(August 10, 2022 at 9:16 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Taking too much caffeine (more than 400 mg) can cause issues in perfectly healthy people.  Prescription medications will only compound the problem; it is probably impossible to model or predict some of the chemical reactions (especially, side reactions) that could take place.

Some people die of anaphylactic shock if they eat peanut butter. Humans have a vast array of complicated chemical reactions, many which are not shared from one person to the next. There may be a day when the genome is completely mapped, and every chemical that a person may be exposed to is correlated with said chemical's effects. Not happening anytime soon, methinks. And then we'd all have to trudge through the documentation to figure out what will or won't kill us, and whether it'll be fast or slow. Given the penchant for people to watch the lunacy on tictoc, I don't hold out a lot of hope.

(August 10, 2022 at 10:23 pm)Fireball Wrote: Given the penchant for people to watch the lunacy on tictoc......

I gave the platform a good minute of my time, but it's just not for me.

I haven't watched a lot of it. One thing I recall, someone was pushing some sort of plastic gizmo to use in the clothes dryer to soften clothes, instead of using dryer sheets (like "Bounce"). Neglecting any potential harmful effect from the chemicals in those sheets, the claim was made that those chemicals "clog the screen" in the dryer. That's, prima facie, absurd. No air would flow through the screen, and the clothes wouldn't be dried, if it was clogged.

(August 10, 2022 at 11:16 pm)Fireball Wrote: I haven't watched a lot of it. One thing I recall, someone was pushing some sort of plastic gizmo to use in the clothes dryer to soften clothes, instead of using dryer sheets (like "Bounce"). Neglecting any potential harmful effect from the chemicals in those sheets, the claim was made that those chemicals "clog the screen" in the dryer. That's, prima facie, absurd. No air would flow through the screen, and the clothes wouldn't be dried, if it was clogged.

If anything was to interest me, it would be this.

5.  Forms of logical statements.

4.  A list of informal fallacies.

3.  Working knowledge of mechanical systems, such as vehicles, home appliances, and hvac.

2.  Electrical power and control systems, as aided by 5, 4, and 3.

1.  Green means go, motherfucker.  What's your damn deal?

(August 10, 2022 at 11:23 pm)Ranjr Wrote: 1.  Green means go, motherfucker.  What's your damn deal?

Except when there's no "left-turn only lane" and you're stuck behind a vehicle waiting for the other lane to clear in order to make that turn just so you can go forward through that green light.

If you have ever had gold shots for arthritis you cannot have cosmetic laser surgery because your skin will turn blue.

(August 10, 2022 at 11:23 pm)Ranjr Wrote: 5.  Forms of logical statements.

4.  A list of informal fallacies.

3.  Working knowledge of mechanical systems, such as vehicles, home appliances, and hvac.

2.  Electrical power and control systems, as aided by 5, 4, and 3.

1.  Green means go, motherfucker.  What's your damn deal?

Good to see you again...

I would like to go with the #1 theme a bit...turn signals are free and are in all cars...use them.

(btw You may be angry enough to drive in Dallas.)

(August 11, 2022 at 6:36 am)arewethereyet Wrote: (btw You may be angry enough to drive in Dallas.)

It's those damn, godless liberals. If they knew the peace that only Jesus could give them, they would not drive the way that they do.

That hurling is the greatest sport.