Also if you're concerned about pollination it's important to realize that honey bees only really pollinate our CROPS, and aren't necessary for a functional North American ecosystem. There are legions of other bees that pollinate native plants, along with other insects, and the better way to keep that going is to increase planting of native flora
Ofc if you are doing small scale agriculture then yeah bees are great because all our food crops are imported just like honey bees
alright arch when I get my compound set up you can be my bug guy.
you take care of my bugs.
I mean this is already my job in the real world so sure I'm on board
I learned a crazy bee fact recently: termites are most closely related to cockroaches and mantises.
Ok, I learned a crazy termite fact that implies a crazy bee fact.
Shive
In most modern taxonomy, termites ARE cockroaches. Isoptera doesn't exist, functionally anymore.
I asked one of the foremost experts of my generation on cockroach taxonomy the following question at the international meeting: " Listen, man, is there any evidence at all that we can recover isoptera, or is Misof off their rocker?" And dude was like "you're really gonna have to get over that one. Isoptera is dead and it isn't coming back."
Like if u crie every tiem
I AM USING COMMON TERMS FOR ALL BUGS OK
#notallbugs
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I learned a crazy bee fact recently: termites are most closely related to cockroaches and mantises.
Ok, I learned a crazy termite fact that implies a crazy bee fact.
Shive
In most modern taxonomy, termites ARE cockroaches. Isoptera doesn't exist, functionally anymore.
I asked one of the foremost experts of my generation on cockroach taxonomy the following question at the international meeting: " Listen, man, is there any evidence at all that we can recover isoptera, or is Misof off their rocker?" And dude was like "you're really gonna have to get over that one. Isoptera is dead and it isn't coming back."
Like if u crie every tiem
I AM USING COMMON TERMS FOR ALL BUGS OK
BUT ITS MORE ACCURATE TO SAY THAT TERMITRS SRE COCKROACHES AND COCKROACHES ARE SUPER CLOSELY RELATED TO MANTIDS
Getting honey from hives kills bees and many commercial beekeepers and honey producers are effectively as bad as factory farmers.
Smaller, local apiaries are better, but there is still bee death
Those external flow honey collecting things are a pain to clean and don't work very long, and you're still taking the bee's winter food
I can see why vegans avoid honey, even if I didn't as a vegan
yeah from a vegan standpoint it makes total sense.
the only vegan thing I never really got was their stance against wool, though I suppose it is still keeping animals for their products.
I don't think "vegan stance" is really a thing, though obviously you can find areas of mass agreement. I think there are clusters of behaviors.
I have not had good interactions with vegans, especially in my time in Tempe.
I know it's a prejudiced viewpoint (especially since I've met and am friends with a lot of vegans now), but damn man getting a hamburger smacked out of your hand in a public place really kinda makes you dickish towards the entire idea in general.
I've never had something like this happen to me or anyone I know but I can say with a straight and honest face that if someone ever knocked a burger out of my hand I'd give them the option of paying for it or I'd punch them in the face. Their choice.
It's never happened again and was one of the most shocking social moments of my life.
Right outside the Fatburger on Mill Ave.
I used to have a real hate boner for vegans, but it's subsided as I've aged and realized (at least somewhat) that I shouldn't let that interaction with 1 asshole ruin a good source of healthy food ideas and sour potential relationships with good people.
I learned a crazy bee fact recently: termites are most closely related to cockroaches and mantises.
Ok, I learned a crazy termite fact that implies a crazy bee fact.
Shive
In most modern taxonomy, termites ARE cockroaches. Isoptera doesn't exist, functionally anymore.
I asked one of the foremost experts of my generation on cockroach taxonomy the following question at the international meeting: " Listen, man, is there any evidence at all that we can recover isoptera, or is Misof off their rocker?" And dude was like "you're really gonna have to get over that one. Isoptera is dead and it isn't coming back."
Like if u crie every tiem
I AM USING COMMON TERMS FOR ALL BUGS OK
BUT ITS MORE ACCURATE TO SAY THAT TERMITRS SRE COCKROACHES AND COCKROACHES ARE SUPER CLOSELY RELATED TO MANTIDS
I AM NOTHING IF NOT PEDANTIC, I ACCEPT THIS CORRECTION THOUGH IT'S SUPER WEIRD TO THINK ABOUT
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Also if you're concerned about pollination it's important to realize that honey bees only really pollinate our CROPS, and aren't necessary for a functional North American ecosystem. There are legions of other bees that pollinate native plants, along with other insects, and the better way to keep that going is to increase planting of native flora
Ofc if you are doing small scale agriculture then yeah bees are great because all our food crops are imported just like honey bees
alright arch when I get my compound set up you can be my bug guy.
you take care of my bugs.
That's like, actually a super useful thing.
Shit, I need to figure out something useful to do at the compound don't I?
