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| Topic | Pfizer mRNA covid-19 vaccine fully FDA approved |
| adjl 08/23/21 8:03:54 PM #22 | Krazy_Kirby posted... approval w/o actual data A total of nearly 5 billion doses of the various Covid vaccines have been administered. What kind of data set are you expecting? --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Video game coach |
| adjl 08/23/21 7:39:00 PM #14 | BlackScythe0 posted... I don't understand how this is a question? Mostly, he's surprised that people would want actual coaches for video games and is wondering if that's actually a widespread thing or if he's just stumbled across a weird niche. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Mississippi People who FAIL to ISOLATE with COVID face 5 YEARS in PRISON!!! |
| adjl 08/23/21 7:35:18 PM #3 | Fair, next, provided there's some leniency for legitimate mistakes (like thinking the setup they've got at home qualifies as isolating, but missing some key element for qualifying) and resources are available to allow people who don't have a suitable quarantine plan to isolate (such as quarantine hotels). --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Pfizer mRNA covid-19 vaccine fully FDA approved |
| adjl 08/23/21 7:32:28 PM #18 | SunWuKung420 posted... Cool link You want a cool link? I'll show you a cool link. https://as2.ftcdn.net/jpg/01/38/15/93/500_F_138159308_fTXKDeRguACMi8ctjb3OYTpGqlSEqNEL.jpg --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Video game coach |
| adjl 08/23/21 5:19:15 PM #12 | It makes enough sense. There are plenty of games out there (especially competitive ones) that become vastly more fun (and, in some cases, only become fun) once you get past the initial learning curve, so having some advice to get past that will ultimately make the game more enjoyable. Lokarin posted... I could see this being a thing for minecraft - for people who just can't get their head around redstone I've got a reasonable grasp of how to make use of logic gates and whatnot, I just struggle with some of the vanilla transmission mechanics because they're so unintuitive. Vertical signal transmission in particular makes very little sense. I much prefer to include mods that offer some manner of wiring system, like Redpower used to (which also condense logic gates into single tiles). --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Israels coronavirus cases surge despite being one of the most vaccinated country |
| adjl 08/23/21 5:06:55 PM #24 | MartianManchild posted... Its disturbing how quickly you jump to defend unverified misinformation posted by a user that has multiple accounts suspended just so it suites your narrative. No doctor is faking giving a patient a vaccine. That is unethical, immoral, and goes against their oath. You should feel ashamed and I expected better of you. I wouldn't really say I'm defending the information one way or the other, just explaining why they might have done such a thing. In truth, such information is irrelevant, because: adjl posted... That said, as of yesterday, they're sitting at 60% fully vaxxed, so characterizing outbreaks within the country as being evidence that the vaccine isn't working is pretty silly. You don't even need to invoke any potential conspiracy to under-vaccinate people to explain the surge: 35% of the country is still fully vulnerable and Delta's a b****. Incidentally, calling them "one of the most vaccinated countries" isn't altogether accurate. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-vaccinations-tracker.html They're sitting at #25 for first doses and #20 for fully vaxxed (by comparison, the US is at #36 and #34, respectively). That's not bad, and they're clearly doing better than many other places, but there's still a lot of room for improvement. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | How do you stop a loved one from spending so much on F2P games? |
| adjl 08/23/21 3:15:43 PM #97 | HellHole_ posted... dudes only posted in this topic so it's probs just lih There's a non-zero chance that this is true, given that he's been called out on his routine of asking for advice and then getting mad when we don't give him advice that agrees with what he's already decided is the right course of action. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Israels coronavirus cases surge despite being one of the most vaccinated country |
| adjl 08/23/21 2:59:37 PM #17 | Smarkil posted... way to lean into the stereotypes adjl That crossed my mind, but I'm not really stereotyping. Every government wants to save money. This one just happens to be Jewish. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | How do you stop a loved one from spending so much on F2P games? |
