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- Comment on [deleted] 1 day ago:
Okay so I don’t know if you’re into birdwatching at at all but that’s about the top speed of a peregrine falcon. Have you ever seen a bird of prey dive to attack?
That’s also about the stalling speed of a passenger airplane, that is, the minimum speed it must fly at before losing lift.
I couldn’t think of anything else that goes at around 300kmh but if I get new ideas I’ll let you know.
- Comment on How do you pronounce "centaur" and why? 3 days ago:
This is the only way in English I’ve ever known
- Comment on When bad guys capture you, instead of torture, they should just have someone charming take you out for drinks. 5 days ago:
Wouldn’t it be more effective if they didn’t capture you at all? Just send the agent to woo you over and get your info first
- Comment on Le boycott: French customers shun McDonald’s, Coca Cola and Tesla to protest against Trump 5 days ago:
Students Mathieu, 16, Jade, 15, and Esther, 17, heading in to the McDonald’s on Friday, were not about to be diverted by trade tariffs, however. “I understand why people are suggesting we avoid American products, but it’s something people with money can afford to do. As students we can’t,” Jade said.
Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Tesla, Starbucks, KFC and X are among the US brands that have been cited as those to be shunned. Those questioned by pollsters also cited Apple, Microsoft, booking platforms Airbnb and Tripadvisor, Nike and Converse.
I don’t believe Starbucks KFC and McDonald’s are the cheapest options for students. But I don’t live in France so I don’t know. I would have guessed making your own sandwich at home and bringing your own drink would have been considerably cheaper than McTrash.
- Comment on I need help guys 6 days ago:
I’ve no idea about what cover you’re talking about. But recently I stumbled across this site called Artvee.com . They have a very fine collection of public domain images you can browse.
No idea on how it works if you plan on using one, but it’s public domain so that’s a good start
- Comment on Trump says US will 'go as far as we have to' to get control of Greenland 1 week ago:
Let’s hope not, for either
- Comment on Trump says US will 'go as far as we have to' to get control of Greenland 1 week ago:
Headlines for the past couple of weeks have been absolutely deranged.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Try the unpopular opinions community my dude
- Submitted 1 week ago to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world | 5 comments
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
TLDR: [Country] Citizen
Australian citizen for sure, but to say I am Australian would mean identification and full comprehension of its culture, which I don’t. I’ve been here for about 15 years and although my understanding of its culture has improved a lot, I don’t think I’ll ever come close to “getting” it like I get the culture of my country of birth.
- Comment on Hey, do americans just want to take a break from normal politics for a bit and focus all our efforts solely on the wild boar problem? 1 week ago:
When? Where have you made this question? Any hunting, foraging and gathering activity can be translated as an RPG quest
- Comment on Instead of paying for a therapist every week I'd be willing to pay like $100 a month for someone to harass me into going to social events. 2 weeks ago:
Join a tabletop gaming club or group. I mean the obvious choice would be to join a club in general, but sounds like your challenge is finding the reason to go out or what activity to do. My suggestion is, through games you can meet and interact with a lot of people and some of these groups are operating in clubs, so have a look and see what’s around your area. It could be anything from DnD to regular card games or any other board game you can think of.
- Comment on Why are Maries Sues hated while Gary Stus are loved? 2 weeks ago:
Can’t say I relate or that I’ve watched much isekai. The only I’ve followed for a while was Overlord and it doesn’t fit your bill that’s for sure. Momonga is overpowered but morally mega flawed, which is precisely what keeps the plot interesting.
- Comment on The story behind the Oblivion mod Terry Pratchett worked on 2 weeks ago:
Oh look at that! I was never into companion mods so I never got Vilja, but I remember she was super popular back then. I had no idea Pratchett had involvement with it or I would have tried it. This working behind the scenes makes him even more awesome to me now
- Comment on would getting back with an ex be a bad idea? 3 weeks ago:
Don’t. Leave him in the past. You both still have feelings for each other, but that doesn’t mean it will work. It’s going to be like last time if not worse, because snowballing any issues from the first time into this hypothetical second time.
You deserve better. Mental health issues and being a social media hermit are no excuses. He probably didn’t mean to hurt you but he did, and will keep doing so over and over again until YOU set some boundaries.
Set those boundaries, send him away. This has nothing to do with your preference, just stay open and listen to what you want in terms of a partner. Beyond sex and gender you deserve to be treated fairly.
- Comment on Why is there so much separation in the USA between people who identify as "black" or "white" compared to other regions like South America? 4 weeks ago:
I don’t have a precise answer to your post but I’d like to add my two cents - it’s not just USA. I’m born and raised in Argentina and moved to Australia when I was 19. Although there isn’t a black vs white dichotomy here, people are very, very conscious of skin shades. I still don’t get why they obsess over it.
