Yeah I think they needed the gill people elders to change them back maybe. The gill people used to live on land ages ago but they moved underwater after reasons.

I thought I recognized Wonder Showzen. Have you watched The Shivering Truth?

I sell dinosaur pajamas with birds on them. Guaranteed to be accurate-looking!

Feels like all the info in our memory is constatnly being compressed to allow for new info. Sometimes it gets accidentally compressed beyond recall but you still have a vibe of it. Then if you don’t constantly relearn things dementia is the natural result. Not to blame the demented, it’s just our biology.

Pocket watches were standard for men for just this readon until WWI when wristwatch convenience helped coordinate timing more efficiently.

I heard it as: “The best time to cut ties with someone is when staying connected with them would deorive you of the idealized version of them.” Seems good for positivity and avoids blame.

So positive!

Don’t yuck my yum. 😋

It can be difficult to find people who are well-socialized. 😟

Maybe in a local competition…

Just wanted to chime in as a reader. This Reddit-style of talking down to others unfortunately is what makes me disagree with those I’d normally agree with. How it’s delivered matters at least as much as the message’s content.

I was gonna say they’re: “Spelled differently (true) and are distinct, unrelated materials (false!)”. So I ended up correcting myself.

Silicone is literally made from silicon. Manufacturing starts with silica (SiO₂, found in sand/quartz), which is reduced to elemental silicon, then reacted with methyl chloride to form methylchlorosilanes, which are then polymerized into silicone.

The name “silicone” was actually coined in 1901 by English chemist Frederick Kipling, who thought the compounds R₂SiO resembled ketones (hence “-one” suffix): the naming turns out to be a bit of a misnomer chemically, but it stuck.

Manatees have 3-5% bodyfat. Their girth is due to their massive hindgut digestion.