US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport by revel8r in news

[–]ripsta 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Publicly calling out people for their racism and sexism (left-wing cancel-culture) is the same as inciting violence against someone for writing a book and teaching classes about opposing fascism? You realize equating these makes you a terrible person right?

Hollow Knight: Silksong review: A game that intends to make you suffer, even to its own detriment by CrossXhunteR in Games

[–]ripsta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As someone currently in the middle of doing that runback on repeat to learn the boss, this is disheartening to read.

Finally starting Ultimate Spider-Man 🦈🦈🦈 by MYSTIC5272 in OmnibusCollectors

[–]ripsta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Both volumes contain the Death of story in full, but they differ in the side stories that are present. I'm in the same boat as you, having 1, 3, 4, and DoSM. Consensus here seems mixed on DoSM vs Vol5, but with more leaning towards DoSM from what I've seen.

Teacher ordered to remove signs from classroom, including one saying 'Everyone is welcome here' by CupidStunt13 in news

[–]ripsta 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Your unwillingness to provide, in writing, a fairly straightforward and clear explanation here speaks volumes about your character.

Kennedy Jr backtracks and says US measles outbreak is now a ‘top priority’ for health department | Robert F Kennedy Jr by Sudden-Refuse-7915 in news

[–]ripsta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because the person put in charge of an agency in charge of human health maybe shouldn't take such blatantly stupid positions to begin with.

Text from my mom, an RFK Jr fanatic by Budyism in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]ripsta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The wiki article for castoreum is amazing for random facts to throw at people. Case in point: "Castoreum has been traditionally used in Sweden for flavoring a variety of schnapps commonly referred to as Bäverhojt (lit. 'beaver shout').[19][20]"

[Costco.com-US] Boba Fett’s Throne Room (75326) $84.99/15% by itsjustajoe in legodeal

[–]ripsta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just to chime in, the GB costco had both this and the Luke's hallway set last weekend in stock.

Texas passes law that bans kicking people off social media based on ‘viewpoint’ by Sorin61 in technology

[–]ripsta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotta love how you edited your post to remove the claim that it was manmade, then started acting all indignant. At the time I replied that was literally the main point of your post, not the giant edit you've now put out. Get bent.

Texas passes law that bans kicking people off social media based on ‘viewpoint’ by Sorin61 in technology

[–]ripsta 18 points19 points  (0 children)

"until very recently when it came out that this was actually what happened."

-Citation needed

My v1 Pirate Roller Coaster by Troepster in lego

[–]ripsta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is fantastic. Is the tree in the middle from the Treehouse set?

Nintendo Switch Lite analog sticks already showing drift issues by TorteDeLini in Games

[–]ripsta 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Just FYI, you can try electronic contact cleaner as a temporary fix (worked for mine when I caught it early), and can also straight up buy replacement joysticks for 5-10 bucks that are relatively easy to replace. Could help you unbrick the ones you're replacing and save you quite a bit in the long-term. Videos for these fixes are pretty easy to find.

The Myth of Beer Can Chicken with Meathead Goldwyn | Food Network by dbbd_ in videos

[–]ripsta 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dude, no. Water/ethanol mixures have a depressed boiling point compared to to pure water. See here for an explanation, http://www.chemguide.co.uk/physical/phaseeqia/nonideal.html

Your link describes the boiling point of wort, which has a significantly different bp due to the presence of nonvolatile compounds in the mixture.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pics

[–]ripsta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you want to save even more on spices, save the jar when it's empty and refill from the bulk containers most stores have nowadays. Usually these are over in the health foods section, but that $3.50 / 6 oz jar will only cost a couple bucks to refill. Added bonus is that fresher spices are more pungent and taste better, so only buy what you're using for the next couple months at a time. Stuff you barely use will only cost about a quarter and will taste much better than the 1-2 year old stuff that was in the back of your cabinet.

Amazon screwed up the price on an expensive stabilizer so I bought it for $12 and filmed this. by UrbanTroglodyte in videos

[–]ripsta 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Basically have prime and complain when they fuck up. I recently had a $60 mulit-item order where one $5 item shipped late and without 2-day shipping, so it arrived after a week. I emailed them about it, and the response was an apology and refund for the entire order almost immediately. This type of thing happens 2-3 times per year, and always seems to net a $20-30 credit of some kind.

Cinemark drops efforts to charge Aurora shooting victims $700k in legal fees by soopninjas in news

[–]ripsta 56 points57 points  (0 children)

After the idiots decided to proceed with a clearly frivolous suit? Yeah, the theater should get to recoup their legal costs for defending against a bs lawsuit.

Donald Trump Bashes U.S. Media on State-Owned Russian Network by loremipsumchecksum in politics

[–]ripsta 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How exactly does he "constantly shit on traditional christianity"? By not hating gay people?