“Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?”

• Henry II, exercising his right to free speech.

Wait a minute…that wheat is anachronistic, isn’t it?

Ancient Egyptian drawings show wheat at that time was ready to harvest if it was from chest height to taller than a man.

Me and my 25 tribesmen trying to determine the ideal shape to please the big Rock (it’s round, Ungh and Ogh don’t know what they’re doing)

I try my best Michelle, but I am literally not allowed to vote in US elections.

The ones I am allowed to participate in however do benefit in fucking over US-Politicians at least somewhat.

It might just be my personal experience, but I am German and my personal birth rate has been steady all my life.

To add anything of substance here, there’s a good ol Kurzgesagt video on this. TLDW: Global phenomenon, hard to predict, just investing more money on parents and their needs has been tried and did not really work. Governments should still try to ease the burden of new parents because Jesus Christ they have it hard enough.

Somewhere else I heard that maybe our pessimistic look at the future is to blame and we should try to spread optimism more (or lay the foundation for a better future so people can actually be optimistic), but that’s less well researched. Not least because optimism isn’t easily quantifiable.

I have no reason to believe Germany’s government condemns Israel’s actions right now, and the way they always point out its right to defend itself, I suspect they actively condone them…

As if she had no say on what her name is whatsoever! I personally always legally change my name whenever weirdos on the internet decide my name has suddenly bad connotations, I am at my 5th name this year and already looking for a new one.

Let the language which is without sin cast the first stone.

Uninformed take. First of, we are working on killing off only a few, malaria carrying Mosquito species in certain regions. Whatever niche they leave will be filled by another, possibly native species of Mosquito.

2nd, nutrient transfer my butt, they carry like 1ml and that’s mostly water. You definitely transfer more nutrients by having some ants in your compost bin.

Also works for the other kind of courting.

Potatoes are ridiculously cheap here right now (0,60€ per kg), so…

Home-made mashed potatoes with pumpkin. I’ve eaten instant mashed potatoes all my life, so I expected it to be more of a hassle than it was. Could eat this an entire month, its a meal to me.

I have nothing but contempt for this business model.

All he had to go off was a vehicle with 2 teenagers inside and the call from his girlfriend that there were trespassers on the property. Depending on what exactly was said on the call and what happened between him blocking the vehicle in and the shot, he might just have shit trigger discipline and his girlfriend is the one who is super scared of anyone she sees on their security cameras. He is still an idiot for trying to block their vehicle in any case though.

“It’s me, a 8mm Glock. I like to lie threatenly on tables and being pointed at minorities.” What do you think, pretty convincing, right?

Much like the middle finger gesture is offensive because outside the US many people die to birds.

Yeah, I was just pulling your leg. Being a goofy goober. Why would you read this very specific list of games and think I was earnest?

Tomb raider had infinitely many rumours about a nude-cheat because boys were so thirsting about Lara Croft, while Metroid and Shantae reward fast playthroughs with bikini pics.

Man, am I glad I grew up with less horny games. Like Tomb raider, Metroid or Shantae.

The real reason is probably that we said comparable stuff, just as whispers and not written in an anonymous forum. And we weren’t even egged on by forum culture or our games to be as horny as possible, the former drives engagement while the ladder drives sales.

A few years back, I would have said that they are trying to uphold the image of democracy. “Vote for Harris, a guy you’ve never heard of or this criminal, your choice” isn’t a good look… sad that we ended up here anyway.

Probably also trying to avoid the headache of “what happens when a candidate is sent to prison”. That’s either going to be a lot of work for you or someone you know higher up, who isn’t going to like that paperwork, especially such a high profile case.

There are about 2000 wild tiger left, I found this article from 2011 saying that they might be extinct in the wild by 2030.

So there might be 2000 ecological niches for smilodon to fill in 5 years. We better hurry then.

• Step 1: acquire genetic material
• Step 2: supplement material with closely related extant species <- We are here
• Step 3: Get an egg cell with your Frankenstein-DNA to survive and divide
• Step 4: Produce a healthy baby
• Step 5: Get a small population in a Zoo/Park
• Step 6: have a permanent wild population in a specific area
• Step 7: have enough of those areas to declare repopulation a success

Is fixating on the mammoths here first-world centrism? The article mentions 4 other species that have way better chances. Also, given how far we are from actual wild mammoths, that “it can solve climate change” argument is just wrong the way it’s been presented.