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In 2014, four tenants refused to move out of their homes when developers wanted to create one of the most exclusive residences in Manhattan. Eventually, they all received huge payouts. The last tenant was so savvy and stubborn he received $17 million, plus use of a $2 million residence for life.
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Candles have “memories”– if candles are not allowed to burn long enough to reach the edge of their container, it creates a “memory ring” and the candle will never melt past that point creating a tunneling effect.
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Judge Judy earns $47 MILLION a year for taping ‘Judge Judy.’ In an interview she said that every 3 years she would present her salary request to the CBS TV Distribution President. Once, when he gave her a counter offer in an envelope, she refused to open it saying “This isn’t a negotiation.”
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Iceland has largest banana plantation in Europe. They use geothermal energy to heat greenhouses, allowing for the production of tropical fruits like banananas.
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I’m not personally into gaming, but I have some friends who definitely are, and I will admit that the ones who do it spend A TON OF TIME playing video games.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I guess it depends on the person. To me, it doesn’t sound very appealing, but I guess it’s a lot better than some of the other things men could be doing in their spare time…
So, is it bad for men to focus on video games and hobbies instead of “traditional” things like relationships, marriage, and families?
Here’s what AskReddit users had to say about this.
“There are a lot of whiny articles recently about how men don’t go to university at the same rate as young women, don’t work as many hours as they used to, and in general participate less in society and rather play video games or something.
This naturally comes at the expense of traditional life attainments such as working yourself to death, having an insanely expensive wedding, and being the sole provider for a family that will eventually kick you out.
If you read through these articles, you will find that the theme is men bad because they refuse to play the social role written for them. It’s mostly from the perspective of how this creates problems for women in the long run, but still that’s the core of it.
Contrary to what these journalists would have you believe, I think these young men are acting completely rationally when opting out of this life script. There just aren’t enough incentives to play this role, it is too risky and too exhausting, and I can personally see how one would derive way more satisfaction from hanging out with ones mates, playing video games, or being in a band. Young men don’t owe society anything.
We should just live and let live, and let people enjoy their lives in the way they want to, instead of judging them.”
“As a young white man who did want all those neat lil’ things like marriage, family, house and all that jazz, I’ve found the reward not worth the effort.
The cost of living is just too damn high. If I did get the family and the house, I’d never see them since I’d be working all the time to ‘provide’…
What’s the point in taking on all that responsibility just work myself to death and not even be around?
I never see my brothers or friends with families anymore… and their families dont see them either.”
“It was practically always like this for men, only before the modern age men didn’t have a choice.
There was nothing else besides the only possible life plan of starting to work hard while you were still a kid and keep doing it until you died, spending more time on work than on your loved ones – spending more time on work FOR your loved ones. (Feminists call this “privilege” and think women were oppressed by them not being forced into this role.)
If you think about it men sacrificed their dreams, aspirations, their health and their lives for their families, and all they got in return was …their families, and some respect.
Modern ideologies demolished that all and when they still expect men to work like oxen they offer literally nothing in return, just shame and ridicule and hostility.”
“I’m Gen X, divorced with kid, ok 9-5 job, rent small apartment in a big city and I’m perfectly content playing video games nights and weekends.
I don’t desire to do anything (or anyone…) else. I’m also happier now with no responsibilities to be a husband and help maintain a household. Plus, my kid is now old enough to play video games with me.
We have a lot of fun together that way. Life is good, no complaints.”
“Whether you’ve been married or not, if you work a steady job and support yourself, you’re entitled to do whatever you like. If that means chilling out at home in your own free time playing video games, then so be it.
I have a steady partner, no kids (just 2 cats). We both work and split everything 50/50. In our free time, we’re chilling, playing games, doing whatever we fancy.
As far as I’m concerned we’ve got it good. Neither of us wants kids either.”
“Also Gen X. Also a gamer. Single & never married. No kids.
