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On 4/10/2025 at 1:00 PM, BurdineBandit said:

I don't understand the argument for the "zipper" method of entering a line to exit on the freeway. I've heard twice now that it's the efficient method, but it still just sounds like being selfish to me. It's only efficient for the one cutting in line, there's a 95% chance they are making the person behind them brake, and thus starting the chain reaction of braking that causes backups. The constant braking chain reaction is what causes the backup, not that "not everyone is zippering". Did dumbshits just make up a term for "cut the line because I'm too important to wait" and try to make it sound like it's reasonable?

A proper zipper merge would not include the driver slowing down such that cars behind them have to brake much, if at all. If you have to slow down dramatically to merge, then you went too far before merging.

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2 hours ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

Didn’t realize streetsweepers have steering wheels on both sides so they don’t crash. 
 

I thought someone was ghost riding it. 

How does that prevent them from crashing? Also, seems odd nowadays with all of the technology we have that the brushes don't adjust automatically to maintain contact with the curb. No reason the driver should have to eyeball it. 

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Every time I see someone at work who has brought their lunch in a tied off plastic grocery bag, it just makes me cringe. I can't explain it. Get a lunchbox, they're not expensive. 

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what would happen if everyone in the south who is 20 years and 3+ months old just started openly imbibing, and then when cited for it, made the argument that life starts at conception and they are actually 21 years old?

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34 minutes ago, Derka said:

what would happen if everyone in the south who is 20 years and 3+ months old just started openly imbibing, and then when cited for it, made the argument that life starts at conception and they are actually 21 years old?

In China, they actually count this way. A newborn baby is 1 year old; their next birthday, they turn 2, and so on.

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23 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

In China, they actually count this way. A newborn baby is 1 year old; their next birthday, they turn 2, and so on.

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A sobering reminder of aging (and not following pop music) is how old you think some music is, versus how old it actually is.

That Gotye song came on the radio and I thought “oh its that recent’ish hit song”. Turns out its from over a decade ago. 

For a teenager now, just getting into their music phase, that song came out before they were born. 

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Flipping through channels and come across a soccer match and learn… 

Austin has a professional men’s soccer team. 
 

That’s a nice looking soccer stadium in Austin. 
 

Herbalife is still a thing( lose weight now ask me how?)and sponsor of one of the teams. 

 

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17 hours ago, Rimbo said:

In China, they actually count this way. A newborn baby is 1 year old; their next birthday, they turn 2, and so on.

It's actually every new years they turn the next "age". Same in South Korea. 

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5 hours ago, 52-80 said:

A sobering reminder of aging (and not following pop music) is how old you think some music is, versus how old it actually is.

That Gotye song came on the radio and I thought “oh its that recent’ish hit song”. Turns out its from over a decade ago. 

For a teenager now, just getting into their music phase, that song came out before they were born. 

I mean I know when songs came out. It just makes me feel old sometimes when I think about when they came out. 

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