[-] musicalcactus@midwest.social 18 points 1 year ago

No, it just feels like that because you can't keep it up anymore.

[-] musicalcactus@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

Yup. Like, I know I knew this at one point and can't remember the details to save my life. I remember doing the deep dive. I remember enjoying it and feeling energized by it. And now I'm standing here word vomiting bs and repeating "I know I looked it up once"

[-] musicalcactus@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Love it! That's been on my knitting bucket list for awhile, I love the patterns with them.

[-] musicalcactus@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

That sounds awful. I dunno. I mean, at the heart of it all, on some level you're allowing him to continue this behavior by going to him each time. If you don't go, he has to either keep calling until you give in, or if you don't give in, he can get pouty about it, yell about it, or eventually come and actually find you.

If you stand your ground and refuse, eventually he has to change his behavior. But, getting to that point will be very uncomfortable. So the question is, how much do you want things to change? Are you willing to go through that discomfort to get your needs met?

[-] musicalcactus@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago

What does he do if you stay where you're at and ask what he wants you for?

[-] musicalcactus@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

That yarn is gorgeous!!

[-] musicalcactus@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

I looked up this article about it after googling the lyrics. Sounds like there was much more backlash after the music video dropped which has now been pulled from some streaming sites.

The bigger controversy was filming at a courthouse famous for lynching and using BLM protest footage in the video.

[-] musicalcactus@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

Interesting, maybe I shouldn't be surprised, humans haven't changed much over the eons.

Any recommendations for true disaster videos? That sounds y up my alley.

[-] musicalcactus@midwest.social 19 points 1 year ago

It concerns me that we're seeing this more and more in industry. Middle fingers to regulations because when you have enough money, it doesn't matter.

[-] musicalcactus@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

And it took AN HOUR per ant AFTER getting the process down. This person spent over an entire work week shaving ants.

I'm just imagining dinner conversation with their partner that week discussing their progress for the day.

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Ant hair is about 98% reflective, and is very similar to how fiber optics work. SEM images in the link for fellow nerds.

On shaving ants:

Speaking to MailOnline, Willot confirmed this 'was indeed a tricky procedure. They are very reactive and won't stop struggling once caught, preventing any shaving attempt if not anaesthetised.'

This was done by exposing the ants for a few seconds to carbon dioxide, then strapping them down firmly.

Hairs were removed using a high-power binocular telescope and a very sharp blade.

'It's the same as shaving your own chin: the scalpel blade has to move in the opposite direction of the hair's growth. It has to be a delicate and gentle motion,' said Willot.

After practising on large soldier ants, he found that a smaller worker ant could be entirely shaved in an hour of delicate work.

He estimates around 40 ants were shaved altogether to produce seven good examples for the experiments.

[-] musicalcactus@midwest.social 62 points 1 year ago

For the curious:

Speaking to MailOnline, Willot confirmed this 'was indeed a tricky procedure. They are very reactive and won't stop struggling once caught, preventing any shaving attempt if not anaesthetised.'

This was done by exposing the ants for a few seconds to carbon dioxide, then strapping them down firmly.

Hairs were removed using a high-power binocular telescope and a very sharp blade.

'It's the same as shaving your own chin: the scalpel blade has to move in the opposite direction of the hair's growth. It has to be a delicate and gentle motion,' said Willot.

After practising on large soldier ants, he found that a smaller worker ant could be entirely shaved in an hour of delicate work.

He estimates around 40 ants were shaved altogether to produce seven good examples for the experiments.

Link

[-] musicalcactus@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago

I brush mine in the shower.

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RIP (midwest.social)

12 good years. o7

Thanks for all the fish.

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When corporate entities infiltrate decentralized networks/platforms, they do it methodically with the intent to harm the decentralized platform in order to maintain the corporate monopoly.

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