I’m making pretty good money now but I’m in this weird place. The responsible thing is to never spend money and prepare for retirement. I don’t really like working nor do I feel any sense of accomplishment from it. Sometimes I’ve had a community/tribe from work that was valuable to me but I haven’t had that in a decade.
I have two options; I can retire now and live as frugally as I have up to this point for the rest of my life or I can stay on this treadmill for another 20 years and retire to umm… no clue what. I’ve defined my life by living frugally and I’m not sure I’d know what to do with ‘all that money’.
I don’t like old people in general and all the opportunities to settle down and have a family are now long gone. I squandered my youth under same jaded theory that bettering myself would be some magic bullet to avoid dying alone. Now I’ve bettered myself and I have money.
I spent my whole life trying to avoid being a stereotype and now I’m a creepy old man stereotype. Maybe I’ll be part of the coming ‘Creepy Old Gamer’ stereotype in a year or two.”
“It’s strange how everyone is obsessed with policing what men do on their spare time.
I want to stay in (especially in winter), play some games, and save money (because bills and mortgage).
Other people stay in and watch their Netflix, reality tv, gossip tv, news, sports… but somehow my gaming is an issue?”
“It’s so strange how some of the same media outlets that encourage women to “break social norms” and to go against society to be who they want to be, are now criticizing men for doing just that.
I’m not going to take either side here on whether social norms are good to follow or not, but at least be consistent with whichever viewpoint you take.”
“Well, Japan has a lot of this going on and they are practically losing an entire generation of self-imposed monks.
This isn’t boding well for Japan as a whole.”
“The last girl I went on a date with explained to me that she’s been on 55 first dates in six months!!
Here’s the thing… I am financially, emotionally, and otherwise stable. I have everything a woman would want in a life partner. I am in shape, I work hard and make a lot of money, I have hobbies that I’ve turned into effective side hustles, I travel and socialize, I would say I’m at least an 8 to 9 in attractiveness, and so on.
She wasn’t having it though… Like what does this woman expect in men that she can’t find a partner in 56 opportunities? I think this is a big issue, because it shows to me that woman’s expectations are getting absolutely bat sh*t crazy.
As a business man, I look at the value proposition and the risk/reward in committing to these expectations and it has turned me into a player, that runs through women like they are candy. If I live on never married but have the opportunity to have s*x with who I please, I would be completely content with myself.”
“Yeah i live that way because of a series of crippling mental problems but i know a load of people from college both men and women who do it completely by choice since they just don’t see the value in running the rat race like their parents did.
If you can live a happy life doing the bare minimum you need to do to keep yourself fed, sheltered, and happy then more power to you.”
“30 year old chick here, my life is work, gaming, gym and motorsport. I’ve had my tubes tied and can’t ever see myself getting married because screw that level of stress and responsibility.
Most of my friends are single guys basically living the same lifestyle and I can totally see why it’s so appealing. A few of them would love to settle down and have kids but chicks aren’t interested because of their lifestyles, which makes me laugh as most of these chicks don’t want to be stay at home mums and give up their careers.
You’d think a chill guy that would be happy taking care of the house and kids would be perfect for them.”
“It’s interesting that when men start to uphold some self-respect and not compromise their standards we’re called commitment-phobic.
I see this a lot with my female friends in that 28-35 age range who continuously complain about men not wanting to “stick it out” with them or are “intimidated” by their confidence but in reality they still expect the men they date to tolerate behaviors and attitudes that men would tolerate when they were in their early to mid 20s.
They’ve made little to no evolution in their character and still subscribe to an immature doctrine of how men should just tolerate and condone their behaviors just because “that’s what men do” and fail to realize the hypocrisy in such a misandrist take.
Add to the fact that men are becoming more accustomed to having our grievances ignored and unsupported by the opposite s*x and society as a whole, we’ve been able to find peace and happiness in our solitude and in things that provide us the happiness we don’t receive and get from the opposite s*x.