| adjl 08/23/21 2:51:34 PM #92 | Rayved posted... It's a bad addiction and people who are defending this type of behavior just won't admit that they wish they could afford to have it as bad. End of the story. Nobody's really defending it, just saying that it's not bad enough to seriously worry about if it's not adversely affecting his life. Which is true. Everyone's also saying that, even if it does get that bad, you can't force him to stop, only express concern and hope he decides to stop on his own. Which is also true. Nobody's said anything that would suggest any sort of envy. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Did you know the McDonalds ice cream machine is broken on purpose? |
| adjl 08/23/21 2:31:46 PM #29 | Revelation34 posted... McDonald's does apparently. Globally? I could imagine. There are enough McDonald's franchises that I have no difficulty imagining that at least one of them has a given problem on any given day. EclairReturns posted... Are you saying that the cost to replace these ice cream machines would outweigh the profit gained from selling the frozen items that McDonald's would be able to sell if it could produce aforementioned items with reliable consistency? Or perhaps the net profit gained would not be considered significant by the franchise's figurative overlords if any such measures were taken? I could believe that it would. McD's isn't exactly using super high-quality ingredients for their ice cream, but any dairy products tend to have lower margins because dairy ingredients are relatively expensive and it takes energy-hungry equipment that requires significant amounts of maintenance (=labour costs) to produce them. Toss in that it's relatively rare for people to go into McDonald's just for ice cream, meaning they'll likely still be selling some higher-margin items to customers even if they can't give them ice cream, and I can believe that they don't actually lose enough when the machine's down to justify replacing it with something more reliable. It's still good to have the machine around so there's the possibility of getting ice cream (meaning people will consider McD's even if they want ice cream for dessert), but once people are in the store, telling them they can't get it isn't likely to discourage them from buying the meal they were planning. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Israels coronavirus cases surge despite being one of the most vaccinated country |
| adjl 08/23/21 2:13:12 PM #14 | Blighboy posted... Lmao what Pumping their numbers while saving money/not having to wait for shipments, presumably. They may have overestimated the herd immunity the non-placebo folks would be able to provide, particularly where Delta is so much worse for breakthrough infections. That said, as of yesterday, they're sitting at 60% fully vaxxed, so characterizing outbreaks within the country as being evidence that the vaccine isn't working is pretty silly. You don't even need to invoke any potential conspiracy to under-vaccinate people to explain the surge: 35% of the country is still fully vulnerable and Delta's a bitch. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | truth |
| adjl 08/23/21 11:51:08 AM #4 | Mead posted... and reconciliation We get a statutory holiday for TRC starting this year. September 30th. Personally, I'd rather see some actual accountability for murderers and child abusers than just have a day off that most of the IRS program's victims won't actually be able to take advantage of, but what do I know? --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Pfizer mRNA covid-19 vaccine fully FDA approved |
| adjl 08/23/21 11:30:05 AM #11 | Kungfu Kenobi posted... They'll at least have to drop the talking point about the lack of FDA approval. They never actually cared about FDA approval. They don't trust the FDA any more than they trust the rest of the government. It's one less quasi-credible point they can use to support their position, but they'll find something else to latch onto such that nothing will ultimately change. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Pfizer mRNA covid-19 vaccine fully FDA approved |
| adjl 08/23/21 10:51:08 AM #3 | But how can it be approved if it hasn't been approved? --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | How do you stop a loved one from spending so much on F2P games? |
| adjl 08/23/21 9:36:34 AM #65 | lihlih posted... I can't believe people here truly believe that an addiction is nothing to worry about. That's not in any way what people are saying. His apparent addiction is absolutely something worth keeping an eye on to make sure it isn't hurting him or those around him. If it reaches that point, then yes, worry about it and express concern. At the end of the day, though, you can't force him to stop. That's a decision he has to make for himself. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | lmao. trump booed at rally after telling people to get vaccinated |
