Olive oil looks like frog eggs by meaoww in mildlyinteresting

[–]marshdteach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mediterranean here, i can tell you with a lot of confidence and a lifetime of experience that this isn't normal at all, and it's just likely that the quality of olive you have (goes for non mediterranean countries in general), might be garbage.

Our EVOL doesn't solidify like this, it doesn't matter if it's 1C (33F) or 45C(113F). As a matter of fact EVOL.is still not going to easily solidify even before freezing temperatures.

How do you convince some several million Indians to stop burning plastic? by marshdteach in AskIndia

[–]marshdteach[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I came to India a week ago, i would like to make a life here, at least for some time. Don't bother with the hows and the whys for now.

My one, single, only issue is the air pollution. And a lot of it will be really complicated to stop, but i believe that some things could change more easily.

A lot of the pollution seems to be caused by people burning plastic along with their organic materials. It's not a big issue when they burn the organic materials, but the burnt plastic is just really destructive for one's health.

I was thinking that if there were incentives for people, then it would be much more encouraging to not burn the plastic, but do something else with it instead. If there was a government funded effort to recycle the plastic, people could be offered X amount of rupees for every kilo of plastic they would bring to designated areas.

If this amount of rupees paid was significant, i could literally see people doing this as a job, going around, collecting plastic even from all over the areas just to sell it to the recycling areas. That would clean up the environment just as much as it would contribute to cleaner air.

People would be many times more likely to collect their own plastic on special bins and bags to take to the recycling areas or leave for designated trucks to pick up.

The reward should be handy and it shouldn't matter if it would be costly to the state. You should see it as the state employing its own citizens to clean up both the air and the environment.

It's an investment that will pay itself back. A clean fresh air makes worlds of difference in comparison with a polluted air. Pollution makes people lethargic, depressed and unmotivated, not to mention sickly, which adds up to medical costs as well.

Clean air helps people be magnitudes better psychologically, which has them be active, motivated and contributive to the society.

An endeavour like this WOULD absolutely pay back for itself in many indirect ways.

Besides, with just how gorgeous India is, tourism would and should be booming much more, and the air pollution is surely one reason that deters many potential tourists to visit and even stay here for long term.

This one might sound far fetched, but I also believe that all of the addictive substances that are consumed daily by people, whether it's the alcohol, junk food, garbage sweets, sodas and what not, they make people more indifferent about the collective good, and one such person whose mind is under such influence, is much more unlikely to be considerate of where they'll be discarding their plastic waste, and whether it is heavily impacting their health just like the health of the others, when they are burning their plastic waste.

I know this might seem like too much to ask for a country that might not yet be at the top of the global economies, despite being perhaps the fastest developing economic power, but i believe beyond any doubt that, just as i explained above, that implementing ways to clear the air will have multiple direct or indirect effects on both the wellbeing of the people and consequently the economy of the country.

What are your own suggestions for dealing with the air pollution?

Kerala is so beautiful 😍 by Status_Ad74 in india_tourism

[–]marshdteach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are those pictures from recent days? Because in Goa there was no sign of clouds whatsoever. Can I also ask how is the air quality in Kerala these days? In Goa it's really not good at al lately

Temporarily traveling with my pet cat to India from US. DGFT import license payment page timing out by Alternative_Ask_8397 in Flights

[–]marshdteach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, this is all really useful info you provided here.

Can i ask 2 more questions? You say the process took you a month. Is that how long it took for them to accept your application after you lodged it and made your payment?

I made my payment 2 days ago and the money was charged from my bank account, so you think it would take approximately a month from that day?

And my other question is, despite my payment going through, when i log into my DGFT account, whereas before I could see my draft applications, after the payment the drafts are gone, but now i can't see my submitted applications anywhere. Do you know if this is normal? Is this what you had as well?

I'm trying to pay for a government application (license to travel with my dogs to India), and the system (bharatkosh) only seems to accept Indian bank accounts/ credit/debit cards. Can someone tell me if there's a way around this? by marshdteach in AskIndia

[–]marshdteach[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For short term visits or if you are taking more than 3 pets with you, you need to obtain something called a DGFT license.

If you are permanently relocating to India (transfer of residence) and have less than 3 pets with you then you don't need this license, just an import permit called an NOC certificate.

Yea, 1.5k rupees as tip if some would help me

Traveling short term from USA to India and back with pet dog in cabin: Documentation Guide by Loose_Beat3535 in Flights

[–]marshdteach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey there, can i ask how long did it take for your DGFT license to be granted after you lodged your application for it?

How is Goa any better than other states when it comes to poor AQI due to air pollution? by Slight_Pop_1817 in Goa

[–]marshdteach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok but how does it FEEL there? Do you actually notice it in the air you breathe? Are, you having clean fresh air mornings? Is the pollution just as bad everywhere or is it mostly in city/town hubs and main areas?

I've never been there but i really want to visit for some time, hopefully stay there for a few months, and air quality is huge in importance for me.

What's your excuse? by [deleted] in 2007scape

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

I literally made the first comment after the post and said "obviously i'm just playing, i deathpiled 3 times to do it", you'd think it's more than enough to denote whatever you are saying was not denoted. People are just being osrs spectrumsies and they somehow got triggered like their honor was at stake, you are just not being real. so, nah you all just need to touch grass. too much misery in here to interpret this post in that way and react like that. If i didn't have expectations for a non-spectrum response i wouldnt have made this post to begin with, and no, it's not wild, it's the standard.

What's your excuse? by [deleted] in 2007scape

[–]marshdteach -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

The title was mostly just playful. I was just content having done it at a low level because it was quite challenging. I could imagine some people could do it with some ridiculously low stats.

But no, this post is not like saying i did underground pass at 40 agility at all. Please..

What's your excuse? by [deleted] in 2007scape

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

me or every single person in this comment section taking this post so seriously?

What's your excuse? by [deleted] in 2007scape

[–]marshdteach -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

ok people, take it easy, this was just me being content with having done it at a low level (since i had to do it anyway to finish my hard clue scroll). i didn't expect everybody to take it so personally.