That’s a fight I’ll take up arms for.

Yeah, this is phrased like those three just slightly edge out the bottom 50, as opposed to each individually owning significantly greater than the bottom 50. I’m going to assume these three own more than the “bottom” like 85%.

I see a lot of the same people, recognize the names. I argue with some, know I’ll agree with others. I like it. It harkens back to old forum days for me. Reddit may as well be anonymous1 talking to anonymous2, maybe outside of some more niche subs, but here, I can comment on a post about corn and recognize a few of the names who are also commenting.

Would probably have an easier time figuring how many aren’t doing it.

Indeed, because just like the author of this article and editor of this paper, there was no way I was reading it.

So long as you’re equal opportunity with your hate it’s good to go.

Harrrrrrr.

Fuck, 92 really?

Rabies is in my top three fears, maybe even number one. Just an absolutely awful way to go, scared, in pain, can’t drink water. I love water.

I swear these people are fucking bots and their whole purpose is to drive a wedge. I’m actually seeing a bit of a turn recently on the “America Bad” front, evidenced by an approaching 50/50 split of ups and downs. And I think bot is the best case, because then it’s just some keyboard warrior who clearly doesn’t understand the situation and parrots some other comments on an article from a biased source that they didn’t even bother to read.

Like you, my Congressman is useless. His name is Tom Kean Jr. He’s a nepo politician, and as that goes he doesn’t deserve to stand in his father’s shadow. He’s a moderate Republican who is almost impossible to find and takes no stance on anything. We never hear from him. But this district was drawn to mix communities like mine in with communities that vote for him and so here I am.

That more ignorant suggestions (which I don’t want to besmirch the OC here, I’m sure they’d go down this path eventually) would have us take up arms against … whatever. Storm the Capitol, maybe. Any mention of that being stupid is called weak.

So yeah, I’m with you.

Sure, that’s the BTU right there. You would think that if you had 100 equal elements heating 100 equally sized amounts of water (in a vacuum), that it’d go faster than one element heating one 100 times as large. I imagine you’d need some kind of separation between the elements, or they’d end up hearing one another and affecting their individual efficiencies. I’m sure Lemmy can design a more efficient kettle though, let’s get on it.

Ha, me and my family are from Jersey (New), but if you go up the chain on my mom’s side, they’re all tea drinkers from mainly southern Ireland, but some north too, and they like it piping, piping hot, to the point they will microwave it if its unsat, and with milk. Black tea, steaming hot, milk.

I drink drip coffee, black, a few drops of stevia, the closer to lukewarm the better so I can chug it down quickly. Because I’m from the east coast of the US, we’re all about efficiency. An anecdote I like to tell people is when my brother moved to SF in 2009, we noticed Dunkin Donuts’s slogan was not “America Runs on Dunkin’” out there, it was “America’s Favorite Coffee,” and we surmised it was because, on the left coast, folks enjoyed the experience more, weren’t in as much of a rush; whereas, on the east coast, and specifically NYC and it’s surrounding areas, it was much more go-go-go, where coffee was seen as more of a utility. I do think it’s changed a bit since, though.

As soon as I started reading your comment I remembered the fused outlets of Britania. And as soon as I saw the YouTube link, I knew it was the same Tech Connections video that taught me it. I watched a video on British kettles despite being an American who drinks drip coffee.

I’m seeing that average UK socket circuits are 32A, which is nuts, I’m jealous. So that’s it right there, 32A (I know (or hope) the kettle isn’t pulling 32A) * 240v is a ridiculous amount of power, obviously more than any kettle would ever pull in a million years. My heat pumps and dryer are the only thing on the double breakers pulling 30A. Couldn’t imagine a teakettle.

Yeah, I work for your biggest social media comoetitor, why would I not just go post slop all over your platform with the intent of getting you fined?

I dunno, someone just throws this up on social media, and you’re the person in the position to say hey, halt the trains, don’t you do just that out of an abundance of caution?

E. Coleye

I typed a response and deleted it because Jerboa isn’t great about showing what I’m responding to. But yeah, you said no it isn’t and I totally agree with you. And I am firmly on board of chastising people who speak with authority when they’re plainly wrong, such as the person to whom you were responding.

So yeah, I think that’s the joke is bad when that is the joke. I think it’s even worse when it’s not the joke and you’re wrong.

I sure do love Lemmy, though. Brings me back to my early forum days when conversation was pointless, like this one!

I must be going crazy because it’s definitely not the joke. This joke is so geared toward the IT crowd. I could walk up and down my block and guarantee I’m the only person who knows how to use TOR, and maybe even the only one who’s heard of it.

Welcome to Lemmy, baby!!!