Wereduck

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The politics are better where it is wetter⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It looks like the synthesis of those two seemingly contradictory things is: If Congress is still in session after the 10 day grace period for the president to sign it has passed, the bill is treated as signed and becomes law. However if the 10 day grace period goes by and Congress is no longer in session at the end of that period, the bill is treated as vetoed.

  Another approach: Does nibbling on it count as a signature?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Radioactivity⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was gonna answer that most animals don’t live as long and reproduce faster than humans (so populations survive despite increased cancer risk), but when I looked into it I found a deep rabbit hole. In the case of wolves, I’m sure plenty died early on, because the populations present appear to have some genetic immune adaptations that protect them from cancer. I know other species (like frogs) have dark skin because the melenin increased the survival rate of the darker frogs at the time of the accident. So that is to say probably a lot of wildlife died, and that natural selection lead to some critters that are pretty resistant to radiation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon makes up a word⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think that’s the actual etymology. From what I can find it was an onomonpia about the sounds turkeys make, and a word for gunk. The second part of it is pronounced differently from the racial epiphet (with a more middle vowel like book rather than a forward vowel like boot), and which I understand to be a separate word with a separate origin. I avoid that one due to its spelling and nearness to the slur, but in a compound word it’s less likely to be misunderstood. The original use case of the word by the person who supposedly coined it was for needless verbosity. I could see some English speakers retroactively egg corning it and using it as a pun, or maybe it has an older origin than is recorded or the coiner was dishonest, but I can’t find an example or evidence of that having happened. If you have an example or personal experience it being used like you describe I’d definitely be interested. It’s also possible that I am misconstruing your claim to be one of etymology when it isn’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I like this text. In which Lemmy community can I best share it ? Thanks.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It seems to me that all of the reasons they provides are all reasons to get married. Especially raising a child, given the privileges that are afforded to married parents in a lot of places (especially in the case of adoption, or IVF using a stranger’s genetic material). Something doesn’t have to require marriage for the benefits of it to outweigh the cons for a specific situation.

  The question seems to me to be kind of confusing. What alternative are you comparing it to? Some sort of local structure like domestic partnership?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's good in small concentrations, but lethal in higher? What's a glaring red flag you're encroaching on a lethal concentration?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Optimal age to be is blastocyst. It’s just downhill from there.