Besides, a proper minigolf failure would have barely missed the hole and then barely caught a slope, rolling down into a much worse position than you started from.
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Thanks for the perspective. I'm not arguing with any of that or out to diminish the issue of people with chronic pain who may lack good solutions to the problem. But you probably know how twenty years ago or so, people gave what now look like bogus reasons why legitimate prescription of opioids isn't an addiction…
The LA Times didn't demonize OxyContin's ingredients. They tore apart the marketing of the drug, and the manufacturer had no meaningful response, just vaguely oppositional argle bargle. In summary, telling someone for marketing and (weak) regulatory reasons that if their pain relief wears off after 8 hours, that the…
If you think "white devil" does not constitute a racial slur, and that racial slurs against white people do not exist, I see no need to argue. I see it as as clear an indication of a double standard as one could hope for. I can see why the Civil Rights Office didn't use that argument and clearly went to great lengths…
If standing with a billy club and using racial slurs in front of a polling station is OK, I take it that you believe the same lax standard for voter intimidation should be applied to Trump supporters. If the law had actually been applied, the government would be in a stronger position to prosecute it now if necessary.
What's your source? cityplastics, via wikipedia: "Polycarbonate has a glass transition temperature of about 147 °C (297 °F),[6] so it softens gradually above this point and flows above about 155 °C (311 °F)."
Boiling points and melting points are two different things. Oil can get considerably hotter than 300 degrees. I would have to check the kind of plastic involved — I can't say whether literally no plastic storage containers can take it, but the usual flimsy ones definitely can't, microwave safe claims notwithstanding.
Yes, water that hasn't boiled off already. That's why I mentioned the boiling point of water.
Energy from microwaves, because oil can absorb them too.
Melting doesn't stop the fat from continuing to heat up.
Those plastic containers that claim to be microwave safe are liars. That means the plastic can take being heated to the boiling point of water. The grease spots get hotter than that and melt tiny divots in the container.
No one who is familiar with safety statistics can seriously believe you can weed out fatal stupid mistakes, even by trained experts. (Ask the guy who wrote my book on climbing anchors, then fell after failing to tie a basic knot.) It's human nature — give people enough chances to screw up, even with lives on the line,…
Advertisers aren't known for their idealism.
That Woods and Chin and the other guy were paid to dress and pose like Derek Zoolander doesn't mean they actually are Derek Zoolander. Harrumph.
Onkel Morfar ("Uncle Grandpa") was a character/evil corporate entity, like the later Futurama character Mom, in TV and movies put out by Denmark's Wikke & Rasmussen. They put out the best live action children's television in the universe, though not enough of it. I don't know that the name of the Cartoon Network show…
The answer to what you can and can't blame people for (or give them credit for) as far as their mental makeup goes is a hopeless mess. It's bound up in the just as hopeless concept of free will. You can't blame a blind person for not seeing and you can't blame a person who had a massive stroke for not acting normal,…
If trying to avoid discord around the water cooler doesn't end with unwanted children, you weren't tactful enough.
That's such a negative way to look at it. I don't torture cats because I hate cats, I do it because I love torture.
Trump sucks, but don't blame the short sellers and the Chicken Littles when bubbles collapse. The short sellers don't cause the bubble to burst, they just make it happen a little sooner when it can cause a little less damage. When everybody in on a pyramid scheme makes a ton of money (as when they can bribe…