IMongoose
@IMongoose@lemmy.world
- Comment on Mystery solved! 1 day ago:
Hank Green can tell you the full mystery:
youtu.be/acEIGorImGs?si=_xi2IF-GEssAuyZ-
tl:dw: We knew that’s where baby eels came from but we didn’t know how the adults got there or what the larvae looked like. Baby eel larvae was misidentified as another species and adult eel can take up to 18 months traveling at the bottom of the ocean to get there, during which time they grow their gonads which was another mystery.
- Comment on My laptop hinge just ripped its screws right out. 1 day ago:
You’re already working on it so you’re good. We’ve just had kids ignore it too long which causes more issues. Just don’t force it lol.
- Comment on My laptop hinge just ripped its screws right out. 1 day ago:
At least it didn’t crack the screen with the bad hinge. I think it happens when the screws get a little loose and the angles shift. I work k-12 edu and have seen hundreds of Chromebooks do this.
- Comment on I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07. 2 days ago:
I feel like all food is moving to JC Penny sales tactics. In what world is a box of cereal $8 but you can get 4 of those same boxes for $9. Same with soda prices. Every other week they run these sales.
- Comment on The fine art of negotiation 4 days ago:
- Comment on Anon gives back 6 days ago:
Many restaurants let people pay when they pick up or get the food delivered. So doing this costs the restaurant money, not OP. That’s why he’s spoofing his info too, if he paid they probably wouldn’t care enough to ban the number.
- Comment on Jenkins. 1 week ago:
I’ve also come to share a tangentially related video:
- Comment on Many stunt performers are reluctant to report head injuries, study finds 1 week ago:
No one wants to be thumbs down stunt guy.
- Comment on Depending on how you count 1 week ago:
I know you are just being silly, but to answer your question, the point of those groups (ducks unlimited, pheasants forever, whitetail whenever, turkeys tomorrow, raccoons all noons, etc) is to put money into conservation of those animals so that their populations stay great enough that they can be hunted.
So yes, the goal is for the ducks to be unlimited.
- Comment on I’m 43 but everyone at the workplace thinks I’m 25. Is this something I need to change? 4 weeks ago:
You could create a tragic backstory. Say the love of your life passed away unexpectedly and that’s why you became a nurse. If only you knew then what you know now maybe you could have saved them.
- Comment on checkmate, big geology!! 1 month ago:
The Yellowstone volcano is about 8 times larger than the entirety of park that has Mt St Helens in it (~860,000 acres of volcano vs ~110,000 acres of park).
- Comment on Come on, science! 1 month ago:
Sorry, I’m sure there are other features that you like for this, but just the ones in this thread; long life, always on display, shows the time, sits on a desk, no notifications. That’s a clock. Like, a clock clock. Put a clock on your desk.
- Comment on Come on, science! 1 month ago:
- Comment on When in the dark, think of the monarch (See body.) 1 month ago:
- Comment on Or we could do metric time 2 months ago:
People used to wake up in the middle of the night for a couple of hours then go back to sleep:
- Comment on Anon starts a Youtube 2 months ago:
Ya, my videos are super niche. After almost 10 years I’m just now approaching 1000 subs. Granted I only started putting effort into my edits the last few years but still, it’s tough out there.
- Comment on The Helldivers 2 bot faction has been eradicated. What do now? 2 months ago:
Go back to fighting bugs with rovers instead of bots with shield packs. I heckin love fighting bugs with the rover.
- Comment on 'The Matrix' Is Getting a Fifth Movie—Without a Wachowski Directing | Wired 2 months ago:
If you look at it from the viewpoint of the Wachowski sister purposely making it shit it’s actually enjoyable. She straight up tells you at the beginning of the movie that it was going to be made with or without her, so she chose to take the piss. I didn’t understand until it turned into a heist movie with all the tropes halfway through, and then I was amazed that she was able to get this movie made and released in the state it’s in. That movie is art.
- Comment on mimic 2 months ago:
I used the wrong word and you had no idea what I was talking about, you got me. Debating a word over Greek vs Latin origin on what suffix to use in the English language, which is always consistent and true to its root words, is worthy of such pedantry. I concede.
- Comment on mimic 2 months ago:
Mountain lions have like 30 different names and no one gets into entomology fights about them. If there is no scientific standard name like birds have use whatever makes the most sense to you.
- Comment on mimic 2 months ago:
Right, when there is this much controversy over a plural there will never be a consensus, especially when it doesn’t actually matter. The truth is that as long as people understand what you mean it doesn’t matter what you use.
- Comment on mimic 2 months ago:
www.dictionary.com/e/octopuses-or-octopi/
Octopuses, octopodes, and octopi are fine.
- Comment on Do birds find it unpleasant to be out in the rain? 2 months ago:
Ya, this is the best video I could find to show what I’m talking about ~7min in, ignore the inspirational text if you want:
youtu.be/gGwKdg53W6k?si=AboK8A44Tdmi8ZMX
You can see the water beading up instead of absorbing, and sometimes just bouncing off completely. If the bird roused (shook) it would be pretty dry.
- Comment on Do birds find it unpleasant to be out in the rain? 2 months ago:
I have birds that I keep outside in the summer, sometimes they will just sit in the rain even though they have plenty of covered areas. All birds have an oil gland that they use to run an oil over their feathers to keep them in good order and different levels of waterproof depending on species. Most birds can sit in the rain for a while without actually getting wet.
But ya, birds can get wet and cold but they are usually adapted to their environment to not get too cold or too wet.
- Comment on I think an intern helps them tie their shoes too 2 months ago:
You’re giving some of these people way too much credit. I work IT and I deliberately avoid watching some people whose job it is to use a computer use a computer. Any deviation from the norm and they are lost. ANY deviation. I’ve seen people get confused when a box opens up in a different spot. I completely understand that everyone has different skill sets but some people have not progressed very far into their skill tree.
- Comment on The original party god 2 months ago:
I’m not sure KG was upset by anything. KG was in the first movie and I feel like if he liked doing movies it would be easy for him to do bit parts in movies with JB. Also they made fun of this in a song they did so it can’t be too serious of an issue:
- Comment on Folksy stuff 2 months ago:
I think you are focusing way too hard on tricking being negative, when it doesn’t have to be. Example:
“Pick up these toys” - direct, boring, likely to be ignored.
“Can you dance the whole time you are putting toys away?” - fun, presents a challenge to overcome, at least maybe burning some energy.
The second one could be considered a trick, but it’s not dismissive or mean and it teaches that chores can be made fun.
- Comment on Will Smith Zombie Game No One Has Heard Of Bombs 2 months ago:
His kid has been in a few movies now, and his daughter made that one song. I honestly don’t care that he is trying to promote his kids because I think they wanted that and Will had the sway to do it. I think most parents would use their privilege to help their kids. But I do agree that that alien fear movie was trash.
- Comment on *So far* 3 months ago:
The honey starts to crystalize. If you put it in some warm water it will return to normal:
- Comment on Business is good for snake catchers in Australia, as the period of brumation, a sort of hibernation for reptiles, is shrinking — a result of the warming earth. 3 months ago:
There’s a road in Southern Illinois that shuts down due to snakes “migrating” every year. This year they shut it down like a month early due to it being so warm the snakes are already moving around.