Ben Landis π
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Hereβs an idea I think is wrong but feels right: when an object is lowered to a below-frozen temperature, the more additional time it is kept at that temperature, the more it will acclimate to being at that temperature β therefore requiring more energy to heat it up again.
People who reject superstition: what is a superstition you adhere to?
The thing is, we donβt really mean it.
I canβt tell if we really meant it back then.
There were people who did seem to really mean it, and we are no longer friends with them.
I had a great time at my friendβs wedding. So glad for my friend and his wife. Good times reminiscing with old pals. We demonstrate our affection by taking shots at each other.
I am home. The cats are happy to see me. One gnaws on my hand approvingly.
The only other time I got in a fight like that, it was after school and I clearly did not win. Somehow I got a lot of credit with people in school for it, and my friend told me itβs because after I went down I got up and enthusiastically said βHi!β to the guy who attacked me.
Today I attend a good friendβs wedding, and get to hang out with another good friend with whom I once got suspended from school for getting in a fistfight. Time to suit up!
When they give you what you asked for, you canβt really complain about it..
I made the mistake in a dream of asking βWho else here is a real person?β
I think Democrats have just found their rallying point for the midterms twitter.com/JaneotN/statusβ¦
Retweeted by Ben Landis π I respect my stove, but I donβt know why it heats things up more quickly than the recipe says.
The 1902 film A Trip to the Moon feels like directly confronting my own mortality.
Did you know that when you multiply a recipe to feed many more people, you canβt simply multiply the amount of salt. Thatβs because the flavor of salt is strong and will permeate the entire dish; a multiplied amount of salt will wind up being way too strong.
Me, who takes cans from the back so they always look most presentable.
THE SUPREME COURT HAS OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE, ELIMINATING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO ABORTION.
supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdfβ¦
Retweeted by Ben Landis π Do you prefer when alphabetical order places numbers before letters or after them?
One thing my cats seemed to like was when I would purchase a large variety of food, order the meals (e.g. meal type 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, etc.) but, crucially, then slightly shuffle that order so they could not always predict what is coming next.
My cats love @catperson food but I think theyβre tiring of it after 1.5 years. Recommendations?
Not a fan of having entered the βfilling out police reportsβ stage of my life.
At the gas station register when I asked how much the little pack of advil costs, the teenager behind me sighed so loudly it recalibrated my entire sense of decorum.
I donβt want sympathy. I want to know how to strike back at them.
Someone stole a pricey package of mine from my buildingβs mailroom. My building management found the video of the person taking it; their tone suggested it was another current resident. They wonβt show me the video or tell me who it was.
Have you ever stolen a package? Why?
Would love to know the story behind Google Workspace allowing the migration of emails with timestamps from before computers were invented.
@benlandis Paper (just a survey though): journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11β¦
Retweeted by Ben Landis π It would clarify things for us science-lovers if our science community were happier to directly assess popular-but-stigmatized theories.
I live in California. Generally, DMT is illegal here. This truth-seeking experiment β whether or not healthy & productive β is disallowed.
A friend's girlfriend claimed she talks to aliens "all the time" whenever she does DMT.
Sure, it could be too many drugs. Bias. Tricking oneself.
But it's enough of a lead to potentially be worth sending a skeptic with a clipboard and a rock-solid protocol to try to find out.
I have never plagiarized. Why? Because I couldn't live with the guilt. Which makes plagiarism the perfect sin for me to condemn without conditions or boundaries.
There must be some people who get exactly what they want and it fully satisfies them.
"Love Song" by Sara Bareilles led to an impressive number of copycat songs.
Have you ever recognized a song that seemed to be a copycat of another popular song?
Is this plagiarism?
Not quite the same if properly cited at the time.
A challenge for me has been accepting seemingly malicious behavior while being denied any information I could use to understand it.
I subscribe to the YouTube channel Story Recapped for the video titles, not the videos (which I don't watch). Whoever writes the titles over there has a knack for describing content in the most lascivious way possible.
Enjoyed: the trend of giving names to products that allude to concepts one does not bring up in polite company
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