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You do not get a Red Junglefowl laying a 2000s definition of a chicken egg. You get a Red Junglefowl laying an egg with a mutation that that “Red Junglefowl” will pass on.
Every generation the Red Junglefowl becomes closer to the 2000s definition of a chicken.
It wasn’t a “mutant” in the sense that one Red Junglefowl was born to create the chicken egg what we know as a 2000s definition of a chicken.
Proto-chicken>chicken>eschato-chicken
Chickens have “evolved” in recent years more than recent centuries
We just keep the chicken name but at what point do they become a different animal.
Evolution is slow and has no definite point in time of “First official example of a 2000s definition of a chicken”
It’s similar to the paradox of the heap.
Of course a “chicken” layed the first chicken egg. But if we called that “chicken” a chicken then her egg would be the first chicken egg. Not the one she just layed.
You cannot have a chicken without a chicken egg. And the egg comes first.
It’s the paradox of the heap
At some point the pre-chicken will lay a chicken egg and a chicken will be born
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Top View@lemmy.world•[Image] Lake beginning to freeze in Saskatchewan, Canada, mid-October (taken at 16,000 feet near Buffalo Narrows, SK)
5·4 days agoLooks like a petri dish
Which is interesting because the ice is growing in similar ways
Do you know what relativity means? You keep saying it
A 6 or 7 year old child is ~120cm
Average person 160cm to 170cm
Relatively, a 3:4 ratio
For a tall person at 200cm (6’6") that would be the same as 150cm
Average woman is 160cm
Yes a 200cm person standing next to a 150cm person looks like an adult standing next to a child height wise. Yet to them a 150cm person is much taller than 120cm. 1 foot difference.
Why does your mind jump to “they look like they are with a child?”
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Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•2 North American 4 you has been created
1·6 days agoGrits
Also cornbread and corndog
Probably a lot of things with corn
I’ll take just that cookie (You want the whole cookie)
And
I’ll take just a bit of that cookie (You want a piece of the cookie)
I made it just barely to the concert (Implies you were almost late)
And
I made it just to the concert (Implies you had something else to go to but you just went to the concert)
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politics @lemmy.world•House GOP passes sweeping anti-voting bill that could disenfranchise millions, sends measure to Senate
15·11 days agoA real ID does not mean US citizen. Non-US citizens can receive a real ID. It just proves you are a lawful resident in the US.
Same for drivers license and ID card.
A birth certificate does no good on it’s own. And verifying a birth certificate is another can of worms. If it can only be the official government issued one? Then you get into the whole birth right citizen thing. You can easily be a US citizen without being born in US.
Passport would be the closest thing to a true “Citizen ID”. US Nationals can receive a US passport without being citizens.
Citizenship certificates would fix the birth certificate problem of US citizens being born outside of the states. However they cost 1k+. Maybe they can make them cheaper or hand them out?
It’s laughable how bad identification is in the US. We still use social security numbers.
I wouldn’t be against Voting IDs if everyone was issued one for free and replacements were easy and inexpensive to obtain.
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movies@piefed.social•Melania drops 67% at US box office as Rotten Tomatoes defends record-breaking audience scores
5·14 days agoYou do not get non-native speakers writing “perfect” reviews.
It could be AI responsives submitted by hand.
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movies@piefed.social•Melania drops 67% at US box office as Rotten Tomatoes defends record-breaking audience scores
9·14 days ago

Just read the reviews compared to a normal reviewed movie like toy story 2.
“I I really enjoy this sequel” - 3.5 Stars Good B
Good B is a harsh critic for sure. But nothing like that for Melania. What are the chances two humans use double exclamation marks right after each other? How many people use hyphens? 50% of people like in the 4 sample size for Melania?
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Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Man posts his incorrect opinion online
2·17 days agoPerfection is the enemy of progress
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Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Man posts his incorrect opinion online
3·17 days agoYou remember that one time you walked your dog into that real nice gas station bathroom?
It’s not just about dirt
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News@lemmy.world•9-year-old Illinois boy severely burned after TikTok trend inspired him to microwave NeeDoh toy
7·17 days agoLawn darts were so cool
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Boycott US@lemmy.ca•U.S. Dealers In Full Panic Mode After Canada Green-Lights Chinese CarsEnglish
14·18 days agoA- 10,000 dollar car
B- 50,000 dollar car
Intrest is 5-15% (depending on credit score)
6 years loan
Interest paid over loan:
5% A- $1,595 B- $7,977
15% A- $5,224 B- $26,122
If the dealership sells a 50k car they can get 6.5k-21k more money than if they sell a 10k car.
They want to sell you the most expensive car they can
So even if they could sell you the “cheap” Chinese EVs they would make less profit
This is just one reason. Sales margin is another. When you’re a Ford dealership and get special treatment from Ford you have higher profit margins. If you just flip a Chinese EV with no special treatment you have lower margins.
If there was a solid 10k car available less people would buy the 50k car (average cost of a new car today)
Inexpensive cars on the US market is not good for dealerships in anyway
The picture in the meme is probably added
The car in the picture is probably not theirs
Someone caring enough to post a picture with their review and had their car parked in front of the store. You’d be lucky to read Chillis.
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News@lemmy.world•Videos show altercation between Alex Pretti and federal officers 11 days before he was killed
4·25 days agoAnyone arguing that anything that happened on a previous day is relevant
This could make it premeditated
Ice sees gun, knows they could push a future altercation
Imagine if Pretti didn’t have a gun. Ice tackles unarmed guy and shoots him? Other than AI unbelievers it would be a hard sell.
Someone signing a lifelong legal binding agreement at 18 is pretty wild
Like getting your driver’s license and heading on the autobaun first thing
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should
18-25, 7 years. That’s half their current life and basically all they can remember. Just to the point where you should really think about marriage.
No one should feel obligated to get married. If that person cannot wait 7 years to tie the knot then they aren’t ready for the rest of the ~55+ years.



My favorite thing is “We wouldn’t have had the technology to go to the moon in 1969”
So Apollo 12 (1969) 14 (1971) 15 (1971) 16 (1972) 17 (1972)
Were all fake too?
So we faked the first moon landing and then proceeded to fake 5 more moon landings in 3 years?
That sounds real smart