FuglyDuck
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- Comment on Does alcohol speed up evolution? 3 hours ago:
It’s almost as if it were a joke.
- Comment on Does alcohol speed up evolution? 4 hours ago:
I guess I was understating the slowness, lol.
I do wonder if it might not actually slow down evolutionary change by removing otherwise beneficial traits?
Probably not on the scheme of things. It’s not like alcoholic mums haven’t always been around.
- Comment on Does alcohol speed up evolution? 4 hours ago:
The only “dinosaurs” that were around at the same time anything vaguely human was, was chickens and such other theropod descendants.
We, uh, ate them.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 hours ago:
It’s a forums for the worst sort of troll, they target trans, people with disabilities and people who are neurodivergent, and also posted the manifesto of the asshole that shot up the mosque in Christchurch NZ.
- Comment on Does alcohol speed up evolution? 8 hours ago:
None of the birth defects caused by boozing it up whilst pregnant affect the genetics of the child. it disrupts the development, and does not generally effect the genetic make up.
in short, fetal alcohol syndrome is not a heritable trait.
- Comment on SABER CROC 11 hours ago:
Wanna bet this thing was basically just a really cuddly puppy?
(yeah. me neither. but I know a few we can let find out for the rest of us.)
- Comment on Polar bears 12 hours ago:
Cocaine Bear 2: Land of the Fresh Powder.
- Comment on Why do we tolerate it that Luigi Mangione is being held in prison. We know its absolutely the least safe place he can be? 2 days ago:
Part of me wonders what discovery would come up with if they got access to united health’s database. If they want to go with the argument that it was justified; they probably could get at least some limited access.
Generally theyre not allowed to go on fishing expeditions, but they are allowed to seek documents and data directly pertaining to their defense (like a pattern of criminal malpractice.)
- Comment on Why do we tolerate it that Luigi Mangione is being held in prison. We know its absolutely the least safe place he can be? 2 days ago:
I mean he’s accused of premeditated murder, has the resources to flee, and I’m pretty sure “they” want a spectacle to make an example.
they wont let him get shanked by accident, and they wont Epstein him until they have their spectacle
- Comment on ETERNAL TORMENT 1 week ago:
Show this meme to a grammarian and they explode.
- Comment on Do you know any software development philosophy books? 1 week ago:
I dunno. What I’d suggest doing is going to the library and asking the librarians there.
I have never been steered wrong when it comes to book recommendations from librarians. Even when the books aren’t something I’d have picked on my own.
- Comment on How Will We Know If The Trump Tariffs Were A Good Idea? 1 week ago:
that’s jut it, though.
They’re not saying the 4 years is a loss. the producers outside of the US… they’re just going to ship to new markets, and when things get less insane, then they come back. that’s all they need to do. Spinning up production in the US is expensive, costly, and it’ll take more time to complete than the whole reason for it will last- presumably.
and if it lasts longer than four years, that’s probably going to be even worse, because then, well, yeah. the best case scenario is you get to write off all those losses. Worst case? it can get whole hell of a lot uglier as you lose IP and find yourself competing against your own designs.’
So trump’s tariffs is driving imports away and killing local development of production at the same time.
to put it in the simplest terms, it’s fucking stupid.
- Comment on How Will We Know If The Trump Tariffs Were A Good Idea? 1 week ago:
and you think that’s an argument to spin up new factories? not really.
If the US collapses into complete fascism, everyone inside is either going to be cut off from the global market. for a foreign company, spinning up factories in the US, when, in four years, they might literally get those investments yeeted from them is stupid. and that’s really the best case.
- Comment on How Will We Know If The Trump Tariffs Were A Good Idea? 1 week ago:
I submit we should go to a d20, and say roll a nat 21.
with this die: Image
(sorry, if I don’t laugh, I’m going to cry.)
- Comment on How Will We Know If The Trump Tariffs Were A Good Idea? 1 week ago:
why? it costs millions of dollars to construct new factories. Maybe billions, depending on the industry. It takes 7+ years to bring a new factory online. more to get all the kinks worked out and at full production.
Trump is supposed to be in office for only 4 years, at best, after which his tariffs will go away. it would be easier to simply just not ship to the US. which is how trade partners responded to the Hawley-Smoot Act in 1930, and which made the Great Depression that much harder to get out of.
- Comment on What should I do if someone applied to a job at a company I work at without being able to legally work in my country? 1 week ago:
the recruiter should have vetted them better. Part of the reason to go through a recruiter is to avoid these things.
- Comment on How to get a package to the right owner? 1 week ago:
was it shipped by USPS? Then mark it “wrong address” and let them pick it up. if you want to go the extra mile, bring it to a post office.
If it was shipped by someone else, call them, they’ll probably come out. alternatively, they’re probably in your neighborhood. check for a shipping label with an address or something and walk it over.
