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[Gentlefish]

It's probably a tax thing. I once applied for a job with a wage like that and it turned out that the reason why it was like this was because the union took a cut. Once the union's cost was subtracted, it became a "round" number again. I'm pretty sure Janitors have unions.

Some public service custodial positions do. It's likely this was some spreadsheet maths to calculate an "optimal" wage when things like taxes were included.

[Naturegirl1999]

I wonder if bacteria in microbial mats could potentially evolve into multicellular organisms made of bacteria?

[wierd]

Sortof.

See also, volvox

(Yes, I know you specifically asked about bacterial biofilms/mats, and volvox colonies are algeal. However, the answer is still "Sortof", even for bacterial biofilms. I cited volvox colonies, as they are more readily discernable as discrete colonial entities, and not distributed films that lack clearly defined borders to establish the identity of the aggregation. Volvox also has reproductive specialist cells that get promoted within the colony, and other specialized cells involved in critical higher-level metabolic activities, making it more "sortof" than the biofilms are.)

[Naturegirl1999]

Sortof.

See also, volvox

(Yes, I know you specifically asked about bacterial biofilms/mats, and volvox colonies are algeal. However, the answer is still "Sortof", even for bacterial biofilms. I cited volvox colonies, as they are more readily discernable as discrete colonial entities, and not distributed films that lack clearly defined borders to establish the identity of the aggregation. Volvox also has reproductive specialist cells that get promoted within the colony, and other specialized cells involved in critical higher-level metabolic activities, making it more "sortof" than the biofilms are.)

thanks

[KittyTac]

How do I completely give up on my past?

[scriver]

::Kylo Ren intensifies::

[bloop_bleep]

How do I completely give up on my past?

Everyone is cringe in their past. So everyone understands that other people also were cringe at times and are now uncringe and tend to forget those things, at least as relevant pieces of information.

[Magmacube_tr]

How do I completely give up on my past?

Everyone is cringe in their past. So everyone understands that other people also were cringe at times and are now uncringe and tend to forget those things, at least as relevant pieces of information.

B-but I am still cringe!?

[King Zultan]

That moment when you realize that life is cringe.

[Egan_BW]

The cringe is still present in your time, as it was in ours.

[methylatedspirit]

Depends on the kind of cringe, but most things that are decried as "cringe" are types of fun that people (mostly outsiders, though this does happen within in-groups; see furry fandom) don't understand. That's my hypothesis. Or, to summarize:
"Cringe: fun you don't understand."

[Egan_BW]

Not quite, selfcringe is very common.

[Kagus]

More information on the subject.

[KittyTac]

Depends on the kind of cringe, but most things that are decried as "cringe" are types of fun that people (mostly outsiders, though this does happen within in-groups; see furry fandom) don't understand. That's my hypothesis. Or, to summarize:
"Cringe: fun you don't understand."

Except you know. I wrote shitty stories and forum games. That's cringe because it makes me cringe. That's the original definition. Now of course it's subjective but i'm allowed to be critical of myself.

[TD1]

Cringe is feeling intense embarrassment, whether about yourself or someone else.

I don't think you could say intense embarrassment is 'not understanding fun'.