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Hummingbird feet (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

To be fair, "do hummingbirds have feet" seems eminently wikipediable. I'd like to think that if I ever felt the need to drunk-dial an expert, it'd be for something less trivial.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Not even 20 years ago smart phones and the internet weren't ubiquitous. I'm only 35 but even I remember personal stories about bar disagreements where we just simply couldn't use our phones to search the net. Because all they were capable of is dialing a number and Snake.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

seems eminently wikipediable

Telephones existed for a century before wikkipedia...

In the before times: The guinness book of records started as a promo by the guinness brewery given to pub owners to settle bar argumnets like this one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

TIL: Guinness Book of World Records origin story is the same as a D&D campaign: started in a tavern.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

All great things start in a bar. Or coffee shop. Or in the shower. Or in a dream. But never in a meeting.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

isnt a a bar evening just an optional meeting with no agenda and alcohol?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

But they don't just want the answer, they want to share an experience with the people they're with in a clever and fun way.