"Fuck the ocean" indeed. Colossal squid are fucking terrifying.
Luckily, they almost never come into the shallows. As a diver, the thing I fear most is the Humboldt Squid. Scuba diving around sharks is usually pretty safe. There's only about five apex sharks, and as long as you're not bleeding and stay the fuck clear of their water, they won't seek you out. Orcas won't fuck you up as long as you leave well enough alone. Humboldt squid are different, though. They move in packs, and use color changes to coordinate hunting attacks. If a diver provokes them accidentally with a light or reflector, the shoal swarms in, latches on with suckered tentacles, and uses a razor-sharp beak to fuck you up without mercy. They are so ravenous that they will even eat other Humboldts when particularly peckish. Also, they're usually found at 600ft, but ocean acidification means that sometimes they swarm up to shallows to get oxygen, and it'll keep happening more and more as CO2 levels rise.
And don't even get me started on jellies and nematodes. Physalia physalis and the entire phylum Cnidaria can go fuck themselves. Same with fucking sea worms. You can see why Lovecraft was so afraid of the ocean.
One time, I was kayaking between some of the islands of the Alexander Archipelago (Alaska, part of the Tongass) and noticed some giant white rocks just under the surface beneath me. The tops were bone white, and about one and a half or two square feet in size, roughly square. Every hair on my body stood on end when I realized that these weren't giant stones, but rather ENORMOUS Lion's Mane jellies.
Thanks for that. I just finished cleaning my room. Now I feel like I wasted this day. (Actually I felt that even without the picture, but it amplified the feeling.)
No! I bet I could show studies that say living in a well-kept, healthy environment is good for you! I find I can't concentrate when there is visual chaos, so I like to clean a certain amount.
No! I bet I could show studies that say living in a well-kept, healthy environment is good for you! I find I can't concentrate when there is visual chaos, so I like to clean a certain amount.
Actually, yes. Living in a chaotic environment is stressful and distracting. If you are ever really super stressed out, try designating one room of the house and cleaning the shit out of it. I bet you feel better after asserting some control over your life.
No! I bet I could show studies that say living in a well-kept, healthy environment is good for you! I find I can't concentrate when there is visual chaos, so I like to clean a certain amount.
Actually, yes. Living in a chaotic environment is stressful and distracting. If you are ever really super stressed out, try designating one room of the house and cleaning the shit out of it. I bet you feel better after asserting some control over your life.
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But yeah, when I had a room, sometimes I'd just get up at night and start cleaning it for no real reason. Then my parents would be like, "Your room was a pigsty when we went to bed. What happened? Did gnomes come to your room at night?"
I find that I'm way more clean when I have someone else around. When it's just me, I tend to let things go more, or only clean up the space I need to use right then.
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And don't even get me started on jellies and nematodes. Physalia physalis and the entire phylum Cnidaria can go fuck themselves. Same with fucking sea worms. You can see why Lovecraft was so afraid of the ocean.
I paddled the fuck out of there pretty fast.
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I find I can't concentrate when there is visual chaos, so I like to clean a certain amount.
But yeah, when I had a room, sometimes I'd just get up at night and start cleaning it for no real reason. Then my parents would be like, "Your room was a pigsty when we went to bed. What happened? Did gnomes come to your room at night?"