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ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.works · 2 months ago

I uninstalled Duolingo the day they started offering to restore your streak for money.

ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.works · 3 months ago

Star Trek VI captured a very specific moment in time in the real world. It’s a direct allegory for the end of the cold war, with all the mistrust and hope that came along with that. People usually rank it below IV and II but there’s a big gap between the top 3 and the rest.

ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 4 months ago

Fires the entire R&D department Changes the company slogan to “Innovate”

ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.works · 4 months ago

The seasoning on cast iron is polymerized oil and it’s chemically bonded to the iron. You’re only really going to be removing the seasoning if you’re using abrasives or scrubbing too hard with steel wool or something like that.

https://www.seriouseats.com/the-truth-about-cast-iron#toc-myth-4-dont-scrub-with-soap

Any loose bits of black gunk that are coming off while you’re cleaning it with a sponge or a scrubby are just burnt food.

ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 4 months ago

It’s an image of a scene from the Clue movie:

Col. Mustard: Are you trying to make me look stupid in front of the other guests?

Wadsworth: You don’t need any help from me, Sir.

ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.works · 4 months ago

Under the Influence is Terry O’Reilly’s show and he’s usually really good about sourcing things. Pretty disappointing, honestly.

ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 5 months ago

I’m not sure if this is universally true but I’ve never seen a fully electric vehicle that uses motor oil. Hybrid vehicles with an internal combustion engine and an electric drive train would still need it, of course.

Not having to take my car for oil changes is bliss.

ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.works · 5 months ago

Heroes. The first season wrapped up its story beautifully. The second season was an aimless disaster.

I’ve read online that the original plan was for each season to tell a stand-alone story with a different set of heroes but the network was insistent on keeping the popular characters from season one on for season two. Peter Petrelli’s power is universe-breaking after he learns to control it, so the show ended up tying itself into a pretzel to explain why the answer to every problem isn’t “get Peter to snap his fingers and fix it”. There was also a writer’s strike in the middle of the season, which didn’t help.