What have you learned today?

[hanselthecaretaker2]

That's a super power. I can't even mention seeing one on a neighbor's property without it being assumed as an open invite to come chew on me. I forget the exact qualities, but I learned I check a lot of the boxes that attract mosquitoes; mostly, I have brown skin, wear dark clothes, drink alcohol, and smoke cigarettes, and from what I remember, those qualities combine to make for a bright neon "all you can eat" sign visible from a mile away off the interstate. I've tried everything to exterminate them, but I always end up with a "fuck you" in braille on my ankles from mosquito bites. I apply mosquito repellant daily, and it helps, but being covered in sticky chemicals all day four months out of the year doesn't make for a relaxed experience during the hottest days of the summer. I just wait until the first frost of late Fall/early Winter when I fist bump the heavens that the skeeters have died, and I can sit outside in peace with a cocktail and cigarette for a few months.

Only valid if used for the torturing of mosquitoes and not your lungs!

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

That's a super power. I can't even mention seeing one on a neighbor's property without it being assumed as an open invite to come chew on me. I forget the exact qualities, but I learned I check a lot of the boxes that attract mosquitoes; mostly, I have brown skin, wear dark clothes, drink alcohol, and smoke cigarettes, and from what I remember, those qualities combine to make for a bright neon "all you can eat" sign visible from a mile away off the interstate. I've tried everything to exterminate them, but I always end up with a "fuck you" in braille on my ankles from mosquito bites. I apply mosquito repellant daily, and it helps, but being covered in sticky chemicals all day four months out of the year doesn't make for a relaxed experience during the hottest days of the summer. I just wait until the first frost of late Fall/early Winter when I fist bump the heavens that the skeeters have died, and I can sit outside in peace with a cocktail and cigarette for a few months.

I've heard that your diet can influence your scent and make you more or less appealing to mosquitoes.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

Nice thought, but so is being like Superman and being able to fly up to space at will.

 

[bunniesandrainbows]

Today I learned that Gaia online wants 600$ bucks for items and is mostly dead

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

Heavy -

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

*Rubs chin* -

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

*Rubs chin* -

I'll watch it later, which means I've already watched it, so I won't bother.

 

[Xprimentyl]

Today, I learned that when a four-legged mammal lays with their belly flat on the ground and the legs flayed out in front and behind them, it's called "splooting."

 

[Absent]

Today, I learnt that Tiken Jah Fakoly's "Un Africain à Paris" is one of many covers with altered nationalities of Sting's original "An Englishman in New York" (I don't know Sting very well).

 

[Bedinsis]

Today I learnt that Morgan Spurlock, director behind the documentary Super Size Me, is guilty of a history of sexual misconduct.

I also learnt that the documentary got a sequel, Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!, that was about starting a fast food restaurant.

 

[CaitSeith]

Today I learned that the binturong smells like popcorn (I also learnt what a binturong is)

 

[Absent]

Today I learned what a pickle is.

 

[Xprimentyl]

Today I learned that woman are not specifically barred from competing in the PGA tour. They have their own LPGA tour, but can compete with the men in the PGA should they so choose.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Bone Wars - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

In the 1800s in the US, two rival paleontologists were involved in a feud that involved them slagging each other off in the press, bribery, hiring dinosaur rustlers to steal fossils, and even using dynamite to destroy fossils to prevent them falling into the other's hands.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Bone Wars - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

In the 1800s in the US, two rival paleontologists were involved in a feud that involved them slagging each other off in the press, bribery, hiring dinosaur rustlers to steal fossils, and even using dynamite to destroy fossils to prevent them falling into the other's hands.

Back then, paleontology was so hot that all you had to do was whisper "Apatosaurus" into a lady's ear and her pantaloons would just fly off. Who wouldn't want to fend rivals off for that kind of action?

 

[Xprimentyl]

Watched Ocean's 12 again last night for the 100th time, and my gf made the offhand comment that she loved the soundtrack. I enthusiastically agreed; the music in these films has always been amazing to me. Finally, after nearly two decades of loving these films, I looked up the soundtrack, and holy shit, the Ocean's films were all scored by David Holmes, an artist I've listened to since I was teenager.

 

[Phoenixmgs]

I learned that my desktop fits in my suitcase, which is totally unrelated to Baldur's Gate 3

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

If anyone's gonna launder internet trash in a charismatic enough way I can convince myself it's not poisoning my mind still, it's Boze. Also it's not all trash, but some is maybe more or less I can't tell anymore I'm in too deep already!

 

[gorfias]

I just found out that Windows 11 copies every picture I clip to copy paste is also copied to my OneDrive and there does not appear to be an easy way to delete all. So as it fills up, MS is going to want money.