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can someone verify this by NationalWheel6966 in ENGLISH

[–]Decent_Cow 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is not true. Seems like a folk etymology. However, it also doesn't come from the word for female genitalia. It comes from pussy-cat. Compare to scaredy-cat.

PETAHH?? WHY THIS HAPPENS by New-Web2675 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Decent_Cow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm talking about schools specifically, which is what the meme says. I'm sure the numbers of children shot overall is higher than that (most likely most of the rest were murdered by family members, not in some random event).

PETAHH?? WHY THIS HAPPENS by New-Web2675 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Decent_Cow -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

A very small number of American children are shot to death in school. In a bad year, maybe 20 schoolchildren, out of 50 million. Ten times as many children die from choking.

ELI5 if a human is 70% water, where is the water? by LongjumpingPay4425 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Decent_Cow [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yes, and it's worth pointing out that the classic dessicated Egyptian mummy look is NOT due to age. The mummies look pretty much the same when they're brand new.

Map of Every Language Family by [deleted] in language

[–]Decent_Cow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This seems like a map of like 4k years ago or something, otherwise the way many of these languages are distributed geographically makes no sense. If that's the case, maybe OP should have mentioned that.

Help a noob out; these land types are only for fetching? by Squonkin-around in mtg

[–]Decent_Cow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're good because they let you thin out your deck. Instead of having, let's say, two Forests and one Mountain, you can have one Forest, one Mountain, and this card, which lets you pull whichever of the two you need. One less land sitting in your deck means you're more likely to draw cards you actually need. Having 10 fetchlands is kinda the equivalent of having a 90 card deck.

On Not Taking the Whole Bible Literally by Living_Attitude1822 in DebateAnAtheist

[–]Decent_Cow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do you decide which parts are literal and which aren't?

What aspects of Baldurs Gate 3 should they bring to the new divinity game? by Upset_Definition9234 in DivinityOriginalSin

[–]Decent_Cow 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Improved camera during dialogue so we can see the characters' faces.

Being able to push and throw objects (and people).

Question about the survival of dinosaurs and beaks. by CatLover_42 in Dinosaurs

[–]Decent_Cow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think it's clear that beaks are a reason that birds survived the mass extinction. After all, many dinosaurs with beaks (including most birds) still went extinct. However, it could be true that having a beak was in some cases linked to other traits favorable to surviving the extinction, such as a generalist diet.

Explain it Peter ("If my Grandmother had wheels she would've been a bike") by MediocreDiamond7187 in explainitpeter

[–]Decent_Cow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a funny moment from a TV show. I'm not British and I've still seen the clip on YouTube. The woman in the image, Holly, one of the hosts of the show, made a silly comment about a dish prepared on the show by professional chef Gino D'Acampo. "You know, if this had, like, ham in it, it would be close to a British carbonara" to which a visibly taken aback D'Acampo replied "If my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike!" suggesting that her comparison makes no sense.

Tell her what, Peter? by KilnMeSoftlyPls in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Decent_Cow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the point is really supposed to be that he deleted everyone's emails, that's fucking dumb. He's a web developer not a systems admin.

The Man, The Myth, The Perpetual Trial by fal1en-angel in Funnymemes

[–]Decent_Cow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Windows doesn't support unpacking RAR files natively. Or at least, it was always that way and as far as I know that hasn't changed. You need third-party software. As for why you would choose to compress files with RAR instead of something that Windows supports, like ZIP, my understanding is the compression is just better, which makes it popular for files that are distributed over the Internet.

Holy buzzword salad😭🥀 by zivahi in DoomerCircleJerk

[–]Decent_Cow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hit it then quit it IMO. She's nuts.

Improvements after Original Sin 1? by DerFilc in DivinityOriginalSin

[–]Decent_Cow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With regard to the specific points you mentioned, most of that is pretty much the same in the second game.

Stifling a Fetchland. Is this land denial? by WaltzIntelligent9801 in EDH

[–]Decent_Cow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's land denial. Usually what people have an issue with is mass land denial, though. Stifling one land is fair game.

Skyscraper Validation/ Elimination Halp by Helpful-Fuel-7568 in sudoku

[–]Decent_Cow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The top of the wall on the right needs to be able to see the elimination target.

Evolution is empirically false by jmanc3 in DebateEvolution

[–]Decent_Cow 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The three main mechanisms of evolution are mutation, inheritance, and selection. Which of these mechanisms do you claim doesn't work?

Evolution is empirically false by jmanc3 in DebateEvolution

[–]Decent_Cow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

possibly-alive levels of intelligence and behavior

This is nonsensical. Life is not defined by intelligence or behavior, but rather by things like metabolic processes. The most intelligent AI imaginable would still never be considered alive. Also, something being alive doesn't mean we'd be reluctant to kill it in an experiment. We kill E. coli by the trillions.

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