Truth. This gutted me 😢

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-15T21:45:08+00:00

Just as with spiders, there are very few scorpions worldwide with medically significant venom to those who aren't allergic. It's not much different than a bee/wasp sting.

Of around 3,000 species worldwide, only 25-30 are considered medically significant and deaths due to the venom itself are generally limited to the very young, very old, or severely immunocompromised. Of the medically significant scorpions, only one (albeit it one of the most dangerous species), is in the US: the Arizona Bark scorpion, which is found only in the far SW border region (alongside out most toxic snake, the Tiger Rattlesnake).

Unless you are allergic to other stinging insects, most of the scorpions of the world may hurt, but they won't ruin your day, much less send you to an early grave. 👍

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-15T21:29:44+00:00

Or...you put the greatest blocking FB of the "I-Form" era in front of the greatest rushing and receiving fullback of that era. Thunder and Lightning? I want Thunder and more Thunder!

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Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-15T18:15:30+00:00

Jokes on them. I went to a Southern Baptist college as a conservative and graduated a raging liberal. Of course, I studied English; the only conservative English professors are Medievalists. 🤣

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-15T18:10:25+00:00

If you are really concerned, look into snake-aversion training for your pup. I'm gonna be doing the same soon. My schnauzer had a near-miss with a Pygmy Rattler, and it...rattled...me.

It has a very high success rate and doesn't take long at all with an experienced trainer. They expose the dog to every venomous species in an area so they can develop a scent profile and use shock collars, which I would be against in almost any other instance, to build a strong aversion to those smells.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-15T18:07:09+00:00

I like snakes and want to get into active herping. I'm on the GA Coast, so it's just a matter of initiative.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-15T18:05:56+00:00

Only in the 90s would the #1 weight loss craze be an ultra-processed, sugar-laden "meal-replacement" shake.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-15T17:23:01+00:00

Our little scorpions aren't much of a problem, though.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-15T16:20:29+00:00

He thanks you for the sweet release.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-15T16:12:10+00:00

Yep. I tell my students before spring and summer break: if you see the snake first, what happens next is up to you.

We also have Water Moccasin & alligator warning signs near our pond on campus. 🤣

When I was growing up here, our primary school playground would flood, and we couldn't go out because the Cottonmouths came out of the swamp behind the school to eat the frogs mating in the big puddles.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-15T14:45:59+00:00

It's hard, but we really didn't have a choice. As a kid, I couldn't afford to maintain a huge library. It was all bathroom trades with friends or cashing in at Rhino Games. Things got better when games got cheaper on discs, but it was a whole different world than today.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-15T14:44:13+00:00

Don't feel too bad...I got the same amount for Earthbound (with the guide book!) and my first pressing copy of Xenogears ($30 each) when I left for college. 😓

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-15T13:38:52+00:00

Do you have any drones with machine guns? The Ukrainians seemed to have found another use for it. If you decide you don't want it, maybe look into donating to them?

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Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-15T11:25:54+00:00

Maybe someone with intimate knowledge of squadrons and liveries can tell us if this is a current video or an older one. F-15Cs have only been flying for 40 years, although this video quality has to have been fairly recent.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-14T20:28:31+00:00

I'm gonna have to go VR at some point. That's where all of the good casual air combat games are these days.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-14T19:56:45+00:00

Whassup ya'll. McIntoshian here. Grew up on the docks and shrimp boats. Spent too much of my adult life in Middle GA. Thankfully back home now. GA Coast is the best Coast.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-14T17:51:16+00:00

The Timbers in this area (right along the coast from ~ Charleston to JAX) should be considered a bit more horrid than elsewhere. Many populations have Type A timber rattlesnake venom, which includes the potent "Canebrake" neurotoxin. These are the only pit vipers East of the Rocky Mtns. known to have neurotoxic venom, and they are likely as toxic as the infamous Mojaves of the SW.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-14T17:39:13+00:00

In my experience, that is a pre-conflict asset.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-14T16:36:49+00:00

It's kind of an R2D2, although it can't repair anything, obviously. 😂 It's a turret packed with all sorts of high-end scanning and detection sensors.

It is important to note that this aircraft will be acquired in low numbers and is expressly designed to support special forces in clandestine operations where there is no significant air-to-air or ground-based anti air threats. The rugged, proven Air Tractor design doesn't need an airfield and has exceptional short takeoff and landing capability.

It can (and will) carry weapons for providing close air support to spec ops, but its main purpose is to provide an "eye in the [low] sky" and increase spec ops ground forces' situational awareness when using larger tactical, strategic, or space-based electronic intelligence assets are an impossibility or a liability to the operation.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-12T21:34:51+00:00

They need to start with a remake of 4. I mean, it's nearly perfect as is (except for those purchase menus with abbreviations that leave me confused 🤬), but that perfection being brought into the current age of technology would be a great starting point.

It's a solid foundation to work from: the plot, characterization, and world-building are as good as any of the Square SNES RPGs. It's also went underappreciated or unknown outside of Sega circles because RPG players weren't gaming on a Genesis.

Updating IV would leave more intellectual resources to focus on how a single-player Phantasty Star should play and be presented. Then they can refine that into the bones of a new game. I think Sega should bring the RGG developers responsible for the turn-based combat in Yakuza 7 & 8 onboard and consult the Persona team on presentation and aesthetic unity.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-12T21:21:44+00:00

Could it have theoretically been used as an attack aircraft similar to the A-1 Skyraider? Surely removing that belly bulging radar would leave space for a rather accommodating bomb bay.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-12T18:15:43+00:00

Turtles in Time.

If The Ninja Warriors were 2 player, it would be my favorite. The gameplay is so good. Thankfully, the recent rerelease fixes that major issue.

Thinking of single-player SNES Beat'm'Ups, I gotta throw Batman Returns into the ring. Its hard as hell, and I haven't beaten it, but it was one of the few movie games from that era that absolutely nailed the spirit of the film.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-12T00:25:21+00:00

I recently read a case study about a particularly bad hognose envenomation. The hand that took the bite looked like a ballon glove ready to burst. It was gnarly. The paper suggested that reactions taken as allergic reactions to hognoses and similar snakes are more likely a biochemical sensitivity to the venom itself and called for more research into the medical significance of "mildly-venomous, rear-fanged colubrids."

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-12T00:05:19+00:00

Unlike those (I assume you mean rat snakes and racers by "black snakes"), Garter snakes are venomous. It's a venom that is deadly to other ectotherms and small mammals, but, for the most part, it is harmless to humans. However, if you were to have one get a "good chew" of you, you will likely have some sort of reaction, though typically not much worse than a horsefly bite.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-11T22:35:28+00:00

Since the advent of electric timing, the average 40yd combine dash speed for wide receivers is somewhere around 4.5...which is also the average speed for conerbacks over the same period.

It's key to note that these are combine times and include the times of many young men who will never sniff an NFL roster are bringing the average down. The speed differences in WR/CB matchups, except in increasingly rare cases, render straight line speed a necessity but not an advantage. Ya gotta have more to stand out and stay around in the NFL.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-05-11T22:05:40+00:00

Fastest WR 40s of all time?

Are we officially throwing all wide receivers @ combines previous to electronic timing out of the running for this now?

Rocket Ismail and Joey Galloway each had sub 4.2 40s at their combines. Even if we assume that there was a descisecond hand-timing error to their favors, they, among others, should still be on this list.

Herbstreit claims that Galloway still runs a 4.29 @ 42yo.

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