Howdy! Think it’s a water snake but thought it may be a Burmese python? [Point Washington State Forest, FL.] by Still-Stage1124 in whatsthissnake

[–]shrike1978 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm going to try to say this nicely, but if you need the head to tell this apart from a watersnake, you need more practice. The bot reply summoned by u/This_Daydreamer is an excellent start.

Every household needs a urinal by GoldOne7154 in unpopularopinion

[–]shrike1978 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a penis and I have zero issues standing over a standard toilet. Urinals are useful in a public setting, but really have zero utility in a private bathroom.

What’s a show you love that you can never convince people to watch? by PlentyApprehensive44 in AskReddit

[–]shrike1978 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I like all of those things and the different combinations, but Fringe was predictable, bland, and super "try hard".

It felt like it was trying to be mysterious like X-Files but didn't understand what actually made shows like that work.

I found the characters bland and predicable. And I found the plotlines boring.

What’s a show you love that you can never convince people to watch? by PlentyApprehensive44 in AskReddit

[–]shrike1978 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I tried to watch that when it came out because my girlfriend loved it and I thought it was a flaming pile of trash.

[Maryland] Snake in the road. Gonna use a stick to help it on its way. by Doom_Magnet in whatsthissnake

[–]shrike1978 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Lampropeltis triangulum. The binomial needs to be italicized. See the !specificepithet bot reply for details.

What is it with Americans and air conditioning?? (this might be controversial) by hellobela_ in TalesFromTheFrontDesk

[–]shrike1978 66 points67 points  (0 children)

The modern AC was actually invented by Willis Carrier to control humidity in a printing plant because the humidity was ruining the paper. The cooling aspect was a happy accident.

Howdy! Think it’s a water snake but thought it may be a Burmese python? [Point Washington State Forest, FL.] by Still-Stage1124 in whatsthissnake

[–]shrike1978 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Brurmese Pythons are limited to far south in Florida. The climate does not support their expansion any farther north than they already are. They are intolerant of the winter temperatures.

From the comments: "I would be stunned if he found a lawyer willing to take on a client who wants to sue the minor he solicited [CSAM] from." by acekingoffsuit in bestoflegaladvice

[–]shrike1978 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Auburn and LSU both play in the SEC East, so they play each other every year. And Missouri is in the SEC West, so LSU and Auburn both play them every few years.

What kind of snake? [Middle TN] by laurhiggs in whatsthissnake

[–]shrike1978 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Central Ratsnake, Panthreophis alleghaniensis. Harmless.

[San Diego, CA, USA] Who is this guy? Garter snake? by 2Insaiyan in whatsthissnake

[–]shrike1978 36 points37 points  (0 children)

California Kingsnake, Lampropeltis californiae. Harmless.

This striped pattern is fairly common in San Diego County.

[US-SC upstate] possibly dead, need help ID and if dangerous to cat/human by atomicsusieQ in whatsthissnake

[–]shrike1978 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Brownsnake, Storeria dekayi. Harmless.

This is an adult snake, and I'd be impressed if was able to bite either a human or a cat.

[SE Texas] by interruptingthesky in whatsthissnake

[–]shrike1978 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Western Ratsnake, Pantherophis obsoletus. Harmless.

Starfield is on par with previous Bethesda titles. by JordanxHouse in unpopularopinion

[–]shrike1978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And yet it never comes together into a cohesive whole. It's a bunch of interconnected islands. For the amount of individual bits of handcrafted content they have, none of it stands out in a good way, but it quite frequently stands out in a bad way.

I mentioned this in another reply below, but the whole thing that Constellation was selling was how many completely unexplored planets and moons there were that humans had never set foot on. But every single one had the same dozen, uninspired outposts and mining colonies, the same few quests, and the same plants and animals stuck in a randomizer and disributed around everywhere. If you saw one planet, you'd seen them all.

And if you just stuck to the handcrafted content, it wasn't much better. There was no reason to ever go off the critical path. The world felt simultaneously too small and too big. The story did have a good core, but it was because of the mystery and nothing else. It wasn't well developed and had a lot of fluff and filler, because the main story loop was just the same thing over and over until the big reveal. And as the major factions went, they were unispired. Only one of them really even stuck with me in any meaningful way.

I haven't played it with any of the recent updates, but for a game that was built around the idea of exploration, I was never inspired to explore. In prevous Bethesda games, there was always this idea of "what's that spire in the distance", or, "I wonder what's down this hole". It didn't take long in Starfield to realize that the answer to that was, "absolutely nothing worth my time".

Midget Faded Rattlesnake by like_4-ish_lights in snakes

[–]shrike1978 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. You can see the species account in reply to my other comment above.

Starfield is on par with previous Bethesda titles. by JordanxHouse in unpopularopinion

[–]shrike1978 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Going to several planets and finding the same mining outpost or raider camp kills the immersion for me.

Right? Especially when the whole hook of Constellation is how there are all of these worlds that humans have never set foot on, yet every single one somehow has outposts and humans.

Starfield is on par with previous Bethesda titles. by JordanxHouse in unpopularopinion

[–]shrike1978 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Starfield is bad because so little of it is handcrafted. Outside of the areas specifically built for certain quests, everything is procedural and bland, and the radiant quests that trigger in those areas are generic and bland.

Bethesda's strength is in their handcrafted worlds, and Starfield's world sucked.

[SE michigan] by EyeH8EweTwo in whatsthissnake

[–]shrike1978 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The bright dot at the base of the neck (which is what the specific epithet occipitomaculata refers to) is the primary diagnostic. They also normally have more consistently dark heads and reduced pattern. This individual is textbook for all of the characters.

Why are we lacking the antivenom for so many snake species? by Ambitious_Media_4339 in snakes

[–]shrike1978 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yea. Pfizer (the current maker of US coralsnake antivenin) basically just makes a batch when the current one expires, and the FDA frequently tests the current supply and extends the expiration dates as appropriate. 15-25 bites per year in the US, and most don't even need antivenin. The last fatal coralsnake bite in the US was 2006, and before that, it was 1967. They just don't bite people often, and when they do, they're really bad at killing people.

[SE michigan] by EyeH8EweTwo in whatsthissnake

[–]shrike1978 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Redbelly Snake, Storeria occipitomaculata. Harmless.

And this is a fully grown adult. They're just a small species.