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uphillbothways , to til in TIL yawning is observed in almost all vertebrate animals and is "contagious" across species. There is no consensus on why yawning occurs.
@uphillbothways@kbin.social avatar

Seems like if you read between the lines, there's a certain commonality in increased respiration/alertness, stress response and showing of teeth that solves a common need across species. When a subject recognizes a lack of alertness, a present threat or the need for aggressive action in the near future, a yawn can help prepare for that while also giving pause to those who might be threats and/or potentially paralyzing prey. The failure in consensus here appears, to me, an inability to describe those seemingly disparate needs as related to the physiology that drives them. Not a lack of understanding, so much as a deficiency in perlocution.

PlantDadManGuy ,

Ay yo so I was bout to tell you how that’s all wrong, but then you go throwin out words like “perlocution” and now I realize you probly know what the fuck is up, so I’m just gonna trust.

demlet ,

Perchance.

midori ,

You can’t just say perchance.

activ8r ,

I think they just did.

Baizey ,

Perchance they can

Today ,

I’ve read that people with autism are less likely to catch a yawn. Not sure if that’s true.

I’ve taken meds that caused uncontrollable yawning. That’s super annoying!

rich ,

I can say that’s absolutely false, for me at least. I yawn all the fucking time

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Yes, but can you catch a yawn from someone else? That’s the claim about autism, that someone else yawning does not tend to make people on the spectrum yawn. I have no idea whether or not that is true.

rich ,

It’s absolute bollocks, I’m autistic and I’ve always had to curse out co workers for making me yawn or cough after they do. First I’ve ever heard of this claim.

Reading this post actually made me yawn too! Just by even thinking of it. I have never actually even thought about it I’m depth until your post, it’s just a totally natural reaction to me.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Fair enough.

rich ,

It is a spectrum though! Others may have the issue, for sure. It’s like I have the issue with eye contact, more than some people but less than others.

ThatWeirdGuy1001 ,
@ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works avatar

You’re thinking of psychopathy.

A true psychopath (someone with no real empathy) will not catch a yawn as it requires an empathetic response

Showroom7561 , to til in TIL Alice Walton (Walmart heir) killed a pedestrian in a driving accident and was never charged. She has also been arrested for DUI twice but never charged.

It doesn’t surprise me. Even regular folks who kill pedestrians and cyclists get off easy. This is just one step further because of $$$

Raphael OP , (edited ) to linux in Following Red Hat's lead, Linus Torvalds will only publish Linux Kernel code to paid contributors
@Raphael@lemmy.world avatar

This is satire, here’s the original source:

redhat.com/…/red-hats-commitment-open-source-resp…

But this quote should speak to your soul:

I feel that much of the anger from our recent decision around the downstream sources comes from either those who do not want to pay for the time, effort and resources going into Linux or those who want to repackage it for their own profit. This demand for Linux code is disingenuous.

Linus never said this. But Red Hat Enterprise did.

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madthumbs ,

They make a good point. -Basically what I was suspecting.

scottmeme ,

This post was made with vim btw

Raphael OP ,
@Raphael@lemmy.world avatar

Emacs with evil actually ;3

Doombot1 ,

Thank goodness this is satire lol ya had me there for a sec

billwashere , to til in TIL: There was an animated tv show based on the children's book series Busytown called The Busy World of Richard Scarry
ThatWeirdGuy1001 ,
@ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world avatar

I mean it makes the most sense with him being a pig.

Pigs will eat anything.

jol ,

No, ono, it’s Vegan sausages!

That steak though… Yeah, that was the neighbour.

i_dont_want_to ,

The fella next door blasted his music at 2am for the last time.

EffortlessEffluvium ,

Makes as much sense as hogs promoting BBQ on billboards. Or Chester Chicken (the sheriff) promoting Chester’s Fried Chicken

someguy3 , to til in TIL in 1893, the US Supreme Court held 9–0 that the tomato should be classified as a vegetable rather than a fruit in Nix v. Hedden, 149 U.S. 304, for purposes

Knowledge is knowing tomato is a fruit.

Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

Sowhatever ,

Charisma is convincing you to eat the fruit salad anyway.

bermuda , to technology in Wikipedia Admin Unmasks As Alt Account Of Admin Who Was Extremely Banned In 2015 To The Great Bewilderment Of Everyone

god I hate wikipedia abuse. It even happens from non admins. There’s this one movie I watched and I realized that it wasn’t on the lead actor’s filmography so I added it, and within minutes it was removed without reason. I go on this guy’s talk profile and it’s full of people claiming that they religiously remove edits on a number of random articles. Probably 80% of edits in the past year alone on that filmography page were from this one guy and almost all of them were removing tiny contributions from other users. Some people just like to act like an article is “theirs”

rufus ,

report them. it’ll help the next person facing them. and probably increase quality.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism

Aatube OP ,
@Aatube@kbin.social avatar

Though if there is reason to suspect they aren't doing it out of malice, report it to the WP:HAPPYPLACE of Truth

flux , to til in TIL the only guy in ZZ Top without a giant beard is named Frank Beard.
@flux@lemmy.world avatar

Tons of cool ZZ top facts. How about how “Master of sparks” tells the true story[1] of Billy Gibbons and his friend R.K. Bullock who with a workman, welded together a steel ball cage with a seat and seatbelt fitted inside. They placed the cage into the bed of a truck and at night, after reaching a speed of 60 miles per hour (97 km/h), on Highway 6 near Houston (also known as Jack Rabbit Road), rolled the cage out the back with the hapless narrator and friend taking a ride inside. The cage generated a tail of sparks on the road but in its crushed condition stopped rolling. Still moving at high speed, the now egg shaped cage crashed into a fence. Both occupants survived relatively unscathed and were awarded the title “Master of Sparks” by the cheering crowd.

