wieson

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[–] wieson@feddit.org 1 points 3 hours ago

Yes, but bell peppers are also quite sweet. As a kid I learnt that vegetables are from perennial plants (only live for a year) but that rule of thumb is also inconsistent.

Vegetable refuse to be categorised. Become unrulable.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

May you explain why you think it's controversial? Only if you want to.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah I meant chomping at the bit. It comes from horses chewing the metal part of the bridle because they're fired up and want to run.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

I don't think it is.
They all were colonial powers that oppressed and subdued their colonial holdings, extracting wealth and even soldiers. France was the only republic, all the others were monarchies and Russia had the most absolutist monarchy. But that doesn't really factor in, because even France wasn't fighting to spread or preserve democracy.

All were fighting to beat them arch enemies, to steal a piece of land or two or maybe a colony and to test their newly developed industrial weaponry. They were all ~~stomping~~ chomping at the bit before it started.

The German Empire was surely the most militaristic society. But they still fought all for the same ideology and reason.
To my last point, you can see that in the result: the losers had to gave up colonies but not to independence but to the victors as spoils.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Congratulations you have one

[–] wieson@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nice. It's way better isn't it?

[–] wieson@feddit.org 43 points 1 day ago (11 children)

That WW1 was the same moral black and white as WW2.
In my opinion, every country in WW1 was the villain just that one side was impatient enough to be the aggressor first.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There are vegetables where you eat the root.
There are vegetables where you eat the leaves.
There are vegetables where you eat the stem.
But for cucumbers, pumpkins, aubergine and paprika you eat the fruit, why should the tomato be different?

[–] wieson@feddit.org 12 points 1 day ago

And the drinking age in Scotland is 18

[–] wieson@feddit.org 17 points 2 days ago (11 children)

I will always be weirded out by Us-americans and Canadians serving a charcuterie board and a cheese platter with CRACKERS instead of different varieties of bread.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Ich dachte Polyglott ist man ab 7 Sprachen

[–] wieson@feddit.org 86 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Americans will invent a fantasy world, give a character a Scottish accent but still set the drinking age to 21.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by wieson@feddit.org to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
 

A brittle rock made of glitter. It breaks in this linear fashion and can be pound into sand by a mortar and pestle.

Anyone got any clues?

Edit: Thanks for all the answers. I found it in Romania and after searching for forums of minerals from Romania, I got a few other clues.

It isn't conclusive to me yet, but the possibilities are:

  • Pyrit
  • Mica
  • Schist
  • Nagyágit
  • Calaverit
  • Sylvanit

Of these, Mica and Sylvanit fit the best (imo).

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