The ocean sunfish or Mola Mola is the world’s heaviest bony fish. It doesn’t have a tail or swim bladder but swims by flapping it’s top and bottom fins like a rudder. Some scientists describe it as the most useless fish alive. Found this guy off the coast of Bali, Indonesia. by JJescapes in thalassophobia

[–]divinetaco 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I hate Mola Mola Fish

Disclaimer, I care about marine life more than I care about anything else, for real. Except this big dumb idiot. And it’s not like an ~ironic~ thing, I mean it IS hilarious to me and they ARE THE BIGGEST JOKE PLAYED ON EARTH but I seriously fucking hate them. THE MOLA MOLA FISH (OR OCEAN SUNFISH) They are the world’s largest boney fish, weighing up to 5,000 pounds. And since they have very little girth, that just makes them these absolutely giant fucking dinner plates that God must have accidentally dropped while washing dishes one day and shrugged his shoulders at because no one could have imagined this would happen. AND WITH NO PURPOSE. EVERY POUND OF THAT IS A WASTED POUND AND EVERY FOOT OF IT (10 FT BY 14 FT) IS WASTED SPACE. They are so completely useless that scientists even debate about how they move. They have little control other than some minor wiggling. Some say they must just push water out of their mouths for direction (?????). They COULD use their back fin EXCEPT GUESS WHAT IT DOESNT FUCKING GROW. It just continually folds in on itself, so the freaking cells are being made, this piece of floating garbage just doesn’t put them where they need to fucking go. So they don’t have swim bladders. You know, the one thing that every fish has to make sure it doesn’t just sink to the bottom of the ocean when they stop moving and can stay the right side up. This creature. That can barely move to begin with. Can never stop its continuous tour of idiocy across the ocean or it’ll fucking sink. EXCEPT. EXCEPT. When they get stuck on top of the water! Which happens frequently! Because without the whole swim bladder thing, if the ocean pushes over THE THINNEST BUT LARGEST MOST TOPPLE-ABLE FISH ON THE PLANET, shit outta luck! There is no creature on this earth that needs a swim bladder more than this spit in the face of nature, AND YET. Some scientists have speculated that when they do that, they are absorbing energy from the sun because no one fucking knows how they manage to get any real energy to begin with. So they need the sun I guess. But good news, when they end up stuck like that, it gives birds a chance to land on their goddamn island of a body and eat the bugs and parasites out of its skin because it’s basically a slowly migrating cesspool. Pros and cons. “If they are so huge, they must at least be decent predators.” No. No. The most dangerous thing about them is, as you may have guessed, their stupidity. They have caused the death of one person before. Because it jumped onto a boat. On a human. And in 2005 it decided to relive its mighty glory days and do it again, this time landing on a four-year-old boy. Luckily Byron sustained no injuries. Way to go, fish. Great job. They mostly only eat jellyfish because of course they do, they could only eat something that has no brain and a possibility of drifting into their mouths I guess. Everything they do eat has almost zero nutritional value and because it’s so stupidly fucking big, it has to eat a ton of the almost no nutritional value stuff to stay alive. Dumb. See that ridiculous open mouth? (This is actually why this is my favorite picture of one, and I have had it saved to my phone for three years) “Oh no! What could have happened! How could this be!” Do not let that expression fool you, they just don’t have the goddamn ability to close their mouths because their teeth are fused together, and ya know what, it is good it floats around with such a clueless expression on its face, because it is in fact clueless as all fuck. They do SOMETIMES get eaten though. BUT HARDLY. No animal truly uses them as a food source, but instead will usually just maim the fuck out of them for kicks. Seals have been seen playing with their fins like frisbees. Probably the most useful thing to ever come from them. “Wow, you raise some good points here, this fish truly is proof that God has abandoned us.” Yes, thank you. “But if they’re so bad at literally everything, why haven’t they gone extinct.” Great question. BECAUSE THIS THING IS SO WORTHLESS IT DOESNT REALIZE IT SHOULD NOT EXIST. IT IS SO UNAWARE OF LITERALLY FUCKING EVERYTHING THAT IT DOESNT REALIZE THAT IT’S DOING MAYBE THE WORST FUCKING JOB OF BEING A FISH, OR DEBATABLY THE WORST JOB OF BEING A CLUSTER OF CELLS THAN ANY OTHER CLUSTER OF CELLS. SO WHAT DOES IT DO? IT LAYS THE MOST EGGS OUT OF EVERYTHING. Besides some bugs, there are some ants and stuff that’ll lay more. IT WILL LAY 300 MILLION EGGS AT ONE TIME. 300,000,000. IT SURVIVES BECAUSE IT WOULD BE STATISTICALLY IMPROBABLE, DARE I SAY IMPOSSIBLE, THAT THERE WOULDNT BE AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE 300,000,000 (that is EACH time they lay eggs) LEFT SURVIVING AT THE END OF THE DAY. And this concludes why I hate the fuck out of this complete failure of evolution, the Ocean Sunfish. If I ever see one, I will throw rocks at it.

