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What is a tip, fact, or piece of information that you want to share? in c/asklemmy

[–] abouttocomealive 16 points 9 months ago

https://blogs.iu.edu/sciu/2023/05/06/the-longest-sperm-on-earth/

Apparently the female seminal receptacle is also very long. In fact, the increasing length of this receptacle is one of the explanations for the extreme sperm length.

Drosophila females have evolved to fertilize their eggs with particularly long sperm. Only large, healthy males are able to produce large quantities of gigantic sperm, and if a female reproduces with healthy males, her offspring will have genes that make them healthy, too.

A little goes a long way in c/comicstrips

[–] abouttocomealive 4 points 9 months ago

Same. I have zero fashion sense and it shows. Doesn't mean I can't appreciate something nice. But always scared if I compliment someone, that it will do more harm than good.
Thanks for sharing, somehow reassuring to know I'm not alone.

[SEP] Winter summer in the nook in c/cozy_places

[–] abouttocomealive 1 points 9 months ago

What does SEP mean?

Quarter was rejected at the laundrymat. Someone slipped me a token for a lazer tag franchise that went bankrupt in 1997 in c/mildlyinteresting

[–] abouttocomealive 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This shit gets me all the time.. '97 is 27 years ago. 27. Checks math, yes.. 27. Surely not? Feels like it's 10 years or so. Checks math.. no, 27.

24 hours(!) of cross stitch on Errol the swamp dragon in c/[email protected]

[–] abouttocomealive 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Errol! You better hide anything edible, or actually anything non-edible too, when that one is finished :)

Couldn't quickly find the perfect quote, but have this lovely one instead:

Where do you think they've gone?' he said. 'Where what?' said Lady Ramkin, temporarily halted.
'The dragons. You know. Errol and his wi - female.'
'Oh, somewhere isolated and rocky, I should imagine,' said Lady Ramkin. 'Favourite country for dragons.'
'But it - she's a magical animal,' said Vimes. 'What'll happen when the magic goes away?'
Lady Ramkin gave him a shy smile.
'Most people seem to manage,' she said.
She reached across the table and touched his hand.

Ship Of Dreams - Great American Puzzle Factory - 1000 pieces in c/jigsaw_puzzles

[–] abouttocomealive 3 points 10 months ago

Beautiful!

I made DIY Christmas cards with a die cutting machine in c/[email protected]

[–] abouttocomealive 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No mate, 11 months too early

*Permanently Deleted* in c/showerthoughts

[–] abouttocomealive 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Recently learned it's actually "Eagles", not "The Eagles". (For example, take a look at the album covers. There are also documentaries in which they talk about it.)
But even the band themselves will use "the" when it grammatically makes sense. So confusing.

Couple tell Indian-American to go back to Pakistan after taking over his house in c/[email protected]

[–] abouttocomealive 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm sorry, TacoButtPlug, but your user name is triggering. Which, I hope is the only reason you picked it. Otherwise, I have questions.

Challenge accepted in c/xkcd

[–] abouttocomealive 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

One is Akansas

‘Santa draws 2023 - 11-14’ [OC] a few comics I made, based on daily prompts for #santadraws2023 in c/comicstrips

[–] abouttocomealive 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Try pressing this thingy:

What are the rules you set for yourselves when puzzling? in c/jigsaw_puzzles

[–] abouttocomealive 3 points 11 months ago

I've done one of the escape puzzles. The concept is pretty neat.. like an escape room in jigsaw format. You make the puzzle, and the picture has a couple of things in it that you need to solve. The idea really spoke to me, as I really enjoy escape rooms. But unfortunately I didn't quite follow their logic. So it was hard to solve.