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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Fun fact: the guy who first proposed this "running man" hypothesis about persistence hunting in the late 1960s (Grover Krantz) was better known as a staunch advocate for the existence of Bigfoot. Personally, I can't believe that anybody could still believe in Bigfoot - it's so obviously just a Yeti in a gorilla suit.

For some weird reason, Krantz's skeleton and that of his favorite dog are on display at the Smithsonian.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 3 days ago

I was playing tag with my kid yesterday. He's 3, almost 4. He's very fast for his age, but not as fast as me. He asked to play tag because he just learned it in school. I could dodge to the side as he was getting close and change direction. I could fake him out. I could sprint to the other side of our 1 acre meadow to creat space. But he just kept coming. Smiling and laughing the whole time. I'm starting to get winded. Hands on my knees for a second after a sprint, but only for a second as he's closed the gap already. His undeterred motivation and pace was scary. He was going to get me eventually, and he seemed to know it.

I now know how the victims of Chucky must have felt.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

isnt this a diprotodon, which is the largest marsupial in australia, in the vombatiforms.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

For some reason I read that as vomitiform (I bet I know how they fought)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It just means wombat-shaped, the w was changed to v in a half-arsed effort to Latinise it (despite -form coming from Greek anyway).

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 days ago

We are the snail

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