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Community notes are the only thing that ๐•itter still has going for it. (b.l3n.co)
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Deb JJ Lee (they) @jdebbiel ยท 22h โ€ฎโ‹ฏ

Learned that sea urchins have a single eye and now I'm physically ill

[Two photos, the first showing a sea urchin and the second more zoomed in on a small orange part in the middle of its body.]

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That is a butthole.
inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/292...

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[โ€“] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I still don't really understand how community notes haven't been killed yet. Did Elon fire everyone who knows how to control it?

[โ€“] XTornado@lemmy.ml 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah super weird specially when I think some were correction to his xeets... Maybe he disabled them or somebody did disable them for him so he doesn't see them? ๐Ÿคท

[โ€“] chatokun@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

They like the notes. They aren't as effective as they claim, but it allows them to pretend they're moderating content using it. People who agree with the nasty stuff will just ignore it; it won't change their mind.

[โ€“] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

In Portuguese the butthole can be called "the eye of the ass"

[โ€“] ransomwarelettuce@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

PORTUGAL CARALHO !!!

[โ€“] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

brown eye

[โ€“] MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

So that's what Van Morrison was singing about.

[โ€“] Hupf@feddit.de 10 points 10 months ago

Beauty lies in the eye of the butthole.

[โ€“] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Any marine biologists able to weigh in?

[โ€“] Goatmom@lemmy.ml 36 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not a marine biologist, but I am a biology student in my undergrad, and have dissected these recently. That is indeed the butthole. Sea urchins don't have eyes.

[โ€“] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I have no eyes but I must poop.

[โ€“] XTornado@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The ocean, the sea creatures, it's a whole other world down there. I'm practically an expert, you know. Ask me anything about marine life, and I'll give you a convincing answer. It's like I'm swimming with the dolphins of knowledge, baby!

So regarding this, one day, there I am, waist-deep in the ocean, when I stumble upon a distressed sea urchin. When out of nowhere, I whip out a golf ball โ€“ you heard me, a golf ball! I save the day by removing the obstruction from the butthole of a sea urchin.

[โ€“] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Settle down, George.

[โ€“] SteveTech@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago

Here's the link for the curious: https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/292192

[โ€“] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Uni(sushi) is yummy!

[โ€“] remaniac@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

As with anything, there is a twitter account which collects them https://twitter.com/cnviolations/status/1747166763400212593