The SciShow video that introduced me to the plight of the Koala called it “pap” which might be distinct from poop but I didn’t bother to look into it farther, just kind of assumed it was poop too

I mean it’s pretty much been that the whole time… Idk I guess I’m just tired of people saying basically “Well here’s an obvious solution that you clearly missed because you’re automatically lazy and/or stupid if you’re from the US, and especially if you don’t have the financial solubility or high-demand skills to easily expatriate or you’re disabled, just get up off your lazy corn-fattened ass and go yell at the people who give the US military their orders. Oh, you say you tried and nothing happened? You must have been an utter and complete failure. You deserve this then.”

Not that that’s what is being said precisely, but it hits the same notes. And DicJacobus, this isn’t aimed at you, but at the original comment in this thread. Unless you agreed with them and I misread your tone

It’s almost like people think times haven’t changed since then

Because these two countries are otherwise identical in every way. Good thing you have an easy solution that still works in spite of the existence of assault rifles and wire taps

Tortoise 0.5

But is it heavier or lighter than 9.1 kilograms of feathers?

Had to read the wiki to get this. A couple times, actually.

Jays in my area well fly around making eagle calls convincing enough to fool plenty humans (myself included). Multiple times I’ve heard that unique shriek and searched the sky for a big bird only to see a cheeky Blue Jay hopping around in a tree 🤣

Congratulations! You have won The Internet today.

Been hanging out with a girl, I guess you could say I’ve got a fun gal infection

This is the first one I saw

Different video, they’re just eating a bat in this one, but there’s a video somewhere of two toucans sitting high in a tree literally just waiting for the bats to swarm close enough and when they do they get snapped up

OK but what about the video I saw last week of toucans catching and eating fucking BATS

I’d love to meet one of those few. A skateboarder eating that much krill has to be such an amazing spectacle

Spoken like a true mammal

Vaal Hazak may not be that far behind

OK I’m actually a noob at formatting and i have no idea how i even did that giant text

This is crazy in the context of having just finished the Native Tongue trilogy by Suzette Haden Elgin. Great read or listen, describes the world this person imagines.

This feels like a poor response to the “would you rather be alone in the woods with a man or a bear” social profiler. “Yeah but that bear is fat, would you really want to be mauled by a fat bear instead of violated and gaslit by an aLpHa MaLe?!”

Trade =/= capitalism. Capitalism is maximum enrichment for a few at the cost of the many. “Capitalizing on an opportunity” doesn’t usually seem to get interpreted as “get what I need and hopefully what I want in an exchange that is equitable, just, fair, and negotiable to all parties”; instead, the common meaning seems to be “get all that I can as quick as I can in exchange for the least possible expense on my part”, which is not even a full step away from 'The Tragedy of the Commons, ’ or, “if there’s not enough for everyone to have as much as they want or need, then everyone who takes as much as they need is evil, and if someone is going to be evil AND ALSO have enough than that person is damn well going to be me.” THAT’S capitalism.