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- Comment on Yum 1 week ago:
Yeah, you can’t check when they get it because they haven’t eaten, if you wait 20 minutes it’s too late. You’re at a restaurant presumably because you’re hungry so what are you mostly doing right when the food gets there? Eating. It’s just the nature of things
- Comment on Name one 2 weeks ago:
Terry in the show probably has some body dysmorphia/eating disorders. He’s been shown to have difficulty controlling his food intake with the nibs, the weird dieting with Gina and Amy and he’s also used the gym to avoid his problems. Plus he had some PTSD in the early seasons (I think from shooting an innocent person? I don’t remember exactly why) which is why he wasn’t in the field for the first few seasons. Also I think technically his rank is lieutenant so I’m not sure he’s technically a detective
- Comment on Yummy Slop card 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Couldn't ships just go elsewhere than the Strait of Hormuz? 3 weeks ago:
Airplanes are very time efficient but not very fuel efficient. A modern 737 cargo plane holds about 52,000 lbs of cargo. To transport 3 million barrels of oil by plane would take about 20,000 flights daily and there are only about 13,000 737s on the planet. So ignoring the astronomical cost it would take making the process impossible to profit from, you’d have to commandeer the world’s supply of planes to do so. Also I’m almost certain that the entire middle east couldn’t handle 20,000 fully loaded cargo flights every day. It’s simply too much for their airports to handle, even if humans stopped flying
- Comment on Couldn't ships just go elsewhere than the Strait of Hormuz? 3 weeks ago:
So the important thing to remember is the sheer quantity of oil that needs to be moved and where it needs to be moved to. The Strait of Hormuz in 2024 had 20 million barrels of oil passing through it daily. That’s 840,000,000 gallons or 3,160,000 cubic meters, or ~1300 Olympic swimming pools each day that need to be moved. It also mostly is going to end up getting moved across oceans to be delivered to the people who need it
Moving that much liquid by means other than boats is very difficult. Building pipelines that can move that much liquid is difficult and prone to problems. Especially considering the very harsh climate surrounding the area and even if you do have a pipeline it’s likely still going to end up in a ship because it has to cross an ocean anyway. Moving it by truck is almost logistically impossible, and trains have more problems than pipelines
In order to have the ships big enough to move that liquid you need ports that are deep enough AND already have the infrastructure to handle ships of that size, of which all are already in the Strait. It also made sense because a lot of oil producing countries were in this area so having lots of ships in the area built efficiency
So a whole bunch of confounding factors led to the Strait being the optimal place to move a lot of oil by ship (which the oil needed to go into anyway), however a natural choke point makes this a strategic position for countries in the area. Oil ships are slow, easy targets, and most countries could pretty cheaply take them out. Which adds to the tension in the region
This Wendover Productions video does a good job explaining why so much oil had to go through the Strait
- Comment on 🐙 Octopus is Octopus 🐙 5 weeks ago:
Octopussies is actually the name for a harem of Maud Adams clones
- Comment on Phineas and Ferb: Why is Django? 5 weeks ago:
I haven’t watched Phineas and Ferb but am generally familiar with the concept. There’s probably multiple narrative things happening here
- Writers are people too. Writing crazy over the top stories gets boring after a while. Sometimes you want to write something more grounded to practice nuance
- Lower stakes content is generally more relatable and relatable is a high priority in kids media
- Contrast makes stories more interesting. If you’re always dealing with world destroying calamities then eventually they become route
- When a show goes on long enough sometimes you try breaking the format as an experiment to see what the reaction is, maybe people like it better and you can pivot
- Subverting expectations is the basis of comedy. You’ve been led to believe that by their antics Phineas and Ferb would legitimately try to paint an entire continent, the fact that it’s just a regular painting subverts your expectation for a joke
Those are just my thoughts as someone who is relatively familiar with what TV and Movie writing is like
- Comment on preposition 1 month ago:
I introduced a friend to it and she called it a “palliative care joint” because it should be reserved for people actively dying
- Comment on preposition 1 month ago:
You jest but a local dispensary will take a joint, roll it in THC oil, then roll it again in THC crystals for a very intense joint:
- Comment on What would you personally consider a shitpost? Basic definition below. Let me know how your definition varies. 1 month ago:
I take the Supreme Court’s line on shitposts. They’re hard to define, but I know it when I see it
- Comment on Paging SpaceCowboy 2 months ago:
Why would you care about a lesser species’ opinion? Why would you hold them to a lower standard than you hold yourself?
