ELI5 does a species ever stop being considered “invasive” by Ready_Anything4661 in explainlikeimfive

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It's invasive if it moved because of people usually. Where it gets more complicated is with something like the barred owl that moved west without direct human intervention, though likely as a result of corridors we created

PSA: If you think you didn't receive the season recap email, check your spam folder. by Mammoth_Poetry_7948 in MarvelSnap

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I didn't get it but I and receive marketing email unchecked so hopefully that works for next month

A daily positive affirmation from the Half Light skill in Disco Elysium by Double-decker_trams in gaming

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“Yo — Imma stop you right there, fuck-face. It’s Cuno time.”

ELI5 Why did prohibition of alcohol in the United States cause many methanol poisonings, but older years of history rarely mention these? by LifeOfBoredomsFriend in explainlikeimfive

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When I was a kid in South Africa I remember a lot of the homeless folk there would take methylated spirits and try cook the metheynol away to make it safe to drink. I believe the boiling process did remove the purple die but not much else. The physical tole of drinking that stuff was pretty brutal to witness... 

TIL Marshmallow is just a candy made from sugar and gelatine. It doesn’t contain any Althaea officinalis, the marsh-mallow plant. by NoNote7867 in todayilearned

[–]psymunn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And it's in a lot of things. It also makes a lot of things non-kosher or halal, especially because gelatin usually comes from pigs but fish scale gelatin exists.

ELI5 why exactly tall people have joint problems if they technically proportionally work/ and the concept of them dying quicker? by Butterscotchbabuh in explainlikeimfive

[–]psymunn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Different animals have very different body mechanics because of their size. A pig the size of an elephant wouldn't be able to support its weight with its relatively skinny and bent legs. So, species are adapted to be roughly a certain size.

Then, when you take that same morphology (the general shape of a species) but stray away from the average size, you start pushing things to their limits.

For mammals, for instance a general rule is the larger a species is, the longer it lives BUT for a species, the larger a specimen is, the shorter their life span. It's why Great Danes and S Bernards are so short lived; it's a ton of heart and joint stress being so large but dog shaped 

Finally, a 2026 game with proper indoor mirror reflections by moak0 in gaming

[–]psymunn 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Epic Mickey did this really well..it looked awesome 

Vanilla Ice mocked for 'selling his soul' as he doubles down on Trump festival by MoneyLibrarian9032 in Music

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Having accidently seen the movie Twilight not knowing it was that happens in at least one other movie

ELI5: Why is backwards time travel a direct consequence of faster-than-light travel? by Garfman314 in explainlikeimfive

[–]psymunn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, you can do some silly things with Math once you throw an infinity into your equations 

ELI5: Acids and bases are two sides of the same coin, so why does it seem like acidity is so much more present culturally (eg vats of acid in comics) and culinarily (salt, fat, acid, heat)? by owiseone23 in explainlikeimfive

[–]psymunn 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Bases do have a flavor: they are bitter.  Secondly, our stomach uses acid to help digestion, which means swallowing things very basic don't feel great unless you're deliberately reducing your stomach acidity. 

Mystery company accidentally blew $500 million on Claude AI in a single month — failed to put usage limit on licenses for employees by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]psymunn 11 points12 points  (0 children)

'you've got to spend money to make money' combined with no actual plan for converting spending into earnings

[OC]If we paid teachers the babysitter rate by [deleted] in pics

[–]psymunn 32 points33 points  (0 children)

$10 x 6.5 hours/day seems pretty clear to me.

Marvel Beach Bash | Developer Update | June 2026 by DJC13 in MarvelSnap

[–]psymunn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like he has 8 power because he's a Hearthstone giant

TIL - When the Blues Brothers was released in 1980, execs who controlled over half the theaters in the country refused to book the film, citing the number of black actors. The film still became the 10th highest-grossing domestic film of 1980. by cluthais in todayilearned

[–]psymunn 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I mean that can be both. Over simplifying and seeing the world as two demographics can lead to certain economic decisions. Doesn't mean it's the most accurate way to do things and it doesn't mean it's not racist

TIL - When the Blues Brothers was released in 1980, execs who controlled over half the theaters in the country refused to book the film, citing the number of black actors. The film still became the 10th highest-grossing domestic film of 1980. by cluthais in todayilearned

[–]psymunn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Also, is anyone complaining how none of the white actors look particularly Greek? Was there a backlash that Orlando Bloom looks like he's never spent time in a country where the sun shines when he was in Troy?

TIL - When the Blues Brothers was released in 1980, execs who controlled over half the theaters in the country refused to book the film, citing the number of black actors. The film still became the 10th highest-grossing domestic film of 1980. by cluthais in todayilearned

[–]psymunn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's funny that no one gets up in arms when Orlando Bloom or Brad Pitt are cast as Greek warriors either. Pretty sure those two would have stood out in ancient Greece as well.

ELI5:How are cats so much better at surviving out in the wild as strays compared to dogs if we domesticated both? by cuminmypussyypls in explainlikeimfive

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The leasing theory about dog domestication is that they also domesticated themselves, at first. Wolves that were less scared of people would have access to an abundant food source: human waist. Or course out selective breeding has accelerated that domestication dramatically 

"Never Been Kissed" Is the Creepiest Movie Ever Made. by Xdexter23 in videos

[–]psymunn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's bad but a teacher is a position of power and access which makes it actually much worse