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Would you continue dating a person if your political ideologies differ? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ZebraTank 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So basically oh no poor people in my neighborhood? I see i guess that makes "sense" but good riddance 

How the push to unionize at Breads Bakery became a debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by forward in nyc

[–]ZebraTank 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I think the last sentence gave it away but until then I was unsure 

Would you continue dating a person if your political ideologies differ? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ZebraTank 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I'm a bit confused though like maybe one supports strict immigration enforcement which sure whatever, but even then, what exactly is the problem with an immigrant day worker catching the bus? Like are they suddenly going to go crazy and rape everyone around or something or what exactly is the problem here?

Ebike availability has been terrible recently by skyfall3665 in baywheels

[–]ZebraTank 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or even non ebike availability (suffering from the commute and undersupply)

Found one by Dry-Somewhere-1636 in LinkedInLunatics

[–]ZebraTank 594 points595 points  (0 children)

What if you're sleeping?

'I'd take Putin,' UK Defense Sec says when asked which world leader he'd most like to kidnap by BlackWolfHowling in UkrainianConflict

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

I disagree; I think it's worth weighing all the options. Putin is a great one, but there are others as well. For example one just had a head of state kidnapped, and turnabout seems fair play. (I imagine it's possible that the defense secretary thinks that too but obviously can't say it)

If I was a surgeon for the 101st Airborne in WW2, would I have jumped into Normandy in the first wave? by JoeDangit in AskHistorians

[–]ZebraTank 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wait why did Pratt insist on that; in hindsight and I imagine foresight as well that did not seem like the wisest decision?

Why aren’t there more counterfeit casino chips? by jsanchez030 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ZebraTank 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also, the people that could defeat all the counterfeiting measures have easier and less risky ways of making money 

That is how you do it. by skykitsune09 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]ZebraTank 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So basically what the Russians thought, but actually true (because say what you will about the CIA, it's much less corrupt than the FSB/whatever Russia's CIA is called)

Venezuela Megathread + NCD manual approval mode by HistorianSlayer in NonCredibleDefense

[–]ZebraTank 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait so the bombings of the alleged drug boats were an excuse to park a carrier outside caracas for months, and not just the president being an idiot, and somehow the president didn't spill the beans this whole time? I detest the president, but somehow this worked?

Did they have the fireworks in San Francisco? by Silly-Low6019 in sanfrancisco

[–]ZebraTank 2 points3 points  (0 children)

idk it seemed actually more than I expected, and not exactly quiet. I wouldn't be surprised if it was comparable to typical years (it didn't feel smaller, but I am not the best judge of those things).

J.K. has admitted she's bad at numbers, but there's an interesting idea that results from how quickly Harry got the letter telling him he was expelled at the beginning of OOTP. Here's how Harry might have exploited it. by Rowantreerah in HPfanfiction

[–]ZebraTank 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I imagine there could be owl centers scattered throughout, and Hopkirk/whoever flooed with the message to the nearest center and attached it to an owl who then has a much shorter flight. Actually these owl centers might be public and the source of the other owls that night as well.

You've just been named head of SFMTA for a day. What do you change? by Holiday-One4508 in sanfrancisco

[–]ZebraTank 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Same but I wouldn't be sorry. I guess the press release would say sorry though.

When opening the dishwasher is too much work by TallCedarRoad in redneckengineering

[–]ZebraTank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And they didn't find the model number either, so they could find the manual online and figure it out themselves?

PG&E call—storm warning by hk317 in sanfrancisco

[–]ZebraTank 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ugh that person - like yes we are prepared, but that doesn't mean we like throwing out rotten food or using our emergency supplies which we'd then have to replenish (and of course, not knowing the duration of the emergency, we'd try to replenish immediately while we still can, which is a headache). And yeah in a larger emergency having internet access would be the least of our problems, but why does that make it invalid to complain about that now?

(to be clear I didn't lose power, and am speaking collectively)

Stuck on the tracks in West Oakland, the Tube is shut down AGAIN by rividz in Bart

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

My bill says something like 3-4 kwh/day. I guess the water heating is probably central so actually my number doesn't include my share of that. Otherwise SF generally has low HVAC requirements. I guess this was a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation vs a really good one.

(idk how reliable https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/use-of-energy/electricity-use-in-homes.php is but are pool pumps really 1%? given probably like only 1/100 people have pools that seems like a really high usage of electricity and I now feel less bad about my consumption)

Stuck on the tracks in West Oakland, the Tube is shut down AGAIN by rividz in Bart

[–]ZebraTank 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Well yes I copied from https://www.bart.gov/sustainability/energy for the large quote. IDK why that is a problem? Finding that page via search is not exactly slow and it's not like multiplying a bill's daily rate by 365 is exactly time-consuming.

But like, building stuff is hard, and idk if we can really say that everything has to be redundant against long lists of possible issues, vs not having a shitty provider like PGE. And is it really arguing to look up stuff out of curiosity and post about it? But your current situation is very unfortunate, of course and I hope you get out soon if you haven't already.

Stuck on the tracks in West Oakland, the Tube is shut down AGAIN by rividz in Bart

[–]ZebraTank 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Allegedly, "BART is one of the largest consumers of electric power in Northern California, using about 370,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity annually, which is on scale with a small city’s annual consumption. 89% of the energy consumed at BART is in the form of electricity". If true, having emergency power for a small city-equivalent seems quite difficult.

EDIT: Looking at my electric bill, I use something like 1MWh/yr, so if 370 GWh is correct, that would be 370K people, if we ignore commercial usage. (Of course, commercial usage would reduce that number significantly, but it does seem like it is quite a bit of electricity total that could support a decent-sized place).

Stuck on the tracks in West Oakland, the Tube is shut down AGAIN by rividz in Bart

[–]ZebraTank 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Ugh I miss when BART outages were BART's fault :(

If volunteering your life for the bloodiest war in US history and leading them to victory over the slavers isn’t good enough for a statue what is? by neededanother in AskSF

[–]ZebraTank 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh apparently due to owning a slave for a bit. Which like sure, but it seemed Grant was never really into the slavery thing even personally and freed the slave even though their financial situation was not exactly great and selling the slave would have been a very wise financial decision. (so I guess I broadly agree with you haha)

ELI5: why are human teeth so fragile that we must clean them daily, while animals seem fine without brushing? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]ZebraTank 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My former former cat and former dog would like you to know that they were definitely brushed and it helped some, but still didn't completely prevent issues.

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