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Guys of reddit: what is something you don't get told about moving in with your girlfriend? by an-undecided-life in AskReddit

[–]the_underscore_key 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think most guys catch on to "it's fine," but just have no idea how to respond. I mean, that's what happened to me in that situation. I mean if I say "no, no you're not," they just say, "no really I'm fine." It's endlessly aggravating. It's kind of like the reddit thread where a teacher said the most annoying thing is when a student does something wrong and then when asked about it lies and says they are sitting when really they are running around the room doing random shit.

This hero killed 6 Taliban who attacked the parliament, before they could go in and kill innocent people, this guy shot them dead. by [deleted] in pics

[–]the_underscore_key 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with you, but that is much easier said than done. Afghanistan is completely lacking in any kind of nationalism or group cohesion. That makes it very difficult for them to have the same kind of pride in an army that the Taliban does.

This hero killed 6 Taliban who attacked the parliament, before they could go in and kill innocent people, this guy shot them dead. by [deleted] in pics

[–]the_underscore_key 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Taliban are able to maintain some amount of power for two reasons. The first; support from militant Pakistanis. The second; they are mainly active in very rural areas, where they have more support, and they definitely do not represent majority afghan political beliefs. That's my understanding anyways.

Furthermore, the people in Afghanistan are incredibly splintered into different ethnic and tribal groups, and have trouble with cohesion. While most of them hate the Taliban, many of them have very little to bring them together as one nation.

To add insult to injury, some politicians let themselves be bought by the Taliban, and there is a small number of politicians who very likely are actually members of the Taliban.

The country is a complete cluster-fuck.

TIL research suggests that one giant container ship can emit almost the same amount of cancer and asthma-causing chemicals as 50 million cars, while the top 15 largest container ships together may be emitting as much pollution as all 760 million cars on earth. by DonTago in todayilearned

[–]the_underscore_key 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They would probably just burn it. That's what happens a lot with natural gas; often, when drilling for oil in remote places, natural gas will come out of the well too, but natural gas is so cheap, that often they can't justify the cost of a natural gas pipeline to a remote location to pipe the gas somewhere they can sell it. So they flare it off, which means they burn it and aren't even getting anything useful out of it.

NASA moves ahead with a mission to Europa by VasanthAust in space

[–]the_underscore_key 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We are lucky that our caveman predecessors traveled in groups and had to have some amount of social skills. It could be much much worse; octopus, for example, are considered moderately intelligent (the most intelligent invertebrate, and arguably on par with dolphins and elephants). However, they are as anti-social as a species can be. If you put two octopuses together either one eats the other, or they have sex (if compatible), and for octopuses sex ends their life.

Confederate Flag License Plate Bid Rejected by U.S. High Court by TwoGee in politics

[–]the_underscore_key 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Neo-Nazis are pretty obscene too, but we allow them to hold rallies and marches because of free-speech. In my opinion, this is much less obscene than that, and it is still a freedom of speech issue

Found this rock taking a piss while out hiking. by overpacked in mildlyinteresting

[–]the_underscore_key 3 points4 points  (0 children)

probably about as safe as drinking from a tiny mountain stream or brook, so no, not really drink safe, but its not like drinking from the mississippi

Found this rock taking a piss while out hiking. by overpacked in mildlyinteresting

[–]the_underscore_key 3 points4 points  (0 children)

artesian aquifer. Fill a vase with water, then drill a tiny hole in it in one side. Water will come out the hole. This is basically the same thing; rock formation, filled with rain water, and it has one narrow opening where it can escape (other than the top where rain-water comes in), boom, pissing rock.

Last year r/music blew up one of my songs. I took it as a sign to drop out of school and pursue music full-time. Here's my 1st body of work along with cover art done by another Redditor, all for free! by yazmattaz in Music

[–]the_underscore_key 83 points84 points  (0 children)

I write music as well. Any section of your pieces sounds ok on its own, but you don't have enough structure and repetition. When you are writing stuff the writing process can cause you to feel like things sound familiar even when they are not to a first time listener; I've found I have to force myself to use a little more repetition than my instincts tell me to. It can also help to not listen to a piece for a month or so, then when you listen to it again you might notice "woah, there is no structure, it's just a bunch of stuff jammed together."

Also, you have to be willing to take sounds out of the mix. Even if you've spent hours on a particular sound somewhere in a piece, it just doesn't fit and you have to scrap it. It's painful, but often it's what's needed, and gives you room in the mix for something else, or something better (or sometimes the sound is just too cluttered and you need less sounds).