| adjl 08/23/21 9:23:14 AM #46 | OhhhJa posted... That was when social distancing was being encourage for all restaurants though. And she was telling everyone to go out to eat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take-out --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Is Lokarin the Canadian Icoyar? |
| adjl 08/22/21 9:27:05 PM #15 | Lokarin posted... You understand me pretty good "Awkward" is indeed a bit of an oversimplification on my part, but you do definitely exhibit a lot of "I don't understand this aspect of normal human interaction" sorts of behaviours, which often translate into awkwardness. I could believe that you do fine in actual social scenarios. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | After much soul searching, I'm at peace with ppl who say fitness isn't a hobby |
| adjl 08/22/21 6:49:53 PM #13 | OhhhJa posted... This is kind of a silly metric. You could say the same thing of someone saying crafting is their hobby. Doesn't really tell you much Yeah, that's what I'm saying. It's not a useful answer, so saying it doesn't count is reasonable. There's room to logically justify it, but that logic doesn't have much by way of practical application. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Is Lokarin the Canadian Icoyar? |
| adjl 08/22/21 4:38:24 PM #13 | Only in that he's a socially awkward dude who can't work. The personality's completely different, the political leanings are different, even the underlying mental disorders are different (schizoid vs. Aspergers). He's also just an all-around better person, hence he hasn't drawn nearly as much ire as Icoyar did. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | After much soul searching, I'm at peace with ppl who say fitness isn't a hobby |
| adjl 08/22/21 4:35:24 PM #7 | I would agree that "fitness" is too broad of a concept to describe as a hobby. The individual activities that make it up would qualify (including the theorycraft part of it), but not the overall concept. Think of it in terms of usefully answering the question "what are your hobbies?". Saying "fitness" doesn't actually inform the person you're talking to what things you enjoy doing. I get where you're coming from, in that many of the activities that you do for fun all under the umbrella of fitness, but you need to be more specific in order to give a useful answer to the question. Following up something like "I'm a fitness nut" with ": I spend a lot of time lifting weights, min/maxing my health, and telling people on the Internet about it" would be a valid response, but not just leaving it at "fitness." --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Might be Extended... |
| adjl 08/22/21 4:16:00 PM #24 | It sure is interesting how upset employers are getting when they have to provide competitive wages because there is actually a viable alternative for people to take when they're met with "don't like these wages? You're welcome to look for something that pays better." It's almost like they've been relying on a non-competitive market to get away with providing pitiful wages for decades, while disingenuously suggesting that the workers are at fault for them making that decision. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | lmao. trump booed at rally after telling people to get vaccinated |
| adjl 08/22/21 1:49:52 PM #20 | SKARDAVNELNATE posted... https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/apr/24/ <break> "He didn't tell people to inject bleach, he just pitched the idea to one of his science advisors in a public setting where he did not in any way clarify that he had no idea whether or not it was a stupid idea." It's not completely the same, no, but characterizing that as "suggesting people inject bleach" is close enough for colloquial conversation. He said something monumentally stupid in a context where it stood a good chance of being taken as legitimate advice by similarly-stupid people. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | lmao. trump booed at rally after telling people to get vaccinated |
| adjl 08/22/21 1:35:21 PM #15 | SKARDAVNELNATE posted... I think the problem with this is that those freedoms are implied to be contingent on getting vaccinated. According to the values the US is founded on the constitution should be enough to ensure those freedoms. Personal freedoms have always been and must always be restricted by the effects that freedom will have on other people. There's no reason to treat vaccination any differently: If restricting unvaccinated people is the only way to ensure that everyone else can go about their lives in safety and freedom, unvaccinated people should be restricted. Perfect, libertarian anarchy will never be anything more than a fantasy or thought experiment. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Penmanship |
| adjl 08/21/21 10:22:09 PM #4 | Sometimes I can read it. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | How do you stop a loved one from spending so much on F2P games? |
