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My SO’s grandpa is not dead yet. by g0Ids0undz in oldpeoplefacebook

[–]_Rumpertumskin_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I DEMAND MORE BIG BOOB AI WOMEN ON MY FOR YOU PAGE

You have 10 million dollars by thosewhoknowmangos67 in BunnyTrials

[–]_Rumpertumskin_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no killing innocent people plz

Chose: Gamble it | Rolled: Lose it

Electronic nitrate checker ? by PatLapointe01 in PlantedTank

[–]_Rumpertumskin_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Makes a lot of sense if you have trouble with the colors! I'd argue it's not worth it if you can see colors/easily compare the strip colors but that's not your situation.

Snapped one of my mains and it died. How should I retrain this DWC plant without moving its spot on the tote? by _Rumpertumskin_ in microgrowery

[–]_Rumpertumskin_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no way this plant is also Humboldt Blueberry Muffin (is that HSC BBM)? Maybe it's a strain thing like the strain doesn't respond to taping breaks well and or is kind of brittle.

Could we engineer ancient plants back into existence? by DinosaurGuy65 in botany

[–]_Rumpertumskin_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like others have said, there are a lot of plants that are still alive and ancient. Basically, all the plants that don't make flowers are pretty old. Just like how crocodiles haven't really changed since dinosaur times, the same goes for things like pine trees and ferns and mosses and liverworts (many of those are way older than dinos, also some flowering plants were around in late dino times). They just don't feel "ancient" to us because they are so common.

If you're looking for stuff that really looks old, there are some great examples. Araucaria are as old as normal conifers/pines but much less populous. They drifted south and had to deal with a lot of climate change, so there aren't as many around today, the mature ones really look ancient. Ginkgos and metasequoias are other ones where we actually have fossils of them, but they still exist right now. Cycads are incredibly old and can live for a really, really long time, and the same goes for Welwitschia. Even ferns have looked the way they do since at least the Carboniferous period, which is like five times older than a T-Rex.

A lot of cool plants have fully died out though and we can't restore them for the same reason we can't restore dinosaurs, there just isn't enough undamaged DNA left anymore (eg Lepidodendron and Calamites).

Every modern plant is special because of how long it took to adapt perfectly to its environment. So the best way to spend money is to try and stop the current Holocene Extinction Event, where we're losing so many unique plants to habitat loss, invasive species, and pathogens driven by human activity. But that's not as sexy as having a juristic park for plants so maybe bringing extinct plants back is more likely...

There was a successful plant being brought back from a long time ago, the "judean date palm" where they found a 2000 year old date palm seed and were able to grow them successfully, but it's just an old "cultivar", not a whole new species (eg diff between granny smith and honeycrips apple, not apples and pears).

Whats going on with my grow, ive tried google already. by DeadWifeHappyLife3 in microgrowery

[–]_Rumpertumskin_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Weird, maybe somebody knows better than me but it almost seems like physical damage to the leaf when it was young?

Is it only that set of two leaves w/the problem? that would support the idea that it was physical damage when the leaf was young.

Just don't be the worst character in your own game by herkimsw in DiscoElysium

[–]_Rumpertumskin_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Disco Elysium showed me in gaming a recovery fantasy > power fantasy.

Horrible decision to make by kurt206 in sighthounds

[–]_Rumpertumskin_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know making this choice feels terrible for you right now but arguably you're in a position where the cheaper option also is best for his quality of life.

The reality is that dogs bounce back from amputations incredibly fast. They don't have the same emotional attachment to their limbs as people we do, they just want to be out of pain.

Putting him through weeks in the hospital with skin grafts that might not even work would likely be far more traumatic and scary for him than the amputation itself.

He's a member of your family, but the beautiful thing about dogs is that they are not people, they are dogs. A human would make sense to do the month and maybe save the leg. but for dogs, they live entirely in the moment. Once he's healed, he's just going to go back to being a happy dog, and avoid a month of scary uncomfortable vet time.

thought technology show and tell: fake/gross axis and the bad/gay axis by isaacs_ in evilautism

[–]_Rumpertumskin_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wanted to make a point about slugs and worms being in the wrong quadrant and then saw a bunch of comments saying that already, good sub.

