Rascal
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I could have told you about that one, it's my favorite weird software engineer fact I learned when I was studying in the field. Actually scratch that, it's my favorite thing I learned period in that study.
Today I learned (TIL)
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Gens
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I remember Stack Overflow had the best april's fools joke one time where they had their quack overflow feature:
https://twitter.com/nixcraft/status/980148866623393793
#JustNerdThings
lmfao................
Rascal
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Today I learned in my home state of Washington there's a rapist prison island with a bunch of abandoned facilities and houses on it. And this amazing human being literally just... went there, vlogged, camped out for a few nights, played pool, and managed to avoid everyone patrolling the island.
It's called McNeil island, apparently Charles Manson has been locked up there before. He gives some history on it while exploring it and its abandoned buildings and hiding from patrols.
Apparently after this video came out it seriously affected the way things were run there and people there were mad as hell about it XD
One of the best videos I've ever seen
Unknown4O4
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TIL about hermaphrodite lobster. I'm well aware that there are hermaphrodite humans and animals out there though it's surprising with the lobster one.
SilentBookworm
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Rascal
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did you learn that from a post of mine last page or on your own? if the latter that's an epic coincidence lol
Nicknames
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It's indeed an epic coincidence. I learnt it on my own in a Facebook group of all places lol
Rascal
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it's great to get a word for what you're feeling eh
Nicknames
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Yeah, especially when you're starting to feel that again and now you know how to stop it on its tracks before it becomes a full-blown obsession
Rascal
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i hope you do manage to stop it with that knowledge in hand. i personally wasn't able to avoid an obsession even after finding out about it, but maybe my mindset was too weak about it. you just have to fight it like one of those villains who tries to be all like "we're the same you and i" in superhero movies. don't fall for the temptation and all that.
Claptrap
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TIL you're more likely to die horribly if you had a bad childhood
research is fun
of course, all studies should be taken with a grain of salt but it's not exactly a surprising conclusion. kind of a water is wet study really
research is fun
of course, all studies should be taken with a grain of salt but it's not exactly a surprising conclusion. kind of a water is wet study really
Rascal
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learned about more specific terms under the aroace umbrella that i relate to like
and
labels are dumb but sometimes they can be fun to look at
Experiencing romantic attraction without a need or desire for reciprocation.
lack the desire to be a participant in sexual activities themselves; however, distinguished by the tendency towards having sexual fantasies at times, despite feeling a disconnect between themselves and a sexual target/object of arousal.
labels are dumb but sometimes they can be fun to look at
randomredneck
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TIL: There's an opposite of Deja Vu. It's called Jamais vu.
ZetsubouKaiji
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There is also presque vu to cover all bases.
OkamiHime95
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TIL: If you have a shellfish allergy, then you should never touch cicada's, cause apparently they will give the same reaction as if you touched/ate shellfish.
(Yeah, I know cicada's are insects... I'm just going by what a poor mother found out the hard way.)
(Yeah, I know cicada's are insects... I'm just going by what a poor mother found out the hard way.)
ZetsubouKaiji
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Shellfish are closely related to insects. Shrimp are sometimes referred to as roaches of the sea.
SilentBookworm
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TIL: Even God hates morning people:
