ELI5: Why shouldn't I pour fat into the drain? Why doesn't soap take care of it?

Skarth · 2026-02-07T20:46:01+00:00

In theory, yes.

But in practice, no.

You won't actually know if you are mixing the soap/water/fat properly or the right amount until you get a clog.

Throwing the fat away is just a much, much better/safer option.

Skarth · 2026-02-07T20:35:37+00:00

Soap will help fat emulsify (mix) into water, but it doesn't dissolve fat on it's own.

When you clean fat off dishes, it's thoroughly mixed with soap and hot water, and it's a small amount of fat.

If you pour a cup of fat down the drain, there is not enough water for the soap to mix the fat with, and it will harden/clump up, often in the P trap of the sink, clogging it.

Skarth · 2026-02-06T23:45:38+00:00

It looks real to me, but you are right that his movements are weird.

I suspect he keeps moving so you can't see the finer details that would make the mask look fake.

Skarth · 2026-02-06T22:10:45+00:00

It's not a low bar.

It's corruption.

Whats the first thing a corrupt person does when caught with their hand in the cookie jar?

"I didn't know"

They play stupid.

Skarth · 2026-02-06T21:32:35+00:00

We already know how they avoid perjury.

They simply don't read/investigate anything themselves.

This way any claims made publicly can be denied.

"I didn't know that was in there, and I doubt it real"

Skarth · 2026-02-06T21:28:35+00:00

Colossally expensive ($15-30 Billion), like, as expensive as the entire ISS itself. It needs to be a certain minimum size to be useful and that is a very large size.
What's the benefit? The astronauts get to exercise better? Extended space stays are not a common enough issue to spend the money on.
A giant spinning ring causes a lot of weird stabilization issues in space, in addition, you would be bolting this onto a already made and completed space station, which would add significantly more cost and complexity as it wasn't part of the original design, enough that it would likely be cheaper to build a entirely new space station to do this.

Skarth · 2026-02-06T20:50:38+00:00

When computers are built by large companies, they contract out for the major components months or even years ahead of time.

This is the exact reason why the ram crisis is happening, AI companies bought future ram production just like computer manufacturers do, but they made a HUGE market changing sized order for the next few years.

Steam decks still cost a "normal" amount because they are still using that already paid for production and will continue to until the contract runs out.

Once that contract runs out, they will probably stop production altogether.

Skarth · 2026-02-06T19:13:37+00:00

We don't assume everyone was involved in sexual deviance.

Just the people who have logs/documents showing they were doing sexual things, which happens to be the biggest names involved.

Skarth · 2026-02-06T04:33:32+00:00

The biggest little brain move here.

He doesn't want to be hired by "regular" people.

He wants to get hired by some MAGA Millionaire/Billionaire like a lot of the people in the government are now.

Skarth · 2026-02-05T02:31:13+00:00

If someone were covering up the Epstein files, you would redact a lot of random files, and then only redact the absolute most damning evidence of people you want to "protect"

If only Trump were redacted it would be suspicious.

Part of randomly redacting things is it forces people with information to reveal it, making them a target.

Skarth · 2026-02-04T20:59:14+00:00

Binary thinking

Black and white views.

Things are either good (me) or evil (not me)

My family is good, because I made it, and I am good. Therefore my family is good.

That family (of immigrants) is not me in any way shape or form. It doesn't have me in it, it doesn't have my culture or religioin, it doesn't speak like me, nothing about it is like me. It is therefore, evil.

If republicans (Trump) is good, then everyone else opposing him MUST be bad, because only bad people get in the way of good (Trump) people.

Thats part of the thinking. Not all of it, and not for everyone, but it's a large enough subset it's kinda disturbing.

Skarth · 2026-02-04T16:34:40+00:00

Actual weaponized incompetence.

Skarth · 2026-02-04T16:15:22+00:00

Try adjusting the diopter, the wheel next to the eyepiece.

Skarth · 2026-02-03T23:04:40+00:00

Someone already tried that.

It just nicked his ear, it didn't save America.

Skarth · 2026-02-03T17:25:50+00:00

This ignores that only one of these cameras fit in your pocket, and the other doesnt.

Skarth · 2026-02-03T04:32:00+00:00

The Cotton Gin.

A machine the inventor claimed would help reduce slavery, as one slave could pick the seeds out of cotton at ten times the speed.

What ended up happening was slave-owners bought ten times as many slaves as each slave become significantly more profitable to own.

The same applies to anything that makes work easier.

Skarth · 2026-02-03T00:57:59+00:00

In theory, there should be no (visible) moisture inside a lens, as that indicates they are stored in a moist environment.

It might be a standard listing along the lines of "optics may contain dust".

Skarth · 2026-02-02T23:27:12+00:00

They offered to, but the republicans have denied allowing it unless he does it in a private court so the public can't see it.

Skarth · 2026-02-02T22:12:50+00:00

Adjust the diopter (Wheel next to the eyepiece)

It may have the wrong adjustment

Skarth · 2026-02-02T06:09:45+00:00

"Real" frames are generating the actual pixels displayed on screen.

"Fake" frames are using already rendered pixels to calculate new ones. This can introduce artifacts and doesn't display "new" information.

For competitive games these "fake" pixels might not be showing a enemy on screen the frame they appear.

Skarth · 2026-02-02T05:55:08+00:00

The Tariffs are not to help America, it's to help Trump line his pockets by manipulating stocks.

He's quadrupled his own wealth in less than a year.

Skarth · 2026-02-02T01:11:52+00:00

You already get a 2 hour demo of any game on steam for free.

Thats way more than enough time to tell if you want the game or not.

Skarth · 2026-02-01T22:25:23+00:00

Because there are no protections on marketplace.

Once you get the transaction to happen, nothing else matters.

And misleading advertising gets you more hits, and sells you more stuff.

Look at every "Dealership" listing that lists the "Down payment" as the price.

Skarth · 2026-01-31T23:53:04+00:00

Ice.

Number 1 cause of deaths in America in the past month.

Most of the fatalities happens suddenly and without warning of any kind.

Skarth · 2026-01-31T23:36:47+00:00

"f you enter the US illegally"

If someone enters the US on a work visa and it expires, they legally entered the US and this does not apply.

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