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[–] diverging@piefed.social 18 points 2 days ago

Well, I guess your thumb disappeared.

I can try another way the blind spot is about 15 cm at arms length to the right of the right eyes center of vision. So put your thumb there and it should disappear

[–] diverging@piefed.social 83 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (16 children)

Because of this we have blind spots, one for each eye. They are not usually noticeable because 1) the blind spot of one eye can usually be seen by the other, and 2) the brain fills in the gap.

So with this I will perform a magic trick, I will make your thumb disappear: Close your left eye and with your right look at a spot in the background, make a thumbs up gesture and place the tip of your thumb on that spot, move your thumb to the the right continuing to look at the spot in the background, when your thumb moves about 15 cm your thumb should disappear.

You can use your left eye too, just switch the directions.

[–] diverging@piefed.social 25 points 2 days ago

I don't think you understand correctly. The cephalopod eye and the fish eye (which includes tetrapods) evolved independently.

[–] diverging@piefed.social 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Voting isn't like a test, where the questions are unknown before you get your hands on it. Sample ballots are available well before you go to vote, allowing you to research all the candidates and ballot issues as much as you want, before showing up at a polling location.

[–] diverging@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That is an incredibly arbitrary definition, but still would seem to only rule out New Zealand. As far as I can tell 100% of the landmasses of Palau, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Tuvalu, and Brunei are opposite another landmass.

[–] diverging@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What about New Zealand, Palau, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Tuvalu, and Brunei?

[–] diverging@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lots of people doing something for fun but not taking it seriously is just an advertisement for people that will take it seriously.

[–] diverging@piefed.social 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

German is not the same as Germanic. Both German and English evolved from a common ancestor, which we call Proto-Germanic.

'Who' and 'Where' are '*hwaz' and '*hwar' in Proto-Germanic.

I would say that in this case German strayed more than English.