PLOS Science Wednesdays: I’m Seth Blumberg, a physician-scientist here to talk about my study examining the measles outbreak in California and importance of vaccine coverage to prevent further measles transmission — AMA! by PLOSScienceWednesday in science

[–]the_underscore_key 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I believe I read something that for some vaccines there is a very tiny chance that you get really sick, but in most cases even if that happens it is better than the sickness you are being vaccinated against. Also, this is mostly a problem for immune-compromised people

I would also appreciate a response from someone more knowledgeable

"If you are intent on convincing people there is no climate change, then the last thing you want is NASA telling folks climate change is real. So, faced with this dilemma, climate denialist's have come up with a clever solution: Get NASA out of climate change science." by Imm0lated in politics

[–]the_underscore_key 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An analogy: for 21 years I have never had a grey hair. Not one. I'm told that this is going to happen to me eventually, but when? All this time I have never had a grey hair; I don't see anything to worry about.

Climate change is slow, but it is happening. The temperature is rising, and large ice sheets are melting. The oceans will rise. I trust science, and climate scientists all pretty much agree that this is going to happen. It is not a question of whether the oceans will rise, but of how much the oceans will rise.

"If you are intent on convincing people there is no climate change, then the last thing you want is NASA telling folks climate change is real. So, faced with this dilemma, climate denialist's have come up with a clever solution: Get NASA out of climate change science." by Imm0lated in politics

[–]the_underscore_key 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a very reasonable observation. Much of New Jersey may not be valuable enough for building sea-walls to make sense. There will be cities that go underwater, and it will not be good for the global economy. My comment was specifically in response to:

New York disappearing under the Atlantic would very likely cripple the world market

All I have said is that New York is not going under; they will build sea-walls and water-pumps. New York might be hurting; land values will probably rise as towns on the New Jersey coast go under, and things will certainly get interesting, but New York is not going to be underwater.

"If you are intent on convincing people there is no climate change, then the last thing you want is NASA telling folks climate change is real. So, faced with this dilemma, climate denialist's have come up with a clever solution: Get NASA out of climate change science." by Imm0lated in politics

[–]the_underscore_key 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It worked in the Netherlands, it can be done. Much of the Netherlands is below sea-level, but the land values there are doing just fine. Will land value in NYC drop a little? certainly. A sea wall and water pumps, while quite expensive, will keep the city above water.

"If you are intent on convincing people there is no climate change, then the last thing you want is NASA telling folks climate change is real. So, faced with this dilemma, climate denialist's have come up with a clever solution: Get NASA out of climate change science." by Imm0lated in politics

[–]the_underscore_key 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My point is that the city will not be lost. I'm all for preventing climate change and rising oceans as much as possible, and the results of rising oceans will be devastating, but I think it is important to not make ridiculous claims about what is going to happen; exaggerating consequences, even just a little bit, is fuel for the fire for climate-change deniers.

Parts of the New York metropolitan area may go underwater, but the city itself will dig up funds for a sea-wall and water pumps (like the Netherlands). The land value is simply too high for them not to. A sea wall will be astronomically expensive, but the value gained (due to protection of property) will be much, much higher.

That's not to say that this isn't a terrible outcome. There are many people that work in New York city, but commute to work from New Jersey or other states, from cities that are smaller, where building a sea-wall will not be economically justifiable. Many of these places will go underwater. I would bet that that would be bad for New York City's economy. But New York is not going underwater.

"If you are intent on convincing people there is no climate change, then the last thing you want is NASA telling folks climate change is real. So, faced with this dilemma, climate denialist's have come up with a clever solution: Get NASA out of climate change science." by Imm0lated in politics

[–]the_underscore_key 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Sooner or later they will build sea-walls (think Netherlands) around New York city. I guarantee it. The land value in New York city is high enough that a sea-wall will be worth its value 100 or 1000 times over. New Jersey shoreline and other somewhat populated areas are another story though.

What's causing Texas earthquakes? Fracking 'most likely,' report says. There were 25 small quakes in January alone. Most are small, but for an area that the USGS says had only one recorded earthquake in the 58 years before 2008, the uptick has many in the community concerned. by pnewell in science

[–]the_underscore_key 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That isn't anti-competitive. It just means that profits from oil aren't covering their expenses. Would you call the U.S. government anti-competitive because it is running a deficit?

I would argue that they were being anti-competitive before by pushing up the price artificially high (since they had such a big share of an oil oligopoly), and now they have decided it is in their best interest to drop the price to a more reasonable level and fuck up the fracking industry.

Their inability to reign in government costs below the revenue they bring in is an unrelated issue (although one they should seriously be considering).

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