CuriousRefugee
@CuriousRefugee@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on xkcd #3143: Question Mark 1 week ago:
Charlie’s Angels’ Colon must have been a direct to TV sequel
- Comment on xkcd #3143: Question Mark 1 week ago:
This and inflationary language are two of my favorites from him!
- Comment on Check yourself before you rex yourself 2 weeks ago:
Oh, that’s the famous Sherlock Holmes fanfic author, right? And occasionally Batman fanfic!
- Comment on Longest comment chain! 2 weeks ago:
Better than jumping the shark
- Comment on "Rizz", "cooking" and "based" are going to be stereotypical old people words one day 2 weeks ago:
What does lamo mean? I understood the rest, and yes, my back hurts.
- Comment on It's just science. 1 month ago:
No! I’m sure we’ve aged like a fine milk. Strongbad is timeless!
- Comment on It's just science. 1 month ago:
I recognized this immediately. I hope Kyle “The Yellow Dart” Smith is doing okay
- Comment on Florida ounces 1 month ago:
Ridiculous. The metric system is all the same. How many millimommies in a decamommy? I dunno, but it’s 10 or 100 or 1000 or something like that. Everything is a factor of ten, and the unit conversions are even a factor of 10! You can look that up in a table, and a 6-year-old can properly measure things. Booooring!
Now look at the Imperial/English/Standard/US/Florida system: how many hogshead in a cubic furlong? Nobody knows offhand, so you have to get creative. Is it a US standard colonial, also called a tobacco hogshead? Or is it the British hogshead? It may depend on the contents, like whether it’s brandy or sugar or fish (the species matters!). You can convert to firkins if you wish, but that’s optional. As for furlongs, it used to depend on the horse, but sadly they standardized it to 40 rods, because German feet were longer than English feet, probably due to the toes. Fortunately, some states in the US still disagree on definitions, so the length may depend on the state. Once you figure that out, you can easily calculate that using a English wine hogshead and an international furlong leads to about 34,136,818.7 hogshead in a cubic furlong. Explain to me how that’s not better than your silly metric system!
- Comment on Day 365 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing (One Year Anniversary!) 2 months ago:
Congratulations on 1 year! I don’t read every day, but I’m glad when I do. Quite a commitment! Thanks so much for your contribution!
- Comment on To enjoy life without any fear 2 months ago:
Plot twist: the cat put up the sign
- Comment on Lawmakers Demand Palantir Provide Information About U.S. Contracts 3 months ago:
Sauron Denies Request for Contract Information
Reading a prepared statement from the tower of Barad-dûr, the Mouth of Sauron indicated today that the Dark Lord would not be complying with the demands of lawmakers to provide information on its contacts with the Trump Administration. The Messenger of Mordor further called the demands “ridiculous” and “unnecessary government intrusion into private affairs of Sauron, who did not answer to any higher authority, save that of his fallen master Morgoth.” Furthermore, the statement chastised the lawmakers for contacting Sauron through the Palantir, which he described as “an illegal privacy breach,” and said he planned to seek legal action for this invasion of his personal communications.
- Comment on There it is, that funny feeling. 4 months ago:
Apply Directly To The Forehead.
- Comment on Pronunciation is important 5 months ago:
Ahem… … … gif
- Comment on Maybe it's just a human thing. 5 months ago:
