nelly_man

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[–] nelly_man@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At least he was brought to tears by the end of the interview when his invective didn't go unchallenged.

[–] nelly_man@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

FYI, it looks like that story about the paws is false.

The truth behind it is that there was a furry that somehow got severe frostbite when they fell asleep while icing their hands to deal with arthritis pain. After that, friends made a post trying to raise money for their medical bills, and they jokingly commented about getting him new paws. And that apparently spread elsewhere as "a furry amputated their hands to get paws."

https://dogpatch.press/2019/09/10/hoax-alt-right-trolls/

[–] nelly_man@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Here in the US, the typical flow is that you'll be seated at the table with menus, and then the waiter will leave to get some waters. When they return and fill your glasses, they'll ask if you want to order any drinks, and regardless of whether you order anything besides water, they'll ensure that your glass of water is never empty.

However, I think California passed a law to require restaurants to only provide water when asked, but that might only be when there's a drought and a need to conserve potable water supplies.

[–] nelly_man@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

She wasn't saying that water was spontaneously boiling in this chamber. She was saying that they were in a space-equivalent chamber with a pressure such that water would spontaneously boil. If you found yourself in the environment that is being simulated here (outer space), you would be able to observe water spontaneously boiling without the vacuum pumps.

[–] nelly_man@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

It looks like it's from June 1970 during the Trooping the Colour, which was the Queen's birthday celebration.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2014/may/28/passing-out-parade-trooping-of-the-colour-photography

[–] nelly_man@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

I think the Packers usually have male cheerleaders, but that is likely because they don't have any professional cheerleaders and instead invite cheer squads from local colleges to cheer at home games.

[–] nelly_man@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They mention Clinton because when he left office, the federal government was running at a surplus and was paying down the national debt. However, that changed after Bush came to office and passed tax cuts before starting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[–] nelly_man@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

It doesn't sound like she's afraid of being sanctioned by Columbia. Rather, it sounds like she's disgusted by Columbia and no longer wishes to be associated with them.

[–] nelly_man@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Presumably because he used a sword in the fight against Grendel's mother and the dragon. Though, when I think of Beowulf, I think of Grendel first and foremost, so depicting him as unarmed makes sense.

[–] nelly_man@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They have performed a handful executions using nitrogen gas over the last few years in Mississippi and Alabama. From what I understand, the people have all shown signs of distress and oxygen hunger during the executions, and the autopsies show signs of distress.

I think the pathologist that reviewed the first such execution had said that it would likely have gone better if a sedative were administered beforehand. However, I'm pretty sure that nitrogen hypoxia executions were being used because pharmaceutical companies were unwilling to provide medications for use in lethal injections, so that would likely extend to sedatives for use during executions. But in the absence of sedatives, the process is panic inducing, which causes people to resist inhaling the nitrogen, which in turn means that they are not exhaling as much carbon dioxide and thus experience the panic associated with suffocation.

[–] nelly_man@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What does that have to do with seasoning?

[–] nelly_man@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, but mostly because I never buy them. I just find them laying around on the ground after somebody else loses it.

 

The context around this is the concept of the Right of Ancient Light. Under English law, windows that have enjoyed a sufficient level of light for at least 20 years are recognized as possessing a right to ancient light.

Once conferred, the owner of the property can invoke this right to prevent the construction of a building that would obstruct the level of light that enters these windows, or they can be compensated monetarily to give up this right.

The video doesn't explain this aspect, but the barriers were presumably set up so that his windows would never acquire this right, thus allowing the neighbor to develop their property sometime in the future without concern.

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