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opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8852 Posts
June 27 2017 13:35 GMT
#12661
Insect roadkill is an absurdly random thing to worry about. We affect insects much more by changing the breeding habitats. Most of Europe used to be a swamp and now marshes are rare and protected. We have probably reduced the amount of aquatic insects (including mosquitoes) in Europe by orders of magnitude already, killing a little more with cars doesn't change anything.
"Jeez, that's far from ideal." - Serral, the king of mild trashtalk
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Uldridge
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Belgium5232 Posts
June 27 2017 13:40 GMT
#12662
No doubt that infrastructure has hurt insect population by a lot, as well as atmospheric and aquatic pollution, but I would not underestimate the effect roads have either.
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AbouSV
Profile Joined October 2014
Germany1278 Posts
June 27 2017 16:10 GMT
#12663
Looking around on the internet, you can find sources that talk about the estimated number of insects, or their reproduction rate, so that the numbers discussed on the Wikipedia articles seem very unalarming.

As mentioned above, we have influence on global factors with much worse consequences.
Fecalfeast
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada11355 Posts
June 27 2017 17:22 GMT
#12664
How many june bugs would be needed to lift the average car high enough in the air to drop it and cause major damage to the car?
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AbouSV
Profile Joined October 2014
Germany1278 Posts
June 27 2017 18:10 GMT
#12665
Many more than the humanity kills with their cars every year.
GreenHorizons
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States24397 Posts
June 27 2017 19:22 GMT
#12666
On June 28 2017 02:22 Fecalfeast wrote:
How many june bugs would be needed to lift the average car high enough in the air to drop it and cause major damage to the car?


Can you resist the math bait?
"People like to look at history and think 'If that was me back then, I would have...' We're living through history, and the truth is, whatever you are doing now is probably what you would have done then" "Scratch a Liberal..."
Simberto
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany12038 Posts
June 27 2017 20:14 GMT
#12667
Dunno, usually "How many x would it take to do y to z" questions are rather boring (Unless you do them really hardcore xkcd style and notice weird phenomena like a gravitational collapse)

If you don't do that, it simply means:
A) Google/Guess how much y an x can do
B) Google/Guess how much total y you need to do y to z
C) Divide Answer from B by Answer from A
D) Get really large number
Thieving Magpie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States6752 Posts
June 28 2017 04:55 GMT
#12668
On June 28 2017 05:14 Simberto wrote:
Dunno, usually "How many x would it take to do y to z" questions are rather boring (Unless you do them really hardcore xkcd style and notice weird phenomena like a gravitational collapse)

If you don't do that, it simply means:
A) Google/Guess how much y an x can do
B) Google/Guess how much total y you need to do y to z
C) Divide Answer from B by Answer from A
D) Get really large number


Questions are only as boring as how incomplete your answer is to them.
Hark, what baseball through yonder window breaks?
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
June 28 2017 19:52 GMT
#12669
Alright so this is a weird one.

I occasionally play Overwatch with a buddy and his 16 year old sister. She recently met a 29 year old professional player who she's a big fan of, and they started hanging out a lot. Now they play together sometimes pretty much all day (8-10+ hours), generally just the two of them, in OW and WoW. He asked her if she was going to E3 and stuff like that.

My buddy and I are arguing whether that seems healthy. Is a 16 year old hanging out online with a 29 year old for long hours cause for concern or nah?

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Poll: Is it cause for concern?

Maybe he has bad intentions, keep an eye on it (6)
 
46%

Probably not (4)
 
31%

Yes, he's definitely a creep (3)
 
23%

Not at all (0)
 
0%

13 total votes

Your vote: Is it cause for concern?

(Vote): Yes, he's definitely a creep
(Vote): Maybe he has bad intentions, keep an eye on it
(Vote): Probably not
(Vote): Not at all


"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
June 28 2017 20:01 GMT
#12670
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Simberto
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany12038 Posts
June 28 2017 20:02 GMT
#12671
Highly depends on the details imo. Depending on those, it can be anywhere between totally fine and creepy.

Does he know that she is 16?
How do they talk to each other? Is it mentor + pupil, two friends, flirting?
Is he in a relationship or not?
Is she really gullible or not?
Does she think he is creepy? (probably not, since she continues to interact with him) What are her intentions towards him?
Shouldn't she be doing other stuff like school?
Fecalfeast
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada11355 Posts
June 28 2017 20:05 GMT
#12672
Assuming you're all canadiannthe legal age of consent is 16. That doesn't answer the question of course since legalty has nothing to do with creepiness.

It's a bit creepy
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JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
June 28 2017 20:08 GMT
#12673
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Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-28 20:11:53
June 28 2017 20:08 GMT
#12674
On June 29 2017 05:02 Simberto wrote:
Highly depends on the details imo. Depending on those, it can be anywhere between totally fine and creepy.

