I speak both of the languages in this comment and am still confused.

jfc I got so used to people using “POV” wrong that I spent a full minute staring at the image wondering why doing this would make SpongeBob a witch

Pretty sure it’s that those goslings are better children than yours are.

Geese make excellent watch animals and can fight off predators as large as coyotes, plus they are hardier and more self-sufficient than most other livestock birds, and finally much of their diet is grass (meaning they require substantially less supplementary feed).

This is goose slander. Also it’s spelled “squirrel.”

It’s spelled “boo-boo.”

No one is going to take your misinformation seriously with such a glaring spelling error!

god in the machine: It’s just… I thought that “the big three” would be building up to something else…

And then there are those who died for “science”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731

The potential value to the Americans of Japanese-provided data, encompassing human research subjects, delivery system theories, and successful field trials, was immense. However, historian Sheldon H. Harris concluded that the Japanese data failed to meet American standards, suggesting instead that the findings from the unit were of minor importance at best. Harris characterized the research results from the Japanese camp as disappointing, concurring with the assessment of Murray Sanders, who characterized the experiments as “crude” and “ineffective”.

Spent way too long trying to remember what an “oger” was in the Eva universe

I feel like I had what wasn’t quite a stroke, but perhaps a minor brain bleed while reading that.

As adorable as this is, I cannot fathom a practical use for a basket hardly larger than a quarter.

Okay but like, if I browse Lemmy every morning and regularly read linked articles, am I getting my news from social media or digital news sites? Same question for the search engines category.

Unrelated, but the idea of getting daily news from a chatbot is baffling.

I was leaning real but intentionally humorous, but then they asked for the applicant’s LinkedIn profile and now I have no idea

It has its own imdb page (and a 7.1 star rating)

Too bad the spell components are a bitch to get ahold of

Especially because they’re trying to emulate the samurai dialect. It’s inaccurate, but deserves points for trying!

Literally the first I’m hearing of Tuta.

Are they legit?

Literal plot of Houseki no Kuni manga (Land of the Lustrous)

Ngl, Chii-tan looks like they’ve got an unlit Molotov cocktail hiding under their hat, and is just looking for a MFer to throw down on

Gonna toss a real old school reference onto the pile and call 'em Jack Sprat and his wife

My understanding is that they used to be a fire hazard a few decades ago, but have improved significantly in safety since. Plus you don’t have to sleep with it on; using it to warm up the sheets before you crawl into bed is often sufficient, depending on your climate. Or you can use it elsewhere in the house, such as on the couch or a reading chair.