ptc075

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is it sometimes difficult to start doing what one enjoys?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe it’s a combination of what others here are saying. We live in a world of near instant gratification, getting going on something that requires effort without an immediate payout feels too much like work.

  FWIW, I find it helps tremendously to schedule a day / time in advance. For example, I spend the whole week looking forward to “Wrenching Wednesday” so I can go play with my cars. And I actually go do it now, which is something I couldn’t always say before.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The weather is definitely changing.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was blown away when my die-hard Republican boomer dad said he thinks climate change is real. There’s a pond behind our house, and he can remember how big it used to get in the rainy season and how small it used to get in the dry season. Now, during the rainy season it comes up to the backdoor, and during the dry season it’s not there at all. If he can still trust his own eyes over what the TV tells him to think, maybe there’s still some hope for the world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meat flavored with a hint of fruit sounds alright. But fruit flavored with a hint of meat sounds gross.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Came here to mention mincemeat. Good stuff.

  For those of you who have never tried it - it’s mostly dark brown sugar, cinnamon, & raisins. But it has that fatty aftertaste you normally associate with bacon as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More than half of the world’s CO₂ emissions in 2023 come from just 36 fossil fuel companies, report finds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “This data is used to quantify the direct production-linked operational emissions and emissions from the combustion of marketed products that can be attributed to these entities.”

  Holy fuck I wish they’d separate these two categories. There’s a big difference between ‘this company burns a million gallons of gasoline’ versus ‘this company sells a million gallons of gasoline’.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would happen if Punxsutawney Phil comes out, and immediately dies?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That actually happened this year to the Punxsutawney Phil from… Tennessee I believe? Not the main one, but another groundhog event on the same day.

  (A few moments later)

  Looks like it was Kentucky. Link is pay-walled, but here it is if anyone is curious: www.courier-journal.com/story/…/72477815007/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USA | High-speed passenger train collides with firetruck in Florida, injuring 15 people⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At first I assumed this was the Onion, as we all know damn well there’s no high speed passenger trains in America.

  Doing a quick Googling, I see Brightline’s average speed is 69 MPH. /sigh. And folks wonder why we’re so car-centric here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Coca-Cola accused of quietly dropping its 25% reusable packaging target⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish we had better tracking for all the times this happens.