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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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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 21 points 7 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.

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[-] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 16 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 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 28 points 10 months ago

Strange way to say “my parents treated me like garbage, and I failed to break the cycle.”

[-] 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 10 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 19 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.

[-] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago

Also, we can and do eat some mild poisons because they’re tasty somehow.

I have a love of chocolate, but smaller animals can’t eat as much without severe metabolic issues that might kill them.

And capsaicin is straight-up an anti-mammal deterrent. Birds might be able to eat it with no reaction at all. Meanwhile humans just deal with their temperature receptors being freaking hacked for seemingly no other reason than fun.

[-] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 59 points 1 year ago

Not sure if chlorine haze or green highlighter

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