll continue to get though this, whatever it is. i know you can. i believe in you, and i’m so, so proud of you. i know it probably seems impossible, but it’s going to be ok. it’s going to be ok.
breathe in, breath out. and just keep breathing. we’re gonna get there.
I’m glad this article highlights that if this man made it to shore and had extended contact with these people, he would have exposed them to diseases they’ve never seen before and potentially killed them all. There’s a reason it’s illegal to go there, and Jesus isn’t gonna protect them from chicken pox or the flu.
Like honestly who asked you to do this. Who asked you to buy a plane ticket and go there. Like just go to the movies ?? Live your life?? Eat a crepe?? Who asked you to do this
Apparently it was his dream since high school to bring The Jesusness SPECIFICALLY to these people on this island. He was obsessed with Robinson Crusoe all his life and as a child he used to “paint his face with berry juice and run around the woods with a spear.“ I’m not making any of this up this guy had a total fucking hard-on for the idea that he might one day be the white savior of some ~poor ignorant heathens.
That’s ONE millionaire. Imagine what all millionaires and billionaires could do for this country if they actually put their obscene wealth to practical use.
Hey everyone, so you know organizations like UNICEF and whatnot that allow you to buy the kind of gifts where you donate mosquito nets or something in a person’s name? Well a lot of those organizations will let you donate vaccines, as it turns out. Like, right now on UNICEF’s site, providing 100 polio vaccines to kids in need is 19 USD. And I’m not saying you should buy it and then send a card to an anti-vax relative saying you’ve provided lifesaving vaccinations in their name, but actually that’s exactly what I’m saying
This the master post for everyone who has never had good luck in their life. By reposting this all your bad luck will disappear, as well as you’ll become a better person. It’s time we have good times and good people in this world, and nobody can argue with that!
go write three sentences on your current writing project.
# my favourite part about this post # is that nowhere does it say to reblog this # but we’re all reblogging it # because if we have to suffer # so do other writers
F u c k
Because of this I stopped procrastinating and got 1000 words out on my WIP!!
Because of the security vulnerabilities we were made aware of yesterday, we are going to keep the site offline for a while so we can make sure to do a thorough security review. As far as we know no user accounts have been compromised, but we were made aware that someone was attempting to exploit security vulnerabilities in the site and we took the site down to prevent any serious breaches. Now, this is bad timing for us as we were hoping to bring on many new users today, but we would rather take the time to make sure we do a proper security audit of the site and fix things thoroughly, rather than doing a hasty and incomplete patch and thus leave the site open to likely further attacks.
Now, if you donated to the site in the last week expecting to get a key today and are understandably disappointed, you can email us at info@pillowfort.io requesting a refund and we will return your money to you ASAP. However, if you are willing to stick it out while we work on these security fixes, you will receive your key once we get the site back up. Thank you all for your patience.
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