profgrumpypants
@profgrumpypants@midwest.social
- Comment on Just landed next to me. 2 weeks ago:
I mean reason why I brought it up is because they can kill you. They can basically entrench themselves in various spaces of your body, especially your hair. It’s very hard to get rid of them, let alone stop them from attacking you. Wasps can also be antagonistic to bees. Which stinks, as we need those guys!
Back when I was a kid, people used to go to parks and grill at those grill stations regularly in the summertime. They’d have little wooden gazebo like joints, and wasps loved to hang out in them. They’re kind of not vogue anymore, but I remember something very similar to what you’re talking about. People actually sort of stopped using them typically because of random wasp attacks.
- Comment on Mitigating the "7 Deadly Fediverse UX Sins" 2 weeks ago:
My instance allows me to turn them off.
- Comment on Mitigating the "7 Deadly Fediverse UX Sins" 2 weeks ago:
I did not use Twitter before. So I am not using Mastadon now. Because I don’t give a ploop. I liked forums. Lemmy-ish…adjacent spaces are like forums. I like that. I wasn’t aware that DMs are not private, so strange. But yes, many people have been harassed. When I was on Reddit, I turned off any means of communication not public. Here, I wouldn’t to be honest.
- Comment on Mitigating the "7 Deadly Fediverse UX Sins" 2 weeks ago:
I ace the bots, but I am not sure if every instance has this option?
- Comment on Mitigating the "7 Deadly Fediverse UX Sins" 2 weeks ago:
Yes.
- Comment on Just landed next to me. 3 weeks ago:
I think this (Horse’s Paper Wasp) might be the guy. You could see them at a distance quite easily. They were fairly large. I realized only after your lovely post that it was a big and vague ask. Either way, bugs are wonderful and thanks for the share. Cheers!
- Comment on Just landed next to me. 3 weeks ago:
Ah, these aren’t the big chunkas I am talking about but maybe their distant cousins. I am not even sure how to describe the guys I am talking about. Gigantic though, they’re pretty big. Around 5cm in length. Orange like too. Thanks for the website, the info is great and I am going to pass it on.
- Comment on Just landed next to me. 3 weeks ago:
True story, wasp attacks are insane. Not one of them, but the brutality of their union.
- Comment on Just landed next to me. 3 weeks ago:
Paper wasp
Are these the big chunkas that grab on to the whole bodies of grasshoppers and pull them into their nests for the bebes?
- Comment on No Internet For 4 Hours And Now This 3 weeks ago:
My blackout curtains have white on the other side I am not sure much about the science behind them but they make it cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. They’re quite dark on the inside. I got what I paid for. I don’t think all curtains are made equally.
- Comment on No Internet For 4 Hours And Now This 3 weeks ago:
This might sound funny, but I swear the four walls help. When I lived right off the water a dehumidifier helped with the high-humidity. Black-out curtains help keep the sun out, but they also keep the sun out if you catch me. Outside of that, I’ve heard ventilation. Don’t forget to drink water, keep your electrolytes solid and take care of yourself.
- Comment on Just landed next to me. 3 weeks ago:
Was this taken before, or after you died?
- Comment on Make dinosaurs weirder 3 weeks ago:
I was wondering this very thing. As some fossils were preserved whole, as others were not. I believe though, the whole ones, or even the ones that captured large contiguous chunks of tail could disprove this. Not sure, just was having a guess.
- Comment on My dailies 3 weeks ago:
Idk what a Pi Zero 1 could play, but that sounds well enough for a good time.
- Comment on My dailies 3 weeks ago:
What does the little NES guy play?
- Comment on Netflix to Stream 2nd Mononoke Film on August 14 3 weeks ago:
Good, because Mononoke is one of the best anime I have ever seen. Bad, because Netflix.