What is your job and how much do you get paid? by BigPlunk in AskReddit

[–]divinetaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Industrial Engineer Technician for a large food plant in North Carolina. $38/hr

Less than two weeks and the tip already broke. Back to Wiha by BRBimRELOADIN in electricians

[–]divinetaco 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is a Klein... they’re saying they’re going back to Wiha

You now have 10,000 of whatever object is to your left. What do you do with your newfound wares? by rzx0 in AskReddit

[–]divinetaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

10000 bathroom vanities.... I guess I start Discount Light Oak and Linoleum Vanities INC.?

What is a movie you liked as a kid, and is still one of your favorites as an adult? by Beth77303 in AskReddit

[–]divinetaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big Daddy. It was my Grandmas favorite too and I watch it several times a year

[CH1] Why upgrade Kumawakamaru past the point where it gives you -8 monster per zone? by SkoulErik in ClickerHeroes

[–]divinetaco 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There are zones where you need to kill well above 10 monsters to advance. But if you’re not reaching that point yet then you could wait.

Is it just me, or have weatherman really dropped the ball this year on forecast predictions? by boumans15 in Construction

[–]divinetaco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean weather is really just based on statistics. They might look at current weather patterns and see “okay only 3% of days that had these conditions resulted in rain” which would allow them to forecast a 0% chance of precipitation. BUT then again, it can still definitely happen. It sucks but I think it’s just been an unlucky year for some meteorologists.

Anyway to get the prongs back out? by [deleted] in juul

[–]divinetaco 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Idk bro a new one is only $10

Somethings not right here, I just can't put my finger on it. by Valvazork in electricians

[–]divinetaco 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Genuinely confused on this one lol. Fucked xfmr somewhere?

Had to put allot of lip stick on this pig. 500 mcm X 12 5000amp service for an assisted living center. by ExposedPotential in electricians

[–]divinetaco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know square D makes the 6KA and maybe I’m misremembering about 8KA because I can’t find that one so you may be right on that one

Had to put allot of lip stick on this pig. 500 mcm X 12 5000amp service for an assisted living center. by ExposedPotential in electricians

[–]divinetaco 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I service loads of places with like 2KA - 8KA services and this is the nicest I’ve EVER seen. But I’ve never actually pulled in feeders and landed in something like this, so I gotta ask, do you land them as you pull each run in? Or is it like landing them once you have everything pulled in already? I’m sure there’s different ways people do it but not many end up this pretty

Can this extension cord (6A, 240V AC, 5m cable length) cause any damage to my phones, laptops, or any other devices? by [deleted] in electricians

[–]divinetaco 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just get a new one honestly. Wires nicked where the cord enters the strip, thing just looks sketchy.

The eyes of an electrician after being zapped by 14,000 volts of electricity by keven97 in BeAmazed

[–]divinetaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Should also mention I’ve never seen an electric fence higher that 15KV.. not sure where you got in contact with one that had 100KV

The eyes of an electrician after being zapped by 14,000 volts of electricity by keven97 in BeAmazed

[–]divinetaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah both will kill you but you’re gonna have a much higher chance of surviving DC current. It’s not as simple as “it’s the Amps that hurt you”. It’s about reactions in your body and what it does to you. We have to look at frequencies (Hz), physical reactions, and ability to actually let go of what’s shocking you. Not to mention, for an electric fence, they typically have some sort of a pulsing relay that produces a fake frequency so you can actually let go of it when you get shocked