I answer random stuffs.
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@xaade said in I answer random stuffs.:
@bb36e said in I answer random stuffs.:
do you know those clamshell packaged things (I think they're called blister packs?)? why do they make them? what's the deal with product packaging that's a pain in the ass?
I'm pretty sure it's a theft deterrent.
Thief would rather walk out with unpackaged product so they can claim it's theirs.
And an unpackaged product is easier to conceal.
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@xaade These J-pop foo ripping off Bootsy Collins.
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@masonwheeler I see your RubberBand and raise you one:
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@pie_flavor said in I answer random stuffs.:
If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
The objectively correct answer to that is "salad" because literally any pile of pieces of edible objects can be considered a salad.
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@ben_lubar said in I answer random stuffs.:
@pie_flavor said in I answer random stuffs.:
If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
The objectively correct answer to that is "salad" because literally any pile of pieces of edible objects can be considered a salad.
- Salad: a salad (obviously)
- Cereal: a salad
- Soup: a salad with too much dressing
- Taco: a salad where you eat the dish it's served in
- Glass of water: isn't dihydrogen monoxide just a bunch of very small edible objects?
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@ben_lubar said in I answer random stuffs.:
any pile of pieces of edible objects can be considered a salad
Steak and fries?
Jambalaya?
Instant ramen?
Ice cream and sprinkles?Salads, every one! It's official. @ben_lubar confirms it.
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@pie_flavor said in I answer random stuffs.:
If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
I suspect most people, if actually forced to go through with this (and unless they’re already of very old age), will eventually wish they had answered “cyanide pills” because eating the exact same thing every day for decades will wear them down.
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@bb36e said in I answer random stuffs.:
do you know those clamshell packaged things (I think they're called blister packs?)? why do they make them? what's the deal with product packaging that's a pain in the ass?
I believe I read somewhere that using a can opener (the kind with a blade-wheel that cuts off the top of the can, not the kind that punches a triangular hole) can help get into them more easily.
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@Gurth said in I answer random stuffs.:
@masonwheeler I see your RubberBand and raise you one:
Bootsy's Rubber Band - Psychoticbumpschool (Live 1976)
Rubber baby buggy bumpers
Rubber baby buggy bumpers
Rubber baby buggy bumpers
Rubber baby buggy bumpers
Rubber baby buggy bumpers
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@boomzilla said in I answer random stuffs.:
@sockpuppet7 said in I answer random stuffs.:
What kind of shop sell rubber bands?
Office supply store.
Also worth checking newsagents, and the stationery section in supermarkets or department stores.
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@dkf said in I answer random stuffs.:
@ben_lubar said in I answer random stuffs.:
any pile of pieces of edible objects can be considered a salad
Steak and fries?
Jambalaya?
Instant ramen?
Ice cream and sprinkles?Salads, every one! It's official. @ben_lubar confirms it.
Every prepared meal in Dwarf Fortress is a salad.Even though the three tiers are called "biscuit", "stew", and "roast". They're all salads.
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@ben_lubar This sounds like good news for my diet plan!
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@dkf said in I answer random stuffs.:
@ben_lubar said in I answer random stuffs.:
any pile of pieces of edible objects can be considered a salad
Steak and fries?
Jambalaya?
Instant ramen?
Ice cream and sprinkles?Salads, every one! It's official. @ben_lubar confirms it.
I think you have to mince them first, though.
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@djls45 said in I answer random stuffs.:
@bb36e said in I answer random stuffs.:
do you know those clamshell packaged things (I think they're called blister packs?)? why do they make them? what's the deal with product packaging that's a pain in the ass?
I believe I read somewhere that using a can opener (the kind with a blade-wheel that cuts off the top of the can, not the kind that punches a triangular hole) can help get into them more easily.
I have heard people say that, but I did not find it any easier than using a sturdy pair of scissors, i.e. not very easy at all.
