[-] BirdEnjoyer@kbin.social 9 points 7 months ago

The mockingbirds are so lucky the hummingbirds don't care, because they are shimmery little warrior badasses.

[-] BirdEnjoyer@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago

It was never implemented in PoGo, was it? Because that's where it very clearly should have gotten a spiritual successor.

Not that I'm playing that anymore, with its predatory scheme. Orna all the way, now.

[-] BirdEnjoyer@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago

This is the case of an article misconstruing the meaning of a scientific paper... again.

From what I gather, this is meant to mean the specific context of a gesture having the explicit, consistent purpose- that when it flutters, it means that its partner is supposed to do a specific activity with their nest.

So its not just the context sensitive "I'm letting you go first" like with a cat, or with many other creatures, its more akin to someone texting their spouse "Can you put the kettle on?"

The bizarre thing with this really is that its a visual cue, because we see this all the time with sounds, in all kinds of critters.

[-] BirdEnjoyer@kbin.social 10 points 7 months ago

My mother's coworker's child made a bacon bundt cake, and specifically sent a piece for her.

I agreed to eat it with my mother out of solidarity.

Honestly, she's like, 9 or something, and did a great job of it. Kinda had a bacon pancake going, didn't have many tunnels or anything. Would be a great dessert for a barbecue, that kinda thing.

But no one in my immediate family is that into bacon, let alone being combined with sweets.

[-] BirdEnjoyer@kbin.social 9 points 7 months ago

I heard he only hits the speed of sound when he's rollin' around.

But part of the legacy of Desert Bus is that it was a big charity series that kind of set the stage for GDQ later in gaming history. A sort of virtual road trip.
So a lot of people have nostalgia for it.

[-] BirdEnjoyer@kbin.social 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I joined a local vegan group for some recipes because I have some dietary restrictions.

You know what they post about?

•Foie Gras is bad

•Where the FUCK can I buy a good breakfast

Seriously, these people just have this insane fixation on breakfast foods, and how much better they taste when someone else cooks them for you.

Just stop focusing on the noisy ones and try giving people the benefit of the doubt. You might be surprised at how nice people can be.

[-] BirdEnjoyer@kbin.social 11 points 8 months ago

Most fibers can deal with a lot of heat- nuke new stuff in 140-200°f.
And baking soda kills a lot of bugs, its good to keep some around your craft bins!

Its good to keep your stuff air tight, and divvied up into moderately sized bins. A little bead of silicone caulk spread around the lid to make a seal solid really makes a difference, and you can get it in handheld tubes- no caulk gun.

Ive heard too many horror stories of art history tragedies and had a room mate in college who had experienced flea trauma. I don't want my felting to be ruined

[-] BirdEnjoyer@kbin.social 12 points 8 months ago

I just want a phone designed to make spoken word more audible in noisy environments, so I don't have to use some sketchy app when I'm trying to hear a poorly balanced podcast over the stove fan while cooking.

This just sounds like q feature that I've literally never seen anyone ask for outside of that or movies, basically

[-] BirdEnjoyer@kbin.social 7 points 8 months ago

Not totally related, but in the mid 2000s, I had thought that being made an NPC in a video game was a really kind honor- that someone probably really cared about you.
(usually if they didn't, you'd get relegated to a humiliating gag or antagonist. Technically also NPCs, I guess, but not what you think of as "NPC")

...And then the internet went and turned NPC into an insult.

Makes me feel sad for all those loving tributes and Make a Wish kids.

[-] BirdEnjoyer@kbin.social 12 points 8 months ago

They're delightful creatures, and make strange noises, if you are unaware.
The mating songs may remind you of what you might expect, but some of the sounds sound quite primeval or even scifi.

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