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[-] stiffyGlitch@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

science rules!

[-] nesc@lemmy.cafe 98 points 1 day ago
[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

A miserable little pile of secrets!

[-] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago

Love this. Literally came to make the same comment and it's the top one

[-] wieson@feddit.org 17 points 1 day ago

The coconut nut is a giant nut
If you eat to much you get veeery fat (very fat) The coconut nut is a delicious nut,
But most of all it's not a nut!

It's the cocofruit (it's the cocofruit)
From the cocotree (from the cocotree)
From the cocopalm family! (Ayayayayay)

[-] stiffyGlitch@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

bro I love that song

[-] HurricaneLiz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I made up a tune to go with this as I read 😂

[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I don't know if "give" is a fair word to use there, lol

[-] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 4 points 13 hours ago

If you open up some other kind of animal, you also find liquid in it, it's just more red.

[-] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 23 hours ago

No, in nature the mothers do "give" the milk to their young. Misuse of "give" when referring to dairy cows, however, is common.

[-] Vespair@lemmy.zip 3 points 16 hours ago

bro they mean you gotta crack into the coconut.

[-] Pickle_Jr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 day ago

Sperm is stored in the coconut

[-] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

wel it has endosperm that is indeed located inside the coconut so i guess you're not wrong

[-] stiffyGlitch@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

so were drinking the coconut's seed? that's...that's disgusting. I'm never drinking coconut "milk" again

imma go drink some coconut seed

[-] larcohex@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago
[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 day ago

Mmm, yummy endosperm.

[-] yum@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 day ago
[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 day ago

I feel like I need OregonNukeSailor's backstory. More for the name than the taxonomic viewpoints.

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm no nameologist but I think it means they were a sailor who rode nukes around Oregon, like that one cowboy riding a nuke in that cold war documentary I watched.

Edit: here's a screenshot from the documentary

[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

That kid was a prodigy. Landed that nuke softer than that jet blue with the sideways landing gear.

[-] kubofhromoslav@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Why not both?

[-] meekah@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 1 day ago

Why is only one username censored?

[-] FuCensorship@lemmy.today 9 points 1 day ago

He ain't gonna dox himself innit?

[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Pretty sure the others are enough to find the original thread.

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 8 points 1 day ago

The text alone is enough to find the original thread.

[-] lividweasel@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Two words:

Coconut nipples

[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Sigh, what’s the definition of milk?

Edit:

  1. A whitish liquid containing proteins, fats, lactose, and various vitamins and minerals that is produced by the mammary glands of all mature female mammals after they have given birth and serves as nourishment for their young. 
  1. The milk of cows, goats, or other animals, used as food by humans. 
  1. Any of various potable liquids resembling milk, such as coconut milk or soymilk.

It mentions coconut milk specifically

(/¯ ಠ_ಠ)/¯

[-] riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 13 hours ago

But coconut milk is made by crushing the coconut meat and mixing it with coconut water. Coconuts don't make milk, they make water. Humans crush coconuts and call it milk.

[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 points 12 hours ago

That sounds like juice with fine pulp

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

A warm, white and creamy liquid.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Rolls around on the floor in a little ball.

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago

squeaks when I cut into it with a knife

[-] Akasazh@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

According to Christopher Lee, one stabbed with a knife does not squeak, but sigh.

[-] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago
[-] Akasazh@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago
[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Hey, I am entirely not trying to be an ass, but in situations like what just happened there, here is what I usually do:

Christoper ~~Walken~~ Lee (EDIT: Derp)

Something like that is what I try to do when I make a silly error, but want to showcase that I made the error, and then also accepted and made the correction.

That way, if somebody in the future, who reads only the edited version of the comment/post/thread sees it, they can understand that perhaps other comment chains based off of the initial error are not non sequiturs.

It also shows that you are humble and admit a mistake, and make a correction, which imo, are good things to showcase... as opposed to doing a 'stealth edit', which leaves no obvious signs of what the original comment was, in the comment itself.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Christopher Lee.

That's much better, thanks for the tip!

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah, Walken can tell you about how to smuggle a watch, though.

[-] CuddlesMcBubblefun@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Tree Hampsters!

[-] Lorax@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

Milky Joe has returned!

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

!taneggs@lemmy.ca

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Semantics are to reasoning what puns are to comedy.

this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2025
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