TheOakTree

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Would you say the amount you received in thanks is roughly worth the amount of work you did by marketing and relaying feedback? I'm just curious.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I think it's a genius solution to the explicit problem, but a terrible solution in a larger scope. There are many animals that feed on mosquitos, and they would suffer from massive decreases in mosquito population. This includes birds, frogs, bats, fish, and other insects (many aquatic animals eat mosquito larvae). I would hate to see a cascading reduction in animal populations as a result of these tactics.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

The idea is to introduce this genetic expression into wild mosquito populations. That way, the inevitable act of mosquito reproduction lowers the next generation's reproduction rate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Starfish is a sphere?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nothing quite like some pickled daikon...

[–] [email protected] 60 points 4 days ago

I had a good feeling you were being sarcastic... but I have former acquaintances who have unironically posted things along the lines of "The UN says Israel's doing war crimes? They must have been paid off by Hamas."

So yeah, hard to tell nowadays.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

+1 for What Remains of Edith Finch.

I was able to convince a cinematography friend that video games are art with that game. He was more the type to just play Skate 3, Halo, and CoD.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You should definitely add wealth class to your list of criteria, as this is a factor that both Dems and Reps fail to address.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thank you for this cursed knowledge.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 days ago (3 children)

"You hate democracy" -person who doesn't understand how FPTP in our kind of democracy isn't conducive to meaningful third-party voting without major voting reform

If you want to vote third party, then maybe make sure that it's viable first. Campaign in the long term, propose reform, gather grassroots support, etc. Simply voting third party in our current system does nothing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I would gladly demolish this bowl. Might stick it in the air fryer to melt the cheese first, though.

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