[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 58 points 5 months ago

It's missing the part where the instructions are literally "Boil for 5-7 minutes. Serve."

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 69 points 8 months ago

Company: Marginally improves free product tier

You: "Well shit, this is the beginning of the end for those guys!"

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 66 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Something hot in an open bowl sounds like the worst food to eat in a shower TBH.

I'd go with something cold in a tube, like an ice pop. Or maybe a beer in one of those fancy insulated tumblers with a closeable lid.

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 59 points 11 months ago

I've come to wank with you again.

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 65 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've always thought it would be an interesting experiment for all (or most) proposed laws to be written as though they were scientific experiments, complete with:

  • Hypothesis (what is the law intended to accomplish?),
  • Metrics (how will effectiveness be measured),
  • Effectiveness period (when will these effects be realized?)
  • Success cnriteria (what is the minimum effect to consider the law effective?)
  • Side effects (what might go wrong, and how will that be evaluated?)

There's probably lots that does not cover, but the main idea is that any new law comes with quantitative ways to determine its effectiveness against its stated goals. Any law that does not meet those goals in the predefined time period is scrapped.

But again, as Zeppo said, without an informed and interested electorate, it's all pretty much moot.

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 59 points 11 months ago

Isn't that just kind of... how names are supposed to work?

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 56 points 11 months ago

"Backordered" or "On backorder" are the normal usages as an adjective.

But "In backorder" would also be perfectly understandable.

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 73 points 1 year ago

The theory I've heard is that people on reality TV shows would do this so the mics could pick up their conversations better. So naturally, ~~brainless idiots without an original thought in their dense godforsaken skulls~~ people who watch those shows started doing it in real life too because they saw popular people doing it on TV.

It's just a theory, but it seems plausible because it's clearly not how phones were designed to function on speakerphone or otherwise.

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 70 points 1 year ago

Because it's a little TOO easy.

Your body and brain know you didn't put any effort into it, not because you were in a rush, but just because you couldn't be arsed to. So it punishes you by making you hyper aware that you're consuming the uncanny valley of food. It's not NOT food, but it's not FOOD.

To be clear, I'm just using "you" generically. Absolutely no judgement here lol

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 68 points 1 year ago

Glad you finally found the courage to speak up! If there was one thing I felt was missing from Reddit, it was people sharing how much they disliked certain web comics.

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 63 points 1 year ago

Two sides of the same coin, honestly.

Anti-"woke" means refusing to acknowledge the presence of systematic injustice.

"Law & Order" is the dogwhistle for cranking up the tangible effects of systematic injustice.

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 65 points 1 year ago

RTFA. There are a whole list of exceptions, and appliance bulbs are the first bullet point.

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