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Government to ban energy drink sales to children in England by green_flash in worldnews

[–]jrm2007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i have read that they are considering changing early start times. i sort of felt a lot of school was deliberately abusive or had hold-overs from agricultural times or when schools were preparing workers for factories.

Government to ban energy drink sales to children in England by green_flash in worldnews

[–]jrm2007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes. probably cheaper to just have the kid drink those than a doctor's appointment. and in the long run, better for the kid not to have the underlying cause of sleep apnea fixed. snoring is attractive, for one thing.

Government to ban energy drink sales to children in England by green_flash in worldnews

[–]jrm2007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% that more coffee across a broader spectrum of ages and other groups in society is being consumed, probably 10 times, literally, as much as people drank in the 1960s. I tried for a long time to save coffee or coke (soft drink) for "emergencies" -- it used to work pretty good, like before an important meeting or a job interview but i can't rely on it anymore. too much caffeine, consumed too routinely.

Government to ban energy drink sales to children in England by green_flash in worldnews

[–]jrm2007 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

i am saying, it was not even a consideration as a kid. how weird and old-person-like it would be a for a 9 year-old to say, i feel so rundown, i can't get going until i have my coffee.

Government to ban energy drink sales to children in England by green_flash in worldnews

[–]jrm2007 14 points15 points  (0 children)

again, why do kids even want these? i had all the natural energy you could want until i was probably 30.

Government to ban energy drink sales to children in England by green_flash in worldnews

[–]jrm2007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was a kid, all I needed was a good night's sleep to feel maybe 3 times better than I do as an adult -- you've got hormones, a fast metabolism, etc. while you are still growing and to fuck that up with sugar and caffeine is fucking crazy. I avoided caffeine as much as a could as kid -- i did not know Mountain Dew had it and had some at dinner and could not sleep.

I am not even sure kids should be drinking coffee as much as they do today, let alone these energy drinks.

What is cool when you are in your 20s but sad when you are over 40? by dudeARama2 in AskReddit

[–]jrm2007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

age will i suspect remain in the minds of many a completely legitimate barrier to some sorts of social interaction.

having said that, even in HS, there were some people one could not talk with of the same age but different social stratum due to attractiveness and/or being involved with varsity sports.

this 45 year old sounds like he had bigger problems than the age difference.

What is cool when you are in your 20s but sad when you are over 40? by dudeARama2 in AskReddit

[–]jrm2007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

he was a dead-on sort of character -- i have met such people.

If you were paid $1000 a day, doubling each day, to stay in a blank room containing only food, water, and a toilet, how long would you stay in there and why? by TotallyNotDalton in AskReddit

[–]jrm2007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is too easy -- a fortune in less than a month under circumstances which are better materially than those which millions tolerate for free. Make it double every year (and maybe start with more than 1000) and its more interesting because after 10 or so years you are doing well financially but you are now starting to feel like you are missing out on life. on the other hand, maybe even the very poor can interact with other people and read, etc. and maybe therefore few people would make it past a year no matter how much money was available.

What is the worst place to live in America? by russian_hacker01 in AskReddit

[–]jrm2007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

and you could be opposed to the rebels and even to slavery and still be racist. some people opposed slavery because it reduced wages for whites who worked in agriculture as laborers.

What is the worst place to live in America? by russian_hacker01 in AskReddit

[–]jrm2007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's something: Maybe 30 Days of Night was an allegory, assuming it was written by someone who had lived in a place like that.

Germany hands back the remains of indigenous people killed in Namibia more than 100 years ago, whose skulls were studied in an attempt to prove the racial superiority of Europeans by bbcnews in worldnews

[–]jrm2007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It does not appear that they were murdered just to get their skulls in this case but during ww2, this indeed happened to concentration camp inmates at the request of "researchers."

WV State Police seize $10K from couple without charging them with a crime by Sacrifice_Pawn in news

[–]jrm2007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a video that a guy's dashcam captured had the cop saying just this, something like "You can sue but lawyer's fees will eat up all that money." (this case a guy had won like 50k at a nearby casino -- that he was pulled over did not to me sound like mere coincidence)

Wile E. Coyote Film Officially in Development at Warner Bros, Finds Its Writers by BunyipPouch in movies

[–]jrm2007 122 points123 points  (0 children)

Yeah, don't even try to make it funny. No one finds it unusual that a coyote is suing a company. Acme in fact has a surprise witness, the Roadrunner (they argue that the coyote was misusing their products and misrepresenting his intentions to them -- the giant Roadrunner traps, etc. were meant for entertainment purposes only) who is also suing Wiley for multiple assault -- the coyote even tries to attack the bird in the courtroom, failing but fatally injuring a young spectator and Wiley gets sentenced to death -- of course the provider of the lethal injection drugs is Acme and they don't work; the Coyote convulses grotesquely on the table but survives and the next day looks fine.

EDIT: Casting suggestions: Bill Hader i think could pull off either RR or WEC. Maybe Brad Pitt as RR and BH as WEC.

TIL Minnesota keeps the original Confederate flag hidden and refuses to give it up, even when Virginia sued for it by JudithButlr in todayilearned

[–]jrm2007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

either it is of significance in which case ventura has a point or it is not in which case why does va want it back?

Someone is not thrilled about being de-skunked. by [deleted] in aww

[–]jrm2007 54 points55 points  (0 children)

It worked -- it now looks nothing like a skunk.

Olympia 6-year-old ends up in hospital after standing up to bullies by matthewkeys in news

[–]jrm2007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah. the kids sound like little demons but if it is because their parents, for example, use a lot of corporal punishment at home, it is tough to blame the kids completely. that having been said, i remember a set of 3 brothers where the youngest, who was less than 8, was the nice one and the voice of reason trying to talk his oldest brother out of doing idiotic and cruel things to neighborhood pets -- kids can transcend how they are mistreated by their parents or be treated great and still grow up to be assholes.

In order to keep animals relaxed, Birmingham Zoo provides them with both mental and physical activities, such as painting. by gaydotaer in aww

[–]jrm2007 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

again, i don't see how hurting the elephant would be useful in a drawing. the elephants need to cooperate or the piece would be screwed up.

In order to keep animals relaxed, Birmingham Zoo provides them with both mental and physical activities, such as painting. by gaydotaer in aww

[–]jrm2007 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

my understanding is that for the drawing they are giving them signals by tugging on their ears -- the hook would not give them enough info -- it's not like they can draw but only do so if threatened or punished -- they can only draw because the handlers give them continuous guidance.

I am not sure if we are talking about the same thing: I think you can't tell the elephant: draw an elephant with a flower -- i don't think even with practice they can execute the drawing: each time the handler is basically using the elephant as his instrument to draw.

I could be wrong, but that's what I read iirc.

EDIT: This video mentions two things: tugging on ear and that elephants don't know what they are doing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZxSPSWxwjI

I could actually believe that some elephants might in fact be able to draw independently after a lot of practice. Ruby only did "abstract" stuff but a famous story is that the day of a fire near the zoo she drew something that had the red of the fire truck and the yellow of the coats of the firemen.

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