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  • Did I discover a fake conspiracy theory?

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  • To be fair, the context in which they invoked the case assumed we'd all remember those details already.

  • Would it be possible to hack a smoke detector to make it play a little jingle?

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  • I never see them because they aren't legally allowed on the road.

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  • And music by Ben Folds

  • 2 North American 4 you has been created

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  • I wonder where this idea originates. As an American, I genuinely don't know of any restaurant that serves any of this (although I suppose you could special order "plain" things most anywhere in the world). I can't begin to guess what people eat in the privacy of their own kitchens, but no one I know serves themselves these foods, either. I will say I've heard the same lore of "deep fried butter" existing at Midwestern fairs somewhere, but again, I've never encountered such a thing irl.

  • Whats the best way to clean up 15 years of stuff around the house?

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  • There's a lot of wisdom here. OP may appreciate it even more after they've dug themselves out, because this mindset will allow them to keep from letting it get so bad again...if they can teach it to their mom.

  • Something Surprising Happens When Bus Rides Are Free

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  • I wonder if "the same money" just means the fares themselves? Because there are all the other major costs mentioned in the article: police enforcement, legal costs to prosecute, and further junk prosecutions over fare jumpers (and others) missing court dates because they can't afford to get to them. There's also the reduction in driver assaults by people desperate to get on the bus without fare, which surely carry a cost to the city (in addition to how terrible it is). And, we can probably assume, there's a cost savings in maintenance of payment systems and equipment on every bus. When you factor all that money in, plus as you say, the benefits as a social policy, I wonder how free fares really stack up against routes and frequencies—but in a perfectly world we'd want both!

  • Something Surprising Happens When Bus Rides Are Free

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  • When did it become normalized to start passing credit card processing fees to the customer?

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  • It sounds like a way of raising the price while incentivizing cash payment (because maybe just maybe they aren't claiming all their cash sales)

  • i am speed

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  • Probably the latter, because we don't really know. It'd be a tough one to study properly. The prevailing hypothesis (which is nonetheless only a hypothesis) is that pooping stimulates a cat's vagus nerve, causing "fecal elation," a.k.a. poophoria.

  • A succulent meal

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  • Thank you for this info. I wouldn't have thought to look into such a thing. It reads to me like it was created by marketers, though, not politicians. It says "the Cheese Bureau, a marketing body affiliated with the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency" created it in the '50s.

  • A succulent meal

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  • I agree, but since some chickens are small and some people are big, I figured I'd err on the side on the minimum. It sure as shit ain't one guy, we agree on that!

  • Wearing a tie can reduce blood flow to the brain by 7.5 per cent, make you feel dizzy and give you headaches

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  • There are still many companies in many industries that remain business formal all the way to the tippy top. I'm sure this is changing in some sectors, even highly visible ones (like tech and finance) that may lead business fashion in that direction over time. But it isn't universal.

  • A succulent meal

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  • A good meal for two, but a good meal nonetheless

  • A succulent meal

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  • Is that a pickle or some pickle?

  • 10+ year manager named Joe was apparently fired for bringing cookies to be thrown away before their sell by date to a food pantry in my town

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  • I'm not accusing you of making excuses for them, because all you're giving is a reason, and you're right. And at first it does feel like an excuse. But "management finds that it's easier" deserves more of our focus and pressure. If they're big enough that it's hard to manage basic employee rules/discipline on the ground, they're probably also big enough to be pocketing loads of profit. It's reasonable to expect that they'd to allocate some of those spoils to finding better solutions than "throw all the food away." For instance, if you pay people what their work is worth, they're less likely to risk termination by taking your old cookies.

  • How are locks and keys mass produced?

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  • When you buy keyed doorknobs and deadbolts, there's sometimes (always?—not sure, but def sometimes) a sticker on each package with a code. This lets you look through the available inventory to find and buy additional locks with the same code so that if you need multiple locks for the same house, they can all use the same key.

    So no, as others have said, mass produced locks aren't unique, but sometimes that's a benefit.

    Edit to add: it's okay that locks aren't unique, because the lock itself isn't really what keeps people from entering locked doors. Mostly it's the social contract. Your house key might unlock several houses in your neighborhood, but you're not gonna try it, because how would you explain yourself if you got caught? And if you weren't worried about that, then you'd probably be okay with just smashing the window...which means that for someone who would violate it, the lock is moot.

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  • Raw milk seems like a fine option for a farmer. Or really anyone that can see the cow from where they're standing. Any farther away than that and you must be nuts

  • They can't answer this

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  • And he's mad they "can't speak the language," if you can imagine

  • They can't answer this

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  • I think that means you're against exploitation, not immigration...