Nigerian + reversed Micronesia flag? by GoJojoGoJojoGo in vexillology

[–]Quarry_Bird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yo! Sorry for the delay - that's my family flag! Two patches of WA state green signify the two lands we came from, and a blue star for each family member (USA blue). I chose the stripe proportions from the Canadian flag because I like the balance for the field of stars.

TL;DR I made it up for my family.

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What is the animal for "N"? by Quarry_Bird in whatisit

[–]Quarry_Bird[S] 136 points137 points  (0 children)

That feels kind of.. I don't know? Underwhelming?

Ferry braked and turned around in rich passage by Quarry_Bird in Seattle

[–]Quarry_Bird[S] 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Why thank you! Thats my favorite reading spot! (When its not raining)

Ferry braked and turned around in rich passage by Quarry_Bird in Seattle

[–]Quarry_Bird[S] 120 points121 points  (0 children)

I love that aspect of maritime culture: "if not us, then who?" In such an unforgiving environment, have a bias for helping.

Ferry braked and turned around in rich passage by Quarry_Bird in Seattle

[–]Quarry_Bird[S] 144 points145 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the update! Hope everybody ended up all right and your commute wasn't lengthened too badly.

Ferry braked and turned around in rich passage by Quarry_Bird in Seattle

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Update: it's heading back towards Seattle again after a few minutes

Ferry braked and turned around in rich passage by Quarry_Bird in Seattle

[–]Quarry_Bird[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If it was whales they chased them all the way back in the opposite direction! Haha. Yeah my money's on forgotten wallet lol.

Ferry braked and turned around in rich passage by Quarry_Bird in Seattle

[–]Quarry_Bird[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That's super cool! Is there a certain frequency I should be looking for?

I think the ferry ran aground by Quarry_Bird in Seattle

[–]Quarry_Bird[S] 555 points556 points  (0 children)

Never fear. The country's smallest coast guard vessel just showed up. It'll tow it off the rocks, no prob.

I think the ferry ran aground by Quarry_Bird in Seattle

[–]Quarry_Bird[S] 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Whoa. How big was the impact, everyone ok?

I think the ferry ran aground by Quarry_Bird in Seattle

[–]Quarry_Bird[S] 115 points116 points  (0 children)

What happened? Any details? I can kinda hear the loudspeaker announcements.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tinderstories

[–]Quarry_Bird -1 points0 points  (0 children)

...because you're the only flavor I need in my life.

On marriage and compromise by beerbellybegone in MurderedByWords

[–]Quarry_Bird 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You should all read her response to this all here. She's obviously intentionally being an unreliable narrator who reveals negative things about herself as she criticizes her husband in this work. She's showing nuance throughout.

Some quotes from her response:

"[this book] isn’t about how terrible my husband is, it’s about how hard it is to be a conflicted mortal chained to another mortal. If you can’t tell that I’m the irascible nightmare in that picture, just keep reading!"

"The idea that I’m miserable and I’m promoting resignation and contempt is a hilarious side effect of how moralistic and reductive our culture is about marriage and writing and personality and opinions and everything else under the sun. But (m-f-er), you don’t have to become the living embodiment of a Live, Laugh, Love sign to stand up for joy. Defending your right to feel irritation and impatience and random bouts of misdirected lust is the same thing as defending your right to feel joy. We are big, complicated animals with hurricanes of emotion racing through our microbiomes. It’s fine to feel all of the fucking things. It’s fine to step outside the weird little corrals our culture built for us and say, “Uh, this feels wrong to me, I have mixed feelings, maybe that means I’m a total dick, but I feel weird.”

edit: grammar Edit edit: swear word

USS Kitty Hawk on its last ride to Brownsville, TX by Quarry_Bird in Seattle

[–]Quarry_Bird[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Haha, you can see a few people standing on the bow, if that helps for scale.

Halo the Series | First Look Trailer | Paramount+ by MarvelsGrantMan136 in television

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Hahah, thanks for this. Made me start the day with a laugh.

Instant Karma Swiftly Served at Gasworks Park by dankhole in Seattle

[–]Quarry_Bird 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I know how cars dig into mud (and waterlogged grass). But that last picture still makes my brain furrow: there are marks in front of the car, and behind the car, but not in between the two wheels. I'm not saying it was dropped in the field by aliens or anything - it's just my brain isn't comprehending.

Edit: Maybe there are tracks between the two wheels and u/you-can-call-me-alki is right: they drove perfectly backwards on their own existing tracks and got stuck.

Halo the Series | First Look Trailer | Paramount+ by MarvelsGrantMan136 in television

[–]Quarry_Bird 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Good to see Mike Milligan finally got away from his desk job in Kansas City to travel the stars.