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    Fun Fact #1: The Scientific name for a pig is actually Sus, im not joking, its literally called sus, google "sus" and pigs come up.

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    "Never Surrender."

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    For many substances, there exists a triple point. This point is a temperature and pressure in which all three states of matter are in equilibrium - and you can observe ice, steam and water all at once. The triple point for water is 0.01°c and 0.00603atm.

    Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

    here is some fun facts on the day lyicx claims never happened!
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    ! some of these are not very fun, but i like history stuff.
    also i'd like more history focused chemistry threads, but my opinion doesn't matter.

    Three Studies of the Male Back is a 1970 oil-on-canvas triptych by the British painter Francis Bacon. Typical of Bacon's figurative but abstract and distorted style, it depicts male figures isolated within flat nondescript interior spaces. Each figure is a portrait of Bacon's lover George Dyer.

    There are similarities and differences between the three depictions of the male figure. Each man is shown sitting on a pedestal, within a trapezoidal box-like cage, facing away from the viewer. The framework encloses - almost entraps - the human figure. In each of the two side panels, a classical perspective would have the edge of the cage logically obscured behind the figure, but instead Bacon has the frame crossing the back of its head.[1]

    The figure in each side panel is placed in front of a shaving mirror, but the glass visible to the viewer distorts the reflection.[2] Splashes of red suggest injury. The smooth pink back of the figure in the left panel contrasts with the knotted red and blue tones of the figure in the right hand panel.[3] The figure in the central panel sits in front of a mirror reading a newspaper, but the mirror is a flat grey and does not reflect.[2]

    The triptych is similar to contemporary works by Bacon, including his 1969 triptych Three Studies of Lucian Freud, and has been described as an "explicit homage" to Degas's 1890s painting After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself, held by the National Gallery, London.[4] Each panel measures 198 centimetres (78 in) by 147.5 centimetres (58.1 in). The triptych is held by the Kunsthaus Zürich.[5]

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    Functionalists such as Durkheim, Parsons and Murdock have influenced our view on the family drastically. This can be seen as many of their ideas, such as the theory shared by Parsons and Murdock that the family is used for primary socialisation, as primary socialisation is a large part towards developing proper social skills. It can also be argued that the idea of society being organic has caused the family to be seen as important within society in general.

    George Murdock believed that the family is the most important social institution. Murdock also believed that the family is universal, and had four functions: sexual, as the family expressed heterosexuality, economic, as the father of a nuclear family is meant to go out to work and provide money for the family, reproduction, as the family are designed to reproduce and socialisation, as children are meant to socialise within families and learn social norms through family. Murdock also believed that the best type of family was a nuclear family. it is still true that the family is still a place that an individual can find warmth, and care from and therefore Murdock’s theories are still relevant in our understanding of the family is. As well as this, families are still very important in terms of primary socialisation as it can be argued that to this day children cannot be properly socialised purely through secondary socialisation in places such as care homes or schools. However, this theory is evidently outdated as it does not account for the idea that heterosexuality is no longer the only form of sexuality permitted, as since the Same Sex Marriage act there has been same sex families that have married parents, meaning that, as well, nuclear families are no longer the most prevalent.

    Murdock’s ideas regarding the four functions of the family are also prevalent in todays society. While heterosexuality is no longer the only socially accepted sexuality, it can be argued that the idea that the man of the family is meant to bring money is still prevalent as there are still problems such as gender pay gaps despite the equality act. As well is this, it is clear that a crucial role of the family is to reproduce. However, not all families have to reproduce, and some types of families are unable, due to infertility and due to families like same sex being unable. Other means are available such as IVF and adoption, meaning that Murdock’s ideas of the family existing for reproduction is no longer as relevant as it was as you do not need a nuclear family in order to have children. The idea that the family exists for primary socialisation is still true to an extent; children within care homes and such may not have the chance to primary socialise meaning that Murdock was correct regarding the fact that the family allows primary socialisation. However, unlike Murdock’s beliefs, you do not need a nuclear family in order to primary socialise as other family types such as reconstituted and same sex families allow for the same amount of primary socialisation as a nuclear family.

