[–] 52 points 5 days ago (9 children)

Complicated topic, but according to the nerdy Eurocentric definition:

Dragon = 4 limbs + 2 wings (6 total)

Wyvern = 2 legs + 2 wings (4 total)

Wyrm = 0 limbs/wings (Still very large, like the Tremors creatures or Sand Worms)

Technically "dragons" could have anywhere from 0 to hundreds or thousands of limbs/wings, and may or may not have the ability to fly/breathe fire/speak/possess magic/etc. depending on location, culture, and point in time.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    Do you think the thigh and breast muscles would be tough and gamey, or do you think it would scale similarly as chicken to turkey?

    There's probably a timeline where T-Rex was hunted to extinction like the Mammoth, or was domesticated for food like cattle, pigs, and other modern dinosaurs.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

    1 1/8 inches + 5 27/32 inches + 7 3/16 inches

    1/8 = 4/32
    3/16 = 6/32
    4 + 6 + 27 = 37
    37/32 = 1 5/32
    1 + 5 + 7 + 1 = 14
    Total: 14 5/32
    

    I wouldn't call it chaos, it's a straightforward algorithm:

    1. Identify the largest denominator
    2. Multiply each other fraction by [largest denominator divided by current fraction's denominator] (e.g. 32/8 = 4, so 1/8 * 4/4 = 4/32)
    3. Determine the sum of every numerator
    4. Divide and simplify the number if necessary
    5. Determine the sum of the integers, including any integers added in the previous step

    This works for every measurement because the denominator is always a power of 2.

    With that said I absolutely prefer metric.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

    I thought it was fun. After looking it up myself I learned:

    SpoilerI was definitely wrong, but got one aspect partially right. Rascallian came from rascal, which was originally a French word (rascaile) for the "people of the lowest class, the general mass; rabble or foot-soldiers of an army" source

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    For the origin of the word, I'm guessing it either has something to do with bad breath, or is a repurposed term from another language, likely mispronounced or misunderstood by English speakers.

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