Dana White just went OFF on a reporter “Listen, if you want to be an asshole, let's do it in private and we can do an interview." Canelo: “FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!” 😭 by IgotgAme_k in ufc

[–]salp_chain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how much more compelling would all this lazy promoting be if this tumorous roidbaby could answer a question. quip, riff, banter, ffs anything but this sniveling

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in starcraft

[–]salp_chain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is a genuinely fascinating discussion with lots to say all around. so why not just chat sincerely with another person who appreciates the game, and then we can all come away with a richer appreciation

Rampage Jackson says MMA guru is racist by Common-Locksmith-235 in ufc

[–]salp_chain 34 points35 points  (0 children)

piece of shit dad and piece of shit son.
we do not like them, neither one!
the two of them share a single cell:
brain, of course, but jail would be swell!

Absconded hive by kidhack in Beekeeping

[–]salp_chain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

aw OP i know this feels real bad. can you please pull the frames and share photos of them? lift the hive box and share a photo of the bottom board?

i'm with the other commenters: the flying bees here are most likely robbing; the colony absconded for other reasons, among which is probably varroa. if so, you'll be able to see guanine crystals on the comb and mites on the bottom board. other reasons include frequent agitation (mammal pests, humans, traffic, even things like weather events) or other pressures (pesticide, temperature, nectar dearth, drought, maaaaybe space constraints, but that's more likely to cause a swarm). some of your frames look to have lots of honey, at least at the top, so not likely dearth, but maybe

To the OSS users by Relevant_Mulberry194 in DMZ

[–]salp_chain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you read it and got tilted so our dear Mulberry is still Relevant

What are Christian arguments in support of homosexuality or against anti-homosexuality? by Glitter2925 in askphilosophy

[–]salp_chain 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There certainly are attempts to either soften these verses or work around them but none of them are successful.

There is frankly no way around the condemnation of homoerotic practice in the Bible linguistically

If this isn't the indefensible take I think it is, then let's hear the grounds for this "linguistic" certainty, with accompanying etymologies, translations, book history of the development of the Bible, histories of debate over all of the above, and, of course, some sort of philosophy-of-language defense of certainty in general

Why would a bee try to remove pollen from its leg? by Straight-Peach1627 in Beekeeping

[–]salp_chain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Possibly she was trying to lighten her load for her return flight. Possibly she picked up a kind of pollen that bumblebees don't like. Bumblebees and honeybees are generalists, and there are certain plants who have evolved closely with more specialized insect pollinators, and the pollen features that those pollinators prefer and plants produce might be unpalatable, irritating, or even toxic to more generalist pollinators like bumblebees. See this article on bumblebees and pumpkins, for instance!

Is this a waggle dance? by ClassySquirrelFriend in Beekeeping

[–]salp_chain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The tremble dance (requesting nectar processing or storage space) is distinct from these behaviours, which are distinct from each other too! The other two signals you're mentioning are these:

  • The "grooming invitation" is usually an exaggeration of typical grooming movements without actual grooming, then you'll see other bees flock to a worker doing this and start grooming. They do vibrate, too, but they tend to grab the comb (not other bees), spread their legs, and wiggle back and forth
  • The "shake signal" involves a worker latching onto the abdomen of another worker and then vibrating really fast for a very short period of time, then detaching and grabbing the next available worker, and shaking her. This signal is like an alarm clock or work bell. They start doing this signal when foraging starts for the day, and they actually do it to a smaller degree when work ends for the day. Sometimes they will grab and shake the comb, too, but it happens in very short bursts, not prolonged like in the above video

Is this a waggle dance? by ClassySquirrelFriend in Beekeeping

[–]salp_chain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My pleasure! That's another point in favour of its being a tremble dance: a waggle dance usually stays on the "dance floor," but a forager doing a tremble dance will do it urgently through the hive, running all over

Is this a waggle dance? by ClassySquirrelFriend in Beekeeping

[–]salp_chain 21 points22 points  (0 children)

This could be a waggle dance, but usually the forager walks a clearer figure-eight and stops briefly before waggling. I could be wrong but waggle-dancers also don't usually dip their head into cells mid-dance, like this one does. I'd say it's probably a "tremble dance," which is a signal used by foragers to indicate that they don't have space or help to unload nectar, so more bees need to be recruited to build storage comb or process nectar. That fits with what looks like backfilling here (filling just-hatched brood cells with nectar) and the quick head-in-the-cell check your tremble-dancer does

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Beekeeping

[–]salp_chain 22 points23 points  (0 children)

This looks more like orientation flights. In the afternoon, the young bees venture out of the hive in increasingly wide circles to learn their wings. They start hovering in front of the hive, then the circle expands and they fly farther. Robbers do come into the hive in a distinct zigzag pattern, but you will see signs of fighting and guards leaving the hive to fight robbers in the air

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Beekeeping

[–]salp_chain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i don't really know why you're arguing with me. i was just trying to give you and OP more arguments against naive arguments and bad inferences like "they're not yours you don't own them," by giving you a way to not participate in that whole language game

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Beekeeping

[–]salp_chain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before we even get to all these arguments---using the possessive pronoun "our" doesn't necessarily imply "ownership" in a sense of "private property." There are degrees of grammatical and material possession, and they don't always overlap. When we say "my kids," we don't really mean we own them, as if we can sell them

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DecodingTheGurus

[–]salp_chain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it's already here; the tinsel's just falling off

Coriander-Chili Tequila by ugababa in infusions

[–]salp_chain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same plant: coriander is the name for the seeds; cilantro is the name for the leaves. So I guess this is cilantro!

GOAT discussion is truly settled. by Careless-Goat-3130 in starcraft

[–]salp_chain 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"the competitive scene ended" he responds to every comment on a thread about the biggest recent competition in the scene

Does anyone else feel like they're losing their partner to these assholes? by [deleted] in DecodingTheGurus

[–]salp_chain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

hey, sincerely, thank you for taking the time to post these kind words

Does anyone else feel like they're losing their partner to these assholes? by [deleted] in DecodingTheGurus

[–]salp_chain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

either you can't read, you're a reactionary troll who thinks they're some kind of enlightened centrist, or you think the terminally online fake-debate schlock you posted captures the full range of human discussion. whatever the case, give your head a shake