who was the fool who was tasked with naming the galaxy and the only adjective they could think of was ‘mmmmmmmmmmmmilky…’
scientist: (gazing up at space) scientist: ……….. it sure is a milky boy
NO
YOU DONT UNDERSTAND
ASTRONOMERS ARE THE SHITTIEST EVER AT NAMING THINGS I KID YOU NOT.
When it came time to name the two theoretical particle types that might be dark matter THEY INTENTIONALLY CHOSE THE NAMES SO THAT THE ACRONYMS WOULD SPELL “WIMPS” AND “MACHOS” I SHIT YOU NOT
THEY ARE FUCKING TERRIBLE AT NAMING ANYTHING
I just listened to a talk by Neil deGrasse Tyson himself LAST NIGHT and he went on about this more than once.
“I’m walking down the street and I’m like ‘ooh pretty rock…’ and some Geologist is like ‘actually, that’s anorthosite feldspar’ and I’m like ‘Nevermind, I don’t want it anymore.’ Any biologists in the audience? [some clapping] Yeah, you know what I’m talking about. The most important molecule in the human body, what did you name it? It has NINE SYLLABLES and it’s so long that even YOU GUYS abbreviate it as ‘DNA’!
But astrophysicists and astronomers? No, man, we call it like we see it. Star made of neutrons? NEUTRON STAR. Small white star? WHITE DWARF. You know that big red spot on Jupiter? Know what we called it? JUPITER’S RED SPOT.”
okay i’m glad you mentioned the biologist nonsense bc their naming methods are the bane of my existence
I see your astrophysicists-are-shit-at-names and raise you Marine-Biologists-Are-Fucking-Maniacs.
See this beautiful creature?
It’s a carnivorous deep-sea sponge that lives off of Easter Island and never sees the light of day, as it’s about 9000 feet down. Those delicate-looking orbs are covered in millions of tiny hooked spines, which latch onto anything unfortunate enough to bump into it, and hold it in place as it is digested alive by the sponge’s skin. Amazing, beautiful and profoundly creepy. They could have given it so many cool names. Could have drawn on mythology (I think Scylla would have been an appropriate reference), the region it was found in, the textured skin, PHAGOCYTOSIS, anything!
Society likes to talk about the survivors that overcame the bad, and came out
kind.
They like to
talk about the childhood sexual abuse survivor who became a social worker to
help children in their situation.
They like to
talk about the rape survivor who now runs a campaign to help others in their
situation.
They like to
talk about the domestic abuse survivor who took an stand and found his voice. He now speaks
out and spreads awareness for others in his situation.
They like to talk about the emotional abuse survivor who found her strength and
uses a public platform to empower others.
While these
are all amazing things, they can leave survivors that are struggling with the
messy parts feeling like they’re ‘wrong’ or ‘weak’ because they can’t handle it
so gracefully.
Society
likes to tell us that ‘everything happens for a reason.’
Excuse my
language, but it’s bullshit.
I see you.
I see the survivors that went through their trauma and didn’t come out kind,
but came out mistrusting and hardened. They came out bitter.
I see the
tears. And I don’t mean the ‘beautiful’ crying that you see shown, but the ugly
ones. The heart wrenching sobs that take over your entire body and leave your
eyes a bloodshot mess and snot coming out of your nose. I see the sobs that
consume and can even leave you throwing up uncontrollably.
I see the
angry survivors. I see the screaming and the angry outbursts. I see broken
glass. And then there’s the quiet anger. I see the bloodied knuckles, cuts and
burns because someone has so much anger but internalizes it to not ‘disturb’
others.
I see you. I
see all of you.
And there is nothing wrong with you.
Society tries to portray us all as these beautifully tragic individuals. No one
wants to believe something so terrible could happen in our world. So they deal
with it by saying ‘everything happens for a reason, just look at how it changes
these people for the better.’
Rape is
ugly. Abuse is ugly. Your healing does not have to be beautifully poetic.
