That makes sense, but damn, Virgin must be terrible at this.

I thought the article said there were only two failures, but I can see how that would still be a deterrent. Though, if the damned is so high I would assume some would be willing to make the gamble if the supply simply isn’t there.

But if the demand is so great wouldn’t it have been easier for them to generate enough launches regardless? The article says the problem was they didn’t have enough to create revenue. If demand is so great they wouldn’t be turning down launches.

> While Virgin Orbit touted a flexible and alternative approach to launch small satellites, the company was unable to reach the rate of launches necessary to generate the revenue it sorely needed.

I mean, even if there were tons of companies clamoring to shoot a satellites into space, how much repeat business would there be? It doesn’t seem like a sustainable income source no matter what. It’s not like the average person on the street is like “I should get one of my own satellites up there.”

Yeah, because the natural reaction to a terrible date asking to back to his place is to accept the offer.

Typically farmer’s markets are for food/produce, and less about arts/crafts.

I get that, but I was just talking about cooking on the stovetop, and even those times where you have something simmering forever, like making a stock, you use timers or something to monitor, and check on it before it melts metal to the stove as in the op.

Ever hear of a timer? My point is you don’t leave it alone long enough to fuse metal without some way to keep track.

Why wouldn’t I prepare the rest of the meal? I said don’t go chill on the couch in another room when you’ve got something on the stove, but I guess you needed an easy way to try and insult me for no reason.

The fact that you melted metal means you left that alone for way too long, and if you’d monitored it, or at least set a timer to check it after a few minutes as one should do for anything on the stove, you’d have noticed there was no water well before it got so bad.

Thats my point, you have to keep track somehow, you can’t just throw something on the stove and walk away.

Exactly! You have to keep track somehow

True, but I meant on the stove, because that’s what the op was about.

One would think boiling beets didn’t need to be monitored either, but here we are. As someone who has worked in multiple kitchens, and cooks almost every night, I hope you never have to eat those words.

Why TF do so many people decide to cook, put something on the stove, the go have a nice sit down in the other room? You realize the saying “a watched pot never boils” isn’t true, right? There is no “set it and forget it” in cooking.

The key thing to focus on is it doesn’t matter what I, or anyone else thinks. I can get very self conscious simply because I know how much I see and judge about others, but I know that their life is unaffected by me noticing things about them, which made me realize I don’t care what they think about me even though I know some people will notice stuff. Some things are immutable, so it’s not like you can do anything about them anyway, and for those that aren’t I just emulate what I like about other people, because it makes me feel good.

You could go to 7-11 in a shag carpet onesie, and people would probably stare, and might even comment, but would it ruin your slurpee and corn nuts?

My point is that I don’t believe I am, and this LPT is not correct.

Weird, I think about people all the time. I notice their shape, their clothes, their mannerisms, their voice, their walk, their way of speaking, etc. And if I have to interact with them I pay even more attention.

I think most people don’t notice anything beyond themselves, and often don’t even pay attention to their own surroundings, so you’re probably mostly correct.

They’re “investigating”? lol, What are they going to do, subpoena phone company to get transcripts of your private conversations?

As far as you know all that happened is some jerk was making stuff up about other people. Ignore, and deny. Teen boys wank it to literally anything, and nobody wants to know about it anyway.

Truth or dare is a party game, you don’t need to actually tell your secrets, and anything you want to stay secret should NEVER be told to anyone. Ever.

TIL a calzone is a sandwich

If Keanu Reeves in the movie Parenthood taught me anything it’s that “that’s what little dudes do”.

Pork sword?

So, the people who know this person think he’s that sketchy, but still want you to open your home to them without you even being there to facilitate? I would honestly tell them to gently screw off. If they’re so concerned they can pay for his hotel.

Nope, that’s ‘keep you awake at night 30 years later’ material right there.

Wink wink