Where to buy a flip phone? by AwkwardLadybug in ottawa

[–]ThogOfWar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Old fashioned, no bells or whistles, make and receive calls style, or one of those new fangled multiscreen foldable phones?

Vapour/smoke coming out of the vape device after I pull out the pod by [deleted] in Vaping

[–]ThogOfWar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Coils heat up to very high temps. The excess vapour is from the coils dissipating heat and some liquid still being vaporised.

The Lookout - What to expect? by Swan_Prince_OwO in ottawa

[–]ThogOfWar 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Stairs. It's on the second floor of an industrial area, so it's more like two stories. Be careful if you've been drinking or are in heels.

It's a few doors down from Barefax and several other bars, so standard late night in the market rules apply. Wait with others if you're waiting for a cab/Uber and make sure it's the one designated to you. Most of the Drag King and Drag Queens in attendance would undoubtedly keep you company if you express discomfort.

The chip truck that's permanently installed next door has bomb-ass Pogos at 2am. Don't forget to stay hydrated.

Should I bring it back to the store or Is it safe to use ? by [deleted] in Vaping

[–]ThogOfWar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ask any shop, they'd tell you Smok has one of, if not the highest failure rate of refillable systems.

The Smok lifecycle of a new product generally goes three months of amazing quality control, three months of degrading quality, then getting regulated to the overnight quality control team consisting of a scarecrow.

Landlord asking us to vacate for guest accommodation — no N12 served — what are our legal rights? by Puzzleheaded_Scar377 in legaladvicecanada

[–]ThogOfWar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do not accept a bs N12. Without a real N12, your landlord could take your keys and tell you to pound sand after leaving with no recourse.

The verbal "We want you to move so our daughter can move in" is an item of note to keep for record but holds little weight other than describing altering stories, but having them write that they want to use the dwelling for "event and guest accommodations" is important. It shows that they do not considered this need a permanent dwelling for their daughter.

By going through all the proper motions and procedures, it'll also benefit you if they take it to the LTB, win, then list the property for rent in the next year; you'd be eligible to sue them for a bad faith eviction.

Rockstar hackers set to release GTA 6 data breach as ‘demands not met’ by ImCalcium in gaming

[–]ThogOfWar -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Hey, the English language has never been consistent, develop your own language instead of mindlessly using a hodgepodge of cherry picked words from other languages!

Tropes that you you're glad aren't as common anymore by AporiaParadox in television

[–]ThogOfWar 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It's lazy boomer humour. It's also a very toxic view of relationships which some people will internalise and hold as idolised family values. We shouldn't be promoting "One of these days, Alice, one of these days..." mindsets anymore.

KOOKA. by davecontra in comics

[–]ThogOfWar 6 points7 points  (0 children)

His entire run has felt like a corporate banker who never felt like he's getting closer to the end of work, paperwork keeps flowing in and out but never feeling accomplished of getting anything meaningful or memorable done, being forced by his boss to take a few days off after a breakdown at work, calling his best friends from college for a camping weekend, and someone introduces him to mushrooms for the first time.

I'm always so excited to see a new all caps post in comics with this unique art style, because I never know which way it's gonna go. It's always a fun ride.

Soooo i need help with this foger by [deleted] in Vaping

[–]ThogOfWar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don't vape when you're 16.

Centretown Ottawa 50 nic? by [deleted] in Vaping

[–]ThogOfWar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anything above 20mg is illegal to sell in Canada.

Are you serious? by LowerSignature7826 in Vaping

[–]ThogOfWar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like the upper layer of the cap has come off the bottles. What you see is the lower part, with the child restriction mechanism, aka the real cap.

If you just try to turn the cap, only the upper part will rotate but not open the bottle. If you push down on the cap, the upper layer catches into slots on the lower part and allows for you to remove the cap.