Does he know that she is 16?
How do they talk to each other? Is it mentor + pupil, two friends, flirting?
Is he in a relationship or not?
Is she really gullible or not?
Does she think he is creepy? (probably not, since she continues to interact with him) What are her intentions towards him?
Shouldn't she be doing other stuff like school?

-He knows she's 16
-I have no idea how they talk to each other, I don't really talk to either. She used to be flirty with me though, until she got tired of me not responding to it.
-I have no idea about his relationship status
-She's not particularly gullible. She's very starstruck though and has a very high opinion of him.
-She thinks he's super nice
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
Simberto
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany12038 Posts
June 28 2017 20:11 GMT
#12675
On June 29 2017 05:08 JimmiC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 29 2017 05:02 Simberto wrote:
Highly depends on the details imo. Depending on those, it can be anywhere between totally fine and creepy.

Does he know that she is 16?
How do they talk to each other? Is it mentor + pupil, two friends, flirting?
Is he in a relationship or not?
Is she really gullible or not?
Does she think he is creepy? (probably not, since she continues to interact with him) What are her intentions towards him?
Shouldn't she be doing other stuff like school?



First question is reasonable but I think its implied above he does

If it's a guy and girl spending that much time, we all know the intentions

How does this matter? If he is WTF, pretty sure most women would call that "emotional cheating" If hes not he wants the same as if not.

At 16 everyone is gullible at least compared to what they will be as they get older>

She probably loves him, the question is does she admit it.

Last one is very legit!


I don't think it is implied that he knows that she is 16. If they only know each other online, there is a realistic chance that she just told him that she is 22 or whatever. (I have obviously no idea if she did something like that, but it is definitively not impossible)

If she loves him, the situation is almost certainly not gonna end good. Because that kind of relationship is just not gonna last in almost all cases.

And i disagree that the only reason that males communicate with females is to have sex.

JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-28 20:24:29
June 28 2017 20:23 GMT
#12676
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Sent.
Profile Joined June 2012
Poland9331 Posts
June 28 2017 20:52 GMT
#12677
On June 29 2017 04:52 Djzapz wrote:
Alright so this is a weird one.

I occasionally play Overwatch with a buddy and his 16 year old sister. She recently met a 29 year old professional player who she's a big fan of, and they started hanging out a lot. Now they play together sometimes pretty much all day (8-10+ hours), generally just the two of them, in OW and WoW. He asked her if she was going to E3 and stuff like that.

My buddy and I are arguing whether that seems healthy. Is a 16 year old hanging out online with a 29 year old for long hours cause for concern or nah?

+ Show Spoiler +
Poll: Is it cause for concern?

Maybe he has bad intentions, keep an eye on it (6)
 
46%

Probably not (4)
 
31%

Yes, he's definitely a creep (3)
 
23%

Not at all (0)
 
0%

13 total votes

Your vote: Is it cause for concern?

(Vote): Yes, he's definitely a creep
(Vote): Maybe he has bad intentions, keep an eye on it
(Vote): Probably not
(Vote): Not at all




What do you mean by "cause for concern"? It's definitely inappropriate, but they're both old enough to understand the inappropriateness of their actions. I don't know what could be reasonably done about it
You're now breathing manually
opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8852 Posts
June 28 2017 21:13 GMT
#12678
I don't know guys, I think that this kind of issues is heavily overplayed by our current society. 16 yearolds are pretty much adults, becoming two years older doesn't change it much. I don't even understand why are people in this age forced to go through mostly pointless middle education which basically just does nothing but stall until they are considered old enough for anything useful. A couple of centuries ago this was the prime time of life and now suddenly those people are considered children?
"Jeez, that's far from ideal." - Serral, the king of mild trashtalk
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JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-28 21:29:05
June 28 2017 21:26 GMT
#12679
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Sent.
Profile Joined June 2012
Poland9331 Posts
June 28 2017 21:42 GMT
#12680
On June 29 2017 06:13 opisska wrote:
I don't know guys, I think that this kind of issues is heavily overplayed by our current society. 16 yearolds are pretty much adults, becoming two years older doesn't change it much. I don't even understand why are people in this age forced to go through mostly pointless middle education which basically just does nothing but stall until they are considered old enough for anything useful. A couple of centuries ago this was the prime time of life and now suddenly those people are considered children?


Couple centuries ago female prime time of life meant that they could have kids and nothing else. They weren't considered adult in the sense that they were mature enough to understand the consequences of their actions, that's a 20th century 'invention'. Teenage boys also had very little freedom despite being considered 'adult', they couldn't do anything important without their father's approval (or death).
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