Mothra
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- Comment on [deleted] 9 hours ago:
To chime in with the others and answer: hormones, activity levels, calorie intake. Those three give you your results. Hormones in particular will vary greatly and are influenced by activity levels but also by mental stress (or lack of), age, sex, environment variables such as temperature, etc.
As to why you didn’t get that bingo card- nobody has an answer really.
- Comment on Can I still consider myself a “young woman” after I turn 24? I turn 24 in March (next month). 4 days ago:
I’d just presume they mean you’re no spring chicken anymore. I’m in my late 30s, don’t feel old at all, most people say I look ten years younger than my actual age. But I don’t feel like I belong in the same category as someone in their 20s. Middle aged would be the most appropriate way to describe me in a couple years, even if I don’t look the part.
- Comment on Can I still consider myself a “young woman” after I turn 24? I turn 24 in March (next month). 5 days ago:
Young and old is relative. I side with those saying young is until 40, then you’re middle aged.
- Comment on I disagree. 5 days ago:
Axe: Spicy Pharaoh
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I think this is not a showerthought. There are plenty of casual conversation communities where people will be happy to see this and give you their opinions. This community has a different purpose
- Comment on Can you help me decide between hold-ups and pantyhose? 2 weeks ago:
Okay I’ve used both but in Australia so no brand opinions, never seen the ones you mention.
Pantyhose has to be of good quality (ie. Not from mystery brand on AliExpress) or they will constantly slide down, which is very annoying. They will also ladder and tear more easily rendering them single use basically. So get a reasonable brand. You will have to try and see.
I’m presuming you have female anatomy like me. Crotchless pantyhose can be a better option for the toilet if that’s your concern, but that depends on how neat and tidy you are with your business. I couldn’t. I’d be getting piss droplets on the pantyhose if I had to go wearing them. For me that’s too gross of an option.
The main advantage of pantyhose is that it’s easier to put on (think of your routine if you need this on a daily basis), it usually stays where you leave it, and it covers the whole leg. It’s also even all along, whereas holdups may show through the fabric of whatever other garment you are wearing if it’s tight enough.
Holdups as mentioned may show through the fabric. They’re also more difficult to get right, I’ve never bought holdups that stayed put without using a garter belt. If you have super firm legs then you may have better luck than me though . In my experience, the holdups either stay in place but dig too much into the leg which looks awful, or, they fall down a lot. So I’ve used garter belts, and here we have another variable which is that of the clasp+holdup edge types. The more discreet clasps are button type and usually don’t latch well on most holdups, they snap free when you move and your socks fall. The crocodile style clasps do bite and stay but, again, you can see the bumps through the skirt in many cases depending on the fabric.
For sizing, always err on the larger one. Unless you are super skinny. I’m not sure of your sizes, I use metric system, I only know I’m 5’7" and 64 kgs with a pronounced hourglass shape. And I’m usually a L, and when it comes to hosiery at least Tall. My sister is a few cms taller than me, and needs ExtraTall or nothing. So it sounds like you’d be extra tall/Large, unless you are very skinny and thin.
Hope this helps. Good luck with it
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
And… What did the boss say?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Aaaaaaagh I quit my job two weeks ago, what a wasted opportunity
- Comment on Elon musk is probably lashing out because he is actually the world's greatest gamer but can't defend himself because it would mean admitting he does nothing but game all day 3 weeks ago:
Not a showerthought, this community could really improve its moderation. I volunteer if you’re short on mods
- Comment on son, happy birthday 3 weeks ago:
That bacteriophage looks awesome tho, I want one to scale
- Comment on Fashion is cyclical 2 months ago:
Can they live that long? Maybe one of them remembered and had a nostalgia moment, then the rest of the pod caught up
- Comment on lewd noodles 2 months ago:
Wow that’s so intriguing! I can’t believe I never heard about it before
- Comment on lewd noodles 2 months ago:
I didn’t know this was possible, is the image real?
- Comment on her favourite colour is blue :) 2 months ago:
Absolutely milk bottle caps. It looks like syringes too but there could be plastic straws mixed in. Needs more pixels. Bottle caps are common in bowerbird decor, I’ve seen blue clothes pegs too
- Comment on BIOMES 3 months ago:
In Spanish, Selva (rainforest) is a somewhat common girl’s name
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- Comment on (Scottsdale, AZ) Gila Monster or Chuckwalla? 3 months ago:
Gila monster. That head shape and legs/digits proportions could never be a Chuckwalla’s. Skin looks like a Gilas too.
