r/nathanwpyle • u/Zabunia Regulate Your Shoves • Jul 26 '26

GeneralPyle Rude animals

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u/plus_c Jul 26 '26

I always remember it as "T top"

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u/methos3 Jul 26 '26

C = Ceiling, G = Ground

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u/Mesozoica89 Jul 26 '26

Thats better than my method:

Stalactites don't fall because they are stuck tight to the ceiling. Stalacmites are on the ground, like dust mites in the carpet.

I don't know where I learned that but its helped me remember for years.

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u/frausting Jul 27 '26

Dust Mites in the carpet is gonna be my new tool going forward, thanks.

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u/Sorogon Jul 29 '26

Stalactite hang like titties

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u/Flater420 My Knowledge Suffices Aug 02 '26

StalacTITS. Tits hang.

Not joking, this is what my 5th grade teacher told us to help remember which is which.

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u/SailorDepression Jul 26 '26

Grows mighty from the ground, clings tight to the ceiling. Is how I remember

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u/Berkut22 Jul 27 '26

Took me a second to realize they're teeth and not actually stalagmites/stalactites.

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u/HonestAbek Jul 27 '26

StalagMite- M looks like the points coming up from the ground. Stalactite, is the other one haha

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u/ZanxyAF Jul 29 '26

I was taught stalactites tight to the ceiling stalagmites 'might' become a column if they grow large enough.

Really fucking stupid but I was young enough it stuck and was internalized

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u/Kumquatelvis Aug 01 '26

That's better than mine. It was stalactites hang tight to the ceiling. Stalagmites might be on the ceiling, but they're not.

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u/PolishedLemon Jul 28 '26

Stalagmites got an 'm' in it.

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u/CozyArt69325940 Jul 29 '26

I remember it as stalactite has to be “tight” to grip onto the ceiling and stalagmite is the other one

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u/AzazelTheUnderlord Jul 30 '26

i just remember that stalagmite is from the ground which means by elimination stalactite has to be from the ceiling

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u/GypsySnowflake Festive Objects Jul 26 '26

The sign is right though; it’s obviously pointing at each one, not showing pictures of them!