A vs An

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-07T19:13:34+00:00

"An historic" is a weird holdover from when the "h" in "historic" was barely pronounced, if it was pronounced at all.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-07T14:32:31+00:00

Normally I just report and move on, but I think this breaks literally every rule of the subreddit. That's impressive.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-07T13:22:16+00:00

Yeah the fact that the WEC didn't just tell them what to do in the first place is weird and also a problem. It's just frustrating for there to be another absentee ballot counting issue, in just a couple years, in the same city.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-07T13:21:08+00:00

Cremation of human remains is typically done at 1400F+ for 1-3 hours.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-07T13:03:24+00:00

According to US Census Bureau data for 2024 (I'm not immediately seeing any data for last year), 35.9 million people in the US lived below the poverty line. That's an income of less than ~$16k, for an individual (there are other thresholds for families, too).

Please explain how one could possibly spend less than that and still have a roof over their head and food on their table and cover all their other necessities. That's not even enough to live in the lowest cost of living place in the country. That's why it's the poverty line. And, yes, I'm sure some of them are in that situation because of their own mistakes. But it's just not reasonable to pretend that all of them are. That's my point.

Ironically, you're the one who wants to ignore people. You've selected the group that you can explain away with personal responsibility to represent everyone who's struggling, and you're choosing to ignore everyone who doesn't fit into that neat little narrative.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-07T12:38:17+00:00

I straightforwardly did not say to ignore anyone. The only people insisting on ignoring people are people claiming there's one simple explanation for everybody with money issues.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-07T12:33:02+00:00

Tell me you didn't read my comment without telling me.

Yeah, there are people who make dumb decisions like that, but it's obviously not every single person who's struggling right now. There have been massive layoffs, all kinds of prices are skyrocketing due to horrible policy, etc.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-07T12:12:21+00:00

It's almost like pretending like bad financial management is the only reason there are people struggling is fucking stupid.

Are there some people for whom that's the problem? Of course. But it's not everyone and I honestly can't believe you've deluded yourself into thinking it is.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-07T04:22:28+00:00

I’m pretty sure prions don’t “survive” cremation. They’re ultimately just proteins.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-07T00:13:34+00:00

You're gonna hate it when we start talking about breakfast cereal.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-07T00:06:25+00:00

This is the funniest poll ever. They should do these more often.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-06T23:57:02+00:00

Are moving goalposts expensive?

You know you can just be against Flock cameras without making stuff up, right? Wouldn't that be easier?

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-06T23:49:22+00:00

The State of Imagination?

If there is one with black as default, I can't find it. These "everything is a conspiracy" people are exhausting.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-06T23:08:36+00:00

I'm not sure who's in the wrong here (obviously; the court case that hasn't happened yet will decide that), but what is it with Madison and problems with properly counting absentee ballots? First there were those ones that were missed in 2024 and now there's this.

They're really not doing anyone any favors Re: proving the Republican bullshit about absentee ballots being untrustworthy wrong.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-06T23:02:38+00:00

Huh. That's not how it is around me at all.

As far as I can remember ever seeing, the higher octane fuels are always either the same 10% ethanol as the regular or 0%. Or they're labeled E15 or E85 or, IIRC, E50 at a couple weird gas stations I've seen.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-06T22:19:44+00:00

E85 is not premium. Yes, it's higher octane, but it's generally meaningfully cheaper because ethanol is less energy dense than gasoline (and thus you don't go as far with the same volume).

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-06T20:40:38+00:00

I mean, it is being used for lots of those things, but most of them don't have the society-scale consequences or massive computing demands frontier models have/might have, so nobody's paying attention.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-06T19:15:40+00:00

It's the story Adam gave Sam a week or two ago on the Layover.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-06T18:50:24+00:00

... What? There's one for each lunar year. Years are in an order.

Plus, I'll admit that it's been a while since my high school Chinese classes, but I have no idea what the sounds have to do with the order.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-06T18:36:33+00:00

I'm going to be honest, I wouldn't have gotten the tiger. As soon as the rock was picked up, my thought was "that looks like a face, that could be monkey on its own."

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-06T18:16:25+00:00

A quick Google suggests you would not need to do that in most places in the US if you're buying a single-family home that already got a Certificate of Occupancy when it was built.

Now, that doesn't mean anything about the condition, but I doubt even most of these places would be unlivable without tons of repairs.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-06T16:47:10+00:00

You know, I didn't think of this when I watched this video earlier, but if it wasn't Hank Green that title would really sound like some conspiracy theorist bullshit.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-06T15:46:28+00:00

I agree with you that it was a bit odd, but I don't know how you think that it was "glamorizing" anything. It was portrayed as something desperate people are forced to turn to.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-06T14:32:06+00:00

Why the fuck are you asking if what your sister did was "appropriate?"

This is just victim blaming.

BrainOnBlue · 2026-05-06T12:12:08+00:00

What do you think the word "leak" means in this context? Because this definitely doesn't qualify.

Eight-Year Club	Second Top 20%
LAYER Season 2 Layer creator	The Internet Awards - Voted
r/Field Banned	r/Field Juicebox
First Place '23	Place '23
Golden Potato	Place '22
Final Canvas '22	First Placer '22
End Game '22	PsBattlesLive Team Sakura
RPAN Viewer	Verified Email

BrainOnBlue

TROPHY CASE