misterjive
misterjive t1_jdcodrf wrote
"There couldn't be a dumber idea than solar roadways."
These chucklefucks: "Hold my beer."
misterjive t1_ja04nrz wrote
Reply to comment by who-are-we-anyway in is this air purifier good enough for a 3x4 room? by JOOOQUUU
And they usually over-estimate that, so take large numbers promised by a small air purifier with a grain of salt. Look for the CADR figure, and if they don't post that prominently on the packaging there's probably a really good reason why and you should look elsewhere.
misterjive t1_j9r7t0y wrote
Reply to Advice on bath towels? by Causeable_Rhombus
The last set I bought were the Better Homes and Gardens ones from Walmart and they've lasted for years with no appreciable wear for me.
misterjive t1_j8lblc0 wrote
When people think of the asteroid belt, they think of that scene from The Empire Strikes Back. It isn't remotely like that at all. The truth of the matter is space is humongous and there's just not a lot in it. The only place where it's really a significant danger is places like Earth orbit where it's crap we've shot up there that represents the biggest risk.
misterjive t1_j6l8hte wrote
The earliest I can remember it used was in 1990s Moen faucet ads. "Buy it for looks, buy it for life."
misterjive t1_j6kxj78 wrote
Reply to Ergonomic Office Chair by FriscoJanet
Steelcase chairs are fantastic and they make them for really big folks. I think their normal models are rated up to 400 pounds and they've got a larger version than that.
Keep in mind there's a ton of fraud in "big and tall" office furniture. More than once I've found a chair ostensibly rated for like 350-400 pounds that had a base and casters rated for 200.
misterjive t1_j6k52wy wrote
Reply to Recommendations for budget mp3 players? by [deleted]
I have a Sandisk that I use for walks, and I bought it because it's pretty much the only standalone mp3 player that'll play Audible audiobooks. I'm very happy with it.
(I even bought a single-ear earphone for spatial awareness cause I'm weird.)
misterjive t1_j6fqoja wrote
The way they work is they trick you into spending 53 bucks for pure nonsense.
(And if it actually does create ozone, pure nonsense that will damage your lungs.)
misterjive t1_j6b25tj wrote
Reply to comment by sugarandvelvet in TIFU by writing off radiation exposure as psychosis by sugarandvelvet
So the FU is more "writing off untreated schizophrenia as radiation exposure."
Try the mental health route again?
misterjive t1_j6b17cy wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIFU by writing off radiation exposure as psychosis by sugarandvelvet
The fact that you still think you got gangstalked and irradiated is a pretty clear sign it didn't take.
misterjive t1_j6b0hyw wrote
A visit to a mental health provider should be a pretty high priority.
misterjive t1_j21w1pn wrote
Reply to Apollo role manoeuvre by Oncey1234
Because if you decided to tilt the Saturn V at an angle on the launchpad it'd fall over and that would be bad.
misterjive t1_j1seten wrote
Reply to comment by Pookie2018 in Everybody talks about having a CO2 detector but never what to do if the alarm goes off. by kymilovechelle
A portable CO2 detector isn't a bad thing in the age of COVID. It's nice to know when you're entering a building with absolutely shit ventilation and breathing in a lot of other people's exhalations.
misterjive t1_iy6hyvj wrote
My first car was a POS Ford Taurus hand-me-down; a few months after I got it I noticed it was getting harder and harder to steer. I took it into a mechanic who a friend had recommended; I was mentally preparing myself for being told the repair would be way more than I could justify spending on that old car.
I got the call. "Uh, yeah, there was a screw loose in the power steering system."
"What? Uh, how much is that going to run me?"
"Like nine bucks, I guess?"
When I got divorced and moved back to my hometown, I was actually more broken up about losing that mechanic.
misterjive t1_jddlgrg wrote
Reply to comment by jayvapezzz in World’s first solar panel 'carpet' on railway tracks may generate electricity by diacewrb
It's a brilliant way to grift money out of governments and dumb folks.