Mothra
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- Comment on Hopping out of the shower, realizing I forgot to bring a towel 4 days ago:
Love this solution, thanks for the laugh
- Submitted 4 days ago to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world | 14 comments
- Comment on 6 days ago:
Oh sick I didn’t know it had the Shivering Isles. It used to be my favorite, I think out of TES it’s my favorite environment setting so far.
- Comment on I have a shamefully dark question for firefighters. I'm sorry but I'm just too curious to not ask... It's about the smell and how that affects life. 6 days ago:
I’m far from being a firefighter and I’ve never encountered a decomposing human body. I just want to point out that the smell of pork most humans like, is the smell of certain pork parts only and under controlled temperatures.
In other words, if you were to throw a pork whole into a fire, the smell would be different from that of ribs on a bbq. You would be burning its fur, skin, internal organs, blood and excrement along with the muscle and fat, and I mean burning, not cooking, which also makes a difference.
- Comment on Could wastewater plant simply heat up water past 500C to decompose all chemicals and output clean water? 6 days ago:
There isn’t a steel supply tap to every house is it? I don’t think I’ve had to replace or buy any steel pieces over the last two months or so. Different story with water.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
You have some really good answers. Just remember,
INSECT REPELLENT.
That’s what you need. People tend to forget about ticks, mosquitoes, horseflies and whatnot. And if you’re in Australia, add leeches to the list. They can be vicious and ruin your experience if you go unprepared.
- Comment on Australian neo-Nazi smashes his laptop after receiving a polite “welcome” on home screen 1 week ago:
Love Beetoota, always helping me keep up with the current affairs
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Considering all the replies you’ve had until now from different users, asking this almost feels like sealioning.
- Comment on What causes individual variation in what animals you like? 1 week ago:
I used to be pretty neutral about ticks and leeches. Then I had the privilege of becoming their target and now both stir as much hate from me as fleas and roaches do.
- Comment on Dolphins Communicate with ‘Fountains of Pee’ 1 week ago:
Is it just three paragraphs or am I missing something here? It feels like it ends abruptly especially for a SA article
- Comment on Plans to update? 1 week ago:
What kind of problems, and update what?
- Comment on What's the point in getting married? 1 week ago:
Depending on the country it can make e a significant difference in finances, because taxes, inheritance laws, credit scores, etc.
Finances aside, yes, for some people the ceremony is a ritual that carries heavy meaning and the ring and a ceremony is a way to strengthen the relationship. Is a ritual that is culturally significant and very significant for some. Everyone is different so just because for you and me it is irrelevant that’s not the case for thousands of others.
It’s like swearing an oath of sorts. You may ask yourself, why do they waste time in court making people say they won’t lie and why some need to do it with a bible? People still lie after all. Or what difference does it make when people hook pinkies over a promise? It’s just a promise like any other and it can be broken. But people still do these things, and they get married too.
- Comment on Could I render the computer-generated graphics from Toy Story (1995) in real time using a single modern home computer? 2 weeks ago:
Hello, I’ve worked in 3D animation productions. Short answer: You can get close.
Unreal Engine has the capacity to deliver something of similar quality in real time providing you have a powerful enough rig. You would need not only the hardware but also the technical know how to optimize several aspects of your scenes. Basically the knowledge of a mid to senior unreal TD and a mid to senior generalist combined to say the least.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Uh okay well I don’t think I’ve seen anything in any TES unofficial patch that did anything beyond the scope of what’s expected in vanilla gameplay.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
I’m not even sure I understand your question in the first place. What’s your problem with bug fixing mods?
- Comment on What accent would I even have? 2 weeks ago:
Even if we knew exactly how you are pronouncing what you wrote, we still don’t know your intonation, which is massive when it comes to accents.
Mine is a mess. My native language is Spanish but nobody ever guesses it right. I work in a customer service role and people often ask me where is my accent from. When they dare risk a guess, they usually ask if it’s French, Russian or Irish. Yes- Irish! Conversely, I deal with lots of tourists as well and the French, Russian and Irish accents couldn’t sound any more different from each other so I don’t know what that means about mine. Spanish accent is typically very easy to recognize so whatever mine is, it sounds nothing like it.
- Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? 2 weeks ago:
I have experience with Blender and its counterparts, in a professional setting. Blender sure is powerful and solid on its own, for many things you can make the case that is better than Maya- it’s absolutely better value - however I wouldn’t say it’s better on all fronts. But yes it’s absolutely worthy of a mention here.
- Comment on What's with "*checks notes*" everywhere? 3 weeks ago:
It’s just a fad. Speech mannerisms also come and go with the times. Right now it’s popular to use it, and people use it.
