DO NOT RECREATE THIS PHOTO!!!! this dinner has been plated on a corelle dish from the 70s which contains upwards of 18,000 ppm of lead which is way above healthy levels. Eating skyrim is fine though you mfs eat credit cards anyways.
because of this post i’m finding out that corelle said ANY DISH MADE BEFORE 2005 should be DECORATIVE. This is the best infographic I could find that shows you some of the more popular patterns in case someone viewing this isn’t familiar with the brand.
i swear to god i’m just going to get one of those lead testing kits i’m so tired of seeing a cute plate and then finding out it’s got toxic levels of cadmium, lead, and is somehow also destructively radioactive.
the concept of ‘sperm whale’ is so fucking funny. these prudish victorians found a gigantic, terrifying sea-beast, and, discovering it was full of a thick, oily substance, immediately went 'is this fucking Cum???’ and started fueling everything with it. they thought their whole sexually repressed society was running on the monstrous cum harvested by deadly expeditions to the black, icy sea. what kind of immaculate neuroses they must have had.
Idk enough about the etymology of the name Sperm Whale to know if this is actually where it comes from but the idea is funny enough to me to actually just roll with it.
You will be delighted to know that yes, this is exactly where the name comes from.
To quote the wikipedia page-
The name “sperm whale” is a clipping of “spermaceti whale”. Spermaceti, originally mistakenly identified as the whales’ semen, is the semi-liquid, waxy substance found within the whale’s head.
So yeah, they thought it’s head was full of semen and named it as such.
“can’t you just enjoy things?” i enjoy critically engaging with media I love… it’s not the same as being hater. but I also enjoy being a hater so fuck you
