mitch

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[–] mitch@piefed.mitch.science 4 points 12 hours ago

What, do you want me to hang around the paraplegic wing of the hospital? This is way safer for everyone involved.

[–] mitch@piefed.mitch.science 2 points 13 hours ago

That was the only real answer.

[–] mitch@piefed.mitch.science 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Deeply satisfying. I have a tin roof on my porch, and every time we have a light rain, I wander out to listen to it like I'm an earthworm.

[–] mitch@piefed.mitch.science 2 points 13 hours ago

Congrats on your new baby, Beto O'Rourke.

[–] mitch@piefed.mitch.science 2 points 2 days ago

that's all by bus, really. I live at the top of a hill that used to be used as a qualifier in a professional bicycling circuit. I tried getting up it on pedal power, it's just too much.

I got an eBike recently though, it really does make that hill a breeze.

[–] mitch@piefed.mitch.science 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

my advice, personally? if you're curious, get a Botox injection. it is temporary, exceedingly well-studied, and generally does not interact with any other precription medicine. If you don't like it, it will wear off, just don't get it again and you're gold.

however, do NOT get fillers done, because from what research has been coming out over the past few years, the general consensus is that fillers do not break down in the body, and merely migrate when the dermis loses tensity. you will almost certainly need to get them surgically removed, and that shit isn't as easy as just injecting it back out. Though, I understand that recent studies have opened up a method of using some new kind of radio wave mapping to determine where all the filler went so that they can actually suck it back out piece by piece.

[–] mitch@piefed.mitch.science 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

cheap, too. it's just processed Clostridium botulinum poison; you can brew that in large vats for pennies on the dose. In some cases, it's cheaper to make than pills.

[–] mitch@piefed.mitch.science 10 points 3 days ago

officer, promote that person

[–] mitch@piefed.mitch.science 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

me, a person with a college degree: tries clicking the little heart

[–] mitch@piefed.mitch.science 18 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I thought that Ukulele was a pretty nice way to learn the foundations of string instruments

[–] mitch@piefed.mitch.science 5 points 4 days ago

well... this is going to cause a chilling effect. :/

[–] mitch@piefed.mitch.science 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Your last point is a fair one, but it's also still important to mention because that specific strain of "it's all political, who cares" is what creates tolerance for a lack of transparency and public accountability.

If anyone wants to take this problem seriously, it is also important to understand that even if what is released as an executive summary is deeply flawed, there are real civil servants there still trying to do the best they can with as little as possible. The data is all still published. We, as consumers of journalism, really should be pressuring editors to actually fix the way they uncritically gobble up and report anything that the DoL puts out.

Or, really, reporting on it ourselves and trying to learn and maintain a common set of journalistic ethics.

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