HidingCat , to technology in Readers prefer ChatGPT over Wikipedia

Between this and the general population's preference for videos (even when they could've been a written article), I despair.

teamonkey ,

Honestly the one killer use case for AI is to transcribe how-to YouTube videos into a static web page with thumbnail images.

HidingCat ,

Hah, it feels like it's fighting fire with fire. xD

Duamerthrax ,

Is that happening? Does the AI know if the how-to is accurate?

teamonkey ,

I’m still waiting.

glad_cat ,

I will reply with a ridiculously long video and a pathetic thumbnail where I open my mouth for no reason.

DeadlineX ,

Yeah it drives me crazy that we can’t just read something for 2 minutes to get information anymore. Now it’s all just 10 minute videos with 4 minutes of ads.

SpaceCadet , to til in TIL the adjective 'daily' in the lord's prayer is actually written in the original Greek as *epiousion*, which occurs nowhere else in known history
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I think it means “cromulent”.

nyonax ,
dodslaser ,

These people need to embiggen their vocabulary!

MargotRobbie , to til in TIL in Australia the name of the band "AC/DC" is pronounced "Acca Dacca"
@MargotRobbie@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, they’re an Australian band, and saying “Acca Dacca” is funny.

grue ,

TIL AC/DC isn’t Scottish or English (although, in my defense, apparently almost all the members were).

MargotRobbie , (edited )
@MargotRobbie@lemmy.world avatar

It’s fine, nobody ever think I’m Australian either…😭

conasatuta ,

Go home Margo Robbie impersonator your drunk

MargotRobbie ,
@MargotRobbie@lemmy.world avatar

First of all, if you are going to accuse me of being fake, at least get my name right, that’s esteemed Academy Award nominated character actress Margot Robbie to you.

Second of all, of course I’m drunk.

FrostbyteIX ,
@FrostbyteIX@lemmy.world avatar

Good to see you in the field Harley Q.

MargotRobbie ,
@MargotRobbie@lemmy.world avatar

Yay

ours ,

Hollywood without their secret Australians/Kiwi actors would be in shambles. Well, worse shambles.

ChickenLadyLovesLife ,

Dirty deeds and the Dunder chief!

itsmect , to technology in A generational gap on Wikipedia - 91% of WP admins started editing before 2010

I’ve lost all my respect for the official wikipedia when they deleted a page that I frequented regular. It was an overview about the generational differences between products from one large manufacturer. iirc it was dismissed as an ad or something.

The infuriating part was that this page existed for 10+ years, had 200 different authors, and 100k+ monthly views. But yeah, mods went power tripping with no regard to the dozens of hours unpaid volunteers put in. Fuck this

phoneymouse ,

Yeah any good faith edit I’ve ever made gets reverted within 5 minutes. Why should I care to contribute if that’s the case? I stopped donating to wikipedia.

The handful of people that maintain it can have their kingdom.

itsmect ,

After I noticed this bs the very first thing I did was checking if archive.org had a copy, which they did, and since then I regularly donate to them instead.

SchizoDenji ,

It’s a massive problem. Pro wrestling pages have been fucked over by the same powertripping mods for years. Earlier the page had all the moves/finishers and entrance music written there but all of it was removed for no logical reason.

ForgetReddit , to til in TIL Alice Walton (Walmart heir) killed a pedestrian in a driving accident and was never charged. She has also been arrested for DUI twice but never charged.

Thanks for posting this. More people should know.

CombatWombat1212 , to til in TIL the term Redneck likely originated from the sunburned red neck of those working in fields.

Duh??

bamfic ,
snek_boi ,
Muscar ,

This isn’t not knowing, this is not understanding something obvious.

snek_boi , (edited )

Ah! You’re getting at something interesting in human psychology: the existence of knowledge (‘knowing’) versus being able to use that knowledge across situations (‘transfer’). Do you know the phases of learning, sometimes simplified as superficial (knowing-that), deep (knowing-how), and transfer (knowing-with)? If you do, how does that apply to this situation? If you don’t, I linked to a video but I’m happy to explain it 😊

bblkargonaut , to til in TIL the term Redneck likely originated from the sunburned red neck of those working in fields.

Wait until they learn the Spanish word for black, or worse Latin.

dariusj18 ,

Woke mafia coming for your beans!

/s

bitwaba ,

Frijole freedom ain’t free!

pineapplelover , to til in TIL Hunter S. Thomson got an early honorable discharge from the air force in part because, "Sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members."

Thompson was known for his lifelong use of alcohol and illegal drugs, his love of firearms, and his iconoclastic contempt for authority. He often remarked: “I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.”[3] Thompson died by suicide at the age of 67, following a series of health problems. Hari Kunzru wrote, “The true voice of Thompson is revealed to be that of American moralist … one who often makes himself ugly to expose the ugliness he sees around him.”[4]

kandoh ,

I always thought he killed himself when Bush got reelected

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