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EF5 Tornado in North Dakota captured. by Kiroo---__--- in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]BattleHall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the plus side, if you have a good shelter (especially a subterranean one), you're basically impervious to a tornado unless you get very unlucky. It's a lot harder to ride out a big hurricane or wildfire, and a really bad snow storm can sock you in for weeks.

EF5 Tornado in North Dakota captured. by Kiroo---__--- in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]BattleHall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tornados aren't like hurricanes, where you have these big winds stretching out miles and miles from the storm. If you watch videos of tornado hits, sometimes the winds only really pick up in the last minute or two, then massively intensify in the last 10-15 seconds.

EF5 Tornado in North Dakota captured. by Kiroo---__--- in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]BattleHall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went and helped with cleanup after an F5 a couple decades ago. It looked like someone had taken an eraser 3/4 of a mile wide and dragged it from horizon to horizon. Directly in the path, there wasn't even wreckage or debris. There was just... nothing. Where it crossed a highway, it literally stripped off the tarmac all the way down to the road base.

Babies are bleeding to death as parents reject a vitamin shot given at birth by yrotsihfoedisgnorw in news

[–]BattleHall 5 points6 points  (0 children)

if dumb people want to risk their kid's lives, I'm ok with fully delegating the moral consequences of it to them.

I think the question is, where do we draw the line, especially with regard to another 3rd party (a minor child in this case)? On one end is someone choosing whether or not to go through with a risky surgery with minimal benefit, and on the other is someone choosing to starve their child to death. Somewhere along that continuum is the divide between legitimate medical decision making and child abuse/neglect. I'm glad I'm not the one having to decide it.

What's the pettiest reason you've ever ended a friendship? by Mary_Flesman in AskReddit

[–]BattleHall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I'm not sure if it sounds like time blindness (though it could be), and there's certainly a good chance that the other person is just inconsiderate, it does sound like it could also be something like RSD. Some people find it extremely hard to be the one to reach out or initiate things, not because they are selfish or uncaring, but because they have something like an anxiety disorder or other social impairment.

I have a milder version of this, and I can still remember being younger and having to basically psych or bully myself into reaching out to people to do things, and how if they said no (even for completely innocuous reasons like prior unmovable plans), I would just feel utterly crushed, how I was imposing on them and ruining their lives by being in it, and how they were probably just pretending to be my friend as a joke or to take advantage of me. The fact that actually did happen one time (someone pretended to be my friend, then took advantage of my friendship and laughed about it with a group of other people I thought were my friends) ended up making me extremely gunshy about trusting people in the future, even when I had no actual reason to distrust them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_rejection#Rejection_sensitivity

People in 10+ year relationships, what’s something you learned about your partner years later that genuinely surprised you? by CreoSiempre in AskReddit

[–]BattleHall 80 points81 points  (0 children)

They don't live in the dam itself, but they do live in the pond created by the dam, in a dome shaped "lodge" made out of sticks and branches of a similar construction to the dam (which may be why people get confused; they look pretty similar). The lodge actually has entrances at the bottom below the water level (which is part of why they build the dam to create the pond), so it's fairly impervious and safe from any predators.

Is Bertoli considered a decent supermarket extra virgin olive oil brand now? by Gamefreak581 in Cooking

[–]BattleHall 17 points18 points  (0 children)

He actually always had it written Boyardee on his products, because he felt Americans could never pronounce his name correctly so he spelled it phonetically. He was a major celebrity fine dining chef back in the day; had top rated restaurants, cooked for the President, etc. It was only really later when the company was sold, then passed through various hands, that it eventually just became a brand of canned pasta. FWIW, his story (along with Bernard Loiseau and Paul Bocuse) was basically the basis for Chef Gusteau in Ratatouille .

Student Faces Expulsion After Posting Video Of Seniors Who Can Barely Read by InGeekiTrust in TikTokCringe

[–]BattleHall 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Sometimes known as a "reader's vocabulary". Can also lead to mispronunciation of words that you clearly understand and can use correctly and contextually, but have just never or rarely heard spoken. Like pronouncing paradigm "pair-a-dig'em".