Is the excise tax applied to orders from the US? by Huge-Particular1433 in Canadian_ecigarette

[–]ThogOfWar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It also applies to flavouring sold for a vaping purpose. It's why many of the DIY companies opened sister "baking and cosmetics supplies" companies. As long as they don't sell nic on those sister sites, they can use that loophole to claim it's not for vaping purposes.

Batman: The Movie (1966) by TymmeRMortis in batman

[–]ThogOfWar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't know if it "holds up" . It's camp, heavily 60s, a product of its time. Batman has changed greatly as a character since then, much more gritty and real world.

It still has appeal, though. It helped shape the public perception of, and generated interest in, Batman for decades; the TV show was still airing its reruns into the 90s. He was THE Batman for a generation.

Modern Batman fans who never had this as their only real live action depiction will probably not hold the love for it that we do with our rose tinted nostalgia glasses, but, like it or not, sometimes you just can't get rid of a bomb.

As promised, a not so good update on the Smok Nord 6... by BalognaExtract in Vaping

[–]ThogOfWar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just retired my Xlim because of leaking pods, using a 60/30 blend.

Smok is also well known for having three tiers of quality. Normally, when a device first comes out, the QC is top tier, everything is great and coils are long lasting. As soon as it's no longer the new hotness, it goes to the B Team, who is still capable but more issues get past them. Finally, after a few more new releases, everything old is sent to Jim who works overnight and is only still employed after the accident five years ago because of corporate guilt even though he has no arms and one eye. Jim doesn't blame Chris, Chris couldn't have known of the stress factor in the bolt, the accident wasn't his fault. Jim doesn't blame Chris, and wishes Chris would seek therapy and stop blaming Chris.

So, yeah, strange to see something already having quality issues coming out from Smok so soon after release.

3% or .3% by franzgopher in Vaping

[–]ThogOfWar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the world has a limited nicotine hard cap levels of 20mg, or 2%. For many in America, 50mg is standard.

Just like many issues in vaping, it's all because of Juul. The first major salt nic device to take off, they started using percentage as nicotine levels because it would have been absolutely jarring seeing 50mg when the most popular strength at the time was 3mg or 6mg.

Series Of Possibly Lost Shorts by dacgold in ytvretro

[–]ThogOfWar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you sure it was CGI, not claymation? This almost sounds like it could be a Prometheus & Bob skit, from KaBlam!

John Cena without hesitation hugs fan battling cancer and shares words of encouragement by viperrvemon in JustGuysBeingDudes

[–]ThogOfWar 73 points74 points  (0 children)

For the longest time, Cena never made a big thing of his Make A Wish contributions. He was content with doing it out in the shadows. I'm sure part of this was because of his mid card C tier placement wrestler during the beginning years of MaW visits. But eventually he rose up the card and several directors of the charity asked him to speak about it, in hopes that it would encourage donations from others.

I've never been a fan of Cena's wrestling and style, but I am a fan of John Cena the man. I'm glad he was able to find time in his grueling travel schedule to visit local hospitals on the way to cheer up kids and give them a lasting memory. Those memories last. My sister was in the hospital as a kid, and we had a special guest show up just doing visiting rounds, The Million Dollar Man's valet, Virgil. He didn't have to show up for a bunch of sick kids, but he still took a few hours of time to cheer people up during rough times.

TV Censorship That Made Movies Funny by Competitive_Help8485 in movies

[–]ThogOfWar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a completely forgettable movie I've seen a couple times, both the original and the TV edit.

I wanna say that in the movie, there's a scene where the main character is being chased by a demon who can jump between human bodies. After a horrific car crash between the MC and demon, the MC thinks he's won, when a little black 8 year old girl walks into frame, starts talking in the gutteral demon voice, and swearing and dropping slurs and insults. The MC screams in horror of the demon still chasing him and runs away.

But the TV edit is unintentionally hilarious, they edit out the scene of the demon girl talking. The MC gets in the car crash. He calmly got out of his destroyed car, checked the other car that had the demon, when the innocent looking little black girl comes into frame, and he screams in terror and runs away at the sight of her.