| adjl 08/21/21 5:09:16 PM #61 | The presence of free players also helps lull whales into a false sense of security. Being able to say "Look at all these people that enjoy the game without paying a cent!" does a lot to convince people that they'll be able to do the same, even if they're more vulnerable than most to monetization strategies that can manipulate them into whaledom. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Only vaccinated PotDers can post here. |
| adjl 08/21/21 4:56:58 PM #55 | Straughan posted... I got blood clots and heart problems from my first 2. If I don't get the booster from doctor's recommendation do I automatically get labeled a Nazi? Should I just take it and die to avoid social stigma? Nah, you're pretty definitely better off skipping the booster, especially where you do still have the first two in there and a booster would just strengthen it a bit. By and large, nobody's really hating on people who genuinely can't get vaccinated. Exceptions exist, of course, because there are no limits to the depths of human stupidity, but the vast majority (and the only justifiable portion) of the hate is directed at the unvaccinated that are making that choice out of ignorance or a callous disregard for their fellow citizens, not those that have legitimate reasons for avoiding it. That's especially true where you did get vaccinated, and are just choosing to forego a booster due to the clear personal risk involved. You've made a genuine effort to contribute your fair share to the public's well-being (at more personal cost than most face in doing so), and I don't think anyone should be asking more than that of you. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | How do you stop a loved one from spending so much on F2P games? |
| adjl 08/21/21 10:12:39 AM #38 | Blighboy posted... Honestly kind of surprised people here are all okay with spending thousands a month on mobile gambling. It definitely sounds like more than TC's friend can afford. Even if it is more than he can afford, you can't just "stop" him from doing it, any more than you can "stop" an alcoholic friend from drinking. You can (and should) express concern and provide support as appropriate, but the desire to get better ultimately has to come from them. It's not something you can force. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | How do you stop a loved one from spending so much on F2P games? |
| adjl 08/20/21 9:22:38 PM #22 | All you really can do is express concern/point out consequences he might not have realized and offer support if he asks for it. Unless he actually wants to get over his spending habits, trying to force him to change something he doesn't see as a problem is only going to generate resentment and drive them away, which actually increases the risk that they won't be able to recover from their problem if they do get to the point of wanting help. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | What's the most expensive thing you bought this year? |
| adjl 08/20/21 7:02:48 PM #45 | In a single purchase, and not counting regular bills and such? If we also ignore vet bills (there's some $200 bloodwork in one of those, because 18-year-old cat), I think the largest single purchase might actually be the tickets for the cider tasting my girlfriend and I are going to tomorrow, at $103.50 for two tickets. Even then, I don't know how much that can count, given that my sister gave us tickets to it for Christmas that I had to exchange for a gift card because my girlfriend's schedule changed. I wasn't able (that I could see) to use the gift card to pay for the new tickets, so I did end up paying for them myself, but I also still have the gift card and will use it in place of my own money for any future purchases there, so ultimately it'll even out and I effectively won't have paid for it. So I dunno. Point is, apparently I don't buy many expensive things. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Rant: lawns are stupid wastes of space, water, energy |
| adjl 08/19/21 8:57:05 PM #85 | Smarkil posted... There's what, like 10 million families in the US with kids? Even that's probably conservative. Kids like lawns. Parents can't always take them to the park and there be pedophiles in them there hills. "High traffic" means very frequent play on the lawn, though. If it's just a matter of "sometimes the kids like to go outside and run around," you don't need anything nearly as hardy as grass. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | 3 Ohio Brothers are found DEAD after they got TRAPPED in a MANURE PIT!!! |
| adjl 08/19/21 8:01:55 PM #13 | SKARDAVNELNATE posted... I assume a pit filled with anything is potentially deadly. We all exist on a giant pit full of dirt and rocks. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | do you agree or disagree with this take on doordash during the pandemic? |
