We really are stupid, the whole lot of us. Even the smart ones are dumb as rocks. Specifically coal rocks because we’re too damned stupid to stop poisoning our air. Lol.

I’m an American, was born here and lived here all my life, and lemme tell ya I am a goddamned introvert as all hell. Lol.

Lol, that is funny. xD

Thanks so much for the suggestions!

Unfortunately, as much as I’d love to try out Yorkshire Tea (I’ve heard they’re amazing), they don’t ship internationally, so as I live in the USA, I don’t think that’s an option for me. :C

To be fair, although admittedly a nitpick, I will say I never said that the caffeine dehydrated you, just that the teas and tisanes do, the latter of which may or may not have caffeine.

That being said, I looked it up and yeah you’re right. The evidence does seem to demonstrate that the diuretic effect of the caffeine in teas not substantial enough to really affect hydration levels.

However, it does lead me to wonder why my body seems to dehydrate if I drink more 2 cups of tea in a day. Like, it doesn’t cause me to pee more (at least not more than an equivalent amount of straight water would cause me to pee); my body just dries out.

As an American who wasn’t ever raised on tea of any kind (and I don’t like coffee) but is starting to really learn to love teas and tasanes (I’m open to suggestions, by the way!), I have to ask: how the hell do you manage to drink 8–10 cups per day without dying of dehydration? If I drink more than 3 cups a day I start to really feel dried out!

I have not once in my entire life heard anyone say it like that. Where are you from? Maybe it’s a regional thing…

sen-tar

“sen-” like “cent” (like 25 cents), and “-tar” like “a tar pit”

......Okay, I’m gonna be honest. I don’t know how to respond to this.

Jesus, 12+ hours a day… That is not healthy.

I hope he’s doing okay…

Wow, fuck that other person. I can’t believe someone could be so heartless as to not only root for someone to kill themselves, but to vocally express a desire to watch it happen.

Oof.

Yep, they’re a goner.

Rip the homey.

I think this example just confused me honestly. Sorry.

Put another way, though, is it basically like a sock being pushed so far inward that it goes inside-out and gets bigger again?

Ohhh you know that makes sense. So, basically, what you’re saying is this?

[Files] = [Files]

[Compressed Archive] = [Files] + [Archive Metadata]

Why does it get bigger? I’ve wondered that for a while now.

I would think that compressing something that’s already compressed would still compress it further but at diminishing returns.

the one thing that the wealthy do understand is class solidarity

Seems we in the working class should learn something from them. Too often we fight amongst ourselves (by design!) when we should be going after the rich.

6. Profit?

This is why I still use a card instead of those newfangled “phone wallets”. If I go on PayPal or my bank website, I do so through my browser. (and log out when I’m done—that’s most important!)

Pshh, hardly.

Make no mistake: things can always get worse.

They cancel each other out, collapse into a black hole, and rip apart the Universe. /j