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Mothra

@ Mothra @mander.xyz

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  • Cool!

    I took only one med elective at uni but it was musculoskeletal anatomy (1001). I missed out on nerves and circulatory system, I think that was 1002. That's ok I guess.

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  • Well then, I'm that opportunity - I don't get why this hairstyle prompts that comment. Hint: ( I don't know much about the brachial plexus )

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  • Wait, weevils fuck on people's faces?

  • True faith

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  • Evangelists, ugh

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  • The Patagonia jacket is the best match although it's obviously very different. I'm disappointed no helmets in the suggestions. I was looking forward to rocking my astronaut look this season

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  • Why is AI reviewing papers to begin with is what I don't understand but I also don't understand an awful lot of things

  • Devils Panties 07/08/2025

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  • My cats ask the same thing when I clean. I mean. They don't speak, of course. But they look puzzled af. When I finish and sit down, they approach slowly to sniff me and check if I'm still the same person before cleaning

  • Your driver’s education can’t be that bad, right? — Right?

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  • Yes especially when you take into account the amount of people who can barely speak the official language of the country who are seeking a driver's license. You don't know their cultural backgrounds, their experiences or expectations. When you are explaining a set of rules, it helps to be consistent and thorough. It also prevents people who fail a test to sue or complain against the organism saying they were never informed.

    Source: I am an immigrant that got a drivers license in a country with this type of left turning. I don't know if things are still the same, but when I did my training and test, nobody forced me to watch or read stuff. I was free to choose how many times I wanted to watch or read a resource.

  • Now I want a cold cut sandwich.

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  • Dark... Probably the darkest humor I've seen on Lemmy

  • What makes us human?

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  • Or crosswalks, or bicycles

  • At your current rate of spending, for how long could you survive without income?

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  • Thanks! Yes, I was wondering where would be a good place to start for absolute noobs, thanks for the tip. Investing is a mystery in my life I've been conditioned not to try to understand, perhaps it's time to do something about it.

  • At your current rate of spending, for how long could you survive without income?

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  • How do you know how to invest? Asking for a friend.

  • Laser-wielding device is like an anti-aircraft system for mosquitoes

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  • Now that would have been reassuring to read. It wasn't in the article though. I agree with you that gassing or blanket poisoning is a lot worse in principle

  • Laser-wielding device is like an anti-aircraft system for mosquitoes

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  • Okay so it won't zap larger things like pets and people but what about other insects? I'm mildly annoyed at how the majority don't give a fuck about insects. It says fast insects such as houseflies can't be detected if flying fast, but there's plenty of slow flyers that are not mozzies. Would they get zapped too? Tiny moths and butterflies? Ladybugs and other small beetles? Hovering dragonflies? We already have a massive decline in insect diversity

  • Hospitals are for Losers

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  • I thought this would be a continuation of the previous one, since this character fell off a cliff. Would have been funnier if she said "you just fell off a cliff" and then lightning strikes him

  • The way of the monk

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  • Ok sealion. We are gonna use loose as a verb the way you want it, not the way English speakers want it. You win. Go loose your social ties if it makes sense to you

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  • We're discussing the use of lose and loose in particular, not other words; and in the specific context of the text in this meme. Just because you can think of plenty of examples of social networks that have loose structures (and so can I, and most people) doesn't mean it's okay to use the word any way you feel is right for you.

    Or in other words, a sentence can be structurally sound but be invalid in terms of cultural convention and language use. And in such a case, it's still deemed to be grammatically incorrect - whether it's misspelling or misusing of the word.

    But you have the right to disagree all you want.

    I disagree:

    The phrase 'tight-knit community' exists, and is fairly commonly used.

    We were not discussing 'tight-knit'

    A 'loose-knit community' would have...

    Yes, would have. I've never heard the term, perhaps it exists. But it's used as an adjective here, not a verb as in our case. Point irrelevant.

    A social network is often mathematically/academically/professionally described as a bunch of points, clustered, with connections between them.

    Even the very word 'network' is etymylogically derived from a net, an interwoven mesh.

    You very much can literally loosen or tighten a net, make one that is more pourous or more dense in terms of threads in any given surface area.

    Hey there ya go, even Threads is an actual name for a social network.

    I think the metaphor or analogy of social networks being described by other terms that literally apply to an actual net or fabric is... actually incredibly common.

    All this is irrelevant. Of course you can describe loose networks. Or meshes. Or nets. Note loose is an adjective in all of these cases, again. Not the usage we were originally discussing.

    ... You've never heard a person being described as having 'loose ties to (other person/group)?

    Yeah I've heard. Adjective again.

    Have you never watched any kind of detective show, a 'stop the terrorists' political action thriller?

    Yes, I have. Irrelevant though.

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  • Loosen ties means to make cords or ties less tight. It's a physical thing. For example, with your shoestrings, you can loosen these ties if they happen to be too tight. You can also lose your shoestrings, meaning you lost them and don't know where they are anymore.

    You don't talk about emotional or social ties like that. You can lose social ties though, in the sense of loss. But you don't loose social ties, it doesn't make sense. That's the difference between the two words.

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  • The right word is "losing", one O, not two. They have different meanings

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  • What's this crow copypasta I'm missing out on?