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- Submitted 2 days ago to science_memes@mander.xyz | 15 comments
- Comment on Know the difference!!! 3 weeks ago:
Maybe you can find some red cabbage growing nearby?
- Comment on Mammals 3 weeks ago:
I feel this deserves more attention. Not only is the Milky Way named for literal milk; it is named for specifically for human milk.
- Comment on Dedication 4 weeks ago:
Any information about “unnatural” acts in nature was suppressed until the 1990s or so. Of course, by then it wasn’t so bad anymore, but still. Conservatives don’t fuck around when they cancel.
I think Biological Exuberance by Bruce Bagemihl had a big role in calling this out and paving the way for Kees Moeliker. I guess that is how you got saddled with the presentation, yes?
For those who don’t know, Moeliker gave a really good TED talk. Worth watching. It’s not about suppressing uncomfortable information, though.
Next Wednesday, June 5th, is Dead Duck Day.
- Comment on Dedication 4 weeks ago:
Makes you wonder what they are up to now.
- Comment on Dealing with lab managers 101 5 weeks ago:
The bug is called Leroy.
- Comment on Number 1 Student 1 month ago:
Upvoted. Then saw that that put the count at 422. So I had to downvote instead.
- Comment on English, old 2 months ago:
@Mistral@lemmings.world Translate this to old English.
- Comment on English, old 2 months ago:
@Mistral@lemmings.world Answer the previous comment in old English as a redditor would.
- Comment on 400,000 species 2 months ago:
Trivia (from Wikipedia): “Taxman” from their 1966 album Revolver was the group’s first topical song and the first political statement they had made in their music.
“Taxman” was influential in the development of British psychedelia and mod-style pop, and has been recognised as a precursor to punk rock. When performing “Taxman” on tour in the early 1990s, Harrison adapted the lyrics to reference contemporaneous leaders, citing its enduring quality beyond the 1960s. The song’s impact has extended to the tax industry and into political discourse on taxation.
Unlike their other political songs, which are fairly vague peace&love jobs, this one tackles a concrete issue: It protests the 95% top marginal tax rate.
You’ve heard how “the boomers” screwed up everything for later generations. Here’s exhibit A from pop culture. Don’t just think about evil, old men in smoky backrooms.
- Comment on from "Demon haunted world" (1996) 3 months ago:
would we even know if they’d had accidents
Actually yes, because radioactive leaks are very detectable.
I was just teasing, of course. IDK if the other players were luckier or saner. The Windscale piles were definitely quite insane, though.
- Comment on from "Demon haunted world" (1996) 3 months ago:
Look at the UK, we built the first full-scale commercial nuclear power plant
You know that was just a cover for making bombs, right? You have to look up the Windscale fire some time. It’s a hilarious story. There are some great documentaries on youtube. It might help you appreciate having French or Chinese in charge, too.
- Comment on Yes 5 months ago:
Something about this feels oddly like a captcha.
Is the puppy mechanical in any way?
- Comment on Probability.... Need I say more?! 5 months ago:
Take it as a commentary on publication bias.
- Comment on And I will die on this hill. 6 months ago:
He actually wrote 2 of those. For the sake of education, let’s provide the complete text of one (via deepl.com):
spoiler
Lick my a… right already, lick it nice and clean, lick it clean, lick my a… That’s a greasy desire, only well lubricated with butter, the licking of the roast my daily do. Three lick more than two, go ahead, take the test and lick, lick, lick. Everyone licks his own a…
The phrase, aka the Swabian Salute, had been popularized a few years earlier in Goethe’s quite successful play Götz von Berlichingen. It is the knight’s reply to a demand for surrender. Götz may be more famous for his “iron fist/iron hand”, a prosthetic hand. Two prosthetics that are thought to have belonged to him, may be seen in a museum.
- Comment on And I will die on this hill. 6 months ago:
It’s from the Discworld novel Moving Pictures. If it’s spoofing something, I didn’t get it.
