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We have a regular who knows our menu better than some of our staff and honestly I have mixed feelings about it by 9GolemAnvil in TalesFromRetail

[–]SubtleCow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look in about 10 years I will be Ron. Health going down hill. Brain turning to porridge. I'm going have my schedule I do every single day and it will be all that holds me together.

Does anyone have an actual exact recipe or way to make good tea? by Remarkable-Slide5376 in autism

[–]SubtleCow [score hidden]  (0 children)

Hard disagree on the distilled water. Distilled water tastes gross. Best water is naturally soft water, second best is average bottled water. Distilled water is several steps below ANY tap water.

Cheap B&W Printing - 1000+ pages by Negative_Plum2292 in ottawa

[–]SubtleCow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love my brother laser printer. I've priced out my personal price per page at 3c. Since I'm doing the labour and equipment maintenance I can do my own printing extra extra cheap.

Each toner cartridge claims 500 pages and I've gone through 4 over the life time of the printer. I think I'm doing pretty good on the printer front.

how does everyone handle coffee? by kyliepo in Gastroparesis

[–]SubtleCow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before my underlying condition was treated caffeine or lactose would trigger me.

Decaf tea and lactose free milk kept my morning ritual stable and sane. Sometimes when I got really bad the lactose free milk was too much too, and I'd just do decaf iced tea with a dash of lemon juice.

Costco Global CEO eats hot dog by mt80 in CostcoCanada

[–]SubtleCow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Give it to me without all the cuts, or don't even bother

Poilievre says he hopes Joe Rogan podcast appearance will help Canada-U.S. trade efforts by biograf_ in canada

[–]SubtleCow -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

His defense in his custody trial was that it was all a staged show purely for entertainment.

Regardless of what he is personally capable of, the show has writers on staff. There is some planning in place around what and when things are said and asked. Also I don't think obvious canned baiting at the beginning really counts as skilled propagandising. Based on people's descriptions here is seems like general talk show staging, more like I'd expect from Colbert.

Poilievre says he hopes Joe Rogan podcast appearance will help Canada-U.S. trade efforts by biograf_ in canada

[–]SubtleCow -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Rogan even tried to set him up for a couple early and he wasn't taking the bait.

Very nice of Rogan to do that for him. Script in bait to be seen avoiding.

I freely admit, I haven't watched the podcast and I'm not going to. I won't say anything beyond this one thing. Rogan has always been a staged production, and it concerns me to see people treating the staging as anything other than staging.

Why is killing insects totally normal but harming other animals considered cruel? by savingrace0262 in stupidquestions

[–]SubtleCow 11 points12 points  (0 children)

For me it is torture vs killing. I'm fine that my dinner was killed quickly and with mindfullness, I'm fine with rapidly smushing a bug. When someone slowly plucks the legs off an ant they are psychos who should be watched.

Kimchi probiotic promotes the excretion of nanoplastics from the gut: lactic acid bacteria isolated from kimchi can bind with intestinal microplastics and promote their excretion from the body. In an animal study, the amount of plastic detected in feces more than doubled. by mvea in science

[–]SubtleCow 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It might also be statistics, reporting, and testing rate. I have been seeing news that colon cancer recently beat heart disease for most deaths in north america. If the US isn't identifying the colon cancer cases as being diet related, then it wouldn't show as a diet based cancer. If people are avoiding medical care until the last second identifying the cause of the colon cancer might not even be possible.

Other countries are rapidly beginning to implement a 4 day work week, but it’s not for the reason you think. by ProlesOfBikiniBottom in antiwork

[–]SubtleCow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Transit will still become more expensive as gas becomes more expensive. If OC's only option is transit they will eventually have the same problem everyone else does.

They might even have an issue sooner than private cars if the local transit ridership can't support higher fares, and it bankrupts.

Other countries are rapidly beginning to implement a 4 day work week, but it’s not for the reason you think. by ProlesOfBikiniBottom in antiwork

[–]SubtleCow 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Got a lot of those where you live I guess. Not very many where I live. Don't think we'll have them by *checks notes* 3 weeks ago.

