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- Comment on Dismay as council removes Pride flag in Derbyshire after Christians complain 6 days ago:
Coincidentally, this is the latest drama on my WoW server:
- Comment on Dismay as council removes Pride flag in Derbyshire after Christians complain 6 days ago:
The new administration has also introduced Christian prayer at the start of its meetings, with a Reform councillor, the group whip Dan Price, saying the UK was a “Christian country”.
Cool.
- Comment on Strawberries are nuts 🍓 1 week ago:
Strawberries do not have nipples. :(
- Comment on Strawberries are nuts 🍓 1 week ago:
Achenes are not nuts.
(1) Achene. A small hard indehiscent fruit. The term is strictly only applied to those formed from one carpel, but is sometimes used for those formed from two carpels (e.g. the fruit of the Compositae). The latter is better termed a cypsela.
(2) Nut. This is similar to an achene, but is typically formed from two or three carpels (e.g. dock fruit).
www.sciencedirect.com/topics/…/achene
i. Achene - A one-seeded, dry, indehiscent fruit; the one seed is attached to the fruit wall at a single point.
ii. Nut - A dry, indehiscent, one seeded fruit similar to an achene but with the wall greatly thickened and hardened.
- Comment on Strawberries are nuts 🍓 1 week ago:
Sorry if I’m misunderstanding your post, but cashews are not drupes, not nuts. I don’t know whether all true nuts come from trees, but all the ones I can think of do.
- Comment on Strawberries are nuts 🍓 1 week ago:
If you took all the seeds off a strawberry, it’d still be a strawberry. A bowl full of strawberry nuts is not a bowl of strawberries.
- Comment on 7th century: "I, master of the runes(?) conceal here runes of power. Incessantly (plagued by) maleficence,(doomed to) insidious death (is) he who breaks this (monument)." 3 weeks ago:
So many ancient writings are shitposts though. This could very well just be OOP trolling the kind of people who would be scared of such a message, or even making a joke we no longer have the references for.
- Comment on It's a mysteria 3 weeks ago:
Maybe there’s something I don’t understand (I don’t drink coffee at all), but coffee is antimicrobial and doesn’t need to be kept out of the food safety danger zone. I should think it would take an extremely long time to grow pathogens.
Relevant study: researchgate.net/…/388799782_Survival_of_Listeria…
- Comment on The UK government is considering mandatory chemical castration for sex offenders – it’s an ethical and legal minefield 3 weeks ago:
It’s already a risk to literally anyone wrongly convicted, trans or cis.
- Comment on The UK government is considering mandatory chemical castration for sex offenders – it’s an ethical and legal minefield 3 weeks ago:
I think it’s fine as an option for people with serious conditions beyond their control, like pedophilia, provided that the scientific community agrees it’s a helpful treatment option. Other than that, I don’t see how it could be helpful.
- Comment on Cloudflare CEO warns AI and zero-click internet are killing the web's business model 1 month ago:
YouTubers are doing webrings again, I shit you not. I love it.
- Comment on Liquid Trees 1 month ago:
I disagree. Pavement is valuable to pedestrians, cyclists, emergency and service vehicles, and the disabled. While it’s important to preserve nature as much as possible, some urbanisation is also a good thing. That said, I’m not sure algae tanks would be necessary in areas where huge tracts of land aren’t dedicated to parking. I can’t really think of where my city would benefit from them.
- Comment on Pope new anime waifu 2 months ago:
Sorry if I’m being emotionally dense, but what’s the logic behind removing it? In what way is it offensive to either himself or those who knew/loved him? It just looks nice to me, and I can’t think of any bad implications from Frieren either. I think if someone I knew died I would be happy to see photographs and drawings of them. Is it a religious thing I don’t understand?
- Comment on Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’. 2 months ago:
How do you explain the vast wealth of free software and entertainment media created by both professionals and hobbyists alike? How do you explain the profitability of games and movies when any of us can pirate a copy with little effort? Why is it possible to sell copies of public domain books when we have libraries?
