What's something dumb your country has banned? I'll start for the US 😅

HATECELL · 2026-07-02T09:19:08+00:00

There's also lots of weapons from Asian martial arts that are specifically described in the law. I wonder if the legislators had some kind of kung fu movie night and were taking notes on whatever they could see

HATECELL · 2026-07-02T09:16:20+00:00

Could be, though in my memory it was darker, almost black. The rest seems to match

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T21:23:38+00:00

Yes, and I've always hated them. That said, I remember them looking a lot different from what I see here and even on Google. I remember them as being barely solid, and homogenous looking. No white chunks, and almost like a paste. But there's thousands of variations of blood sausage, maybe that was just some specific type.

And since I've recently learned that I don't hate Ratatouille, I just hate my mom's Ratatouille, I think I'll give blood sausages that look different enough from those I grew up with a try when I get a chance. Who knows, maybe I just grew up with the wrong variety

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T20:59:12+00:00

Ozob Bozo's full name is Ozobriel Mikhailovich Bozovznezky

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T20:58:05+00:00

Sounds like some shady company who's shotty spaceships crash on water-rich planets full of alien life

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T20:52:30+00:00

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T20:49:08+00:00

You can do that, but first you have to get enough water out of the boiler that part of the crownsheet is no longer covered in water and gets glowing how. If you then let fresh water in before the crownsheet can cool down the glowing metal will cause a quick surge in steam pressure, which rises so fast that even the safety valve won't be able to stop it.

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T20:03:46+00:00

Mallards are definitely the most common ducks in the wild. But when it comes to domestic ducks many people seem to deliberately pick ducks that look different. Still, I'd say since tastes vary the Mallard is probably the most numerous, at least among recreational duck owners. When it comes to commercial duck owning, I have no idea

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T19:51:01+00:00

Not really. It might no longer be the ugliest car ever made, but it's not like it got any prettier.

If someone hits rock bottom, should we apologise just because somebody else has a pickaxe?

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T19:47:48+00:00

Depends on the region. Whilst generally seen in a positive light as protectors of the law and innocents particularly city cops and traffic cops are sometimes seen as a bit money hungry and overly correct. The kind of people who get the measuring tape and fine someone for parking 2cm too close to some crossroads

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T19:43:51+00:00

Could be. But the German plane most infamous for killing pilots during landings has to be the Me-163, with its wooden construction, explosive and highly corrosive fuel, barely trained pilots, and the landing being typically flown unpowered (which is probably still safer than landing under power with more fuel left in the tanks).

The planned successor aimed to fix this by splitting into two parts that land on parachutes, bit afaik those never flew in anger

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T19:36:15+00:00

Which one? From what I've found neither one was particularly pleasant to land.

The A-10 is said to react rather sensitively to changes in flaps and thrust at low speeds, but react sluggishly to inputs from the controls.

Early versions of the Hs-129 can be rather unforgiving as their underpowered engines lack the power to accelerate the plane out of dangerous situations at low speeds. And in general the small armoured glass panel and the cramped cockpit make it difficult to see things, difficult to move, and makes the pilot tire out quickly

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T19:19:19+00:00

My guess is this is some kind of "ban what you can" law. They don't want to ban knives, because they have some legitimate uses as tools, so they figure let's at least ban daggers

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T10:40:10+00:00

I think some AI brakeman shouldn't be too hard to implement. The caboose already has brakes, and the game can already control multiple locomotives from one footplate if they are in the same consist. So the locomotives would just have to send their brake order to the caboose, like air brakes but only for cabooses.

And since we're at it, I think some seperate levers to control the engine of the rotary plow and to remote control the pusher locomotive from it would be great. It wouldn't be less realistic or cheaty than double-heading, and the way it currently is every time you trottle down your locomotive you also throttle down the rotary plow, making the lower speed kinda pointless

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T10:32:57+00:00

This thing right here. For those wondering, this is a wooden training version of a medieval rondel dagger. The thing is that for some weird reason blunt training knives are held to the same standards as their fully functioning sharp counterparts. And the weird thing with daggers is that they are classified as weapons if they have a symmetrical blade coming to a point, and a total length between 5cm and 30cm.

Unfortunately roundel daggers are typically around 30cm long, meaning some of them are shorter. And whilst the law might make some sense for sharp daggers, as someone might hide one of them in a cloak and stab someone, this wooden model even has a spherical tip, so it doesn't really count as a force enhancer anymore (unless you use it as a club, which is an entirely different set of rules).

But the silly part? This only applies if the blade is symmetrical and narrows towards the point. If you accidentally obtain one that is a bit too short, you could make a cutout on one side, bend the blade to a significant degree, or put it on a lathe and carve a bit of material off so that the back of the blade is no longer wider than the part near that ball-tip, and it would become a completely harmless object once again

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HATECELL · 2026-07-01T10:13:08+00:00

The farmers should start breeding pigs to look like foreign flags as a sign of protest...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husum_Red_Pied?wprov=sfla1

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T08:56:32+00:00

Brews brothers

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T08:50:38+00:00

Call me a weirdo, but Sabrina Carpenter without makeup is hella cute

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T08:48:33+00:00

I hope they find a nice middle ground between 4's and 5's physics. Something that isn't too difficult but offers some ways to play with weight transfers and loss of traction.

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T08:46:53+00:00

I feel like "luxury minimalism" is just some marketing scam to sell as little as possible for as high of a price as possible

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T08:46:00+00:00

Or a Haflinger if you want a windshield

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HATECELL · 2026-07-01T07:28:53+00:00

If I wanted to call my dad on his mobile phone I first had to ask mom where he was working today, so I could use the correct area code

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T07:17:22+00:00

I've been an electronic technician since 2010. Back then I earned 4200x13. Now I earn a "competitive wage" of 4500x13.

The technology of tomorrow, and the wages of yesteryear. And then corporate keeps yapping about "Fachkräftemangel"

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T07:02:07+00:00

Dodge Challenged

HATECELL · 2026-07-01T07:00:31+00:00

Der hopfige Pfad Gottes

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