That's how I feel about Doritos, I'm sure they tasted better in the past than they do now.
TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
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EnterpriseSovereign
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Batman
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TIL I learned that in Germany, NOT returning a returnable bottle/can is technically a crime. You see, you didn't buy the bottle, but only the content, the agreement was you'd return the bottle.
'Next time I let Superman take charge, just hit me. Real hard.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
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Gandalf
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One of the things that really grabbed me a out being in Germany was the whole system of returning bottles for .25. I worked in an office where they went shopping for supplies by taking a bunch of bottles to the local shop, and exchanging them.Batman wrote: 2024-08-11 07:51pm TIL I learned that in Germany, NOT returning a returnable bottle/can is technically a crime. You see, you didn't buy the bottle, but only the content, the agreement was you'd return the bottle.
One of those "why don't we have this at home?" moments.
"Oh no, oh yeah, tell me how can it be so fair
That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
Just for breathing in the air they wanna leave me in the chair
Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
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"I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."
- George Carlin
That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
Just for breathing in the air they wanna leave me in the chair
Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
- A.B. Original, Report to the Mist
"I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."
- George Carlin
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Revy
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TIL I apparently still have an account here? Cool.
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bilateralrope
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Why delete or lock an account just because someone has gone inactive ?
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EnterpriseSovereign
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Maybe because it was 12 years to the day since the last postbilateralrope wrote: 2024-09-03 12:05pmWhy delete or lock an account just because someone has gone inactive ?
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Revy
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Wait, really? To the day? I swear that was an accident if so! I've been lurking for a few months now, and just decided to see if my account was still useable on a whim.
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EnterpriseSovereign
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Yep:Revy wrote: 2024-09-03 01:00pm Wait, really? To the day? I swear that was an accident if so! I've been lurking for a few months now, and just decided to see if my account was still useable on a whim.
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EnterpriseSovereign
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TIL that hedgehogs eat mice 
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muse
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TIL Boeings are literally held together with duct tape. I don't think I want to fly anymore.
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)
I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
- Havok
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)
I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
- Havok
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Broomstick
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Duct tape is 100/mph tape.
Tape rated for airliners is usually either 300/mph tape or 600/mph tape.
The ###/mph is the upper limit of speed during which it's guaranteed to remain stuck to the airplane.
It's only supposed to be used on a temporary basis, usually to prevent further damage before actual permanent repairs can be done.
Tape rated for airliners is usually either 300/mph tape or 600/mph tape.
The ###/mph is the upper limit of speed during which it's guaranteed to remain stuck to the airplane.
It's only supposed to be used on a temporary basis, usually to prevent further damage before actual permanent repairs can be done.
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. Leonard Nimoy.
Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.- Malcolm Reynolds, Captain of Serenity, which sums up my feelings regarding the lawsuit discussed here.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. - John F. Kennedy
Sam Vimes Theory of Economic Injustice
Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.- Malcolm Reynolds, Captain of Serenity, which sums up my feelings regarding the lawsuit discussed here.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. - John F. Kennedy
Sam Vimes Theory of Economic Injustice
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Batman
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Wait. So duct taping airliner wings actually WORKS? I had my doubts when the used it on ultralights on 'The A-Team'.
'Next time I let Superman take charge, just hit me. Real hard.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
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aerius
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Do you feel safer or less safe after learning that duct taping is an approved repair process for commercial airliners?Batman wrote: 2025-03-09 07:26pm Wait. So duct taping airliner wings actually WORKS? I had my doubts when the used it on ultralights on 'The A-Team'.
Lusankya: Deal!
Say, do you want it to be a threesome with your wife? Or a foursome with your wife and sister-in-law? I'm up for either.
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Since I live in Europe and so far haven't travelled outside, the shenanigans the US gets up to don't perturb me much.
'Next time I let Superman take charge, just hit me. Real hard.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
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bilateralrope
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Mythbusters had a lot more duct tape in their "duct tape plane" episode. I think I remember them getting it flying.Batman wrote: 2025-03-09 07:26pm Wait. So duct taping airliner wings actually WORKS? I had my doubts when the used it on ultralights on 'The A-Team'.
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EnterpriseSovereign
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It was one of these small kit planes, they had Kari use steel bear claws to tear it up before the guys got in there with the tape. According to the pilot who volunteered to fly it after they taped it up, it was noticeably heavier and handled worse.bilateralrope wrote: 2025-03-10 01:27amMythbusters had a lot more duct tape in their "duct tape plane" episode. I think I remember them getting it flying.Batman wrote: 2025-03-09 07:26pm Wait. So duct taping airliner wings actually WORKS? I had my doubts when the used it on ultralights on 'The A-Team'.
I don't use duck tape, I use gorilla tape. A gorilla is far stronger than a duck and so is the tape, yet can still be torn from the roll without needing to use scissors making it vastly superior!
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Raw Shark
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EnterpiseSovereign is right about this. Duct Tape is like the Force it has a light side and a dark side and it holds the universe together. But Gorilla tape is something else.EnterpriseSovereign wrote: 2025-03-11 02:51pm
I don't use duck tape, I use gorilla tape. A gorilla is far stronger than a duck and so is the tape, yet can still be torn from the roll without needing to use scissors making it vastly superior!
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muse
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TIL why European police sirens sound different from the ones in North America.
I think my sister will love this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skiNqp6UJaw
I think my sister will love this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skiNqp6UJaw
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)
I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
- Havok
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)
I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
- Havok
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EnterpriseSovereign
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"Video unavailablemuse wrote: 2025-03-22 10:44pm TIL why European police sirens sound different from the ones in North America.
I think my sister will love this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skiNqp6UJaw
This video has been removed by the uploader"
Was it this?
TIL what Infrastructure as Code (IoC) is
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EnterpriseSovereign
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GHETTO EDIT: That should have said "IaC"
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muse
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TIL China has more progressive labour laws than the country I live in
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)
I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
- Havok
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)
I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
- Havok
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Raw Shark
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I mean, yeah, if I take fifteen minutes to smoke a cig, or eat a sandwich, or fuck, it's really all the same to the boss, right? Though, that does gloss over the apparent, "He somehow died," thing which should probably get some attention. I mean, what exactly were they doing? Did it involve swords or fire at all? Asking for a friend...
"Do I really look like a guy with a plan? Y'know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it! Y'know, I just do things..." --The Joker
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Ralin
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You're not going to be happy if I tell you how long a normal lunch break is here.Raw Shark wrote: 2025-05-13 10:38pm I mean, yeah, if I take fifteen minutes to smoke a cig, or eat a sandwich, or fuck, it's really all the same to the boss, right? Though, that does gloss over the apparent, "He somehow died," thing which should probably get some attention. I mean, what exactly were they doing? Did it involve swords or fire at all? Asking for a friend...
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LadyTevar
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I'm gonna assume it's like the rest of the Civilized World and is probably an hour.Ralin wrote: 2025-05-14 07:25am You're not going to be happy if I tell you how long a normal lunch break is here.
Unlike the US, where a 15min break is sometimes counted as "lunch", and a 30min break is the default for "lunch", starting in elementary school.
And people wonder why US citizens have food-related health problems. When you're only given 30min to eat and then go play, you learn to bolt your food down as fast as you can.
Me: Nope, that's why I have you around to tell me.
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Ralin
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Silly Tev.LadyTevar wrote: 2025-05-14 08:48am I'm gonna assume it's like the rest of the Civilized World and is probably an hour.
It's two hours.
How do you even fit in the after lunch nap?!!Unlike the US, where a 15min break is sometimes counted as "lunch", and a 30min break is the default for "lunch", starting in elementary school.