BarrelAgedBoredom

@BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you feel this place has gotten more.. reddit-y lately?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m about to have a g*mer moment over that. Disgusting

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plans⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I have it on good authority that it will infact be tomorrow

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the current "favorite" show?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m hyped as fuck for season 5. It’s gonna be a good one

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Scheme: a series of speeches given by Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about how the Supreme Court was captured by dark money interests.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I refuse to believe that he is a real person. 1000% fake

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Kinda sounds like they’re describing GHB in the article, which leaves most people without a hangover and has often been described as “getting drunk without alcohol”.

  Sythehol sounds like a neat concept but I personally don’t think it’ll happen. Even if we find a drug that produces all of the effects of ethanol without the long term health effects, hangovers and can be easily “undone” a la narcan for opioids, I don’t think it would take off. And that’s all of those prerequisites are a pretty monumental undertaking. If you enjoy quality bottles of rum, tequila, whiskey, gin, etc. a big part of its flavor is due to ethanol. It’s a great solvent and all of those flavors from the mash are dissolved in the ethanol. If it’s an aged spirit like a quality scotch or bourbon, the ethanol is pulling those wood sugars and volatile compounds from the barrel, giving it it’s characteristic flavors. And those compounds break down over years, forming new flavors, adding texture and mellowing out the ethanol “burn”. There’s no replacement for that. People have tried rapid aging in all sorts of novel ways or adding flavors to the finished product. They produce subpar spirits.

  Part of drinking is the effects but for a lot of people it’s the unique flavors that can’t really be found otherwise, particularly in fine wine/spirits or craft cocktails. It’s an experience in and of itself, outside of simple intoxication

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I watched DS9 a lot and just noticed these two guys⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It was often portrayed as kinda junky so it wouldn’t surprise me if random shit just fell off all the time lol. O’Brien’s level of general frustration would support it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does a cat ever wonder why humans feed them?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t necessarily disagree that cats don’t have as much emotional depth as humans, but I also think you’re selling them a bit short on their ability to think abstractly or emotionally. And it of course varies from cat to cat. They can express fear, affection, curiosity, frustration, satisfaction, anxiety, depression, caution, anger, overstimulation, desire, boredom, jealousy and plenty of other emotions. If you pay attention to body language and their vocalizations/ lack of vocalization, you can interpret much of what’s going on in their heads. They’re very expressive creatures much of the time. I’m not really anthropomorphizing either. I do that, cause they’re cute little goofballs, but it’s a voluntary effort I put in when I want to fawn over them a little. It’s easy to notice when I’m anthropomorphizing them and when I’m observing their emotional state, as they’re usually separate from one another

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shrodinger’s Megamind⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  … but Australia doesn’t exist???