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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ever notice mammals never seem to come in green?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is an interesting question but I don't think it is restricted to green. Isn't the same true of purple, blue and red? I'm not talking about just reddish like human hair or a red panda but truly bright red like a cardinal. I would imagine it has something to do with our evolutionary history. Complete speculation here but laced with a few facts I picked up. I hear the common ancestor of mammals emerged around the time the dinosaurs became extinct and was basically a tiny rodent like a shrew. I wonder if as a small animal that can't fly or swim it had to hide a lot and basically just came in shades of brown. So maybe any genes for other colors were lost before that common mammalian ancestor emerged and although mammals have lots of patterns they don't have many colors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ever notice mammals never seem to come in green?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Best I've got is sloths. And they're only green because algae grows on them. And I know it sounds like cheating because they aren't intrinsically green but before you completely discount it there are animals that wouldn't be the color they are in a different environment. For instance, flamingos are only pink because of the seafood they eat. If fed a different diet they can be almost white.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chinese firm behind ‘news’ websites pushes pro-Beijing content globally, researchers find⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The branding is very consistent and the about page mentions US Congress funding. You can stop now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Undiscovered country music⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I like that name a ton and also "Paranoid Android" is a Radiohead song from the album OK Computer. Now I'm realizing there is no comma in that title. I always thought it was "OK, Computer" because the speaker is addressing the computer. Nope, it is "OK Computer" like a label at an antique shop letting you know the computer is not Poor or Excellent but just OK.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The citrus gives it toxic damage too⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIK-q6JoOeU

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I had always wondered the same thing about these cups⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Which makes it extra funny because they're on a space station. I choose to believe it was foreshadowing that they were going to move the space station to the wormhole and there would be sloshing and turbulence when that happened. It's just solid planning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for games with strong female leads for my daughter (even just to watch as I play). Came across this link, but they're a bit old. Any suggestions from the community?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Some of these might be a little more like 8 than 5 because they have storybook-scary but still mentioning for you to have a look and decide.

  Lost Words - Beyond the Page
  Unpacking
  Epistory - Typing Chronicles
  One Step from Eden
  Wargroove
  Tsioque

  Technically not female lead but kinda close and definitely age-appropriate:

  Chicory - From creators on Wandersong + Celeste. Not positive your character is canonically female but let's just call it very plausible and you are filling in for the titular character who is called "she".
  Donut County (technically the male racoon is the main character but the only human and next-most important character is female)
  Journey (likely canonically no specific gender but great game, no dialog and could easily interpret as female if you choose)

  Not what you asked for but maybe consider:

  Beglitched - No human characters other than the player, puzzle game with pink and purple hacker aesthetic.
  Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime - Androgynous animals and humans pilot a wacky ship in 4 player co-op lots of hearts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for games with strong female leads for my daughter (even just to watch as I play). Came across this link, but they're a bit old. Any suggestions from the community?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Some of these might be a little more like 8 than 5 because they have storybook-scary but still mentioning for you to have a look and decide.

  Lost Words - Beyond the Page
  Unpacking
  Epistory - Typing Chronicles
  One Step from Eden
  Wargroove
  Tsioque

  Technically not female lead but kinda close and definitely age-appropriate:

  Chicory - From creators on Wandersong + Celeste. Not positive your character is canonically female but let's just call it very plausible and you are filling in for the titular character who is called "she".
  Donut County (technically the male racoon is the main character but the only human and next-most important character is female)
  Journey (likely canonically no specific gender but great game, no dialog and could easily interpret as female if you choose)

  Not what you asked for but maybe consider:

  Beglitched - No human characters other than the player, puzzle game with pink and purple hacker aesthetic.
  Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime - Androgynous animals and humans pilot a wacky ship in 4 player co-op lots of hearts.