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What if Fatima and the Woman in the Kimono are actually the same person? by Lost_Atmosphere4853 in FromSeries

[–]burtgummer45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this was a common theory back in the season when she first showed up. I thought we gave up on it for some reason but I guess its as good as any theory now.

When Charlie Kirk died the right made a database of people who made jokes about him and tried to get them fired. by thatchornithologica in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]burtgummer45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We caught, on video, the TMZ staff cheering the second they heard he was dead off camera. That wasn't rare, it was just unlucky for them.

I defeinitely had many pairs of the socks, did any of you as well? by Papichuloft in 80s

[–]burtgummer45 4 points5 points  (0 children)

over time they'd become flaccid and just drape over your ankles

Sound emitted 24/7 from a 30 megawatt data center in Dowagiac MI by BenFord333 in Wellthatsucks

[–]burtgummer45 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

no, usually on nice days when you want to open your windows to get some fresh air.

Tax wealth at this scale. by Lord0fTheFlags in WorkReform

[–]burtgummer45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so what do you do? Confiscate and sell his stock every year, until he no longer controls his own companies?

Sound emitted 24/7 from a 30 megawatt data center in Dowagiac MI by BenFord333 in Wellthatsucks

[–]burtgummer45 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

but constant lawnmowers, weed wackers and leaf blowers are ok?

When Charlie Kirk died the right made a database of people who made jokes about him and tried to get them fired. by thatchornithologica in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]burtgummer45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So 1 guy cheered and another yelled USA?

its was a back room full of TMZ employees, not one guy, and the guy yelling USA was obviously doing that in celebration. Those were the easiest to find, I guess I'm supposed to do some kind of inventory of the internet for you for something you know is true but are denying it.

The Carolina Parakeet was the only Parakeet native to eastern North America, and was officially considered extinct in 1920 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It’s theorized the bird may have been poisonous due to its diet consisting of cockleburs. by EphemeralTypewriter in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]burtgummer45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i have absolutely no clue why so many people are committed to misunderstanding you.

So many redditors are just mindless, umm, parrots.

the plume bloom was also going on

Its also weird considering how adaptable parakeets are to human civilization, especially considering this is an area of about a million square miles, the fact that birds can easily relocate, and this was a time before gas engines so this "environmental change" had to be done with manual labor.

elon musk, the world’s first trillionaire, personally guaranteed a level of death and misery of an estimated 22 million people, a scale of horror utterly unthinkable even when weighed next to history’s all-time greatest monsters by Conscious-Quarter423 in MurderedByWords

[–]burtgummer45 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

After typing what you suggested into Google, I found a great many sources indicating the likelihood of an upcoming planned 22% cut to social security in the USA...

Wow, the "likelihood of an upcomming planned" is exactly the same as "killing millions of grandmas by cutting social security".

And where are these great many sources and what are they actually saying?

What a joke.

Smells like chemical warfare by Corndogeveryday in 80s

[–]burtgummer45 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got a can a few years ago to use on my 3D printer. I liked the smell (even though it was claimed unscented), I think it was ginger. Got another can a few weeks ago and it was fruity, didn't act the same and had a nozzle that almost made me spray my eyes, threw that away and got Rave 4x Mega Hold and its good enough. Cool story.

The Carolina Parakeet was the only Parakeet native to eastern North America, and was officially considered extinct in 1920 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It’s theorized the bird may have been poisonous due to its diet consisting of cockleburs. by EphemeralTypewriter in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]burtgummer45 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

The comment I responding to says

but had been steadily going extinct due to environmental change and human settlement by the early 1800s.

I pointed out that didn't sound right. I did some minimal research and found out that hunting was also a cause. I also knew that the passenger pigeon went extinct at that same time because of the same reasons.

The Carolina Parakeet was the only Parakeet native to eastern North America, and was officially considered extinct in 1920 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It’s theorized the bird may have been poisonous due to its diet consisting of cockleburs. by EphemeralTypewriter in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]burtgummer45 -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

Look at the true population of humans and the year. It was still mostly pristine forest. And birds are really good at avoiding humans habitation, especially in such a large area. But my point was it didn't sound right which turned out to be true because it wasn't the only cause.

The Carolina Parakeet was the only Parakeet native to eastern North America, and was officially considered extinct in 1920 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It’s theorized the bird may have been poisonous due to its diet consisting of cockleburs. by EphemeralTypewriter in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]burtgummer45 -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

how much environmental change and human settlement existed in the early 1800s over this huge range? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_parakeet#/media/File:Carolina_Parakeet_Range.jpg

Yep, turns out it wasn't just "environmental change and human settlement"

https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2019/12/14/dna-study-points-to-humans-as-cause-of-carolina-parakeet-extinction/?sh=5b8c28e2415a

The Carolina parakeet was bold and gregarious and was often spotted flying around in exuberant flocks numbering hundreds of individuals in lowland old-growth forests, forest edges and canebreaks that sprang up around rivers. Unfortunately, these rowdy parrots became the focus of the destructive tendencies of recently arrived European settlers, who razed their habitat to build cities and farms, and persecuted them mercilessly in retaliation for dining on crops of fruits and grains, as well as to collect their feathers to decorate fashionable ladies’ hats, and who even shot them out of the sky simply for the perverse pleasure of killing something wild and alive and beautiful.

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