- Comment on How long does it take for someone to reach a high level of drawing? 3 weeks ago:
This depends on the amount of time and dedication you put into it plus your natural ability to understand and represent the world visually. Which isn’t the same for everyone. Nature and nurture both make a difference.
In short I’ve seen most people make significant progress in the first year or two of their art journey, but after that you sort of hit a plateau. Here’s where the difficult stuff begins and it’s a life journey. Whether or not that is good enough for you and what you want to draw is only for you to decide.
- Comment on Who would win in a fight, a Gorilla or a Bear of equal weight? 3 weeks ago:
Bear primarily because of the claws. It means it can deliver a deadly slashing attack without getting its mouth, head and neck (its most vulnerable spots) within the gorilla’s grasp.
- Comment on Sleep Scream Die 3 weeks ago:
Is that a photo of CiChada?
Also I thought they were awake while underground most of the time
- Comment on use it on strangers 3 weeks ago:
Love this one
- Comment on Is the person who winks the Winkor and the person who receives the wink the Winkee ? 4 weeks ago:
I would say Winker nor Winkor but English isn’t my first language so let’s see what the consensus is for this matter.
- Comment on What efforts would it take to strip the name Americans from the folks inhabiting the US? 4 weeks ago:
Similarly in Spanish OP, we say estadounidense as the demonym for something from USA. We often use americano interchangeably though, but that gives room for confusion sometimes.
I think you should have posted this in Unpopular Opinions hah. I don’t give much weight to it and, as long as everyone knows what you mean by American when you say it is fine, so I don’t necessarily agree with your opinion that it hurts the rest of the continent. But as far as semantics go we both know the question is about as old as the country itself.
We’re gonna get downvoted to hell. See you there :)
- Comment on What efforts would it take to strip the name Americans from the folks inhabiting the US? 4 weeks ago:
Agree, I also don’t know of any USA residents doing so. But outside it’s a very different story especially in places where the language isn’t English.
What is the demonym for something that can be found or belongs to “The Americas”, comprising both North and South America (and potentially Central if you go by the Three Americas way of splitting the continent)?
Why is it that you have terms such as “North American” to describe something related to USA+anything north in the continent, then you have another term such as “South American” for anything Mexico and south of it in the continent, but when you say American , that’s right, the generic one that doesn’t specify and encompasses it all then it is presumed to be exclusively USA? I understand the history that explains that, but as far as semantics go, it’s still a legitimate question. Languages other than English have different answers for it.
- Comment on What efforts would it take to strip the name Americans from the folks inhabiting the US? 4 weeks ago:
True but it has no other countries in it. Which is the whole point OP is making.
- Comment on What efforts would it take to strip the name Americans from the folks inhabiting the US? 4 weeks ago:
Mexicans call themselves mexicans in Spanish, and refer to their country as just Mexico even if it is formally " united mexican states". Also note is “mexican” and doesn’t say “american” anywhere, so I still don’t see where the confusion would be, at least not in Spanish language ( which mexicans also speak). The only country in the world that refers to itself as a continent both formally and colloquially is USA.
- Comment on What efforts would it take to strip the name Americans from the folks inhabiting the US? 4 weeks ago:
I’m not OP. As someone whose native language isn’t English, I agree with OP that something like “united statesians” would be more specific than just “american” to refer to someone belonging to the US. A united statesian would be only from US, whereas someone just american could be referring to anyone in the American continent - both North and South.
And that’s exactly how Spanish language deals with the issue. Native Spanish speakers understand that colloquially, american means someone from US and wouldn’t call a Canadian or a Brazilian an American. However it does lend itself to confusion, it is a question often raised by children when learning adjectives, and as far as adjectives go, things other than people (animals for example) usually follow the regular rules of language. Finally, Spanish speakers also say “united statesians” ( * estadounidense* ) instead of “american” when referring to people living in US.
- Comment on Is this picture idea immature? 4 weeks ago:
Many would find it stupid, but those people don’t share your sense of humor and you would never get along with them in the first place.
So go and put the picture, it will help weed out people you don’t want to waste your time with. You’ll only get those who either don’t mind or who actually think it’s funny too.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Okay so I don’t know if you’re into birdwatching at at all but that’s about the top speed of a peregrine falcon. Have you ever seen a bird of prey dive to attack?
That’s also about the stalling speed of a passenger airplane, that is, the minimum speed it must fly at before losing lift.
I couldn’t think of anything else that goes at around 300kmh but if I get new ideas I’ll let you know.