volvoxvsmarla

volvoxvsmarla , 5 months ago to Memes in Got Promotion

Honestly this should be the norm everywhere.

volvoxvsmarla , 5 months ago to 196 in Y'all call it a restroom but I'm fighting for my fucking life in here.

Allergies cause inflammation, and repeated exposure to food allergens reduces your guts ability to absorb nutrients and can be very very dangerous.

I'd argue that's the best case scenario. Witnessing someone going into anaphylactic shock from eating something with honey is a whole different level of nightmare fuel.

Another thing to be aware of: there is lactose intolerance and milk allergy. I had a friend who constantly got served lactose free catering at conferences etc because he announced way beforehand that he has a milk allergy. He always felt like an asshole not eating the obviously milk protein containing foods that were prepared especially for him. But, like, when the alternative is going to the hospital, politeness won't be your choice.

volvoxvsmarla , 6 months ago to 196 in How did people took that toad seriously? Did they not know he had unnaturally small balls!?

Excellent.

I wasn't even sure what the message was, since the left picture looks so much worse to me, that I needed the comment to confirm. And I couldn't agree more. Stop equating looks with personality traits, success, implied actions.

volvoxvsmarla , 9 months ago to Memes in bit of a hot take

That's true, we need fossil fuels for so many things besides transportation. At the same time, we are simply running out of fossil fuels. Even if we ignore the impact on the environment completely, there will be a point in the not too distant future when there will simply be nothing left to pump.

So what I am wondering is, even if one thinks man made climate change is a hoax or something similar, shouldn't the first and foremost thing everyone agrees on be to still spare those scarce resources? For things we really ("really") need to make from oil?

The first thing that comes to mind (maybe since I work in the lab) is medical equipment. You don't really want to have to wash and reuse things like catheters, do you? I am not sure if bioplastics (i.e., still plastics, but made from plants) would be an alternative here once we run out but I sincerely hope so.

Prices will go up, in any case, and it will be a painful transistion. But now we are at a somewhat luxurious point where we can still make this transistion somewhat controlled and "smoothly". If we continue to treat oil as a never ending resource and then do a surprised pikachu face once there is nothing left this will be much much worse, won't they?