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My milquetoast opinion is that ornithopters are underutilized in sci-fi/fantasy
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I think apple cider vinegar gets unwarranted credit for being in some way healthier or tastier or more natural than regular vinegar based purely on the name.
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My helicopter-based hot take is that Da Vinci was very smart, but we give him way too much credit for doodling a bunch of machines that don't actually work.
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Hollywood needs to extend its "Sorry about all the racism, Ke Huy Quan, have some actual roles" apology tour to Gedde Watanabe. Also my phone autocorrected to Gender Watanabe and I just want to throw that out as a username.
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Nameless Pete posted:Hollywood needs to extend its "Sorry about all the racism, Ke Huy Quan, have some actual roles" apology tour to Gedde Watanabe. Also my phone autocorrected to Gender Watanabe and I just want to throw that out as a username. Gender Wannabe would be a top-tier username
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If you think "khokhol" is an evil racial slur, but think "moskal" is fine, then you are both a hypocrite and kinda stupid e: and the extra dumb hell for people who heard neither before say, 02/22 and insist on saying "k-slur" back in the home country motherfucker it is not even a k, not even a k sound Edgar Allen Ho has a new favorite as of 03:54 on Jan 17, 2024 |
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I have zero respect for people who buy the middle gasoline option. The other options make sense. You buy the cheap one because it's the cheapest and they all work the same. On the other hand you have people who are like, "I'm a premium person, I drive a premium car, I live a premium life, I buy premium" and I understand that too. I don't agree with it, but I understand it. But the people who go with the middle option are just so dumb and spineless. They have some vague sense that the more expensive options are better in some way because if they weren't then the gas station wouldn't offer them. But they would feel like they're wasting money if they go premium. So instead they waste money but don't even get to think of themself as a premium person. They split the difference and end up in the worst place. And it's purely because they lack confidence. They're all cowards.
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I thought the middle option was premium? Cheap Gas - Premium Gas - Diesel I got gas recently and the attendant (I live in Oregon) was real apologetic and said I could only get premium gas. I'd never bought premium gas before. I asked him what the difference is. He said my engine might run hotter. I said is that it? He shrugged. So I got premium gas.
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Diesel is the green handle and iirc the nozzle is bigger so it won't fit in your tank
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hawowanlawow posted:Diesel is the green handle and iirc the nozzle is bigger so it won't fit in your tank Well that's annoying. I need it to run my car.
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Gripweed posted:I have zero respect for people who buy the middle gasoline option. The other options make sense. You buy the cheap one because it's the cheapest and they all work the same. On the other hand you have people who are like, "I'm a premium person, I drive a premium car, I live a premium life, I buy premium" and I understand that too. I don't agree with it, but I understand it. I thought premium was supposed to give you better gas mileage? I’ve never cared enough to spend more on something I was going to light on fire anyways, but I seem to recall hearing that somewhere.
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Some engines are supposedly optimized for premium octane fuel . Like sports cars. Seems silly when you are not going much faster than the speed limit most places. Mid grade fuel is literally just half premium+half regular.
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Tre Cool of Green Day is a much better drummer than I think he often gets credit for. I can tell a Green Day song simply from his drumming and nothing else. Also, Green Day is a great band whether you think of them as punk poseurs or otherwise.
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He and Dirnt are definitely a big part of their 90s success and why I still like Dookie/Insomniac.
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Henchman of Santa posted:He and Dirnt are definitely a big part of their 90s success and why I still like Dookie/Insomniac.  Hell yeah. Their early stuff still slaps.
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Agreed, “21 Guns” is an absolute banger
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Robobot posted:I thought premium was supposed to give you better gas mileage? I’ve never cared enough to spend more on something I was going to light on fire anyways, but I seem to recall hearing that somewhere. Premium gas lets you run at a higher compression ratio, which if your car is designed to do is a good thing, improving power and fuel efficiency (fuel energy converted to mechanical energy). If your car isn't designed for it it does nothing. Premium could give you fewer miles per gallon, because it might have stuff with a lower energy density, like ethanol. Separately some gas might have detergents or something in it, to supposedly reduce deposits, but that doesn't have anything to do with the octane rating.
