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So, let’s say there’s a species of bacteria that is known to dwell in Greek yogurt. How long would it take before that species of yogurt-dweller only has modern descendants different enough to qualify as one or more new species?

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I’m tempted to start making oddly specific small statues made of random materials, maybe with limbs pointing to the previous statue in a sequence. Is there a better method?

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When I say “fake fireplace”, I mean something like those structures fueled by fossil methane that produce flame and heat but obviously don’t burn actual wood

[-] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

The way you used italics, I gotta ask, is excommunication coming from the Presbyterians unusual compared to other Christian groups?

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For example, why did zinc, of all things, start getting utilized by brain and prostate tissue in humans?

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Just as an example, there were evidently reports during the 2007 Glasgow airport attack that someone attempting to subdue the assailant and assist police kicked said attacker in the testicles… but somehow managed to do so hard enough to injure one of their own foot tendons.

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[-] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

I haven’t actually seen this being used, but since Hypnotic Pattern in DND5E can require a stick of incense as a component if you’re using spell components, I imagined someone casting that by twirling a thurible (incense burner on a chain) above their head, and somehow physically throwing the scent into the targeted area, and then a (mostly) harmless explosion of colorful, sparkly gas charms any affected targets through sheer fascination.

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[-] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago

I mean, I agree with the meme completely, but I’d also want to turn around in their arms and cuddle them right back. I’m a fan of both hugging and being hugged, and it might be a sensory thing.

[-] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

One one hand, I don’t trust Kotaku articles as far as I can throw them. On the other hand, I’m hoping the “major games going out of stock” part isn’t gonna be a problem in terms of historical preservation of these games.

[-] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

It honestly reminds me of some statistics implying that deaths due to violence may be overrepresented in media perception, while deaths due to cancers and heart problems are seemingly underrepresented in coverage by comparison.

[-] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago

And in IRL taxonomy, they’re more closely related to animals than plants, but probably diverged long before sponges came about, let alone other animals.

[-] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Some days, I question why humanity ever allowed public companies to exist. That very concept seems to be creating a lot of societal drawbacks these days.

[-] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

And it’s gotten to a point where it’s being used as a utility computer in places, if I recall. That could’ve potentially sent sales snowballing away from typical console sale figures.

[-] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago

Plus, human bites can carry a lot of bacteria and whatnot, so arguably some of that damage should be poison or necrosis damage.

[-] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

I’m just hoping that Netflix doesn’t get involved, or at least that Netflix doesn’t bork it like they did the live-action Witcher adaptation.

I could easily be wrong, but I remember some people involved in that series pretty much disregarding the source material entirely. Please correct me if that’s not what happened.

[-] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

That eel story just sounds grisly. If I saw someone murk a wild animal that large by hand, even one intended for a meal, on the street in broad daylight, I’d probably audibly mutter “wtf”

[-] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Is the Irish Sun owned by the same guys as the British version of The Sun? If so, I probably would look for other sources entirely. Preferably far, far away from the “games journalism” sphere.

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