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Something I find incredibly cool is that they’ve found neandertal bone tools made from polished rib bones, and they couldn’t figure out what they were for for the life of them. 

Until, of course, they showed it to a traditional leatherworker and she took one look at it and said “Oh yeah sure that’s a leather burnisher, you use it to close the pores of leather and work oil into the hide to make it waterproof. Mine looks just the same.” 

“Wait you’re still using the exact same fucking thing 50,000 years later???”

“Well, yeah. We’ve tried other things. Metal scratches up and damages the hide. Wood splinters and wears out. Bone lasts forever and gives the best polish. There are new, cheaper plastic ones, but they crack and break after a couple years. A bone polisher is nearly indestructible, and only gets better with age. The more you use a bone polisher the better it works.”

It’s just. 

50,000 years. 50,000. And over that huge arc of time, we’ve been quietly using the exact same thing, unchanged, because we simply haven’t found anything better to do the job. 

My parents know that I've been writing for a long time, they read all my short stories and novels (except fanfictions), especially to please me because science fiction and fantasy is not their thing. They do their best to be encouraging, but since these wouldn't be stories they would read for fun, they are often awkward and find my ideas weird! When I was a young author and doubted a lot about my writing, it hurt me, but now I really take it as encouragement.

for writers: do your family (specifically parents) know about your writing & if so are they supportive??

this question is mainly targeted at teenage or young writers / writers living with their parents but is also more general! please let me know as I’m really curious to find out and know whether or not I’m an anomaly. also if your family / friends are supportive of your writing or not!

me: it’s okay to quit working on a WIP if you’ve lost your interest! write what you’re excited about!!! <3

also me when I want to switch WIPs: you ABANDON WIP? you abandon WIP like rubbish? oh! oh! jail for writer! jail for writer for One Thousand Years!

Can you draw a tiny lizard dragon that secretly hoards pennies?

Are you a “can’t write dialogue” writer or a “can’t describe anything” writer