[-] Paraponera_clavata@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago

Nature abhors a vaccuum

[-] Paraponera_clavata@lemmy.world 35 points 6 days ago

From Wikipedia:

According to the Christian writer Clement of Alexandria, Dionysus was guided in his journey by Prosymnus or Polymnus, who requested, as his reward, to be Dionysus' lover. Prosymnus died before Dionysus could honor his pledge, so to satisfy Prosymnus' shade, Dionysus fashioned a phallus from a fig branch and penetrated himself with it at Prosymnus' tomb. This story survives in full only in Christian sources, whose aim was to discredit pagan mythology, but it appears to have also served to explain the origin of secret objects used by the Dionysian Mysteries.

[-] Paraponera_clavata@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago
  1. He's gay and closeted, looking for a friend, and it's easier to talk to a girl than directly to you.

  2. He has feelings for your girlfriend. This is not an issue, as long as you trust your girlfriend. Feel flattered that your girlfriend is so awesome.

[-] Paraponera_clavata@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago

In the US, most professors are part time adjunct and get no health benefits. Probably make 30-50k.

Tenured faculty at major universities make 70-90k.

Considering these jobs requires at least 9 years of uni (in the US), the lifetime income of professors is still very low.

RE TAs: I US stem fields TAs work 20h and make 15-30k. That usually includes free tuition, but not in all states (e.g. in Texas, you sometimes pay tuition out of your TA pay, which is crazy)

[-] Paraponera_clavata@lemmy.world 74 points 2 months ago

"tax cheats who bribe us!" FTFY

[-] Paraponera_clavata@lemmy.world 79 points 2 months ago

College professors. Most are part time adjunct, most make garbage pay, work their asses off, while university executives make bank.

[-] Paraponera_clavata@lemmy.world 66 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Homo = person/man

Sapiens = wise

What's this bullshit about?

[-] Paraponera_clavata@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago

Not true. Pet cats are about a third of the problem, according to a 2013 nature paper. Feral populations vary a lot by location - some places have almost no ferals but lots of pet cats.

Sauce: https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380

[-] Paraponera_clavata@lemmy.world 58 points 5 months ago

Surprised no one mentioned this, but carry-on bags are no longer free for all - only free for the first ones in line.

[-] Paraponera_clavata@lemmy.world 43 points 5 months ago

PDF means it's legit yall

[-] Paraponera_clavata@lemmy.world 38 points 6 months ago

Have you tried not using it to wash your dog?

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Imagine a sealed container filled with any amount of liquid water at any constant temperature and pressure where water can be liquid. Is the air in the container necessarily at 100% relative humidity?

[-] Paraponera_clavata@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

Sounds like you need to go to a vet.

How do you know anxiety caused the hives? Couldn't the hives have caused the anxiety? Or couldn't they be separate?

Take it to a vet, if you haven't already.

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