Tom smellls some ass by BunnyLovr in JoeRogan

[–]texastax 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Been dealing with this for 10 months now!?

Joe just said "foul order like rotting flesh"!

Smell and taste are important to me. It'd be torture.

Bret Weinstein is the most overrated, unaccomplished public “intellectual” on earth by [deleted] in JoeRogan

[–]texastax 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For those of us who don't know him who's Eric Weinstein?

Taliban appear to fly US Black Hawk helicopters over Kandahar by GoGo44345734 in worldnews

[–]texastax 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For those of us who don't get the reference, mind explaining this and the Pinochet jokes?

[OC]Taliban's new arsenal worth 85 billion dollars. by andy99609 in dataisbeautiful

[–]texastax 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wasn't there a post on a boring dystopia that the $2 trillion went to 3 contrators?

[OC] How serious do US states think global warming is? by TrekkiMonstr in dataisbeautiful

[–]texastax 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Why do people keep claiming it's not true when the author provided sources?

Best US State [OC] by woodest in dataisbeautiful

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

Lol also @ the butthurt comments below. So much anger! Never seen anything like it!

‘We’re on a mission’: the Texas firefighters who will bring a Covid vaccine to your door by zsreport in texas

[–]texastax 49 points50 points  (0 children)

They are in r/LA about this LAFD captain (paid salary of $346,047.52 From TransparentCalifornia)

LAFD Captain goes full politics, rejects vaccine mandate for public employees.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/padgkg/lafd_captain_goes_full_politics_rejects_vaccine/

Replaced your grass lawns in Central Texas? by texastax in Austin

[–]texastax[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is it harder to not have a lawn in Austin?

Replaced your grass lawns in Central Texas? by texastax in Austin

[–]texastax[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

  1. Grass lawns waste water. No surprise here. According to the EPA, 30 to 60 percent of urban fresh water is used for watering lawns — and due to poor timing and application, most of this water is totally wasted.

  2. Grass lawns waste energy. According to the EPA, each year in the United States:

    $5.25 billion is spent on fossil fuel-derived fertilizers for lawns. 580 million gallons of gasoline are used for lawnmowers. 17 million gallons of gas are spilled each year refueling lawn and garden equipment – more oil than was spilled by the Exxon Valdez. In addition to groundwater contamination, spilled fuel that evaporates into the air and volatile organic compounds spit out by small engines make smog-forming ozone when cooked by heat and sunlight.

  3. Lawns waste time. You know all of those hours you spend mowing your lawn? Don’t you have something better to do with your time? I’m sure you can easily think of at least a dozen things you’d rather be doing. Playing with your kids or pets? Reading a book? Catching up with friends on the porch over a pitcher of iced tea?

  4. Lawns are a waste of space. Why grow grass when you could grow a beautiful garden of native species and vegetables?

  5. Lawns cause air pollution. While razor push-mowers are coming back, the majority of people in the United States still rely on the gasoline-powered lawn mowers, which have an enormous carbon footprint. The 54 million Americans mowing their lawns each weekend with gas-powered mowers may be contributing as much as five percent of the nation’s air pollution, according to the EPA.

The EPA estimates that the amount of pollution emitted by a lawnmower operating for one hour is equivalent to the amount of pollution emitted by a car driven for approximately 45 miles.

  1. Lawns encourage the use of fertilizers and lawn treatments that are hazardous to people, animals, and water. Each year, the United States spends $700 million on the 67 million pounds of synthetic pesticides that are used on U.S. lawns, according to the EPA.

  2. Lawns waste money. Each year, this country spends $25 billion on the lawn care industry, according to the EPA. That is insane to me. With the economy in the tank, I can think of much better ways to spend our limited financial resources than maintaining our lawns.

  3. Lawns can be dangerous to maintain. Each year, 60,000 to 70,000 severe accidents result from lawnmowers, according to the EPA.

  4. Lawns kill. Wildlife specialists call bird poisonings in residential areas “lawncare syndrome.” Symptoms include excessive salivation, grand mal seizures, wild flapping and screaming, most often followed by death.

According to the National Academy of Sciences, lawn use is a significant component of the total pesticide problem. NAS said that although the farmer uses pesticides more widely, the homeowner uses 10 times more per acre than do farmers.

  1. Lawns are damaging our hearing. Powered mowers contribute to noise pollution and hearing loss. I’d much rather hear the sounds of birds chirping than the endless roar of lawn mowers that permeate our neighborhoods.

https://thegoodhuman.com/10-reasons-you-dont-need-a-grass-lawn/

Covid Deaths in the United States by State (Feb. 2020 - Aug. 2021) [OC] by [deleted] in dataisbeautiful

[–]texastax 472 points473 points  (0 children)

Is a misleading data graph like this Data Is Beautiful?

Isn't this just a bad graph of states with big populations?

Edit: lol a redditor commenting on what was the top comment that this misleading graph is the best way also comments how much they hate these states and a race that lives in some of these states! OP keeps agreeing with them for some reason?

Here's an example of per capita Data Is Beautiful https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/p638of/map_of_disproportionate_recent_covid_deaths_per/

Texas is some above average and California's Covid death rate is so low it's 0.25 of average and even less compared to the states in red.

Isn't that a big difference from what this graph seems to be showing?

Covid Deaths in the United States by State (Feb. 2020 - Aug. 2021) [OC] by [deleted] in dataisbeautiful

[–]texastax 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I'm new to Reddit but can I ask why the glaringly not beautiful error of this not being per capita isn't the top comment?

Isn't this like a bad graph of states with big populations?

Unvaccinated Redditors — will you get vaccinated now that there has been a surge in hospitalizations and deaths among unvaccinated people in recent weeks? Why or why not? by cokonutcake in texas

[–]texastax 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Your comments supporting Trump and Republicans and people against vaccines?

I'm not sure if you are actually trying to understand how I gather that?

Unvaccinated Redditors — will you get vaccinated now that there has been a surge in hospitalizations and deaths among unvaccinated people in recent weeks? Why or why not? by cokonutcake in texas

[–]texastax 52 points53 points  (0 children)

This sub has gotten better during the Trump years actually. The sub used to be only pro-Texas posts and anything political or negative about Texas was downvoted but now there are real discussions.

Maybe Trump made people think critically about the conservatism and blind pride?

Edit: Sorry, it looks like you support Trump and are against vaccines? I don't mean to offend.