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  • I tried doing things like that and found it unnecessarily risky, particularly when an Aeropress avoids the problem entirely.

    To be fair, you can make a big mess with the Aeropress while you push down on the plunger, so maybe I shouldn't praise its safety either.

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    Moka Pot or AeroPress
  • I wish I had bought an Aeropress at first and never bought anything else. It's a fast and forgiving way of making yummy coffee ranging anywhere from moka-level strength down to drip level strength. It is trivially easy to clean, too.

    Something I love about it is that you can start the kettle and while that's happening you can grind the coffee and get the Aeropress ready, which saves time. With a moka pot you are forced to do the coffee grinding and the water boiling in strict sequence, which unnecessarily increases the time from "I want a cuppa" to "This is delicious!".

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    Polarised Spain eyes the hard-right ahead of election
  • I am not absolving people. I am describing a behavioral pattern that has remained for decades, if not longer. If anything, it's a cautionary tale.

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    'Should I even be having children?' Eco-anxiety fueled by summer of adverse weather
  • Yes, things are tough now. Climate change is a very serious challenge ahead. I vote Green, ride a bike, etc.

    All that being said, I'm probably older than most of you. I grew up during the cold war, when we sincerely believed we were at the brink of nuclear annihilation.

    It didn't happen.

    I will spare you the countless doomsday headlines I've read in the news over the years. The hole in the ozone layer, the wars, the genocides, the natural disasters, the political churn.

    The details don't matter. We were truly terrified of the future, just like you are. Yet, the immense majority of the fears we had did not materialize, either because we took action to prevent them or because they had been overblown. We also faced some challenges that the news didn't warn us about.

    We prevail, like we have always done. People are much more resilient than they imagine. You can handle it and so can your children, and your children's children. Living in fear doesn't solve the problem, so why do it?

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    Polarised Spain eyes the hard-right ahead of election
  • I understand Martin Luther King's quote in its context, but I fail to see the parallel to the situation at hand. Can you elaborate?

    How are "white moderates" who tolerated racial injustice similar to moderate parties who suffer electoral losses to far right populist parties? I'm honestly not seeing how the situation is analogous.

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    How Black-led groups quickly moved more than 200 asylum seekers off a Toronto street to shelter
  • "How White-led groups quicky moved more than 200 asylum seekers off a Toronto street to shelter" would be gross and weird, and so is this. Good for them to help out people in need and yikes on the journalist who wrote that headline.

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    Women in India set fire to house of Manipur assault main suspect
  • There can be no peaceful outcome without the threat of force if demands are not met

    History proves you wrong, though. Civil disobedience has worked in the past; it will work in the future. Violence and the threat of violence feeds a vicious circle where nobody wins.

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    Polarised Spain eyes the hard-right ahead of election
  • When the middle class struggles, they eventually embrace anybody who promises a break from the status quo.

    Moderate parties need to ask themselves what have they done so poorly that these extremists are now becoming popular. We've seen these sort of authoritarian far-right movements across the globe and I'm not seeing moderates offer a great answer.

    Personally, I would rather see a shift towards a sustainable future where the necessities of life, such as food, housing, education, health care and public transit were enshrined.

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    Dash cam captures cyclist getting run over by car on Yonge Street
  • Everybody understands that a person on a bike is in a very vulnerable situation. 99% of drivers respond to that by being considerate, while the remaining 1% take advantage of that power differential to bully their neighbours.

    I don't have a silver bullet solution, but there are many things we could do to help. Personally, I would start by providing a better cycling experience around schools, which can be done with inexpensive traffic calming measures such as in-street crosswalk signs, raised crosswalks, etc. Traffic calming protects all children, including those who walk and bike to school, and people who grow up riding bicycles are going to be more considerate to cyclists when they drive a car.

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    'The ticket was for almost $600’: Electric unicyclists demand change to B.C. road rules
  • In the absence of evidence to the contrary, presumption of fault should always be on the motorized vehicle first, and then on the heaviest vehicle otherwise. Trucks > Cars > Motorbikes > E-Bikes > Bicycles > Pedestrians.

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    Got tipping rage? This barista reveals what it's like to be behind the tip screen
  • > throw in some single-payer, universal healthcare

    When you do that, don't forget to include coverage for the stuff around your head: dental care, eyeglasses and mental health. Many countries forgot to include coverage for these things and it is a shitshow.

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    I laugh at the Ford every time I see it. Today i got at chance to park next to it and the the size difference is comically large.
  • Can we stop humiliating men for having small dicks? Penis size is something people don't choose and can't change, like their skin color or their sexual orientation.

    Those trying to project a "tough guy" appearance are deeply insecure. They have this idea that if they show vulnerability then other people will think less of them and they will be victimized. People don't learn this sort of coping behavior when they are raised in a loving nurturing environment.

    They don't have small dicks. They are scared.

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    Bank of Canada raises its interest rate to 5%
  • I don't know who is downvoting you because you are completely right.

    At the same time, I am delighted at the idea of a bunch of speculators being stressed out and losing a ton of the money they obtained while making housing unaffordable for everybody else.

    Housing can be affordable or it can be a good investment. It can't be both, and it is time it starts being the former.

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    Bank of Canada raises its interest rate to 5%
  • If my family of four can live cramped inside a one bedroom apartment for years, then overleveraged folks can downsize from the large houses they bought during the pandemic. And, if nothing else, it will feel a little like justice.

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