ChonkyOwlbear
@ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
- Comment on "Does Hitler have a right to privacy?" and other big questions in research ethics. 1 week ago:
Most arguments for using Hitler’s DNA end up supporting the eugenicist trash Nazi scientists espoused. There is little practical use for it.
- Comment on Bank Workers, Rejoice! 1 week ago:
Depends on the group. Iroquois houses were communal but Pueblo were more like townhomes. Other groups, like the Mississippian culture built individual homes.
- Comment on Bank Workers, Rejoice! 1 week ago:
Because they built houses. It’s not like white people invented the idea of home ownership.
- Comment on Bank Workers, Rejoice! 1 week ago:
The Pueblo, Iroquois, and other non-nomadic Native American groups might disagree about the colonialism part.
- Comment on I don't like this 2 weeks ago:
As a geologist from Illinois, I wish we had some Igneous granite. In my field camp we cored 500 feet of glacial loess.
- Comment on Beans 1 month ago:
If you ever get the chance, Vietnamese chè is incredible.
- Comment on Beans 1 month ago:
Red bean ice cream is delicious. It’s not that odd when you realize that vanilla, chocolate, and coffee are all beans and all common ice cream flavors.
- Comment on Why doesn't Hamas or Israel just meet at a predetrmined place and time and just have out or kill the crap out of each other? Instead of involving civs who don't have anything to do with war? 1 month ago:
Because that only makes sense if both sides are roughly the same size and strength. When one side is outnumbered and outgunned, it is better to hide and ambush.
- Comment on Is there a drink with taste of energy drink without caffeine? 1 month ago:
Celsius has a line for caffeine free options
- Comment on proof of wormholes 2 months ago:
Their origin is a pretty interesting read too.
- Comment on Should you look for a relationship if it feels like a compromise? 2 months ago:
There are a whole spectrum of nonmonogamous types of relationships out there. Any relationship will have it’s compromise, but what those compromises are is entirely based on you and your partner or partners.
- Comment on Resources 3 months ago:
And kill all the pets I assume.
- Comment on Reality vs Fantasy 4 months ago:
The rule I’ve always used is that if the first letter of the word is a vowel, it’s “an” and if it isn’t use “a”.
For example, “an apple” or “a potato”.
- Comment on Anon likes a thing 4 months ago:
Deadpool.
- Comment on surprised_pikachu.jpg 5 months ago:
He looks like Charlie from IASIP dressed as Jesus
- Comment on Very small deal 5 months ago:
If you can get the boat going before it floods, the boat moving through the water will create enough suction to drain out any water. You just better have a plug waiting for you at your destination.
- Comment on Caption this. 5 months ago:
Sniper MD
- Comment on "And my dick fucks your wife more than you do. What's your point?" 5 months ago:
“Oh, you could only afford one watch?”
- Comment on Holocaust survivor burned in Colorado terror attack speaks out: ‘What the hell is going on in our country?’ 5 months ago:
When will people learn that far right extremism is dangerous?
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 5 months ago:
I, Frankenstein
CGI filled brainless action with demons and gargoyles fighting a secret war. Aaron Eckhart as Frankenstein is stuck in the middle. The whole thing tries to copy the vibe of Underworld and mostly fails. Somehow I still love watching it. It’s just the right kind of bad for me.
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 5 months ago:
Empire Records.
I make references from that movie all the time and nobody ever gets it. Doesn’t stop me.
- Comment on What's a TV series you've tried repeatedly to get into, but can't? 5 months ago:
It wasn’t the format but the content that makes it hard for me to binge. It’s just so heavy, it becomes overwhelming after a while. I have to step back because it starts impacting my mood negatively.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
As much as being out or outed can put you at risk in many places in the world, I don’t think there is an obligation to put yourself at risk by being an activist. That being said, there are ways to provide aid to those in need besides activism.
- Comment on What's a TV series you've tried repeatedly to get into, but can't? 5 months ago:
Same. It’s just not bingeable and I struggle to stick to any show that isn’t.
- Comment on Anon misses the classic design 5 months ago:
Frisbee grenade
- Comment on 8 years of RBF 6 months ago:
Resting Buck Face
- Comment on Washington state now gives $120,000 "forgivable loans" for new homebuyers. But only if they're not white. 6 months ago:
“Anyone who is a descendant of a resident of the state before 1968 and was adversely affected before the Fair Housing Act of 1968 is eligible.”
I don’t see how this is limited to race.
- Comment on Anon contracts herpes 7 months ago:
Also throat cancer in men.
- Comment on Other than a faulty charging port, is there any reason to use a wireless phone charger over wired? 7 months ago:
The amount of times I have tripped on a charging cord and sent my phone flying…
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
Look at what humans have done with breeds of dogs. Before we even knew what genetics was, we understood that if you bred two small dogs, the offspring would be small. Then, if you bred those offspring with other small dogs, they would be even smaller still. That’s how we got from a wolf to a Chihuahua. That is how we manipulate the forces of evolution for our benefit.
There are countless little “tells” that species evolve. Human skeletons have a tiny tail. All embryonic mammals look virtually identical. Whales have vestigial pelvis bones. Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics after generations of repeated exposure. Sickle cell anemia is an evolutionary adaptation in human populations frequently exposed to Malaria. Moths have been observed becoming darker in color so their camouflage matches trees darkened by pollution.