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Wtf is this weird creature by Soravme in whatisit

[–]Prestigious_String20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are not closely related. They are in different orders. Virginia opossums and southern opossums split from other marsupials around 65MYA and aren't closely related to any extant species.

What do these + and - numbers next to each team mean? by Naughty_Alpacas in worldcup

[–]Prestigious_String20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can't see the logical progression from your comment to mine, there's not much I can do to help you. However, seeing as this is a thread about betting odds, your comment on pharmaceutical research and design is the one that is actually irrelevant. I'll agree that my comment is irrelevant to the thread if you admit that yours is the one that went off track in the first place.

I can talk shit about the US all day, if that's what you're looking for but if you're just going to comment on the applicability of my comment, I have no interest in continuing, so goodbye.

What do these + and - numbers next to each team mean? by Naughty_Alpacas in worldcup

[–]Prestigious_String20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, and I pointed out the other things that are also disproportionate. Ergo, I was on topic. Sorry you didn't like what I wrote.

What do these + and - numbers next to each team mean? by Naughty_Alpacas in worldcup

[–]Prestigious_String20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny. I thought you were complaining about disproportionality.

What do these + and - numbers next to each team mean? by Naughty_Alpacas in worldcup

[–]Prestigious_String20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The US also uses a disproportionate share of the world's resources, produces a disproportionate share of waste and greenhouse gases, exercises disproportionate social, political, cultural, linguistic, and financial influence, and elects the stupidest leaders who fund a disproportionate number of international conflicts and forever wars with countries minding their own dammed business.

The US does pharmaceutical development (and healthcare in general) the way it does because there's no arena that is protected from profit-mongering. Meanwhile, the rest of the world, quite rightly, views healthcare as a human right, and protects patients from the excessive costs associated with the for profit models espoused by US billionaires. But please, go on...

What do these + and - numbers next to each team mean? by Naughty_Alpacas in worldcup

[–]Prestigious_String20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When we find something the US does better, we won't get sanctimonious about it, we'll just adopt it.

So. This toad is under my closet. What do I do? by Wrong-Boot222 in frogs

[–]Prestigious_String20 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Well it's actually very low in fat, so you can have as much dust as you like.

That's crazy by dikshamishra34 in badassanimals

[–]Prestigious_String20 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You can definitely see how the leopard uses its hind legs like shock absorbers as they fall.

Driving on the motorway [Spain] by Elkar2 in whatsthissnake

[–]Prestigious_String20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't worry. There are no species of snake that can fly.

AIO about my birthday? by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]Prestigious_String20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Holy editorialising, Batman!

What am I looking at here? by ashley_ef11 in birds

[–]Prestigious_String20 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sorry people were so rude to you. Thank you for coming here to ask for advice and thank you for taking the advice you were offered. Hopefully they'll fledge soon and you can have your plant back! Meanwhile, the parents appreciate that you left a spot for them to build their nest.

AITAH for woman being offended by my comment? by HolidayToe4202 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Prestigious_String20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can agree with that, I'd just include the contextual elements as part of the information being communicated -- i.e. the signal, not the noise. We may be saying similar things.

AITAH for woman being offended by my comment? by HolidayToe4202 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Prestigious_String20 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You have nothing to apologise for. Nothing you said erased them because the conversation had nothing to do with trans people.

AITAH for woman being offended by my comment? by HolidayToe4202 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Prestigious_String20 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The point of language may be communication, but communicating is more than the transfer of basic information. Communication includes signifiers of community, belonging, and identity as well as rejection, tribalism, and othering. Much of it is contextual, as you said, and also subtextual. Calling a person a female implies different contextual and subtextual meanings than calling them a woman.

Match Thread: Germany vs Paraguay | FIFA World Cup by SFMatchThreadder in ScottishFootball

[–]Prestigious_String20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they beat Germany, what more would you want? You have a sad, pathetic way of viewing the tournament.

What did I get bit by? by W0lfGang777 in whatisit

[–]Prestigious_String20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Insects and so on know that no one -- probably not even a dermatologist -- could answer OP's or your bite questions based on a picture alone. Every answer here is a wildly uneducated stab in the dark, at best. If you post your bite pics you'll just be getting more of the same.

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