Recently a woman who I had been sleeping with for a couple months asked me to date her and I told her I prefer we stay friends. She insisted I tell her why, why I would turn down such an opportunity – “I mean I’d date me” were her words.
I finally caved and told her I’m turned off by the fact she sh*ts on men on a weekly basis on her IG story and having such a bias and negative attitude toward my gender is not the type of thing I want to endorse in a potential partner.
I even asked if she would ever be interested in dating a man who spoke negatively about women on a weekly basis and she said, I sh*t you not, “No but that’s different cause what I say about guys is true”.
And this woman isn’t an outlier to the issue, these type of women are rampant in the dating pool and they are very good at grabbing the attention of men because they can present themselves initially as interesting, intelligent, and open-minded but they turn out to be one-dimensional, ignorant, and arrogant. I blame Amber Rose.”
Okay, now we want to hear from you.
What do you think of this issue?
Sound off in the comments and tell us what you think. Thank you!
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Whenever the word “nuclear” is mentioned, some people seem to get nervous because of the negative connotation it has.
But maybe nuclear energy is the ideal component we need moving forward when it comes to concerns about the environment?
I really don’t know much of anything about this subject, so I’m gonna leave it to the folks on AskReddit to debate this one for me.
Let’s take a look at what they had to say about it.
“The amount of long term waste with solar and wind is undeniably higher than with nuclear energy. Nuclear power plants in America that are not on fault lines are safe and are designed to be impossible to melt down (really).
A decentralized power system will always be more expensive than a centralized one, and we have the ability to make our grid carbon neutral in a matter of years. What are the downsides?
Why are politicians ignoring this obvious option. I’m not even talking fusion, just fission.”
“Of course people don’t talk about it, they hear the word nuclear and they think of Hiroshima, Chernobyl, Nagasaki.
The idea of nuclear energy has been pushed to be something feared.”
“This gets me f*cking mad.
Chernobyl was an incredibly outdated reactor already at the time it exploded, there was a human and structural mistake and were talking about a time when you were allowed to smoke inside f*cking hospitals, let’s be honest it would never happen again.
And Fukushima just makes me laugh cause it was literally caused by a freaking tsunami.”
“You can compare it with air traffic: Aeroplanes are statistically the safest method of traveling, but when something goes wrong there are hundreds of dead people, so we perceive it as dangerous, altough it is actually the safest way of travelling.
The same goes for nuclear energy: It is the safest and most efficient way to produce energy, even when you include (very rare) terrible cases such as Chernobyl and Fukushima.”
“It’s all about energy capacity per acre of land. I heard a Ted Talk and the scientist was saying that to have the UK use only solar, it would require about 1/3 of the land to be covered in solar cells.
Plus, the solar system installed in the Mojave Desert which impact the Desert Tortoise habitat. Wind farms actually ensnare bats, birds, etc. Both however, only work on small portions of land (where the sun shines or the wind blows), but even these power sources are subject to mother nature.
Nuclear on the other hand is incredibly energy dense per acre. If we had invested in nuclear years ago, we would be on generation 250. Also, nuclear energy only produces steam. And finally, we have the land use available to store nuclear energy should we finally get a national plan on how to deal with it.
Again, it’s what options do you have today to solve climate change – warts and all?
Nuclear is the best.”
“People are too afraid that a nuclear bomb will go off or something, which can’t possibly happen at a power plant.
Fission and fusion are the only renewables energy types we should even bother pursuing.”
“The 1980s scared people away, once the majority of people who remember those times are dead, nuclear will be easier to push.
Nuclear being bad was the truth for them, people don’t like when you questions something they’ve fundamentally believed for decades, they will just push the discussion away.
Politicians ain’t discussing nuclear because they know this.”
“Nuclear plants in their traditional forms have numerous technical issues that can end up prematurely shuttering the plant. Graphic cracking for example.
