Mouselemming
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- Comment on The 1980s summed up in a single photo. 3 days ago:
But those casinos stank just as bad, because stale cigarette smoke out-ranks cheap food
- Comment on It's interesting to see what qualifies as a swear in different languages. 3 days ago:
Yup, just assume they are.
- Comment on Does it get windy in New York City? 5 days ago:
But have you ever been downtown in any big city with lots of skyscrapers? The subheader of the question asks about those as well, and since the consensus is that NYC can be very windy because the grid funnels the wind (I’ve experienced it myself) it would be interesting to know if an older circular-walled city origin would cause the modern skyscrapers (planted in old lots) to block the wind more effectively, for instance.
- Comment on aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 6 days ago:
Meowtch
- Comment on The people who protest against the Palestinian Genocide would be the same people who protested against the Holocaust. 6 days ago:
Concentration camps yes, but Death Camps with gas chambers and crematoria, not intended to hold people for any longer than it took to “exterminate” them, were new. Even slave-labor camps of the sort where inmates were starved and worked to death were frowned upon, not considered normal. That’s why the Nazi lied, and created false camp films for propaganda.
- Comment on Another WSJ banger about why the poors aren't doing more 1 week ago:
Sorry to have set them up, mod. I should have known.
- Comment on Another WSJ banger about why the poors aren't doing more 1 week ago:
I can see the word. And it’s an appropriate reference to inappropriate speech by others, imho. But to avoid having the censorship interfere with making your point, you might want to type something like fxxxxt that gives a clue to the slur you’re referring to.
- Comment on A cavity search is when someone roots around in your canal 1 week ago:
Groan
- Comment on Carrot 1 week ago:
Some, but not most. There’s significant nutrition in the phloem (layer under the skin) which is not removed by peeling. And even the center has nutritional value. It is best to peel them just before using rather than let them sit around once peeled, since the peel protects them.
- Comment on Carrot 1 week ago:
I peel carrots because to me the peel tastes like dirt. As for that whole poop discussion, I’m pretty sure that guano in the soil is not the worst contaminant on the skin of the carrot. E. coli on vegetables for instance usually comes from the hands of someone who handled it.
I grant you that the skin probably also contains lots of vitamins, although there’s still plenty in the interior. And giving the carrot a really good scrub would get the skin clean.
But I’ve never been able to scrub away the dirt flavor to my satisfaction. So I peel them with a carrot peeler. The existence of which indicates it’s a common enough behavior not to merit an interrobang.
Though I do love an interrobang, so thanks.
- Comment on Carrot 1 week ago:
They did you a favor. The advantage is, you only have to peel One Carrot. And it’s not that hard to cut it up, you could even make carrot sticks and dice half of them for stew, or cut half and shred half for carrot salad. The sticks keep nicely in the fridge with a little cold water.
- Comment on AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright 1 week ago:
Yeah you might as well “work overnight to fix this,” because you can’t go to bed anyway
- Comment on Well do you? 1 week ago:
- Comment on How do Ghostwriters work? Does the person the book is about say to the writer I will give you 2 or 20 percent of the sales or is it a 50 50 split? 1 week ago:
They usually get a set amount payable on submitting a final draft, or a salary. Which, if it’s an ego project, might be more lucrative than a percentage of profits.
- Comment on arborholing 1 week ago:
Consider the Navel Orange. Completely unable to reproduce on its own, yet it has millions of progeny because of people like you!
- Comment on Public service announcement 1 week ago:
It’s apparently less common than it used to be (I’m quite old, and I also had pelvic pain which is another reason for doing a rectovaginal exam) but considering the fact that colorectal cancer is skyrocketing in young adults maybe it should make a comeback.
- Comment on Public service announcement 1 week ago:
My Obstetricians didn’t but the (female) internist who did my pap smears as part of my annual physical did them. Not weird at all because she was examining the whole body, not just the female bits. And she warned me, as she did about everything down there, and didn’t mess around. She also took care as she opened the speculum so I could unclench (vaginismus). Frankly much more considerate than my second OB, I broke their speculum and they blamed me rather than their technique.
- Comment on Public service announcement 1 week ago:
Yes and after they swab/scrub/scrape your cervix they usually put a finger in the rectum to feel for lumps, and wipe it on a slide for a stool sample.
- Comment on Would spiderman hurt a fly? 1 week ago:
I like to think he’s brave enough to leave a spider in his bedroom if it was a harmless house spider. I’m not, but I’m not a superhero. Although he might understandably have PTSD about spider bites.
- Comment on Would spiderman hurt a fly? 1 week ago:
If he couldn’t get the damn idiotic thing to fly out the window it flew in, he’d tie it up and leave it for the authorities.
- Comment on Would dinosaur meat taste more like frog or chicken? 1 week ago:
I’m thinking more like ostrich. BIG ostrich.
- Comment on Wild Seals 1 week ago:
Very bitey elephants
- Comment on Living his best life. 1 week ago:
“If it’s the Nobel Committee they’ll leave a message.” But they’d better text as well.
I wouldn’t be surprised if a number of awardees find out through journalists and then have to go back through their ignored messages.
- Comment on Wild Seals 1 week ago:
So, if sea lions are literally sea lions,
Seals are, sea panthers?
Except of course leopard seals, obvs.
(Making allowance for extra weight of blubber necessary for temperature control in the ocean)
- Comment on Swing looow sweet chariots... 1 week ago:
It’s legal, y’know. I understand why you might not want to have the unwanted attention though. I go braless unless it’s going to be obvious, but at my age nobody ogles.
- Comment on xkcd #3156: Planetary Rings 1 week ago:
If so it’s an abusive marriage
- Comment on Who wants a merkin? 2 weeks ago:
Less likely to cause injury at least
- Comment on Taxes and nature 2 weeks ago:
Biblical God being as jealous as He is about worshipping only him, burning the money as a sacrifice to Him could have changed His mind about sending the Flood. Only if everyone had joined in, of course. But I guess Noah was better at carpentry than persuasion.
- Comment on Grab your pitchforks 2 weeks ago:
I’ve always disliked kiwi, only recently discovered it’s because I’m allergic to it. Mild reactions so far but now I’ll just avoid it altogether because subsequent exposures can cause worse reactions.
- Comment on A roundabout 2 weeks ago: