QuantumWarrior t1_jadc0ix wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:55 PM

Reply to comment by FeelTheH8 in The Fed is yet to catch up to the Taylor Rule estimate by Surlax

Didn't you know? Tech bros and middle managers are more productive than builders and plumbers and electricians.

QuantumWarrior t1_j6dc06t wrote on January 29, 2023 at 3:25 PM

Reply to TIL in the 1980s Monty Python got much of its exposure to the US through PBS, because of CBS censoring parts of "The Holy Grail" in a 1977 broadcast. This upset the comedy troupe, prompting them to withdraw the broadcast rights. by AnthillOmbudsman

I never got why American TV censors so much stuff, if there's a film with profanity just air it later when the kids are in bed, or even better let the parents decide what their kids can and can't watch.

Also, it's okay for kids to watch John McClane shoot a dozen Germans into bloody swiss cheese but they can't hear him say fuck?

QuantumWarrior t1_j1jw4um wrote on December 24, 2022 at 11:16 PM

Reply to comment by drgeta84 in What specifically about ginger/menthol/wasabi causes one's sinuses to open? by Bartendiesthrowaway

If I have a completely blocked nose with no airflow, and get a smell or a mouthful of something strongly mint flavoured/smelling, my nostrils open and allow air to pass again. That's not just an illusion of cold air. Something has to be happening beyond a trick of the temperature sensing nerves.