this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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Today I Learned (TIL)

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[–] FartFace@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Whaat, what's a mountain goat then? A sheep, a gazelle? Gib Tell.

[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The mayfly is also quite likely to fly so its name is a bit of an understatement.

[–] Thirdnipple79@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] kool_newt@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I've been lead astray by a booby as well.

[–] Kokomheart@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] JCSpark@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Kokomheart@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I vehemently oppose the new redditesque rule of "Begin posts with “TIL” ". One of the things I disliked about reddit is each sub having different rules, which also squashes Xposting ability, and Xposting is more common/important on the Lemmyverse since there are probably already 10 other TIL subs.

I reverted that rule away, but we can discuss it if you'd like 🙂

[–] JCSpark@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good point. It was nice to identify the posts right away when scrolling through, but the crossposting argument is valid.

There are quite a few posts already on TIL@lemmy.ml using this convention though. Given the larger use base in that instance, I'd be concerned about a majority tending with convention.

I'd suggest starting a new post here and gathering some feedback. I'm game to break traditional values if that's where we want to go.

[–] Kokomheart@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

If people want to put TIL in the title they can still do that 😛

[–] ram@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The critically endangered Mountain Chicken Mountain Chicken

Not a chicken.