Ballistic_86

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I’m guessing it sort of came from the fact that we cook food with burning wood. Less so now, but burning wood meant cooked food for 200k years.

I don’t think wood smells like it is edible, but a fire can remind me of food through smell.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There is a cheaper alternative to supermarkets, but most people don't know it exists [It's shopping cooperatives]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
The coops in my American city are usually the more expensive option than the chain grocery stores. They pay their staff fairly (because the staff own part of the business) which is great, but saving money for the consumer they do not.

I just don’t think a coop can be cheaper than a larger corporate entity that can purchase at huge bulk discounts for their many stores. Healthier? Sure. More ethical? Sure. Similar costs or cheaper? Nah.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most consumers hate the idea of AI-generated customer service⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Automated phone systems have been a thing for decades. They are notoriously shitty and adding a layer of “friendly AI” on top of that shitty system doesn’t bode well.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everything old is new again.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Die a hero or live long enough to become the villain
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Female-to-male rape, (how) does it happen without roofies?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
It would def have to be a discussion, but that would by default be sexual assault
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Female-to-male rape, (how) does it happen without roofies?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
A lot of aggression in this comments with this is literally no stupid questions.

Sexual assault comes in many forms and men are and can be victims of most of them. Coercion, violence, emotional manipulation, drugs or alcohol, the list is the same regardless of gender.

As for an erection, it’s a biological response so “wanting it” doesn’t correspond to desire/attraction/consent. Many women who are raped get “wet” and even orgasm, but that does not indicate pleasure or consent. It’s actually one of the reasons rape victims feel very guilty about the event. “If I didn’t want it/hated it/was scared, why did I cum?”
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Still trapped on Baltimore ship, months after bridge collapse⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I shared this news with my mother, she had already known and understood the reasoning behind keeping the crew aboard. Shocking to be honest. Like, nobody can let them back on shore and give them a few hotel rooms? Let’s just have controlled explosions around foreign nationals because rules??
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I think it's extremely invasive that amazon is telling me this⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
USPS/Fedex/UPS don’t share location, name or photo and you don’t see a lot of them getting shot. I drove for Amazon for 6 months or so. Most people know when they are expecting a delivery, especially from Amazon.

There is absolutely no way sharing a photo of the driver would increase safety for anyone. Anyone shooting at the pizza guy at the wrong house or teens turning around in the wrong driveway aren’t going to pay attention to a photo.

Amazon should, IMO, return back to an estimated delivery window. It is more than the other big delivery companies offer already.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I think it's extremely invasive that amazon is telling me this⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Is it common for your delivery driver to knock on your door and hand deliver your package? Standard for Amazon is customer requested location and a photo. There are some exceptions, but those packages wouldn’t be given (typically) to the individual Flex drivers.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I think it's extremely invasive that amazon is telling me this⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
UPS/Fedex/USPS drivers don’t share their location or a photo/name. Those systems have been working well in that manner for a century.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I think it's extremely invasive that amazon is telling me this⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
All Amazon drivers are contracted. The Prime drivers you see are working for Amazon DSPs. The ones in their own cars are doing the same thing without the middle man- less packages, better pay, but no guarantees and no benefits provided.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I think it's extremely invasive that amazon is telling me this⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
All Amazon drivers are contracted, check out Amazon DSP. We also use the Flex app. Your location, even as a Flex driver, is on a delay. Unless you are having to take 10+ minutes at a stop, it will never reveal your current location. Even my DSP couldn’t get my exact location until I had been stationary for some time.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I think it's extremely invasive that amazon is telling me this⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
As a former Amazon driver, ain’t nobody got time to knock on your door and wait for you to answer/receive your package.

I delivered hundreds of packages a day and, maybe, interacted with 2/3 people, and typically because they were outside when I pulled up.

Standard delivery for Amazon is customer requested location and a photo.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Palestine experience⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Some of these replies seem to think it is okay to hit a random guy, walking passed, in the knee with batons. Escalation of force starts with clear and concise commands. I didn’t see one of those uniformed men command or inform those two that they weren’t allowed to do whatever it is they were doing (appeared to be walking casually on the street) before they busted out the batons.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did we get humans on the moon in 1969 and are still struggling to get the Starship rocket to launch properly?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Safety, scope of mission, budget

The first moon missions were extremely risky. Many people died during development and/or during those missions. As NASA evolved, they reprioritized safety and that changed the demands of the vehicle.

The scope of the missions are also different. The first moon missions were, mostly, about just getting there. Taking moon samples back and doing science experiments were limited. The mission now is for a larger group of people to stay on the moon for week/weeks.

Budget has been a huge issue since the 80s. Once the allure of new and exciting space things died down after the first landing on the moon, public perception and federal budgets got moved to other things. The reason NASA is using the SpaceX rocket isn’t because they couldn’t make something better. But SpaceX has done a lot of the development on their own dime. Getting a moon-worthy rocket without an additional decade of funding and research ensures reasonable timeframes for the new moon missions.