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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago

Casual Geographic is such a good content creator. Really enjoy his style.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Jaguars and anacondas don't get to see that chill nihilism from capybaras.

Also, if you see a group of them wandering, do not try to chill with them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Can you elaborate please?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

Casual Geographic, aka Mndiaye_97, is great content!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait, so I'm half badger and half capybara? Fuckin A!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You must be pretty long, if you reach both ends of the spectrum.

Fucking A indeed!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Or the spectrum is actually a donut

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Fun fact: humans are geometrically a donut.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Not quite we are more like pants with 6(?) legs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm sure most people have more (topological) holes than one

Both nostrils, for example

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The nostrils are connected to the throat through the sinuses as are the ear canals. Topologically making them all part of the same mouth-anus throughole.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not true, topolgically the route

left nostril -> sinus -> right nostril

is another hole. So is

any nostril -> sinus -> mouth.

ears have the eardrum, so they don't count.

For the more formal definitions of topological holes, look up Betti numbers, I think there's a VSauce video about it? For humans, the number of holes is at least 3 (but I'm sure I'm missing many more holes). Unless you're missing the entire septum.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

We just reinvented horse shoe theory

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes, our very God deleted my comment personally.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Four-legged assault-oreo?? Made my day... 😂😂

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Imo when life is fun you should try to enjoy it and when its bad you should try to enjoy it just to spite the haters, not that it matters anyways if youre not enjoying it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Nihilism (the philosophy) needs a new label. Like "retarded" or "manic depressive", the common usage has overtaken the academic meaning. I'm not complaining, this is a natural and good process of language. Just saying we need a new term.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

It’s extremely common for different fields of inquiry (scientific, mathematical, philosophical, etc) to reuse common words. If we had to come up with brand new words for everything in every field then we’d all be speaking gibberish, like they do in medicine!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Ideally not an ableist slur, if we can help it