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Belittlification
When someone has been insulted or put down in some way, they often say “that [expletive] made me feel this big“, and they put their fingers very close together to demonstrate that they feel about half a centimeter big. I have never understood this. Do people literally get the sensation that they have shrunken in…
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Ugly Surgery Cake
A friend recently fought through some very serious medical shit, and was thus able to live another year and celebrate his birthday. Here is the cake we made him. The making-of. It’s surgery-themed. Not that other thing you’re thinking it looks like. Pervert. Yum yum, time to eat. Note the authentic biohazard IV bag and…
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Heroes
I think all of us have extraordinary mental powers in certain limited conditions. One of mine is the ability to remember which CDs in my collection are missing out of their cases. I realized this when I came across a pile of CDs, and was incredibly happy that I could go through this mental list…
I’m Phronk, also known as P.T. Phronk, or Mike. I’m a writer and scientist. Here’s where to find my stuff:
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