protist
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- Comment on Good Ol' Landlord Special 🪱 1 day ago:
- Comment on Roses 1 day ago:
The speed of light is constant, however the frequency of light is variable. Similar thing with sound, high pitched and low pitched frequencies travel at the same speed in the same medium
- Comment on Also literally known as the Horror Frog 2 days ago:
Nature is fucked up. Bedbugs mate via “traumatic insemination,” where the male stabs the female in the gut with his reproductive organ and injects sperm straight into her body. And we all know about ducks…
Crazy shit evolves.
- Comment on bro got neutered 2 days ago:
That’s gracious of you. Maybe too gracious
- Comment on Well you see, uh... 2 days ago:
Yeah again I agree, but I also think once you have a kid you’ll understand that early on they’re largely going to be asking questions to which they have no hope of figuring out an answer, because they’re just beginning to learn to read and know absolutely nothing about the world. Developing curiosity and investigative methods are part of it too, but genuinely only for what is within their grasp, otherwise it can become confusing and frustrating
- Comment on Well you see, uh... 2 days ago:
You definitely want to encourage your child to learn independently and be curious, but it’s important to remember they’re starting from a place of knowing absolutely nothing.
I had some friends who thought it was important to let their (very young) kids have agency and basically make all their own decisions, but they had no framework within which to know what choices to make. Their oldest is doing better now, but went through several years of pretty bad anxiety and tantrums, and I have no doubt their technique contributed to this.
This is just an anecdote, I know, but I think kids need to have their questions answered flat out unless you know they either already know the answer or have the tools prepared to figure it out independently
- Comment on Well you see, uh... 2 days ago:
“Dada, can you teach me how to read?”
“Figure it out yourself.”
- Comment on Sorry 4 days ago:
Insects are my homies
- Comment on This guy managed the movie theater I worked at in high school. 6 days ago:
But there’s quite an array of options between “fancy” and “t-shirt tucked into jean shorts.”
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
This is the only thing we should use the Internet for
- Comment on Why do people get mad at you for using Wikipedia, but treat Google and AI chatbots like they're gospel? 1 week ago:
Teachers are telling you that in the context of writing an academic paper, and they’re totally correct
- Comment on *Humans entered the chat* 1 week ago:
It’s fish all the way down
- Comment on *Humans entered the chat* 1 week ago:
You just bothered real hard lol
- Comment on *Humans entered the chat* 1 week ago:
People are fish. You’re inventing strict definitions that do not exist 😂 And we don’t even know that it’s a landrace for certain, you just said you’re “guessing” this
- Comment on *Humans entered the chat* 1 week ago:
Well if you’re going back millions of years to extinct species, sure lol. Glabarisculum definitely may be a landrace, but it’s also still the likely progenitor of all extant Capsicum annuum varieties
- Comment on *Humans entered the chat* 1 week ago:
- Comment on *Humans entered the chat* 1 week ago:
One of the most successful species of all time
- Comment on Why do people get mad at you for using Wikipedia, but treat Google and AI chatbots like they're gospel? 1 week ago:
I was responding to someone complaining about teachers telling students not to use Wikipedia. Literally the only reason teachers say that is so students don’t use it as a primary source when doing assignments
- Comment on BANG! 1 week ago:
Could you imagine if people would get together to shoot off their fireworks? A party of 10 would put the average paid for fireworks display to shame, and there’s going to be loads more than 10 people in your average area that would be shooting off fireworks
When people do this, they’re still shooting off fireworks in your neighborhood, I don’t get how this is much different from a single family shooting some off. One of my dogs gets scared that night, but he’s perfectly fine the next day. I’ve always been a firm believer in the dogs being able to persist through a night of loud noises and have no issue with fireworks, whether or not I’m participating.
- Comment on Fuck yea bro! 1 week ago:
I haven’t worn boxers in 20 years. Trunks for life
- Comment on Fuck yea bro! 1 week ago:
I do want to say that most underwear literally does the same thing. This is kinky AF though, I’d buy it
- Comment on "influencers" are setting us back 1 week ago:
Intellectual elitism is absolutely not what we’re missing, we’re missing respect for expertise
- Comment on Why do people get mad at you for using Wikipedia, but treat Google and AI chatbots like they're gospel? 1 week ago:
No, it’s universal across all academic and research settings
- Comment on Why do people get mad at you for using Wikipedia, but treat Google and AI chatbots like they're gospel? 2 weeks ago:
Besides, you follow the sources the Wikipedia article uses and cite those things. Not cite Wikipedia itself
That’s literally what I said lol
- Comment on Why do people get mad at you for using Wikipedia, but treat Google and AI chatbots like they're gospel? 2 weeks ago:
But Wikipedia can’t be trusted as a source. It’s great for overviews of topics and for listing out many other potentially valid sources in the reference list at the end of every article. If you’re writing a paper though, you should never actually cite Wikipedia
- Comment on Why can't I apply SPF50 sunscreen twice to get SPF100 protection? 2 weeks ago:
Texas
- Comment on Why can't I apply SPF50 sunscreen twice to get SPF100 protection? 2 weeks ago:
Does higher SPF cost more where you live? I just bought both 50 and 100 and they were the same price
- Comment on 🤔 Interesting 2 weeks ago:
I mean, they’re saying you’re replaceable, but that’s just a front for layoffs. Executive leadership doesn’t care about having a functioning organization. They can easily find a job somewhere else once they demonstrate short term profits, even if it’s at the expense of the company’s long-term health
- Comment on To cosmic shreds, I say! 3 weeks ago:
Photons don’t have mass tho
- Comment on Rough date 3 weeks ago:
Women can still pay for the privilege
