skisnow

@skisnow@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aussie Fauna⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of people think of “venomous” as being a one-dimensional property like strength or speed that you have to build your way up towards. But really it’s just how this substance your body produces that reacts with another substance in another creature who evolved on a whole other continent to you.

  There doesn’t need to be a strong evolutionary imperative to be able to kill a herd of elephants, it’s enough for there to not be a strong disincentive not to produce enough venom to do it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's a fun new game⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s numbers for testing CC software.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As a US citizen who was born in the UK, how risky is it to leave and reenter the US right now?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Consult the chart

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America is fucked⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It took a sinister turn right at the end…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The good old days⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  To be clear, when you say doctors endorsed cigarette smoking, a small percentage of doctors were duped into endorsing it and their recommendations boosted by the tobacco industry.

  I’ve got my Grandfather’s old copy of The Boy’s Companion published before the date in that meme, and it’s very clear in its message that smoking is bad for you. They’ve known it was harmful to health since at least the 17th century, and tobacco was only brought to Europe in the 16th.

  The cunts who sent that mascot to the hospital fucking KNEW.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I had no idea y cunt was this powerful⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It was a major plot point on one of the seasons of The Sopranos. Junior ordered a hit on Tony Soprano after Tony found out that Junior ate pussy and teased him for it.

  Of all the notions that exist around hypermasculinity, this one is the weirdest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Max pulling THIS shit every time I finish watching Last Week Tonight⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  From 2013 to 2020 I didn’t have bittorrent installed anywhere, and paid for Netflix, NowTV, and Crunchyroll. Then the enshittification kicked in, and now most of what I watch is from bittorrent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  One of my friends is married to a Chinese woman only two years his junior, but because she, like most Asian women, looks a lot younger than her European contemporaries he still gets lots of dirty looks and untoward comments from judgy fucks who think it’s any of their fucking business.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Or it’s rendered at 1080 and upscaled…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At least Quark had some integrity.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re talking about animals it doesn’t matter.

  Not even that it doesn’t matter, it’s almost entirely the point. The reason why using ‘females’ as a noun to refer to women is dehumanizing is because it’s a noun we use for animals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We are so cooked⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bees live less than two months, so if 80% of bees died in the last 8 months that would suggest a sharp recent increase.

  I’m not saying there isn’t a bee crisis, just that this factoid is very badly worded.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Virgin Physicists⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Simple, all you need is a 6 ohm resistor and a 0.18457216 ohm resistor in series.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is chasing an old high⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, 256 colours