There’s no denying that nuclear energy is great for base load generation normally provided by thermal fossil fuel generators but the cost of building nukes in their most updated and safe hi-tech forms is enormous compared to adding renewable capacity and using hydro storage or battery with renewables!
Obviously not every energy system is the same but in modern economies by the time FF thermal generation shifts off we could engineer completely renewable systems!”
“Chernobyl kinda put a stick in it. However it was because of faulty construction.
Nuclear energy provides constant, clean and efficient energy. If you want green energy, go Nuclear.
Today’s process is much safer with more knowledge and understanding in past mistakes. It is the best way to go forward. It’s because of either misinformation, fear and the general media/public view on it.”
“Yes nuclear has it’s benefits and fission is simple enough that I understood it when I was 10. And safety management is done very well, using the same principles as with aviation.
But the downsides to the rare but certain f*ck ups are so serious that they change nations and the planet. And we still don’t know the long term effects of all the strontium and other fall out chemicals we all carry around in us, along with every other mammal.
Are you are aware that our governments lied their rectums off about this, ruining lives and careers? And still are? That doesn’t necessarily negate the possibility but reasonable people hesitate in the face of interest-groups-fueled government f*ckery.
Your statement about centralized vs decentralized power systems is bold.
And the long term waste – what are you talking about? And the energy involved in the entirety of each cycle (and hence, the total cost) … are you are aware of how they compare?
Ultimately we need new and better nuclear power options in general and the ultimate aim is to get to a position of having endless energy available that is cheaper than water. Development depends on it. And the trick will be creating power cycles that remove the additional carbon and other compounds from the system over time.”
“The future of the energy industry is not nuclear.
I’ve spent my career so far building and running electricity companies, and there are a few simple facts that have become apparent:
In modern, deregulated electricity industries, off-grid low voltage generation (think household solar panels) is rapidly reaching cost/performance parity with on-grid power. Investment in storage-based supply in batteries (as opposed to peak generation such as fossil fuel) is f*cking massive – renewables and batteries are projected to take 80% of the $15.1 trillion forecast investment in new power generation.
We will reach a tipping point in about 2035 where transporting electricity (colossal steel pylons and cables across countries) is more expensive than generating it and storing it close to the consumer What this means: Tomorrow’s electricity grids are distributed, made of many small nodes of generation and consumption, and not made of giant power plants with long inefficient transmission lines.
Today’s solar and wind plants can be spun up to utility scale in under a year. A nuclear plant has historically taken over 8 years to build and cost massive up-front capital. Nuclear plants are also designed to have operating lifetimes of 60+ years. Investing in nuclear is not only making a bet that nuclear will stay at the top of the price/kWh curve, but also that it will be there in a decade’s time and then stay there for half a century.
What this means: Nuclear is not only a losing bet based on current economic forecasts, but it’s an absolutely colossal bet that ties you down for 70 years whether you win or lose.
Pro-nuclear research is tainted by pro-nuclear lobbies and governments. Schrader-Frechette found that the majority of research that has pro-nuclear conclusions is funded by parties with conflicts of interest.
Fossil fuels are dying anyway (never fast enough, sadly), so the true question is not if we go renewable but which renewable to take, and it seems we can’t take for granted that pro-nuclear attitudes are based in unbiased critical thought. What this means: It may not even be true that nuclear energy is a good option – nevermind the best option – if we cannot trust the research.
Now, this sucks for me. I’m a huge physics fanboy, and thorium reactors and fission are absolutely my favourite ideas for future energy production. I’m attracted to space-age nuclear ideals at a very emotional level – I know how it feels – but the facts just aren’t panning out that way.
In the end, it’s not true that politicians are ignoring the “obvious” nuclear option. This is a very serious issue that very, very many of the worlds smartest are working on, and the sensible option is already the one we’re taking.
Turns out scientists are largely pretty good at what they do. Who’d have thought?”
“The fossil feul industry obviously has a vested interest to keep people fearful of nuclear. They’ll spend lots of money on add campaigns covered with nuclear bomb explosions and zero facts.