But also I clearly am saying that Periplaneta americana is more closely related to any termite species than the termites are to any hymenopteran :P
What's weird is that we are like HYMENOPTERA IS KING OF EUSOCISLITY but like it is a trait that evolved multiple times independently in the order, and it also shows up in blattodea and hemiptera and it's all independent origins and it's like wtf is happan
Getting honey from hives kills bees and many commercial beekeepers and honey producers are effectively as bad as factory farmers.
Smaller, local apiaries are better, but there is still bee death
Those external flow honey collecting things are a pain to clean and don't work very long, and you're still taking the bee's winter food
I can see why vegans avoid honey, even if I didn't as a vegan
yeah from a vegan standpoint it makes total sense.
the only vegan thing I never really got was their stance against wool, though I suppose it is still keeping animals for their products.
I don't think "vegan stance" is really a thing, though obviously you can find areas of mass agreement. I think there are clusters of behaviors.
I have not had good interactions with vegans, especially in my time in Tempe.
I know it's a prejudiced viewpoint (especially since I've met and am friends with a lot of vegans now), but damn man getting a hamburger smacked out of your hand in a public place really kinda makes you dickish towards the entire idea in general.
I've never had something like this happen to me or anyone I know but I can say with a straight and honest face that if someone ever knocked a burger out of my hand I'd give them the option of paying for it or I'd punch them in the face. Their choice.
It's never happened again and was one of the most shocking social moments of my life.
Right outside the Fatburger on Mill Ave.
I used to have a real hate boner for vegans, but it's subsided as I've aged and realized (at least somewhat) that I shouldn't let that interaction with 1 asshole ruin a good source of healthy food ideas and sour potential relationships with good people.
But man... I still get pissed thinking about it.
This is what we call righteous anger
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But also I clearly am saying that Periplaneta americana is more closely related to any termite species than the termites are to any hymenopteran :P
Periplaneta is obviously the best planeta.
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Like even if I personally wind up disliking a piece of media, if I see universal acclaim for it, I get real salty when people bash it (I know EasyAllies didn't do that I was making a joke there)
Like that one dude who released a late Get Out review to ruin its 100%
Getting honey from hives kills bees and many commercial beekeepers and honey producers are effectively as bad as factory farmers.
Smaller, local apiaries are better, but there is still bee death
Those external flow honey collecting things are a pain to clean and don't work very long, and you're still taking the bee's winter food
I can see why vegans avoid honey, even if I didn't as a vegan
yeah from a vegan standpoint it makes total sense.
the only vegan thing I never really got was their stance against wool, though I suppose it is still keeping animals for their products.
I don't think "vegan stance" is really a thing, though obviously you can find areas of mass agreement. I think there are clusters of behaviors.
I have not had good interactions with vegans, especially in my time in Tempe.
I know it's a prejudiced viewpoint (especially since I've met and am friends with a lot of vegans now), but damn man getting a hamburger smacked out of your hand in a public place really kinda makes you dickish towards the entire idea in general.
I've never had something like this happen to me or anyone I know but I can say with a straight and honest face that if someone ever knocked a burger out of my hand I'd give them the option of paying for it or I'd punch them in the face. Their choice.
It's never happened again and was one of the most shocking social moments of my life.
Right outside the Fatburger on Mill Ave.
I used to have a real hate boner for vegans, but it's subsided as I've aged and realized (at least somewhat) that I shouldn't let that interaction with 1 asshole ruin a good source of healthy food ideas and sour potential relationships with good people.
But man... I still get pissed thinking about it.
This is what we call righteous anger
Me being an asshole or them being an asshole?
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When I'm more confident in my abilities, I'll try making Gijinka based on medicine.
But also I clearly am saying that Periplaneta americana is more closely related to any termite species than the termites are to any hymenopteran :P
What's weird is that we are like HYMENOPTERA IS KING OF EUSOCISLITY but like it is a trait that evolved multiple times independently in the order, and it also shows up in blattodea and hemiptera and it's all independent origins and it's like wtf is happan
Right, that's the weird thing. Though I didn't know about eusocial hemipterans, I just knew about blattodea..ds? and hymenopterans. And also Heterocephalids.
(Ok, had to look that last one up.)
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But I haven't had my own car since I was, like, 21
And now, combined with my sobriety, I frequently find myself in a situation where people are like "Okay, who can drive?"
And I'm like "oh I guess I can I just, um, haven't done it in a while, but yeah I can totally do that according to the government. Like it's totally legal for me to do so, I just don't think about it much.
How do make cars go again?"
