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- Comment on Why do we assume paper towels are sterile, or at least clean? 1 day ago:
Impossibility is incorrect. Improbability is the better word.
- Comment on Why do we assume paper towels are sterile, or at least clean? 1 day ago:
Because they’re white. White = clean is decades worth of marketing into every aspect of our day to say life. You see white cloth, white paper, white paint and you automatically think “clean”.
The paper rolls themselves are variably clean or sterile because each company has its own level of ethics enforcement.
How it’s Made show had an episode on them, if I’m remembering properly, and their production involves washing and cooking them at high temperature, so there is that initial sense of sterilization for the most part. However, what happens after can add a lot of bad stuff. From how often they maintain their equipment, whether the packaging itself is clean, delivery and storage until sale, there are a lot of chances something nasty can hitch a ride along the way. More so if the paper is scented and attracts rodents thinking they’re getting a nice meal.
And that’s just the kitchen paper. There’s also recycled paper which tends to use all kinds of nasty shit from wherever and the recycling process simply can’t completely sanitize.
Anyway, paper towels have the perception of seeming clean because they look clean, but they usually aren’t.
- Comment on Anon questions the epidemic 5 days ago:
So… more men as bottoms?
- Comment on good going 6 days ago:
Yeah because they saw me fail and don’t want the same embarrassment.
- Comment on “Tf???” 6 days ago:
In one of the initial reposts, someone commented there was a complete fracture and the separated part was absorbed naturally over time.
Might have been bs, as it’s known to happen.
- Comment on The American Dream, minus 60% 1 week ago:
Yup. Mostly because they don’t have time to vote and the parties are trying their best to make them unable to vote.
- Comment on Anon has a paranormal experience 1 week ago:
The water tank behind the toilet sometimes hisses due to how it works.
- Comment on Does it make much difference healthwise if you were to split your meal unti 2 parts? Have all your carbs at once then an hour later have your veg and protein? 1 week ago:
More recently I’ve been told it might be better to avoid eating meat or proteins in general for evening meals. Having to digest it through the night might also influence cancer chances due to the stress.
- Comment on Does it make much difference healthwise if you were to split your meal unti 2 parts? Have all your carbs at once then an hour later have your veg and protein? 1 week ago:
I’m inclined to say yes. Separating the types of stuff which needs to be digested makes it easier to produce the required acid. This reduces the chances of developing digestive issues. Theoretically.
- Comment on Tbh I get it 2 weeks ago:
You’re thinking of plowing her field aka “farming”.
- Comment on They really hate artists 3 weeks ago:
Jealousy and envy in full display. They wish they had that kind of talent.
- Comment on Emergency Alert About Wildfires 3 weeks ago:
The dullness of bureaucracy will smooth out even the sharpest of minds.
- Comment on User destroys local habitat so they can walk barefoot beside "their" lake 1 month ago:
Nature can be quite violent in these trying times.
- Comment on User destroys local habitat so they can walk barefoot beside "their" lake 1 month ago:
Reminds me of those people who like their houses on the edge of a cliff or on stilts in the water. Like, sure man, that looks cool, but how safe is it 10 years down the line? And who’s gonna clean up the mess after?
Just seems like irresponsible decision making in pursuit of prettiness…
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I believe that qualifies you as a shit-stirrer.
- Comment on Email came out of nowhere 2 months ago:
Gog is privately owned now though?
- Comment on Email came out of nowhere 2 months ago:
Not even slightly, but I don’t particularly feel like going on about how no human creation is truly original, waxing interminable over the distinction between symbols and concepts or, you know, defending a nazi right now.
But in a way, we kinda have to. I mean, are the nazis today the same as the nazis which started this movement or are they a separate entity and should be treated as such? Are all the nazi groups today are their own inventions and should they be granted the so-called ‘honour’ of having invented their particular brand of ‘doppelnazism’? Or should we reserve that for when one particular branch starts calling itself something else and only looks to have been inspired by nazism, but is something else entirely?
Yeah, history is a continuous chain reaction. And the problem with fixating on specific points as the start of something has the disadvantages of ignoring everything which lead up to it and disagreeing on which point to put an end to it.
With your point of view, nazism ended with the second world war and what we suffer now is something different. A new invention as you say.
With my point of view, the dude didn’t invent shit and just stole what was already there and now we’re dealing with more of the same, the major difference being there’s no new brand of terror to set them apart visibly.
- Comment on Email came out of nowhere 2 months ago:
I have really bad news if you think this wasn’t exactly what happened when they wrote the bible…
If you’re agreeing he didn’t invent shit, I’d recommend amending your comment saying that he did. No need to add legitimacy where there isn’t any. No pressure though.
As for gog, the deed is done and out in the world. Whatever they do from here on out, it will be with this burden attached.
- Comment on Email came out of nowhere 2 months ago:
He didn’t invent shit. He copied a rune and appropriated it diagonally. S, N, Z whatever, it’s the same damn thing. Sowilo.
Ppl keep praising his ass here like he wrote the bible or some shit when all he did was take what was already there and twisted it.
- Comment on Answer that, ye handsome homos!!1!!!1!!! 2 months ago:
They also say you can’t not be traumatized. Trauma is how we learn to do and be better.
- Comment on Forza Horizon 6 immediately beats its predecessor's all-time Steam record with 130,000 concurrent players – and that's only counting people willing to pay $120 for early access 3 months ago:
This is why boycotting fails for real issues, but succeedes for the dumbest imaginable.
- Comment on When drawing up the middle east after WW1 and 2 how come the Kurds got the shit end of the stick? 3 months ago:
Lack of Karens asking for a manager. A standing army and a leader willing to start some shit can go a long way when it’s time to split the spoils.
- Comment on Anon is a stoic 3 months ago:
Miss Stoike.
- Comment on Anon was bullied 4 months ago:
And that’s very, very sad.
- Comment on Anon was bullied 4 months ago:
All hail diversity and creativity, except when it’s not conformant to expectations.
- Comment on Anon was bullied 4 months ago:
The “work hard” isn’t meant as capitalist propaganda. Well, at least it didn’t start as such.
It was first and foremost an advice given from themselves because drawing manga and anime was seen poorly and a dead-end job. The creators faced a lot of opposition and few opportunities, so every success was heartfelt and attributed to them working hard for their dreams and not giving up.
Despite entering the mainstream having diluted the situation these words were meant for, it’s important we don’t forget that the first creators were pioneers who dedicated their entire lifetimes to their craft.
- Comment on Anon was bullied 4 months ago:
Bish please. It was mainstream as fuck before social media.
Naruto runs were being a fucking airplane, complete with sound and spittle. A dumbass kid’s game probably as old as the Wright brothers…
Every fucking generation in the last century has been playing it without anyone giving a damn, ffs.
- Comment on big guy coming in 4 months ago:
Balls deep is the only way to go.
- Comment on Germany already told its workers to ditch four-day weeks and work-life balance—now the government wants to cut their pay for calling in sick too 4 months ago:
It’s like they want to lose to their far-right opponents. Or they’re no longer opponents suddenly?
- Comment on Why is it that when the graphics driver freaks out in your browser when watching a video, the page always turns this specific shade of green? 4 months ago:
It’s the green screen which allows blending, melding, switching and superimposing layers. You see, the way it works is that I don’t know, but it got you reading this far and wasted a few moments of your time which could have been spent doing something else, like gardening.
But really the answer is probably because it’s very nearly in the middle of the VGA color palette.