the reason usamericans are so defensive about being called imperialist is because absolutely none of them have the faintest idea of what imperialism actually means.

for the love of god read (or listen to) Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism before saying "wait but isn't X also imperialist because of [things that aren't imperialism]????" I KNOW y'all have read fanfics or listened to video essays longer than this fucking book

technology connections has a few videos on this, gas stoves are incredibly inefficient and put out so much carbon monoxide. Cheap coil electric stoves suck but still work better than gas and induction stoves are the most efficient and also safe of all. literally thermodynamically electric is better idk how so many people are wrong about this.

The primary argument I'd levee against electric stoves, acknowledging that on an objective level they are the better technology in terms of efficiency and lack of gas that kills you emissions (I voted yes-electric and am only arguing from the position of a devil's advocate trying to prevent the canonization of the electric stove), is that they do not have any fucking haptic feedback. You turn them on and they get hot and that's it.

But, with a gas stove, it's different. You turn it on and the gas hisses, the stove clicks, there's an igition and sudden and immediate heat with a fwooosh, then the constant hiss as gas escapes the burner and combusts, and the smell of whatever sulfides they put in the gas burning is nice. You know when a gas stove is on, you can hear it and feel it in a way you can't with most electric stoves.

Electric stoves are better by the metrics, but for many humans (judging solely by this poll, most humans) they don't feel better to use. This is a recurring and well known problem when designing things for human use. Electric kettles don't whistle (bad); most vacuum cleaners are obnoxiously loud so the human using it 'knows its sucking,' electric cars are too quiet it unsettling for a lot of people; players in fighting games will use moves with worse frame data if the move has that 'punch factor.'

Gas stoves are worse, don't get me wrong. But sometimes, worse things feel better to use.

Gas stoves are also very quick to adjust the heat on compared to electric

induction > gas > resistive electric heating element

It has to do with one simple fact. When you have no power, gas will still flow and can be used to provide heat and safe drinking water in an emergency.

A good boy

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Rating: Cute

the person who tagged us in this knew was it was cute! i just especially wanted to point out that this is a perfect example of a cat that has learned that its human is basically trapped while dishwashing and so it’s an excellent time to ask for attention and get it. cats are really good at recognizing patterns and this one probably knows that the owner will spend a regular amount of time here and won’t leave or move away. the cat knows it isn’t going to get hand attention, so it’s focused on rubbing against and pawing at the upper body and seeking kissies. this is often why cats come bother you on the toilet as well – they know this is an activity with a set timeline and a good time to seek attention.

i love wacky flat earth theories, geocentric theories, Ice Wall theories, etc. the weirder your planet is shaped the better. some of these guys are out here just making theories that are like “remember Last Exile? wasn’t that planet fucked up? actually that’s real, and the lizard alien media overlords are keeping it a secret from us.” crazy

guy who takes the “Elder Scrolls writer found on bathroom floor post-acid trip” ephemera too seriously and actually believes the world is structured like Mundus

I think people have truly lost any ability to be patient with storytelling.

‘I don’t understand this’ They’ll explain it if you wait.

‘I don’t like how this episode left things hanging’ There’s a continuation next week.

‘This character is flat’ Wait for them to be fleshed out.

So many of the complaints I see about shows lately are people being confused by things THAT THE SHOW WANTS YOU TO BE CONFUSED BY THATS THE FUN OF MYSTERY AND FORESHADOWING YOU ABSOLUTE GOBLINS THE MAIN CHARACTER IS ALSO CONFUSED AND THEYRE GONNA DO A BIG REVEAL AND EXPLANATION LATER IF YOU WOULD JUST FUCKING WAIT

Father is asleep. Time to wake him up by shucking corn outside his quarters

- Amish Bam Margera

Completely inactionable fetishes are so funny to me. "I wanna be a robot girl and I want you to install a virus on me." Like okay good luck with that.

I can't apologize enough to the robot girl community for this post. What I said back then was offensive and I'll informed, and it no longer represents how I feel.

“unions drowned out the voice of the individual 🥺” I can promise you employers were not listening to the voice of the individual to begin with

individualist ideals are a plague, in direct opposition to the labor movement. you are stronger together than apart. hate to tell you this but your coworkers are humans as well. organize