Sludgehammer
@Sludgehammer@lemmy.world
- Comment on Where did Captain Planet go when he flew away? 3 days ago:
Now I’m picturing Captain Planet stepping around a corner and having his flesh melt off as and his bones dissolve.
- Comment on Kennedy Would Keep Stake in H.P.V. Vaccine Suit if Confirmed 4 weeks ago:
I’ll admit, I was not expecting Nurgle cultist to take over the US government.
- Comment on Trump Administration Fires U.S. Coast Guard Commandant 4 weeks ago:
Don’t worry, I’m sure Trump will appoint, I dunno… Catturd or someone to fill the role.
- Comment on With Every Fiber Of My Being 4 weeks ago:
No, no… I’ve been assured online it wasn’t actually a Nazi salute.
- Comment on downloaded rednote and this a frequent emote in the comments 5 weeks ago:
Trump has nowhere near enough hair to make pigtails like that.
- Comment on Trump’s Wish to Control Greenland and Panama Canal: Not a Joke This Time 1 month ago:
It wasn’t a joke the first time, it’s just that after everyone laughed at him he got humiliated and pivoted to “Haha I was just kidding you guys! So funny right?” and tried to play it off.
- Comment on Peter Dutton says he'll never stand in front of an Aboriginal flag as prime minister 2 months ago:
The opposition leader stated that the flag’s presence in press conferences is a symbol of division.
Translation: “Those ***** need to learn their place”
- Comment on Intruder 2 months ago:
- Comment on Why did the first people to settle in very cold climates decide to settle in such a harsh climate? 2 months ago:
They were repeatedly being selected for the people who could handle a slightly colder environment, so by the time the population reached the polar regions, all that was left was people with traits to handle the cold. Any remotely beneficial recessive gene would quickly replace dominant alleles in the population.
Although I’m sure there was some genetic adaptation, I’d argue it was more technological advancement. The northernmost tribe discovers a better make of clothing, or a better housing structure and suddenly the colder winters farther north are now tolerable so people settle there. The new northern tribe refines their technology and knowledge and now that they know how to… ice fish or something they have a winter food source, and now their descendants can settle even farther north.
- Comment on don't be a coward 2 months ago:
Complex limb? Let me see an elephant tie a granny knot. Maybe with training? OK. Do a square knot.
Complex communication? Elephants have communication skills on par with a 3-4 year old human. An intensely trained dog might top 200 words. My vocabulary is an easy 50,000 words. Yours is too.
Now apply both of these challenges to a chimpanzee. I doubt one could tie a knot very well. Washoe the chimp we taught sign language had a vocabulary of only 450. Yet, I have I on good authority that a very close relative of chimpanzees have developed complex thought, complex language and advanced tool use and creation.
- Comment on don't be a coward 2 months ago:
They must have limbs skilled enough to handle and construct this technology, a complex communication system, and a binocular vision system (for this reason the most used in all species) to perceive their environment. The humanoid shape is one that best fits these maxims and therefore it is quite possible that an advanced species would also have a more or less similar shape.
Elephants meet all of these criteria as well. A complex limb (their trunk), a complex communication, and binocular vision (although I don’t see why this is necessary).
- Comment on Half-Life 2 is currently 100% for its 20th anniversary 2 months ago:
Close enough I suppose.
- Comment on Half-Life 2 is currently 100% for its 20th anniversary 2 months ago:
Holy crap, someone who actually didn’t have it yet!
- Comment on Nintendo sues a streamer for streaming ten games before their release 3 months ago:
Nintendo has been cracking down on emulators this year.
I’m guessing it’s because the Switch 2 will be a “Gamecube to Wii” sort of upgrade. Gruntier CPU and GPU, minor hardware changes, but same basic system. So Nintendo has been cracking down on Switch emulators so there won’t be a zero day Switch 2 emulator.
- Comment on Stardew Valley 1.6.9 Changelog 3 months ago:
Placing a bomb and then switching to a weapon no longer applies its enchantments to the bomb damage.
Huh, never knew about that one.
- Comment on Is there a conversational AI chat bot that isn't... So horny? Preferably free, but I'll pay a little bit of it's good. 3 months ago:
Just be aware that the Gemini is rather limited in the logic department, even as chat bots go.
Image - Comment on World of Warcraft adds $90 mount to in game store 3 months ago:
There’s also a pack containing every ship they’ve sold which you can only see/purchase if you’ve spent one thousand dollars in their ship store. I’ll spoiler the price so you can try and guess how much it is first:
spoiler
$48,000, not counting the $1000 you have to spend to be able to see it.
- Comment on World of Warcraft adds $90 mount to in game store 3 months ago:
At least it’s not Star Citizen prices:
- Comment on Horrors We've Unleashed 4 months ago:
I mean it’s cheap easy protein. I’m not gonna judge.
- Comment on Horrors We've Unleashed 4 months ago:
But keep in mind there are a lot of invasive populations of mosquitoes and some of them are disease carrying species. Since they’re invasive, by definition they’re not vital to the natural ecosystem and those populations could be safely wiped out.
- Comment on He's just lucky I guess 4 months ago:
My best guess is that it was on some of the equipment and somehow got transferred in during the colonoscopy.
- Comment on Gender 4 months ago:
If you go far enough back, “Data corruption”
- Comment on Illegal voting by noncitizens is rare, yet Republicans are making it a major issue this election 5 months ago:
Don’t forget the voter suppression before the election. They’ll have long list of blue voters that must be purged because maybe one of them is illegally voting.
- Comment on Would you like a receipt? 5 months ago:
My response is usually “Sure, I can always use an alibi!”
- Comment on Honey what’s wrong, you barely touched your Philly Cheesesteak Cheesecake 8 months ago:
My thought is some sort of rosemary heavy crust with whole wheat bread crumbs instead of graham crackers, a garlic and onion flavored (and sugar free) cheese cake and then standard Philly cheese steak filling for the topping. Add in a dollop of cheese wiz on the top and some sort of balsamic/worcestershire reduction drizzled onto the top.
- Comment on Honey what’s wrong, you barely touched your Philly Cheesesteak Cheesecake 8 months ago:
That… could work?
I mean it’d be a real challenge, but some sort of savory cheesecake, with a savory crust, topped with cheese steak fillings and I could see it being… okay-ish. I don’t think it would gain mainstream appeal, but I could see it being some sort of local delicacy that all the locals say is delicious but also a acquired taste.
- Comment on [deleted] 8 months ago:
IIRC it’s because they classified the bong water as the controlled substance. As such it’s treated as if she were smuggling a half pound or so of meth rather then bong water that tested positive for methamphetamine.
- Comment on Metal Slug Tactics - New trailer | Coming Fall 2024 8 months ago:
If you liked the SNES Megaman X games you’ll like 20XX.
- Comment on Tower of Babel 10 months ago:
And once again God fucks everyone over because he can’t stand not being the most special boy ever.
- Comment on Like a novelty 10 months ago:
I wonder how good of a wooden axe you could make? Like what if you carved the axe head out of lignum vitae or something.
