But he turned me into a newt!

Username checks out.

From wikipedia:

Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes. Thus monkeys, in that sense, constitute an incomplete paraphyletic grouping; however, in the broader sense based on cladistics, apes (Hominoidea) are also included, making the terms monkeys and simians synonyms in regard to their scope.

apes ⊂ monkeys, actually.

Humans are apes, apes are monkeys, paraphyletic groups are bullshit.

The universe is believed to end just a few nanoseconds before a monkey finishes writing Hamlet.

She became Batgirl!

On this internet.

I’ve recently realised that if I listen to someone talking or say anything myself after waking up to go to the toilet or something, I will not be able to go back to sleep again.

My uneducated guess is that it wakes up the language centre in my brain and for some reason one that is active, sleep is done for the day.

I might look into that later. Thanks.

Holy hell!

I tried that for a couple of weeks recently and while not dealing with all the bullshit google ads was refreshing, the actual results were often pretty bad.

I just googled and couldn’t find a single instance of that law being used in practice when it comes to flags. Nobody cares.

There are rules of course, but unlike the US nobody here gives a crap about them.

Relevant cover

There’s also this.

Good news. Paraphyletic groups are bullshit that shouldn’t exist and if we get rid of them, then you actually are a fish.

Oh god yes, I need another coffee. Thanks for reminding me.

I just looked on a compass (I’m in space, currently).

It’s pointing north.