HelixDab2

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[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I think you wildly underestimate the amount of trash we're be talking about here. This wouldn't be a rocket, this would be thousands, or hundreds of thousands of rockets. And that's just the start.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 46 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

how could you ever have a normal relationship with your pro-Trump neighbor/father-in-law/Uncle/Barber or what ever again?

...Why would I want to? Seriously, why would I want to have a relationship with people that have shown me that the things they value are antithetical to the things I value? I don't give a fuck if people are nice to me; I want people to be kind across the board.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

I think of garlic as being more herb-like than spice. Same with caramelized onions.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Depending on the exact part of life that I want to spice up, clarified butter is nice.

Mmmmm, butter.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

They say the short range of 100 miles, lack of charging infrastructure, and lack of an engine rumble make the E-bikes

If the range estimates were accurate, this would not be a significant problem; my motorcycle gets about 140 miles out of 3.5 gallon tank. However, that range estimate assumes that you're going at city speeds. Once you get to highway speeds, your range drops sharply, because of wind resistance. (This is a problem with cars also, but less of a problem; the rider is the least aerodynamic part of a motorcycle, meaning cars can be much more efficient with wind resistance.) At 80mph, which is roughly normal interstate speeds near me, you'd get more like 50 miles; that would be enough for me to go to work and get home, assuming that I took the most direct route. If you want to ride for pleasure in the mountains, then you not only have the reduced range to contend with, but also the total lack of charging.

And, unfortunately, adding batteries to increase the range also increases weight. That increased weight may not be as apparent in a car, but you will feel every pound of it on a motorcycle, and not in a good way. A sport bike that has the weight of a Honda Goldwing is not desirable.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

I hit my finger on a spinning piece on a lathe; it sliced my finger right down to the bone, and cut through the tendon. Thankfully it cut the tendon along the length rather than across; I needed 3-4 stitches to close it up, but no surgery.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Hmmm. Three-way tie, TBH. I've been on the internet since before Netscape, so take this for what it's worth.

A child (maybe six?) being raped was definitely one of the worst; she was screaming and crying in the brief clip I watched. Apparently it was her father that was raping her; AFAIK he's in prison for life now. Hopefully his life in prison is very short. I'm not even sure how many years ago this was now.

Crush videos involving kittens on an .onion site about a decade ago. I clicked on a thumbnail just long enough to verify that yeah, it was what I thought it was, and then left the site. I've owned cats my whole life; if I knew someone personally that did that, I would absolutely kill them. Yes, I had a stronger visceral reaction to that than I did a child rape video, and no, that doesn't make any sense.

A video from Mexico showing a purported child rapist; he was restrained, and dogs were chewing his genitals off. He had those high, breathy screams of someone in agony that was unable to catch their breath. It ended after the dogs tore his entire lower abdomen to shreds and one of the cartel (?) members cut his throat. Maybe 15 years ago? I'm pretty sure that this was a hi-def video.

I didn't watch the video of the Russian officer cutting the head off a Ukrainian POW. I'm past the point of having any desire to watch videos that further decrease my opinion of humanity.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 33 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Usually salt, black pepper, red pepper, cumin, cardamom, dried hot chilies, cinnamon, coriander, and mace.

Often herbs as well.

Usually you want to dry roast them together first.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

If he's still alive, not in prison, and capable of doing more than drooling? Of course he will run again. He has way too much power with the people that vote in Republican primaries; politicians that don't give him lip services don't survive primary runs. And, in turn, that's infected the whole party.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I am a native English speaker though...

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

...And how old are your young nieces, exactly? Because my bet is that they're around 13-16, which is riiiiiiiiiiiiight about the age where I would expect kids to start being really interested in sex.

It's so weird to me that people entirely forget what they were like when they were young, and get so puritanical as adults. I still remember what I was like when I first hit sexual awareness and interest as a child (and it was a lot younger than most people are comfortable admitting!), and that was, um, >30 years ago. Maybe it's just because we get deeply uncomfortable with idea of children having their own sexual life and desires in the US?

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah, I'm not feeling a distinction in any of those in the way I speak. :/

Ether/either to me only sound different in the e/ei. Same with fox/vox and sip/zip (if someone just said the word itself, without context, I don't think I could tell which they were saying because the f and v sounds are also very close to each other in my ear).

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