There was a bar near me that still had one of these things until quite recently, and yeah it was always on the ground and gross and stuff. I just used a napkin the few times I went there.

But then they had a fire and got rid of them. Now they have a freestanding roll of paper towel that’s always wet and falling on the floor which is much better…

We also need smaller houses damnit! Or more duplexes of reasonable size. We need more 2-4 family properties.

Not tiny houses, not 300sqft nonsense buildings that cost more to have as standalone units..

We need more 1-2 bedroom starter options, and fewer of the 4-6 bedroom micromansions that everyone builds because it’s more worth the money from a development side. Nobody can afford those things as first time buyers.

And while we are at it, we need more apartments that can be purchased like condos or houses. Rent is all well and good for short term, but people should have long term ownership options even in big cities if they will be there for a while. It’s absurd your choices are basically rent and be at the whim of your landlord, or buy a standalone.

That’s so.. limiting..

I’m in a swing state and can choose to vote for any single party in the primary. Just one. You can declare a party by filling a bubble on your ballot, so if you accidentally vote somewhere you don’t mean to it doesn’t count (the list is big), and if you don’t do that and vote in more than one none count, but if one party is locked in due to incumbent or something, I can vote for the least bad option in the opposing side. I’m not locked in to anything, and I think I’m still registered as a dem from so so many years ago.

Everyone should have that and it’s so weird that we let states decide that sort of thing.

Moth spaghetti deer innards was not on my list of things to see today, but kinda glad it happened anyway.. I think..?

Jk, very well done and interesting :)

Meat is actually much much easier to break down than plant material. It’s mostly soft-walled structures, where plants have hard cell walls that need to be broken down with special processes to get the goodies out.

As a result, plant material requires multiple processing steps (chewing cud like cows and other ruminant animals, consuming first-pass fecal matter like rabbits, etc.), and then basically ferments using bacteria to break down the cell walls, so they have special adaptations to accommodate all that extra processing, like the multi-chamber stomachs, large cecum, etc.

Meat, on the other hand, is relatively simple to break down, so obligate carnivores actually have much shorter, simpler, intestinal paths. Omnivores are, as you might expect, in between, with digestive systems more complex and longer than carnivores, but shorter and simpler than herbivores.

Thus, nearly every animal is capable of digesting meat (all, afaik, but I’m not certain so I’ll stick with this), but not every animal is capable of digesting plants.

Here’s some fun links with more info :)

https://slate.com/technology/2012/11/deer-eat-meat-herbivores-and-carnivores-are-not-so-clearly-divided.html

https://www.popsci.com/5-disturbing-meat-loving-herbivores/

Edit to fix second link. Whoops.

The doctor in voyager is holographic, he says much the same about being amazing. :) The sickbay in voyager is equipped with holo emitters, and he’s an emergency medical hologram who outgrows his programming much like Data.

But his matrix is too large for the ship to manage multiple copies of his program, or something.. or maybe just the sickbay computers.. either way, they could probably easily generate drones to do specific tasks with high precision. Also has the perk of choosing his own density, so they use him for security threats a lot. Also can’t get sick.

Tho he does have interpersonal relationships with his crew mates and thus drama, so that’s not actually a point in hologram favor ;)

It could, but if you deprive sleep to the point of hallucinations, you risk legit permanent damage. Which costs long term money.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5449130/

But also please sleep better if you can, that’s bad for you long term. And you sound young. Don’t fuck up your future for no reason.

As a bonus, you’ll be counted as a missing person so when you reappear in spring, people will be so relieved you can resume your life!

That makes a lot more sense.

It leaves a lot of questions but this is the wrong place for them, as has been pointed out, and I don’t want to be rude to the op more so than I already have.

Thank you for taking the time to clear that up for me :)

That’s a fair point.

Omg I wish everywhere did that.

I had a conversation earlier that I wanted to disengage with because the person was strawmanning me and it was clear, after pointing out to them already that’s what they were doing, I wasn’t going to have a productive discussion, so I said I was no longer going to interact and got 2 reply meaaages to it, basically trying to egg me on to re-engage, one of which said it was ironic I was telling him I was disengaging.. Simply because I told him I was doing so?? (Which I did not respond to, for obvious reasons)

I love that that will be respected here. 💜

I wish my company got that memo..

I get nearly weekly simulated attacks and basically no other email at all.. granted, with the exception of my specific employment level, and those without company computer access at all, my company has a huge email problem, in that they all get hundreds a day from various internal mailing lists. None of them read any of it.

It’s literally only a matter of time if they don’t get their shit together and manage it better.

There are some openings people have been asking if I’ll apply for and I just laugh at the torrent of emails and say not my cup of tea.