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@boomzilla said in I answer random stuffs.:
@dkf said in I answer random stuffs.:
@ben_lubar said in I answer random stuffs.:
any pile of pieces of edible objects can be considered a salad
Steak and fries?
Jambalaya?
Instant ramen?
Ice cream and sprinkles?Salads, every one! It's official. @ben_lubar confirms it.
I think you have to mince them first, though.
I'm imagining a world where Dwarf Fortress style cooking and Space Station 13 style cooking join together to make a salad out of four finely minced salad salads.
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@djls45 said in I answer random stuffs.:
@bb36e said in I answer random stuffs.:
do you know those clamshell packaged things (I think they're called blister packs?)? why do they make them? what's the deal with product packaging that's a pain in the ass?
I believe I read somewhere that using a can opener (the kind with a blade-wheel that cuts off the top of the can, not the kind that punches a triangular hole) can help get into them more easily.
I don't think I've ever seen a can opener that does triangular holes, or at least not seen it actually used.
We have the kind that separates the lid of the can from the cylinder and doesn't leave sharp edges. A definite plus, given I have a scar on my thumb from a pop-open can of ravioli.
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@coderpatsy said in I answer random stuffs.:
I don't think I've ever seen a can opener that does triangular holes, or at least not seen it actually used.
I've seen them, but they only make sense for canned liquids.
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@coderpatsy said in I answer random stuffs.:
I don't think I've ever seen a can opener that does triangular holes
Maybe he means one of these?
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@gurth said in I answer random stuffs.:
@coderpatsy said in I answer random stuffs.:
I don't think I've ever seen a can opener that does triangular holes
Maybe he means one of these?
I would have thought a church-key can opener would be more likely, those can only make triangular holes. You just mangle the can if you try to work round the edge:
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@cursorkeys Never seen those before, but they make more sense from the “triangular holes” comment, yes.
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@cursorkeys said in I answer random stuffs.:
I would have thought a church-key can opener would be more likely, those can only make triangular holes. You just mangle the can if you try to work round the edge:
When I used to barbecue using charcoal, I made a chimney to get the fire started from an old five-pound coffee can with both ends cut out. I used a churchkey to punch a series of holes in the side of the can at one end to allow ventilation to get the fire to draw.
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@gurth said in I answer random stuffs.:
@cursorkeys Never seen those before, but they make more sense from the “triangular holes” comment, yes.
The idea is to poke two holes to make it easy to pour from a can containing liquid.
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@boomzilla Is that why it is called a churchkey opener by some? TIL…
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@dkf Although this may be why some people call it that, that is not why that is what it is called.
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@dkf said in I answer random stuffs.:
@boomzilla Is that why it is called a churchkey opener by some? TIL…
I think it's rather why the beer is called what it is.
Etymology[edit]
The term in the beverage-opening sense is apparently not an old one; Merriam-Webster finds written attestation only since the 1950s.[8] Several etymological themes exist. The main one is that the ends of some bottle openers resemble the heads of large keys such as have traditionally been used to lock and unlock church doors.[9] The other is that jocularity helped propel the popular spread of the name, with the joke being that opening a beer is an activity that usually has little to do with pious or ecclesiastical circumstances—historical connections between monasteries and brewing notwithstanding.
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@boomzilla FWIW, I've only ever encountered the term in the US.
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@dkf me, too!
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@dkf said in I answer random stuffs.:
@boomzilla Is that why it is called a churchkey opener by some? TIL…
I was told that the reason is that anything can be a church key, that is, you can open a bottle with almost anything. Why does this make it a church key? In days of old, when the masses, even criminals, still had the fear of G_d, churches were not locked, so that a needy soul could enter and pray any time of day or night. Thus anything that could open an unlocked door was a church key.
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@gribnit said in I answer random stuffs.:
like cough syrup.
I enjoy cough syrup, most of the time...
@dkf said in I answer random stuffs.:
Instant ramen?