its weird bc anakin is supposed to be be the MOST force potent charcater in the star wars universe but he just fucking NEVER USES THE FORCE, FOR ANYTHING? he ONLY EVER lightsaber battle people, which, like, has nothing do with being as powerful as a jedi
like the emperor uses force lightning all the time and even when yoda fought he was using his powerful force abilities to LIFT SHIT and throw it around but anakin NEVER DOES THAT he ONLY chokes people and then lightsaber fights, literally anyone can use a lightsaber
hey man in Attack of the Clones he uses the force to feed Natalie Portman a CGI piece of Pear
His whole thing with the Force was his impossible reflexes to start with, and he’s using those any time he lightsaber-fights or flies in combat.
Once he’s half-robot and not quite as quick, then he starts throwing shit around. Still likes to choke people, though.
star trek was not even slightly in the realm of fucking around
And this episode was immediately after one about soldiers engineered to be extremely effective, and then interned after the war because they “had trouble” reintegrating into society.
Does anyone else notice at the end how the smoke starts to turn into a shit ton of sub smoke circles moving in all different directions, spaced nearly perfectly apart??????
Vortex rings.
A vortex is fluid rotating around an axis (also has something known as vorticity). Vorticies have to follow a couple of rules, and the one that’s probably relevant here is Helmholtz’s Second Theorem, which simply states that a vortex tube cannot end in a fluid; it must either end at a surface or form a closed path. In the case of smoke rings, the vortex tube closes in on itself to form a torus.
(img from Wikipedia)
As you can see, a smoke ring is essentially a ring of rings all spinning about.
So what happens when two of them collide? Well, in the ideal case, where the two rings were of the same magnitude and opposite in rotation, they’d hit each other and…stop. Each would have an equal effect on the other and we’d have a stagnation point. Which would look bizarre, but also really cool.
Alas, the real world is often different from ideal physics, and you’re pretty much almost never going to get that. There’s going to be some variation somewhere, which means that the two rings will break up as seen here. But because of the smoke particles, you can see the dissipating, evenly-spaced bits of vortex tubes.
I love the science side of tumblr.
Now I wonder: must smoke rings always rotate in on themselves? Can a smoke toroid be produced by reversing some mechanism in those machines such that both toroids are rotating in the same direction when they collide, what what would that look like? A larger, stationary smoke ring?
Edit: As I think about it a bit more, a toroid spinning the other direction doesn’t make sense - it would have to travel such that the direction of the vortex on the inside propels it forward… right?
this was removed from tumbrl due to “violating one or more of Tumblr’s Community Guidelines”, but since my wish came true the first time, I’m putting it back. :)
OH MY FUCKING GOD, IT’S BACK ON MY DASH.
THIS SHIT WORKS OKAY, I AM DEAD SERIOUS.
The last time I saw this on my dash, I didn’t think it would happen, so jokingly I wished I could go to a fun. concert.
AND GUESS WHAT, I WENT TO A FUCKING FUN. CONCERT.
THIS SHIT WORKS, TRY IT.
YOOOOOOO
I SAW THIS ON MY DASH THE OTHER DAY AND THOUGHT “ITS WORTH A TRY” SO I WISHED I COULD GET A 3DS
LITERALLY LIKE 4 DAYS LATER MY DAD SENT ME A PICTURE OF THE 3DS XL HE BOUGHT FOR ME WHILE I WAS AT SCHOOL
But still interested in feeding yourself? What if I told you that there’s a woman with a blog who had to feed both herself and her young son…on 10 British pounds ($15/14 Euro) per week?
Let me tell you a thing.
This woman saved my life last year. Actually saved my life. I had a piggy bank full of change and that’s it. Many people in my fandom might remember that dark time as when I had to hock my writing skills in exchange for donations. I cried a lot then.
This is real talk, people: I marked down exactly what I needed to buy, totaled it, counted out that exact change, and then went to three different stores to buy what I needed so I didn’t have to dump a load of change on just one person. I was already embarrassed, but to feel people staring? Utter shame suffused me. The reasons behind that are another post all together.
AgirlcalledJack.com is run by a British woman who was on benefits for years. Things got desperate. She had to find a way to feed herself and her son using just the basics that could be found at the supermarket. But the recipes she came up with are amazing.
You have to consider the differing costs of things between countries, but if you just have three ingredients in your cupboard, this woman will tell you what to do with it. Check what you already have. Chances are you have the basics of a filling meal already.
Bake your own bread. It’s easier than you think. Here’s a list of many recipes, each using some variation of just plain flour, yeast, some oil, maybe water or lemon juice. And kneading bread is therapeutic.
She has a book, but many recipes can be found on her blog for free. She prices her recipes down to the cent, and every year she participates in a project called “Living Below the Line” where she has to live on 1 BP per day of food for five days.
Things improved for me a little, but her website is my go to. I learned how to bake bread (using my crockpot, but that was my own twist), and I have a little cart full of things that saved me back then, just in case I need them again. She gives you the tools to feed yourself, for very little money, and that’s a fabulous feeling.
Tip: Whenever you have a little extra money, buy a 10 dollar/pound/euro giftcard from your discount grocer. Stash it. That’s your super emergency money. Make sure they don’t charge by the month for lack of use, though.
I don’t care if it sounds like an advertisement–you won’t be buying anything from the site. What I DO care about is your mental, emotional, and physical health–and dammit, food’s right in the center of that.
If you don’t need this now, pass it on to someone who does. Pass it on anyway, because do you REALLY know which of the people in your life is in need? Which follower might be staring at their own piggy bank? Trust me: someone out there needs to see this.
<3
She’s amazing. She even argues with UK politicians
This will likely end up being really important to me
