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by nate_meurer 5y ago
When did I say they don't count? > But because Biden something something something That something involved acknowledging that the pipeline was mere months from being completed, and that the US could do nothing to stop it, so why c
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
No, at pain of pedantry, the grandparent said this: > Western media portrayed Trump as "pro-Putin", but if you look at the actual decisions by administrations, he was the one who really pushed back against Putin, compared both
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
No, Trump was absolutely "pro-putin", and sanctions were imposed in spite of his protests. The administration could not help but be staffed by competent Russia hawks, since those same folks were needed to push Trump's desire
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
> You don't seem to know very much about the redesigned lids. ... There's a lot of legal scholarship on this topic that specifically discusses that shift, and analyzes the impact of this lawsuit vs other causes. Go ahead and
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
No, the changes that McDonalds implemented in their cups were not really a big deal. Rigid styrofoam and cups were already in widespread use at large establishments at the time. McDonalds' "redesigned" cups were and continu
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
That's a good point, and undoubtedly true for some. But I honestly believe that the discoverability of knowledge that Internet search enables is the most powerful and beneficial tool humanity has ever made. It certainly is for me per
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
There are good reasons for the industry standard high holding and service temperatures. I can tell when coffee has been sitting at temperatures that are too low. I'm glad Stella got her bills paid, but no, that's not how the syst
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
No, I'm trying to point out that you have very unrealistic expectations of the world you live in. This is very simple: beverages such as tea and coffee are brewed, held, and served at temperatures that make them extrememly dangerous i
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
So why have they still not fixed it?
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
Saying that "tea temperatures are supposed to be x" is like saying that "food should be cooked at x". But regardless, if you go to a good tea shop you are likely to have a pot of freshly boiled water placed in front of
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
It sounds like you're exactly the sort of delicate person TFA is talking about :) In that case, in order to keep you safe, you'll want to avoid all beverage shops and restaurants, since they all generally follow the the NCA recomm
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
(This won't make sense to anyone else but I don't care. I liked your response and I don't want mine to go to waste.) --- My apologies, that's hilarious. Not sure what that word is that you don't want to say, but if
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
No, the famous hot-coffee lawsuit did not result in lower service temperatures. Coffee is still widely served at the same flesh-burning scaldingly hot temperatures: > "Since Liebeck, McDonald's has not reduced the service temp
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
Pay special attention to the "Coffee Temperature" section: > "Since Liebeck, McDonald's has not reduced the service temperature of its coffee. McDonald's current policy is to serve coffee at 176–194 °F (80–90 °C)
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
Would you also sue a tee shop or cafe if you spilled the freshly boiled pot of water that any good tea shop brings to your table? More specifically, if you put a cup of 180 degree+ tea between your legs and squeezed it, like Stella did, wou
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
No, Stella's coffee was served at a temperature that was and still is an industry standard. From the wikipedia article: > "Since Liebeck, McDonald's has not reduced the service temperature of its coffee. McDonald's c
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
What happened to Stella Liebeck was terrible, but her coffee was not excessively hot by modern standards. Stella's coffee was served within the temperature range that was, and still is, recommended by professional coffee associations l
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
Why are you censoring yourself? If a job is a shit job, just fucking say it. Why pretend? > his remarks on your other areas of concern would be ill suited to this forum This isn't a kid's show. Your comment is really inter
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
Food deserts are a myth. The idea has been so thoroughly debunked, I'm always surprised to see it pop up again. NYT gave it a hard look back when it was Michelle Obama's big project. TLDR, it's been well studied, and the a
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
> part of that first step is to deprive them of resources they would use to resist Right, this is the Chinese "social credit" concept of justice. In the US, this concept finds its most widespread application in civil forfeit
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
It's just a question. You clearly didn't read TFA before jumping in with a completely irrelevant comment. I guess I can't blame you for shying away from it now.
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
> fetishization of contracts Yes, they're like magic spells to these people. I'm thinking of the sovereign citizen types who seem to think they can repel police like demons using shouts of legalese. It's the weirdest s
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
I'm sure you'll likewise approve when the next conservative administration uses these emergency powers to deprive Black Lives Matter protesters (or indigenous rights protesters or whatever they have up there) and anyone who suppor
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
It doesn't matter that you forgot to read the twitter thread (or anything else about the situation apparently) before commenting, and as a result your commentary is pure nonsequitor? Is that right?
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
Really? You're not able to guess why Canadian banks are on the cusp of freezing accounts and cancelling credit cards of a swath of the Canadian populace? I think a quick read of that twitter thread up there might fill in some of the
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
I think the parent is referring to something else, given the part about personal care products.
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
What is powder coating paint? Curious so as I can avoid it :)
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32 times in a country of over 400 million. Your definition of "massive lottery" in this context is interesting.
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
Robots. The answer is robots.
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by nate_meurer 5y ago
The main effect of these drills is to cause kids stress and anxiety, but I also wonder if it's possible that there may be some marginal benefit of increasing awareness and vigilance of warning signs among the kids and teachers. Older A

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