Rhaedas

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[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've always been about kids getting out there early and getting a taste of working, but these days feel different. I wouldn't want to go back into customer service now and I've got experience and age to back be up in dealing with customers.

I do think that people who cause the disruptive behavior that I'm referring to should be required to serve time doing those jobs, as I think part of their entitlement is ignorance of what's it's like behind the counter.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Be sure to not have throwable things around you if you haven't heard about this before. Especially the amount of money that was being reported missing right before 9-11-2000, and suddenly was never brought up again.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Close enough, it's not blocking a space. Better to be secure, but got to take what wins we can get. It's possible that when that cart was brought there the corral was full and the person retrieving them didn't get the loner. It's like the pictures of the car parked across several spots without the context that there was snowfall and no lines were visible then.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Pessimistic as I am, the combination will be fees that are cheaper than fixing the problems as well as passing that extra cost on to the consumers. It's better than nothing, but I usually find that phrase used when a lot more could have been done but wasn't because it was good enough to quieten some of the noise.

I forgot another possibility - lawyers and lobbyists to neuter any actual teeth the law ends up having.

Also, I have to put out the reminder since the "80x CO2 greenhouse effect" was used - that half life average (still used by many including the IPCC) isn't all that valid if methane emissions continue to rise. It gets worse as methane breakdown/methane addition ups the total amount at any given time.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Right. Use this as moving the line to the next step. If this much help is palatable to the ones who typically object to doing things for those in need, then maybe chipping away at something else will be too. It's better than trying to help most everyone and getting shot down.

And it totally sucks that we live in a world where we have to play that kind of game to get anything.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The 6 foot distancing that wasn't really ever followed well was a compromise to keep things open for the economy while pretending we're doing something. What amazes me is how there wasn't any mandate to require air filtration at key points in places with crowds - like a Corsi-Rosenthal box, the DIY stores could have had these in the front with a how-to-build and they would have made tons of profit while supplies lasted. I guess 6-foot stickers and signage was easier and cheaper. Remember when some stores tried to go further and enforce one way aisles?

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Genetics can be messy. Just organic chemistry in general is a complex subject.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Bobcat Goldthwait had a bit long ago about a guy beating up someone gay, saying "I hate you! Cause you're gay! And I kinda like you..."

It's certainly not always the reason, but sometimes it sure does seem that some of them are a bit obsessed with something that they say they don't want any part of.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Obviously NASA engineers don't ever go to Youtube, I'm sure looking up "asteroid sampler stuck" there would have been a number of hack DIYers who showed a variety of techniques they've used.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, with different effects. I'm not saying this will really have a measurable influence, but melt into Greenland waters is far worse than in most other places. Just look into papers discussing the AMOC slowdown and its causes.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

It was coined as meaning other people, but words evolve to mean things by their usage over time, and I'm sure carrying it over to other living things is applicable.

I don't think sonder is the word you were asking about, because the awareness that sonder refers to is only a piece of the whole complexity of reality. As an example, take this video by Epic Spaceman to help show the scale of the galaxy. It's not sonder, but has that same sense of opening your mind beyond your normal comprehension for a bit.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

And the new President doesn't necessarily have to pick a VP, it's just expected to fill the vacancy.

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