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[–] stray@pawb.social 6 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

It's referring to his homelessness, but there's not a good English word for what's really being expressed. He likes to wander freely in nature.

e: Vagabond. Pretty uncommon word though, I think.

[–] stray@pawb.social 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How often do Tigers even run into another tiger?

All the time. While tigers lead solitary lifestyles, they're not devoid of socialization. Territories overlap and lead to peaceful interactions and conflicts over borders. Sometimes they even cooperate in hunting or live together, though that's less frequent. The nature of their interactions is mostly dictated by sexual relations and the ratio of tigers to prey.

This is not meant to contribute to the tiger vs lion issue.

I also think it's interesting to note that while the mane serves a practical purpose, it's also wildly oversized as a result of sexual selection.

[–] stray@pawb.social 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I don't think I understand.

!Why is "time" considered the final word even though the actual word is "space-time"? Why is "with" abbreviated instead of translated?!<

It seems that the clue only makes sense retroactively rather than leading to the answer.

It's unfortunate that the tutorial is a spoiler for this puzzle because it means I can't even try to solve one today.

e:

I found yesterday's by happenstance and now realize that the video is meant to explain the answer, not explain how to play.

::: When taken by itself "at the second" would mean "now", and interpreting it as "ignore everything but the second letter of each word" seems like such a wild assumption. :::

Are these clues perhaps built on a culture of references that would be more familiar to a particular puzzle community?

[–] stray@pawb.social 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The documentary style quickly takes a back seat, but the interviews are always there and heavily used. Try Modern Family first and see of the Office doesn't hit better once you're used to the interviews there. They're brief fourth-wall breaks and not diagetic.

e: I would say if you're not having an absolute blast by the Dundees episode (I think that S2E1?), don't waste any more of your time.

[–] stray@pawb.social 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I didn't get that far into the show because I was bored and lost in the space battles. Action scenes are always shakey cameras and me being confused about who's on what ship. I was extremely interested in the human dramas, politics, and especially the mystery of the fungal thing. The acting and dialects were really cool though, and I'd probably miss out on those unless the author does a good job writing them. Does it seem like I'd prefer reading it instead? I kind of feel like I just talked myself into trying the show again. :s

[–] stray@pawb.social 8 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I don't live in the US, but pretending that I do, you sound a lot like you're blaming me. What exactly would you like me to do? I can think of a number of ways I could suffer and die for the cause, but not how to actually change anything.

[–] stray@pawb.social 53 points 6 days ago (7 children)

It would be a nice bonus if surplus American produce became somewhat affordable to Americans due to foreign disinterest.

[–] stray@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago

Back in my day sugar was only C and H.

[–] stray@pawb.social 15 points 1 week ago

This reminds me of the ASMR video I watched where this person removed my cranial nerves for cleaning and I was so immersed that I was kind of weirded out and upset by their sudden theft.

[–] stray@pawb.social 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)

What is this actually saying? I feel like most of the helpful things I can think of are external.

  • medication
  • therapy
  • healthy relationships
  • proper nutrition
  • sunlight and/or plants
  • hobbies and/or fulfilling work

Is exercise internal??

I can see some kinds of therapy being considered internal because that's where the work is getting done, but the instructions are given to you by an outside source.

[–] stray@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago

Has is occurred to you that the reason no one is arguing that Biden and Harris aren't pieces of shit is because they are actually pieces of shit, and no one in this reply chain said otherwise? That's why "no one said that" was so funny to me.

[–] stray@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ok, but no one here said that.

They literally did though, in those exact words.

 

One time on IRC the topic of what Boxing Day even is came up, and this guy said in seriousness that it's to memorialize the Boxer Rebellion, and we had a big fight about it. He backed up his claim by pointing out that the horse from Animal Farm was an allegory for said uprising, so he wasn't just making things up.

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