this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2025
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[–] ignirtoq@fedia.io 34 points 3 days ago (2 children)

"Almost half a dozen times" seems like a weird way to say 5.

[–] xylol@leminal.space 14 points 3 days ago

Like a bakers dozen is 13, a memers dozen is 5

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

"Half dozen" just seems like a waste of syllables.

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

The things we do for shrimp

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 12 points 3 days ago

Reptiles had a couple more hundred million years to allow for that, yes of course they adapted to more stuff more times

[–] halvar@lemy.lol 3 points 2 days ago

They seem happy