- Comment on Paging SpaceCowboy 2 months ago:
The Yautja have no concept of “loved ones”. It is specifically brought up that Dek’s older brother is a failure because he is protecting his weaker brother instead of culling him for the strength of the clan. You’re using human emotional logic to justify your opinions instead of following Predator logic. The vast majority of Yautja would be champing at the bit to fight to prove they can beat the warlord. I still contend these humans have been given an incredible honor in Yautja society
- Comment on Paging SpaceCowboy 2 months ago:
No honor? The Yatuja believe that the only honor that matters is in your hunting prowess, literally every Yatuja has never lost a fight because they always fight to the death. They absolutely think it’s an honor to be brought to Yautja Prime to fight against their leader, which is why they do that instead of just killing the people who beat a Predator. That’s a huge sign of respect from them
- Comment on Americans: How the hell do you meet new people or get into relationships after college? 2 months ago:
Since you’re here I’ll assume you’re a nerd and suggest getting into Magic:the Gathering. You can learn to play on Arena for free and then buy a pre-made commander deck. At that point you can go to local game stores and ask when they have open play nights. The nice thing about magic is that the games take a long time to play so there’re a lot of opportunities to socialize with the people you play with and people nearby. Similarly if you can find an active Killer Queen cabinet around you those people are always desperate for players and it’s super fun
If you’re less of a nerd dance classes are more active and likewise force you to be in an intimate space with someone which will usually force you to socialize. You seem opposed to bars but karaoke crowds tend to be the same week after week, and you have to wait your turn, so it’s another socialization venue
- Comment on What do you think of Paramount merging with Warner Bros. Discovery to create a new media company? 2 months ago:
Overall I anticipate it being a net negative. Mergers like this result in fewer jobs, lower quality products and less competition
I mean… I led with that. I don’t like the merger, but I like it more than Netflix acquiring them. There are takes beyond black and white
- Comment on What do you think of Paramount merging with Warner Bros. Discovery to create a new media company? 2 months ago:
I have mixed thoughts. Overall I anticipate it being a net negative. Mergers like this result in fewer jobs, lower quality products and less competition. However I love movies (check my profile if you want proof) and specifically I love going to the movie theater. Paramount has continued supporting movie theaters which is more than you can say about Netflix and Sarandos. Likewise Zaslav was just making anti-consuner decisions left and right. I can count on more than one hand the amount of times I’ve called that man a piece of shit. Not to mention Netflix’s slavish attachment to “the algorithm” just churns out a lot of slop
So while the merger is bad it’s probably the better of the two options and anything that reduces David Zaslav’s power is a net positive in my book, even if he makes a small country’s worth of money doing it
- Comment on No you don't sit on it. In the olden days people used this to make orange juice 2 months ago:
Yeah, a particularly juicy orange would probably over fill that
- Comment on Gerbils, actually 2 months ago:
Prairie Dogs are more likely in America:
The bacteria that cause plague, Y. pestis, maintain their existence in a cycle involving rodents and their fleas. Plague occurs in rural and semi-rural areas of the western United States, primarily in semi-arid upland forests and grasslands where many types of rodent species can be involved. Many types of animals, such as rock squirrels, wood rats, ground squirrels, prairie dogs, chipmunks, mice, voles, and rabbits can be affected by plague.
Per the CDC (emphasis mine)
- Comment on Tune a fish 3 months ago:
Colloquially tuna fish refers to the shredded salt brined tins of fish like this:
Which I do think is worth distinguishing from the actual whole pieces of tuna
- Comment on What should be emoji reaction for "me too" in the general sense 3 months ago:
When I’m texting my fiance I use
👉✌️ or 👈✌️ or👆✌️
Depending on what application I’m using and which side my bubble is on. Showing me pointing at myself and the number 2 on fingers to mirror doing the same motion in real life
- Comment on 3 months ago:
I understand you’re being sassy but below zero you do start saying “no but seriously, how can it be this cold?” Zero is about the lower limit before temperature stops being distinguishable and just becomes cold
- Comment on tryna get hella faded 4 months ago:
The tampon alcohol thing does work and is very dangerous. Less of the alcohol goes through your liver so you get much more drunk very quickly
- Comment on who was the aggressor in cold war? 4 months ago:
It depended on where in the world you are. Both Russia and America wanted to avoid full on conflict so they establish proxy wars to try weaken the other. America was certainly the aggressor in Vietnam and Korea while Russia was the aggressor in Cuba and arguably in Afghanistan
- Comment on Gundam Chestnut 4 months ago:
Not a botanist but as a southerner I’d go to the Centennial Expo and the Chicago World’s fair to try to keep Kudzu out of America. That weed is a fucking problem
- Comment on Nutjob or something? 5 months ago:
- Comment on I alternate my days. Some days I use this and on the others I use the Magic Eight Ball 5 months ago:
Remember, when someone asks what would Jesus do? Flip over tables and kick out all the bankers is an option:
and Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
- Comment on What are some lower size games that work well on linux handhelds? 5 months ago:
Can you tell I like rogue-likes? I do think they work great for mobile games since you can pick them up and put them down easily
- Comment on What are some lower size games that work well on linux handhelds? 5 months ago:
Cool, I updated my post. I remember for a long time it was only available on PC and iPad. Not on iPhone. So I just kinda assumed it wouldn’t
- Comment on What are some lower size games that work well on linux handhelds? 5 months ago:
Balatro
Drop Duchy
Into the Breach (I think this one works on Linux, I don’t think FTL does)
UFO 50
Crypt of the Necrodancer/Rift of the Necrodancer
Super Motherlode (since it looks like you used to play flash games)
Dave the Diver
Vampire Survivors
Hades 1 (it’s still fun even after 2!)
One Step From Eden
- Comment on Looking for games to watch Let's Plays of: Recommend me something! 5 months ago:
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