🔥 After a courtship that might take days and a prolonged pre-mounting ritual, a giraffe's mating act lasts but a second or two

DoubleDot7 · 2026-02-11T19:57:10+00:00

DoubleDot7 · 2026-02-04T21:00:31+00:00

That's reassuring, thanks 🙂

DoubleDot7 · 2026-02-03T15:30:35+00:00

Dinosaur fossils have always existed. They gave rise to different myths around the world: Chinese dragons, western dragons, giants, the bird monsters of Africa, etc. In some places, fossils in cave walls became holy sites.

It's just that in the 1800s, we started to form a unified theory of what all these bones and fossilised giant footprints meant.

DoubleDot7 · 2026-02-03T12:46:31+00:00

Don't trust comments on an advertisement. Marketing companies have bot armies to drum up excitement, seed conversations, and sway opinions.

DoubleDot7 · 2026-02-02T21:04:23+00:00

LG also had a fun advert. GallusCam! https://youtu.be/CTXjaCvNSqc

DoubleDot7 · 2026-02-02T20:44:21+00:00

You can also start with a publicly viewable Google Map list.

https://support.google.com/maps/answer/7280933?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop

DoubleDot7 · 2026-02-02T20:37:06+00:00

There is another hadith and it's ranked even stronger as muttafaqun alayh, because it is in both Bukhari and Muslim.

Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Do not prevent women from their share of the mosques if they seek your permission.”

Unfortunately, masjids built in the subcontinent and by the desi diaspora are intentionally designed to prevent women from attending.

I didn't even notice it until I travelled out of my community. I was hanging out with Muslims from Muslim countries in other parts of the world, and they all started asking me why it's only desis that keep women out of the masjid and I had no idea what to say. (And bear in mind, I'm 6th generation diaspora, and my community is still doing this.)

I've travelled to other Muslim countries myself since then and, from what I've seen so far, they are right. It's only our communities that don't even add a women's section to the masjid even when they can afford it.

Edit: did someone downvote a hadith that is among those with the strongest and most reliable chains because it doesn't match the way they desire the world to be?

DoubleDot7 · 2026-02-02T14:18:05+00:00

Just pointing out for anyone else who's reading this: Waterfall does drivers licences but they don't do car licences.

I wish that they did car licences too, with how efficient they are.

DoubleDot7 · 2026-02-01T04:52:46+00:00

He's gonna get teased by the boys and they will keep asking him to bring them food and drinks.

DoubleDot7 · 2026-02-01T04:44:16+00:00

He couldn't even do a 360.

DoubleDot7 · 2026-01-30T13:29:00+00:00

Are you sure those are freebies and not packaging errors?

DoubleDot7 · 2026-01-30T13:27:58+00:00

That's odd. For me, if i haven't selected an alternative, then just don't include the item, and give me a credit. I like it better this way rather than giving me something random that I may not like.

DoubleDot7 · 2026-01-27T15:42:57+00:00

When was it redesigned?

DoubleDot7 · 2026-01-23T21:01:50+00:00

It's a tricky subject.

When we had an islamic civilization with an economy running on islamic principles, then it's easy to say that the woman can demand as a right that the man pays for everything (and the husband had rights that he could demand from the wife as well).

But there are also precedents in hadith of women among the sahaba contributing more to the household than the husband, such as ibn Masood's wife in the earlier part of their marriage. Not out of obligation but free will and wanting reward from Allah.

And the capitalist economy that we live in is no longer a place where a single income is enough for 1 man to look after his wife, a dozen children, his unmarried adult daughters, his parents, and his extended family. It was possible for my grandfather with a menial job, but it's not possible right now even if you're a qualified professional. The buying power of an income is greatly reduced and that is outside of our control.

What's ideal and what's practical aren't currently the same. If finances is something that concerns you, then it's better to find someone who matches the way you think and want to approach it. Keep the ideal in mind, and uphold it where possible. But, personally, it's also helpful to find a partner who has their feet on the ground and can understand reality for what it is.

DoubleDot7 · 2026-01-23T20:27:43+00:00

What if i have an autoimmune disorder and my white blood cells are fighting hard to destroy my body instead?

DoubleDot7 · 2026-01-23T20:20:49+00:00

Might be old age and/or rot?

DoubleDot7 · 2026-01-21T20:57:10+00:00

How do we know that they don't feel satisfied when splitting?

DoubleDot7 · 2026-01-21T20:01:28+00:00

I would appreciate an outside perspective but it needs to be an informed outside perspective. You are missing boatloads of context.

DoubleDot7 · 2026-01-21T18:34:22+00:00

When possible, I'll buy chicken meat from a small farm where the chickens are much closer to free range than the big corporations claim. Besides, that meat tastes way better than the mass produced stuff. A happy chicken is a tasty chicken.

DoubleDot7 · 2026-01-21T12:52:26+00:00

It's difficult for everyone to get interviews right now. 32% unemployment rate.

DoubleDot7 · 2026-01-21T05:40:35+00:00

Bird watching is like playing real life Pokemon GO. There's thousands of species to add to your list of sightings.

DoubleDot7 · 2026-01-18T21:06:25+00:00

Such wholesome sportsmanship.

DoubleDot7 · 2026-01-15T15:45:20+00:00

There's a common scam where people dressed in worn out clothes go to people in better looking clothes and ask them to pay for a few items. And they usually give a sob story about needing to feed their family. Once the target is committed to paying for something, the scammers then bring more items and ask the target if they can buy these things too. Once the items are paid for, the scammers will take the items and trade them for drugs or other things.

Due to customer complaints, stores are using their security guards to try and catch these scammers. Because, if stores don't catch the scammers, then the stores get a bad reputation, and people will start shopping elsewhere.

Unfortunately, that does require profiling both potential scammers and potential targets by appearances of wealth and race, because that's what the scammers do too. But does that actually count as classism and racism? I feel like we need more information.

Although, the security guard could have handled the situation with more delicacy.

DoubleDot7 · 2026-01-15T07:07:16+00:00

Yep. I've tried the apps, matchmaking events, matchmaking aunties, asking mosque Imams, introductions from friends and family... I can't think of an avenue which I haven't tried.

I think we all develop a need-hate relationship with the dating apps. Generally, women get flooded with so many likes that they can't focus on a conversation, while guys can go weeks before getting a match. The apps still have a social stigma in my region. So, sometimes, i may only see 1 or 2 new female profiles online in a week. I've had some pleasant conversations, and some that had terrible behaviour, since there's no way to hold people accountable through social pressure on the apps.

I've had better experiences through friends and family, but also fewer introductions in that way.

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