I read recently that nuclear deaths per year is even less than some other green energies, wind iirc and that has to be a wake up call for those that are fearful. As for fossil fuel, its a no contest in comparison.
Fossil fuel has powerful lobbies, powerful corps and the republican party receives about 90% of their donations or something.”
What do you think about this?
Is nuclear energy the way to go for the good of our environment?
Talk to us in the comments and share your thoughts. Thanks!
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Are you ready for another dose of weird science? Doctors at the Netherlands Center have accidentally discovered another organ inside the human head.
As it turns out, this new organ happens to be another set of the many glands that help secrete who-knows-what throughout our bodies.
Image Credit: Valstar, et al., Radiotherapy and Oncology
While conducting research on patients with head and neck cancer, oncologists in the Netherlands noticed something strange.
Using positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans, a new type of diagnostic imaging, doctors noticed two areas of the brain unexpectedly light up.
Image Credit: Valstar, et al., Radiotherapy and Oncology
This came across as quite the surprise. So, these scientists did what scientists do best; they investigated even more.
The new findings were not an anomaly. As it turns out, all 100 of the patients scanned displayed the same results.
Image Credit: Valstar, et al., Radiotherapy and Oncology
Researchers suspected that this new organ was a set of salivary glands – yet another addition to the three pairs we already have in our heads.
To confirm their discovery, scientists cross-analyzed their findings with Amsterdam UMC.
There, doctors searched cadavers (yep, dead people!) and found the same mysterious new glands.
Image Credit: Valstar, et al., Radiotherapy and Oncology
This new organ, dubbed the tubarial glands, is a critical discovery for those in the oncological field. Glands can be seriously affected by radiation, so knowing where they are is essential when creating a treatment plan.
Damaging the glands during radiation can have serious effects on a person’s quality of life. Complications from radiation can include trouble swallowing, speaking, and eating.
It’s possible that doctors were unintentionally causing these glands harm before their discovery. So, this is a huge step towards creating more effective treatment.
Here’s a video about the new glands!
What’s your take on these new glands in your head? Are you totally disgusted or relatively unbothered?
Let us know in the comments!
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It’s not every day you see this kind of artwork.
But that’s what makes an artist named Nikita Golubev so unique. Golubev lives in Russia and when he sees a car or a truck covered in dirt and mud, he sees a blank canvass on which he can share his drawings with anyone who happens to be in the area…and for those of us who follow his Instagram page.
Golubev says, “I just wanted to start up something new, to work fast on big surfaces. And dirty trucks helped me with that. It became some kind of giant sketchbook, which I share with people.”
And we’re sure happy that he does share it! Let’s take a look at his work.
I thought so!
I, for one, can’t wait for summer…
You don’t want to get pinched, do you?
Sort of creepy, don’t you think?
Who will come out on top?
And a little bit creepy.
Send some of those thoughts our way!
A nice break from the workday.
Just make sure to come back…
Let’s have a safe and happy 2021.
You gotta catch that truck if you want your phone back!
Very cool!
Okay, now we want to hear from all the readers out there.
Do you have any talented artists that you like to follow on Instagram or Twitter?
If so, please tell us about them in the comments and share some links with us.
Thanks a lot!
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Think back to when you were just a little kid…
If you can remember, you probably recall that you thought about AND believed all kinds of weird stuff. Don’t try to deny it!
What strange things do you believe when you were a kid?
Let’s see what people had to say about this.
Or else…
That touching a ladybug would kill you because they have spots like poisonous frogs
— Tau Zaman (@TauZaman) December 20, 2020
I would be a giant by now.
I thought whenever you had the hiccups it meant you were growing
— Yolanda Perez
(@Yap617) December 20, 2020
That is bad news…
I thought you had to get braces to be a teenager and burst into tears when told I didn’t need them. Also that if you shuffled cards an even number of times they would go back in order. Only an odd number of times mixed them up.
