Power to the PSY!

One thing I find interesting is how attached certain people are to their particular definition of "daddy longlegs." All three species have a separate common name, so really it seems to me that it's just a matter of preference.

Nice way to evade the point.

Given we can't do either yet, that sounds like guesswork to me.

"Coming here from another solar system is like taking a rowboat from the east coast of the U.S. all the way to the northern point of Australia just to steal the dinner off of someone's table. almost anything you need is readily available most other places."

To be fair to the article:

Which in the U.K. and a few other places is a "daddy longlegs."

Why's your definition better than there's? Britain's the older country so presumably they have precedence. And if you use google image searches, the cellar spider is the daddy longlegs which comes up more often.

That's true and probably applies to the "elk" disparity as well as well as vultures vs. turkey vultures. Still, I can't think of too many other examples, but maybe that's only because a lot of fauna and flora is shared over numerous continents.

Does it mean we're wrong? American and Europeans have completely different conceptions of what an elk is, as another example.

I'm not disputing that. Just saying that in response to the poster's question... it depends.

Depends where you're from. I'm from the West Coast, where the name usually refers to cellar spiders.

It depends on where you're from. The name "daddy long legs" is actually applied to several different species.

Well, War of the Worlds was basically an allegory of British imperialism and our encounter of deadly tropical diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia. So there's that.

Well, they do say that learning is half the battle.

I don't really care about Ant-Man. I've never read the comics and have no attachment to any of the characters. I just think you're making a mountain out of an ant hill.

To be entirely fair, it's likely that bed sores are a very common problem in hospitals, so it stands to reason a lot of money would be sent on treating them. Since I have no idea exactly how expensive typical treatment is, it's hard to figure out exactly what that figure looks like for an entire country.

Well, since Whedon's now one of the head dudes in charge of Marvel's cinematic universe, maybe that will change. I honestly don't see why you're portraying this as some kind of disaster.

Fair enough. And I would totally watch a Whedon-directed film about Black Widow and Hawkeye's past and how Natasha got her "ledger."

"If you think Thor had a more important role in this movie than Black Widow, then I don't even know what to tell you."