Your pointless thoughts & observations

[ManjuShri]

Why does seafood taste fishy? Even freshwater and saltwater foodstuffs taste fishy.

[YEK]

Why does my cat's breath smell? Is it because he licks his anus?

[user]

What kind of cat do you have?

[beerwolf]

I’m gonna get hammered

(and eat a curry )

 

 

Edited March 26, 2022 by beerwolf

[thefxbip]

On 3/24/2022 at 7:06 PM, Zephyr_Nova said:

Today as I approached the door to leave my apartment I noticed I had a fork in my hand.  Hadn't eaten, didn't do dishes...  Why was I holding a fork?

''bro i feel you''

Edited March 26, 2022 by thefxbip

[luke viia]

13 hours ago, ManjuShri said:

Why does seafood taste fishy? Even freshwater and saltwater foodstuffs taste fishy.

Do you mean fish itself, or anything from the water? With the former, from what I understand it's mostly a sign of not being fresh. The type of fish (and its oiliness) will impact this as well, as that is what (I believe) starts to go rancid and causes the smell. 

full disclaimer: I'm not speaking from any actual working knowledge, just hearsay. edit: also, experience eating really fresh salmon (PNW life)

Edited March 26, 2022 by luke viia

[YEK]

4 hours ago, user said:

What kind of cat do you have?

Regular stripey cat I think 

[ambermonk]

I've noticed over the past decade that Polish game developers seem to have a thing for intertwining traditional Japanese cultural aesthetics with cyberpunk. I've seen it in Shadow Warrior 2, Ruiner, and...well, Cyberpunk 2077.

Japanese game devs (particularly Capcom) on the other hand appear to have a long-standing tradition of adopting Western aesthetics and restructuring/fine-tuning them to their own tastes. This seems especially evident in Biohazard/Resident Evil 4, as well as Village (which I haven't played yet).

Edited March 27, 2022 by ambermonke

[user]

I seem to have become one of those people that's plagued by ultrasound.

My apartment building is situated next to a very active waterway and there's a dockyard visible from the window that's behind me as I'm typing this. At nigh I've always been able to feel, and sometimes hear the larger ship's diesels but since 6 months or so it's been getting quite intense. Right now it feels as if my whole floor is wobbling/pulsating and it's starting to worry me a bit. I suspect it might have something to do with the building finally settling (it was delivered about 6 years ago, I think and afaik it would be around this time that all the concrete has actually completely dried/cured/whatever concrete does. In addition to nightly wobbling there's also been piledriving every single day of the week, starting at 7 am, finishing at around 15:00 across the road from us. Only partially ultrasonic, unfortunately. According to my phone my monthly hours in bed average over the last 6 months is a little over 4 hours. FML. ain't even gonna fix this wall of text.

Edited March 27, 2022 by user

[dcom]

27 minutes ago, user said:

I seem to have become one of those people that's plagued by ultrasound

You're describing infrasound, which is low-frequency and carries long distance due to long wavelengths, often below 20 Hz; ultrasound is high-frequency, over 20 kHz. There's something generating infrasound around the apartment building where I live: in some places inside our apartment a low, throbbing pulse can be either felt or heard, and it's driving me nuts because I can't locate the source. I think it could be the A/C system of the parking cave not directly below our building, the intake/exhaust structure is at a distance of about 30 meters (100 feet or so). But I'm not sure - the throbbing is not constant, so it's on and off, but I haven't been able to discern a pattern.

It's not a pointless observation, it's a real problem that makes some places practically hostile to human habitation.

Edited March 27, 2022 by dcom

[iococoi]

Quote

Terry Riley（lives in Japan now）

 

[Zephyr_Nova]

I think I might have an ice cream problem.  It's the only grocery item other than milk and coffee related things that I buy on the regular (twice a week-ish)

[cichlisuite]

10 hours ago, dcom said:

You're describing infrasound, which is low-frequency and carries long distance due to long wavelengths, often below 20 Hz; ultrasound is high-frequency, over 20 kHz. There's something generating infrasound around the apartment building where I live: in some places inside our apartment a low, throbbing pulse can be either felt or heard, and it's driving me nuts because I can't locate the source. I think it could be the A/C system of the parking cave not directly below our building, the intake/exhaust structure is at a distance of about 30 meters (100 feet or so). But I'm not sure - the throbbing is not constant, so it's on and off, but I haven't been able to discern a pattern.

It's not a pointless observation, it's a real problem that makes some places practically hostile to human habitation.

yes, infrasound is a persistent form of pollution today. Most of the time you don't even know it's there, but in moments of attention it really becomes this ever present annoyance. Not far away from where I live is an industrial furnace for aluminium casting, and it's situated right in the center of the town (terrible idea). The sound reverberates between the buildings and the surrounding hills work as a sound amplifier (I live on a hill), so it's like an old Greek open-air theatre effect. "My" hill also catches a distant transport railway and a motor highway. Both are around 10-15km from here but I can hear them in rare moments of complete silence as this low-vibrating noise or hum, the railway especially at night with the heavy diesel locomotives.

I wonder when urban planners are going to start to take these things into their decision making...

[prdctvsm]

10 hours ago, cichlisuite said:

I wonder when urban planners are going to start to take these things into their decision making...

... property developers tho

"For too long this country has treated its economy like a life-support system for the property/construction business.This in spite of the evidence everywhere of the damage they do: environment, amenity, traffic, infrastructure bottlenecks...Take your pick.It's time the entire industry was put back in its collective box.Planning is a good start-followed by a reduction in immigration and a phasing out of special tax treatment. But put the noise cancelling headphones on first..." 

[YEK]

I think this might be fun for a lot of the people on here

https://www.heardle.app/

It's a song guessing game.

Edited March 29, 2022 by yekker

[iococoi]

never forget

[Rubin Farr]

Radiation induced nausea is one of the strangest sensations ever, it does not emanate from your stomach, like your body is completely confused.  

[chronical]

conspiracytards be like.. one, the singularity of man.. two, the duality of man. three, the triviality of man. illuminati confirmed

[beerwolf]

God bless the power of milk thistle. Hahah an amazing plant

[brian trageskin]

not that anyone gives a shit but i can say with absolute certainty that macron is gonna be re-elected. 

[Silent Member]

I care. At least it's not one of the far right loons.

[brian trageskin]

say what you will about the man but he's indisputably the best-looking president in french history.

[Silent Member]

22 minutes ago, brian trageskin said:

say what you will about the man but he's indisputably the best-looking president in french history.

[brian trageskin]

alpha 

[Zephyr_Nova]

For every microwave with an inner rotating floor, there is a certain number of seconds where it will always do a full rotation.  Know this, and you can time it so that your food will always be ready for you at the front when it's done.