this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2025
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[–] ignirtoq@fedia.io 32 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"Almost half a dozen times" seems like a weird way to say 5.

[–] xylol@leminal.space 12 points 2 months ago

Like a bakers dozen is 13, a memers dozen is 5

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

"Half dozen" just seems like a waste of syllables.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 10 points 2 months ago

Reptiles had a couple more hundred million years to allow for that, yes of course they adapted to more stuff more times

[–] halvar@lemy.lol 4 points 2 months ago

They seem happy