it is pretty hard to find solid statistics on wolf attacks, but as far as i can tell, wolves in north america kill way way way less than one person a year, which means that forces more deadly to us than wolves include: dogs, ice fishing, and getting crushed by a falling flat screen tv.
…further complications to trying to write non-ridiculous angst into a werewolf story
“you don’t understand…i’ve done things under the full moon that i can never take back…one time i ate a squirrel”
“I SNIFFED MY OWN BUTT. THE INDIGNITY HAUNTS ME STILL.”
“i have pooped in the woods and now must go brood about it. don’t try to follow me.
…and seriously, be careful around your flatscreen, it is probably heavier that you think.”
European wolves (before they were hunted into extinction in most areas) attacked humans purposefully a lot; it’s in the historical record.
North American gray wolves have a natural fear of humans and attack people very rarely, really only when threatened or starving.
So like, imagine, like, a divide between people who got infected with Old World and New World lycanthropy. One makes you this dangerous beast that sees humans as a viable food source an another makes you perceive humans as a threat. Imagine people getting it wrong!
Some shady paranormal group capturing a werewolf to use as security but it just runs away when people trespass.
Some hunters go deep into the woods to murder a werewolf clan for their pelts but it turns out they’ve isolated themselves so deeply because they have the European strain and none of the hunters survive.
New werewolves are so confused because the websites give conflicting advice: get yourself to your nearest national park when you’re about to turn and just let yourself run free; if you try to cage yourself the claustrophobia and the smell of people will make you panic and you could really hurt yourself or someone else.
vs
If you’re anywhere near human civilization you must make sure you turn in a closed space that you can’t escape from in wolf form or you’ll definitely kill someone. Just try to take a nap during the full moon, OK.
And they’re like, WHAT DO I DO WHICH ONE DO I HAVE?
updated position: at the end of the day, there are, in fact, a number of possible compelling werewolf problems.
case in point, the global werewolf cultural divide!
on the subject of the global werewolf cultural divide, another update, per wikipedia:
Wolves from different geographic locations may howl in different fashions: the howls of European wolves are much more protracted and melodious than those of North American wolves, whose howls are louder and have a stronger emphasis on the first syllable. The two are however mutually intelligible, as North American wolves have been recorded to respond to European-style howls made by biologists (x)
that’s right guys: wolves have accents
Day: July 13, 2016
Dear JSTOR:
Dear JSTOR, I got my master’s degree in june 2015, and spent the last academic year working and travelling. But I am now back home, and it’s time for me to sit down and start looking for a “real job”, something more or less in the field of my studies. But I struggle a lot, can’t seem to focus on my job hunt, and get distracted every time I try to work on my CV or a cover letter. Do you have any (sourced) advice?
Hello friend:
First, let me thank you for your question! This is a great one
and I think applies to all of us, not just those starting their post-academic
careers.Transitioning from one type of environment (university) to
another (the workforce) is always hard and will take time to adjust, as it
requires both a mental shift and change in routine – these changes are really
difficult to manage sometimes and I’m glad you reached out.I would like to compliment you on your decision to take a break
to travel and work for a year – there are many benefits to taking all kinds of
gap years, whether they be before university, between undergraduate/graduate
study, or post-graduation/pre-workforce. Taking time to travel and work can
allow you to meet new people, develop social and problem-solving skills, and
learn practical skills like budget and time management.(1) So: you are doing
OK! Try to focus on the skills you’ve obtained over the last year, the people
you’ve met, and know that you are doing just fine.Searching for a job can be tedious and overwhelming, all at the
same time, but there are a few tactics to keep in mind when participating in
this mostly solitary endeavor.1.
Set goals: perceived goal progress is key to feeling like you
are accomplishing something, and research suggests “that when individuals
perceive goal progress, they are more likely to report positive affect (e.g.