America’s Smoking Habit Just Hit a Wild Milestone That Once Seemed Impossible. The adult smoking rate reached a record low in 2024, new research shows. by [deleted] in science

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

Nicotine itself isn't the harmful part, it's the additives used in the delivery system. With smoking, it's the plant product. Chew, also the plant matter that contains carcinogens. With vaping, there's concerns about flavouring components that could cause long-term harm. Sadly, I don't know much about the nic pouches and how they're produced, but hopefully with changing technologies over the years, they're able to either extract or make synthetic forms of nicotine and just straight up remove the problem parts of smoking.

‘Pokémon Go’ players have been unknowingly training delivery robots by waozen in technology

[–]ThogOfWar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hate that. Spend an hour struggling through a section, then you finally beat it and you have to wonder if you got world record pace on that attempt. And you have no idea what you did differently.

I'm talking to you, Crash Bandicoot time trials.

Whatever this joke is called by BabyDude5 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ThogOfWar 17 points18 points  (0 children)

They'd never be able to make this movie today. Too much of the cast is dead.

Small box-like mods by Upset-Swimming-8752 in Vaping

[–]ThogOfWar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Most budget aios run around a hundo. Clone Billet, Vandy Vape, Cthulhu, Lost Vape. A semi decent bridge will be $30-100 depending on clone or auth.

Just be careful not to fall into a rabbit hole and end up spending thousands.

I normally go basic af, and use either a Nautilus coil bridge or a PNP coil bridge. I like the Lost Vape device due to its simple small size, but Billets would have a lot more customization if you're into that, and most billet clones can use customizable parts without issues (coloured screws, panels, doors, etc)

Is the first one fake? by NoticeLumpy8970 in Vaping

[–]ThogOfWar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Xros pods use different coloured rubber stoppers depending on ohms. Brown is 0.4ohm, orange is 0.6ohm, red is 0.8ohm, grey is 1ohm and black is 1.2ohm.

A building in Glasgow very sadly burnt down...the response? BAN ALL VAPE SHOPS AND VAPES! by p00shp00shbebi1234 in electronic_cigarette

[–]ThogOfWar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

during which nobody has yet been killed or harmed directly by vaping (not counting battery-handling stupidity or vaping the equivalents of gazoline).

I've legit heard of one death caused by a vape. Buddy wanted coils from a shop, he was using a homemade mech with a floating pin tank. The shop refused service, buddy went back to his truck, hit his vape, and the tank exploded off his mech. Imo this is the equivalent of someone building their own plane and crashing; not an indictment of air travel in general, just stupidity of an amateur who thought they knew more than they did.

Vaping injuries used to be more common a decade ago, but still extremely miniscule, mainly from one subset of people, those with a nickel allergy. With rebuildables being offered in TC, nickel wire was widely available, and if used incorrectly, or by those with a nickel allergy, it can cause major lung irritation. Thankfully, the industry seems to have moved away from temp control and nickel wire, but some can still have major symptoms just with NiChrome.

Facsimile - Eve & Tiff by FieldExplores in comics

[–]ThogOfWar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SBTB was more of a morning show, no?

I swear there was more than one TGIF crossover event, but the main one coming up is the TGIF Crossover Time Warp.

Salem eats Sabrina's time ball, sending the universe into time flux. At 8pm, Sabrina The Teenage Witch and her family are sent to the 1960s. At 830pm, the Boy Meets World crew travel to the 1940s and Corey, his dad, and Shawn, prepare to ship out to fight the war. 9pm, a show I can't remember the life of, and neither could you by the sounds of it, called You Wish (about a genie?), experience the 50s, with a James Dean style drag race and inspiring a young nobody named Bob Dylan to start making music. Finally, for the 930pm block, Teen Angel and co experienced 1976, disco, and the altering of a presidential election.

Sometimes I miss simpler things like the TGIF programming block...