ProbablyBaysean

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[–] ProbablyBaysean@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I'm an athorist. I don't believe in Thor God of thunder. No comment on the definition you were talking about. :P (Psst, I do believe in a diety, but I can't talk about it here!)

[–] ProbablyBaysean@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

My understanding is that the trinity from the nicene creed is a political document (not truthful nor religious) and it was designed to be universal(a translation of catholic) so that natives in each land (Christians and pagans) could have lip service that "we believe what you do" by the political catholic clergy who were the only ones allowed to interpret scriptures (or you had a Heretic death penalty) until the political power was secured, and after power was secured, a creed and rosary was enough to keep free thinking in line.

[–] ProbablyBaysean@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Holy clothing must not be damaged unless you plan to do the ritual of discarding (shred abd burn). As a windbreaker has at least 4 holes when worn correctly, it is indeed holy.

/s

[–] ProbablyBaysean@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's ice damming. Basically it can be prevented with proper ventilation of roof cladding/shingle nail board. Normally eaves, baffles, and turtle/ridge vents will be enough to prevent icicles more than. 6 in long.

[–] ProbablyBaysean@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

I want a tale of deliverance from pharaoh across the red Sea that feels like playing skyrim (crazy magic going on! And civil war progression)

[–] ProbablyBaysean@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Ground up plastic FTW: miralax

[–] ProbablyBaysean@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

Once I got a quote from one of the doorstep fliers. The guy defrauded me between 54% and 30% of the original contract price because he waited until he got half up front before saying he would do a job with crappy materials that would only last a year or so unless i paid 54% more. I should have cancelled the check and said get off my property.

[–] ProbablyBaysean@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

its common practice for insurance to have a "total coverage" contract with a provider, so they say 876 is coming out of next month's insurance check to you, and the difference is between you and these clients... or you can eat it.

No cash ever flows back to the insurance company from a provider.

 

So once long ago, there was a legendary thankgiving stomach bug that invoked the powerful "double dragon" where both ends of the digestive system would violently expel all ammo at the same time for 3 days. I inquired of a grandfather, and this is his remedy.

  1. take a half cup of plain yogurt with active cultures (no sugar added if possible)
  2. obtain 5-7 fresh garlic cloves and mince then crush.
  3. mix the two together and let sit at room temperature for a half hour
  4. eat the entire mixture.

Note that during this event, I had early symptoms that invoked the first stage of the double dragon. I then judiciously obtained the material components for this remedy. I followed the steps and during step 4, I actually felt more and more unwell with each bite. I also may have started sweating. After about 1 hour, I then had a marked improvement i.e. nausea of a 7/10 decreased to a 2/10, and I had a spike of renewed energy. This benefit lasted ~8hrs. I had no double dragon symptoms during the period that others in my close family were at their worst. I typically have an "average" stomach compared to my family members, so this gave strong evidence that this remedy was effective.

My grandfather claimed to use it while flying overseas and doing business and eating weird stuff and getting food poisoning but still needing to get work done.

 

Per wikipedia, over the counter (OTC) nasal decongestants are great unless the only one available in my area is a placebo like phenylephrine.

I recently have had a cold that included some coughs and congestion. I found the following home remedy would immediately clear my congestion with few to no side effects:

  1. Obtain OTC Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2).
  2. dilute in a small container (approx 15ml water and 15 ml H2O2)
  3. gargle like mouth wash and breath through your nose if possible (note that this will likely cause a sneeze or coughing fit)
  4. spit out all gargle, sneeze, and/or cough sputum and blow your nose.

Based on this process, I have found that the normally sticky "infected" yellow sputum has foamy edges and does not stick to my body. In addition, a violent cough with this H2O2 mouth wash recently coating my mouth will cause some reflux of air to my ears, nose, and stomach (as such I have to burp and let my ears drain). When there is a slight amount of H2O2 in the back of my throat, the ears seem to drain faster and easier, and the nose is easier to clear with regular blowing into a tissue.

Based on my personal experience, this is very effective at "accelerating symptoms" so that they are a non issue while I am trying to do something else e.g. sleep or be a functional adult at work.

[–] ProbablyBaysean@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Lead culinary water pipes (or lead soldier) is a problem, but lead shower pans (that affect the sewer water) are the preference in many USA cities.

[–] ProbablyBaysean@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Well, I didn't post my sources and you didn't post sources. I think I am right but I don't want to spend the time looking it up when I am straight up told that I'm lying. I'll address your four points off the top of my head though.

  1. life expectancy has changed drastically for different populations and subcultures in the usa. Tweakers have a much lower life expectancy. White collar work has a much higher life expectancy. Blue collar... I bet you are right that it is about the same. I read that the current average is 74 (so 10 years longer than when retirement became codified into law) However shortly after the industrial revolution was the information revolution, so most of the gdp of the usa and other western countries is produced by these long lived white collar workers.
  2. yup I agree. Blue collar life expectancy is about the same as when retirement was first codified into law
  3. money turns to worthless over time unless it is invested and earning interest. A government is in the business of "Accountability to taxpayers on a election Cycle period". Therefore, the government is highly incentivised to kill the golden goose and spend the money and claim that they invested it wisely into roads and stuff. If I recall correctly, that is exactly what happened to the social security program, and we are now paying out as fast as it comes in. Regarding "not tied to the Wallstreet casino" as what makes an investment more financially sound, I don't follow the logic. There is some well established ways to make money on wall street:

buy and hold a low cost index of funds that diversified risk away from a single company. Have a mix of equity vs fixed income based on how soon you intend to start needing to rely on fixed income. Put your money in this exact index fund and don't worry about market ups and downs.

If you follow that investing instruction, you beat the social security administration every time in the last 30 years if you paid in the whole time you worked for 45 years.

  1. Taxing the wealthy is hard. There is a general rule of thumb in politics which is "those who have power don't let it go easily", and if those with power caused a politician to be favored, it is generally due to the bet that the politician will pay it back with a favor later. As far as I know, when you tax the wealthy, the wealthy are able to organize some governmental upsets/coops. The American revolution was headed by the "wealthy" of the American colonies. As far as I know, wealth also exits easily if a governmental administration is a hostile/unstable environment. All these things come together to make taxing wealthy people hard. In practice, the wealthy generally have a "high marginal tax rate" (tax rate on paper) but after all the loopholes from politician friends there is a "low effective tax rate" (tax rate actually paid).

Talking about raising the contribution limit is a moot point as government will be "accountable in this election cycle" by spending immediately based on my argument above.

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Did I say anything factually False? I hope to see any nuances that I missed.

[–] ProbablyBaysean@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I said it to mean agricultural work as in farm work.

-Agricultural revolution brown collar

-Industrial revolution blue collar

-Information revolution white collar

[–] ProbablyBaysean@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Having retirement shares as the same shares as the company that one is working at seems to be a huge concentration of risk. If you go out of business, then people lose both current active income and future passive income. I hope that your staff diversify away that risk.

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