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- Comment on She's got the talent 1 day ago:
Hey, don’t talk shit about my friend Methyl cellulose!!
- Comment on Has this ever happened to you? 1 day ago:
…can you read? I’m saying that the default is that everyone pays for themselves. Paying for someone else is a niche situation that you need to actively seek out.
- Comment on Has this ever happened to you? 1 day ago:
Being this weird about not paying would be an instant no for me. Around here it’s the norm that everyone pays for themselves on a date and even implying that someone will want you to pay for them is pretty rude. The only non-rude way to pay for the entire date is to ask for the full check when the waiter comes before the other person can ask to split it. Usually with the line “I’ll take this one, next one’s on you ;)” which doesn’t really mean that the next one’s on them but is more about the implication that there will be a next date.
- Comment on My (incredibly divisive) dessert choice 2 days ago:
That looks tasty! Definitely doesn’t exist here in Europe, that’s just too specific lol. Sounds pretty close to the Vegan Cookie Dough + Brownie Ice Cream from Rewe though!
- Comment on застібка 1 week ago:
зиппер
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- Comment on If sexuality is a spectrum, does that mean one person is the gayest? 1 week ago:
✨ The Forest of Gay ✨
- Comment on Cable placement a little weird, but the ergonomics are excellent. 1 week ago:
I’m always so boggled by how people can’t (or don’t care to?) distinguishing between their basic rodent species. Common rats, Mice and hamsters look very very different if you give it even a second of thought. Yet any time I watch clip compilations of rats there are always clips of hamsters and mice (sometimes even chinchillas!!) mixed in there.
So, for anyone who wants to learn some basics on how to distinguish them:
rats
picture of a rat Wikipedia
The biggest tell is that they can get pretty big. A huge (larger than your hand) rodent that doesn’t look very overweight will almost always be a rat. The overweight ones will probably be rats too, people tend to overfeed their rats. Their face shape tends to be more square and blunt than in mice, especially when you look at them from the side.mice
picture of a mouse There are a lot of very different Mice species (especially when looking at wild mice) but if you had to know just one it should be the Fancy Mouse. It’s not really a species, just the term for mice that have been selectively bred for domestication, so they can look vastly different in color and fur texture, but the overall body shape is somewhat consistent.
Generally, mice stay fairly small (generally smaller than your hand) and their head to body ratio is somewhat different compared to rats (I’m actually not sure what exactly looks different, maybe less neck? It just looks different when you look at them side by side)
Their ears will also be bigger than rat ears (though large-eared “Dumbo” variations are a thing for both mice and Rats): Picture 1 is a Dumbo Mouse, Picture 2 is a (young) dumbo rat:
Dumbo mouseDumbo rathamster
There are two variations of hamster you should generally know: the larger Syrian Hamster or Golden Hamster and the Dwarf hamster , which isn’t a species but more of a catch-all term. In captivity, a Dwarf hamster is usually going to be a Campbell, Roborovski or Djungarian Hamster (or a mix thereof).
Syrian hamster
Syrian hamsters are larger than dwarf hamsters and Mice, but usually smaller than rats (some very fat hamsters exist of course). They only have a very short stubby tail and a round face. Very round if their cheek pouches are full.
Syrian hamsters are strictly solitary and extremely territorial, you should never keep more than one in one cage (optimally, you wouldn’t even have more than one in your house). They will kill and eat each other on sight. Don’t let anyone tell you that “it works for their hamsters”, it does not. Dwarf hamsters
Dwarf hamsters are way smaller than Syrian hamsters and about as large as a mouse (depending on the species ofc). They’re pretty recognizable because they’re very round. Usually they don’t have a tail either, with some species being an exception and having a slightly longer stub.
The biggest difference to Syrian hamsters is that Dwarf hamsters are very social!! Generally, you should never keep them alone, as they bond to each other and build social hierarchies. Solitary Dwarf hamsters can die from the stress of loneliness. It’s sometimes even recommended to keep your groups number even so that so hamster is left out when every one else bonds as a pair.
Keeping a solitary Dwarf hamster is less dangerous than keeping a pair of Syrian hamster though. Some people say that they can make it work by interacting a lot with the dwarf hamster so that they don’t get lonely. I don’t really know if that’s scientifically proven though.bonus round
Here are some more common pet rodents you might want to know about:
Chinchilla
Chinchillas: Big boys, need a lot of space to run around and sand to bathe in.
