You know how canaries were historically brought into coal mines, because if the mine was full of carbon monoxide the canary would die first and the miners would be able to escape before they died too?
I just found the greatest thing.
This is a canary resuscitator.
When the miners notice the canary getting sick with carbon monoxide poisoning, they can close that circular hatch so no more gas gets into the canary cage, and open the valve on that oxygen tank to keep the canary breathing. In other words, they made a spacesuit for birds.
By immediately giving the canary access to clean air, the miners can save it from the poison. The bird lives. To be clear, this is not for economic purposes, this was specifically created because the miners felt bad and wanted to save the bird.
Isn’t that just the perfect demonstration of what humans are like? We started sacrificing small creatures to save ourselves, and then felt bad and spent our valuable resources on saving the critters too. Because yeah the canary was the only way to test for CO, but it’s a living creature too, dammit!
*The first leaf of autumn falls*
Me:
Monroe on Grimm is completely adorable. (x)
Update: I accidentally opened a portal to hell. Well, this is my life now.
We're actually studying greek mythology in english class... Its really boring at times...
Instead of saying motherfucker you can just say Oedipus
“Many adults are put off when youngsters pose scientific questions. Children ask why the sun is yellow, or what a dream is, or how deep you can dig a hole, or when is the world’s birthday, or why we have toes. Too many teachers and parents answer with irritation or ridicule, or quickly move on to something else. Why adults should pretend to omniscience before a five-year-old, I can’t for the life of me understand. What’s wrong with admitting that you don’t know? Children soon recognize that somehow this kind of question annoys many adults. A few more experiences like this, and another child has been lost to science. There are many better responses. If we have an idea of the answer, we could try to explain. If we don’t, we could go to the encyclopedia or the library. Or we might say to the child: “I don’t know the answer. Maybe no one knows. Maybe when you grow up, you’ll be the first to find out.”
— Carl Sagan (via universal-wanderer)
He’s probably fantasized about this moment happening over and over again and spends his sleepless nights analyzing how he’d accept. He needs more time to choose the appropriate reaction.
Also, L-O-V-E by Nate King Cole started playing from my playlist while I was reading this post and it just makes it all the more funnier.
you can clearly see Jim thinking deeper and deeper as he tries to figure out if this is a proposal or not.
NDT layin it on thick today.
Every girl needs this.
How did they chose the names for cheese?
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Life is a tornado and I'm just a cow being spun around for cinematic value.
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