| adjl 08/19/21 4:15:43 PM #29 | Cruddy_horse posted... I've also never heard of this happening, even once and while I'm sure it does rarely it's a pretty big boomer moment to think they'll sue you for getting hurt on your property. And, frankly, if somebody coming up to your door has an appreciable chance of causing them to hurt themselves, you probably should be sued. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | What the fuck is up with Champion's Road |
| adjl 08/19/21 4:10:52 PM #5 | SilentSeph posted... It's been a trend in recent Mario platformers to make the final secret level head-and-shoulders more difficult than everything else in the game. There's also The Perfect Run in Galaxy 2 and Dark(er) Side in Odyssey. Indeed. Think of it like the Mario equivalent of a superboss in a JRPG. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Youve been given 2 months to live, you have 30k to spare before the end, what do |
| adjl 08/19/21 2:45:10 PM #4 | Give the money (along with everything else in my savings except what's needed to pay my remaining bills) to my family, quit working, spend the remaining time putting actual effort into clearing my game backlog while intermittently spending time with people. There's zero chance I'd actually play everything, but I should at least try. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | I'm replaying Super Paper Mario |
| adjl 08/19/21 2:39:27 PM #3 | It was spot-on 14 years ago (... oh dear), and it's no less applicable today. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | I don't understand you... |
| adjl 08/19/21 7:55:27 AM #21 | SKARDAVNELNATE posted... Good point. If a driver gets struck by another vehicle because of their own actions the direct result should be enough punishment. I still don't mind the Stop sign recommending that people stop there. But imposing fines for not heeding that recommendation is a step too far. So you're actually going so far as to say that traffic laws are morally wrong. I applaud your logical consistency, but I really don't know how to help you if you genuinely think that's a useful way to approach reality. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | At least we can all agree, fists are the best weapons |
| adjl 08/18/21 9:13:27 PM #35 | Conceptually, I really want to like Demeter fists, but I find the cutter comes out so slowly that it disrupts the rhythm of the weapon too much to feel good. That, and most enemies fall too quickly to the regular attacks for the special to be overly worthwhile most of the time. It's kind of disappointing. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | I don't understand you... |
| adjl 08/18/21 9:07:13 PM #18 | SKARDAVNELNATE posted... It's in the individuals own interest to stop. Doesn't matter. It's still the government imposing restrictions on their personal freedom (complete with penalties if they fail to comply). That there's a considerable benefit to personal safety is completely irrelevant to that. SKARDAVNELNATE posted... That would be imposing their will on others. So we're okay with restricting personal freedoms if doing so prevents the restricted person from imposing their will on others. Got it. Why, then, are you arguing that this man should be freely allowed to impose his will on others by placing them at risk of infection? SKARDAVNELNATE posted... No, my original argument will suffice. No, your original argument is stupid. In order to not make a stupid argument, you need to do what I've asked of you. SKARDAVNELNATE posted... The harassment by the other customers was worse than any harm he posed to them. Oh no! Not mean words! That's so much worse than literally endangering their lives! Right. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | ATTENTION: Adjl. (GET YOUR ASS IN HERE NOW!) |
| adjl 08/18/21 9:00:05 PM #5 | I don't know about any specific timeline, but yeah, the deaths of seemingly unrelated species can have cascading, catastrophic consequences on ecosystems. In practice, I'd say it's the temperature of the oceans that we need to be more concerned about than direct killing of any specific species, though. That's what stands the highest risk of causing algal blooms/crashes that kill off local aquatic life and throw off food chains considerably. That also risks disrupting or even outright shutting down the major ocean currents, which presents other major problems for biodiversity. Will everything be dead in 2048? Probably not. Are things in a position to get very, very bad, very quickly if we don't change how we approach marine conservation and climate change? Yes. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | I don't understand you... |
