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- Comment on THIS always annoys me. 17 hours ago:
Charity is profitable.
- Comment on Why do some people hate drinking water? 1 day ago:
Yeah, it can sorta be a “boredom reliever” kind of thing.
- Comment on Why do some people hate drinking water? 1 day ago:
Living off flavored drinks and craving that sugar is stimulation you don’t get from plain water.
- Comment on If you have used this you are immune to all disease. 4 days ago:
The problem with them is that it’s up to the owner of the facility to make sure they are removed and cleaned in a timely manner, not simply re-rolled dirty towel, and the machine was in good repair and didn’t jam.
Quite often that wasn’t the case, so you’d wind up with dirty towel recycling or stuck.
Yes, this absolutely contributed to the spread of disease. No way it couldn’t. I had a family member in the medical field and said that the reason we didn’t see them anymore much past the ‘80s is because they were unhygienic thanks to the aforementioned issues.
So it’s not really the fault of the towel, it’s the fact that people are cheap bastards and don’t keep things serviced, clean, and maintained. It’s better to grumble and shake your hands dry rather than continue to use a jammed, soiled towel machine.
- Comment on Spaceballs 2 | Announcement 4 days ago:
He’s been trying to get back into acting for a while now. This is a great movie for fans to get to see him in.
- Comment on Why do fancy cars look fancy and cheap cars don't? Can't you just slap a Lamborghini-style chassis onto a lawnmower engine if you want? 5 days ago:
Lots and lots of reasons.
I’m basing this on your comparison of normal cars to currently existing exotics.
Predominantly - the vast majority of people don’t want an exotic car. They want to go from home to work and the store, maybe a drive for a leisure trip. They’re boring. They want to get their stuff and people in and out of the car easily and conveniently.
Exotics do not do this well. There’s minimal trunk space and fit two people, often “snugly.” They require some contortions to get into and out of. Now think of how out of shape many people are and see if they fit into a highly contoured and snug race seat and can crawl in behind a scissor- or butterfly-style door with a very low roof.
Engineering-wise it’s a big cost issue, both for the manufacturer and customer. Those compact, low, aerodynamic bodies on exotic cars take a lot of work to pack all the mechanicals in along with having to design a body that is crash-worthy for each new exotic style. On top of that, they’re often mid-engine, which means a lot of specialty parts like transaxles, and wildly different handling characteristics than the average consumer is used to when you shift weight to the back of the vehicle.
Manufacturers are sticking with the “boring” designs because they’re based on existing engineering that is safe, requires minimal cost to make the new iteration, aerodynamic, fuel efficient, and has proven to be sellable to consumers. Profit is king. They’re not going to take chances on crazy styles that may not sell because again, people are boring.
I know people are going to chime in about mundane cars in production today that have some of the features I mentioned and treat them as an exception that invalidates the opinions I’ve offered, but the point is that if they were economical and profitable designs in an exotic body they would be more widespread. “You could just take “x” engine and transmission and build a “y” around it” argument.
I would suggest maintenance is a cost problem, too…some exotics literally require the car be split - the entire rear of the car containing the engine and transaxle removed from the rest of the car because of the compact engineering and inaccessibility to some wear parts. However if Toyota made a low-buck supercar looking commuter car I’d hope the maintenance would be cheaper and easier.
So there you have it. Cost of design, engineering, and maintenance. Boring consumers, convenience, and safety. Affordability and profit. That’s why we don’t have exotics everywhere. The market has determined that the few Halo cars we see like the Supra or C8 Corvette, or even the Mustang, is all the market will bear.
- Comment on We don't have 1 week ago:
Christmas and Chinese New Year + 9 months. Certainly seems like a “season.”
- Comment on I owe you everything 1 week ago:
Yep. It was a key way to understand other families didn’t work the way yours did.
- Comment on Virginia safety activist charged with vandalism after drawing crosswalk at dangerous intersection 1 week ago:
The squeaky wheel gets the cuffs in the US now.
- Comment on AI boomer trait 1 week ago:
I think the ones you describe are on the fringes with mental health concerns, among others. The mainstream is just mashing the “easy button”.
- Comment on AI boomer trait 1 week ago:
I think the ones you describe are on the fringes with mental health concerns, among others. The mainstream is just mashing the “easy button”.
- Comment on AI boomer trait 1 week ago:
I don’t use AI search, use it for creating text, or ask it questions. I actively avoid it. So yes, you’re correct, I don’t so those things. But nice attempt at an Appeal to Hypocrisy, dude.
- Comment on AI boomer trait 1 week ago:
We’re already at the point that many people post- millennials actively prefer AI, that preferencd increasing with younger age. They’re the new boomers consuming whatever information is placed in front of them with no corroboration, nuance or fact checking.
- Comment on Don't know shit in class 1 week ago:
Hah, my kid wanted to do that. We didn’t have the glasses (used for Anaglyph 3D) around, but the school let them use a printer to print on the card. You can get a lot on a 3x5 with a laser printer that is still readable.
- Comment on Don't know shit in class 1 week ago:
Learning with extra steps.
Like the idea of giving students to fit as many notes on a 3x5 card for a test as they can to use during a test, it’s also indirectly studying the material.
- Comment on The D.E.N.N.I.S ship 1 week ago:
Sex != having a baby. But yes, you’re right.
- Comment on "And my dick fucks your wife more than you do. What's your point?" 1 week ago:
Never has a movie made me feel so uncomfortable for the characters sacrificing themselves for the grind. It’s good, but I don’t have much desire to see it again. A testament to the writing/acting/directing to keep the tension real.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Everyone’s given good airport advice, so I’ll offer some personal travel advice if you’re not a frequent traveler.
Keep your personal travel documents in a place you’ll remember in a bag close to you, under the seat in front of you. Same for any medications. Purse, tote, backpack, whatever, and make sure it’s in a place where it’s zipped up and won’t fall out of the bag when set down. This means your passport and any other ID, and even your bank cards and the like. This bag will not and can not be checked luggage. Make sure it conforms to carry on bag restrictions for the airline.
Do not carry important items in a disorganized jumble at the bottom of a bag. You don’t need that panic desperately digging for a passport, checking pockets, jackets, whatever, while freaking out that the item may be lost. Keep organized. You’re going long way and are going to be wiped out physically and mentally. Save yourself the stress.
Do NOT put anything in the seat back pocket. After hours and hours of stress of travel and fatigue you will be far, far more likely to forget you put something there. Phone, backup battery, itinerary, or heaven forbid a passport. I travel for a living and probably just over once every couple months the cabin crew find a passport or phone in a seat back or a passenger comes running back to the plane panicked looking for an important item.
Customs - make sure you don’t bring anything you’re not supposed to into another country. Some innocuous over the counter medications like decongestants based on stimulants are illegal and treated like illegal drugs to bring in to some countries. Check Korea’s laws for travelers before you depart.
Give yourself time to get through airports that are unfamiliar. This includes time to clear customs and security. This will also help reduce stress and give you time to recover from any missteps like showing up at the wrong terminal.
Good luck, enjoy the ride!
- Comment on The D.E.N.N.I.S ship 1 week ago:
Is this a parody account? Sheeit. Got me.
- Comment on The D.E.N.N.I.S ship 1 week ago:
What laws? Are there laws that say “no sex in space”? The orange in chief is a clueless old git.
- Comment on Who did this 😂😂😂 1 week ago:
Yup. Thankfully that “feature” went away real quick and it became automatic.
- Comment on Anon goes camping 1 week ago:
Plenty of animals are riddled with parasites, and early humans absolutely got sick. Think of all the cholera epidemics even in recent history. I’m sure some animals get sick but I’d bet their stomachs are a far harsher environment for bacteria and parasites to survive so it’s less likely for them to be ill.
- Comment on Anon goes camping 1 week ago:
Drink of that with a few bites of Crunchy Frog candy.
Delectable.
- Comment on Talented child artist 1 week ago:
Yup. Go for it, kid. And the best part is you can drag out the rainbow farting moose any time a childhood story is needed to mildly embarrass and laugh with your kid.
- Comment on Anon goes camping 1 week ago:
Welcome to giardia or whatever other parasites and bacteria are in natural water sources.
Pretty much all natural surface water, no matter the source, is gonna have stuff in it that can make you sick. Maybe some cramps and diarrhea, some potentially lethal. Any time you drink untreated water it’s a risk no matter the “bro science” about how some is “safe”. Even glacial water has bacteria in it. Just some sources the concentration of bad stuff is going to be low enough that your body can hopefully deal with it without you becoming symptomatic.
Use proper filters and treatments designed for biologically contaminated water, or filter and boil your water before consuming. Stay safe out there!
- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 2 weeks ago:
By stating the answer given by the problem is wrong, and “showing the work” to demonstrate why it’s wrong.
- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 2 weeks ago:
So this is sort of a true/false math problem given to us, the viewer, out of context.
- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 2 weeks ago:
Is there any reason at face value why the teacher’s answer is correct? From my perspective the teacher is an idiot and missing some basic math skills.
- Comment on If you are too young you really missed out being able to do this 2 weeks ago:
Now if they’re really mad in a movie you see someone yeet their $800 phone. They lost the middle ground of slamming or throwing a $50 corded phone out the window. Now there’s only the nuclear option.
- Comment on So close! 2 weeks ago:
Like a “dry brine”. Aka “rub”. Just more salt. A rub with salt.