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pufballcat t1_ja71dsv wrote on February 27, 2023 at 8:59 AM

Reply to comment by sdjacaranda in you are the sum of 2 parents 4 grandparents.. 8 great grandparents... and so on... so your DNA is composed from millions of people by anirudhsky

Would you be entirely different, or probably just very slightly different?

I believe you don’t necessarily get DNA from every one of your ancestors, so if you’d had a different ancestor you could still be genetically identical, but I’m no expert

pufballcat OP t1_j9trxd6 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 2:39 PM

Reply to comment by EdofBorg in Side hustles are not hustles, they're just badly paid overtime by pufballcat

> break a job down into multiple goals. Each time I achieve the next goal I get paid or I don't do the next go

That sounds very sensible. How might it work in practise?

pufballcat t1_j7776ub wrote on February 4, 2023 at 4:36 PM

Reply to Viking warriors sailed the seas with their pets, bone analysis finds by ArtOak

Why are we assuming that these animals are pets? Pigs sound like food, and horses can't really be pets. Dogs could of course be pets, but they could’ve been working animals.

pufballcat t1_j6hgol3 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 10:25 AM

Reply to The beauty industry survives by you hating the way you look. by simdoll

There are plenty of people who chose to change their look in a way that is not conventionally beautiful

pufballcat t1_j5xsb4d wrote on January 26, 2023 at 8:08 AM

Reply to comment by Und3rSc0re in Longest ‘dako’ iron sword at 2.6m, along with a unique shield-shaped mirror, found in 4th-century Japanese burial mound — Finds indicate that the technology of the Kofun period (300-710 AD) was more advanced than previously thought by marketrent

Maybe they told people that they had giant warriors, and made the sword to “prove” it

pufballcat t1_iyc6gl8 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 8:31 AM

Reply to Tatooine has two suns, yet the objects and inhabitants of the planet do not cast two shadows. by wfezzari

The extra sun would probably tend to fill in your existing shadow. A shadow is where light doesn't fall, so more suns could reduce shadow

pufballcat OP t1_iyc5tw1 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 8:22 AM

Reply to comment by FairCheek6825 in Food abuse kills more people than drug abuse does by pufballcat

Just don't inject yourself with sausages

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Dogs must wonder why it's always winter in the fridge

We're assured that qualifications are essential, but none of the very richest people got their wealth from theirs

Shaving technology has advanced significantly in recent decades, but you don't get a better shave

There's no good reason why socks need to be matched

We've spent thousands of years carefully building a world that makes people unhappy

You either come to realise what an idiot you used to be, or you remain as that idiot

Even though 10% of the population is left-handed, there aren’t any left-handed sanitiser dispensers

LPT: when a deadline approaches and you're running out of time, combine the activity with waiting for a washing machine door to open after the cycle ends. You’ll then have more time than you need

pufballcat t1_ja71dsv wrote on February 27, 2023 at 8:59 AM

Mammals have gone back to the sea and become fully marine creatures like dolphins, but birds have only got as far as penguins so far

pufballcat OP t1_j9trxd6 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 2:39 PM

Side hustles are not hustles, they're just badly paid overtime

It's outrageous that so many people have to work at something they hate

pufballcat t1_j7776ub wrote on February 4, 2023 at 4:36 PM

There's a perception that you can't just invent a word, and yet hundreds of thousands of them have been invented

Firstly and Secondly are fine. Sixthly and Seventhly are weird

pufballcat t1_j6hgol3 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 10:25 AM

pufballcat t1_j5xsb4d wrote on January 26, 2023 at 8:08 AM

Murder is universally despised, and yet assassins are deemed cool

Brain fog is the most common brain weather

pufballcat t1_iyc6gl8 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 8:31 AM

pufballcat OP t1_iyc5tw1 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 8:22 AM

Food abuse kills more people than drug abuse does

Easier surely to use an actual planet rather than build a planet-sized Death Star

Someone decided cereal was for breakfast and we just accepted it