| adjl 08/18/21 2:49:35 PM #15 | SKARDAVNELNATE posted... "Give me liberty, or give me death!" -Patrick Henry Personal freedom has literally never been taken to that extreme, nor can it without causing a complete collapse of society. Do you get uppity about your freedoms being infringed whenever you see a stop sign? Of course not, because that would be stupid. Do you complain when people get arrested for shooting at people? Of course not, because that would be stupid. This is also stupid. Stop being stupid. There will always be room to argue about whether the public safety benefit in any given instance outweighs the harm of the associated infringements on personal liberty, but categorically saying that personal freedom should never be limited for the sake of public safety is so insanely idiotic that no self-respecting person should ever even consider saying that. If you want to take that position here without being stupid about it, you're going to have to argue that requiring people to wear masks to shop is worse - in a practical sense - than risking death for the people around them. Good luck, because that's very obviously not something that can be justified objectively. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Rant: lawns are stupid wastes of space, water, energy |
| adjl 08/18/21 2:36:23 PM #73 | Criminalt posted... I'm actually making a note of this. I like the sound of it. The only major considerations are that it isn't hardy enough to stand up to really high traffic (though, really, grass suffers for that too), and if the whole lawn is clover instead of a mix, you may need to reseed parts of it every few years. That, and you may need the occasional mow if you don't want the flowers or want to get rid of them more quickly after they wilt, but that happens much less frequently than for grass. Clover lawns are very much growing in popularity these days because they're just so much more reasonable to use as ground cover than grass. Sedum is another option that's getting more popular (also low-water, zero-maintenance, similar look), but it's less ideal because it doesn't stand up well to foot traffic (it's a succulent and breaks easily, though the broken bits will root just as easily so it recovers pretty quickly). Plenty of landscaping companies also offer their own blends of ground cover that will work for different lawn needs. If you're interested in alternatives, it's worthwhile to shop around. There are so many better things you can do than grass, and enough growing demand for those options that suppliers are responding. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Rant: lawns are stupid wastes of space, water, energy |
| adjl 08/18/21 2:26:17 PM #72 | LinkPizza posted... Doesnt that depend on the lengths they go, though? It's obviously worse to be super-neurotic about lawns and mow them every day and whatnot than to maintain one more sensibly, and it's much less destructive to maintain a lawn in, say, England than in California (it's almost like the practice was imported or something), but whatever the conditions and how excessive your maintenance practices are, maintaining grass is pretty much always going to be more destructive than alternatives (other than paving the whole thing). Whether it's water costs, energy/emissions costs, or simply the opportunity cost of not filling that land with something pollinator-friendly or otherwise more beneficial to the local environment, grass is worse than pretty much any other organic alternative. Smarkil posted... Contrary to popular belief - yards are not that costly to maintain. Roughly 30% of water user for the average household is devoted to watering the lawn which sounds like a big deal until you figure out that ALL water usage for lawns (residential, business, and municipal) is using about 6% of the total water consumption in my state at least and I live in a desert. That's including the inefficiencies, people watering at stupid times of the day, etc. I'm not quite sure how that math is supposed to work. 30% of household water usage is 30% of household water usage (which is indeed huge; if 30% is allocated to lawn maintenance, the remaining top 3 water consumers of showers, laundry, and toilets are all going to be less than that). That it only amounts to 6% of state water usage (which is also huge for a single item, especially a single item that's so unnecessary) is more a reflection of how much greater non-household water usage (mostly agriculture) is than household. There's no reason to multiply those together. Furthermore, as many people have said, nobody's suggesting the whole lawn should be turned into rocks. Just that a giant field of grass is largely useless and substantially better things (that aren't just rocks) could be done with the land. Smarkil posted... Also, lawns absorb heat (which extends to your home and reduces the need for AC). Lawns absorb CO2. And they're better at preventing soil erosion than its counterparts. Pretty much any plant can make all of those claims, and do so better than grass can. Clover in particular absorbs more heat (by virtue of being a darker