guyrocket

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

There are a lot of cultural things to learn from Hollywood, but very little actual academic content comes out of Hollywood. If any.

Add public TV to that mix and the academic content level goes WAY up. I don't think of public TV as Hollywood so I'm unsure if OP is including it.

Seems that youtube has much more content that I would call educational. I would go there for an education before Hollywood.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Can this be done with the hashtag tags? Does that functionality already support what OP is asking for?

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been seeing stories like this recently about people being confronted or attacked by random dogs. It makes me appreciate my pocketknife even more. I don't want to stab a dog but I will if I'm attacked.

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

I want it. And I want to play it.

Is there a board game zine here anywhere?

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

Sure, that seems reasonable to me. I rarely do food delivery so I was not really trying to address it with my comment above.

Edit: 2 words

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (24 children)

People that get tips should make at least minimum wage like everyone else. The employer should not get to pay less because someone gets a tip.

I always try to tip in cash. First so the person getting the tip can decide if they want to declare it as income. Second so it goes where I intend it to go.

20% is a good tip. More is not necessary.

I always decline tipping on the screens.

Never pre-tip. Tipping should always happen after service. You won't get a refund on that tip if the service is bad.

Edit: A word

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago (5 children)

No. BPA is not a type of plastic. It is a compound used to manufacture plastic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A

As to the health effects, this is from the wikipedia article:

Concern is mostly related to its estrogen-like activity, although it can interact with other receptor systems as an endocrine-disrupting chemical.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 70 points 2 years ago (11 children)

I've been reading the wikipedia article, not through all of it yet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microplastics

Some highlights:
Bottled water has much higher microplastics content than tap water.

Coral can ingest microplastics

Waste water treatment plants filter out most (but not all) microbeads into sludge. Some places use that sludge as fertilizer for farms.

Microplastics are in stuff you would not guess. Paper coffee cups have a plastic liner. Clothes put off large amounts of microplastics when washed. Tires put off microplastics. Some exfoliants and other cosmetics contain microplastics as microbeads.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

They changed this some years ago. Odds used to be better, they made them worse on purpose to get bigger jackpots.

Which makes it less worthwhile to play, IMHO. Odds were horrible before the change and now they're WORSE? No thanks.

ETA: I have not done it in a while, but I might buy a ticket for fun. It is worth a few dollars just to dream a little.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I know they give you the odds of winning with one ticket but what are the odds of winning with 10 tickets? It is not as simple as multiplying by 10, is it?

Long ago I was part of a lottery pool and we never really won anything. Just wondering if this has better odds than going on your own.

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