Welcome to this amalgamation of cute stuff, serious stuff, tragic stuff, and uplifting stuff, that I call a "blog". This is Charley by the way. Big time nerd, sometimes likes to draw and is shit at interacting with others. But hey, feel free to strike a convo whenever. Meanwhile enjoy this bumpy ride.
Feel free to ask/DM me bout my other social media.
THISTHISTHIS, and linguistic prescriptivism also falls into this category. Completely pointless, historically arbitrary way to keep TALENT + MERIT as secondary qualifiers. “First impressions matter” my ass. Get Gen Xs out of hiring positions
All this also applies to neurodivergent people. Social constructs and social situations can be really difficult to comprehend
let me be clear: I’m not telling you to lie to adults about your opinion on children in order to like, blend in with society. it’s perfectly acceptable to tell other adults you’d rather not spend time with kids because you find them annoying or even just don’t understand them and their needs
but you absolutely Have To Lie about it when you’re around children. You can’t let children know you don’t like them alright this isn’t hard
The
difference between a good photograph and a National Geographic
photograph is often just a slight shift in perspective. Sometimes a
ladder is really inexpensive tool (less so in my case, since I had to
fly it to the remote Indian Ocean atoll of Aldabra) to obtain a
different point of view. This proved to be the case on assignment for @natgeo
in Seychelles a few years ago, when the ladder helped me create the
opening image for this story. I have posted that particular photograph
before, but I will post it again tomorrow for reference. Aldabra has
the highest concentration of blacktip reef sharks I have ever
experienced. The sheer abundance of sharks there is completely out of
this world. At low tide they congregate in a small lagoon on a reef flat
where a brisk current bathes them in cooler well oxygenated water. They
avoid the deeper water off the reef edge where bigger sharks may prey
on them.
Time lapse video by my assistant and talented videographer @ottowhitehead
I can see how they tricked Ash…their lie was so masterfully conceived, so brilliantly thought out that even Wonder Woman the goddess of truth herself would have a hard time seeing through it!
Team Rocket either didn’t realize how bad a plan this was and just got really lucky or they knew how bad it was but they also knew it would work anyway
They realised that their mistake was going for plans so complicated that only an idiot could mess them up because Ash, while he is a good soul, is very much an idiot (I say this with no hate in my heart, Ash is a good person but he is also a fool)
And so they went for a scheme so ridiculous that no one with a shred of common sense could fall for it…and naturally Ash fell for it right away :D
Ya’ll.are missing the worst part. They arent wearing disguises. They have glasses on and thats it, and Jame’s dont even hide his eyes. Ash has been dealing with team rocket for years and yet they blatently walk up to him wearing nothing but hats and glasses and Ash immedietly just said “yes. These noodle salespeople who look almost identical to the people who’ve been stalking me and stealing my pikachu for most of my life are clearly well-meaning trustworthy individuals who are in no way suspicious”