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  • The most interesting part is that both users have "toad" in their name.

  • Yeah, because we have more than two parties, so a simple majority isn't automatically an absolute one. But if you group the far right with the increasingly far right "conservatives", it looks much more bleak.

  • But at least they don't automatically get effectively all the power after winning a simple majority. That's... something, at least. I want to cry.

  • Somehow, tuberculosis returned...

  • Actually, no. I'm studying for a molecular infection biology class rn.

  • Neither. Influenza is the flu. The common cold is caused by a variety of viruses, iirc.

  • You were my brother, Anakin! I loved you, you piece of shit!

  • Put it in a box. Problem solved.

  • I know how to solve this, but my solution only works for spherical cubes in a vacuum.

  • I think there it's more the overuse of antibiotics to speed up growth. Idk, I just ripped the info from a lecture. xD

  • But domesticated birds are not good carriers of influenza, specifically. Unlime wild birds, they do get sick. Otherwise, I totally agree.

  • You got some bread? Then many.

  • Sir, please stay where you are. This is the SCP. Remain calm. You will be harmed. Not. Not be harmed.

  • Depends. Did the corpse exhibit signs of motility?

  • Technically more like an archaeon that learned a few tricks.

  • Fair enough. I just belong to the people who require a valid taxon to be monophyletic. (Btw., "clade" already implies monophyleti...city? Monophyleticness?)

    Also, shut up about viruses, they make a mess of everything and are beautifully chaotic and I hate them and I love them. xD

  • What I'm getting at is taxonomy. A valid taxon has to include all descendents of the crown group. That means that for monkeys to constitute a valid taxon, apes must be included. Same reason why birds are technically dinosaurs.

  • In taxonomy (the system of biological classification), monkeys (Simiiformes) are an infraorder of the order of primates (Primates). Apes (Hominoidea) in turn are a superfamily within the Simiiformes. It's an "every thumb is a finger, but not every finger is a thumb" situation.

  • How the fuck did I not only create this abomination of a typo, but also not see it? xD