— All the Rage (@ALLtheRAGE_dc) December 20, 2020
Never skip it!
The crust of bread had all the vitamins in it so I had to eat it. I was 49 years old when it dawned on me that it was all the same. I’m not proud of this
— Susan Fair (@sfairpa) December 20, 2020
It could go any way!
I thought when a mom had a baby it’s race would be a surprise because my grandparents had adopted my aunt who was Apache. When I told my mom I hoped my new brother or sister was going to be black she told me my dad wouldn’t like that.
— Timmy Hoover
(@Timmyhoover) December 20, 2020
Now I want one of these.
I thought restrooms were fully for napping. Like, before kindergarten, I thought there was a giant-ass room with mats or some shit, and that’s where everyone went to rest. Let me tell you how confused I was day 1, surrounded by 5 year olds pissing in the nap room.
— Nicholas L. Hall (@nhallfreelance) December 20, 2020
Oh, wait…never mind.
I thought the song “white Christmas” was racist and thought it was weird the song was still played in stores. I thought it was referring to people not snow
— Scott (@ParsimoniousWiz) December 20, 2020
I don’t think I could pull that off.
I thought that if you wanted to go kayaking, you had to be in the splits the whole time, Barbie style.
pic.twitter.com/qPGy04cx9a
— Alexis Sheridan (@alexisroyston) December 20, 2020
That’s a big boat.
I thought god was a talking cloud (because everyone always looked up while praying) and that the world was one massive boat because the clouds were always moving??
— humperdink (@waasabaay) December 20, 2020
Kids sure do think funny, huh?
i thought that when you checked your luggage and put it on the conveyer belt at the airport you were sending your suitcase on an underground conveyer belt that sped your luggage to the next state you were going to
— caroline (@nar_tohumlar) December 20, 2020
Well, isn’t that adorable?!?!
I thought there was a little old woman that lived in the toaster to cook the bread. Once when i was making toast and it popped up too dark, I sent it back down to her to fix it. When it came up burnt, I cried to my mom that the little old lady didn’t cook it right.
— TK (@fullyfaceted) December 20, 2020
What’s gonna happen to them?!?!
I went to Catholic kindergarten, and one day I heard one of the supervisors tell another how one of the priests was very holy, and I was worried because I thought they meant holey like Swiss cheese and he was going to die. I was about 3 or 4.
— Alison Sampson (@alis_samp) December 20, 2020
I really like the one about the sting rays.
3 things
1. Sting rays lived in space.
2. Thunder was caused by clouds bumping into each other.
3. Harvest moons happened when wheat was being harvested on the moon.— Lavender (@LavenderKidd) December 20, 2020
Now we want to hear from you.
Yeah, you!
In the comments, tell us about the strange things that you believed when you were a kid. Thanks in advance!
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YOU HAD ONE FREAKIN’ JOB!!
And…it looks like you blew it. Yes, I’m speaking to the people who are responsible for the work fails that you’re about to see, but I’m also looking at YOU, buddy.
We might not know each other personally, but I have a feeling that you’ve messed up royally at your job lately and you need to be scolded…
So, just keep that in mind…and know that I’ll be watching…
And, with that, it’s time to enjoy epic work fails by other people!
Oh, boy, this is not good.
Not sure if intentional or oblivious, but this architect did a crappy job. from onejob
But the pizza joint is missing a cutter…
I guess they decided to include the cutter as a premium topping from onejob
Nice work on this one!
What do you have to say about this?
Does anyone have suggestions?
They’re eating people!
I’m guessing NO.
You know what, I’m really not sure…
It has no expiration date!
What a deal!
Also, this is false advertising.
Now, how does that work…?
hAppY BiRthDay COlleEN (from a professional bakery) from onejob
Okay, it’s confession time…
What’s the biggest fail you’ve ever been guilty of at work?
Talk to us in the comments and SPILL YOUR GUTS. Thanks in advance!
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