- Comment on How do I decrease acne after shaving my face? 1 week ago:
Then consider investing in a brush and something like a Merkur 34C.
i had a really bad experience with the 34c. Basically the posts for the blade to ‘register’ to, allowed a relatively significant amount of play I’ve never seen in any other razor. This made seating it and using it at the ‘proper’ angle impossible- it also tended to make one side vastly more aggressive than the other, since a significant amount of blade was exposed on one side and not-enough on the other. (or worse, it was twisted so that on half the edge was too exposed and the other half was not, on both sides the blade.)
maybe they fixed it, but, I sort of doubt it.
- Comment on How do I decrease acne after shaving my face? 1 week ago:
the alchohol is there to kill to the bacteria- which is the immediate cause of acne. most aftershave splashes will also include some glycerin to re-moisturize the skin.
if you don’t want a scented product, you can do IPA and then some aftershave balm instead.
- Comment on How do I decrease acne after shaving my face? 1 week ago:
depending on how hot one’s water comes, soaking in faucet-hot water is enough here. just squeze out most the water first. if one does microwave… gotta be careful as the heating may be uneven. another option is an electric kettle (as for tea,) in the bathroom.
- Comment on How do I decrease acne after shaving my face? 1 week ago:
so, how quickly does the acne show up after shaving? are you sure it’s not irritation from shaving itself?
some general advice for sensitive skin:
- use facial cleansers as part of the pre-shave routine (and maybe also after if it is indeed acne. this will remove whatever product is causing the clogged pores as well as the bacteria)
- use a non-gel shaving cream. (or any goop-in-a-can.) instead use something you have to whip up. (I’m not sure what you mean by ‘oat based’ there’s both the goop-in-a-can versions, and poraso has a cream-in-a-tube of the stuff.) (in extreme cases you would want something unscented as well.)
- use cold water, both for the rinse and whipping the cream.
- use a hot towel to open up your skin’s pores. -use a fresh, clean and sharp razor every time. I would also suggest if you haven’t already, getting a sample back of many different brands of blades.
- rinse with cold water, and apply an alum block (and rinse again,) (the styptic pencils aren’t very good. you want a smooth block of alum.) also, in this vein, check your safety razor. when seating a new blade, there should not be any real play with the cap off. the blade should pull into a seat so that it’s constantly centered (and parallel!) on both sides the blade. I found the often-recommended “entry level” Merkur 34c to be horrible in this regard. I now use a Muhle closed comb (if you look at the prongs the blade registers against, they’re more conical to the merkur’s straight pillars, as you tighten it just centers the blade perfectly.)
- use a product with witch hazel in it, I use a post shave balm by thayers which is lightweight and moisturizing as well. this soothes further irritation and mends the dehydration from everything else. pretty much any lightweight post-shave balm will do. Again, look for something unscented.
- use an alcohol based aftershave. among other things, it’ll absolutely destroy the bacteria involved in causing acne. something like eucalyptus green if you want to limit scents (it fades quickly,) but anything traditional aftershave splash will do.
- Comment on does patrick stewart’s head look like a football with a face? 1 week ago:
Only if Wesley did a crayon drawing of Picard for art class.
- Comment on does patrick stewart’s head look like a football with a face? 1 week ago:
Maybe they mean a rugby ball.
(Sorry, couldn’t resist. )
- Comment on Comma use guide 1 week ago:
I’m putting that number on a list for “yes please call me so we can talk about if Surfak is right for me”.
I really hope it’s yours.
- Comment on In the United States; is it illegal to use a single serve wrapped slice of Kraft cheese as a postcard? 1 week ago:
It might not arrive safely though.
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 1 week ago:
Wikipedia is for my benefit, so I can just read it.
Nobody else needs to even know I have it, necessarily.
Them not being able to read it might even be a boon.
The goal is to get a leg up on things, not start having nuclear reactors in the medieval era.
For example muskets had an iterative development as small incremental changes took place. Relatively small changes made modest improvements.
It would also be nice to know when eclipses are about to happen, for, ah, reasons.
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 1 week ago:
First off. Do I get to bring stuff with me? Like say the entire printed off contents of wikipedia.
also, I would like find one or two things that hadn’t quite been invented yet and ‘invent’ it.
also, Also, with a modicum of military power, I’d probably start a religion.
- Comment on Why aren't the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Red Sea, the Baltic etc. considered Gulfs? 1 week ago:
That was profound.
- Comment on How is it to have very bright skin in America? 2 weeks ago:
depends on what you mean by “very bright skin”? It also depends very much on where in America you’re talking about.
Remember, geographically, the US is more on par with the whole of the EU than any single country in the EU; and similarly with population size as well. You’re going to have a different experience going to CA than NY, or texas or Iowa. Or even Austin, Texas and some rural small town full of nothing but inbred rednecks in Texas. (same also for some parts of CA, if we’re being honest. There are some very republican strongholds in CA.)
- Comment on are there bots that downvote every comment users have? 2 weeks ago:
It seems off and on, I routinely have one downvote show up on every thing, including totally benign “hahah cute cat” type comments, or comments that are otherwise well received.
It started happening after I criticized Israel for genocide. (Specifically around the time that there was that giant missile barrage right at the start of the Israeli response.)
