replace the engagement ring with an engagement sword
Fun fact: The Vikings literally exchanged swords at a wedding. The man was supposed to BREAK INTO HIS FATHER’S/GRANDFATHER’S CRYPT, STEAL HIS SWORD, AND GIVE IT TO HIS WIFE WHEN THEY GOT MARRIED. The woman gave her husband a brand-new sword. And like, the woman was apparently supposed to hang onto this ancient sword and make sure that it was buried with her husband when he died.
So yeah. Engagement swords or at least wedding swords should definitely be a thing.
so wait, were viking men not allowed to get married until their father died? Or did everyone just build a crypt as soon as they had a son and put a sword in it? Or if your dad was still alive, were you just supposed to break into his room and steal it from him while he slept? I NEED ANSWERS
Seconded.
Factoid and fanciful, but a bit too pat to be fact, at least in any sweeping “this is how it ALWAYS happened” way.
Viking-era swords were indeed recycled, but usually by being handed down not dug up, even though in “Grettis Saga” the protagonist
Grettir Ásmundarson
carries a
short sword or long knife
(a saex or seax or scramasax or sax but not AFAIK a sex) called Kársnautr
–
“Kárr’s gift” – which he took from
Kárr’s burial mound.
This one, similar to No. 13, is the “seax of Beagnoth”, held by the British Museum…
…and this repro shows one of the simplest hilt-types it might have had when new.
, including several
ending in “-nautr”. The giver of the gift might be a king or jarl although, given the cynical Viking sense of humour, the donor might equally be a
defeated enemy
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Fact: bisexuals make up a majority of the LGBT population.
Fact: the majority of bisexuals are closeted.
Theory: If all bisexual people came out, straight people would no longer be the majority.
Do we really make up a majority? Cause the way we’re erased i had no idea. Like really. I thought we were in minority…
The Human Rights Commission of San Francisco released a groundbreaking report on Bisexual Invisibility in 2010 which revealed that, even though only 28% of bisexuals are out (compared to 71% of lesbians and 77% of gay men.) bisexuals out-number gays and lesbians combined, Many studies have followed which verify this data.
will someone please tell straight people that killing off the lesbian character is not “shocking” or “original” it’s predictable and fucking homophobic lol
same with lgbt people being abused and rejected by society. how many of those films do we need?
You realize basically all LGBT films showcase bigotry from a sort of “third party perspective” in which this rejection can be understood from a cishet audience but doesn’t showcase at all what it feels like to experience this rejection.
You see the characters have nasty things thrown at them, you see casual homophobia/transphobia, you may see violence even, all things that non-LGBT people perceive, but you almost never see a character staying in the closet because they think the world should be shielded from them or because they think they really ARE just going through a phaze, etc. There’s almost never any of the psychological effects of living in a prejudiced society. Things you need to be LGBT for in order to understand.
Off the top of my head, the only films I can think of where the characters show how rejection can cause personal problems are Saving Face where a character is closeted and her behavior alienates her partner, Cloudburst (Everyone should watch Cloudburst btw) where a character keeps her sexuality hidden to “protect her family” and Tokyo Godfathers where the character experiences emotional pain over not being able to bear children. Thaaat’s it. Three movies.
Source: I make an effort to watch every single “LGBT movie” out there. There’s so few that I can do that.
It’s summer on the northern hemisphere, which means people are going to beaches, rivers, lakes, pools and water parks. That means people are at risk of drowning. Hollywood has given us a false impression of what drowning actually looks like, and it costs lives.
Drowning is not splashing and screaming for help. It is silent, undramatic and over in seconds.
Below is video footage of an actual near drowning that illustrates how undramatic it is. People swim right by the drowning boy and have no idea he’s drowning. This is real and in real time.
The little boy in the video survived. Many children don’t.
An adult swimmer engaging in the instinctive drowning response during an active drowning may struggle for 30 to 60 seconds before they submerge and don’t come up. A child may only last 20 seconds before they go under and stay there.
Small children struggle less before they submerge for the last time.
What does the instinctive drowning response look like?
Splashing, if there is any, is minimal.
A drowning person’s body is vertical in the water.
Their face is tilted up towards the sky and their mouth is usually open.
You may only see their face barely poking above the surface as they try to keep their mouth out of the water.
Their face or mouth may bob up and down repeatedly on the surface, then they start to submerge completely and resurface over and over.
Their eyes are often closed, but look glassy and unfocused if they’re open.
They might have a panicked look on their face.
Their hair may be slicked down on their face, and they aren’t trying to brush it back or aside.
