'Get It Done'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Speaking of science--one of my friends (who is very into the local food, social-justice-food, etc movement) posted a link today about how Splenda is EEEEVIL, because they chlorinate the sugar, and CHLORINE is used in things like bleach and chlorine gas!!
...I have no trouble believing that making a magic calorie-less sugar molecule is not probably the best idea for our bodies, but...anyone have a better comeback than "SALT is NaCl and it's ...only killing people who eat too much of it!"???
Chlorine is used in our pools! Will no one think of the children?
Also, ask her if she agrees dihydrogen monoxide should be banned.
Chlorine is in hydrochloric acid, which is in our stomachs.
ION, I want this watch: Belt-driven Devon Tread watches
New in the Watchismo Vault collection, the $17,500 Devon Tread watches, which use a cunning system of belts and optical sensors to keep and display the time. No, I don't have $17.5K to drop on something like this, but if you asked me to imagine what a $17.5K watch should look like, it would be something much like this: "The exposed movement is a mesmerizing display of the patented interwoven system of conveyor belts. This series of belts includes critical elements that allow the optical recognition system to know every belt position at all times."
Chlorine saves us from getting awful diseases from tap water. It's not entirely benign, but way better than typhoid fever, E coli, cholera and dysentery.
I stopped making the bed some decades ago.
Wrod. I shouldn't blame my lack of bed-making on Hubby and the cat. They're just convenient. And cute.
It's not entirely benign, but way better than typhoid fever, E coli, cholera and dysentery.
But those are natural!
Also, ask her if she agrees dihydrogen monoxide should be banned.
That's my favorite.
I love the unnatural modern world.
Sugar processing is pretty scary, too. I took the train that goes past the C+H plant yesterday, and there's a big tank of sulfuric acid right there (and something else fairly frightening and not what I associate with sugar but not, I guess, as memorable). Which is maybe not a strong argument, but I keep chlorine bleach in the house and I wouldn't want sulfuric acid lying around. Which almost makes some kind of point?