Piss off!
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 24 May 2025 20:36
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wesker@lemmy.sdf.org on 24 May 2025 21:09 next collapse

I could piss stronger than a cicada.

br3d@lemmy.world on 24 May 2025 21:11 next collapse

I’m guessing there were three authors on this study, based on the “human” dots

ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org on 24 May 2025 21:15 next collapse

All of them exactly 5 large, but with pee between 20 and 80 jetty.

Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de on 24 May 2025 21:41 collapse

I wonder which author has the Mastiff

HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today on 24 May 2025 23:39 collapse

Mastiff been the biggest of the three authors.

unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz on 24 May 2025 21:41 next collapse

I guess I didn’t notice any cicada pee last time. The air was so thick with them it was affecting everybody’s mental health though. If i had noticed pee i would’ve just assumed it was a hallucination

RandomStickman@fedia.io on 24 May 2025 21:47 next collapse

Pretty wild that a bee pisses stronger than a bat

Speiser0@feddit.org on 24 May 2025 22:18 next collapse

Hey, do you want to watch some pissers? www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KBL7HHd1-o

nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl on 24 May 2025 22:35 next collapse

That cicada is one massive fucker, I get why the wee-wee is strong in this one.

Hoimo@ani.social on 25 May 2025 12:14 collapse

It’s actually about as Small as a cow is Large, according to this graph.

sga@lemmings.world on 25 May 2025 03:37 next collapse

how are we quantising water shape (droplet vs jet)? Is it amount of pee generated/unit amount of time or something similar?

Ruthalas@infosec.pub on 25 May 2025 04:06 next collapse

The labeling on those axes is horrific. A human is apparently about 7 units of “Large” on the “Size” axis, and can piss around 110 units of “Jet” on the “Shape” axis.

What is 7 units of Large Size you wonder? Fuck you. What is 110 units of Jet Shape you ask? Hell if we know. You sure aren’t going to.

What are all the unlabeled dots? Who cares. Sample size? “I saw one do it.”

Sas@beehaw.org on 25 May 2025 08:47 next collapse

Also not to forget according to this a cow is more than 10 times as large as a human

tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip on 25 May 2025 09:42 next collapse

I mean, humans are about 150 or 200 freedom units, and various breeds of cow weigh 10x that or more

flora_explora@beehaw.org on 25 May 2025 10:16 next collapse

With one data point as sample size, it could have been a baby, a huge bodybuilder or anything. Same goes for the human cow. None of this is reliable data and we shouldn’t even discuss it here.

Comment105@lemm.ee on 25 May 2025 11:23 collapse

Considering the human here is smaller than a dog and slightly larger than a cat, they apparently picked this subject up at a kindergarten.

flora_explora@beehaw.org on 25 May 2025 14:24 collapse

Lol didn’t even see that! :D

Comment105@lemm.ee on 25 May 2025 11:21 collapse

And a bit smaller than a dog, slightly larger than a cat.

Did these scientist observe and document a pissing toddler?

Scubus@sh.itjust.works on 25 May 2025 15:00 collapse

I feel like the three humans and dozens of cicadas are probably skewing the results as well.

Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee on 25 May 2025 04:28 next collapse

Reminds me of a school trip to a zoo when I was young where every animal relieved themselves while we were watching. It became a running joke. The elephant was my favorite.

woodenghost@hexbear.net on 25 May 2025 06:36 next collapse

But what’s even on the y-axis? Aspect ratio? X is probably weight?

Comment105@lemm.ee on 25 May 2025 11:25 collapse

I’m guessing shape (jet vs drip) is about the number of interruptions in the stream.

Hoimo@ani.social on 25 May 2025 12:21 next collapse

The strongest urinators are cicadas, but there’s other animals that score higher on the Jet Shape? I guess ~100 Jet Shape must be peak then and everything higher than that is actually a weaker form of urination.

Edit: the labeled dot is only one of many cicadas and some of them score as low as 1.

Krauerking@lemy.lol on 25 May 2025 14:14 collapse

Cicadas have nothing on the spotted lantern fly.
You want something disgusting and pisser of the animal kingdom pick the one that makes it look like it’s pouring only under trees, and it attracts wasps.