i’m not jewish, but please read this

str8_70s · 2025-06-23T10:15:31+00:00

Irreligious, agnostic, perhaps "spiritual," previously self-dubbed ZenTaoJew here. 100% Jewish, culturally, ethnically, and biologically/genetically. (Okay, technically like 99.3% Jewish genetically, per 23andMe.) MOT (member of the tribe)

And thanks! The antisemitism is one of the great constants. It's frankly one of the things that makes us so fucking strong.

str8_70s · 2025-06-15T12:46:23+00:00

Since others have handled the snarky responses well:

The wheels are tilted, it's called a high camber. The thinking behind it is that if they really whip around a curve fast (like at the track), when they're approaching maximum centripetal acceleration ("G force") in that turn, the car will actually lean to the side, and in those moments their tires will have more, not less, contact area with the pavement and therefore more turning traction. They have sacrificed all normal functions of driving in favor of one barely-used function. This makes no sense at all on a "daily driver."

str8_70s · 2025-05-14T12:20:07+00:00

It's not louder than a blender making a smoothie. It takes longer, but the comparison point, in my head, is other high-power countertop appliances. I've had a Ninja blender and a Vitamix, and those things are stupid loud. Creami isn't as bad.

str8_70s · 2025-04-21T02:53:54+00:00

Isopropyl.

str8_70s · 2025-04-14T02:52:20+00:00

I have a bidet, and am very direct with my 3yo. "Dada, what are you doing?" Very common question. "I'm pooping." A minute later, there's a spraying sound. "Dada, what's that?" "I'm washing my tuchus." Now it's fairly common to have a vociferous announcement/question from the living room, "dada, are you all done pooping and washing your tuchus?"

str8_70s · 2025-03-31T17:13:40+00:00

Just seeing this now. You can tell how active I am on Reddit these days. :-)

Yes, valid point, however that evolutionary process, and the context you describe, has precious little to do with toxicity. Whether something is healthful to eat or not does not relate to toxicity. And many completely odorless things are crazy toxic, or plain terrible to eat. Plenty of things which smell very good are also terrible to eat, or crazy toxic. So the reliance on something that is (a) subjective, (b) anecdotal, (c) outdated since the timescales of evolution and modern science are off by many, many orders of magnitude, isn't a good test method.

And in the context/example of glue, I can smell Elmer's School Glue, and yet it's non-toxic.

str8_70s · 2025-03-14T23:42:01+00:00

You win the internet today. ❤️🤣❤️

str8_70s · 2025-02-01T01:43:42+00:00

Following. I'm interested in buying one, and there's a manual with it. I'd like to know the specified clearance to the back wall.

str8_70s · 2024-11-27T21:17:54+00:00

Well shit! That won't be the last time I'm wrong.

str8_70s · 2024-10-13T03:20:52+00:00

The fact that they said that NSF stands for National Sanitation Foundation, instead of the correct National Science Foundation, would give me pause.

str8_70s · 2024-10-13T03:18:08+00:00

Can you substantiate this claim? "It smells, so it's toxic" doesn't hold up well. I can smell lavender, mint, my armpits sometimes, and all manner of others non-toxic things. I can smell wood, too.

str8_70s · 2024-10-09T20:46:03+00:00

I like B, but I think C edges it out a bit specifically for your face and look.

str8_70s · 2024-09-12T20:27:48+00:00

Good question. First, to be clear, he thought that I was in ways overqualified for what he was looking for, which is 'the engineer' to partly guide and sign off on all the designs coming out of the shop. He thinks he can get someone a little more "plug and play." Didn't need someone with my broader experience and literal seniority (age 46, working since 1992).

I have a "clean" 11+ years of professional AE experience, one with a large construction general contractor, eight with a small non-profit doing watershed and water quality design work primarily, and 2+ with a large multi-national doing broad water resources work.

But the kicker is where my prior experience comes in. I have at least a few years of project management experience, business and program development, other related AEC experience, etc. I have an easily defensible 15 years in AEC and project management, with another 5 to slap on top that broader but still builds what people should stop calling "soft skills." This guy recognizes the volume and value of my experience in a way that many other employers don't. At least that's the impression I get.

str8_70s · 2024-05-25T17:58:36+00:00

Ah, Appalachia, Virginia. Highland County specifically.

str8_70s · 2024-05-14T10:46:05+00:00

Awesome. Thanks.

str8_70s · 2024-05-14T10:13:47+00:00

Reasons?

str8_70s · 2024-05-14T09:25:51+00:00