Knitting is generally accepted to have been invented in Egypt around the Millennium, with the first clearly knit object (intricate colorwork socks) dated to around 1100 CE. Roman artifacts from 2-4th centuries would not be “knitting” tools, since knitting as we know it didn’t exist yet. Nalbinding predates knitting, but requires a flat needle with an eye which is fully passed through each loop, so this tool is still not related. It could be some kind of weaving/textile tool, but those knobs don’t actually look that easy to work with. I would expect some kind of taper to facilitate passing threads/yarns over the tip if that were the case. My opinion: it’s a coincidence that it just happens to look like the “knitting looms” at the hobby store.

Their eyeshadow game is on point! So dramatic, I love it.

I think I need the boundary you stated in the post. I really struggle when it feels like I’m not in control of my time/energy. When someone else takes away my self agency. I hate that feeing and makes me resentful towards whatever external factor is causing it.

I know the reason why this is a sensitive issue for me, and no longer am in those circumstances. But it comes up in other contexts, and I don’t know how a boundary would work there. Eg, work requiring me to “sacrifice” personal time. I get paid for the hours I work, but it deeply bothers me to have to give up my morning routine so I that I start work early to meet someone else’s deadline. It’s not unreasonable to have to occasionally work a little more, so setting a hard boundary isn’t appropriate, but where is the line for my personal comfort? Same with personal relationships, it’s not unreasonable to give in sometimes, but where to draw the line?

Do it! I didn’t know much about owls before this & have just been casually googling. A ‘guided tour’ of the history would be amazing.

I googled it - so much drama in taxonomy! Also learned that screech owls have a courtship duet song, so that seals it for me. #TeamScreech

This one’s tough, they’re both so adorable…

Gotta go for the resting sick-of-this-shit face of the Snowy Owl

I don’t know what OP might be thinking of, but I can give you an example. DSM-5 does not recognize Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), which is associated with chronic traumatizing experiences (e.g., victims of physically abusive parents, victims of sex trafficking). The diagnostic criteria would be different than the currently recognized PTSD, which tends to be based on one or a few traumatic events (eg., soldiers/survivors of war, car crash, rape). Since it’s not recognized, many people who have PTSD-like symptoms but who don’t fit the current criteria get diagnosed with anxiety or other disorders, and subsequently don’t get access to the most effective treatments. CPTSD exists on a spectrum from sub-clinical to disabling, just like PTSD. People on the extreme end should get the necessary accommodations for their disability, but without the clinical diagnosis are often expected to kind of suck it up in the “everyone has anxiety” kind of way.
Bessel van der Kolk and other mental health experts/clinicians have been working for decades to get it included in the DSM, but it continues to be excluded. It is, however, in the ICD-11.

Nobody is actually happier enforcing patriarchy, it’s just that shedding it can be uncomfortable and difficult.

This is such a great line. It works for any toxic worldview/belief system.

Boil ‘em, mashbake ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew…

I can use google translate, I figured out your comment. Just making a joke was all.

I don't speak or read Chinese, so here's the closest thing I've got: 何?!?

Ours is Loretta cause that’s what she looks like. My mom named hers Mavis for similar reasons.

This didn't go where I thought it was going... in the best possible way. I love the positivity and genuine goodness in this post and these people. Thank you for restoring a little of my faith in humanity.

Hey I just found this community and your post. I love this picture, although the location of the shifter made me laugh… my first road bike that I commuted on had downtube shifters. A Univega (named Vegas, what else) that was a handmedown from a cousin. I felt so fancy when I eventually got indexed shifters on the handlebars!

Unpopular opinion maybe, but my peeve is when men stand to pee. It gets everywhere and is so disgusting. Every weekend when I’m bleaching the walls and everything in the “splash zone” it irks me that guys won’t also just sit to pee.

That mallard is legally occupying that parking space, and secretly enjoys when people pull up thinking it’s an open space only to find it occupied. Duck facts.

One giant drop stitch is a good description for the fabric, with maybe some macrame in the middle there...

I guess a third hand would make it easier to deal with working directly from the skein?? It kinda reminds me of all the cheap product listings where knitting needles are pictured with crochet fabric/being modeled like crochet hooks (& vice versa)...

I thought about that also! In a proper lace weight yarn it would look like a web made by a spider on drugs. Halloween decoration, maybe?