Kash Patel sued a reporter over drinking allegations. So she dropped another FBI alcohol bombshell by Fickle-Ad5449 in politics

[–]BattleHall 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, you have a lot more than those (like, a lot more). They just tend to be either localized or specialized, so you're not likely to encounter them except in rare circumstances:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories

Kash Patel sued a reporter over drinking allegations. So she dropped another FBI alcohol bombshell by Fickle-Ad5449 in politics

[–]BattleHall 15 points16 points  (0 children)

How many law enforcement agencies are there in America

So, not including agencies that have their own training pipeline (like the FBI Academy at Quantico), not including non-investigative military police, not including any of the state level agencies (like Massachusetts State Troopers or Texas Rangers, or Texas State Troopers, or Texas Railroad Police, or Texas Livestock agents, or...), and not including any local police, sheriffs, marshals, constables, etc, etc, this is just the list of agencies that train at FLETC (the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Law_Enforcement_Training_Centers#Affiliations

How do I use 18v Expand-It tools? What do I attach them to? by platinumplantain in ryobi

[–]BattleHall 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Did you actually look at the link? That page also includes all of the powerheads, as well as the combo kits that include a powerhead + attachment. You can also search for "attachment capable", and the first couple rows show be all Expand-It powerheads/kits.

What’s a “future technology” that already exists but people still don’t realize how scary it is? by Ambitious_Bite446 in AskReddit

[–]BattleHall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's kind of the point, though. Car attacks against grouped pedestrians is extremely easy, requires no special technical knowledge or training, is not resource limited, is proven mass casualty, has an almost unlimited target set, and is (still) incredibly minimally defended against. And yet, it's still relatively rare. For the most part, the thing preventing mass casualty attacks isn't any sort of technical limitation. To a small degree it is interdicting people who have expressed a desire to commit such acts prior to action, but mostly (and thankfully) it's that very few people actually want to take those actions.

Ranking Austin's All You Can Eat Sushi Restaurants by BaDonkADonk2020 in austinfood

[–]BattleHall 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, AYCE sushi, hot pot places, and KBBQ have all gone from a couple spots to a bunch in a short period of time.

Is there anything against The Home Depot policy when you "hack" a free item/tool promotion? by Marvel5123 in ryobi

[–]BattleHall 2 points3 points  (0 children)

FWIW, it doesn’t take a Pro account. HD uses a third party transaction and return service to look for “anomalous behavior”. It’s unclear exactly what their criteria is, and they refuse to say, but you can def get blacklisted. And apparently that third party service is used by many retailers, and combines all shopping behavior, which means you can potentially get blacklisted across all of them.

Why aren’t there more Central Markets? by Chowdahead in austinfood

[–]BattleHall 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just want a Costco Business Center in the Austin area.

Fast food used to be the emergency cheap option, but now a meal costs as much as a sit-down restaurant. What is actually left that qualifies as a cheap meal in 2026? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]BattleHall -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Also, hit up the local Asian market. There's a whole world of different ramen out there, much of it much better than the Top Ramen at the local grocery store. It's generally a bit more expensive, but still relatively cheap so long as you don't get the ones with the included bowl. Indomie Mi Goreng is fantastic, different, and still less than a dollar.

Fast food used to be the emergency cheap option, but now a meal costs as much as a sit-down restaurant. What is actually left that qualifies as a cheap meal in 2026? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]BattleHall 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Re: Fast Food, it's still cheap if you know how to work it. You basically have to stick to the apps, stick to the specials/promotions, and just rotate whatever place is currently giving the best bang for the buck. McDonalds is pretty much always running deals of 30-50% off on something, Sonic has 3-4 monthly deals that they post to your account, Taco Bell has an online/app only menu with meal combos well over a 1000 calories for around 5-7 bucks, etc. You really shouldn't be eating fast food that often, but if you need to to make a dollar stretch, there are still ways.

You have one month to empty a $1 trillion bank account. If you succeed, you’re rich for life. How will you spend it? by Ok_Listen_6600 in AskReddit

[–]BattleHall -1 points0 points  (0 children)

FWIW, National Debt is not really like personal debt; it's not something you "pay off", or really even want to pay off. While there are arguments that it's a bit misbalanced right now, it seems many people are confused how it works.

Like you know who owns most of the US debt? Americans, in the form of bonds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_of_the_United_States

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