Littlebotweak

Littlebotweak t1_ixv6389 wrote

This is such an ignorant take. There’s no such thing as getting a taste of human, that’s just dumb.

The snake saw a living object of a size it could take down and that’s it. Yes, it will see other objects it can take down and it will do so, but it’s not going to suddenly try to kill all humans. 😂

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Littlebotweak t1_iu027o2 wrote

It’s a tough one because, yes, the Boulder police were being pricks to this guy. I imagine it was because there were so many of them around they wanted something to do.

But, don’t let that subtract from the fact that the BPD did go into the site of an active shooting. They didn’t all stand outside for an hour and a half harassing people, they went in and an officer did lose his life.

I lived in Boulder for many years and I could give plenty of examples of BPD being feckless and cowardly.

When it mattered on this particular day they did answer the call. They did justify their SWAT team and they did get the shooter alive.

By all means tear them down for their flaws, but at least give them credit for their overarching actions that day.

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Littlebotweak t1_itv5ck1 wrote

Not necessarily. Insects don’t really see you, they see something and all that something equates to is stimulus that reaches a threshold and compels the organism to act or react. It’s less “Ehrmagherd giant!” And more “Ehrmagherd the shadow or light changed!”

They don’t need to be able to render “you” visually to respond to cues to avoid you. They need just enough to survive.

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Littlebotweak t1_ir7bccl wrote

A friend and I were walking home from Fort Meade high school in Maryland - army base, but civilian students also attended.

A red Lebaron stopped and asked if we knew how to get to route 100. As we approached the car it became clearer and clearer he was wanking. There were dress blues in the passenger seat.

We failed to get the plates. It was 96 or so.

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