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Like even if I personally wind up disliking a piece of media, if I see universal acclaim for it, I get real salty when people bash it (I know EasyAllies didn't do that I was making a joke there)
Like that one dude who released a late Get Out review to ruin its 100%
But also I clearly am saying that Periplaneta americana is more closely related to any termite species than the termites are to any hymenopteran :P
What's weird is that we are like HYMENOPTERA IS KING OF EUSOCISLITY but like it is a trait that evolved multiple times independently in the order, and it also shows up in blattodea and hemiptera and it's all independent origins and it's like wtf is happan
Right, that's the weird thing. Though I didn't know about eusocial hemipterans, I just knew about blattodea..ds? and hymenopterans. And also Heterocephalids.
(Ok, had to look that last one up.)
It's some aphid species that do it. They make galls and protect the galls.
Getting honey from hives kills bees and many commercial beekeepers and honey producers are effectively as bad as factory farmers.
Smaller, local apiaries are better, but there is still bee death
Those external flow honey collecting things are a pain to clean and don't work very long, and you're still taking the bee's winter food
I can see why vegans avoid honey, even if I didn't as a vegan
yeah from a vegan standpoint it makes total sense.
the only vegan thing I never really got was their stance against wool, though I suppose it is still keeping animals for their products.
I don't think "vegan stance" is really a thing, though obviously you can find areas of mass agreement. I think there are clusters of behaviors.
I have not had good interactions with vegans, especially in my time in Tempe.
I know it's a prejudiced viewpoint (especially since I've met and am friends with a lot of vegans now), but damn man getting a hamburger smacked out of your hand in a public place really kinda makes you dickish towards the entire idea in general.
Doesn't that mean you've had good interactions with vegans, especially right now?
I love Fleet Admiral Shala'Raan vas Tonbay in the Expanse even if it's weird seeing her without the quarian environment suit, tho she is rocking that sari
spoilers for episode 6:
I loved her speech about the government only being weaker than corporations because most public servants are in it for a cushy private sector gig down the line, but she isn't, which is why she's dangerous
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I mean this is already my job in the real world so sure I'm on board
#notallbugs
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I had to quit adderrall after college.
Staying up for 80 hours straight is bad for you.
On the plus side I can drink a double shot of espresso and go straight to sleep because that shit is weak.
BUT ITS MORE ACCURATE TO SAY THAT TERMITRS SRE COCKROACHES AND COCKROACHES ARE SUPER CLOSELY RELATED TO MANTIDS
Right? "Do not be afraid" is just willfully endangering myself! :P
It's never happened again and was one of the most shocking social moments of my life.
Right outside the Fatburger on Mill Ave.
I used to have a real hate boner for vegans, but it's subsided as I've aged and realized (at least somewhat) that I shouldn't let that interaction with 1 asshole ruin a good source of healthy food ideas and sour potential relationships with good people.
But man... I still get pissed thinking about it.
And then cockroaches are basically preying mantises which is also weird
I mean I also got a lot of shit done. And do not have problems with abuse or weird affects. I just also talked a lot.
I AM NOTHING IF NOT PEDANTIC, I ACCEPT THIS CORRECTION THOUGH IT'S SUPER WEIRD TO THINK ABOUT
You're not fuckin' special
That's like, actually a super useful thing.
Shit, I need to figure out something useful to do at the compound don't I?
tell us about your new wheels
Clearly, she says.
The guy I TA for, who's a mantis scientist, introduced the difference as "Mantises are... basically predatory cockroaches."
What's weird is that we are like HYMENOPTERA IS KING OF EUSOCISLITY but like it is a trait that evolved multiple times independently in the order, and it also shows up in blattodea and hemiptera and it's all independent origins and it's like wtf is happan
Clearly.
This is what we call righteous anger
Periplaneta is obviously the best planeta.
Like that one dude who released a late Get Out review to ruin its 100%
You're a fuckin' toolbag
Me being an asshole or them being an asshole?
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It's a true fact. And then there are some predatory cockroaches anyway and you're like "nature plz"
Right, that's the weird thing. Though I didn't know about eusocial hemipterans, I just knew about blattodea..ds? and hymenopterans. And also Heterocephalids.
(Ok, had to look that last one up.)
I've had my driver's license since I was 17
But I haven't had my own car since I was, like, 21
And now, combined with my sobriety, I frequently find myself in a situation where people are like "Okay, who can drive?"
And I'm like "oh I guess I can I just, um, haven't done it in a while, but yeah I can totally do that according to the government. Like it's totally legal for me to do so, I just don't think about it much.
How do make cars go again?"
I'm a fan.
Was it Armond White?
edit: yes yes it was
It's some aphid species that do it. They make galls and protect the galls.
Doesn't that mean you've had good interactions with vegans, especially right now?
spoilers for episode 6:
Yeah it was rough having to give up getting shit done.
It's a pretty big turn off for most employers eventually.
The emerald wasp turns a cockroach into a drone zombie and is eaten from the inside out by the wasps larvae, correct?
Because if so that's amazing.