Xploited_HnterGather t1_jdspm2p wrote on March 26, 2023 at 10:01 PM

Reply to comment by widdrjb in TIL that seagulls not only eat other birds and animals, but are cannibals and often eat seagull chicks, even their own. by TrolleyMcTrollerson1

I want to see.

Xploited_HnterGather t1_j0uv23u wrote on December 19, 2022 at 4:27 PM

Reply to TIL that The sex of birds is determined by the Z and W sex chromosomes, rather than by the X and Y chromosomes present in mammals. Male birds have two Z chromosomes (ZZ), and female birds have a W chromosome and a Z chromosome (WZ). by treeofliife

Fasincating; you know how human females are (XX) and males (XY)? You also know how all humans are first female and then if you have the Y your body starts changing into male?

I have always seen the above two facts as meaning that in a real sense we are a female species that has male variants. I wonder if birds start out in their eggs as male and then differentiate into females if they have the W chromosome.

Xploited_HnterGather t1_isf2ijz wrote on October 15, 2022 at 2:15 PM

Reply to LPT: Don’t drain yourself continually trying to explain yourself. People can only meet you as deeply as they have met themselves. by Itsjustfireworks

Bruh, this hit me. Something that's been on the edge of my awareness.

Always afraid to come to this conclusion though because most people don't imagine that you've met yourself significantly more than them.

So they never agree that this is the reality of the matter. So the only way I can tell if this is happening is throuh 3rd parties or my own discernment.

And my own discernment isn't unbiased and it can be sneaky as hell serving what it perceives to be my interest.

So one/I could fall into a thought trap where I dismiss unpleasant realties about myself that are being revealed through others.

Such a fine line. It's truly an art to apply this pro tip.