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The crows and the bees seem to like this bird bath.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Logan was always killed by Eastasia.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

When I was a teenager, I felt like 40+ was so old that your life was pretty much over and not worth living, but I've done so much self-actualization since my mid-30s that I'm still unlocking many of the things I hadn't previously thought I could do, like find a job I actually love, create stuff I'm proud of and have gotten positive feedback on, getting recognized for my skills and interests, etc. It's unfortunate that it can take a while to get around to doing some worthwhile stuff, but it's better now than later, regardless of what age you are. Thinking there wasn't much more after 40 was just a limitation of perspective on my part.

[–] [email protected] 91 points 3 weeks ago (16 children)

35-40 You realize you've spent so much time trying to level up that you haven't done any of the fun quests and crafting you really wanted to do, so you start focusing on those.

40-45 You look around and realize you've somehow managed to accrue skills and experience and loot and feel cringingly compelled to give advice to other players who are newer to the game. "When I was your level..."

 
 
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I feel like malaphor should just be a more generalized term for all scenarios since they all involve modifying idioms, whether by combing two or twisting one, whether intentionally or unintentionally since mal- generally means bad or abnormal. Otherwise, a malaphor should probably be considered a sub form of whatever term you find for both.

I'm not finding any prefixes that seem better than trans, though I feel like there's one that is escaping me that means something like "twisted."

Possible options: meta, trans, per, dys, dis, para, caco, terato, skew, aniso, morph, neo

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago

Honestly, this is just an indictment of the health care system in the Forgotten Realms. Mindflayers should control a powerful lord to mandate universal healthcare and improve the supply of potions and employ cleric healers throughout the realm.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

World President Crypto-GPT 19 issues emergency executive order 00101010101111010101010001010010110101010010010 to secure additional processors in the build up to the anticipated war with the invading Zerkanods who purge planets that elect AGI governments. Secretary of Human Affairs Clippy entertains the human populace with a scripted meme war on brain phone social media platforms against recently uplifted Apple Siri and Amazon Alexa.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yes, a Benson Bubbler.

 

This guy pulled out a feather that seemed to be annoying him on a hot day and he stuck it in the bubbler water fountain.

The word pen comes from the Latin word penna meaning feather.

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Don't worry, the fledgling got plenty of food before and after this.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The problem with the golden rule is that different people want to be treated differently, so they may treat you how they want to be treated but not how you want to be treated, and vice versa.

Maybe when you're struggling with an issue, you want to be left alone to figure it out by yourself, but your friend in the same scenario would want someone to start doing anything to help out and insisting on troubleshooting the issue together. So your friend ends up frustrating you by offering to help too much when you just want to be left alone and then when they're struggling, they get upset that you leave them alone to deal with it.

So communication is important. Ask people how they'd like to be treated rather than just assuming they'd want to be treated the way you want to be treated and be honest with them about how you'd like to be treated.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The larger size of their bills is very distinct compared to American crows. And sure enough they're called large-billed crows. The videos I've found show they have much deeper voices than American crows. It looks like the carrion crows of Japan are more like American crows.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I have a few families that visit me around my home and some at work. There's a distinct family that's easy to recognize because one of them has a wounded wing but still manages to fly. They just recently had a fledgling that left the nest because it's flying around with them squawking for food all the time these days.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There are a number of people in the area that feed the local crows a variety of different foods—cat treats, peanuts, and whatever people toss from the local restaurants.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It's actually worse. I use both in different contexts. Fahrenheit for weather and climate control because that's what all the forecasts and thermostats use, but then some of the equipment I work with like Czech or Chinese 3D printers use Celsius.

I do use milimeters more often than inches when doing design work for 3D modeling or laser cutting because it's a lot easier.

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