An American who spent time stationed in Kenya (they never could tell me why we have a base there, go figure) told me about a group of navy seals that decided to try to put a t-shirt on a baboon once. Apparently they all ended up in the infirmary.

America isn’t sending the brightest.

Would that even work? Intuitively (I dont remember anything about chem) I would guess that you could take a portion of a tums to get the same effect as alkaline water, but wouldn’t be able to achieve the opposite. If you drank an enormous amount of alkaline water such that your stomach acid volume is negligible then the ph of the solution would just be the alkaline water ph, right?

Definitely depends on the area and a handful of variables, but I feel like there’s an environmental argument to be had for frequent good deliveries to households.

It could be scheduled in a similar way as waste management and households just put in a recurring order that they could update every week with one off needs. Heck, it could even get fancy and offer to let you pick your produce at the door or van. It could be door-to-door or block-by-block with assistance for people that need it.

If this was a socially supported and accepted model for getting basic goods then a non-small amount of car trips would just not happen.

It would be really interesting if someone with a background in this and access to relevant numbers could see if something like that would be beneficial, or could think outside the box for other ways to make spread out metropolitan life slightly less environmentally shit (with the caveat that significant structural changes still need to happen obv).

Exactly, dollar general tends to be in poorer neighborhoods but is expensive as shit. At least around here, they only get business by being the only place to buy basic necessities.

There was one a block away from a homeless encampment a few of us were working with, and some of their basics were 50-100% more than the neighboring parts of town. There is a little public transport in this city, but definitely not adequate for most people to be able to use it for errands. Of course people in these neighborhoods are always running out of money, Dollar General is picking their pockets.

Unrelated, but the ice box outside was not only locked, it was just straight up off. This was during an extended heat wave. A worker mentioned that corporate stopped sending ice because it had been getting stolen. Just overall a shitty store to have to deal with.

Doesn’t that imply that the control group are the people riddled with plastic 🤔?

He seems like a really good dude. It’s easy to tell you two had something special. I’m really sorry for your loss.

The first dog my partner and I adopted passed 2 years ago. He was similar to your buddy - he always wanted to do what we were doing. He had a few favorite people and hated literally everyone else.

Honestly, he was a real shit head that caused us a ton of anxiety (soooo aggressive despite our best efforts), but he was our shit head. I don’t miss the anxiety of walking him but I miss everything else, even the sometimes-scary stuff. He was full of surprises and kept them coming until his last days.

Sorry for hijacking, just been thinking about him a lot the last few days.

I wish there was something we could say to make things easier for you. I’m sure he felt all the love you have for him every day. He sounds like a hoot.

Rest in peace, friend.

tru

Obviously these folks should just avoid the crowd or go to concerts that have a vibe they actually enjoy, but it’s not weird to be upset when someone, accident or not, hits you multiple times/pours beer on you/etc (especially when it’s made clear to them that “hey, you swinging your fist around kinda hurts.”). Accidents happen, crowds get really cramped, but it’s usually considered courteous to be at least a little aware of where your limbs are going. It’s a 2 way street: you hit someone and they acknowledge it, maybe be a little more careful. Someone’s fist falls on your head, maybe remind them you’re right there? It’s not that hard. No matter the size of the concert though there’s always gotta be at least 1 asshole. Haven’t been to many with an invertebrate in the audience though.

All that being said, going to the manager is pretty fucking funny lmao. Just move a little further away from the stage and enjoy the show. You really can’t expect people to not spill in a crowd, or bump you, whatever, when you’re standing elbows to assholes or whatever the saying is.

I’m sure some marketing suggests these things are healthier, but they’re really just an animal-cruelty free alternative.

This is like when coworkers ask if a vegan is vegan for health reasons. I’m sure as hell not, I eat like shit lmao. Just no animal products.

Was thinking the same thing! Too lazy to figure out what it is specifically right now though

Are they? I watch YouTube on Firefox all the time, seems fine on my machine.

I think maybe 5+ years ago there were some performance issues caused by YT relying on features that were only implemented in Chrome, but I don’t recall having any issues wrt that for years.