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- Comment on [deleted] 18 hours ago:
I missed the part where Beth is at all interested in this plan, especially with its intent. That’s kinda important.
- Comment on Why do some Americans "feel ashamed" for being American even when it's not their fault? 1 day ago:
Ok, a majority of voters, not a majority of us, but as another commenter said if you sat this one out you basically helped the winner and I’m absolutely going to blame you for it
- Comment on Why do some Americans "feel ashamed" for being American even when it's not their fault? 1 day ago:
China has been China-ing for a while, we get it. America’s actions are relatively fresh, and a majority of us DID choose him. While I’ll immediately reassure people that I didn’t vote for him, the fact that I have to separate myself from what’s going on comes from a sense of shame over that.
That said, if I met a Russian I wouldn’t necessarily hold the invasion of Ukraine against them… But I might have to ask if they really support that shit.
- Comment on No Black Friday deal for loyal/previous customers 3 days ago:
The lack of mentioning it in the fine print is a pretty valid beef, especially given that this is the Mildly Infuriating community
- Comment on Can I make a Bluetooth button to skip YouTube ads on the computer? 1 week ago:
I mean, I kinda get it. I hate ads but understand that’s the “price” I pay for content. It’s also gotten invasive to the point that the Internet has gotten unusable without an adblocker, so I do that too (if there were less I’d at least try to do my part)
That said… You do know that the skip button was put in by YouTube? Do you really never press it? Or click the microscopic x to close an ad that’s in your way? Do you also go through the trouble of actually reading all of your junk mail?
- Comment on Why don't all the "illegals" or just some put a tracker on them that goes back to their spouse or something? That way we can go to whereever the place their held at a protest the shit out of it? 3 weeks ago:
What’s your endgame here? That 1) some guy will be able to get a sizeable crowd of strangers to show up on their behalf AND 2) it will be enough that ICE will release that one person?
There have been individuals drawing protestors already. Hasn’t done shit.
- Comment on If I shut off the internet how many days do you think it would take before people lose their minds? 5 weeks ago:
The elders of the Internet know who I am?!?
- Comment on Sunlight special 1 month ago:
Also not British… Boiled egg? 🤔
- Comment on Why are fruits and berries healthy, even though they are mostly just sugar? 1 month ago:
Admittedly when I wrote that I had moments like “cellulose is in fruit, right? And that’s fiber?” and when I googled with neutral terms I mostly trusted Google’s AI slop 🤣
- Comment on Why are fruits and berries healthy, even though they are mostly just sugar? 1 month ago:
I thought about that as I wrote it! I stand by what I said.
- Comment on Why are fruits and berries healthy, even though they are mostly just sugar? 1 month ago:
There is sugar, absolutely. And that’s probably where most of the calories come from. But there is also water, cellulose (fiber), and vitamins/minerals - doesn’t have much non-sugar caloric value to change that balance, but it’s still important. And nobody serious is suggesting you eat only fruit, so you can get non-sugar calories from other sources and it can be balanced in the big picture.
It’s kind of like an appropriate amount of dressing on a salad, the good outweighs the bad and makes you more likely to actually eat that nutrition-positive food.
Source: I’m some guy on the Internet. You can trust me.
- Comment on Should 21-23-year-olds be allowed to date older people? 2 months ago:
Allowed to? Sure, you’re well into adulthood and that’s not something you want to legally regulate between consenting adults.
But from a societal norms perspective, the minimum age of “half your age plus seven” holds up pretty well. 34 year old dating a 24 year old? Sure! 44 year old dating a 24 year old? That gives me the ick, but I don’t think that should make it illegal.
- Comment on It's been downhill since 2020 2 months ago:
It was kind of a meme that 2016 sucked. Then Trump got elected at the end and everything magically got better for everyone and we all lived happily ever after.
(Do I really need to include the /s here?)
- Comment on Water Boil Advisory 2 months ago:
This is silly.
- Comment on Water Boil Advisory 2 months ago:
Hmm I never said that.
This you?
You drive door to door leaving flyers. […] Why do you think municipal or county staff can’t drive
Anyway…
What are you even talking about? Use your words.
You’re talking about what Amazon and USPS can do. They can do it (Amazon not every home in a given area) because they’re equipped to. Saying that the water company should be able to cover a town with flyers because USPS goes door to door is about as logical as saying USPS should fix a water main because the water company does it.
Now, if the law requires something that will always change the calculus but that doesn’t seem to be the case here
- Comment on Water Boil Advisory 2 months ago:
Naw, I think “but we have cars” was silly, not clever (funny how you dropped that pretty quickly). I think “but you can get people and a plan immediately while also fixing the problem” is silly, not clever (admittedly places that require certain notices will also have a plan to implement it as required by law, not I’m thinking about wherever OP is which I’m assuming doesn’t have that). I think comparing with organizations that need large coverage for their daily operations (not necessarily 100% of homes in a day, mind you) is silly, not clever.
Feel free to move on.
- Comment on Water Boil Advisory 2 months ago:
You can drive from neighborhood to neighborhood, but when you go door to door it’s almost certainly on foot. My parents live in an older neighborhood with mailboxes at the front doors, and unless we had a package they never had the truck on our street. It was always parked a block away while the carrier went on foot going from door to door.
And no, I don’t think the water company would have an army of 50 people ready to do an organized canvas of the town (unlike the Postal Service, which has a roster of dedicated mail carriers)
- Comment on Water Boil Advisory 2 months ago:
It’s even easier to respond with
“sorry, it’s a Sunday on a holiday weekend”
“Our carriers are halfway done with their route for the day, we’re not paying them overtime to go back”
“Our sorting system is already done and the trucks are loaded up”
“I haven’t checked my mail for a few days” (as the recipient of that flyer)
- Comment on Water Boil Advisory 2 months ago:
My water district has 55,000 customers, many of whom won’t answer their doors thinking it’s a solicitor. Even if they did, you could have dozens of people going door to door and it would still take forever
- Comment on Water Boil Advisory 2 months ago:
Around a neighborhood is one thing. An entire town could be a hell of a lift, not to mention that there are still problems with notes on doors (I usually go in and out through my garage; the front door is rarely used)
- Comment on Water Boil Advisory 2 months ago:
Honest question, what method of alerting would you have suggested? Looks like they tried 4 different things at once - none perfect, but I’m not sure any would be
- Comment on My brother got arrested for a dime bag. His picture got put up on the jails website. And they advertise. So shouldn't my brother get paid at least a little for providing clicks? 2 months ago:
Well, any law is only as good as people following it (and enforcement for violations)
- Comment on My brother got arrested for a dime bag. His picture got put up on the jails website. And they advertise. So shouldn't my brother get paid at least a little for providing clicks? 2 months ago:
Jail rosters are generally public information. I live in a fairly blue state with a lot of prisons (Colorado) and can look up any prisoner in the state system online.
Part of the thinking is that if it were secretive, the government could just disappear people (rightfully a concern with ICE right now) without anyone knowing.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
The “wat” increases as this post goes on
- Comment on Should you look for a relationship if it feels like a compromise? 2 months ago:
Sounds like you value alone time and independence but also want some sex - even just casual sex. Honestly, I don’t see a problem with that on the surface; just because the norm is committed, heterosexual, monogamous, cisgender, same-race relationships doesn’t mean everyone has to follow that, so long as your boundaries (and theirs) are clear and agreed upon with anyone you get involved with. You may have a hard time finding someone looking for something similar, but that doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong - just different.
The one thing I’d watch for is making sure you don’t see women as a source of sex and that’s it. Not saying you would, but what you describe COULD be a starting point for that kind of mentality, which is not a good place to be.
- Comment on 👁️🐽👁️ 3 months ago:
Boy, after getting a notification with this reply I had a hell of a time trying to figure out what I could have possibly said to spur it
- Comment on 👁️🐽👁️ 3 months ago:
So what you’re saying is, my eyes are also lungs?
- Comment on How do I beat the roaches in this house? 3 months ago:
I had a minor but very noticeable infestation a few years ago, I’m guessing from a used blender I bought (picked up from someone at a not very nice looking apartment). Tried all kinds of things, and what finally made it go away was Advion bait gel and a general understanding of where they like to be. Just a tiny dab in lots of places. Obviously start in the areas you see them most, but my understanding is that they don’t really like open areas. So put a tiny bit in every little corner, crack, and hole you can find. From what I remember, roaches will eat their own after they die, which means they’ll ingest that bait gel and one “dose” will cause a nice chain reaction.
- Comment on Mississippi Senator tells his constituents to 'get a life' 3 months ago:
I mean the side that shouldn’t have to preemptively pass something that says “oh by the way the constitution still requires due process kthxbye” (and if they did, it’s not like that would have stopped anything), got a lot of federal judges confirmed in the last 4 years, and was at least able to get things passed like requiring ICE to allow members of Congress.
Do I wish they did things like codify Roe? Absofuckinglutely. If they changed the rules of the filibuster in the Senate to make that happen, do I fear what they’d justify doing the same over today? Yup. Does this make both sides the same? Hell. No.
- Comment on Mississippi Senator tells his constituents to 'get a life' 3 months ago:
Sorry, no, you can’t both-sides this one. One side is actively supporting and cheering on all the horrors we’ve seen over the last 7 months, and the other is in the minority and powerless to stop it.