The water curtain is relatively expensive to operate and as far as I know is only used in Sydney as a last resort for our bigger city tunnels which in terms of infrastructure costs at minimum; over US$1 billion. So there is obviously a very expensive asset and traffic volume which warrants the expenditure.

Plants have no nerves or brains; plants do not suffer or feel pain in any recognizable manner. Animals[humans] do.

The original FLCL was primarily a vehicle for an outrageous gag-per-minute count and its themes and allegory on adolescence,puberty and growing up are more secondary.

Many restaurants including fine-dining establishments use plastic containers as a way to portion and store ingredients so they are ready and quick to use when required which does save a lot of time during service but perhaps in light of these new findings; restaurants should find alternatives such as non-plastic…

I feel a bit silly since I’m almost twice their age but it’s unfathomable how much hope and inspiration I’m getting from their music and the youth in general in these dire times.

Baby steps; only moderate shade. Every bit helps.

One example of use would be that it provides insight and direction when considering things such as wildlife management and conservation. Beyond mere preservation of the status quo, empathy leads us also to consider the well-being of animals and where applicable we may decide to make choices which lead to less…

Making a moral observation serves many purposes, not restricted to being an attempt to change the subjects bahaviour.

Nature by definition is literally what “is”. You’re being redundant.

Kind of the point; Nature IS terrible. That being said, nature is by definition our physical and biological reality but perhaps and just perhaps; reason combined with judgement might make things less terrible for life in general.

if ya got a VPN you can definitely stream it officially from ABC(Aus). If you don’t; maybe? :(

I didn’t care for any more MiB movies because I’m not twelve anymore but Hemsworth getting casted mildly piqued my interests a few weeks ago but now that Tessa Thompson is in it? I’m fully on board.

The old adage that you can only pick 2 out of the following 3: Good, Cheap and Fast. They ended up with Cheap and Fast unfortunately.

He definitely won’t; out of the big three Hollywood trade mags he is currently by far the most prolific and influential writer on box office numbers. For better or worse.

We are all affected by marketing and PR strategies and tactics one way or another because we all are conscious beings. Your statement about “not being influenced” by commercials is itself a position that be used to exploit your opinions if the marketing firm is savvy enough to create a campaign which would change your…

You should ask David Harbor how much he got paid for Season 1.

I love it how time has only shown how poetic it was that that was the hill Whedon chose to die on.

Whether the guest does anything about it is up to them but I assume the main incentive for a guest is the notion of being “green” and helping out with climate change as opposed to consideration of overhead costs for the hotel owners.

IKR? I’ve known this “trick” since 2005 when I first started seeing these contraptions. I figured everyone already knew how to play around it but it remains because it is a pleasing and ergonomic method of reminding people not to waste electricity.

But mainstream/comic popularity doesn’t necessarily equal success as a film or at the box office.