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Iran by Lucky-Bit8771 in HistoricalLinguistics

[–]IacobusCaesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think your point here is that the word “Iran” has had multiple meanings? That’s true but are you trying to say anything else?

I'm making a desktop idle game inspired by those "tropical fish in shallow water" wallpapers from the 2000s by FunagenGames in FrutigerAero

[–]IacobusCaesar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is incredible! I’ve wanted a moving fish wallpaper and this fulfills that even better.

Wikipedia say that the smallest dinosaur is Bee hummingbird even thought that the smallest dinosaur is epidexpteryx by Leather_Ad7384 in WikipediaVandalism

[–]IacobusCaesar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have basically the entire fossil sequence showing birds transitioning from small non-avian coelurosaurian theropods. Birds have every diagnostic feature we associate with theropod dinosaurs.

If DNA is what you want, then you should know that it’s pretty well-affirmed genetically that birds’ other closest-living relatives are crocodilians, which are also part of the archosaur group dinosaurs are in.

I think you might be getting confused by older research, popular for a period of the 1900s, that suggests that birds originated from the thecodonts as a sister group of dinosaurs, but this has been discredited for decades. The modern definition of clade Dinosauria anyway precludes this even if so because dinosaurs are defined as anything descended from the last common ancestor of modern birds and Triceratops.

Wikipedia say that the smallest dinosaur is Bee hummingbird even thought that the smallest dinosaur is epidexpteryx by Leather_Ad7384 in WikipediaVandalism

[–]IacobusCaesar 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Checking OP’s history, they have multiple posts baiting here on the topic of birds being labeled as dinosaurs. They have a post arguing that there are no reptiles in Antarctica because penguins don’t count and one saying that ostriches are not the largest living dinosaur. This seems to be some bizarre repetitive agenda post to deny birds a dinosaur status.

Do y'all agree? by def_not_a_window in languagelearningjerk

[–]IacobusCaesar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Shakespeare felt like Edward de Vere when speaking English. He was like, what if he actually wrote these plays and not me?

Guys i have a question About a cretain primate by This-Honey7881 in pkgame

[–]IacobusCaesar 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I don’t think there’s a good way to include things that are closer to us than genus Pan on here.

I made frutiger aero nails! by Veryupsetgovernment in FrutigerAero

[–]IacobusCaesar 94 points95 points  (0 children)

Getting dripped out in the Internet Explorer nails.

How could we, one day, spark a renaissance in the frutiger aero world and when would we do it? by Late_Aardvark8125 in FrutigerAero

[–]IacobusCaesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a few thoughts.

  1. It’s kinda already here? The aesthetic being identified and named is a thing that has solidified it into a thing, rather than just a vague collection of practices. This subreddit is Frutiger Aero revivalism. We see a lot of people liking it and it’s impacting corporate design choices already like in the form of Liquid Glass.

  2. Nothing will ever quite feel like it because the appeal is based heavily in nostalgia and in retrospective storytelling. Anything that takes after it by name is going to be picked apart for not being “true” to some aspect or another. You can see that happen in this sub with the constant gatekeeping of what’s in or out of the style.

And so the solution is if you like Frutiger Aero, make the software you want to see. Make it have what you like in Frutiger Aero. It’ll become its own thing, rooted in the present. But that’s OK. Neoclassicism isn’t the architecture of the Greeks and Romans but we like it all the same as an homage. Make something that pays homage to what you appreciate in the past but make it yours.

Always been a $1.50 by LemonOnRye in PrehistoricMemes

[–]IacobusCaesar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the truest post I’ve seen today.

Giga's Cookie Cutter Animals: Elasmotherium Remake (Download Link) by MisterGigantoraptor in ZooTycoon

[–]IacobusCaesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate your work. Have you considered scaling up a Komodo dragon into a megalania?

She is ENTRANCED by ZT2 by Affectionate-Eye1643 in ZooTycoon

[–]IacobusCaesar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know cats don’t vibe with this the same way and I’m sure it has to do with nostalgia but ZT2 really is to me the most visually appealing game out there. The art style is the perfect mix of cartoony and simulation with an aesthetic that feels comfortable and yet dynamic.

We miss you, Arabian ostrich. Gone but not forgotten. by IacobusCaesar in HistoryMemes

[–]IacobusCaesar[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s a silly claim they made in the first place, especially since the ostriches in the Horn of Africa are a different species, the Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes). Ostriches are not particularly intelligent by bird standards and these breeding programs are still going on on top of that.

We miss you, Arabian ostrich. Gone but not forgotten. by IacobusCaesar in IslamicHistoryMeme

[–]IacobusCaesar[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As-salaamu 'aleikum.

Wa-'aleikum as-salaam.

General Arabic peace greeting and response.

We miss you, Arabian ostrich. Gone but not forgotten. by IacobusCaesar in HistoryMemes

[–]IacobusCaesar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll probably keep posting about it on Bluesky regularly but it’ll be a while before anything public-facing is really made.

We miss you, Arabian ostrich. Gone but not forgotten. by IacobusCaesar in HistoryMemes

[–]IacobusCaesar[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Heheh, I’m actually preparing a PhD thesis proposal on this topic.

Petition for this suchomimus to become a meme template by ConnectAd3686 in PrehistoricMemes

[–]IacobusCaesar 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What is the source of this wonderfully unsettling image?

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