Maybe its outdated. Worked really well in the 00s. Also though, I live in a seasonal town. So like 75% of houses were empty during the fall and winter, and wed do it then.
From what I understand, they've been using the 'normal' system for most legal things since the 60s, and that was just how they socially talked about age, until it was abandoned in 2023.
The old system also added a year on New years, not on your birthday. Meaning a baby born 2 days ago would be 2 years old if they were born on December 31. Apparently, laws do still keep that standard for some age based regulations, like school, drinking age, voting age, and draft. Which kind of makes sense; everyone born in X year gains those things at the same time. A less arbitrary cut off date for schools, no awkward math whe checking IDs, just born in '04, you're good.'
Still seems confusing having 3 ages in different contexts though.
Plants absorb that nuclear energy and whether we eat them, or eat animals that ate them, that is still energy from a nuclear source.
Some of those plants ended up rotting for millenia underground, and we dig that up, now in the form of coal, oil or natural gasses- then burn it...thats still just nuclear power.
Even the wind is nuclear power, as is its mostly caused by the uneven heating of the air by the sun, as the earth rotates, leading to the creation of higher and lower pressure areas.
The podcast (which was about solar energy- i work for a solar panel company, thats why it was on in the work van, lol) went on to say that logically, nuclear, solar, to an extent wind are therefore the best ways to 'generate/ harvest' power- everything else is just laundering nuclear energy through an inefficient, and usually destructive battery.
Funny enough, the first time I heard someone use ___porn IRL (outside of all the 90s surf/skate/ski videos i Grew up with which were always called a porn)
was a chef I used to work for, back in 2001-2, l woman in her 50s at the time. Who would refer to 'food porn all the time.'
'OH we need a new salad for the spring menu- "go look at that stack of food porn (industry magazines and Michelin restaurant cookbooks) for inspiration"
Or "make me one of the swordfish special, but do it up for some food porn"
I guess its one of those terms that I dont really think of as dirty, or professional inappropriate anymore.
All the 'bad' forks (Mostly ones that followed me home from the dining hall back in college) are banished to a cup in my house. They get used for not quite food tasks, like mashing up the cat's food.
Whoever is gayest could change from moment to moment as individual scores fluctuate. Or maybe you have to look at it as an average of all those cumulative scores. Rich had a fleeting moment of straightness, in an otherwise 100% gay life, that puts him a hair behind Stephan, whose gayness has been unwavering since birth.
More likely though, I think whether you look at the cumulative, or second to second, its a many way tie.
Maybe my understanding is too naive, but doesnt Israel make plenty of its own weapons, just not as 'smart?' Seems like limiting their access to US weaponry isnt going to curb their attacks, just make them even less discriminate.
This feels like the Kantian take on the trolley problem; 'doesnt matter that more people die if i dont pull the lever; my inaction means my hands are clean'
Maybe its outdated. Worked really well in the 00s. Also though, I live in a seasonal town. So like 75% of houses were empty during the fall and winter, and wed do it then.