Gerbil
Gerbils: About as large as Syrian Hamsters but usually pretty lean looking. You can recognize them from the fact that their tail is covered in fur. Guinea Pig
Guinea Pig: You might confuse them with hamsters from a photo, but they are way way larger and more square, especially in their face scape. They’re also pretty vocal, so you’ll hear them coming lol.check your knowledge
Here’s images of rodents, what are they? image 1
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image 1: Rat
image 2: Beaver
image 3: Syrian hamster
image 4: Fancy Mouse
image 5: Fancy Mice image 6: Trick question, they’re African Soft Furred Rats, a species of mouse
image 7: Guinea Pig
image 8: Rat
image 9: Dwarf Hamsters (Roborovski, I think?)
image 10: A young Dumbo Rat
- Comment on Cable placement a little weird, but the ergonomics are excellent. 1 week ago:
Yup, even the specific species names aren’t consistent between languages. The species that is most commonly called African Soft Fur Rat (Mastomys natalensis) in English is called a “Vielzizenmaus” or “Mouse with many Nipples” in German. The German name is way better, they are more closely related to mice and their fur isn’t that much softer than on any other rodent. I don’t know how many nipples are a normal amount for rodents though, maybe they’re perfectly average
- Comment on Ibuprofen 1 week ago:
Purse Ibuprofen, Backpack Ibuprofen, Living Room Ibuprofen, Bathroom Ibuprofen and Bed Shelf Ibuprofen. Still can’t ever find it when I get a headache, ugh.
- Comment on shirt 1 week ago:
I want to wear that (I’m a woman)
- Comment on A ‘demoralizing' trend has computer science grads out of work — even minimum wage jobs. Are 6-figure tech careers over? 2 weeks ago:
oh no, that em dash…
- Comment on Didn't laugh till I caught the double meaning 2 weeks ago:
My first thought when I see one of those “Look out! There’s a SUBTLE double meaning you might not get!” headers on content that very much isn’t subtle or hard to understand is always, that the OP is just very, very dumb and assumes everyone else is too.
- Comment on Husband material 2 weeks ago:
There’s no rule saying that snakes can’t write Javascript Image
- Comment on Husband material 2 weeks ago:
We call each other “baby love” sometimes, because we saw a guy on 90 day fiance call their partner that and it was so cringe-inducing that we started saying it ironically. Somewhere down the line that irony kinda faded though…
- Comment on Husband material 2 weeks ago:
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- Comment on Snek knows what you did and is disappointed 2 weeks ago:
Starving snake asking for just one more rat Image
- Comment on The bullet engravings as per WSJ 2 weeks ago:
Under articles discussing that, I saw a lot of jokes about ‘uwu’ being written on the casing, so I created this meme and posted it in c/lemmyshitpost ironizing over dumb misinfo without even thinking someone would think it’s real.
Dang, now that we know the actual engravings it’s pretty funny how close that was.
- Comment on What would stop you from switching to a flip phone (or dumbphone) in 2025? 2 weeks ago:
Eh, I see no reason to switch to a dumb phone, because I don’t think I’m that bad with my current phone. My main User profile on GrapheneOS is pretty minimal when it comes to apps, it’s mostly messaging, banking, navigation, workout and music (I should probably move Lemmy and Pixelfed to a different profile, but they both have pretty little potential for scrolling for too long since the new content is naturally limited).
The only game on this profile is the one I’m developing as a hobby project lolAll the annoying Apps (Secondary Email, Amazon, Aliexpress, Linkedin, Smartlife, Grocery store coupon apps etc) are banished to a secondary profile that has no permission to run in the background or send any notifications.
- Comment on Become who you were meant to be 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, it’s called “be pleasant as long as you get something out of it” 😎
- Comment on Nightmare blunt rotation... or killer rotation? 2 weeks ago:
Well only one of them has a confirmed Github account, no point in talking to the others.
- Comment on Brainrot Tiktoker at the Kirk shooting 2 weeks ago:
That would be very America
- Comment on Brainrot Tiktoker at the Kirk shooting 3 weeks ago:
Truly the hero we deserve 🫡
- Comment on Brainrot Tiktoker at the Kirk shooting 3 weeks ago:
His apology video included the line “I loved Charlie Kirk, he taught me things about Jesus that I didn’t even know myself”
It’s so fucking funny - Submitted 3 weeks ago to [deleted] | 62 comments
- Comment on Tragedy can bring out the Worst in people, but also the Best 3 weeks ago:
Gotta commit to the bit and bang this guy 🤷
- Comment on THIS JUST IN: FBI suspects Kirk was likely targeted, more info to come 3 weeks ago:
Based on the close up of the shooting, it looks like he got shot right in the corrotid artery,
There are two carotid arteries. Based on the footage, it looks to me like only his left carotid artery got hit. It would make sense because bullets make a way bigger hole when exiting than they do when entering.
I don’t think anyone, no matter how skilled they are, would be aiming to do that. It’s way more likely to be a failed headshot or shot to the torso. - Comment on 3 weeks ago:
pixel?
have you heard ~about grapheneOS tho…~ - Comment on if charlie kirk is so pro life then why is he dead? 3 weeks ago:
One could say that the state was failing pretty hard during the french revolution as well
- Comment on Too soon? 3 weeks ago:
Has he tried this tho?
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