Sometimes lizards get sick and look thinner than normal and sluggish, I’ve found some like that.
- Comment on Say it again, Dexter 3 months ago:
Oh well I guess I’ll change somebody else’s life then, no worries
- Comment on Say it again, Dexter 3 months ago:
I’m serious! But I’m glad I’ve influenced your worldview and ideals
- Comment on Say it again, Dexter 3 months ago:
Wait so is that what he’s saying? Omelette du fromage ? Look. I like scientists. I love cheese. And I am crazy about eggs. You tell me a scientist is whispering about eggs and cheese in my ear? I’m blushing to think about it
- Comment on Say it again, Dexter 3 months ago:
Maybe you’re onto something, I don’t know. But I’ve surely heard of terrible things people with a tan can do, so I’m not judging.
- Comment on Say it again, Dexter 3 months ago:
No, and that’s precisely the point I’m trying to make. That’s not what the quote means. The quote means “For the first time in history we’ve studied the physical appearance (or the cadaveric finding* ) of an animal we have had evidence for decades that was too different from any living animal today”
- "Appearance " might mean physical appearance or the event of finding the corpse, I’m not sure to which of the two they refer. That wasn’t your question though, I just needed to clarify.
- Comment on Say it again, Dexter 3 months ago:
Anyone knows which Dexter episode is this from? I loved the show, but I can’t recall seeing this one.
- Comment on Say it again, Dexter 3 months ago:
That’s an understandable take and the use of the word analogue is the key issue. It also left me stumped for a while, because as you have already pointed out, there are plenty of modern day analogues to Homotherium…
…but that depends on what counts as an analogue in this particular context. Biologically speaking, the word can be used to fit a broad range of criteria. So you could say their modern day analogues are lynxes or snow leopards, and fair enough, that would be a good enough use of the word because these animals do share a lot in common, physically and in their ecological roles too. Large catlike mammal that hunts down larger herbivore mammals in a tundra environment.
But Homotherium had some very specific traits that have no modern day analogues. The large canine teeth is the most obvious. Those large teeth also meant a specialized hunting method and technique for which we have nothing alive today to base it off of. They also had a different body build, with shorter rear limbs, so now your cat looks a bit more like a bear or a hyena in its stance and gait. And if I’m understanding what I’m reading correctly, they also had cardiovascular adaptations for endurance running, and their claws and paws were not as retractable and supple as that of cats.
So yes they were like cats and you can point at living analogues for a lot of these adaptations ( bears, hyenas, cats, any mammal with good cardio, etc) but when you put all that together and add the teeth and the behavior modifications those teeth imply then you have, as a whole, an animal with no current living analogues. Yes, it can sound pedantic but that’s science for you and I think it’s important to remark that the quote is taken directly from the paper published. The journalists loved the buzz emanating from the word “analogue” so much they kept it in the non scientific publications, they didn’t paraphrase, and they didn’t bother explaining exactly what it meant because, well, that’s precisely why they chose to keep the quote.
- Comment on Fig. 1: Got your nose. 3 months ago:
I appreciate that the facial expression suits the occasion, unlike with most neutral faced medical illustration
- Comment on what can I use to cushion my knee when exercising with it on the floor so it doesn't hurt? 3 months ago:
Depends on the type of yoga mat! Some are very thick, some are very thin. Sounds like you got one of the thinner ones. You couldn’t possibly fold one the thick ones, it would open up on its own without a weight on it whereas the thin ones can stay as you leave them.
A kneepad is another option as many said already.
You also have mats for camping, my parents had a couple of these and they would lay them under the sleeping bags precisely to avoid feeling all the debris on the ground.
- Comment on What good thing just happened in your life? 3 months ago:
I slept all day yesterday and slept in this morning as well and my skin looks beautiful
- Comment on nighttime pollinator gang rise up 3 months ago:
YEA WHAT DO YOU MEAN, HUH? COME AT ME BRO
- Comment on Shorebirbs 3 months ago:
Well after about an hour of reading I found plenty of examples of gender reversal examples and some cool behaviors but nothing regarding chromosomes seems easily accessible or even mentioned. Reproductive behavior seems to be one of the main criteria used to establish evolutionary relationships (aka the cladogram) but that’s as far as the layman can find online. I didn’t search in Scholar though.
- Comment on Shorebirbs 3 months ago:
Really? First time I hear about these birbs, that sounds really cool :D I’m off to Wikipedia to fact check brb baiii