Don’t let society bring you down. You ARE strong. You survived. And don’t let
anyone make you feel ashamed because you didn’t do it the way society thinks
you should.
“in case no one told you, you deserve to be happy in your relationship
when they kiss you on the forehead or hold you in their arms, you should experience pure euphoria
not anxiety or dread at the thought of this moment slipping away at any second
and it’s okay that everything isn’t perfect all of the time, nothing ever is
but you don’t deserve to be more upset then happy when you’re with them in case no one told you, you should feel safe in your relationship
safety is not something you have to earn, it is something you deserve
and your partner should make you feel safe, they should want to make you feel safe they should want to protect you from any harm
not one the one causing you harm in case no one told you, you shouldn’t be isolated
your partner is not allowed to refuse you the right to be with people you want to be with
and your partner should not be the only person you spend time with it isn’t okay for you to feel guilty for wanting to have friends, for wanting to be with other people
it doesn’t mean you don’t love them just because you want to have other people in your life
isolation is not healthy in case no one told you, relationships should be healthy
there should be communication without fear
there should be patience and understanding
there should be a two-way street
and your partenr should not put all of the blame on your shoulders until you’ve been weighed down so much that you can’t even think of standing up
because not everything has to be on you
you shouldn’t have to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders
and they shouldn’t be the ones to put it there
and most of all, there should be love in case no one told you, love shouldn’t hurt
love shouldn’t make your stomach twist it shouldn’t make your heart race
it shouldn’t make your body stiff with tension in case no one told you, there are multiple ways to feel close with someone without having sex
sex is not the most important part of a relationship
and if anyone makes you feel like your love for them is determined by if you’ll have sex with them, they are wrong because in case no one told you, you can say no to sex
you can say no whenever you want
you can say no and you don’t have to justify it just because you’re dating someone, that does not mean you give consent just because you’ve had sex before does not mean every single time they want to be with you, you have to do it
just because they want to, doesn’t mean you have to
just because you don’t want to, doesn’t mean you don’t love them in case no one told you, saying “i love you” does not make up for treating you badly
buying you flowers or gifts does not make up for the fact that they screamed at you until you cried
kissing you passionately does not make up for the fact that they called you worthless and stupid
telling you that they love you and they’re sorry and that they’ll never do it again doesn’t mean shit if they keep doing it over and over again in case no one told you, not all abuse is physical
just because they never laid a hand on you doesn’t mean losing their temper over something small and making you feel horrible is okay
just because they never held you down and forced themselves on you doesn’t mean the sex was consented just because they don’t act like this everyday doesn’t mean it’s okay
just because it isn’t physical doesn’t mean it isn’t abuse in case no one told you, you don’t deserve to be scared all of the time in case no one told you, you have value in case no one told you, they fucked up, not you
they were the one who hurt you
and nothing you could have done would have warranted that in the slightest in case no one told you, you’re going to get out of this situation in case no one told you, you’re strong enough
despite how badly they try to make you feel weak
you are not weak
you have untapped strength
and i know you can fight your way out of this hell in case no one told you, you don’t have to go through this alone in case no one told you, you’re allowed to ask for help in case no one told you, you don’t have to be quiet about this
you don’t have to suffer in silence
you don’t deserve to suffer in silence
your wounds can be loud, your pain can have a voice, and you can scream to the rooftops about what you’ve been through in case no one told you, you’re allowed to be angry
because of the way they treated you, because of what they did to you
you’re allowed to be angry at them but please, please do not be angry at yourself
because in case no one told you, it wasn’t your fault
it was never your fault”
— in case no one told you, now someone is telling you written in response to
doddlevloggle’s video “angry” and littlemoresonic’s video “i’m angry too” (cc, 2016)
I’m such a slut for that condescending faux-sympathy voice that turns vicious so quick. Like when you whimper and they say, “aw, does that hurt you baby?” and you nod yes and they say “Good, it’s supposed to.”
