Strange. Lemmy was the real entry point for me to enter the Fediverse.
Happy National Skunk Day!
What is your favorite thing about skunks? And did you know it existed? I first found out about the event a few years ago.
Apparently there was a trademark problem with WALLSTREETBETS at one point. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/reddit-sued-wallstreetbets-trademark-settlement-1235327626
Shocking News: Reddit has trademarks for forum names like "Explain Like I'm Five" registered on USPTO.
I thought stuff like "Explain Like I'm Five" and "AMA" was proprietary to the community, or at least the Reddit community, not Reddit as a company.
I checked and I found at least those subreddit forum names were registered as trademarks.
- TODAY I LEARNED (TIL)
- SHOWERTHOUGHTS
- EXPLAIN LIKE I'M FIVE
- NOSLEEP
- AM I THE ASSHOLE?
- IAMA
- RPAN (actual subreddit name is R/PAN but they messed up the word mark for the registration I think.)
- ASK REDDIT (makes sense since this includes Reddit's name.)
- NATURE IS FUCKING LIT (I thought you couldn't register word marks with swearing but I guess I'm wrong. Must be only for offensive terms then...)
- ASK ME ANYTHING (yes somehow this "generic term" is a trademark now...")
- AMA
- ELI5
Also they have some trademark registration applications for WALLSTREETBETS that have not been finalized yet.
How do we combat Google Chrome being Internet Explorer 2.0?
Feels like I need to reboot my iPhone daily in order to keep applications and tabs from being terminated from out of memory issues as quickly.
Now we gotta have websites developing for all web browsers instead of Google Chrome like it's Internet Explorer 2.0.
What do you think of the Whale Tales podcast?
I partially listened to a few episodes of the podcast, but I played those on platforms where it's not easy to keep track of your progress and that I don't use often. It was interesting listening to them talk about whale facts and similar news.
What do you think of Batty Koda from the FernGully series?
He was an interesting character with antenna back in the first movie and a memorable voice actor.
This has been going on for 16 years? I thought it was started in the mid or late 2010s.
Wait, you need to post every day to get the achievement?
Why not apples? Is there a reason apples aren't a preferred fruit of bats?
So when did it become public knowledge? When the Google is broken controversy started?
Seems like the Bats community here on Lemmy.world was popular due to some new posts every day.
Strange. What happened to the discouragement of AMP links and why are they suddenly popping up now?
There's apparently a Reddit activity streak achievement system now.
I just noticed this when I saw a strange "Achievement Unlocked" notification pop up on Reddit. What do you think of this? It seems like a retention tactic to me, like what Amino had with its streak leaderboards, and GameFAQs currently has with streak achievements for logging on ten days in a row and also for all days of a month.
Yeah; that brown bat is still cute and I like the expression it's making in the picture.
Favorite Grumpig card art?
What's your favorite official Grumpig card art? I like the one with the Grumpig jumping over the volcano the most. My second favorite is the one with Grumpig standing on one foot on top of water.
What's up with Bats and Bananas?
What makes bats like bananas so much? Or is it just the humans' preferred treat for bats?
Why are there two or more bat species that look like they're poorly modeled in a 3D model making program? That doesn't look like something Mother Nature or someone making 3D assets would make a bat look like.
What do you think of the old "MEPHITIS ADVOCATE" newsletter?
It used to exist but the website seems to be broken now. Is the newsletter still active or is it dead?
Anyone remember the Striped Bandits website?
The site "Striped Bandits" died in 2022 or so and was replaced with a raccoon comic. What did you think of the old 2005-2016 era website? Did you use its forum back in the day? I remember reading about it.
Have you seen this YouTube channel about bats?
I was reminded about Bat Appreciation Day today thanks to this channel on YouTube.
Why did they chose pigs for the "pearls before swine" quote?
Why were pigs chosen to be the main negative subject of the common pearls before swine quote that another way of saying not to give important stuff to people who won't cherish it?
The Portugal News: Who would want a Skunk for a Pet?
Here's yet another news article about pet skunks. What do you think of them? Do you think they should be pets at all?
Earth.com: Skunks' stripes have different patterns depending on where they live
New research reveals that the iconic black and white stripe markings of skunks are less prevalent in areas with fewer mammalian predators.
Apparently they have come to the conclusion that skunk stripes are different based on the area and how many predators there are. It's nice to know more about my favorite animals.
"Why are skunks called polecats?"
Skunks are sometimes referred to as polecats due to their similarities. Early English settlers had not seen skunks before and mistook them for polecats, which are native to Europe and Asia. Polecats and skunks are distantly related and share some physical and behavioral qualities with each other but...
Sometimes skunks are called polecats. Apparently Skuntank has a cat like face because skunks are sometimes called polecats.
There's now a protected area for sperm whales in the Caribbean island of Dominica.
This is nice. I don't want whales to go extinct.
Skunks Wiki on Miraheze
Welcome to Skunks Wiki, the wiki about the American animal species of the same name.
"These Skunks Got Stuck in Weird Places"
These are our favorite stories about skunks. In 2018, an Illinois officer helped a skunk with a cup on its head. In 2015, an officer from Rochester, Michigan, responded to a call about a baby skunk with its head stuck in a yogurt container. In January, the 911 dispatch center in Knox County, Indiana...
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FINAL FANTASY XIV TTRPG (Tabletop Role-Playing Game) announced.
Announcing the FINAL FANTASY XIV TTRPG (Tabletop Role-Playing Game)!
What do you think of the upcoming TTRPG? I think it will be interesting to see as it is the first official Final Fantasy TTRPG to my knowledge. I'm not sure how Square Enix will translate the Final Fantasy related things into the TTRPG space, though I have seen several attempts at fan made Final Fantasy systems such as pathFinal Fantasy and Final Fantasy D20.