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- Comment on 248 Legally Deceased "Patients" are In These Dewars Awaiting Future Revival - Cryonics 20 hours ago:
Sweet Jesus, I can well imagine, except for the scale on account of some whales being school bus-sized. Rotten rodents don’t hold a candle given the 1000:1 or more ratio.
- Comment on It's almost here 2 days ago:
- Comment on 248 Legally Deceased "Patients" are In These Dewars Awaiting Future Revival - Cryonics 3 days ago:
I’ve never had the misfortune of dealing with it IRL myself, but the stories from cops who’ve had to retrieve bloated ‘floaters’ from shorelines or bodies of water are pretty daunting - describing ‘the deceased’ as sometimes coming apart in their hands like an overcooked pot roast (“fall off the bone ribs, $9.99 this Thursday at Al’s Cookhouse!”).
- Comment on Jokes on you, I don't want to work 2 weeks ago:
I gotchu.
- Comment on Jokes on you, I don't want to work 2 weeks ago:
Fucking too real. I can’t tell if they’re legitimately too incompetent to perform their most basic tasks at work or fucking with me.
- Comment on How does ads generate money for the ones who display it? 2 weeks ago:
Easy, the ones displaying the ads have been paid to do so. Magazines of yesteryear have been replaced by websites, TV still follows the same model, but has probably been outpaced by the scale of ads online. Billboards are probably the only one unaffected, and the people who lease the space to erect the billboard charge their customers for the right to have their ad displayed, just the same as any of the others above. Want your ad in my magazine, on my TV channel, webpage, Youtube? Pay for the privilege.
- Comment on AI Laundromat???? 2 weeks ago:
The cost of labour keeps increasing, so prices increase, almost as if the two were intrinsically tied. The “large increased amount” for the same service with no additional benefits is precisely the problem. Companies contrive to rake in massive profits for themselves and their shareholders at the expense of their employees and customers, a state of affairs which I’d argue has become intolerable.
As for your example of the washing machines, I’ve got news for you and it’s not good - they’re both shit, the above cited example isn’t an example of the washing machines purchased by our Grandparents which were built like brick shithouses. The unit costing $1000 more isn’t on par with the models and designs of yesteryear, not nearly. Add to this the shrinking pool of home appliances which are manufactured without tied-in computerization, another factor which will shorten their service life considerably (replacement chips will be in short supply once the model is discontinued, forcing owners to source a small pool of qualified repairmen who in turn will be unable to source parts or be forced to cannibalize other broken units). I seriously can’t believe that your example of high quality appliance is Speed Queen sold at Best Buy, is it the one that you bought, or could you really not think of a better one on the spot?
- Comment on AI Laundromat???? 3 weeks ago:
how much more for the product/service would you be willing to pay for a human operator on the other side or conversely, how cheap would the non-human supported product/service have to be for you to choose it over the more expensive human supported option?
The fucking normal amount. These changes within the corporate world are not advantageous, they cut their overhead and operating costs without furnishing any decreased cost to the end-user (that you, me, and anyone else giving patronage to the business in question). A similar setup can be observed in the quality of ‘consumer goods’, where the materials used in manufacture (wood/aluminum/paint/lacquer/finish) were compromised with cheap, flimsy, shitty plastic. Some of it is literally garbage straight out of the box. Despite this, prices have not only not decreased, but normalized. Even worse, it’s become difficult to source products which aren’t worthless pieces of shit which cannot be repaired, at least not without considerable research - some of it also cannot be repaired without cannibalizing copies of the same device because no replacement parts have been manufactured.
People ‘vote with their wallets’ inasmuch as people on a raft in the ocean vote for beef instead of fish for supper. There is none available, of course they’re going to eat the fucking fish.
- Comment on Broad Payment Rules Put More Games At Risk, Says Storefront ZOOM Platform 3 weeks ago:
presses bubble gum into seam of spine before closing dictionary
- Comment on I feel like it was on purpose 4 weeks ago:
*Gen Y graduating from high school directly into Great Recession* - Comment on Is the periodic table still getting new additions? 4 weeks ago:
Bingo, @Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works , see the wikipedia entries which climb as high as 116: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscovium
If you want to go on a fun rabbithole dive, take a gander at what Bob Lazar has to say about Moscovium (115), and its use in craft by nonhuman entities.
- Comment on Idibiks Oiho 5 weeks ago:
Love it when shitposting reaches out into the real world like some kind of digital tribute to The Creation of Adam (1508–1512).
- Comment on 13 skeletons 5 weeks ago:
But was your character’s equipment fireproof, and how much did it cost to replace every single mundane item that burst into flames and fell away like the cladding falling away from a house engulfed in flames?
- Comment on 13 skeletons 5 weeks ago:
I’ll ask you to consider that not everyone plays Tieflings, or other races with fire resistance, as Wizards.
- Comment on 13 skeletons 5 weeks ago:
What about the first 99 because your character has a CON of 18-20 and the Tough feat?
- Comment on 13 skeletons 5 weeks ago:
+1 to AC because grave dirt is now rocks. I like it.
- Comment on 13 skeletons 5 weeks ago:
Never? Your Wizard wearing two Rings of Fire Resistance?
- Comment on 13 skeletons 5 weeks ago:
Best part of skeletons? They don’t get a share of party loot when the encounter is over, they just go back to dirtnap.
- Comment on GET BOMBADEERED, IDIOT 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Best feeling 1 month ago:
The next time that you see a cat in your neighbourhood, just sit down and see if they’re interesting in coming over to inspect you or get some pats.
- Comment on Pop it in your calendars 1 month ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Spring-Summer: 18 (if hotter - underpants)
Fall-Winter: 3 (if colder + sweater & balaclava)
- Comment on A Polish jalapeño pastry 1 month ago:
Serious question, are the wasps as likely to get diarrhea eating that as I think they are, and will the hive reject them at the entrance if they’re doing the insect equivalent of shitting their pants the way hives do with drunks?
- Comment on Square Enix acknowledges Expedition 33 success as inspiration for next Final Fantasy as turn-based is still beloved by gamers 2 months ago:
If anyone wants/needs a turn-based Fantasy/Strategy/RPG game in their life, take a look at Age of Wonders.
- Comment on I don't get this trend, but there's a moth on my ceiling. Enjoy ! 2 months ago:
It’s what moths crave.
- Comment on A cuppa Jill 2 months ago:
I’ll stick to watching my coffee brew on a webcam, everything else is more fun in person.
- Comment on A cuppa Jill 2 months ago:
More power to you. Try sliding a reference to
spoiler
grool
into the mix too, just to see whether or not anyone you’re talking to is really willing to call you out on the innuendo.
- Comment on Where do I find my people 2 months ago:
Countdown to panicked Fox News segment about LBGTQ+ cannibals in 5… 4… 3…
- Comment on A cuppa Jill 2 months ago:
Might want to hold off on telling people that you were thirsty and drank a tall glass of Jill: www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jilling
- Comment on 3 Major Companies You Might Not Realize Are Owned By Google - SlashGear 2 months ago:
Thank you for the TL;DR