colour), yields more net CO2 absorption (by not growing high enough to warrant mowing and therefore not producing nearly as much biomass that's destined to decompose), and forms a stronger root structure that's better for preventing erosion. All while also using less water, naturally outcompeting weeds to negate the need for herbicides or manual weeding (which causes more soil erosion by disturbing root structures), and self-fertilizing. Smarkil posted... I would prefer my kids to stay in my yard to play with their friends. Or at the very least a neighbors/their friends yard at least while they're young. I also don't want to have to take my dog to the dog park every time they want to go out and play. There are plenty of alternatives to grass that are just as good for play areas. Pure clover isn't quite hardy enough to handle really high traffic, but many better options exist. Smarkil posted... People that don't want lawns can buy a house that doesn't have a lawn. It's less a matter of not wanting a lawn and more a matter of not wanting so much land to be wasted on harmful, useless grass lawns. There's plenty of benefit to having the space for a lawn, just not filling it with grass. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Rant: lawns are stupid wastes of space, water, energy |
| adjl 08/18/21 11:58:23 AM #50 | Blighboy posted... I'm saying people are allowed to care about appearances and you of all people should get that. Caring about appearances to the point that one maintains a grass lawn instead of something vastly less destructive, however, is destructive and should be condemned as such. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Uplifting news: American food stamp benefits increased by 25% |
| adjl 08/18/21 11:39:47 AM #14 | pionear posted... How the hell is this 'uplifting'? It's an increase to the benefits themselves, not just to the amount being budgeted for them. It's really just acknowledging that food is more expensive now and making sure being on food stamps is still enough to feed recipients. That's a positive thing. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | So which vaccine did you get, brah? |
| adjl 08/17/21 10:29:53 PM #14 | Nanaue posted... Why both? It's what they had available when bookings opened up for my age group. I didn't really have a preference, so I just took the first available options. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | I don't understand you... |
| adjl 08/17/21 10:28:45 PM #12 | SKARDAVNELNATE posted... Yes. That's stupid. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Texas governor Greg Abbott, who opposed mask mandate, tests positive for Covid |
| adjl 08/17/21 10:28:08 PM #14 | BlackScythe0 posted... If he catches it and has no symptoms like a lot of the other politicians seem to get it just makes them believe it more. Or in Trump's case, "It's no big deal! He recovered just fine! We're just going to ignore that it took $10 million in cutting-edge medical treatments to pull that off, which we paid for!" --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Only vaccinated PotDers can post here. |
| adjl 08/17/21 10:25:39 PM #27 | SunWuKung420 posted... You wear a mask even though you're vaccinated? Are you unsure the vaccination works? Mask mandates are still in effect here, given that it's exceedingly impractical to verify vaccination status and case numbers don't support the conclusion that there's no further risk (provincial case numbers are near-zero, but that can change very quickly). I have every reason to believe that the vaccination will prevent me from becoming seriously ill if I do get infected, but that doesn't mean I'm going to resist an added layer of protection, both for myself and for anyone around me that might be at higher risk (especially where Delta in particular seems to be pretty good at causing breakthrough cases). SunWuKung420 posted... Cool assumption Are you vaccinated (specifically for Covid, though I suppose the topic doesn't specify that)? --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Texas governor Greg Abbott, who opposed mask mandate, tests positive for Covid |
| adjl 08/17/21 10:17:19 PM #12 | Blaqthourne posted... Then that sounds to me like a case of false advertising. Not really. No vaccine has ever been or will ever be 100% effective. There's no reason to expect that these vaccines would be an exception to that. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Only vaccinated PotDers can post here. |
| adjl 08/17/21 8:41:28 PM #22 | SunWuKung420 posted... I hope everyone is wearing a mask. Sitting at home? That'd be pretty pointless. Whenever I go to any public indoor space? Of course I am. I'd have to be an idiot not to. Why are you posting in this topic? That's a clear violation of the rules. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
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