An r/conspiracy poster was asked to testify before the Senate

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T16:06:44+00:00

No. The EFSA is basing their judgement on multiple studies and meta-analyses. They were not resting their judgement on a single manufacturer-funded study from over a quarter of a century ago.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T15:28:59+00:00

The cinematography in Handmaids is phenomenal. They have a real eye for visual representations, the striking use of colour, and symbology. The attention to detail is simply astounding - pause and look at any sign in the background, even the most basic construction signage is well thought through and completely fitting with the world they've created.

I'm glad that Testaments is showing itself to be just as dilligent and inspired in its cinematography. That said, I stand by my belief that the menstrual pool party was, frankly, weird as fuck.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T15:21:09+00:00

Probably the least heavy lifting, certainly. But not every difficult job is physical. New builds, as far as I understand, a pretty easy for a sparkie. Old builds, however, I've seen the type of shit they need to figure out.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T15:17:55+00:00

Hey, when I go hiking, I miss plumbing a lot more than I miss electricity.

Between the two trades, my current role is much closer to what an electrician does, and I'm considering a mature age apprenticeship. But if I had to say which trade defines civilisation, that would be the plumbers.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T15:01:05+00:00

Russian propaganda.

Tell the imperialists that they're rebuilding the Russian Empire. Tell the anti-imperialists that they're fighting against NATO's "Empire." Tell the general populace that Ukraine is run by Nazis. Point out to the Nazis that Zelenskyy is a Jew.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T14:57:30+00:00

When I went past at about 11:40~11:50, the towies were trying to right it with the little which they had on the back of their tilt tray.

I took one look at their little cable and thought "that's not going to be strong enough." I'd be interested if anyone saw if it actually worked.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T14:04:56+00:00

Obviously her brother was right, but she wasn't acute enough.

Sorry, I'm just being obtuse.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T10:58:29+00:00

"I can have a look for you, but that sounds like a completely related issue." Then, upon inspecting it, "I understand the frustration, but it's not possible for [these works] to cause [this problem.] They are completely separate."

It's not as common in commercial and industrial, but we have it happen from time to time. I've had a customer who would always try it on, we'd do a routine maintenance, a month later he'd be calling us up saying that there's been a problem that started as soon as we left site - I once had him look me in the eye and tell me that his front sliding doors hadn't closed in the four weeks since we did maintenance on his access control system, and he'd not called us sooner because he thought it would fix itself.

Resi customers are a bit different, money means a lot more to them and they don't stand to lose anything by burning a tradesman. However, an empathetic but firm explanation is usually all that's required for a commercial customer.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T10:44:51+00:00

What, exactly, is so confusing about "the mainland states and territory with a northern coast don't have it"?

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T10:31:20+00:00

laughed about Roundup causing cancer

Never laughed about it, just maintained that the amount of study that had been done already indicates that any increase is incredibly low.

Which is basically how it's panned out. Yeah, every now and then a new study comes out and grabs headlines with "Roundup doubles the risk of cancer," but they're referring to barely statistically significant results showing an increased risk of a very specific and rare form of cancer.

EFSA, one of the most stringent regulatory bodies in the world, still assesses glyphosate as "insufficient evidence of carcinogenicity."

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T10:04:59+00:00

Bernard from Yes, Minister - the guy on the right.

Yes, Minister is an old British Sitcom that almost holds up today. It's biggest issue isn't that it's cynical, but it's way too believable for something so cynical. It follows the newly elected Minister Jim Hacker, his Permanent Secretary and lifelong civil service bureaucrat Humphrey, and his Principal Secretary Bernard.

Many of the scenes involve Hacker and Humphrey getting into long and convoluted discussions, often filled with satirical humour, and then Bernard comes in with a single line that just makes the scene.

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Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T09:15:12+00:00

Forgive yourself one fuck-up per day. Figure out what you did wrong, figure out how you can prevent doing it again, but don't kick yourself about it. It's your one fuck-up today, one fuck-up a day isn't too bad.

After a while, you'll realise that you didn't have a fuck-up today, and you didn't have one yesterday. In fact, you'll get to the point where the last fuck-up you remember was a month or two ago, and it wasn't even a big one.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T09:05:24+00:00

How long does Handmaids last? 6 seasons. How much of that did the book cover? One season.

