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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Domino’s Pizza profits dive as people cut back on takeaways in UK⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually if you faff around with vouchers and buy an extra pizza and change the garlic bread to wedges oh and spend another £5 to make it into the deal, you can bring the price down to only slightly overpriced!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GET BOMBADEERED, IDIOT⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I know it but I haven’t seen a good way of doing a long quote. Do I need the > on every single line? I’ve no idea why this time it put it into a code block, maybe something to do with my app (sync). The comment actually looks fine in a code block on my app so I thought it was good enough. Didn’t realise how shit it looked on desktop until you brought it up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GET BOMBADEERED, IDIOT⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t do it on purpose, I just copied and pasted

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GET BOMBADEERED, IDIOT⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s an attempted explanation

  Quinones are produced by epidermal cells for tanning the cuticle. This exists commonly in arthropods. [Dettner, 1987]
  
  Some of the quinones don't get used up, but sit on the epidermis, making the arthropod distasteful. (Quinones are used as defensive secretions in a variety of modern arthropods, from beetles to millipedes. [Eisner, 1970])
  
  Small invaginations develop in the epidermis between sclerites (plates of cuticle). By wiggling, the insect can squeeze more quinones onto its surface when they're needed.
  
  The invaginations deepen. Muscles are moved around slightly, allowing them to help expel the quinones from some of them. (Many ants have glands similar to this near the end of their abdomen. [Holldobler & Wilson, 1990, pp. 233-237])
  
  A couple invaginations (now reservoirs) become so deep that the others are inconsequential by comparison. Those gradually revert to the original epidermis.
  
  In various insects, different defensive chemicals besides quinones appear. (See Eisner, 1970, for a review.) This helps those insects defend against predators which have evolved resistance to quinones. One of the new defensive chemicals is hydroquinone.
  
  Cells that secrete the hydroquinones develop in multiple layers over part of the reservoir, allowing more hydroquinones to be produced. Channels between cells allow hydroquinones from all layers to reach the reservior.
  
  The channels become a duct, specialized for transporting the chemicals. The secretory cells withdraw from the reservoir surface, ultimately becoming a separate organ.
  
  This stage -- secretory glands connected by ducts to reservoirs -- exists in many beetles. The particular configuration of glands and reservoirs that bombardier beetles have is common to the other beetles in their suborder. [Forsyth, 1970]
  
  Muscles adapt which close off the reservior, thus preventing the chemicals from leaking out when they're not needed.
  
  Hydrogen peroxide, which is a common by-product of cellular metabolism, becomes mixed with the hydroquinones. The two react slowly, so a mixture of quinones and hydroquinones get used for defense.
  
  Cells secreting a small amount of catalases and peroxidases appear along the output passage of the reservoir, outside the valve which closes it off from the outside. These ensure that more quinones appear in the defensive secretions. Catalases exist in almost all cells, and peroxidases are also common in plants, animals, and bacteria, so those chemicals needn't be developed from scratch but merely concentrated in one location.
  
  More catalases and peroxidases are produced, so the discharge is warmer and is expelled faster by the oxygen generated by the reaction. The beetle Metrius contractus provides an example of a bombardier beetle which produces a foamy discharge, not jets, from its reaction chambers. The bubbling of the foam produces a fine mist. [Eisner et al., 2000]
  
  The walls of that part of the output passage become firmer, allowing them to better withstand the heat and pressure generated by the reaction.
  
  Still more catalases and peroxidases are produced, and the walls toughen and shape into a reaction chamber. Gradually they become the mechanism of today's bombardier beetles.
  
  The tip of the beetle's abdomen becomes somewhat elongated and more flexible, allowing the beetle to aim its discharge in various directions.
  

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blobfish⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Does their god need a reason to create every single fish? Sounds exhausting

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes a thing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, but at least it’s an ethos

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's not supposed to make sense...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember explaining something regarding special relativity to my colleagues once, and they replied that I must be wrong because “That doesn’t make sense at all”. Of course it doesn’t make sense, that’s how you know I’m right!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨originality⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My junior’s commit messages look like this image. There’s always a way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  OP needs to make like a tree and get out of there

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm a bit freaked out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t try to tell us that fruit is any better Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Something something far-left⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good examples of "Where the fuck do you go" kind of games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember playing Assault on the Control Room on Halo 1 and one of the doors glitched and didn’t unlock. I must have walked around those hallways for hours trying to work out where I was supposed to go

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sycamore Gap tree destroyed in 'moronic mission', court told⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like they just did it for a laugh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's with "*checks notes*" everywhere?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At least it’s becoming less common for people to start comments with “Imagine…”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Purple Petunias⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a weird one, they’re usually acknowledging that the “boffin” in question is an expert or knowledgeable. Yet it’s definitely a negative connotation imo, in a kind of anti-intellectual way. Here’s a shitrag making the case for it being positive, if you’re interested.

  I definitely have a negative connotation of anyone that uses the word unironically.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Purple Petunias⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a perfect example of why science is always useful. Without the knowledge of the results, it would be easy to point and laugh at the start of this. You can almost see the anti science headlines. “Boffins spend TWO MILLION of YOUR TAX to make petunias PURPLE”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American and British English spelling and pronunciations⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Glad you agree on the correct pronunciation of schedule. Fuck the people that say schedule.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The landlord special⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was behind somebody in the queue at Screwfix who was asking for advice after their landlord had glossed the inside of their BATH. What a lunatic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Entropy? Never heard of it.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s sometimes called an overbalanced wheel, an early perpetual motion device. The idea is that there’s more weights on the right side than the left side, so the wheel will turn clockwise. The weights are on rods that fall to the right as the wheel turns, so there’s always going to be more weights on the right. So the wheel turns forever. Free power woohoo!

  The reality is that the balls on the left are further away from the axle. Futher from the axle = greater torque. Surprise surprise it all cancels out and the wheel eventually comes to rest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thank god "shit" is censored⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What a sap

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans are weird.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  White with a hint of slumlord

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans are weird.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  UK here. We use magnolia for every wall, thank you very much

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon experiences German humor⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oeuf is French for egg. “Un oeuf” sounds like “enough”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon experiences German humor⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We have some like that in England, for example a Frenchman only ever carries one egg because an egg is un oeuf

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk wants the U.S. to “Liberate the people Britain from their tyrannical government”⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  He never had it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does it seem most people, mainly conservatives, against Trans people? Unless I am wrong I never heard of one shooting up a school church or whatever. The ones I have met have been pretty cool.⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If that were true, then it would be trans men getting the most attention because they’re the ones cheating their way up this hierarchy. In my experience, 99% of the hate is directed at trans women.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the best anti-work movies?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The bums will always lose!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My brain parsed it fine. Maybe I’ve spent too long online and I’ve adapted to the lack of punctuation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This relies on knowledge of the common saying “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all”. If you’ve never encountered that saying, this post probably looks like word soup.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Même] Which movie was this for you?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I watched that again recently and thought it was still funny. Fuck the haters!