arctic-hands:

davidalleynes:

honestly we are entering a Dark Age of Gaming where only co-op games exist and the only companies producing single player games are bethesda and bioware

Well this post certainly aged nicely

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i-draws-dinosaurs:

cyfymech:

a-dinosaur-a-day:

bruh-i-nevre-seen-a-cooler-dino:

According to this paper (1), Tyrannosaurus opened it’s mouth at an absolute maximum angle of 80°. Since I can’t find any biomechanical analysis on Giganotosaurus gape angles, I’m going to assume a similar gape to Allosaurus, its closest analyzed relative (90°). (Fig 8 from above paper)

Using the below image from Scott Hartman (2), I measured the length of Tyrannosaurus and Giganotosaurus jaws using the scale bar provided.

This provided me with a jaw length estimate of 1.585 m and 1.506 m for Giganotosaurus (upper and lower jaws respectively). Measurements of 1.475 m and 1.401 m were taken from the Tyrannosaurus upper and lower jaws. Now time for some trig (fuck why am i doing this i hate math)

And that becomes…

Which leads to a total gape of 2.186 meters for Giganotosaurus and 1.849 meters for Tyrannosaurus. While this is useful to figuring out how many hot dogs they could eat, it doesn’t account for jaw width. Using Scott Hartman’s comparison again, a width for Tyrannosaurus was found to be 0.469 m, while a width for Giganotosaurus was found to be 0.406 m. Multiplying the length and width of each animals jaws, we come to a value of 0.867 m^2 for Tyrannosaurus and a value of 0.888 m^2 for Giganotosaurus.

So it’s very close, but Giganotosaurus had a slightly larger mouth, and by my estimates could eat more hot dogs. That said there are numerous sources of error and without knowing how fast either animal could eat, this is the closest approximation of the truth my lazy ass felt like putting out.

Sources:
1:  Lautenschlager S. R. Soc. open sci. 2015 2 150495; DOI: 10.1098/rsos.150495. Published 4 November 2015
2: http://www.skeletaldrawing.com/home/mass-estimates-north-vs-south-redux772013

Friend, you put too much effort into this

I want to remind everybody that no matter what you say, this is still the most important post on this entire goddamned site.

This is such a beautiful display of science and mathematics that is completely pointless but at the same time somehow incredibly fulfilling.

just-shower-thoughts:

Taxes are your yearly subscriptions to the country you’re living in.

just-shower-thoughts:

It’s funny to think that Red, White and Blue are the colors of freedom until they are flashing behind you.

her-minds-a-mess:

Fuck parties man I just wanna drive to the lake and look up at the stars w someone I love

(via keep-dreaming-and-never-wake-up)

sweetschizo:

sweetschizo:

Schizophrenic people are 14 times more likely to be victims of a violent crime than commit one.

“(Schizophrenic) Individuals in this sample were at least 14 times more likely to be victims of a violent crime than to be arrested for one. In general, the risk associated with being in the community was higher than the risk these individuals posed to the community”

This means that neurotypicals are a much bigger threat to schizophrenic people than schizophrenic people are to neurotypicals.

You can now shove all your “psycho killer” stereotypes up your ass.

I’d really appreciate if non schizophrenic people reblogged this cause the misconception that schizophrenic people are dangerous is so widespread and I really want people to see this post so that they won’t react with fear and apprehension when they meet a schizophrenic person.

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