    Emil Durkheim was the creator of Functionalism. Durkheim theorised that society is like a human body; and each sector such as the government, media and the family is essential for society to function. Durkheim believed that the family is an instrumental part of society, and as well as functioning as an individual sector, Durkheim also believed that the family needed to be able to fit in with every other part of society in order for society to function properly as well. It was believed that the nuclear family type is the most important family type as it fills societies’ basic needs and requirements needed in order to be maintained. It can be argued that the nuclear family type is in fact the most suitable family type in terms of stability for the wider society as the nuclear family type is a source of primary socialisation which allows people to behave normally in the education sector and the workplace. However, this does not account for the idea that not all nuclear families are perfect. If there is a nuclear family that does not properly primarily socialise a child, as the adults in the family constantly argue and/or the child gets bullied by siblings with no resolution, then it could cause the child to act in a way that wouldn’t be considered socially acceptable. Functionalism as a theory also believes that the nuclear family is essential and any other family types do not suit wider society, however it is not realised that the nuclear family is no longer the most prevalent family in modern society. Same-sex marriages have been allowed since 2013, reconstituted family types are becoming more popular and lone-parent families are becoming increasingly common. This means that the nuclear family type is no longer essential for society as other family types are just as suitable, unlike what functionalists such as Durkheim believes. As well as this, Functionalism takes an optimistic view of society and does not account for the inner problems that may occur within a family, e.g. domestic abuse and neglect.

    Talcott Parsons believed that the family existed for primarily two functions, being stabilisation of human personalities and for primary socialisation. Parsons developed two theories: The functional fit theory and the warm bath theory. The functional fit theory was the idea that stated that the family developed and fit the work that was required by society. For example, extended families developed to support agricultural work on farms and nuclear families developed to support industrial work. This can be considered true to this day, as it is very evident that some families such as those who do work on farms do generally be within extended families. However, the functional fit theory operates under the assumption that every family is a nuclear family meaning that it doesn’t account for the fact that some families may be disadvantaged due to discrimination, such as same sex or lone parent families and thus can’t be within jobs that are designed to suit society. This also overlooks the idea of a welfare state which means that not every family suits or fits society as not every family is inclined to go into work in order to benefit society.

    The Warm Bath theory is the theory conceived by Parsons that the males of the family are instrumental and have to go to work, bringing home money and such whereas the women of the family are an expressive role and are meant to stay at home, look after children, and provide warmth to the rest of the family. As Parsons believed that one purpose of the family was to stabilise human personalities, the Warm Bath theory believes in the natural sexual division of labour which means that the women of the family stabilise the idea to children that women are an expressive role and that men are instrumental. However, the Warm Bath theory is an extremely outdated idea as more women are able to go to work nowadays rather than just men. As well as this, the Warm Bath theory overlooks the fact that women will have their own personal problems and thus will need support, rather than just being supportive for other people within their family. The idea that they are there purely for support without support of their own may be detrimental to their health. The Warm Bath theory also overlooks the idea of conflict within family, as problems may arise from arguments between parents which in turn will have a detrimental effect on both parents and the child of the family.

    Overall, Functionalists have changed our view on the family drastically. As Functionalism is an ideal perspective of society, the theories brought up by Parsons such as the warm bath theory has an impact on how we see things as the theory is evidently flawed meaning that society is able to grow from the mistakes caused by the theories. Functionalism as a theory is outdated, as it overlooks the idea that nuclear families are no longer most common. Our views on the family have changed however as theories such as the functional fit theory was once relevant and was true at some stage.

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    ↩  Luke i checked that for plagiarism. it isnt plagiarized. you actually typed all of that out at some point.

    my fun fact is that about 85% of people who eventually become homosexual are born with an extra bone in their wrist (usually right side) called the gay bone.