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[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was literally just wondering if there was a nominative determinism community

[–] Klear@quokk.au 2 points 3 weeks ago

And an aptly named one, too!

[–] PumpkinEscobar@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

This is like The Washington Post (owned by Bezos) with articles about how billionaires shouldn't be taxed

[–] Damage@feddit.it 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Italian name. Grande means big, -oni is suffix for big (plural) so this guy is Biggy big Dino

[–] psud@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

So probably a t-rex

[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

isn't there a political italjan figure named Dino Grande by coincidence?

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Seeing as their closest living relative is the Chicken, not all that smart.

[–] HeavenlySpoon@ttrpg.network 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ravens are equally close relatives, as are parrots.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Would your kids survive an extinction event?

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's just a joke, I believe animals are far more intelligent than dumbasses give them credit for.

And we will find out the answer to your question, what time is it? Oh shit, got to go.

[–] EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Clearly a chickenless Lemm, they smarter than many people.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought komodo dragons were descended from them?

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

T. Rex and the other dinosaurs shaped like it (the theropods) are the ancestors of birds

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

They could be ancestors of a lot of things!

[–] Elilol@fedinsfw.app 4 points 1 month ago

Nice try, Fellow human...

[–] RedNajm@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Big Dino doesn't want you to know where its funding goes

Damn, it's just a name in my region, never seen it in that light 😂