Wandering Adventure Party

@ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net We’re never going to recover from this.

And they apparently primarily subsisted on cannibalism.

There was nothing for the ants to eat in the pitch-dark bunker; in 2016, the scientists hypothesized that the insects survived by cannibalizing their dead comrades.

But before you get worried about an ant cannibalism society, the humans decided to end the ant torment nexus rather than pursue curiosity.

The study authors also wondered if they could help the trapped ants find their way home, and in 2016, they installed a vertical "boardwalk" — a wooden beam extending from the floor to the entrance of the pipe.

And most of the ants left.

https://www.livescience.com/nuclear-bunker-cannibal-ants.html

RE: https://jorts.horse/users/blursedtexts/statuses/116395349133962872

@sludgecatheter@outerheaven.club yeah I wasn’t disagreeing. It is more of a ‘me’ issue.

I have a pathological aversion to imposing or manipulating others, and at the same time, humor is an important defensive weapon for me. It probably doesn’t seem like it here on fedi, but I don’t struggle to make people laugh in person. But anyways, one of humor’s exploitable leaks is that it can be something of a thought terminating cliche for social situations. People are inclined to see past the jokester once you get them laughing. This is one of the safety valves, but it’s very useful for someone who has to mask. Thinking of it as an imposition just makes me do some uncomfortable self reflection.

I don’t disagree with the dangers. I navigate by having a lot of practice and a very good intuition for boundaries. I think online is most troublesome because there are vocal, social, and body language cues for humor, which are mostly missing in the text medium.

Charades was a poor attempt at a joke. It’s a set of games where one isn’t allowed to talk, but through gesture, and (in some variations) drawings, one has to get the audience to guess what the prompt is. It’s often quite funny. It works best with funny art, and being humorous.

Also, you can attempt jokes on any of my posts. If it goes wrong, you can remind me of this conversation.

@sludgecatheter@outerheaven.club the notion that humor is something you impose on others in a social situation is a thought that makes me more unsettled than I’d have thought. ​​

But The middle ground is charades, no?

@fujiwara@sakurajima.moe sounds like a good day. ​​

@peachymist@labyrinth.zone I wouldn't be bothered. We're all a CIA hotline tip away from this, if we ever really want it.

@ezra@problemeowtic.net I'm not sure it's not so much a desire to not let them see, as the fact that the realities and requirements of a city provide really bad soil for conservatism. I think in part, it really is that scary for them.

Cities demand compromise and shared space. The allure of conservatism is that it promises certain individuals personal power within their own space, of which there is precious little in a city. It's hard to control your wife and children exactly as you please when there is only a thin apartment wall between you and your neighbor, who is always there to judge or call in a DV. There is also the fact that you will not be able to isolate your fief from other cultures, ideas, and identities.

The hellscape design of American cities tries its best to blunt this, but it can only do so much lifting.

@waitworry@sakurajima.moe Last year I got the urge to try it, so I went and bought some decent japanese whiskey and had them for a bit.

It's a nice relaxation drink. My only beef is that despite trying it in many forms, I just don't like tonic. I tried it a few times then enjoyed it more making it with club soda, and eventually, topo chico (Because gods, I love my carbonation).

At the end of the day it's just Whiskey on the rocks with soda water and a slice of lemon ​​ but I'm kinda simple. Do recommend, but the price of japanese whiskey makes it kinda impractical.

@ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net goodnight.

@mikoto@urusai.social That's understandable. One of my few graces is that I very rarely get sick, and when I do, it's only inconvenient. The humidity isn't too bad here either.

I did not know you were a hat person. I hope you still manage to enjoy the weather.

@mikoto@urusai.social I love the rain. Most times I don't even mind getting wet, so I will take a walk when it rains.

@sludgecatheter@outerheaven.club don’t worry, you won’t see me. I just don’t sleep. We can stare at the river and watch the waters for everything but the faces we recognize… ​​

@sludgecatheter@outerheaven.club the difficulty is just my lack of enthusiasm for the premise. I’m ok with just jobbing this one and just getting through it. I usually do ok in contributing since I am instinctually combative with my books.

I’d feel bad but the book club has consistently picked genres or books of horror that I am just not into. I’ve liked one book out of about 7 so far, and that’s only because Shirley Jackson is a cheat code. I’m largely there to socialize.

@sludgecatheter@outerheaven.club and I was wrong. 400 pages. This might be easier than I thought.

@sludgecatheter@outerheaven.club The Hunger, by Alma Katsu.

I’m not really into historical fiction (I’d much rather read the actual history) so I’ve been dragging my feet.

I’ve been procrastinating all month. So now I have 2 days to read a 700 page book for book club…

@Elizafox@social.treehouse.systems that, and left wing authoritarianism always ends up taking up the conservative program, just with lipstick and a few nice words for the proletariat.

@sakurajima@sakurajima.moe

I wasn’t notified until this morning after a forums post.

I am sorry I didn’t put in a report sooner. I crashed almost immediately after getting off of work and didn’t wake until the early AMs.

I bought a 25lb bag of lentils with the goal of dry canning them and keeping them for a rainy day.
..but then there was a literal rainy day and my trunk got wet, ruining them.

At least for my purpose. An acquaintance is now in the process of boiling batches of that 25lbs of lentils for the purpose of feeding them to their 15 chickens.

@Ragashingo@starside.social I liked the message of this series a lot. I think it suffered from some pacing and narrative issues (episodes where the focus jumped a lot were not my favorite). I could have also done with our young MC being more of a character. She’s too often a blank slate for our perspective.

But the complexity of some of the relations and other things made it really enjoyable, even if the whole journal part isn’t actually important.