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[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 173 points 9 months ago (5 children)
[–] Thrashy@lemmy.world 66 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I told my wife that from a genetic standpoint starfish are disembodied heads crawling across the seafloor on their mouth, and she was so squicked out that she left the room... Which was, in fairness, my intent, so, uh... mission accomplished?

[–] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I enjoyed that SpongeBob episode

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Did you ever read The Bikini Bottom Horror comic strip?

[–] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

yeah that's what I was referencing 💯

[–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 37 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Not gonna lie, that turned me on a little

[–] tubaruco@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago
[–] pixelscience@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

zzzzziiiiippppp

[–] clb92@feddit.dk 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Don't leave us hanging... what are they called in France??

[–] Lampadaire_raclette@jlai.lu 16 points 9 months ago (3 children)

They're called "étoiles de mer" in French

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 9 points 9 months ago

"toilets of the sea"

[–] clb92@feddit.dk 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Lampadaire_raclette@jlai.lu 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Okay…. Why are they called that?

What kind of toilettes are they using over there?!

[–] Lampadaire_raclette@jlai.lu 1 points 9 months ago

Thankfully they're not.

As xkforce@lemmy.world said above, "Étoile de mer" means "star from/of the sea". "Toilet of the sea" would be translated to "toilettes de mer" (wich don't exist)

[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Stars from/of the sea

[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 14 points 9 months ago

this would work on me

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Seems a bit weird that every culture would call them some variant of "stars" since they don't look like actual stars. Actual stars are just dots.

[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

For clarification, the lines are caused by the mirrors’ edges, and the cross hatch pattern common on street lamps in pictures comes from a filter (or scratched lenses/other filters.)

With your normal eyeballs, it comes from defects like cataracts.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

You don't need defects in your eyes to see it. All you need to do is to close your eyes slightly and look through your eyelashes. The light refracts on the lashes and creates a star-like pattern.

[–] Pipoca@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

They particularly look like diffraction spikes/starbursts.

Astigmatism, cataracts, glaucoma or smudged glasses can cause you to see starbursts when you look at bright lights at night.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I must assume all people who name things have astigmatism.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Surely whoever named astigmatism had astigmatism.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

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