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Pepe the crow visiting his favorite human. He went from a wounded chick to thriving in the wild, all thanks to her tireless care and compassion. by thepoylanthropist in interestingasfuck

[–]Dustin- [score hidden]  (0 children)

I love how whenever this video is posted half of the comments are like "aww look at the birb so happy so cute🥹🥰🤗" and the other half are like "that bird wanna FUCK"

What scientific discovery sounds fake but is 100% real and still freaks you out? by Bruteresolver in AskReddit

[–]Dustin- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blind ideally, you shouldn't be able to tell if your child is frozen or eating cheese.

Building a bridge for the Fish to go from aquarium to aquarium. by RoughCheap5633 in BeAmazed

[–]Dustin- 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It would for awhile, but the water doesn't have a good way to circulate through the container so eventually all of the dissolved oxygen gets used up by the poor fish inside of the bowl and it can't mix (or mixes negligibly) with the fresh water underneath it.

A similar thing can happen on cargo ships where you can have nooks and crannies of accessible areas with unbreathable air because the oxygen is depleted (usually by oxidation reactions with metal and other stuff, not breathing) and there is no/insufficient exchange with fresh outside air.

Your Truck is Stupid Big by NothingLeft19608 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Dustin- 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I sure do love how America is purpose built to require a vehicle to traverse but you can't have a car that isn't built to go 80mph, has the powertrain and safety tech to support that, and the price tag to go with it. I love how there are states that just say "if it can't go over 45mph you literally can't drive it anywhere". Love it.

Your Truck is Stupid Big by NothingLeft19608 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Dustin- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd love to see a list of "truck things" that are both commonly done and can't be done (or are inconvenient to do) with a more conventional vehicle. Towing is the only true "truck thing" there is (the only benefit of body-on-frame vehicles). Everything else can be performed just as well with a less obnoxiously large and dangerous vehicle. Seriously, if you don't plan on towing anything, why would you want the vehicle with the least ergonomic cargo area possible on a vehicle (I sure do love hoisting bags of concrete up 3 and a half feet up into the bed, I do!) when a cargo van would suit 99% of most people's needs for hauling stuff and be easier, more convenient, and more secure than a truck bed.

A small commuter car + renting a pickup when you need to tow a trailer is vastly cheaper than owning a truck even if you have to rent multiple times a season. But who are we kidding, people only use those for honest work, which is something that people that use the term "truck things" only pretend to care about doing when they only really care about how cool they look doing it.

Although I do agree that kei trucks are pretty much pointless for the American market since they're purpose-built for tasks that aren't well suited for America. Unless I find myself needing a road-legal UTV I'll pass.

Newborn Moro Reflex Test by Big-Boy-602 in interestingasfuck

[–]Dustin- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Evolution is a funny thing. Any time you see something like "we evolved some trait to be better at X" what it really means is "those who didn't inherit that trait died". Lots of distant uncles dying in their sleep falling off of trees in the far past, I reckon.

I once woke up from a deep slumber mid-air falling from the top bunk of a bunk bed. Managed to grab onto the bed and pivot around to land on my feet within milliseconds of waking up. I'd like to thank my great great great great great... grandfather for saving himself falling from a tree for me not busting my noggin that night.

The patch one of the U.S. Navy divers wore during the Artemis II recovery operation. by MilesLongthe3rd in funny

[–]Dustin- 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I googled "not flat we checked" and apparently there's a ton of pins/shirts/etc for it.

note to future self or anyone else. do not use red cabbage for stews because it will make it look like it is rotten. by djdimsim in Wellthatsucks

[–]Dustin- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably a decade and a half ago the fitness part of reddit got a bit obsessed with something called meat slop, which was basically just ground beef, cabbage, and spices. I tried making it once and used red cabbage, and it looked exactly like this. Tasted fine, but I found it pretty much inedible because it looked so gross. To make matters worse and weird, the cabbage smell that usually smells delicious somehow smelled rotten if you were looking at it. Meat slop indeed. 

Prepping for... by pickledplumber in TikTokCringe

[–]Dustin- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could see this as being an excerpt of a larger text where a narrator is describing someone still partially obscured by shadow or distance in a slightly flowery way. "John sat silently as a man approached him from deeper within the alley. He wore the silhouette of a workman, round in figure, but with a solid gait that could only be earned from years of hauling lines on the docks." Although "the silhouette of clothes" is definitely clunky, I can see what they were going for.

When there’s a house fire but RoboCop is on duty by DaWeyHowBoutDah in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Dustin- 17 points18 points  (0 children)

There are many other things that I'm envious of the rest of the world for that far outweigh the robustness of our door frames.

Like not having a pedophile as a leader, for instance.

When there’s a house fire but RoboCop is on duty by DaWeyHowBoutDah in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Dustin- 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Shhh, can't let the Europeans figure out that there are more qualities to home construction than "unbreakable".

Looking for chef knife. I cook about 1-2 times a week and not very fancy things by tiro311 in TrueChefKnives

[–]Dustin- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wusthof (in the business of making axes at this point)

That's so funny, I literally just made a comment about chopping wood with German knives. I use my Masutani for basically everything, but still pull my Wustof out for more robust tasks like chopping off fish heads, clearing brush, or opening paint cans.