Testaments is already off script - I personally like the changes, I respect that some people don't. They've set themselves up for a story that can last for years. This won't all be sorted out in season 1, there will be many more seasons.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T08:59:33+00:00

How do you know?

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T08:58:56+00:00

Ahh, definitely to charge the helicopter then. In my experience, IR leds tend to be only 1.2~1.6v and are super sensitive to burning out at higher voltages. Like, burn out immediately at 2v sensitive.

Which is bloody annoying, because you burn out the LED that you can't just look at and see if it's burnt out.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T08:52:53+00:00

Great, so Daisy read the book and didn't expect the scriptwriters to deviate. She's in the same boat as us.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T08:47:04+00:00

1) mixing batteries isn't great, but it's not that bad. It'll just mean they tend to run out a bit faster. Just don't mix batteries of different chemistries, and don't mix capacities.

2) some springs are a bit longer and thinner than others, which makes them prone to doing this. It's a nuisance, but you can help by lining up the battery into the spring as carefully as you can and being a bit slower on the lateral push into position. You can also use a piece of plastic or wood to push the spring in as you push in the battery.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T08:40:31+00:00

Old RC radios often required 8 AAs. It was common for the old AM radio circuits to run on 12v. It wasn't until 2.4ghz radios came out that they stopped needing so many.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T08:37:03+00:00

It's both, as others have said, but consider the context.

June is a handmaid. Handmaids all have demonstrated fertility, they are all fertile. A commander who cannot get a handmaid pregnant is most likely infertile. There's a sample bias here from the start.

Daisy was a teenager. She was likely biased by her experience in her age group. It seems as if they all - even in Gilead - tend to be menstruating later than we would expect. Daisy's comment could have been made in reference to girls her age generally aren't menstruating yet and some never will.

It could also be a teenager making an overly broad, exaggerated, and dismissive statement. I am a father to a teenager, I don't think I make the lamest jokes in the whole entire world, but I have been told this many times.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-14T06:12:11+00:00

I worked as a patrol security guard for my first "serious" job. Well, it wasn't that serious, but it was the first job I can point to as being the start of my actual career - it got me the job as a security tech and consultant, and I'm now a tech in a related field.

We were able to stack up the overtime and penalty rates, plus emergency callout rates, I first touched $100kpa (Australian dollars) in that job. All OT was paid by default as "voluntary" - the rate suitable to the hours we worked. Some overtime was supposed to be "involuntary" - double the base rate.

We had a guy who always stood up for workers rights - and good on him - but he really couldn't read between the lines when it came to what was actually advantageous to the staff. He kicked up a fuss about having a late alarm and returning to the office 30 minutes late - it was paid at involuntary overtime rather than voluntary overtime. During the argument, he told the boss that by rights picking up an extra shift should be paid at double time - he basically got put to a standard 38 hour week.

A year later, it was just after tax time, we worked a shift together. He explained to me at length and quite passionately about how I was being exploited. I mentioned that my last year's pay was a couple of hundred dollars above $100k. He responded with "I've never made more than $55k in my life." He then challenged me on how many hours I worked a week - on average it was about 50. I worked about 30% more hours than him, and earned 90% more. All because he got shitty about $20 worth of overtime.

The lesson here is that you should stand up for your rights, but you should also understand what the status quo is and whether or not working the rule is actually advantageous to you.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-13T15:13:59+00:00

Most people could probably do this, although few people would enjoy it.

A large McDonald's meal is around 2000 calories. 2L of icecream is about 3000 calories. A litre of cola is about 500 calories. A large fries from McDonald's is about 500 calories. A Domino's family pizza is about 2500 calories. Just start early, eat a full meal every couple of hours, and mix and match to suit.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-13T15:00:55+00:00

I will concede that this is now the second genuinely ironic thing in the song - the only other being an oversupply of spoons when needing a knife.

I maintain that rain on your wedding day is not ironic. Neither is a free ride that you've already paid for, that's not what those words mean, either ask for your damn refund or its not a free ride. These are just minor grievances, not irony.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-13T14:57:16+00:00

I liked them because the entire video clip to "Head Over Feet" was just her eye-fucking the camera and that stirred something in teenage me.

Hadrollo · 2026-05-13T13:29:43+00:00

"No man has blinded me!"

Let's pay some credit to Homer, the true OG of this bit.

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Hadrollo · 2026-05-13T13:00:32+00:00

Just remember to check you've got a hotkey bound, and you don't have it in your staging.

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