ALWAYS REBLOG WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS PLEASE; ITS SO MUCH MORE THAN IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE. IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO SOMEBODY AND EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT SEE THIS IN THE SAME LIGHT, SOMEONE MIGHT. INFACT YOU REBLOGGING THIS COULD STOP SOMEONE TAKING THEIR LIFE TONIGHT.
I noticed there isn’t one here for Ireland, so
Irish free suicide helpline: 01-116 123
last time i reblogged this, i got this ask:
so please, please reblog. this could actually save a life.
keep yourselves safe!
I’m not sure if the Finnish one is still accurate so here’s another Finnish 24/7 help line: 09 2525 0111 / MIELI ry
Archaeologists: “Uhhhh, there’s still a lot of debate about how effective leather armor really could have been on a battlefield. Alas, we shall never know.”
Punks: “Hey, fresh cut, the boneheads carry knives sometimes so make sure and lift a good leather jacket. It’ll save your life.”
Layers layers layers! Slashes won’t do shit even to most t shirts but a stab will ignore the shit outa your leathers. Layers will keep the blade from getting as deep as it otherwise would and gives more for it to snag on if it serrated.
Armour has always been about layers.
Example 1200s minor noble: linen shirt, gambeson (layered and quilted linen with wool insulation), chain mail, surcoat, arming cap, helmet, coif, bigger helmet.
Another example Alexander era Macedonian hoplite: linen tunic, greaves, 1" of tightly pressed and laminated linen, helmet (probably with some sort of arming cap/padding inside), big ass shield.
Layers save lives.
Yes! Cloth is hard work to cut with a knife. When they were trying to ban (sword) duelling in Europe, they banned people from carrying around shields/bucklers, so your defensive tool was a cloak wrapped around your non-sword fist, with plenty of loose fabric to catch your opponent’s blade. You might get your cloak torn, but you’re less likely to get your skin sliced up, and that’s the important thing.
You know what is a surprisingly amazing material for armor?
Silk.
Silk.
The Mongolians used silk vests because silk isn’t broken by an arrow, and you can use the silk to gently pull the arrow back out, even if it’s barbed. They also often used silk as the backing for leather armor.
The first bulletproof vests were made in Japan and Korea. Out of, yup, silk. Silk could stop black powder bullets, but was rendered obsolete by higher powered modern firearms. A combination of silk and metal was experimented with, but dropped because of the expense of silk.
Franz Ferdinand was wearing one such vest when he was assassinated, but it didn’t help because of where he was hit.
The US military is now looking into something called Dragon Silk, which is spider silk made by GMO silkworms, to make body armor that might be more comfortable than the current kevlar vests.
Silk, people.
You want proof about silk being able to stop an arrow? Try sewing it with the wrong machine needle in place. I have shattered – literally shattered – needles that were too thick. They just will not pass between the tightly woven fibers, even when in a machine that can go through your actual fingers. And that was just a lightweight taffeta, not something woven to be intentionally impenatrable.
It is horrible at stopping slashes, though. Whether by the blade of scissors, roller cutter, or well honed dagger or sword, it just falls to pieces like it never meant to be whole in the first place. This is, again, where your layers come in – a nice heavy leather for slash damage, a dense silk for piercing. You probably want to put something under it though, silk against sweaty skin is unpleasantly sticky. It *clings*. Eww.
Useful things elementary school neglected to teach me, exhibit #5839
I’d also like to point out that this is also reason 1920’s gangsters wore silk suits with silk vest and shirts
first I'm glad 2020 is treating you well... 2nd with Geralt and Henry Cavill... like I wasn't that into him before but now that I've seen him as Geralt like the man could do anything to me
This has literally been me and everyone I’ve talked to about The Witcher. Henry Cavill? Okay, yeah he’s a Hot Man, but like almost too basic good looking to be into properly, you know?
But toss that white wig and some dirt on him and GOOD LORD. HOW DARE YOU, SIR.
(also a verrrrry big fan of the thigh shots 👌)
i think that’s because Superman is THE most boring character, and Geralt is the good kind of sexy bad boy-monster hunter-assassin (also it’s the high waisted pants FOR SURE)
THEM PANTS YES
also he was much hotter in Superman when he had the beard or glasses on; maybe it’s his ridiculousy chiseled chin that’s the problem
Stiles is a young doctor of Egyptology and Peter Hale is an infamous treasure hunter specializing in funerary archeology. Together they team up to solve a mysterious anomaly in the record, which Stiles has been told to leave alone by his superiors. He just can’t let it lie, and Peter only encourages him to dig up the truth about what’s really been buried.
Self-indulgent mood board for @steterweek using photography from my own work aside from the pictures of the actors. A play on the research buddies trope.
batman not being in birds of prey is so funny to me bc its like once he hears about harley’s situation, he fucks off to a different country for a “vacation”, and gets the occasional update from alfred that’s like “well sir, she blew up the ace chemicals.” and bruce is like:
and then he goes back to doing weird justice league grade bullshit detective work.
Alfred: she got a hyena
Bruce: oh shit
Alfred: she named it after you
Bruce: Aww
Bruce: Has she killed anyone?
