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LillyPip

@ LillyPip @lemmy.ca

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Sci-fi & horror author, UXD, software dev, composer/engraver, gamer, seamstress/tailor, nerd, etc; she/her. Aroace.

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  • We managed to dial things back a bit, so that became a smaller problem.

    We used to see regular news reports of actual rivers on fire. Things are still way too bad, but we forcefully throttled some things as we saw how quickly the damage was compounding.

    Women’s hair doesn’t defy gravity without lots of help.

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    36 Pedophiles/enablers voted AGAINST a Child Marriage Ban that passed in Oklahoma.

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  • Children cannot consent.

    Why is this concept so hard for some people?

  • Has/is there ever been a creature that reproduces with creatures of another species?

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  • I didn’t call you one. I was just saying that your comments may be taken that way.

    Are you serious about your question? In that case I’m sorry you’re getting downvoted. That’s all.

  • Time to relax!

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  • Yeah. Probably not the bombing part, though. Probably…

  • Time to relax!

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  • I think you’re my cult leader.

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  • Lion: What’s a banana, and why do I care?

    Teacher: It’s this thing prey sometimes eats and….

    Lion: Mmm. Prey.

    Teacher: Aargh! No! Grglgl!

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  • I think you’re getting downvoted because you sound like a troll, but perhaps you just don’t understand something that most of us learn in primary school. Did you grow up homeschooled or in a country without basic education?

    If you’re not trolling, this isn’t your fault and people shouldn’t be downvoting you for asking questions.

    So long as you’re willing to learn, ignore the downvotes. You need to understand that your views on this are misinformed, though, and they sound based in religious fundamentalism.

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  • Yes exactly, thanks.

    And something many of them can’t understand is that ‘species’ is a very fluid thing. There are no clear boundaries, and it’s just a term we use to wrap our heads round things.

    Like with chickens and eggs, there was never a single point where an avian dinosaur gave birth to a bird – it’s not a clear delineation. Something mostly an avian theropod gave birth to something slightly more bird, and this happened over and over, with the slightly more accumulating for millions of years, and you finally get ‘bird’. But there’s no way to point at one generation and say ‘see, it’s now a bird’.

    The process is so gradual, you could never point at a thing and say This Is Where Speciation Happened. It doesn’t work that way. Just like you can’t point to a drop of water in the ocean and say This Is Where The Wave Started.

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  • “Kind” is a meaningless word here.

    Humans (Sapiens) were a different species of Homo than Neanderthals (Neanderthalensis); both are in the genus Homo.Thus: Homo Sapiens and Homo Neanderthalensis.

    This is exactly like lions (Leo) and tigers (Tigris) being different species, but in the same genus (Panthera).Thus: Panthera Leo and Panthera Tigris.

    And just like with lions and tigers, offspring are often either infertile or only fertile in one direction – IIRC, human/neanderthal couplings only produced fertile offspring if the human was female and the neanderthal male (we can see this in our own DNA).

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  • Dammit dad, go to bed.

  • No Prime Directive, no problem

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  • If you can’t let your dog piss on sacred trees on a distant planet, what even is the point of space travel?

  • Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy

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  • Comcast Is watching you masturbate. Awesome.

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    Trump Is Making America Uninsured Again - The GOP is heading into the midterms as the party that made health coverage out of reach for millions of Americans.

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  • Step 1: Defund education.

    Step 2: Fund religion.

    Step 3: Profit.

    It’s really that simple.

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    Trump Is Making America Uninsured Again - The GOP is heading into the midterms as the party that made health coverage out of reach for millions of Americans.

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  • Consecutives who can’t afford cancer treatments will still vote for him with their literal dying breath.

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  • My son is almost 30. Is it too late?

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  • Hamsters are cannibals.

    It’s weird, I know, because they’re so cute. They are though,

  • Two Americans Arrested for Terrifying Baby Monkey Punch in Reckless Promotional Stunt

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  • Monkey loves you. :(

    Jesus christ.

  • US orders travelers on Air Force One to throw away gifts, pins, and burner phones after China trip

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  • TBF, we’re all big bad to each other, because our societies are imploding and we’re all scared.

  • What is your favorite media villain?

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  • GLaDOS is mine, too.

    (spoilers ahead, play it if you haven’t)

    In my first playthrough, I didn’t see it coming, and I felt like she was my friend. That was a relationship twist I’ve never had in a game, and I really appreciated what they did there.

    e: if you’re looking for other game recs that fuck with you, I’d say What Remains of Edith Finch.

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    Florida district pulls many Jewish and Holocaust books from classroom libraries

    www.timesofisrael.com /florida-district-pulls-many-jewish-and-holocaust-books-from-classroom-libraries/amp/
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    ‘Tons of Crazy’: The Inside Story of How Fox Fell for the ‘Big Lie’

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    TIL Some horses can grow a moustache