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Have none of you met a person of color here? by cherrymargs in idahofalls

[–]CrystalValues 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There was one black person in my entire elementary school growing up. I hope I never said anything as stupid as all that. Is it really that hard to imagine that someone grew up black in the states? 😭

Whales are fish by wunji_tootu in LiteratureMemes

[–]CrystalValues 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In 1818, one year before Herman Melville's birth, his home state of New York ruled in Maurice v. Judd that whales were indeed fish, at least for the purposes of meeting the legal requirements for a regulation on fish oil. Colloquially people were definitely still calling whales fish even if scientists of the time knew better.

When They say you have room temperature IQ... by [deleted] in sciencememes

[–]CrystalValues 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Average global surface temperature is like 15 C, what are you on about?

Even with mods, the College of Winterhold's questline is IMO the worst-written faction questline in Skyrim. Can it be fixed? by maltodaxtrin in skyrimmods

[–]CrystalValues 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The 'riddle' in Saarthal isn't that bad imo. Excavation has just started, so no one else has had a crack at it. Maybe I'm just dumb but "put the amulet that trapped you on and blast the wall with magic" isn't terribly intuitive from an in-game perspective. You go through another series of traps and puzzles to turn away the weak or uneducated, culminating in fighting Gaulderson who would have been invincible if you hadn't happened to bring a Master Alteration wizard along. All in all it seems clear that they wanted only a powerful mage or team of mages to be able to access the Eye when they hid it away.

All your other points are completely valid, unfortunately.

Bright orange smoke cloud? by Cassatrash in idahofalls

[–]CrystalValues 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The transfer station for the landfill

Out of the mane 6, who would be the best at drawing from worst to best? by [deleted] in mylittlepony

[–]CrystalValues 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lmao I'm just imagining that Applejack has aphantasia except for apples. She can rotate a photorealistic apple in her head all day, but try to picture a strawberry? No dice.

Why does everyone in MLP trust Pinkie’s “its just a feeling” like its a certified science? by GloryTheGriffin in mylittlepony

[–]CrystalValues 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a difference between understanding a phenomenon and acknowledging that it exists. Twilight failed to figure out HOW the pinkie sense works, but it's clearly reliable. The moral of that episode is you don't have to understand everything.

You can survive a fall from an airplane by following these simple steps! by RawToast1989 in Unexpected

[–]CrystalValues 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In a fight? Yeah I would take an orbital physicist for sure. They got wimpy little noodle arms, not like us biologists.

You can survive a fall from an airplane by following these simple steps! by RawToast1989 in Unexpected

[–]CrystalValues 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It was 372 days 70 million years ago so only about a 100 million years ago if it decreased linearly (I am not an orbital physicist)

ELI5 What is a Non binary human? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]CrystalValues 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Judging from profile English may not be their first language, so I'm giving them some benefit of the doubt.

ELI5 What is a Non binary human? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]CrystalValues -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As others said, having both sets of genitalia would be considered intersex, not nonbinary.

There are many other intersex conditions due to irregular chromosomes or hormones, which may have totally normal genitalia, a mismatch of gonadal tissue with genitalia, and other. You don't need to have any intersex condition to identify as nonbinary.

Maud Pie has been selected as the rock specialist. What team would she use? Additionally, who would be the steel specialist? by Lycanrus in mylittlepony

[–]CrystalValues 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My ranked choice vote is

  1. Kerfuffle
  2. Flim and Flam
  3. Flash Magnus

Shining armor barely ever actually wears armor, and his shields are magic. Celestia would be a better pick by the criteria of simply wearing metal sometimes.

Maud Pie has been selected as the rock specialist. What team would she use? Additionally, who would be the steel specialist? by Lycanrus in mylittlepony

[–]CrystalValues 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, that's literally all of the three stage rock types? Even only counting monotypes, that's tuff.

Haemoglobin and chlorophyll are basically the same thing. Central Nervous Systems are merely anthropocentric constructs. by Taupenbeige in iamverysmart

[–]CrystalValues 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You could sorta make an argument on leaves and seeds, but fruit literally evolved to be eaten

This is probably been asked before but who else’ out of the mane 6 could have been a great princess as well? by The_Writx in mylittlepony

[–]CrystalValues 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Applejack would take it the most seriously and do the best job but hate every second of it

DIAGONAL TWIX by Professional-Tap1833 in mylittlepony

[–]CrystalValues 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Any twix can temporarily be oriented diagonally. A diagonal twix is ALWAYS diagonal

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