Alfred: She blew up the Black Mask
Oh and she helped kill Victor Zsasz
Bruce: Has she killed anyone who deserves to live
Alfred: No
Bruce: Good, just let her keep doing what she’s doing
listen batman has waited years for a vacation, if harley wants to tear up gothams underworld for a bit then he isn’t going to look a gift hyena in the mouth
I’ll tell you what’s ferocious. Freddie’s comeback to Sid calling him “Freddie Platinum” when they were recording down the hall from each other at London’s Wessex Studios (Queen for News of the World, Pistols for Bollocks).
Sid Vicious made the mistake one day of bursting into Queen’s control room and antagonizing their frontman. “Have you succeeded in bringing ballet to the masses, then?” he sneered. “Oh, yes, Simon Ferocious,” Mercury replied. “We’re trying our best, dear.”
Then, according to Queen biographer Daniel Nester, Freddie rose from his chair and began to playfully flick the safety pins displayed on the front of Sid’s leather jacket. “Tell me,” he asked, “did you arrange these pins just so?” When Sid stepped forward in an attempt to intimidate Freddie, the singer simply pushed him backwards and inquired, “What are you going to do about it?” Sid immediately backed down. [x]
Freddie Mercury may very well have had the biggest dick energy of anyone who ever lived
Bro (talking about a girl he’s interested in): She’s pretty cool. But kinda intimidating. She hates—well she doesn’t hate men but she hates the…man thing.
Me: …penis?
Bro: No. The—the thing. The bad cultural thing. The paternal thing.
Me: Ohhh. The Patriarchy?
Bro: That’s the bitch.
Me: I feel like we should probably not call the patriarchy ‘bitch.’ All things considered.
Bro: You right. See? This is why I’m stressed! What if I say something dumb like that in front of her!? Anyway. We’re going out again on Friday, I just gotta make sure I’m not patriarch-ing. Can you help me pick out what I’m going to wear? Feminists like flannel, right?
He actually doesn’t have the spirit, tbh, it sounds like it’s all performative so he can get his dick wet. Like he couldn’t give less of a shit.
@xollie Yikes. Obviously, I didn’t repeat the entire conversation (or subsequent conversations) we had. Obviously, you don’t know this kid’s full story. He’s young. He’s learning. The fact that he was already differentiating between hating men and hating the patriarchy was a big deal considering the background he comes from. He is genuinely interested in this girl. He does not just “want to get his dick wet” (in fact, I think he may be on the asexual spectrum–we’ve had several conversations about cultural sexual expectations as well).
You’re young too, so I’m going to try and say this as kindly as possible: Please. Do not look at one anecdote (selected for entertainment value!) and decide you know the whole story. More importantly: Please do not make assumptions about people who appear to be putting in effort, even if that effort appears to be minimal (especially if you don’t know the whole story). Please do not deride people who are trying. No one is born with a full intersectional understanding of gender, sexuality, race, disability, etc. We are all works in progress. If people are trying to grow, please, give them a chance to.
He is being performative.
Instead of researching what the patriarchy means, he’s asking you to tell him how he can look like he cares about feminism.
If he truly cares about her and woman’s struggles, he would have done some actual research.
Sure, it is a start that he’s trying to impress a feminist woman. Hanging out with her will likely introduce him to new ideas; however, if he’s not willing to put in actual work to learn the vocabulary and not mix up stereotypes and ideas, he will just be exhausting a woman who does not need to put emotional labor into educating him.
No one needs to pat your brother on the back. So many people learn about these things at a much younger age. In fact, woman are oppressed by our patriarchal society as babies and young girls.
You should hold him to a higher standard. He is 20 years old.
Me: makes a clarifying post asking that people not make snap judgments about a person based on an anecdote I chose for comedic value.
You: does…exactly that.
I literally have a Ph.D. in feminist/queer theory and gender studies. You don’t need to explain performativity or oppression to me.
This kid is not my brother. If he was, I would be holding him to a higher standard because he would have had years of education about this.
This kid did not. He spent 19 years in what I’d call a maliciously conservative Christian bubble (from his jokes and stories, an extremely racist, sexist, homophobic, and likely abusive environment) and it wasn’t until leaving for college (4 months ago!) that he was able to start figuring out who he is as a person separate from his family’s damaging influence.
He is trying to educate himself. Not just about gender but race and disability and religion. He’s reading books and watching youtube channels and asking a lot of (sometimes problematic! sometimes performative!) questions of people who are willing to answer them (mostly me and my friends at the climbing gym where he hangs out after class every day). He talks to us so he doesn’t bother his new friends his age with his questions. He started using the free counseling service on campus (so he’s not, you know, expecting free emotional labor from friends/girlfriends). He’s joined the gay/straight alliance. He’s attended various talks and events held by special interest groups on campus. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of my own undergraduate students with such a genuine interest in learning about other people’s worldviews and lived experiences or one who has changed this much in such a short period of time.
It’s pretty audacious that you think you know more about this person and the standard he should be held to, after seeing one (funny! Jesus. I chose that part of the conversation because it was funny) tiny piece of the interaction I’ve had with this individual than I do. Someone who has spent several hours a week talking to him for several months. Watching him change drastically over that period.
Four months. His education started four months ago.
I’m holding him to a standard he has a chance of meeting.
Op is the only bitch in this thread I respect
Those replies were not shocking but dissapointing to read.
Tumblr is not the place to grow or learn about progressive topics. It’s too polarizing.
If people are trying to grow, please, give them a chance to.
