hey science side of tumblr, if you’re not on your union mandated lunch break, a question for you
when these resin casts are made and the top is sorta like, opaque (if that’s the right word) how come when the liquid resin is poured on top and then sets, that it becomes perfectly clear
Because of light refraction! Basically when you sand Resin casts (or in this case, from sanding the pinecones down) you wind up with an absolute fuckton of tiny scratches in the surface, and light that hits it bounces in all kinds of weird directions. But, since liquid resin can still bond with set resin, pouring a *very thin* layer of it over the top fills in the imperfections and makes the surface smooth like glass, so the light travels in a normal pattern again
friend is explaining me the american healthcare system. WALK IN CLINICS COST MONEY??????
like. walk in. talk to the doctor. they say a solution and maybe perscribe something. that costs money? like i knew ambulence rides and perscriptions and treatments costed money. but just SEEING a doctor too???
cool! i think all politicians and people lobbying for this to die 👍
AMBULANCE RIDES COST MONEY??????
Yup! When I got sick in college and didn’t have insurance the ambulance alone cost $900.
Regularly scheduled checkups cost money
Literally every aspect of medical checks cost money. You were in a car crash? Money. You have cancer? Money. You want to make sure you don’t have cancer? Money. You want insulin? TONS OF MONEY. prescriptions are so expensive, I got birth control when I was 15 and it was $350 a month.
Emergency health is probably the most expensive type of health care. I’ve rejected every abluance because it would be at least $100.
Now that I live in Scotland, everything is free (unless I go private). My monthly meds are free, if I have a rash it’s free, if I need surgery it’s free.
Americans really just don’t get how bad it is.
Emergency and they fail to save you? It costs your family money. When my aunt got billed for the ER visit for her 17 year old son who was no longer alive I felt nauseous.
Reflection from Mulan was so crazy she literally sang “If I were truly to be myself I would break my family’s heart” and 8 year old proto-gay me was like “I don’t know what you mean but I know what you mean”
just had the weirdest interaction. this off-leash Yorkshire Terrier wobbled up to sniff my ankle, and then its owner said “the vet wanted to euthanize her”
and I was like “……oh”
and she said “4 years ago. she had a stroke, but I went to church and prayed to the Virgin Mary, and now she can walk again. but sometimes she drops, which is why I have this stroller”
and I was like “oh, okay.” I didn’t know what to say after that, so I was just like “it’s a cool dog” and kept walking