Just to illustrate, my skin/hair color is sort of like Monica Belucci’s. My eyes are green. In Argentina I was considered a brunette, period. Sure, there were lots of people a bit darker than me, and also lots of people more white, but I never felt like anyone cared. You’d only bring the topic when describing someone physically. In Australia? I’ve been referred to as “a person of color” so many times I lost count, and always by Aussies -even aussies who I would consider to be of a similar complexion to mine. Immigrants on the other hand, don’t seem to mind, no matter their own color. People here somehow find ways to make the skin tone and background matter, and I’m amazed at how some conversations end up touching the race topic gratuitously. It’s in their mindset. They can’t help themselves.
- Comment on How fast can the body absorb vitamin B12? 4 weeks ago:
To add to this: I went to the doctor after a nerve injury and asked whether taking B supplements would help with recovery. She said "no, No, NO please don’t take any extra B supplements because your levels are already fine. I’ve seen enough patients come with unexplained burning, tingling and twitching sensations in their bodies and it’s always because they take B supplements unnecessarily. So don’t even think about it "
So yes our bodies can filter a lot but even then it’s also possible to overdose. Doesn’t seem to be OPs case though.
- Comment on How fast can the body absorb vitamin B12? 4 weeks ago:
Look, I’m not an expert so take this comment with a grain of salt, but in my understanding vitamins and minerals are stored slowly in the body. There is a limit as to how much you can absorb of anything at one time. Taking two tablets now is probably wasting good part if not all of the second tablet. If your deficiency could be solved faster by taking larger doses your doctor would have already recommended that one for you.
I’d be thinking ways of making sure I remember: set up reminders, keep my pills in two or three places so I can access them immediately, trying to make a routine out of it (it’s hard I know), keeping track of it in a journal.
- Comment on What car stickers say about you 4 weeks ago:
I’ve never noticed stickers under the numberplate, I guess they’re not as popular where I live. Most stickers I see on cars are on the windows. The few cars I’ve seen with stickers on the body of the car itself were owned by teens and more often than not looking like a piece of worthless junk on wheels. It might be a cultural thing, I take OP’s image relates mostly to America.
- Comment on Suppose you were a dissident facing political persecution, how would you preserve your personal files so that you can retrieve it many years later, in case of imprisonment? 4 weeks ago:
They don’t necessarily need to be deposited sneakily, although that’s to be considered, especially if you have people interrogating and investigating your friends and family - maybe you know someone who would crack easily under pressure but has the perfect hiding spot for you.
- Comment on Suppose you were a dissident facing political persecution, how would you preserve your personal files so that you can retrieve it many years later, in case of imprisonment? 4 weeks ago:
Context plays a huge factor here. Depends a lot on which country you’re being prosecuted, how much effort is people putting in catching you and gathering your evidence, and what kind of resources you can count with.
Personally, I’m not too tech savvy so I’d take the bury it in the woods option even if you say it can get corroded. There’s many things that can happen to it, depending on the weather, environmental policies (cross your fingers they won’t be selling the land for development while you’re away), and what you can afford to store your drives in. I believe it’s possible to protect the cache well enough if you ziplock them carefully and then find a Tupperware container, perhaps put that inside a larger wooden box or a tin to protect against crushing you should be good. Hell you can even cover the Tupperware containers in cement so it would look like you are burying rocks. But, do you have access to these things? Do you have the time?
Another option is to hide the cache similarly protected in some architectural nook you know of, perhaps at a friend or relative’s house- some places have space under houses. Or perhaps you know how to crawl in some wall space or similar. The challenge here is returning to it, because the landlord (your friend) may be gone, dead or else by the time you’re out. The property may be bulldozed and sold, who knows.
- Comment on What's easier to shoot, a bow or a firearm? 4 weeks ago:
Why the bow preference then?
- Comment on What's easier to shoot, a bow or a firearm? 4 weeks ago:
Yes, you can take on a broad interpretation on what I meant by “easy”, but what I’m asking here is which one makes hitting a desired (not random) target easier.
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world | 49 comments
- Comment on What is the name of the sexuality of being into the opposite gender and willing to date the same gender but not finding anyone of the same gender attractive? 4 weeks ago:
Okay if she thinks she would like to but can’t find anyone who fits the bill then there is still a chance it wouldn’t work even if she does eventually find someone. So yes I would call that bicurious but it could very well be straight with a kink. Sometimes telling apart which things only work as a fantasy isn’t easy.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks 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). 5 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks ago:
Axe: Spicy Pharaoh
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month 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