I don’t know if this was in the context of American elections, but I’d just like to point out that for all of the girls and women who have been forced to give birth after Dobbs due to Trump appointing 1/3 of the Supreme Court, there were catastrophic consequences with his victory. Oh, and I’m sure the children permanently traumatized by the Trump administration’s family separation policy at the border must count. And the thousands upon thousands of needless deaths from COVID after Trump knowingly downplayed a deadly virus. Need I go on?
A 50-kilogram anvil floats perfectly on the surface of mercury, because the density of the steel from which it is made is almost half the density of mercury.
damn that shit is light lmfao
Fun fact! Many lighthouses with especially large fresnel lenses would have huge fucking tubs of liquid mercury in the lantern room because it’s a super easy way to make these giant lenses rotate quickly!
Shockingly, however, spending most of your time in close proximity to 500 pounds of liquid mercury is Not Great For One’s Health and tons of lighthouse keepers started to go crazy from the whole. Mercury poisoning thing. Hence why there are a lot of “haunted” lighthouses or wickies that lose it and maybe do a bit of manslaughter.
Anyway, people saw a bunch of lighthouse keepers go crazy and get sick and got empirical evidence that it was in fact related to the 500 pound mercury bath they have to visit every day and then they decided nah it’s fine actually. So we’ve kept the liquid mercury thing and I think that’s beautiful
I love how it is so dense it does not “wet” the anvil, the drops all run and leave with nothing behind them unlike water, oil, sauce… it’s super satisfying it’s like in cartoons
I originally reblogged this with the tag “imagine if people minded their business” but I actually feel like that’s incorrect
Imagine if people talked to their neighbors. Can you imagine how much better off we would be if we knew the people around us and treated them like friends/coworkers instead of hostile individuals?
I’m not saying you have to be friends with them but at least KNOWING who lives around you is helpful. Jesus Christ.
that one scene in devil wears prada where Andy says that she would have never betrayed anyone like Miranda betrayed Nigel at the end in order to save herself and her position on top in the fashion industry and Miranda Priestly is quiet for a beat before she whispers in that lilt whispy voice ”you already did”…..that was a better written psychologically dynamic scene between two characters than most modern hero/villain scenes you see today in cinema
the devil wears prada walked so shows like hannibal and succession could run no I won’t be taking any questions
also i wonder if the writers for this ““chick flick”” movie knew that they were going to be creating one of the best written female antagonist characters that cinema has ever seen like Miranda Priestly was completely ruthless but also nuanced and sympathetic that gave her character layers in a way that still floors me watching the movie today
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