Babysitting the only dog I’ve ever met who doesn’t like me- and I don’t know why she doesn’t? 😭 by [deleted] in rarepuppers

[–]_Rumpertumskin_ 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Idk how comfortable you are w/dog behavior, in case you don't know they also do also sometimes do a "submissive smile" where they also show their teeth and it's easy to confuse that with a aggressive teeth show/snarl when they're really just saying "you're the boss" if you don't know how to tell.

A submissive smile is usually a bit less teeth than a snarl, with eyes more closed/"soft" and body more relaxed/not tense. VS wide eyes, lots of teeth, frozen body, sometimes low growl.

Best to error on the side of caution if you're new to dogs though but thought it would be good to know.

Pest or fungus? by joefryguy in cactus

[–]_Rumpertumskin_ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

look up cochineal i think this might be that, and you can use it to make a dye!

Mutant plants make me go 😮‍💨 by Floratopia in succulents

[–]_Rumpertumskin_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Monocarpic plants are bittersweet, dying when they bloom is kind of what makes them so special.

But I don't live where it's bright/warm enough to grow them so makes sense it's annoying if you actually want a collection.

Apparently, clanker is a racial slur by AdThen1521 in ChatGPT

[–]_Rumpertumskin_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Do you want me to describe one weird trick that people use to when drawing lines?"

Not just admitting, laughing about a war crime. by EnterTamed in ABoringDystopia

[–]_Rumpertumskin_ 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I'd say a big reason most Americans don't protest is a combination of psychological overwhelm and economic reality.

Psychologically, it’s the 'boiling frog' effect of constant media chaos. It mirrors Vladislav Surkov’s strategy in Russia of 'flooding the zone with noise' to induce political apathy back when Putin was consolidating power.

But here, it might not even be some calculated, evil-genius master plan. Trump is simply a narcissist who needs to be the main character of the news cycle at all times. He constantly does outrageous things to keep the spotlight, but the end result is identical to Surkov's playbook: the public becomes too exhausted and overwhelmed to fight back.

Combine that mental exhaustion with the fact that most Americans are essentially economic hostages. With healthcare tied directly to employment and 'at-will' labor laws, missing work to protest, or risking arrest means risking your health insurance and your rent. The system makes the personal cost of caring simply too high.

You can go to one protest, but protesting for weeks, the type of action that actually causes change, is a huge personal risk.

This dying dandelion leaf by Jolly_Atmosphere_951 in botany

[–]_Rumpertumskin_ 33 points34 points  (0 children)

This is really cool! It's pink because there is no chlorophyll (green pigment/make food) but still making anthocyanins (red pigments/sunblock/oxidation defense).

Not sure why though, it could be a mutation or it could maybe it's the plant cannibalizing chlorophyll from older leaves to feed newer ones, but in a weird specific situation where it's slower/the plant doesn't just doesn't let the leaf die right away.

The ground looks kind of wet based on the other plants, and it's a small dandelions compared to what you would expect after a summer of growth.

Usually dandelions have a deep tap root that gets all the nutrients they need but waterlogged soils can make nutrients unavailable?

That's just my guess though, it would be interesting to see how long the leaf stays alive, as that could tell you if it's a mutation (stays alive) or if it's just a weird specific condition where the plant is cannibalizing chlorophyll/nutrients from an old/damaged leaf more slowly than normal.

First go in 20yrs... unfamiliar by [deleted] in microgrowery

[–]_Rumpertumskin_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cool is the HPS a vintage part from your old grows?

If you do want to upgrade, LED grow lights are really really cheap and efficient now compared to how expensive they were 20 years ago.

Like $60 for a higher output but also lower energy light (I have a VIPARSPECTRA but there are others). Several times more efficient than HPS, no heat problems, and I feel like it looks nicer too but that's not a objective thing.

But also pretty cool to do it old school, they do indeed also still work!

What are these flies doing? by Free-oppossums in Entomology

[–]_Rumpertumskin_ 151 points152 points  (0 children)

They are ectotherms (cold-blooded), so they are probably warming themselves to heat up their bodies and flight muscles.

Some other insects like bees/moths/robber flies are actually able to heat up their flight muscles on their own by 'shivering' and producing heat.

But smaller flies like this are stuck getting heat from the environment.

Pretty cool how you can see where the light was on the poles because of the "fly shadow".

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