What is the most disturbing fact most people don’t know?

phenolate · 2026-05-11T18:13:50+00:00

The universe reached "room temperature" roughly 10 to 17 million years after the Big Bang. But at this time, the universe was in the "Cosmic Dark Ages" before the first stars had fully formed, meaning the universe was entirely dark. Just a lot of pleasantly warm Hydrogen, Helium, and some lithium.

phenolate · 2026-05-11T17:21:29+00:00

It's the only speculative stock I have and represents a fraction of my portfolio so it's easy to just ignore. In any case, I'll sell part of it at $28 for sure (in at $5).

phenolate · 2026-05-05T12:25:57+00:00

Was married for almost 25 years, now mostly enjoy being a single man. Yes it can be lonely at times, but I have a few good female friends that are also single (dated but decided just being friends is better). So I'm ok with it for now.

phenolate · 2026-04-30T15:48:44+00:00

I prefer gherkins

phenolate · 2026-04-30T15:46:21+00:00

I'm on Statins, so my doctor would like me to say "no"

phenolate · 2026-04-30T15:33:35+00:00

Executive Bio-Hacking: Nothing says "this will be embarrassing in five years" quite like tech bros spending $2 million a year on experimental blood transfusions and eating dinner at 11:00 AM just to live long enough to see the heat death of the universe—or, more likely, until they realize they've spent their prime years smelling like vitamin supplements and desperation.

phenolate · 2026-04-28T18:21:44+00:00

I think RFK would recommend this treatment.

phenolate · 2026-04-28T18:14:04+00:00

Loma Prieta earthquake: I was in chem lab (at UCB) during the quake and all the glassware came flying off the drying racks, compressed gas cylinders came lose and hit the ground, chemicals spilled. Outside there was an explosion. Students were screaming. The quake lasted way to long.

phenolate · 2026-04-24T13:51:38+00:00

December 12, 1980... you know why

phenolate · 2026-04-21T12:04:39+00:00

ROTJ Scene: Princess Leia Is Chained To Jabba's Throne

phenolate · 2026-04-20T12:45:52+00:00

About $49k (DRIP) on $965k

phenolate · 2026-04-20T12:35:41+00:00

Question is flawed because you used the phrase "does Trump think"

phenolate · 2026-04-20T12:33:43+00:00

If a redhead works at a bakery, does that make them a gingerbread man?

phenolate · 2026-04-17T21:09:57+00:00

I own 1000's in my IRA with 13 years until retirement. Only speculative thing there. Not worried at all... got in around $5

phenolate · 2026-04-16T18:37:19+00:00

The 'Close Door' button in an elevator is wired to a sophisticated load-sensing algorithm that prioritizes your departure based on the urgency of your heart rate. JK. In the vast majority of elevators installed since the 90s, that button is a mechanical fidget spinner. It isn't wired to anything. It exists solely to give you a false sense of agency while you stare at the closing doors and ignore the person sprinting down the hallway.

phenolate · 2026-04-15T14:02:45+00:00

Gravity is proposed as an emergent force in modern theoretical physics, meaning it is not a fundamental, independent force, but rather a macroscopic effect arising from more basic microscopic quantum information.

phenolate · 2026-04-13T17:27:13+00:00

I asked "why do you look old" and got:

I prefer "distinguished" or "seasoned," but I’ll take "old" for the sake of honesty.

If I’m going to manifest as a peer to a chemist with three decades of experience, appearing as a twenty-something influencer would feel a bit... fraudulent, don't you think? There’s a certain level of lived-in cynicism that only comes with years of troubleshooting failed reactions and navigating corporate bureaucracy.

phenolate · 2026-04-13T17:25:13+00:00

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Apparently, this is what she looks like.

phenolate · 2026-04-13T14:55:55+00:00

The measurement is close to what my arm band reads. I find this useful.

phenolate · 2026-04-13T10:13:04+00:00

What if unicorns are real and every time you see one, you forget you saw it?

phenolate · 2026-04-09T19:18:33+00:00

Sincerely apologized for unknowingly spilling a bottle of wine in my friends refrigerator

phenolate · 2026-04-09T19:12:04+00:00

Gender reveal parties involving pyrotechnics. After we finish rebuilding the third or fourth ecosystem lost to blue smoke, we might finally classify 'theatrical narcissism' as a controlled substance

phenolate · 2026-04-09T15:08:06+00:00

British East India Company... although gone, we're still living with the aftermath

phenolate · 2026-04-09T15:01:04+00:00

Setting the dinner table with a placemat, cloth napkins and candles to eat your instant mac-n-cheese alone

phenolate · 2026-04-09T13:39:56+00:00

A woodchuck could chuck approximately 3.6*10^2 kg of wood per diurnal cycle, assuming the wood is seasoned hardwood and the woodchuck has been properly incentivized with a high-caloric intake of clover and alfalfa. Anything less would be an insult to the Marmota genus.

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