this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2023
384 points (96.8% liked)

Asklemmy

43963 readers
1299 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy ๐Ÿ”

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

  1. Open-ended question
  2. Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
  3. Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
  4. Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
  5. An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

For me it is the fact that our blood contains iron. I earlier used to believe the word stood for some 'organic element' since I couldn't accept we had metal flowing through our supposed carbon-based bodies, till I realized that is where the taste and smell of blood comes from.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] PaulSmackage@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's about 25 blimps in the world, and only 40-50 pilots.

[โ€“] Sasuke@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

doesn't really fit the thread, but i was surprised when i learned that the empire state building has a blimp docking station

[โ€“] June@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They really thought blimps were gonna be a thing.

[โ€“] UnicodeHamSic@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

They should have been

[โ€“] HodgePodge@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

this is super cool.

[โ€“] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

That looks like sea creatures mating

[โ€“] D61@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

"Highlander" rules.

There can be ONLY one!