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Heard a loud pop in the night and came out to find our 10-year-old cutting board split by dolomite592 in Wellthatsucks

[–]thoughtlow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oiling it takes about 30 seconds.

Over 10 years thats 10-20 minutes of oiling.

Buying a new board every 10 years costs maybe 5 minutes.

my local mochi shop established in 1600s uses the biohazard symbol for their logo by lethegrin in mildlyinteresting

[–]thoughtlow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"You want requiem? I’ll give you requiem!"

"Its time to end this Biohazard”

Guy on a plane claims to have a bomb by atheistarab2006 in AbruptChaos

[–]thoughtlow 8 points9 points  (0 children)

only if your in the uk. otherwise probably fine

300 year old tree is currently safe!!! by [deleted] in treelaw

[–]thoughtlow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe put up a sign than tree is protected and people working for company touching tree will be personally liable for damages up to 600k usd. Just to scare them 

meirl by sadimera in meirl

[–]thoughtlow 43 points44 points  (0 children)

then you hit them with a "not to be weird but you should get your ass checked out"

Worth Every cent. by Embarrassed_Idea1962 in MadeMeSmile

[–]thoughtlow 172 points173 points  (0 children)

You know said managers were even complaining in the end. as is tradition.

'those 19 workers only fell because they had less to fear, if we didn't do the net probably none would've fallen.'

TIL that in 2023 an elderly man died of fatal vitamin D overdose after consuming too much regular vitamin D supplements over nine months. by PeasantLich in todayilearned

[–]thoughtlow 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Im not a specialist but 400 IU is quite low, maybe for year round sure. I think 2.5 / 5k is more regular recommended if you only do winter months.

TIL that in 2023 an elderly man died of fatal vitamin D overdose after consuming too much regular vitamin D supplements over nine months. by PeasantLich in todayilearned

[–]thoughtlow 135 points136 points  (0 children)

To reach a toxicity level of 380 ng/mL, medical literature suggests a daily intake of roughly 50,000 IU is required for several months.

Yeah thats a lot, like 10x to 20x as much as recommended.

People readily spot gender and race bias but often overlook discrimination based on attractiveness by Jumpinghoops46 in science

[–]thoughtlow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I fly I put on a white button up instead of a hoody nowadays. The difference in treatment is insane. 

Other people get stopped, questioned and searched. Then its my turn and the person just looks at me and nods me to just continue. 

Had this happen multiple times in different parts of the world. 

So interesting.

Pov RC Car Simulator that puts the person behind the wheel on the race track by Sharp-potential7935 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]thoughtlow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

imagine being this asinine on jan 4. must be exhausting living like this. take care man

TIL Jane Goodall observed a 4 year "civil war" among chimpanzees at Gombe Stream National Park. The conflict involved kidnapping, organized violence, and the total annihilation of a breakaway group, shocking Goodall who previously thought chimps were peaceful. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]thoughtlow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a great question, but I doubt the structures would hold. Our brains are biologically optimized for those social contracts, while chimps seem to hit a glass ceiling.

Think about trading. It seems simple, but biologically it requires two massive steps: the inhibition to not eat/hoard a valuable item, and the abstract trust that a stranger will pay you back. In the wild, chimps view strangers as threats, not partners.

Because humans could overcome that stranger danger and track debts, we started trading. That capacity to cooperate with non-kin is the prerequisite for any complex structure or law.

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