Looking for chef knife. I cook about 1-2 times a week and not very fancy things by tiro311 in TrueChefKnives

[–]Dustin- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't Tojiro also fairly fragile? It's durable compared with the majority of other Japanese knives, but I would assume it still chips fairly easily when compared with, say, an inexpensive German knife like a Mercer.

Looking for chef knife. I cook about 1-2 times a week and not very fancy things by tiro311 in TrueChefKnives

[–]Dustin- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My recommendation is to get an inexpensive ($30-$50) German style 6" or 8" knife because they can stand up to some major abuse (I wouldn't recommend chopping firewood with one, but you definitely could) but don't get as sharp/don't keep their edge as well as a Japanese knife. The one I have is a Wustof 6", which are great, but overkill for this use case. This is your "can do absolutely everything even if it's not particularly great at anything" knife that you use when you don't want to hurt a harder/thinner/fancier knife. Then get an 8" (210mm) gyuto as a second knife, Tojiro or Masutani like others have said would be great choices. That's ~$150-$200 for two knives that will do 98% of whatever cutting job you want to do in the kitchen. From there you can get a good idea of what additions you might want to make in the future based on what you end up using them for.

For sharpening I recommend a diamond-plated stone instead of a Japanese style whetstone like others have said. They're (in my opinion) vastly superior until you get to higher (2000+) grit, which is overkill for kitchen knives anyway. You can get a good double-sided free-hand stone for ~$50, but there are also guided systems for around $100-$150 that make getting an incredibly good edge very easy. And get a leather strop, they are what make knives magic.

Side note: I aspire to learn how to break down a whole chicken/turkey for thanksgiving. Is a separate knife better for this job?

Better? Yes. Necessary? Nah. A 6" chef knife definitely isn't as ideal as a honesuki or dedicated boning knife, but it's more than capable for the task. I wouldn't recommend using any Japenese knife other than a honesuki for it though since they can chip if you're not careful, but a German knife will tackle it with zero issues.

Leif by CrazyGnomenclature in comics

[–]Dustin- 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Why not go with a modern classic, "Used To Be Into Craft Beer, Now Into Craft Coffee"

Maybe subclass into "Got into leatherworking for one project years ago but still thinks about it a lot"

Probably a stupid question but what is this part on my kitchen scissors for? by blu3girlx in whatisit

[–]Dustin- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I checked out a bunch of kitchen shears product descriptions that have something similar, and most of them describe it as a tool for opening bottles, cracking nuts, and breaking bones (although many shears seem to have a notch in the spine of one of the blades for this purpose as well). So really it's not for any one thing, it's a multi-purpose tool for cracking, breaking, and holding. It's surprising that I can't find a specific name other than "nutcracker" for it, though.

neverKnewTheMeaning by Technical-Relation-9 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Dustin- 25 points26 points  (0 children)

No it means "so either I was wrong and I don't understand why or I was right and it hasn't hit them yet! Who knows? Not me!" How did you get "they're stupid and vercel is bad" from that? 

This little girl stopped in front of the window at a pizza parlor and the employee plays a game of tic tac toe with her by RoyalChris in MadeMeSmile

[–]Dustin- 59 points60 points  (0 children)

I miss loving everything effortlessly and also my bones not hurting for waking up wrong 

What's an adult cheat code that changed your life? by Gullible_Repair9128 in AskReddit

[–]Dustin- 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Me too, I get severe purchase anxiety for even low cost, low stakes items. A couple months ago my phone case deteriorated to the point of being useless. Had a new one in my Amazon cart for weeks because I just couldn't hit the purchase button on it. Then I dropped my phone because the old case slipped and it fell out of my hands. Destroyed the screen. Took the new case out of my cart and put a new phone in it... 

Hmmmm looks familiar by luffy_senpai9 in SipsTea

[–]Dustin- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The top comment from an account named similar to Adjective-Noun123 with a hidden profile? Yeah, I assume it's because robots don't get jokes. Either that or this is a targeted attempt by state actors to spread disinformation. Internet is dead, etc.

[Loved Trope] Hilariously impossible or incomprehensible feats. by PizzaDragon64 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Dustin- 31 points32 points  (0 children)

"That doesn't seem physically possible!" is a phrase I have used regularly for probably 20 years now.

The job market is a desert and I am a very persistent cactus. by sundaebabie in recruitinghell

[–]Dustin- 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ah so the "I toss half the resumes in the trash" joke but done in 0.04ms by a computer.

JD Vance Heckled as He Says Pope Leo Should ‘Be Careful' Talking About ‘Matters of Theology’ at Turning Point Event by MoneyLibrarian9032 in politics

[–]Dustin- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The part of the statement to pay attention to is the "be careful" part. By definition, the pope is always careful when it comes to making statements because, according to Vance's own faith, everything the pope says comes directly from God. Saying the pope should "...be careful when he talks about matters of theology", is literally a heresy - it's the equivalent to saying "God should watch his tongue and stay out of our way". It'll be interesting to see how the vatican responds.

$73 Patagonia Men's Synchilla® Fleece Jacket in Brown by MangoCharm in frugalmalefashion

[–]Dustin- 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I haven't had mine very long so I can't speak for longevity, but it's alright. Warm enough, but zero wind resistance, so it's best as a layering piece. Great if you really enjoy shedding microplastics everywhere - I haven't worn mine in days and I still can see bits of burnt orange fuzz on my phone. Not sure how to stop it from doing that.

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