themeatbridge
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- Comment on Bicycles should be allowed on the road with the full rights and requirements (tags, inspections, and insurance) as motor vehicles. 2 days ago:
Ok, but do you actually think that every bicycle rider should be licensed, inspected, and insured?
- Comment on I'm looking for the best free online storage site my files. That is heavily encrypted and respect people's privacy, what would you suggest? 2 days ago:
If something is free, then you’re the product. Your data will be used for whatever the storage provider would like. For example, Google Photos was initially very generous with storage, because they were using your photos to train their recognition software. Gmail is reading your emails to build our your advertising profile. Your data is a commodity, and your privacy, if you protect it, is valuable.
The best way to do what you’re asking for, to ensure privacy and security, is to self-host. There’s an initial cost, and some maintenance fees over time, but you’ll also be investing in learning valuable skills in your free time.
- Comment on Has anyone seen thier stuff getting sold on Storage Wars? 2 days ago:
Not for nothing, but those reality shows are often staged. If they “find” something interesting and potentially valueable every episode, you can bet it was probably planted. Most people store old furniture and clothing in storage units, and people probably wouldn’t even recognize their own stuff. A box of old coats? A generic cherry armoire from the 1980s? Old documents? Even bulky sporting goods like skis and golf clubs don’t have any actual value.
That’s not to say they never find something valuable, but they might obfuscate where exactly it came from to try to reduce lawsuits. If they find anything that could be easily identified by the original owner, especially if it is extremely valuable, they aren’t going to put that into the show at all.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 6 days ago:
If that were true, they would be on every jug of milk, and they would all be the same size.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 6 days ago:
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- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 6 days ago:
With plastic blown molds, especially when you make millions of them, there are going to be slight variations in the sizes. If the jug is too big, they use the dimple to reduce the volume of milk you can fit inside. The bigger the jug, the deeper the dimple. If you look at many jugs at the store, they will all be roughly the same diameter but different depths. Some don’t have any dimple at all.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 1 week ago:
That’s fair. You can believe what you want. But that doesn’t make it less true.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 1 week ago:
If the jug holds slightly more than a gallon, if you squeeze the sides, it holds less.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 1 week ago:
Fresh milk that’s been pasteurized and refrigerated should last at least three weeks.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 1 week ago:
Or they check the volume before they are filled. Air pressure or water could be used to check the capacity.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 1 week ago:
It’s added after molding the jugs and the volume is checked, but before the milk is filled.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 1 week ago:
The labels go on the flat sides, and the dimples would get in the way. The bottoms of the jugs are usually a thicker plastic, but I can’t say for sure that this is why they don’t put the dimple there.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 1 week ago:
It’s a US thing. A gallon of milk will last my family about two weeks, or less if the kids are into baking or cereal that week. I sometimes put a little milk in my coffee or tea, and I occasionally use some for making sauces or marinades. Very rarely will we throw away milk because it has spoiled, but it has happened. Maybe once a year or so, usually because of a power outage or having to travel unexpectedly.
We also have half-gallon plastic jugs which feature the same dent sometimes. When I was a kid, I remember we even had tiny pint-sized jugs for half and half, but I think that was more of a novelty.
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- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Yes, obviously.
- Comment on What's going on with Quentin Tarantino? 3 weeks ago:
So is Matthew Lillard. The whole thing feels oddly personal. Like if he had said “I didn’t like Dano in There Will Be Blood” you could understand that’s just a professional opinion. Maybe he thought someone else could have done better. But making it insulting undercuts his credibility as an impartial critic.
- Comment on What's going on with Quentin Tarantino? 3 weeks ago:
Criticism is fine, when you’re talking about someone’s work and how to improve it. Calling someone “weak” and “the worst actor in the SAG” is deeply personal and insulting.
Revealing a personal bias in a professional setting belies unprofessional attitudes and prejudices. Tarantino isn’t a critic, he’s a filmmaker, and an influential voice in the industry. Taking pot shots at a couple of B-list character actors is hurtful on a personal level, and wantonly destructive on a professional level. The power dynamic between producers and actors is massively unbalanced. It would be like the CEO where you work talking shit on LinkedIn about project managers at a rival company. If he’s saying this publicly, what is he saying behind the scenes? Is he trashing actors to casting directors to influence their careers?
He has every right to say “I don’t want these people in my movies.” It would also be professional to say “I did not like this specific performance for these specific reasons.” It’s extremely unprofessional to say “I hate these people because of who they are and anyone working with them is on my shit-list.”
- Comment on What's going on with Quentin Tarantino? 4 weeks ago:
He also took some totally unnecessary shots at Paul Dano, saying he was the worst actor in the SAG. That’s a bizarrely personal attack out of nowhere on a guy you never worked with.
- Comment on Just FYI 2 months ago:
“Is that right? I had heard an alternate theory…”
You’re definitely wrong, and I know more about this than you do.
- Comment on Fucking genetics 2 months ago:
Nah, the hairs don’t cooperate. If I cut away all the curly strands that stick out, I have no beard.
- Comment on Fucking genetics 2 months ago:
That’s also true. Also, Leonidas from 300 was the reason I grew it out, but it’s all curly and hoboish.
- Comment on Fucking genetics 2 months ago:
Perfection
- Comment on Fucking genetics 2 months ago:
This is me, except replace the second photo with Robin Williams in Jumanji after he comes out of the game.
- Comment on If I shut off the internet how many days do you think it would take before people lose their minds? 2 months ago:
There have been several high-profile systemic failures in the past few years that give us a glimpse into the hypothetical you’re describing. Most interruptions have lasted mere hours, if not minutes, before causing mass panic and devastating economic catastrophes. Planes are grounded, banks stop operations, global trade shuts down, and hospitals can’t access patient records.
The question isn’t how long before it would be a huge problem. That starts immediately. The better question is, how long before people adapt to a world without the internet? How long would it take to build an alternative?
- Comment on God did not intend for us to fold fitted sheets, and if you can it's witchcraft. 2 months ago:
It’s not rocket surgery.
Stand up with the sheet.
Place your hands inside two adjacent corners so the elastic is at your wrists.
Bring your hands together, folding the sheet in half, and flip one corner over the other hand so that one is tucked in the other.
With your free hand, reach down and gather the other two ends which are not tucked.
Let go of the tucked corners, which will slip apart again.
Curse the gods, and then roll the crumpled mess between your arms until it’s small enough to stuff into a closet or drawer.
Profit.
- Comment on Grab your pitchforks 2 months ago:
Fake outrage was funnier when we didn’t have real problems to argue about.
- Comment on I do it at least 35 times just in case 2 months ago:
Right? Like, maybe the precursors to cancer reduce libido?
- Comment on Those were the good old days 2 months ago:
Yeah, but like a four foot turkey with sharp teeth and talons. I’m not sure I win that fight.
Like, I’m pretty sure I could beat up a 10 year old kid. That’s about the size (if not the strength) of a velociraptor. But if that kid is all coked up, has kitchen knives in each hand and a football helmet with razors on the face mask, I’m not nearly as confident. Then if there’s a second one waiting to attack from the flank, then fuck that.
- Comment on THE CRAZY PILLS 2 months ago:
This is the guy in charge of medical advice for the United States. Lacking even basic scientific knowledge.
- Comment on I'm gonna die on this hill or die trying 2 months ago:
I still double space after a period, because fuck you, it is easier to read. But as a bonus, it helped me prove that something I wrote wasn’t AI. You literally cannot get an AI to add double spaces after a period. It will say “Yeah, OK, I can do that” and then spit out a paragraph without it. Give it a try, it’s pretty funny.