- Comment on Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’. 2 months ago:
Why wouldn’t we buy his book? Is it bad?
- Comment on Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’. 2 months ago:
You’re making this argument via FOSS.
- Comment on Ninja sword owners will be paid to surrender weapons before ban 2 months ago:
They are unfortunately being used by children, who understandably think they look sick as shit, to murder each other. Here are some “highlights”:
- Comment on Ninja sword owners will be paid to surrender weapons before ban 2 months ago:
It’s not legal to carry a water pistol full of acid either.
- Comment on Ninja sword owners will be paid to surrender weapons before ban 2 months ago:
If they’re blunt or made before 1954, you’re good.
- Comment on Ninja sword owners will be paid to surrender weapons before ban 2 months ago:
yeah, decoration/recreation (or do you want to ban the bow and arrow too? maybe ban boxing gloves?)/historical preservation
Blunt weapons and historical items are not banned per this legislation.
- Comment on fishies 3 months ago:
I know there are more, but I just watched a bunch of clown fish grab what appeared to be a coconut shell from rather far away and bring it to their anemone to lay eggs all over it, because I guess they need a hard surface. I was pretty impressed with how they were tossing it, and so cooperative, too.
- Comment on Reddit hints at expanded AI-powered search 4 months ago:
My favorite application for AI is as a search tool. I can describe concepts to ChatGPT and it will tell me what it’s called and lead me to further reading.
For example, I once showed it a picture and asked it about the art style. I told it what I liked about it and asked for suggestions of other styles or techniques that would have a similar appeal. It was a very fruitful experience that just can’t be done with a search bar.
That said, it’s Reddit. I’m sure it’ll be terrible.
- Comment on Do you allow transphobic mods? 4 months ago:
I would like to understand what you’re saying better. I assume the original OP was a thread about sports (though honestly I have no idea). Given that context, how should someone in OP’s position behave/respond (if at all) to the posts about trans women in sports?
- Comment on Do you allow transphobic mods? 4 months ago:
Why are you making it one thing or the other? We can have more than one conversation. Do you think we should shut up about trans rights altogether because all this bickering over such an insignificant number of people is distracting from larger human rights issues?
If it’s the case that the conversation itself upsets you because it hurts and you’re sick of seeing it, I totally get that; it’s valid.
- Comment on Do you allow transphobic mods? 4 months ago:
It depends on where the kids are in their development. AFAB and AMAB kids are functionally identical until puberty starts. A trans child should, imo, be allowed puberty-prevention treatments so that they can choose what kind of puberty they’d like to have when they’re older. And that’s sure as heck not doing anyone favors in the athletics department.
- Comment on Do you allow transphobic mods? 4 months ago:
I think the trans women who are passionate about their sport disagree with you. Why would you just be okay with letting someone literally lose their hobby or even career over their gender? It’s dehumanizing.
I don’t see what harm this conversation has. People who aren’t terrible will be better educated and people who are terrible weren’t trans allies in the first place. What have we lost?
- Comment on Do you allow transphobic mods? 4 months ago:
Assuming you’re genuinely uninformed and confused, trans women do not have any advantages over cis women if they’ve been on HRT. The lack of testosterone affects the body dramatically. You can see evidence of this in the fact that trans women aren’t dominating any of the competitions which have allowed them.
Furthermore, sports were never fair in the first place. Some people are more naturally gifted in various areas than others. There are actually cis female athletes who have been forced to medically lower their natural testosterone levels in the name of fairness, and that’s some Harrison Bergeron shit.
- Comment on 🎵 🎶 🎵 4 months ago:
I’ve just read An Immense World by Ed Yong and learned that what seems to matter in birdsong is the way the notes change, like mid-note.
- Comment on New No Man's Sky update adds walkable gas giants among "trillions" of new planets, just in case you were running out 4 months ago:
Doesn’t it matter though? Isn’t delivering the promised product the correct reparations for failing to deliver a product? Pretty sure it was easy to get a refund back then, too.
