Not eight minutes and twenty seconds?

Not even an edit: I typed this then realized I was thinking of the speed of light, not sound. Sorry for doubting you.

We’d probably be safe from the “Quiet Place” monsters, at least.

Hey wait … I’m in a comment section now!

Possibly a lawyer.

Maybe even specializing in bird law.

Fortunately, the vast majority of what I drink is water, which apparently doesn’t appeal to spiders. I do look in my cups as I sip from them now, but arachnid presence does not appear to be a prevailing threat for most of what I consume.

A while ago, I moved to a rural area and placed my recliner next to a semi open fireplace / chimney.

In that timeframe, many times I’ve had an unattended open topped cup containing a sugary beverage with a straw on it; most of those times it’s been a fine experience.

Two of those times, I’ve picked up the beverage without looking in the cup and taken a few big chugs through the straw, only to then look in the cup as I set it down and realize that there was a spider type critter (once an unidentified species, once a harvestman).

Both times I immediately spat out anything I could and went for mouthwash.

Nowadays I look in my cups before chugging.

I wish I had a better place for my cups.

“Americans think 100 years is old. Europeans think 100 miles is far.”

I second this question.

My dog is this way also, but even with his food. It boggles the mind.

Lessons by Netflix.

Where?!

She actually painted multiple pets, so perhaps I’ll share the others there. Thank you for the recommendation.

It’s impressive that you were able to paint your cat at all; I tried trimming my cat’s claws once and nearly needed a blood transfusion after!

Thank you for the kind words, I’ll pass them on.

I wouldn’t do that.

She is very talented and appreciates your words. Thank you!

edit: Corrected a misspelling.

A few weeks ago, I think I read (here on Lemmy!) that he regretted his beef. In fact, I think he said he thought his managers gave him bad information to cause the beef.

Before that I didn’t even know there was any, so please don’t think me any kind of expert on the topic.

I always wanted to play that and even used to have the perfect setup for it (projector, big room, extensive seating) but never had the friends for it. I’m envious of your good fortune!

Huh, never knew. My sole exposure to this was one quite classic car. Thanks for the information!

Disregarding the safety comments (which should not be disregarded) purely for the purposes of this conversation, in older cars the vacuum tubes that operated the lights would frequently fail, meaning that the lights wouldn’t deploy even when desired.

How did it generate that sound without batteries? Was it literally the audio from the clicking of the buttons? Genuine questions.

edit: Thanks for the several answers. They all seem prone to interference, but it is nice that they worked without power.