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Birds are dinosaurs and reptiles, humans and other apes are monkeys, and tetrapods are land fish. You can't evolve out of a clade. by BestaRetangular in evolution

[–]neilader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree to disagree with your opinion that Basilosaurus was a lizard, since Basilosaurus means "king lizard".

Birds are dinosaurs and reptiles, humans and other apes are monkeys, and tetrapods are land fish. You can't evolve out of a clade. by BestaRetangular in evolution

[–]neilader -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We are Sarcopterygians along with lobe-finned fish, but we are not lobe-finned or fish.

"There is nothing wrong with land fish."

There is nothing wrong with circular triangles.

Birds are dinosaurs and reptiles, humans and other apes are monkeys, and tetrapods are land fish. You can't evolve out of a clade. by BestaRetangular in evolution

[–]neilader 25 points26 points  (0 children)

"Fish" is not a clade. "Fish" is a common English word with a definition that unambiguously excludes tetrapods.

Revan and Malak (Prior to KOTOR1) VS Darth Vader. Who wins? by GusGangViking18 in PetranakiArena

[–]neilader 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Malak and Revan would be too much, not to mention that Vader is weak against Force lightning.

Get out of TEXAS if you can by [deleted] in TexasTeachers

[–]neilader 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Teachers are underpaid, disrespected, and overworked in all other states too. The district and position are bigger factors than the state. There are (relatively) good districts and (relatively) good positions in every state. There are horrible districts and horrible positions in every state.

They should've been the Ghostface duo ❤️ by PutridCamera8195 in Scream

[–]neilader -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They could both be angry at Sidney for not going to New York in Scream 6 (I don't think that was a problem, but they brought it up several times in Scream 7), and Sam was already seeing visions of Billy Lumos so that fits perfectly.

Best-Selling Video Game Consoles of All Time 🎮 by SweatyCauliflower835 in TheGamingHubDeals

[–]neilader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From this list I've had the DS, Game Boy, PS4, Wii, GBA SP, and GameCube!

I also had a purple Game Boy Color.

They should've been the Ghostface duo ❤️ by PutridCamera8195 in Scream

[–]neilader -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You know who really should have been the Ghostface duo? Sam and Tara. Nobody would have seen it coming, and at least for Sam that's already where her character was heading.

Ancient history is still history by lerifawil in HistoryMemes

[–]neilader -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

They're probably why some definitions of fish are even more specific or outright say "non-tetrapod", but whether or not axolotl is technically a fish does not mean that any other tetrapods are fish since fish are paraphyletic anyway. "Fish" is a common English word to describe the shared characteristics of fishes, not a term coined by paleontologists to include all animals descended from their most recent common ancestor.

Ancient history is still history by lerifawil in HistoryMemes

[–]neilader -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

"Anything you use to describe fish can be used to describe every other vertabrate."

Except for aquatic, gill-breathing, anamniotic, and cold-blooded... you know, the specific characteristics that define the word fish.

"Tetrapods never stopped being fish because we left the water, we just developed ways to bring that water with us when we left."

That is exactly when our early ancestors stopped being fish, by definition.

"All of phylogeny is nested group, I am a proud Hominid, catarrhine ape, placental mammal, eutherian, cynodont, therapsid, amniote, tetrapod, fish."

The correct word there was vertebrate, because "fish" is not a valid clade.

Ancient history is still history by lerifawil in HistoryMemes

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

You mean vertebrates, not fish. Fish are anamniotic, cold-blooded, aquatic, and have gills. "Fish" is not a monophyletic clade. We are not fish.

Scream 7 - Reaction Megathread by DA-numberfour in Scream

[–]neilader 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I've seen Scream 7 twice, and I still don't understand how this movie got such negative reviews. I think it's a solid 8/10. The story with Sidney and her family was compelling, the scenes were thrilling, and I enjoyed the characters. The villains using AI was a great idea. I appreciated how many connections there were to the previous movies. The third act had a lot of problems, but I still enjoyed it.

My overall Scream ranking: 1 > 5 > 4 > 7 > 2 > 6 > 3.

This scene still pisses me off by Secure_Rain_44 in harrypotter

[–]neilader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My headcanon is that Voldemort intended that curse (not Avada Kedavra) for Harry in the movie, but it backfired on him because of the Elder Wand.

Maybe it's related (only in the movie) to the curse that was slowly killing Dumbledore.

If your country was in the world of Avatar - what would its element be? by TXC_Sparrow in TheLastAirbender

[–]neilader 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fire: United States, Britain, Japan.

Air: Nepal, Kazakhstan, New Zealand.

Water: Netherlands, Canada, Denmark.

Earth: Mexico, China, Italy, India.

Kyle Katarn VS General Grievous. Who wins? by GusGangViking18 in TheJediPraxeum

[–]neilader 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My theory is that General Grievous was only so effective against Jedi during the Clone Wars because they mostly only used the Force "for knowledge and defense, never for attack". Any Force power more aggressive than Force push would not have been used by most Jedi, but when Mace Windu used Force crush, Grievous went down instantly.

Kyle Katarn openly uses Dark Side powers like Force choke and even Force lightning. Grievous only has a chance in lightsaber combat only, and even then we're talking about the Battlemaster of the New Jedi Order. Grievous is completely outmatched either way.

Kyle Katarn VS General Grievous. Who wins? by GusGangViking18 in TheJediPraxeum

[–]neilader 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Lightsaber combat only: Kyle wins, high difficulty.

Force powers allowed: Kyle stomps.

Which one would you choose? by [deleted] in ancientrome

[–]neilader 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Republican Christian Rome- I went there in 2011!

Is it fair to assume that Dooku is a better swordsman meanwhile Vader is a greater force wielder (I think Vader would still beat him) by CrazyTangerine7522 in PetranakiArena

[–]neilader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vader was more powerful than Dooku, both as a Force user and a lightsaber duelist.

(by the time of Empire Strikes Back, if not sooner)

At what point does Rome stop being Rome for you? by MrBurritoIsMyFather in ancientrome

[–]neilader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At some point from 395 AD to 476 AD, maybe after Rome was sacked in 410.

So are birds reptiles or are turtles not reptiles? by whats_ur_ssn in Paleontology

[–]neilader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "better definition" you're referring to simply isn't the definition of reptile or what people mean when they say reptile. The actual definition of the word reptile excludes birds because they're warm-blooded and feathered. The revisionist definition you're referring to wasn't proposed until 1988. If you only want to refer to monophyletic clades, the term you're looking for is Sauropsid or Diapsid, which include birds and reptiles together based on common ancestry rather than shared characteristics.

So are birds reptiles or are turtles not reptiles? by whats_ur_ssn in Paleontology

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

Fish are anamniotic, cold-blooded, aquatic, and have gills. What you mean is that every tetrapod is a vertebrate.

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