I think now is a great time to separate pride events from these corporate scum. They never have been and will never be allies, just opportunists who would just as willingly burn parades to the ground if it maximizes profit. The capitalist machine will never be your friend.
×25% gives you 1/4 the original value, whereas +100% is double the original value, let's say 8/4 to keep it consistent. ×125% (in case a 1 is missing) is still only 5/4 the original value.
Is there a typo in your comment?
I do love that so many people on the internet know exactly who you're talking about when you say "greedy little pig boy".
Am scientist (well, was, before career change), can confirm. Fuck dogmatic scientists, they're worse than regular dogmatists because they've been given many opportunities to know better.
I was taught the same. I got extra credit for memorizing that the Nile River was a "notable exception".
While I didn't go to school in Texas, our school district used material developed there. It figures.
As someone who struggles with chronic illness and depression, I believe you're right.
I'm not a psychologist, but I've spent a lot of time with them learning about depression and how to live with it. It's all about incremental change. When I realize I'm slipping back into a depressive funk, I have to figure out what I did to dig this hole and start addressing that to get myself out. It's a matter of days or weeks. I'm not special. If I was special, I wouldn't get depressed. I just found what works for me through trial and error.
On the flip side, I have a friend who has been mired in depression for years now. He doesn't try to change his behavior. He has an inconsistent sleep schedule, rarely goes outside his house, eats poorly, doesn't exercise, plays video games 12+ hours most days, and, what I'd say is most important of all, won't see a therapist to deal with his current and early childhood issues. He seems to think that playing more video games, sleeping more, and avoiding any and all unpleasantness will make him better.
I've run into a few people like this and they seem to reflexively write off helpful advice for incremental change. You suggest something like starting out with a 5 minute walk, once a day, just to establish a healthy habit. The response? "A five minute walk isn't going to cure my depression". No shit, no one suggested it would. It's just a start to managing it.
Many people on .world are the so-called 'Reddit refugees'. I've noticed a large portion of them tend to be liberals (as in neoliberals) from the United States and accordingly think of anything left of center as "radical/extreme leftism". A few weeks back, they were all agitated over some leftist strawmen a few of their more vocal members have been fabricating to gripe about. This is likely just a continuation of the same.
It's the second largest instance, plus it's the original instance. I can see why one or both of those facts might draw someone. Maybe they thought it was hosted in Mali!
It seems it's always snobs or Nazis online, whereas actual metal shows are where I've met some of the nicest people.
It has been awhile since I've seen a troll account so aptly named.
Obvious troll is obvious.
Maybe up your game a little, even Trump isn't this stupid and lazy.
Functional changes in coloration are much "easier" (read: more likely) to develop through random mutation than functional changes to complex mechanical structures like bone structure or musculature. Given their predecessors were already under selective pressure by predation for millions of years prior, it's reasonable to assume they'd developed countershading (light bottom, dark top). Plus current agnathans are usually pretty dull.
Edit: oh geez, I misunderstood your message. It totally could have been a rainbow party blimp. That mostly depends on what their habitat was like.