I'd still insist on the hypothetical china cup being replaced.
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Timsup2nothin
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We didn't have any particular person assigned, but when I was in the car business salesmen getting "fired" was a pretty regular event.
I saw no indication in the story that the woman was being "an entitled jackass" or that she demanded the employee be fired. In fact, the story states that she asked for mercy for the employee.
If I bought a set of expensive dishes and found one chipped, I would definitely complain about it and want it replaced.
In 2016 the Black Rhino was declared extinct
TIL that the last male White Rhino died, 45 years old; only two females remaining of that species.
(in 2009 4 females were relocated from a Polish zoo to the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenia, where there were at that moment 3 Rhino's left, in the hope for offspring)
And no real money available to give that species a last shot:
In this sense we really are the killer ape
TIL that the last male White Rhino died, 45 years old; only two females remaining of that species.
(in 2009 4 females were relocated from a Polish zoo to the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenia, where there were at that moment 3 Rhino's left, in the hope for offspring)
And no real money available to give that species a last shot:
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/wor...o-dies-in-kenya-ol-pejeta-conservancy-1826142
In this sense we really are the killer ape
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There were 8 subspecies of Black Rhinos, 5 are still kicking.
Similarly, Southern White Rhinos are still around... for now.
But I don't dispute your conclusion.
EDIT: On an unrelated note, Black and White Rhinos are all colored the exact same.
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TIL:
While we don’t know as much about the pleasures of sex for insects, we know something about the negative aspects of rejection. Male fruit flies that are rejected by potential mates seem to form a “negative” memory of that rejection. These flies perform a complex courtship ritual to attract female mates. The males chase the female, lick the female’s genitalia (probably to make sure she is of the right species and to test whether she is a virgin), and they play a courtship song by vibrating their wings. If the female is not receptive to the advances of the male he will remember this rejection and he will then be inhibited from additional courtship attempts for several hours. This is probably an evolutionarily advantageous strategy as it prevents the male from wasting his time courting the same unreceptive female and to move on to find another. There is even one study that discovered that male fruit flies have a tendency to drink more alcohol when they are repeatedly rejected by females.
While we don’t know as much about the pleasures of sex for insects, we know something about the negative aspects of rejection. Male fruit flies that are rejected by potential mates seem to form a “negative” memory of that rejection. These flies perform a complex courtship ritual to attract female mates. The males chase the female, lick the female’s genitalia (probably to make sure she is of the right species and to test whether she is a virgin), and they play a courtship song by vibrating their wings. If the female is not receptive to the advances of the male he will remember this rejection and he will then be inhibited from additional courtship attempts for several hours. This is probably an evolutionarily advantageous strategy as it prevents the male from wasting his time courting the same unreceptive female and to move on to find another. There is even one study that discovered that male fruit flies have a tendency to drink more alcohol when they are repeatedly rejected by females.
Traitorfish
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Do the rejected fruit flies start posting in r/The_Donald? It would explain a lot.
Broken_Erika
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They're probably rejected dung beetles.....
Yeah, I used to like Popeyes best but after the flap with a lot of chicken places using chickens grown using hormones, it seem that almost all the big chains chickens seems smaller now. My my, what a coincidence. One chain, (can't remember which) publicly came out and said they were stop using them, but I believe they all stoped but many never admitted that they were.
Waaaait, semi-automatic reloads automatically but you have to squeeze the trigger again. Automatic keeps firing. What the hell is ‘full-semi-auto’ then?
Traitorfish
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Well, okay. But my joke was "lol those nerds don't process rejection in a healthy way, like these flies, and also they are very dumb and probably eat poop, like these flies". It wasn't a virgin/chad thing.
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Today I learned that if you manage to convert an audio file into image (I imported a BMP as raw data into Audacity, and then managed to fudge the file header onto an audio before re-exporting) it looks a little like TV static.
Spoiler :
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Snerk
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That's Jungle Boogie from Kool and the gang. I can see it from some of the pixels.
aimeeandbeatles
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Nah, it's the opening bit from Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker's Refugee.
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To be fair to Snerk, Jungle Boogie and Refugee sound almost exactly alike.
It's a wonder Kool and the Gang didn't sue Petty.
It's a wonder Kool and the Gang didn't sue Petty.
That's the joke. And that's why this retired 3-star general who should know better has been getting clowned by the entire firearms community since this aired.
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