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I revisited Dookie recently, which in 1998 was my favorite album, and I can't believe how fuckin awful it is. I never liked Green Day's post-Dookie stuff, but Dookie has aged like, well
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Panfilo posted:Some engines are supposedly optimized for premium octane fuel . Like sports cars. Seems silly when you are not going much faster than the speed limit most places. Sports cars are just silly as a concept. Full stop. If you drive it at a racing track, ok. Otherwise get outta here.
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doverhog posted:Sports cars are just silly as a concept. Full stop. I've said before, all private automobiles should have limiters built in that stop them from going over 75 miles an hour. There is no good reason not to do it.
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Sure if you want me to be stuck in 1955
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Ommin posted:I saw that on their new tour they are playing Dookie and American Idiot in full. I assume that's because mid-90s kids and early 2000s kids are the only fanbases they have left (I am the former). Yes but it's also the 30th and 20th anniversary of those, respectively, which is always a good excuse when you're a legacy act.
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Henchman of Santa posted:Yes but it's also the 30th and 20th anniversary of those, respectively, which is always a good excuse when you're a legacy act.
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credburn posted:I revisited Dookie recently, which in 1998 was my favorite album, and I can't believe how fuckin awful it is. I never liked Green Day's post-Dookie stuff, but Dookie has aged like, well It was the first album I bought for myself and I refuse to listen to it now so that I don't ruin my nostalgia. I'm glad to know it's been a good decision. Ixnay on the Hombre was my second. I don't listen to it either.
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Gripweed posted:I've said before, all private automobiles should have limiters built in that stop them from going over 75 miles an hour. There is no good reason not to do it. Why 75mph? Why not go back to 55 speed limit? Why limit it below the speed limit in many places?
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Yngwie Mangosteen posted:It was the first album I bought for myself It was the first album I bought with my own money, too! edit: the second was the Wallflowers album Bringing Down the Horse
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Atticus_1354 posted:Why 75mph? Why not go back to 55 speed limit? Why limit it below the speed limit in many places? 65 is a reasonable highway speed, plus a little extra for passing or emergencies. If other places have speed limits of 80 mph, that’s hosed up. That’s too fast.
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Many fleet trucks are governed at 55mph or whatever presumably for fuel efficiency but it often causes traffic snarls since you have multiple vehicles slightly not fast enough to effectively pass slower vehicles so they kind of clump together. I feel like overall speed has a bigger factor in adverse road/visibility conditions and vehicles traveling at wildly different speeds (not necessarily just too fast) tend to cause more accidents when weather is not an issue.
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It has been long established (McFly—Brown, 1985) that a sustained velocity of 88 mph is necessary for any sort of flux capacitor-enabled time travel to function.
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It is my opinion that it is really annoying when 2 subjects are competing for the current hot topic. In this case it is speed limits and Green Day. My brain just can't handle all of the jumping back and forth. I wonder how fast Green Day's tour bus drove between Lollapalooza shows in the early 00's?
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The only good Green Day song I’ve ever heard is Brain Stew because they dialed back the ‘pop’ and cranked up the ‘punk’.
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The FDA or corresponding agency of whatever country you’re in should actively regulate books on health and medicine. The “health and wellness” market is chock full of complete bullshit. I just shelved a book on “alternative medicine” that claimed that empathy could be rooted in subliminal telepathy
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thetoughestbean posted:The FDA or corresponding agency of whatever country you’re in should actively regulate books on health and medicine. The “health and wellness” market is chock full of complete bullshit. I just shelved a book on “alternative medicine” that claimed that empathy could be rooted in subliminal telepathy That doesn’t seem like a medical claim.
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Almost every thing I look at says the FDA hasn’t approved or investigated the claims of health related products . What the gently caress does the fda do all day? Cuz they apparently don’t check poo poo
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credburn posted:It was the first album I bought with my own money, too! That's a way better second album.
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The first album I bought myself was the soundtrack to Small Soldiers.
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Gripweed posted:That doesn’t seem like a medical claim. It also claims that crystals have health benefits. Not consuming them, just being around them
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oldpainless posted:Almost every thing I look at says the FDA hasn’t approved or investigated the claims of health related products . What the gently caress does the fda do all day? Cuz they apparently don’t check poo poo A magic crystal is neither a food nor a drug.
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thetoughestbean posted:It also claims that crystals have health benefits. Not consuming them, just being around them I can buy that. Your mood effects your health, and your surroundings effect your mood. And your setting is always improved by adding a load of crystals.
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