isVeryLoud

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[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I've been thinking about your comment lately, you're correct that Arizona is physically larger, but Portugal has a larger population, so they should still be on equal footing.

Regarding Fahrenheit... I'm sorry, I can't see it. Living in Canada, all I care about are two things: when is my tea ready, and when is it going to freeze outside. I can give up having a round number for a fever (37.7°C, which we know by heart as also being the threshold for "hot" in air or liquid temperature) and for a... mixture of ice, ammonium chloride and salt at 0°F? Today I learned.

Bref, I still don't see the purpose of Fahrenheit for my life since it's really important for us Canadians to know the freezing point of water so we can bring in things that are frost sensitive, and it's an excellent point of reference to be able to tell how far on and on which side of the freezing scale a specific temperature may be. Maybe if you lived in Arizona, Fahrenheit may be more useful?

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

fartwhat? /j

Definitely Fahrenheit, I'm just out here fighting American centricity on the internet by being annoying and pedantic. The USA is the only country, besides some islands and territories, to use Fahrenheit for outdoor temperature, the rest of us moved on to more civil units of measurement.

Equally peeves me that people often say "Canada" (no, Canada is big, it was Manitoba) or "Europe" (you can say "Portugal", we actually did learn geography). But "Arizona"? Go right ahead, of course we should all know US states by heart, because the USA is the centre of the world!

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago (5 children)

88 degrees is also almost boiling water temperature. Overall a bad time to be a cat.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

I think it's one of those "context needed" posts.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

We banned slop over at c/dogs, but the mods here like AI slop.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh yeah the sclera is weird

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

Cats are an invasive species in North America, they destroy avian wildlife.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyall%27s_wren

Cats belong on leashed walks outside, not cooped up inside all day. Treat them like dogs.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Unlikely, just weird colour balance.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago

Yeah it's the cat equivalent of a pug, and they suffer from the same breathing issues.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that would definitely rule it out. Your original theory may be correct, fishtank water contains more minerals and microorganisms.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Do you think they may be tasting the chlorine in their water bowl? I've read somewhere that mammals can generally taste chlorine in the water, humans included though we're used to it. Your fish tank likely has no chlorine in it and is "moving water" thanks to the filter.

I know my dog prefers filtered water to tap water because he's a little prince.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago (5 children)

That mix sounds like a miso soup tbh 😁

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