The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[sun rise]

To "bear with." Such puns are barely appropriate. What if someone gets hurt?

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Wikipedia accuracy can sometimes be spotty BUT:

Scientists have actually done a lot of work looking at how accurate Wikipedia is across all sorts of topics. Wikipedia is acknowledged as the best source of information online for knee arthroscopes, for example. Its cancer information is as accurate and in-depth as a database maintained by experts. Its nephrology information is comprehensive and fairly reliable. Its drug information is accurate and comprehensive, even when compared to textbooks. Its political coverage is accurate. It’s a highly complete and accurate resource on musculoskeletal anatomy.

A review of 42 science articles by subject experts for Nature found Wikipedia was as accurate as Britannica. A study by Oxford University of 22 English-language articles, funded by the Wikimedia Foundation, concluded it was more accurate than Britannica.
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Evidence suggests Wikipedia is accurate and reliable. When are we going to start taking it seriously?

When people stop being anti-intellectual stinky nuggets of a certain body part (I learned this expression from a Kiwi so it's delightfully, colorfuly vulgar when not put in a censor friendly way ).

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Looks like the particular herd of covid viruses (interesting fact, virus is the only English-Latin word thingy like that that doesn't follow normal conjugation rules to make the plural form viri. That's not correct. It is virus. But it is also succubi and platypi and octupi. But not viri for whatever reason) may have made it's way through campus staff and office staff (there's not many of either) because it turns out that the paperwork for everyone in my phlebotomy extern group being submitted because some staff have also been down with covid.

 

[Wu Wei]

Looks like the particular herd of covid viruses (interesting fact, virus is the only English-Latin word thingy like that that doesn't follow normal conjugation rules to make the plural form viri. That's not correct. It is virus. But it is also succubi and platypi and octupi. But not viri for whatever reason) may have made it's way through campus staff and office staff (there's not many of either) because it turns out that the paperwork for everyone in my phlebotomy extern group being submitted because some staff have also been down with covid.

And don't forget the plural of Moose is Meese

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Meese

English needs thumped in the head over the ee dipthong not being consistently pronounced.

 

[sun rise]

And don't forget the plural of Moose is Meese

 

[Shadow Wolf]

What do you know about this, @Wu Wei?

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I'll take that Q thingy messing with me.

 

[Revoltingest]

I'll take that Q thingy messing with me.

Not an option on this show.

 

[sun rise]

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Cat loaf

 

[Revoltingest]

 

[sun rise]

I know this will spoil Christmas morning, but this is and will be my unparalleled gift to you all:

 

[Revoltingest]

 

[Wu Wei]

Hates Meeces to pieces

 

[Wu Wei]

What do you know about this, @Wu Wei?

That was a little Black bear.

And that use to happen at a grocery store North of me at Long Lake.... on occasion the manager would take a shopping cart and push them back out the door

 

[Revoltingest]

 

[Stevicus]

It's going to get down to 40° tonight. I might have to use one of those fancy heaters.

 

[Revoltingest]

 

[sun rise]