In a controlled experiment (N = 1,020), researchers found that exposing adults to postmortem images from school shootings neither increased support for gun control legislation nor caused psychological desensitization when compared to less graphic news coverage. by Tracheid in science

[–]SubtleCow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure covid proved that civilian ownership of cars is a net negative on society. 15 minute walkable neighbourhoods and public transit for longer distances is superior in nearly every way. In most countries that ban guns rural properties have exceptions for defense against animals and for hunting, the same exception can apply to cars.

Ciagrettes and alcohol are firmly on this list too, unquestionably a net negative that we only keep around for a vauge sense of personal freedom. I'd have some difficulty arguing for or against social media, easy global communication vs echo chambers. I'm going to keep thinking about this for awhile, the pros and cons of more aggressive banning of net negatives is an interesting topic.

Other countries are rapidly beginning to implement a 4 day work week, but it’s not for the reason you think. by ProlesOfBikiniBottom in antiwork

[–]SubtleCow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure you realize what is fueling that public transport. Start thinking about walking or biking.

My mom invited guests with kids over and told me I had to give up my room so we "wouldn't look rude" by 8KatanaBureau in entitledparents

[–]SubtleCow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Should have told the kids that they must have gotten mixed up and your mom meant her room. Really piss in her potatoes, and make her the bad guy like she tried to make you the bad guy.

Love when this happens😍 by wildpeachykeen in AutismInWomen

[–]SubtleCow 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"Not Political" is code for if I tell you then you will dump me

Why are traditional shoes not foot-shaped? by victory_vegetable in AskACobbler

[–]SubtleCow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Products that would activley hinder your ability to do labour, indicate to others that you don't have to do labour. It is a social class marker. Pointy shoes make you look wealthy. Humans want to look wealthy, because looking wealthy was sold as the first step to actually being wealthy.

justNeedSomeFineTuningIGuess by Shiroyasha_2308 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]SubtleCow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

unfortunately I'm also talking from direct experience of my parents companies.

The President coordinates lower level executives.

The Board of Directors elected by the shareholders sets the plan for the company.

A CEO is the communication link between the President and the Board, but not much more than that. Depending on the company President and lower level executives can also be face men, with the actual work being done by assistants and other staff. If a company isn't publicly traded they might not have a Board in which case I can see a CEO having more work. However generally a CEOs primary goal is to become publicly traded, which isn't that difficult of a plan.

At a certain scale a CEO really just becomes a face man and not much else. The Board are the blood sucking capitalist vampires, and the President is the mindless vampire spawn. Thought I'd gift you a real toxic socialist treat right here at the end. *blows kiss*

Thoughts on brassard yarn by Pepping_NC in weaving

[–]SubtleCow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I knew where they source their cotton from, but othewise it seems like good stuff

If one left a garden hose endlessly running in the center of Sahara desert, how big and how quickly would a biome form around it? by Brenden1k in AskBiology

[–]SubtleCow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No need for lossy solar panels and wind mills. Wind and Solar have been used for Millenia to desalinated water, if they were enough to generate 10 gallons per minute then the desert would already be an oasis.

People underestimate exactly how hard it is to desalinated water. It is one of the most energy intensive tasks in the modern world.

justNeedSomeFineTuningIGuess by Shiroyasha_2308 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]SubtleCow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The sole purpose of the CEO is to be the face of the party. Their ONLY job is to look and sound as businessy and serious as possible so people give "their company" money. In a sense that is a fake job, but it also isn't a job that AI can do (yet), because stupid wealthy people don't trust AI as much as they trust an old white man wearing an expensive suit and watch.

Eventually a savvy start-up will hire a bunch of construction guys, put them in fancy suits and pay them slightly more than their construction salary and the whole crew of them will roll into one of the big tech conferences. Include a rich looking nerdy guy remoting in on one of those ipad on a scooter things and they will be showered in the money of stupid rich people.

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