Mildly Interesting
- I tried to give my old Wii and games to my 11 year old son, he refused them.
Oh well. I’ll just leave it at that.
- Laughing online across the worldmymodernmet.com Here's What Online Laughter Looks Like in Different Languages
What's your go-to way to laugh online?
- A spider used this hibernating frog to spin its web
cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/2916847
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- Bimbo is Italian and masculine, the correct feminine term would be "bimba"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimbo
The word bimbo derives from the Italian bimbo, a masculine-gender term that means "little or baby boy" or "young (male) child" (the feminine form of the Italian word is bimba).
As bimbo began to be used increasingly for females, exclusively male variations of the word began to surface, like mimbo and himbo, a backformation of bimbo, which refers to an unintelligent, but attractive, man.
- The headquarters of the sudanese navy building is shaped like a ship. The air force headquarters is shaped like a plane
I couldn't find the Sudanese marine corps headquarters but it's probably shaped like a crayon.
- How the US Is Destroying Young People’s Future | Scott Galloway | TED
I think this should be seen by more people, it's also not just a US thing.
- Driving in Japan
Driving in Japan with the wheel on the right side. The first time I did that last year I drove on the wrong side of the road about 5 times and got a shock every time when I saw all the ghost drivers just to quickly realize that it's me who is driving the wrong way. This year it only happened one time, so my brain seems to adapt to that better and better.
- After years of being told I was part Cherokee, someone was mad that I wasn't.
He is now denying the validity of dna tests. I don’t want to say the past 35 years of having him treat me worse than he treats his sister had anything to do with his assumptions of my dna, but he was upset to learn that I am more Irish than him. I wonder what he thought of my mother before these results…
- Sears From A Joke Being Torn Down
American comedian Ron White frequently tells a story about how his van was damaged in a comedic way by the technicians at a Sears Automotive Center in Savannah, GA. This week, that Sears Automotive Center is being torn down. While the shopping mall that former Sears location is a part of is otherwise doing well, the Sears has been closed for years. The department store end-cap building and the car service center in its out-parcel property are being demolished to make way for the development of a new apartment complex.
A link to Ron preforming the story for a live audience.
- Jadayupara, the largest bird sculpture in the world.
To be found in Kerala, India
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatayu_Earth%27s_Center_Nature_Park
- Can I take Cenforce 25 daily?
Cenforce 25 is taken on an as-needed basis and should not be taken daily. It is not a medication for continuous use.
- Found this surveillance system on my afternoon bike ride
The cameras wrapped around the tree, some very cool old school cameras too. Really blended in fun art piece, nearly missed it
- The French Wikipedia uses the Thin Red Line flag in the legend for a map
Context: the Thin Blue Line is symbolism for the role of police in maintaining public order. It has been co-opted by the alt-right. There is also a Thin Red Line to represent nurses. The French Wikipedia happened to use it in a legend to explain what the red lines on a map mean.
- Today's Bing Wallpaper of the Day is a Manipulated Mirror Image
It just looked off so after staring at it for a few minutes I noticed the letters on the right side were mirrored, noticed the stains on the ceiling, then the books being askew at the exact same places. Went to bing.com and it's a different image of the same place entirely
Thought it was mildly interesting idk
- Researchers find lower grades given to students with surnames that come later in alphabetical orderphys.org Researchers find lower grades given to students with surnames that come later in alphabetical order
Knowing your ABCs is essential to academic success, but having a last name starting with A, B or C might also help make the grade.
As graders go on grading, their comments become more frustrated and their good-will becomes much sloppier. At least that's the hypothesis to explain this. Researchers found the reverse effect on graders who sorted in reverse-alphabetical order.
- The way these letters align
Found in a Lemmy comment earlier today. Look how well those y's almost align
- Arri cameras are also used to film porn videos.
Source : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFwCdFx5Z8M&t=246
- Whoever wrote my daughter's health class text apparently lives in the 1950s.
Maybe they can go to the malt shop later? And then the sock hop?
- Another Lemmy user denied I have "knuckle dents" on my skull
I call them “knuckle dents” because that’s what they look like, and knuckles are what caused them. They’re really fractures from childhood. They are more visible in certain light, but here is one on the left side of my skull.
- The Wiki's plot summary for "A Void", a book that (usually) omits a symbol vital to our vocabulary, also avoids that symbol
I do not support just calling that wiki "wiki" without including a crucial part of it.
- Coolest Flags With Dragonswww.uk-featherflags.co.uk Coolest Flags With Dragons (Pics)
Dragon Flags - A great post featuring excellent flags from around the world that have dragons in the design for you to check out.
Great pics
- Individually-wrapped bacon slices for sale in a hardware store
"Meat candy" does not sound very enticing, at least not to me.