Their arms may be stretched out to the sides as if they’re trying to leverage themselves out of the water.
They might look like they’re climbing an invisible ladder or doggy paddling, but they aren’t moving in any direction.
(Exception: If there is a current, it may pull them along. They will still be vertical with their head tilted back and bobbing up and down.)
Drowning happens partly due to physics and partly due to biology. Human noses have nostrils pointing downward. If you put an open, empty glass in water, the air will stay trapped in it until you tip it and let the air bubble escape.
A person who is drowning instinctively tilts their head back to keep their mouth out of the water, and it’s like tilting the glass when they start to submerge. Water gets into their nose, goes down their throat and causes spasms in the larynx as the airway tries to protect itself. Imagine how hard it is to get a good breath to cough when you choke while taking a drink of something. It’s the same spasm, except a drowning person can’t clear their airway.
A drowning person can’t breathe enough to call out or reach for help. They are using all their body’s energy to stay above water and breathe.
It may look like they’re playing around.
They aren’t.
They are dying.
Losing consciousness in drowning is a cumulative effect, not something that happens after they’re under for x amount of time.
A drowning person can’t get enough oxygen because of the spasm in their larynx. Their struggle uses more oxygen than they’re getting, carbon dioxide builds up and they can’t stay conscious.
A cessation of struggle and the final submerging means consciousness may have been lost or is being lost. The person might jerk around underwater– this is likely convulsions from the lack of oxygen. The spasm keeping the larynx shut relaxes and lets water into the lungs (wet drowning) or it may stay shut and the person suffocates that way (dry drowning).
The person may sink completely if water is going into their lungs. They’ll usually survive if they’re rescued right as they reach this point, but the longer they’re down, the smaller their chances of survival.
Even people who swim well will go into the instinctive drowning response if they end up in trouble in the water. Somebody knocked off a boogie board or getting a leg cramp can go into distress very quickly and easily.
It’s called the instinctive drowning response for a reason. It’s reflexive, not a choice.
Sometimes asking a swimmer who appears to be in trouble if they’re okay can make all the difference. If they can’t respond to you because they’re so focused on staying above water, they’re probably in trouble.
Always swim with a buddy. If you’re watching kids at a pool, put your book or phone away and watch them. Don’t use your ears to rely on screams for help or splashing sounds because it will not happen unless somebody else sees the drowning and yells to alert others, and by then it may be too late.
If your kid is loud in the pool and they get quiet, it may be because they’re drowning and need help. Parents have literally watched their children drown, and people will swim right past a drowning person without realizing it because they don’t know what real drowning looks like. You can thank Hollywood for that.
Here is video footage fishermen caught of a raccoon drowning in a river.
Watch how fast it happens.
That could be your two year old right next to you.
* * * TW Actual animal drowning footage. The raccoon did not survive. (Poor baby… ). * * *
Go to 1:27 if the video doesn’t automatically put you there.
The raccoon steps off a ledge, is surprised to hit deep water and gets dragged along by the current. It sounds like the fisherman tried to catch the animal with his fishing line, but wasn’t successful.
Animals have the same instinctive drowning response that humans do; head back, a panicked face bobbing in the water, little to no splashing. I’m showing this to illustrate the instinctive part and how fast it happens.
Lifeguards are trained to look for the instinctive drowning response, but it pays if you know the signs, too, because that knowledge will save someone’s life.
~* Please reblog this to spread drowning awareness and save a life. *~
it’s kind of a shame that the “don’t tread on me” rattlesnake image is specifically a right wing thing
because that image and text are just about the best visual representation of “do no harm but take no shit” ever
Same?
I’m especially upset because I used to use that flag as a personal symbol and talking point, because there used to be a lot of rattlesnakes killed out here for no good reason – given that if you just don’t pester them you chances of getting bitten are minimal. It was a good way to talk about that.
And if you put that on a human scale, it seems to be a fierce sort of plea for the people on high to respect those lower down. Which is the last thing the Tea Party stands for. >.<
And especially given that rattlesnakes care for their young, I’ve thought of re-purposing it recently. To say that our communities will protect those that others disrespect (immigrants, LGBTIA+, disabled) no matter what threats we may face.
Yes! I would so want this if I thought it would take off.
SAME. There’s a very fiercely independent and anti-authoritarian part of me that would love to be able to claim this.
Maybe it’s time for a redesign or a slight touch up?
New rule: Gadsden flag in blue and white instead of black and yellow is now left-libertarian, anti-authoritarian, and pro-weirdo. Gadsden flag with the snake in pride colors is that but with a very explicit MOGAI focus.
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