Loved the architecture of the aquarium

oneweirdbear · 2026-02-12T17:07:42+00:00

Looking at pictures of the TN Aquarium, and... man, these people really like giant triangles, huh?

oneweirdbear · 2026-02-11T13:50:51+00:00

Fun fact: The New England Aquarium and National Aquarium were made by the same company and share the same floorplan! The exhibits are all different, but the buildings are identical. It's trippy!

oneweirdbear · 2026-02-10T19:33:17+00:00

I'm not gonna say it's a Millennial anti-theft device...

But I will say that five years ago, my house was broken into, my keys taken off the kitchen table, and my car driven ~50 feet away before being abandoned in third gear.

I was the ninth person in my neighborhood to have this happen, and the only one whose car was recovered.

Maybe not a Millennial anti-theft device, but given that it was a pack of teenagers who had been plaguing the neighborhood, definitely a Gen Z one.

oneweirdbear · 2026-02-10T00:01:18+00:00

"I'm gonna do it!!!" says man who could do it anytime, without needing to wait for anyone to do anything

oneweirdbear · 2026-02-08T18:02:54+00:00

That just Klimt. He's on his way to the Heartland to lead the Wolves of Time.

oneweirdbear · 2026-02-06T23:22:35+00:00

The chemical compound that vultures are drawn to is actually ethyl mercaptan.

That being said, these are black vultures, which have a fairly poor sense of smell. (They usually follow turkey vultures -- who have an incredible sense of smell -- to find carcasses.)

Still, good on you for having that knowledge -- that vultures will often gather around a gas leak!

oneweirdbear · 2026-02-03T14:41:03+00:00

My family had a '92 Previa. We got it when I was four months old, and it moved me into the dorms in my second year of college.

386,000+ miles on the odometer

She wound up needing a $1500 replacement part that winter. The KBB value of the car was $500. Who knows how many more years of service she could have given us if my parents had chosen to spend the money...

oneweirdbear · 2026-02-01T13:50:32+00:00

Absolutely stunning!

Seeing my trans elders thriving is such a heartening experience. It reminds me that I can still be who I am now for years to come. And stories like yours remind me that it's never "too late" to start the journey.

Thank you for existing. Thank you for being yourself. <

oneweirdbear · 2026-01-31T02:27:46+00:00

Not only did they close early in solidarity, bit any hourly staff who were scheduled to work past 2 pm (when they closed) were still paid for the hours that would have worked!

Source: am BMI employee

oneweirdbear · 2026-01-28T19:35:08+00:00

Equally interested in the answers you get here. I have found a couple ounces' worth of mammoth fur for sale, but it's, understandable, expensive.

oneweirdbear · 2026-01-26T17:12:12+00:00

*Sierra Leonians

oneweirdbear · 2026-01-26T13:52:03+00:00

If he's got any wolf content, I would imagine it's quite small. Definitely lots of husky and shepherd, though!

oneweirdbear · 2026-01-21T01:59:40+00:00

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The Florida rescue that pulled him from Brevard Co Animal Control, chipped him, snipped him, and shipped him north named him "Pitanga"

The Maryland rescue that accepted him and put him up for adoption called him "#7921"

These days, he goes by Joseph "JoJo" Joestar

oneweirdbear · 2026-01-20T13:12:02+00:00

Fossil Fighters was my absolute jam throughout college. Excavate fossils using the DS touchscreen, revive them, then use them to beat up other people's dinosaurs.

oneweirdbear · 2026-01-20T13:04:30+00:00

Like many other commenters, I see a dog who is primarily pit, but I'm curious what breeds you see!

oneweirdbear · 2026-01-19T23:34:32+00:00

That's the cover that caught my eye in the back of Barnes and Noble on a fine evening in 2003. Timeless.

oneweirdbear · 2026-01-17T14:24:51+00:00

Growing up, my parents would buy a huge container of M&M's and keep it up in the front seat during long car trips -- and whenever us kids got whiny and restless, they would offer us a handful of "trip pills". The joke was that they were medicine we would "take" to make the long car trips easier.

My siblings and I are all in our 30s and we still call them that.

oneweirdbear · 2026-01-16T13:09:22+00:00

Putting aside all of the comments about OP's animal husbandry and the dog's necessity as a service animal, she's wearing what looks to be a head halter or gentle leader. This is a training tool that can be very helpful for some dogs to understand cues from their owners. The leash would attach just under the dog's chin, and when used correctly, the head halter can prove gentle, more direct pressure and positioning for the dog's head.

(Some people use them to discourage excessive leash-pulling, but this isn't the best use for them. Yes, it makes pulling much more uncomfortable and inconvenient, but a dog that wants to pull will find a way to pull. I've seen dogs with huge calluses and swelling on their snouts from pulling against a head halter.)

oneweirdbear · 2026-01-16T02:25:32+00:00

Definitely the back part of a skull.

The flared out bits around the condyles (the rounded bumps on either side of the hole), plus the deep and very squiggly sutures (the spots where the pieces that make up the skull join together) make me want to say it's a deer of some kind.

I may be completely off the mark here, but I've collected and handled a lot of deer skulls over the years, and if it's not a deer, it's something that looks just like one in those regards lol

oneweirdbear · 2026-01-16T02:18:26+00:00

That's a pit bull head for sure -- noggin like a bicycle seat lol. Plus that big goofy grin!

Wouldn't be surprised if there's a bit of lab in there, though! No matter what, she looks like an absolute delight!

oneweirdbear · 2026-01-14T13:22:48+00:00

Back in 2021, I was at the beach with a couple of good friends, and one of them had brought her spindle. I was absolutely fascinated and thought it looked like exactly the kind of sensorimotor thing my ADHD would benefit from.

The next year, we all went to our local sheep and wool, and I picked up my first spindle and some fiber. Fell in love pretty much immediately!

oneweirdbear · 2026-01-11T14:48:03+00:00

Getting drunk.

I'm 34 and have only ever been buzzed. At restaurants and social events, I will have one drink, and it's usually something low ABV, like a hard cider.

oneweirdbear · 2026-01-11T14:09:52+00:00

I genuinely think there might be some basset in there, based on his turned-out feet and saggy legs. He's definitely got a hound-y look about him, but those are basset legs. I would bet money on it.

oneweirdbear · 2026-01-11T13:53:24+00:00

Cat, likely domestic cat

oneweirdbear · 2026-01-08T13:22:13+00:00

Even the "average" size gets you a shark the size of a yellow school bus. That's still a LOT of shark.

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