Harambe jumpstarted the massive memewave craze where obscure memes don’t just stay as shared one-off jokes but become actual cultural phenomenons that push their why into popular culture and spawn their own mythos
1. a gorilla dies at the cincinnati zoo
2. the gorilla’s death becomes a cultural phenomenon, including merch and memes, until even the boomers know who he was
The tsunamis from the Theran eruption devastated Crete, weakening the then-powerful Minoan civilization, leaving them open to being invaded by the Mycenaeans.
The volcanic winter it created devastated crops in China leading to the fall of the Xia Dynasty.
The abrupt and catastrophic loss of the people of Thera may have also inspired the myths about Atlantis.
if anyone wants a full list heres how they happened:
basically they all stem from a massive eruption of a volcano on the island of santorini off the coast of greece. the ash then floated over to egypt which kickstarted the plagues
1) blood: the ash carried the mineral cinnabar, which has the capability of turning water red
2) frogs: the ash also had many toxic and acidic substances so naturally, all the frogs are gonna flee the river
3) lice: given what was going on insects would have burrowed into dead animals/peoples skin and laid eggs, which then hatched
4) beasts: everything is getting poisoned from the ash and toxins, causing animals to freak the fuck out/die
5) pestilence: toxins again
6) boils: the ash would have caused storms that carried acid rain which when it fell, would irritate peoples skin causing boils
7) hail: the storm again
8) locusts: again with the insects and the amount of dead bodies and such which attract more insects. a lotta insects basically.
9) darkness: the ash covered the sky, blocking out the sun
10) slaying of the first born: given that children’s bodies were found in higher numbers than others, some archeologists think they may have been sacrificed to stop all the destruction, but they aren’t 100% sure about that. this is just me but I would say another possibility is that babies/kids are a lot more susceptible to toxins and shit, so while an adult may have been fine or gotten a bit sick, it might have been very dangerous/deadly for kids or babies
the volcano would also attest for the parting of the sea weirdly enough. the red sea was in fact the ‘reed’ sea, and was very shallow, probably waist deep or so. given the amount of shit dumped into the ocean from the volcano, this wouldve caused a tsunami to head towards egypt. the water would get sucked out from the reed sea right before the tsunami hit, letting people pass it easily, then the actual tsunami would hit, fuckin up anyone who tried to follow.
another theory is that the red water was caused by algae, which would cause the frogs and stuff to jump out as well. the algae also carried substances toxic to animals so if they ingested any they’d get sick and die, so more insects. in this theory there was a sand storm coincidentally that caused the rest
Fun fact! Water actually turns “blood red” when it is contaminated by sulfur creating sulfuric acid. And scientists have discovered that around the time of the plagues a volcano went off that disturbed Egypt’s environment. So the plagues are scientifically proven. The other parts of the plagues are explained by the sulfuric acid river making the animals leave the river and escaping into the human population.
choosing where to live in america really do be like “what kind of natural disaster do you want to die in”
choose your own adventure we got earthquakes on the west coast, tornadoes in the midwest, noreasters/blizzards in new england, extreme dangerous heat in the southwest, or hurricanes in the south
i made this as a shitpost in the grasp of the flu but was a bitch wrong?
what about the pacific northwest?
dont turn your back to the ocean or it will reclaim you
“Fang! Come back! Wake up! You stupid jerk! I am going to kill you if you die on me!”
Memories. Fang and me as kids, him telling me stupid fart jokes from the dog crate next to mine, trying to make me laugh.
Fang on the beach, that first time he was badly injured. Me realizing how I felt about him.
Fang kissing me. So close I couldn’t even see his dark eyes anymore. The first time. The second time. The third. I could remember each and every one of them. Would always remember them.
“I - I love you, Fang. Did you hear that? Why didn’t I tell you before? You can’t die before I tell you that. You can’t!”
“Fang! Come back! Wake up! You stupid jerk! I am going to kill you if you die on me!”
Memories. Fang and me as kids, him telling me stupid fart jokes from the dog crate next to mine, trying to make me laugh.
Fang on the beach, that first time he was badly injured. Me realizing how I felt about him.
Fang kissing me. So close I couldn’t even see his dark eyes anymore. The first time. The second time. The third. I could remember each and every one of them. Would always remember them.
“I - I love you, Fang. Did you hear that? Why didn’t I tell you before? You can’t die before I tell you that. You can’t!”
“What remains once the war is won? Fame. Songs. A kingdom of corpses. His name too heavy in my mouth. What do we become in death? Shadows.
Longing.
Regret,
regret,
regret. What do we keep once we are ghosts? The blood under my fingernails.
His crooked teeth.
Searching for happiness in the threads of his hands. A love that burned alive.
A love that is still bursting in my hollow chest. A love that was never enough. What do you do when you’re alone in the darkness? Wait for him,
I’ll wait forever if I must. Were you ever able to name one hero who was happy? No.”
— Emily Palermo, He Is Half My Soul (via starredsoul)
Not to turn mental illness into relatable content but is there anything more hilarious then spending an entire day vamping up to do something like spending ALL day thinking about it and putting it off and dreading it and then you finally, FINALLY do it and it takes 6 seconds and you realize that was your whole day plan
