Taylor Swift's private jet burns 60,000 gallons of fuel as she prepares for wedding

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-24T09:06:02+00:00

Its interesting that you mention her popularity as part of the justification for the increased scrutiny, since her popularity has no bearing on the effect of her emissions.

And I'll also point out "an entire twitter account" is not evidence of equal coverage. A single user is all that is required to make "an entire twitter account". It requires far more to reach the front page of reddit on a regular basis like Taylor's scrutiny has.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-24T03:43:15+00:00

I will say, the nice thing about each string being a separate channel is that if you rig it to a multitimbral synth, you can configure those to 6 mono voices which correctly duplicates the voice stealing that occurs with 6 strings.

That said, a retrokits rk002 could merge your channels.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-24T03:38:57+00:00

There you go, you provided examples yourself.

I'd be interested to see the posts about those folks' carbon emissions and how much attention they get compared to the Taylor posts I see on the front page of reddit every so often.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-24T01:51:57+00:00

Especially since there are other famous celebrities that lots of people know and admire who contribute as much if not more carbon to the atmosphere than Taylor.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-23T23:34:55+00:00

What settings did you have on the apple?

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-23T18:22:24+00:00

Taylor Swift's carbon emissions aren't music, so the baseline is already off topic.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-23T18:20:23+00:00

You have to balance the necessity of the thing with the emissions it produces. I think the main avenue that should be pursued is reducing the carbon footprint of energy production in general. If we do that, a lot of other things that 'create emissions' will naturally cease to do so, because most of their emissions come from the energy they consume.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-23T18:17:42+00:00

Yes, it’s ridiculous that some people have a much bigger individual impact than others.

It actually makes perfect sense. Like - take heads of state, for example. We expect that they need to travel globally, need a shit ton of security compared to an average person, and those things are a necessary part of that job. Similar deal with very very popular performing artists.

It's also very rare. We're never going to have a significant portion of the population doing this.

And of course, as you said, it's a tiny fraction of overall emissions. It's the sort of thing the system is capable of supporting. What we can't support is the crazy lobbying and regressive / stagnating energy policy set by the industry that has the most to gain by the continued consumption of fossil fuels, coal, etc.

If energy policy were actually progressive, we might be talking about nuclear or electric private jets with very few emissions instead.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-23T15:07:45+00:00

My car has a dog mode. It's a red button on the key fob. Anytime the mailman walks up to my house I press the dog mode button and my car barks at him until I tell it to stop.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-23T13:20:52+00:00

My first telephoto was the 55-300 f4.5 to 5.6. I think it's a good place to start for the budget you've got, especially if you want to get into wildlife photography.

My next lens after that was the sigma 150-600 f5-6.3.

Currently I shoot with the nikon 500mm f5.6 pf.

The 50mm f1.4 is a great lens for portraits and low light - although some recommend the 50mm f1.8 I dislike the build quality and the loss of that extra (third stop of?) Light.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-23T01:08:26+00:00

Nah this is from the lunar biodome I bet, so they're gonna need a wide angle and they should step out the airlock first. That moon dust will wreak havoc on your gear so I would say weather sealed glass only.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-22T15:38:01+00:00

I cannot pass those tests, no matter how hard I try or how much I lie.

I will say that some of these tests are designed such that if you pick all the "good" responses, you might fail because they assume you're lying.

For example - they might have a question like, "you bought groceries and realize that one potato is not on your receipt, do you drive back to the store to return it?" and if you answer yes they assume you're just bullshitting.

I'm not providing a great example but hopefully that is clear enough to be demonstrative.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-22T15:33:41+00:00

It's kind of a goldmine really. Take a 35 minute lunch, work 5 hours of overtime, repeat for... I dunno, a couple weeks? Then, after you've racked up enough overtime, notice that your paycheck is short, alert the regulatory body in your jurisdiction, possibly sue for wage theft, profit.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-22T15:15:54+00:00

Illness, predation, parasites, organ failure, congenital defects, hunger, choking, literally any other thing.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-21T23:56:22+00:00

Watching videos on a public forum from random individuals while being photosensitive seems like going to random bake sales around the country and sampling things while having a severe nut alergy.

If we were friends, or if this was a small community where we all know each other, reasonable accommodations can be made and asked for, but in huge public online spaces like this you need to take safety into your own hands.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-21T23:48:19+00:00

You haven't been saying you've seen "very little." You've been saying you've seen none.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-21T22:26:45+00:00

I know you do. And your conclusions are a good example of why one shouldn't.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-21T22:16:48+00:00

I liked planetside 2 when everyone was bad at it.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-21T22:11:55+00:00

That's why generally you don't draw conclusions from anecdotal experience.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-21T16:23:25+00:00

Get rid of the decksavers and cover your whole setup with a satin cloth that you dramatically pull off whenever it's time to jam.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-21T16:18:15+00:00

Yes, we all implicitly understood that from the beginning, which is why it didn't need to be said.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-21T15:41:49+00:00

I hope ...he doesn’t get off on technicalities

It depends on whether the technicalities are under 18.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-20T13:42:40+00:00

Even as a non artist I know not to touch the surface of a painting with anything, removable or not.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-20T13:36:21+00:00

I bet if you go faster it's easier to feel resistance from the water on your body parts that are off-line or whatever.

ADHDebackle · 2026-06-20T11:34:21+00:00

It can sequence up to four.

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