feelings of excitement, pride, enthusiasm)” (2). So what does that mean? Sit
down with a pen and paper, tablet, laptop, whatever, and write out two to three
things you can do for your job search every day that are achievable. Examples
are: look at job postings for 1 hour; write two cover letters; explore the
career sections of 3 companies I admire; update my LinkedIn profile; read 2 job
search articles on The Muse, LinkedIn or other job seeking site; reach out to a
college friend for a recommendation; or ask a trusted friend or advisor to edit
my CV. Accomplishing achievable goals each day will help you feel like you are
progressing, even while waiting to hear back from potential employers.2. Research also suggests that patience with the process is key to
succeeding in obtaining a job offer (3). Impatient job seekers can wind up
getting more frustrated with the search and therefore give up more easily and,
if they do get an offer, are more likely to take the first one they receive –even if there are better opportunities still out there. So how
does one remain patient during the job search? Be sure you have other things to
focus on! Set aside a certain number of hours every day, at the same time –
maintaining a consistent schedule is going to be helpful now with your job
search and will prepare you for employment) and during the rest of the day,
focus on other things and don’t think about your job search. Play Pokemón Go,
write, hang out with us on Tumblr, swim, exercise, draw, watch Jane the Virgin on Netflix, eat
popsicles in the park, go to a zoo, read books that you love, take up
cross-stitching (heck, take up Cross Fitting, even) but do other things! Things
that light your soul on fire, and get you excited to think about. If you don’t
know what those things are, try new ones until you find them! Remember: keep a
schedule. Get up at the same time every weekday and devote 3 to 4 hours to your
job search tasks. Then spend the rest of the day creating anything your heart
desires. Be sure to get some exercise. Move around. Get outside. Hang out with
friends and family.You will be OK. Looking for a job feels like a hopeless,
meaningless endeavor for those who are stuck in it but every time I’ve felt
like I’d never, ever, ever find a new position, you know what? I did. And you
will too.Take care and remember to be
kind to yourself,JSTOR
1. George
Alan Blackburn, Gordon Clark and David Pilgrim. “The Gap Year for Geographers:
Effects and Paradoxes.” Geography, 90.1 (2005): 32-41. Retrieved from
JSTOR: http://www.jstor.org/stable/405740272.
Connie R. Wanberg, Jing Zhu, and Edwin A. J. Van Hooft. “The Job
Search Grind: Perceived Progress, Self-Reactions, and Selfr-Regulation of
Search Effort.” The Academy of Management Journal, 53.4 (2010): 788-807.
Retrieved from JSTOR: http://www.jstor.org/stable/207887923.
Stefano DellaVigna and M. Daniele Paserman. “Job Search and
Impatience.” Journal of Labor Economics, 20.3 (2005): 527-588. Retrieved from
JSTOR: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/430286
MODERN WITCH AESTHETICS
“she learned how to smile with blood in her mouth.
she was brave, she was beautiful but it was ugly.“
VÀZAKI NADA
Strange Gold Spirals Dating Back To Bronze Age Unearthed In Denmark
…evidently these people have never done goldwork embroidery.
I’m willing to bet there will be a follow up article about how scholars have made a startling discovery that the gold was used for crafts and the craft people of the world will just be like “…..Really?”
I love how they just kind of leap to “A PRIEST KING MUST HAVE WORN THIS SHINY GOLD STUFF!”
“Everything is mysterious! We have no idea! It, uh… it was for a ritual, yes.”
“…don’t you say everything is for a ritual?”
“Shhh, ancient peoples liked rituals.”
“But there’s a giant painting on this wall showing how this was used, and modern crafters you could ask.”
“SHHH. RITUALS.”I have a very strong urge to email that researcher.
This keeps happening, you know.
For decades we thought water or oil was poured onto the rocks being used to build Egyptian pyramids for “ritual purposes”. Turns out if you ask people who have worked on sand they can tell you that wet sand is A LOT EASIER TO DRAG ROCKS ACROSS.
We spent centuries unable to figure out how the hair styles of ancient civilisations were constructed, typically going with “all the women wore wigs” (seriously. That was literally the solution) until a hairdresser with an interest in the hairstyles she saw in classical art turned her hand to them and BLEW THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY AWAY with her incredibly accurate recreations of hairstyles using tools available to the original peoples.
Academia has this real, huge problem where you’ve got a whole bunch of insulated people who know a lot about history and research and academia but shit-all about anything else. And who, when presented with something they can’t figure out, they turn to other academics rather than to people who might have some practical experience with similar stuff.
And it spreads into popular culture in a really unhealthy way. Because there is so much stuff that academia leaves as “ritual purposes” or “we don’t yet know how X was done”, which becomes “it’s a mystery!!!1!” in popular science shows and magazines. Which winds up fuelling the fires of people who would rather believe that ALIENS BUILD THE FUCKING PYRAMIDS than that the Egyptian people might actually have been competent at this thing they did.
Yep. Interesting thing about the hairstylist: there was a word that kept being used in documents about hairstyles that could translate as two different things, one of which was something like “sewing needle”. Academics ruled out that translation of the word, because “lol, sewing hairstyles. That’s ridiculous.” The hairstylist who recreated them… looked at that word, at the available tools of the time, and tried a sewing technique with needles to keep hair in place. AND IT WORKED.
The silo effect in academia is a major problem.
Side note: IDK if this is the same lady or not (it probably is) but there’s an entire youtube channel devoted to not only period-correct hairstyles from ancient greece/rome and egypt all the way up to the napoleonic and civil war eras but also a few needle/fiber/cloth crafts like beading, dyeing, etc.
Channel is here, the lady’s name is Janet Stephens.
Yep, they are talking about Janet Stephens.
I love her.
The ones that bug me are always the textiles stuff – naturally, as I do that myself. Like the vase paintings of ancient Greeks and Romans and their warp-weighted looms. Archeologists kept saying shit like, “No, that must be an artistic rendering, that couldn’t possibly work like that,” and meanwhile people in Scandinavia are still using nearly identical looms today. Because nobody ever thought to ask actual weavers. The nitwits looking at women preparing wool and spinning on vases, and coming up with completely ridiculous explanations for this shit, and any spinner could glance at it and go, “Um, no.” Just. Argh.
I think this also ties into who is seen as an “expert” in our culture. Laborers who do work that is looked down in our society, such as hair stylists and landscapers, are not perceived as experts unless you’re going to get your hair done or your yard remodeled–and even then, they tend to be perceived as a worker providing labor, as opposed to a consultant or expert professional using their knowledge to preform a specialized skill or art. But these people ARE experts. Academics, however, have internalized cultural values around who is an expert and whose knowledge translates to expertise valuable enough to site in a paper.
So honestly, this is a bigger issue than academia, because our society as a whole doesn’t tend to perceive laborers as experts in hardly any capacity. Academia is just one institution that reflects this classist disdain.
Just gonna say, this problem is even worse than most people think. Academics tend not to think to even ask OTHER ACADEMICS whose specialty is relevant about these things, they just ask the people they work with. Hell, for practical shit, there’s SO many times that physicists have spent a decade or so trying to deal with some problem, but when they finally ask a mathematician the answer is so often “Oh, we did that like, a hundred years ago. Why didn’t you just ask?” (and in the occasional case, a physicist going “This is new and revolutionary!” and mathematicians going “Oh, that is cool. Haven’t seen that.” and a historian of math going “Umm…you guys. This shit’s from 600 BC in India. What the hell?”)
Like, the devaluing of knowledge and expertise of laborers is a HUGE problem in society at large, but on the problem of academics and tunnel vision, ignoring anyone who isn’t them and just saying “ritual” or “too hard” that’s to the point where no one asks anyone anything unless they’re in the exact same field.
Plus, all the examples above are historians and the like, but I also wanted to point out that physicists, who you wouldn’t think offhand would pull this, do it to.
Yep. Thankfully there is starting to be movement in some circles towards more interdisciplinary work in academia but it is slow and small and yeah.
Funny, I just rebloobed a post the other day about popular Sayings and how, over time, we tend to shorten or truncate them. Very often changing the meaning/ point of those Sayings ENTIRELY. Example-
Jack of all trades.
Master of none.-Is repeated QUITE often, but RARELY In its complete form which is-
Jack of all trades.
Master of none.
But better that.
Than a mere Master of One.The original seems kind of poignant here.
*mic drop*
Strange Gold Spirals Dating Back To Bronze Age Unearthed In Denmark
THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF “CHUCK AND THE GOD SQUAD CREATING ANIMALS
based on these tweets!
i plan on doing all of them during streams!
#tony hides snacks all over the tower #nat hides guns #do you think they fight for hiding spots? #tony: NAT WHY DID I REACH FOR MY DORITOS AND PULL OUT A GLOCK #WHERE ARE MY GODDAMNED DORITOS #nat: THATS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT DORITOS WHERE MY GLOCK GOES #*crunches loudly on doritos* #steve looks pointedly into the camera (via romanoffbarton)
kototyph 
