This is now part of my headcanon. Romeo dies and a random cat that was nearby plays with his hair.

Thanks for saving me a click

Well… Mine is baited.

Ok but why on Science Memes? I’m also confused, not downvoting but wondering wtf why here.

Waiting with baited breath for Lemmy community to turn this into a science meme

I would also be confused af. First, I would think it wants me to tap objects with a somewhat glossy surface, even though all of them actually reflect light. But having sorted the first trick in this question, I am now confronted with two other questions: is a body of water considered an “object”? Also, are those actually photos of a river or are they illustrations of a river? They don’t look realistic to me… Because if they’re illustrations then they wouldn’t be particularly more reflective than anything else in this set of images

I hate these things

Interesting, I can’t say I lived in Melbourne other than during a holiday visit. Maybe I should say NSW

Agreed

So is Australia apparently. I’ve seen this joke a few times and the first time I had to ask what the hell it was all about. I’ve seen my share of gardens with mint in it and not only it doesn’t take over everything, it’s also very susceptible to insects. A fully grown plant will disappear over the weekend if the right caterpillars find it.

Lantana, now, that’s a problem

I seriously don’t understand people’s assumption that insects don’t feel pain, or people who think bug spray is a painless option to kill. Seeing the bugs squirm for half an hour should probably clue you in. Personally it’s my last resort.

Viruses mutate constantly, this is how you get new strains of everything so frequently. I’m not sure if you were being sarcastic or not, apologies, if it was a joke question it whooshed me

A true hero of our times

Update: no, it didn’t make it to a fortune, sorry.

(What kind of headline is this??)

At the moment of leaving this comment at least two people completely missed your sarcasm

I would rate it a 4 out of 10 stars but some people say I have really high standards

Or Photoshop.

Also I’ve burned copper wire for fun and the green flame appears for just a second or so, once it burns (I guess the surface oxidizes? ) it stops. If they put copper on the burners they must have some impressive coordination and speed to turn all three and snap the photo before the reaction is over

Meme where

You got the country right. What’s your idea of a small car? When was the last time you drove in Australia? How large are the lanes where you live?

Of the cars you listed (or better said the website listed) only the Nissan Leaf is under 1800 mm width ( 1780 mm ). With a length of 4490 mm it’s not exactly a small car though, but I’ll grant you it’s within an acceptable size range for a vehicle. I haven’t seen many around tbh. The MG zs EV follows closely at 1809 x 4323, acceptable sizes but not small.

The Tesla T3, TY (you see these two a lot), Kia EV5, and BMW ix1 are well above 1900mm width. The T3, by far the most popular, is exactly 1933mm W x 4720cm L, the TY only 3cm longer. Hardly, hardly what I’d call a small car.

The other models listed are all above 1800cm width, and their lengths are over 4200 mm.

Let’s compare these sizes against popular PICKUP models. Ford Ranger: 1910 mm x 5225, Volkswagen Amarok: 1910x 5350, Mitsubishi Triton 1815x5305, BYD Shark3 1994x 5195, Nissan Navara 1850 x 5120.

TESLAS ARE WIDER THAN PICKUPS. Why??? Most other EVs have comparable widths to those of a pickup. Is that small?

Examples of actually small cars: Honda Jazz 1694mm x 3996, Toyota Yaris 1710x 3940, Suzuki Swift 1735x 3840, Nissan Micra 1665x 3780, Fiat Mini Cooper 1744 x 3876. These are relatively recent models. If you look for older ones, before 2020, you’ll find even more under 1600mm. Before the 2000s, you get cars even narrower than that.

New roads might take the current average car sizes into account, but nobody is broadening already existing streets.

Oh. In the USA huh ?

No

Renaults are rare in Australia (and for some reason also disliked by aussies in general ). I would say the most popular brands are BYD, Tesla, Honda, Toyota, Kia, and Hyundai, easily more than half the cars you see in circulation today. I can probably count with my fingers the amount of times I’ve seen a Renault while driving.

On the same boat and yes it’s depressing. It’s also depressing that nobody seems to be thinking about all electric small cars, or even normal width cars, at least where I live. Teslas and BYDs here are about as wide as buses. I can only dream of Honda or Toyota making an electric vehicle no wider than 70% of the lanes they’re supposed to drive on.