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ReluctantMuskrat

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  • “Red meat allergy” from tick bites is spreading both in US and globally

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  • That's a hilarious idea but courts would probably just legalize people owing anti-aircraft weapons.

  • This boomer couple would be hit with $700,000 tax bill if they sold their mansion

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  • Agreed... this couple isn't hurting either way.

    However as they said the limit hasn't changed in almost 20 years. For most older people in America their home is the single most valuable possession and what many have to sell when they are unable to care for themselves and have to go into some kind of care facility. For people living in a HCOL area, their home can easily be many times more valuable than their savings and their primary or only asset of significant value, and a $1M house is a starter home.

    It makes sense for the limits to be increased, but the couple that's the subject of this article doesn't deserve anyone getting teary-eyed.

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  • Your explanation doesn't seem to match Wikipedia or what Google's AI summary says on how Scoville's are calculated. It's essentially a parts per million capsaicin x a scale.

    In any event I can say the 2022 One Chip challenge and eating a dried Carolina Reaper seems about the same to me. Only did the chip once but I've done reapers a couple times and they're certainly hot, but I've never struggled with anything hot. Doesn't bother me in the restroom either like so many others... not sure why. The one time I did the gummy.... way hotter than a pepper or the One Chip. Not even close. Wouldn't recommend to anyone that found the chip or a straight pepper an issue. And the gum? Like I said it's devious in how much capsaicin you're forced to swallow while trying to get to the place to blow a bubble. About 5 minutes after completing the challenge my stomach started to feel like there was a balloon inside it. Told my wife I'm either gonna have a monster burp or I'm gonna puke and then the evacuation started. I'd do it again probably if I had someone doing it with me just to be entertained by their reaction, and to see if my stomach would respond the same way again. Wouldn't recommend to anyone that hasnt challenged themselves at extreme levels already though. The one I ate was no joke.

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  • I'm not sure how the Scoville system measures it exactly since of course no pepper or anything else is going to be pure capsaicin. Is it based on the number of milligrams of capsaicin within a serving or what? Certainly a tiny sliver of Carolina Reaper is different than eating the whole thing but it's considered a 2.2M pepper regardless.

    In any event I've eaten straight reapers and done the 2022 One Chip challenge - the blue tongue one - without issue. The Lil Nitro gummy is way, way hotter than a reaper or the One Chip challenge, and the Trouble Bubble seemed about the same as the Lil Nitro gummy and its the only thing I've ever eaten that got a reaction out of me so I wouldn't call it BS. Can your taste buds really distinguish between an unnatural 9M or 16M scoville anyway? The gum is devious in that you have to chew it a long time to get the sugar out of it and make it pliable enough to blow a bubble. You make and swallow a lot of saliva filled with lava during that time. I'm sure that's what made me puke. Whatever it's rating should be - if the 16M is inaccurate - there's nothing mild about it. I can guarantee you eat it and you won't call it BS. 😄

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  • There are worse experiences.

    One Chip challenge was no big deal to me. 9M Scoville Lil Nitro Gummy was much hotter but I did it without regret. 16M Scoville CaJohns Trouble Bubble bubble gum felt like it was roughly the same heat as the gummy. I completed the challenge blowing a bubble, but soon after started puking lava. There was regret. 😄

  • New Ohio bill would create state registry of applicants who skip job interviews

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  • Unfortunately it wouldn't. There are ways to "legally" hire an illegal today and lots of companies take advantage of it, especially in agriculture and other seasonal work. EI9 reporting has loop holes that politicians aren't interested in closing.

  • Trump Claims Someone May Have Forged His Signature on Birthday Letter to Epstein

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  • They have no problem being inconsistent.

    They're convinced Democrats were drinking the blood of babies but have ignored Trump's Epstein friendship, his comments about young girls and his own daughter, as well as a recording of him bragging about sexually assaulting women since the first election. They have no problem dismissing things that would otherwise confirm a Democrat would have been better.

  • The former CEO of My Faith Votes, a prominent conservative Christian activist, has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.

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  • There's a lot you don't know. Trees can't talk.

  • French president Macron and his wife sue rightwing influencer Candace Owens for defamation

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  • The crazy thing is the truth about Mrs. Macron and how their relationship started is shameful and twisted enough. Why someone needs to make up false claims to shit-talk her is baffling.

    I agree with you... I hope they win big!

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    We wouldn’t need the Epstein files to prove DJT’s guilt if society just trusted women in the first place.

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  • Having the evidence needed to convict is different than evidence to no longer trust and shun.

    With 20+ woman making accusations, being friends with a known pedophile and literally having recordings of him bragging about sexually assaulting women and bragging about going backstage with undressed teen girls the world shouldn't need any more evidence. The honest and rational world doesn't in fact.

  • The CIA reveals more of its connections to Lee Harvey Oswald

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  • I mean I agree with you that everything should be released. I'm just speculating why a government that has secrets to keep might continue to show special consideration for surviving parties.

  • The CIA reveals more of its connections to Lee Harvey Oswald

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  • Those survivors probably know other things the government doesn't want them to talk about too. They start getting shit for Oswald they might start talking about other stuff or maybe even releasing unknown info or evidence they've kept for their own protection.

  • Metallica copyright strikes U.S. government

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  • And why shouldn't the artist have a say in how their music is used?

  • Anyone else do this?

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  • Waiting too long and feeling ashamed has been a problem for me my whole life. I've tried to address it with a few of my most cherished relationships and can say I've rekindled a few thankfully after literally decades. I've spoken about it with many of my friends and family too and found I'm not the only one that feels this way, which is helpful.

    If you have a few people you have lost touch with and wish you hadn't, by all means reach out to them and share how you feel. Might make you a little vulnerable but in my experience it's worth it.

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  • Actually it appears to be the carbonation that increases hunger, thus even sparkling water can do that. Below is just one study but there are several.

    Study links drinking carbonated water and weight gain | UCLA Health https://share.google/2IY4mv5lu6VpELD2n

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  • Not artificial sweeteners in general... specifically sucralose was tested. Numerous studies have shown it produces an insulin response.

    Also, there are a variety of natural alternative sweeteners available now that don't produce an insulin response and have low or no calories, such as stevia, monk fruit extract and allulose. Erithritol as well, though it may have a few drawbacks.

  • Computer drive sizes over the years

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  • Same first hard drive I bought! Crazy we both remembered the model number too. Got mine in 1990 so not $800 I don't believe, but regardless it was all I could afford after buying the 8087 math coprocessor too!

  • You're not alone: This email from Google's Gemini team is concerning

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  • That used to be true but no longer. For anything but gaming Apple's M series chips are amazing.

    I'm a 30+ year Windows and Linux user and developer that preferred machines I could build myself. A few years ago switched jobs and was given an M1 Pro for work... it's incredible how good, fast and low power the M series are. I've used my laptop 8 hours straight without plugging it in. That's simply not doable with any other machine.

    I still dislike their walled garden, and for high end gaming Apple's a no-go, but for most things it's hard to argue with how good they are. The machines may come at a premium, but they are high quality, work great and for battery use they don't have a rival.

  • Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users

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  • In theory the unique id produced by the scan could be salted by you, uniquely for each website or application, and then provided to the site. This would keep aggregators from being able to track all your activity, or at least it would if they didn't already have fingerprinting techniques that do it without the need of another unique identifier.