Xey/Xem (Plural) Guide

[neopronounfaq]

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Requested by: anonymous

Complete Set:

• Objective: Xey
• Subjective: Xem
• Possessive Adjective: Xeir
• Possessive Pronoun: Xeirs
• Reflexive: Xemself 

Examples:

• They asked me → Xey asked me
• I answered them → I answered xem
• This was their request → This was xeir request
• That book is theirs  → That book is xeirs
• They love themself → Xey love xemself

Tips:

• Other than the beginning consonant sound, these are identical to they/them and pronounced and conjugated the same!
• In English, an “x” at the beginning of a word is pronounced like a “z”– think of words like xylophone, xenon, etc.

Hope this helped! Feel free to send me an ask if you have any questions. Requests for other conjugation guides are also open!  *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

[screwyouandrew]

Summer reminder: don’t pick up frogs if you have sunscreen, bug spray, or any other chemicals on your skin that can hurt them on your hands!!! Also, always wet your hands with dechlorinated water (and no soap) first!! Be nice to the froggies this season!

[screwyouandrew]

To clarify on this, their permeable skin is how they stay hydrated. You ever wonder why frogs don’t drink water? It’s because they’re absorbing it from their skin.

Basically they’ll be drinking whatever is on your hands when you pick them up. That’s why you always have to wet them, you don’t want the frog to drink anything they’re not supposed to! Whatever would be unsafe for the frog to consume will be unsafe for them to touch.

[thecomicshopgirl]

Trek Tuesday: Tora Ziyal

giantpredatorymollusk asked:

If every cell in our bodies is replaced in seven years, how do tattoos stay on?

edwardspoonhands answered:

RIGHT!? Isn’t that FREAKING COOL! Your skin cells only last for a few weeks, and yet your tattoo lasts YOUR WHOLE LIFE! 

WELL! The outer layer of our skin is made of collagen, a flexible but durable protein. This is constantly sloughing off and being replaced from below as cells die leaving only their collagen-filled shells behind.

But when you get a tattoo, the needle punches past the outer layers of skin, doing quite a bit of damage. The result is that scar collagen forms around the dye that’s been placed in the dermis. Scar collagen, unlike skin collagen, doesn’t replace (which is why scars last forever.) The particles of ink are too large for white blood cells to surround them and carry them off to lymph nodes so they just sit there, surrounded by small amounts of scar collagen outside of your skin cells…pretty much forever. 

This is the key to tattoo removal, by the way. Lasers are used to break the ink into smaller bits, so your white blood cells can take care of them.

[rhamphotheca]

Smithsonian Ocean Portal:  What exactly is a coral?

It’s an animal, but it also is the home to small photosynthetic algae that live inside its tissues. In this symbiotic relationship, the coral gives the algae a home and in return, the algae provide the coral with food by converting sunlight into energy.

Read more about corals and coral reefs: Ocean Portal

Illustration: Smithsonian Institution

[talvikuningas]

Odo was among the most requested things so here he is, DD9!Odo. Police was the obvious choice so I went with it.

Redesigning him was a challenge! I really wanted to give him René Auberjonois’ beard but decided not to since Odo has a really smooth skin. 

[ladyzayin]

http://www.deviantart.com/art/Kira-Nerys-320829049