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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

City parks in Seattle WA have these distinctive rainbow signs with some sort of lightly-serif font

Examples of City of Seattle Parks and Recreation park signs. Each one has the name of the park and a list of amenities on yellow, orange, red, green, and blue stripes, and is in a thick wooden frame.

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Always meant to add this. The man, the myth, the legend:

A Roomba vacuum in its charging dock. It has large googly eyes.
It's name is "Puck".

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

When in doubt, go to Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/shittyasks...

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8 years ago
Goldenharp_Billy

If kinetic energy is converted to thermal energy upon impact, how hard do you need to slap a chicken to cook it?

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ryn238

8 years ago

Shitty Math Department
I know this is shittyaskscience, but I was bored and did the math, so here ya go!

Assumptions:

Chicken weight is 5 lbs (low end for roasting)

Chicken starting temperature is 33 degrees F

Internal temperature of a cooked chicken is 165 degrees F

Specific heat of the chicken is 0.77 btu/lb-deg F (thank you, engineeringtoolbox.com?)

All kinetic energy of your hand is converted instantaneously to thermal energy in the chicken (probably the least correct assumption but I'm not digging out my dynamics textbook right now)

According to mC_p(T_final-T_initial), the amount of energy to raise the chicken to cooked temperature is 527527.926 Joules. (If you want to get fancy and divide that by the average time of the world record for slapping someone with a piece of pizza [1 slap per 0.071 seconds] to get Watts, you get roughly 7,430 kW, or half the necessary energy to power the average house.)

But you wanted "how hard", so:

We know KE is 1/2 m V2, so we can back out the necessary velocity of your hand by dividing that 527527.926 J by the mass of your hand (0.406 kg) and taking the square root to determine that your hand would need to be moving at 1,612.036 m/s (or approximately 1/10th of escape velocity.)

Assuming the deceleration of your hand from that velocity happens over the 0.071 seconds it takes to slap the chicken, you will end up exerting 51,494.33 Newtons, or 11,598 lbs of force on the chicken in order to cook it.

(Source: bored aerospace engineer out sick today)

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

My visitors want to know when's mama's going to be home.

Two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels sit patiently at the window, waiting for mama. They're sitting on a sofa-back table which is tilting at an awkward angle. The couch is blue, and outside there is a hanging hammock chair and the railing of a balcony visible, and lots and lots of green - and some burgundy - tree leaves in the distance.

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Work in progress pictures so you can see how it's made. The carpet on the base is actually velvet.

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I'm playing in a Nightvale RPG and my character is a sentient Roomba that served in the Blood Space War...as a spaceship Roomba. So I made a mini for it/him. Meet "Puck" (named after my own Roomba with googly eyes, but no knife).

A gaming miniature of a black and gray Roomba. It has googly eyes, a medal of commendation from the Blood Space War, and a knife duct taped to its top. The base has a purple carpet.

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I don't usually do art, but I did and I'm really proud of it and so I'm sharing here. I've always wanted a Portentous Moments tarot deck, so I made my own! (Including a Three of Coins to slip in and troll people with.) (Inspired by this rare SFW Oglaf comic: www.oglaf.com/cartomancy/)

Major arcana tarot card Death (permanent marker, Watercolor, and acrylic on tea-dyed cardstock)

A skeleton with a wolf skull holding a large scythe stands under a sunny, blue sky with a few clouds. There is fire around its feet, and brown grass behind it, and blue water in the distance. In the corner is the card number XIII.

Major arcana tarot card The Lovers (permanent marker, watercolor, and acrylic on tea-dyed cardstock)

Two plus-size human figures embrace under a night sky with six stars and a full moon. One has long blond hair and might have fangs, the other has long dark hair and breasts. They are holding a golden apple above their heads with one hand each, and they are both off-balance but supporting each other with their other arms. They are in a green grassy field with pink tulips, and a volcano is erupting in the distance behind them. In the corner is the card number VI.

Minor arcana tarot card the 3 of Coins (permanent marker, Watercolor, and acrylic on tea-dyed cardstock)

Three green coins, each with a small hole near the edge, are arranged diagonally across the card. In each of the opposite corners there is a green number three, the one at the bottom of the card is flipped so it will be upright if the card is reversed.

Three tarot cards facee down, showing the hand-drawn backs. Pink and turquoise diagonal lines, with two black arcs forming an empty eye shape in the middle.
(permanent marker on tea-dyed cardstock)

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

This mixer has seen some real shit, man.

A black electric hand mixer, with no beaters, standing on a gray counter, caked in powdered sugar and frosting. It vaguely resembles the face of a person with sunken, tired eyes and a blank expression. The caption says "MIXER HAS SEEN SOME THINGS".

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I made a thing! The bind rune on the back is my name, and also incorporates Naudhiz, Thurisaz, and Ingwaz.

A necklace made from a Tyr rune carved into a piece of deer antler, mother-of-pearl, glass and metal beads, and chain. The person wearing it is shirtless and pale, and is the artist that made it.

A closeup of the back of the rune showing the protective bind rune containing the wearer's name, and also incorporating Naudhiz, Thurisaz and Ingwaz.

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I guess there are worse ways to spend the end of civilization

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Ares has decided to sleep in my usual spot. It's okay, I convinced my autism that since I own the couch, it's all my spot so I can be comfortable anywhere.

A fluffy gray cat naps majestically on a blue couch, surrounded by plaid pillows

A different view of the gray cat, he raises his head to look at the camera with yellow eyes

A higher angle view of the same majestic gray cat laying on the blue couch

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Ares has claimed the blankets, luckily its warm today.

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I made a thing! (For a very special friend) (ring is by www.etsy.com/shop/Katstudio)

Sterling silver o-ring with a bunny-shape incorporated into it. Silver rope-chain is tied to the ring with a bird head and a half hitch knot. Black background and indirect lighting.

A silver necklace. Sterling silver o-ring with a bunny-shape incorporated into it, and two stands of silver rope-chain is tied to each side of the ring with a knot. Choker-length with an adjustable clasp. It is laid out in a circle on a black background with indirect lighting.

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Ares yearns, but he knows not what for

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Ares loves to try to drink from my glass, so I gave him his very own instead of his usual water dish in the office. He certainly seems to be enjoying it!

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

New favorite D&D lore drop (www.reddit.com/r/DnD/commen...) (www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewt...)

Gary himself posted about her.

“Tasha was a very young girl, a D&D fan who wrote her first letter to me in crayon. She suggested the laughter spell, so her name was used in the version I created based on her suggested details.”

How cool is that!

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Have a Lucky Ares for the New Year! I'm very lucky that he's not bothered in the slightest by fireworks, because I live in earshot of two public parks.

A fluffy gray cat named "Ares" looking past the camera, and a person wearing glasses and a black t-shirt peeking over his head. With bright sun coming through the vertical blinds behind them both.

A fluffy gray cat named "Ares" laying on a light gray fluffy blanket with his face pressed against a blue couch cushion.

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Maybe don't rely on stupid AI overviews for your legal opinions.

From the US Constitution, Article I, Section 2, Clause 2:

No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

He literally has his own pillow right next to mine, and this is where he decides to nap. Or at least perch. Love this little guy.

A fluffy gray cat sitting on two pillows at the head of a bed, with another pillow beside them.

A fluffy gray cat sitting on two pillows at the head of a bed, with another pillow beside them. The bed is not made.

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The Anarkitty @anarkitty.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Caught Ares napping at work. So lazy.

A silver and gray cat sleeping in a purple office chair

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