Exactly. The idea that it’s a fake assassination or that the guy was “in on it” is silly. You just wait until you have someone that is actively on the FBIs watch list actually try it. Then just let them get close enough to make the news.
Interesting. Definitely rings true with my hypothesis on this stuff though. I guess I’d say the taste difference is real. But, having traveled a lot I’d also say that if you “give it a shot” for a couple days your tastes adjust pretty quickly. It’s been my stubborn choice to not buy bottled water that taught me this.
Not to say that some countries may have worse regulations or focus on “more natural” taste priorities. That’s definitely true. But I wouldn’t let the worry of the water being “unsafe” exaggerate those natural feelings.
I’d be more concerned about some small city in America (Flint Michigan being our obvious newsworthy one) than any major city. Though Flint was unrelated to filtration standards and literally just a refusal to remove ancient lead pipe infrastructure.
Though I definitely do trust European standards and regulations more than an American. For the time being, our major cities are still running on proven standards for health and filtration though.
It feels like someone jumping between different accounts and getting confused or something. Really odd replies to my initial comment.
Interesting. Had to look this up. Apparently a lot of Europe uses small amounts of chlorine too in similar levels to America. But some countries like the Netherlands and Germany have alternatives that use Ozone. I could definitely understand this taste difference if you live in a country that doesn’t use it. Thanks for expanding my tap water knowledge.
For reference. The levels of chlorine added to tap in Europe (UK and others) or America are around 0.5 ppm. A swimming pool with chlorine would have 5.0 ppm. 10x seems actually lower than I would have thought. Especially given how much a swimming pool smells of it.
I lived a month in the Netherlands and never noticed a difference in taste personally. Drank tap a lot of the time.
I’d wonder if you’re from the Netherlands or Germany (or maybe a country that doesn’t add chlorine that I didn’t see listed).
Or maybe it’s used less for cleaning in Europe and your sensitivity to it is due to that. I’d be curious to know where you’re from.
Tap water is just dependent on the area you live in. You’re use to the tap water where you live and in similar regions. Whether you drink it or not you’re exposed to it every day. It’s normal.
When you travel. You’ll always have this reaction if you’re not use to it. It’s not unique the US and the tap water here is perfectly fine.
People in the US say the same thing about Europe. But I traveled all over Europe and the tap water is fine. It’s “weird” definitely but for the same reasons you think American tap is weird.
Having said that. Lake Tahoe in California is the top tier of tap water in America.
Rome and it’s public water fountains were my favorite in Europe. Really refreshing and cool water on ancient water infrastructure. Top tier for Europe.
Paying for everything with Visa/MasterCard is better? I feel like a lot of people’s issues with “privacy” around China are correct. But for some reason are ok with the same exact things in the US/West.
In the West we share literally all of the privacy concerns you mentioned above but instead of them being clearly outlined and regulated by our government; they are instead entirely controlled by private companies that use and sell the information for profit.
I guess it’s the illusion of privacy, or really the abstraction of it being violated, that makes people in the west feel like China is somehow doing something different. They aren’t, they are just upfront about their tracking and data collection.
In China they have CCTV. In the US we have Ring. Like, people literally put Ring cameras INSIDE there house willingly. It blows my mind. And the idea that in the US that it’s “decentralized” or “not available to the government” is a lie.
I guess my point is. You’re not wrong about the payment processing or the privacy concerns in China. But, you live with the same exact thing in the west every single day. Arguably worse because your data is being controlled by a CEO for profit and they’re selling that to anyone and everyone. On top of being given to your government.
Edit: I did agree with the concerns of the original comment over privacy in China. So, id really appreciate a response comment rather than a downvote only. My comment is meant to criticize the US/West (the system most people reading this live under). I wasn’t trying to justify China. I am a huge fan of China and it’s progress in many ways. At least in terms of learning from their success. But one major criticism I have of them is their level of surveillance and, what I see as now unnecessary, levels of control on speech related to government criticism. So, id ordinarily be a “look at their high speed rail” Andy on this topic. I am very critical of China when it comes to this specific issue; and see it as a major weakness for them that they need to address. But, since I live in the west. I want to make people aware that this issue also exists here. I am more critical of my own country because I live under it. And being distracted by China’s problems instead of our own is a major failure.
No, you’re right. It’s kind of flexible. Maybe I misunderstood the initial comment. I’ve heard people from outside the south use “bubba” as a way to refer to uneducated white southerners.
At least in Georgia. I never heard anyone use “Bubba” unless they were literally referring to someone by that name. I only have heard people from non southern states use it.
In the South, when someone is an idiot we don’t really have a name for them. You usually just add a “bless their heart” when referring to them.
Thomas, bless his heart, put his shoes on backwards this morning.
Yes. Your reply read like you were responding as the original commenter. Which was my misunderstanding originally.
It’s why I added the strike through to the comment after realizing. Long long before you replied.
Damn. You saw my comment too quickly. I misremembered my college math. Deleted after I realized the limit is 1 but 0/0 is undefined.
The limit doesn’t exist in the mean girls problem because the LH approach and the RH approach do not agree.
Just 0/0 is undefined.
But the limit of f(x) = x/x as x approaches 0 would be 1.
Meaning you can get infinitesimally close to 0 for values of x and the functions value will be 1. But actually reaching true 0/0 is an undefined state.
Thanks for all the help.
Sure. Definitely thought it was the original person. But the response is written like it is and definitely in defense of the original.
I mean you they literally said you they hope I get raided by ICE. Repeating what you they said is not a “Strawman”. You They cheered for fascist to come kill me because you they disagreed with my initial comment.
Yeah. That’s the huge red flag in this story to begin with. Nothing surgical would be done anywhere at that age. That’s not how transgender healthcare works.
Authorities did not specify if the man had intentionally sent the photo to authorities during their search or simply shared it online.
That means the cops got fooled by social media posts and are punishing some dude that was just trolling online.
Like, fuck AI shit, it’s annoying and this is one of the problems we see from it. But, it’s bull shit he gets arrested. Cops fucked up and didn’t verify the photo before literally sending out neighborhood warnings and entirely rerouting their search area. Yeah. That’s on the cops.
Photoshop has been around for decades. This isn’t a new AI issue. Not verifying the photo is dumb as fuck. They didn’t look for the source of the person that “took it” until after they realized they got fooled.
He didn’t report it to them as real. If he did they 100% would have said that.
I don’t know. I really don’t want an eggplant “going off” on my face again.
Liberals trying not to cheer for fascist to kill anyone to their left. It’s an impossible challenge it seems.
Well, our “left” party instead decided to call Bernie Sanders racist during the primaries and do everything they could, twice, to keep him from winning their primary. So, it’s not just racist voting for Trump that does this. The entire political establishment is absolutely terrified of an actual leftist running on the Democratic ticket for president.
Because once every 4 years when Americans actually pay attention to politics for a month or two, they would overwhelmingly vote for a leftist pushing progressive working class policies. No matter how “racist” they are. Racist in this country also have had someone they know experience crippling medical debt.
The 30% of this country that votes for racism and bigotry is the only group of people that actually see their policy positions get passed. The rest of us got garbage healthcare reform, more wars, more police state and surveillance, oh, and a genocide from the “not racist” party.
The racist bigots are the only ones with a lot of motivation to go to the polls. At least they get something for taking time off work to go vote.
Yeah. Sorry, I could have worded that better. This is literally what I meant. The guy was probably being monitored for a long time and was allowed to get as close as he did. Maybe a little closer since he literally ran like a bullet. Lol