I was definitely including “expanding for extra use” in what I mean by allowing construction, but either way thanks for the info. I’ve seen some utterly hideous stylistic choices (which, to be fair, seem garish and “loud” by design, I didn’t uncover some secret), but I really like when it’s done with some care. Probably not a realistic goal in every case, as y’all have helped me see.
The one you posted is utterly jaw dropping :)
This was my first exposure to “laconic wit” that I remember as a kid, and I fell in love :)
Huh, thanks for that perspective, I (US native) was firmly in the “how could they do this?!” camp, but you’re right! When old ass buildings are all over the place it’s probably much more pressing to figure out how to allow ongoing development and construction, vs. how to preserve the aesthetic of yet another centuries-old brick structure.
Edit to add: ugh I still can’t get over how ugly and deliberately discordant it looks, reasonable takes be damned!
Really! Is there a known biological mechanism there? Sounds like it’s our sampling frequency basically, lol
She’s like an American Cunk lol
The weird man-lifts used to get a side eye from me
Not quite invisible but you could also splash and wade into a pool of strong acid thinking it was water, during what first seemed like a somewhat routine FUBAR maintenance situation…filling your boots etc.
Blech, I’ve heard stories in my industrial automation days of people being clipped by invisible high pressure steam leaks. No frickin thank you, regular stovetop steam jacks me up frequently enough.
More gut bacteria for the rest of us, that’s what I say!
Really wish this point was hammered harder, it’s so unbelievably stupid, the way we’re deliberately handing this opportunity off to anyone else. The US became economically dominant in large part by being well positioned to exploit and develop huge emerging tech scenes / markets, and then doing that by funding R&D, projects, etc.
We’re again positioned to be absolutely dominant in one of the most important, or maybe the most important, tech booms of humanity so far. “Conservatives” should love the idea of getting viable green technologies first, it’s THE way to keep the global order similar to how it’s been.
Not that I personally want things to stay like that per se, but regardless better green tech sooner is generally better for the whole planet. It’s insane to watch these idiots just focus on the near term and literally give away the keys to power for the next century.
We’ll also assume that destroying the universe takes constant time.
Well yeah just delete the pointer to it!
I’ve been wondering about exactly this, do you have any statistics you can point me to? No hard feelings if it was a thing you saw but didn’t save.
Wait yeah, to echo other commenter is this a tongue-in-cheek comment on how that fairly normal stuff is being perceived as “negative” due to racism/classism, OR is this an actual technique being used because it legitimately tends to have such an effect?
Yep if I look at the back of my phone, instead of this, it is indeed!
Your mom’s grass
That line, and then just by instinct going to Fig 1, and seeing its caption…incredible lol
Dude was goddamn hilarious, legit maybe borderline genius. Apparently a real fuckin prick too, lol, but he was pretty unique. Wish he had a little longer, but he used his time well.
Yes, helping people is fine and all but I think we can all agree the real question is can we grow extra teeth and where?
Wtf. Just finished a doc on comedian Patrice O’Neil and he makes this joke about himself lol
I have occasional moments where I try to sit and think about the fact that you could take almost anyone from a few hundred years ago and they’d be just floored by the quantity and kinds of food available, like just the crazy flavors and variety of snack foods themselves.
And then show them just hot and cold water on demand, the incredible ease with which waste of all kinds is handled (at least for most of us). The time it takes to get dressed and wash clothes, similar for preparing food and cleaning up.
I mean, all jokes aside, it’s useful to think about the fact that - not that long ago - the things available to a ton of us as fairly default stuff - would be extreme luxury, basically royalty only, if it was available at all. Of course as part of the “standard package” we’ve lost important things that used to be available, by default, to most folks, too. Pretty weird.