Lazy Round-up
Thanks Ant and Neutronbeam.Breakfast Link
Stories
- Passenger with no flying experience lands plane after pilot incapacitated - Florida.
- James Cromwell superglued his hand to a Starbucks counter to protest vegan milk charges. Seems he's not acting in Succession.
Science
Thanks Max.
- Magnetic Field Record Set With a Bang- 1,200 Tesla.
- Switching to Mediterranean diet reduces depressive symptoms in young men.
- NASA’s InSight Records Monster Quake on Mars. First Doom monsters on Phobos, now monster Quakes on Mars.
- What Really Shapes Your Personality Through Life? I'm gonna go with coffee.
Media
- Badger Seen Chasing Dogs and People in Broad Daylight at UK Woods. Thanks Boing Boing.
- The Platypus Conspiracy. Thanks VideoSift.
Auction
Cutter wrote on May 11, 2022, 18:31:As an animal rights guy, I would have thought that you would support attempts at making plant milk more affordable reducing demand for cow milk.
No one should be supporting Starbucks to begin with. You're either part of the solution of part of the problem. If you're a regular Starbucks customer you're the problem. JFC it's not rocket surgery. Go support those 50 million indie coffee shops or bring your own fucking coffee with you.
1badmf wrote on May 11, 2022, 21:25:I could see how staying at a HIEx could either help or hinder your time in the pilot’s seat.
i've flown many hours in flight sims and been an aviation buff my whole life. i bet i coulda done it. did i mention i also stayed at a holiday inn express last night? XD
soundeffects wrote on May 11, 2022, 16:02:Probably working for Tesla.
That magnetic field record was back in 2018, I wonder where they are now
RedEye9 wrote on May 11, 2022, 12:51:
I can’t find it but someone said the following (or something like it) is what happens when novices are put in a simulator.
Single Engine Cessna
Plane crashes at the beginning of the runway.
Twin engine prop
Plane crashes 500 feet before the runway.
Jet
Plane crashes 5 minutes after passenger takes over.
Those folks were lucky.
Rilcon wrote on May 11, 2022, 15:58:Beamer wrote on May 11, 2022, 12:55:Cutter wrote on May 11, 2022, 12:43:
Or Cromwell could just take his business elsewhere. Starbucks is a shitty company to begin with. I have zero clue why anyone supports them. It's not like there aren't 50 million indie coffee shops in every major city and town now.
Yes, if he takes his business elsewhere, Starbucks loses a few bucks, if he even goes there.
But you clearly miss the point of his protest. It isn't that he, personally, cannot afford $0.70. It's that it gives incentive for people that perhaps can't as easily afford that every day to go with cow milk instead, which then creates higher demand for cow milk. Starbucks, being one of the largest chains in the world, is undoubtedly one of the highest buyers of cow milk, and lessening demand at Starbucks as a whole would make a much larger impact than one man buying from some other place.
Especially when he performs a stunt such as this which makes many other people hear about the concern he has, which, as we're discussing it here, I'd imagine tens of thousands of people have learned about this and are giving it thought today that hadn't previously.
Whether you agree with his cause or not, it's easy to see why simply taking your business elsewhere wouldn't have much impact but a large protest might.
Is it documented that it doesn't cost Starbucks anything extra? Not just procuring the raw "milk" itself, but its storage and handling and whatever other factors...
Because if it doesn't, then sure, it's weird to charge more. But if it does, then the stunt is pretty churlish. Which I guess is par for the course at PETA.
Beamer wrote on May 11, 2022, 12:55:Cutter wrote on May 11, 2022, 12:43:
Or Cromwell could just take his business elsewhere. Starbucks is a shitty company to begin with. I have zero clue why anyone supports them. It's not like there aren't 50 million indie coffee shops in every major city and town now.
Yes, if he takes his business elsewhere, Starbucks loses a few bucks, if he even goes there.
But you clearly miss the point of his protest. It isn't that he, personally, cannot afford $0.70. It's that it gives incentive for people that perhaps can't as easily afford that every day to go with cow milk instead, which then creates higher demand for cow milk. Starbucks, being one of the largest chains in the world, is undoubtedly one of the highest buyers of cow milk, and lessening demand at Starbucks as a whole would make a much larger impact than one man buying from some other place.
Especially when he performs a stunt such as this which makes many other people hear about the concern he has, which, as we're discussing it here, I'd imagine tens of thousands of people have learned about this and are giving it thought today that hadn't previously.
Whether you agree with his cause or not, it's easy to see why simply taking your business elsewhere wouldn't have much impact but a large protest might.
Burrito of Peace wrote on May 11, 2022, 15:45:Just did an annual checkup, with a blood screening. It only* cost me $25 "co-pay" and $18.79 afterwards. However, the full bill sent to the insurance company was just under $1,200 -- about $750 of it for the blood tests. Crazy.
I find it tragic that "medical debt" even exists. We're the only first world country on the globe where it is less expensive to die than it is to be well and alive for a vast majority of the population.
Burrito of Peace wrote on May 11, 2022, 15:45:It should not be part of your credit history Period.
I find it tragic that "medical debt" even exists. We're the only first world country on the globe where it is less expensive to die than it is to be well and alive for a vast majority of the population.
Cutter wrote on May 11, 2022, 12:43:
Or Cromwell could just take his business elsewhere. Starbucks is a shitty company to begin with. I have zero clue why anyone supports them. It's not like there aren't 50 million indie coffee shops in every major city and town now.