ValiantDust

@ValiantDust@feddit.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do the majority of women still take their partner's last name?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  To all the people here arguing that it’s easier to have a family name, especially with children: It’s also possible that the husband takes the wife’s name. But from anecdotal evidence in my acquaintance, most men are very opposed to this idea. So if the woman wants a family name she has to change her name or have endless fights about it. That’s why most women I know did it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do zoos do with dead animals?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I remember some years ago a zoo fed a dead giraffe to the lions and people went absolutely insane about it. I’m not sure about the details anymore, they might have killed it because there wasn’t enough room in the zoo for it? Either way I didn’t get it, what do they think the lions are fed any other day? Animals that weren’t killed explicitly to become food? Some cows that couldn’t bear existence on this world anymore and offered themselves as lion food? Where is the difference?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An absolute bargain!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I recently learned about bourdaloues. I wonder how many of them had a second life as a gravy boat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Question me not⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  R
  P ^I

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does drinking coffee reduce the amount of nutrients absorbed from prior meals?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Coffee can reduce how much iron get’s absorbed. This doesn’t have anything to do with the caffeine and the resulting stimulation though, but with something in the coffee binding the receptors or something like that. Don’t know if this happens with other nutrients as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do birds get fat in fall?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Mostly puffing up their feathers. On warm days they are suddenly smaller again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If Donald Trump was black, would he have made it this far in politics?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not from the US and while, thanks to the internet, I probably know more about Trump’s scandals and crimes than is necessary or reasonable for anyone only indirectly affected by his actions, I’m sure I’ve only scratched the surface. Especially since, as you said, you really have to put in an effort to keep track of all of them.

  So I’m just observing from afar and constantly amazed by every new detail I stumble upon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If Donald Trump was black, would he have made it this far in politics?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Trump initially avoided any comment about the Bonwit Teller artwork. But John Baron, a spokesperson with the Trump Organization, contacted the New York Daily News to discuss the situation. Baron informed the Daily News that “the merit of the stones was not great enough to justify the effort to save them.” Baron stated that the removal process could have set back Trump Tower’s construction timeline by two weeks. Baron also told the New York Times that he had no idea what happened to the ornate grillwork.
  Long after Baron’s initial contact, the New York Daily News learned that John Baron was actually Donald Trump, in disguise.

  WTF?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does a list of lemmy instance and main language exist?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Many instances are mixed language. Feddit.org for example is mainly German communities for now but is officially a German/English instance and one of the largest communities is c/Europe, which is in English. Blocking whole instances will block many English communities as well. Though I get that that might be an acceptable trade-off to get rid of a flood of posts you don’t understand.

  It’s a shame the language selection doesn’t work on many apps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where can I find rings with extremely rounded edges and half cylinders stacked above a flat band?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t really understand your description and I’m guessing that’s the reason for the downvotes. What do you mean by (half) cylinder? Maybe you could try adding a sketch of what you mean?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop making short men feel miserable at clubs!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t get it, they are only sluts when they are giving other men attention. When they are giving OP attention, they are graceful, heavenly creatures (who should also give him some sex).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is it a common insult for someone to say they slept with your mom?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In my opinion the reason it’s supposedly insulting is rooted in misogyny. A woman is the property of her male relatives. When someone sleeps with her without the permission of these relatives, he uses their property without permission, demonstrating his power over them.

  I do realise that many people use this insult because it’s just something you say. But I think it’s worth reflecting about what it actually is you are saying.