The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness

[Amechra]

To be fair, a lot of social problems can be fixed by more efficient patterns of distribution.

For the more specific case - a lot of fast food is designed to be non-filling. After all, it lets them sell more stuff, which is a good decision for the company.

There are also psychological issues - the plates in the US tend to be larger than those in Europe, for example. If you have a smaller plate, it looks like you have more food (because hey, my plate is full!)

Really, it's kinda like the Broken Windows Theory - you can attack the source indirectly by attacking the consequences.

@bhu - They already are; I had to restrain myself to not yell at the people holding a rally at the campus library that wanted people to sign a petition to ban GMOs.

You know, ignoring that all of our crops are technically genetically engineered (thanks agriculture!), and that anything genetically modified the "new fashioned" way has to pass through the FDA...

[dman11235]

Fat/sugar/salt are the main taste profiles from an evolutionary biology perspective.  it's what we crave when hungry, because it's energy, and salt is rare (in the past).  bhu, we don't only misuse technology.  I have more hope in the future than that.  And as to the resistance?  It's small, vocal, and stupid.  it's going away.  it will exist for a long time, yes, but it will go away.  Again, I think you're confusing fiction with reality.

You can't give up because of a few issues, and the one answer I'm giving isn't perfect.  Just because it's not perfect, doesn't mean we shouldn't do it.  Just because it's not perfect doesn't mean it's not better or not worth doing.

[bhu]

I'm not suggesting we give up.  Yes, resistance may be small and stupid, but look at what that small band of resistance has accomplished in dragging down our country.  I just suggest not underestimating or writing off your enemies.  The voices of the few can easily drown out the voices of the many if they are loud enough, or the many are not participating. 

[dman11235]

True, but it doesn't negate that these are good things that have happened and will happen (vaccines, genetic technologies, and such).  Just because there's the crazies out there doesn't mean that these things shouldn't be done.  That's when they win.  When good wins is when those people are drowned out and we advance in society and humanity.  Here, have 5 minutes of happy goalies.

[trappedslider]

well i am back home

[bhu]

well i am back home

   You doing okay?

[awaken_D_M_golem]

Congrats ... 

We could also try and make flying pigs ...

Aw, see that right there is why genetic engineering is going to happen.

[Frogman55]

Congrats ... 

We could also try and make flying pigs ...

Aw, see that right there is why genetic engineering is going to happen.

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[trappedslider]

well i am back home

   You doing okay?

Yeah i'm on tamiflu and a couple other medications

[Jackinthegreen]

My computer has an issue where if the memory gets overloaded, specifically by Flash player, then the sound dies and I have to restart it to get the sound back.

Said computer is 10 years old and now takes 10 minutes to boot up.    

[awaken_D_M_golem]

I got 3.5 years out of a 4.0 Android tablet.
Now it's got the Boot Screen lock up, that is a rather common and well known problem.
I've tried 3 different tactics so far.

Gotta save that Bodypaint Bruce Lee tracksuit girl.
It's about as PG-13 and SFW and weenie filter proof, as I can get something.

[Raineh Daze]

My computer has an issue where if the memory gets overloaded, specifically by Flash player, then the sound dies and I have to restart it to get the sound back.

Said computer is 10 years old and now takes 10 minutes to boot up.    

That's the result of being 10 years old yet running things made to boot on more recent hardware.

Look up Ccleaner, it might help. You've almost certainly got a registry clogged to hell and back if you haven't fixed that, let alone the size of caches etc.

[phaedrusxy]

Congrats ... 

We could also try and make flying pigs ...

Aw, see that right there is why genetic engineering is going to happen.

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so.... awesome...

[altpersona]

for your tablet can you clear the caches to fix it?

[altpersona]

often i find myself wishing Fight Club had been a documentary

[zook1shoe]

Despite priding myself on watching a bunch of movies, I saw that for the first time 2 nights ago 

[phaedrusxy]

often i find myself wishing Fight Club had been a documentary

I completely understand. I would totally have joined their "movement" when I was a younger man.

[Frogman55]

often i find myself wishing Fight Club had been a documentary

I completely understand. I would totally have joined their "movement" when I was a younger man.

I wouldn't mind having my credit debt wiped out.

[Amechra]

About this Ferguson business:

People, take a chill pill. Both sides. Do it.

I get it, all of you are scared. And when you're scared, you do stupid things.

Seriously, stop putting yourselves in a situation that's just plain primed for violence, and then expecting to be the victims.

It's really immature.

(I have an intense fear of anarchy, so I'll have to pass on the Fight Club, guys.)

[awaken_D_M_golem]

  ... 538 said this type of grandjury ruling has happened 11 times out of ~162 000.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/ferguson-michael-brown-indictment-darren-wilson/


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Major Thxgiving snow storm on the east coast.
I wonder if a Snow Cone can be made with Cranberry and Gravy flavors ...

_{get something blue via last night's kitty avatar karousing}