40 People Who Have Noticed An Alarming Number Of Individuals Not Knowing Basic Facts Share What They Are
We all grow up with a different skill set depending on our circumstances. A person who grew up on a farm will know how to milk a cow and a person who grew up in a city will be aware of when traffic gets heavier to avoid it. These skills and knowledge are acquired by experience or are taught, but even if you need them, you don’t necessarily have them.
Redditors noticed that some people lack knowledge that they consider to be basic, so they shared what gaps bother them and filled others in when user ej1273 asked “What’s considered basic knowledge that many people don’t know?”
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Vaccines do not cause autism.
Bill Gates is aware, you'll get it fixed with the booster.
Load More Replies...Qanon idiots along with other low information people all believe this kind of s**t. Then they run out & vote for Trump. That kind of idiocy is why we're on the edge of losing our Democracy.
I suppose "this kind of idiocy" is no different from the idiocy that thinks it will find peace and happiness at the bottom of a bottle. It provides hope - until there is no money left to buy more. (And that is far too philosophical for BP! Sorry.)
Load More Replies...Just tell the anti-vaxxers that there is a vaccine to prevent autism and watch their brains short circuit
Nah, I’d rather be autistic than neurotypical. Sounds boring.
Load More Replies...oh maybe that's why I'm a depressed teen who is starting to have adult responsibilities
Load More Replies...Yeah, but why pick on autism? rather than say turn into zombies, or extra susceptible to malaria, or prone to car accidents?
Load More Replies...I still have a couple idiotic relatives who refuse the COVID vaccine because they believe it is highly dangerous due to the rare reported cases of blood clots, and they make fun of people who get the boosters. It’s freaking infuriating and stupid.
I’d be making them ex-relatives if it was me. You don’t need that negativity in your life :)
Load More Replies...Sorryantivaxxer.com is a page dedicated to dead unvaccinated people. Just to prove people ARE dying from not getting the vaccine.
Here most who died are vaccinated. Not weird either since most are vaccinated
Load More Replies...there was once an research paper that was written about vaccines 'causing autims' which is where this idea comes from, but it was proven to be false. Some people need to learn that it wasn't real information.
Yep, though it wasn't 'vaccines' either. It was a specific vaccine; the triple jab, MMR. Still a falsified research paper by Andrew Wakefield a struck off discredit ex-UK doctor peddling his lies in the US now. I don't know why it went from A vaccine, to vaccines generally.
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Your google search does not trump my years of school and 40 years of medical practice.
Maybe, but a Facebook article posted by some random person with no knowledge or credibility in the matter does.... ( Obviously Im being sarcástic here )
Your single class on my condition does not trump my 20 years of living with it.
If doctors were doing their jobs properly we wouldn't need to use google. Anxiety should not be your first diagnosis for any woman before you do any diagnostic testing.
I beg to differ on this one. I've correctly diagnosed myself from a google search multiple times. And went in telling the doctors exactly what was wrong and they used "my anxiety" and "weight" as the cause and ushered me out. Only to finally find a doctor who listened and ran all proper tests and every single diagnosis google gave me was CORRECT. Finally got proper treatment
My living with a condition for 15 years, however, DOES trump that one class about said condition that you slept through because you had a party the night before, doctor!
40 years of medical practice should provide the experience to tell baloney from facts but the world is changing really fast. Its impossible for any doctor to stay up to date on new information. IBM has an AI whose sole function is to read the 5000 new medical articles that are published every single day and send summary alerts to doctors who should check out the good ones. One needs to be open possibly being wrong and not dismissing something crazy just out of hand. If some nut comes in asking for horse tranquilizers for COVID, have the courtesy to check it out to see if there is any real science behind it before rejecting it outright. There could be some new things you just haven't had time to read about yet. You can then have a conversation with someone who realizes you respect them and keep them from dying by explaining what those pills really do. Too many conspiracy people get that way because they feel they are rejected as a person when you reject their suggestion. Taking the time to explain a misunderstanding can alleviate that and a doctor needs to use their 40 years to get through to them.
That may be true, but you still need to listen to your patients as they are the experts on themselves and are often forced to google because they can't get an appointment.
I know a lot about my medical conditions, to the point my cardiologist asked if I googled it. She was pleasantly surprised when I said "No, I listened carefully to what you said "
Low calorie food don't mean healthy food
Vegan doesn't mean healthy
Fats aren't unhealthy
My diabetic mother got told by her doctor to eat low fat foods. Have you ever seen the sugar content on those things? Shockingly, her blood sugar went through the roof. Even the medical community aren't exempt from this ignorance
Heavily processed foods (frozen dinners, pre made cookies and sweets, and the like) shouldn't be a major part of the diet. A frozen pot pie is convenient but much healthier to take a chicken tender or 2, some frozen veggies, some broth and flour to make a pot pie base. Some butter cut into flour, a few drops of water. You have a crust. More effort and time, but still easy and much much healthier.
Load More Replies...My degree is in food science. I was dating a vegan for a while who ate little more than that Morning Star cr*p. I took one look at the label and was immediately disgusted. You want to be vegan, eat fruits, vegetables and grains. But the fake meats, you don't know what you're eating. They are getting better. Beyond and Impossible are a step up from the Morning Star garbage from a decade ago. But there are tons of vegan and vegetarian dishes that are awesome without pretending to be something they're not.
As a vegan, I extremely agree that Morning Star sucks
Load More Replies...I'm a type two diabetic, and I keep my sugar intake near zero, thus my Hgb A1C is below 7.0, well in the normal range for a non-diabetic. What you eat matters.
Aren’t Doritos vegan? And Coca Cola? Hydrox and Oreo cookies? It’s funny the assumptions people make in regards to diet. I think we need better education in schools on the topic.
Oreos are vegan, but the company says that there's milk in their facility which could cause a milk cross contact and they recommend not eating them if there's an allergy because some milk could be present.
Load More Replies...You should have a balanced diet with many nutrients (well excluding things that have been scientifically proven to be unanimously bad for you.
We require fat. Most of our brain tissue is fatty. How do we get that? Fats in our food. We need fat on our bodies for insulation. Just not too much. Not low fat. Just healthy fat. Diabetes is about balancing the diet. Balance, not eliminate. Portion, not eliminate. Pay attention to what you eat. She can have a piece of cake. A small one and account for it by balancing out the carbs. Mediterranean diet has fats in it. Good fats. Vegan is really a lot of work and paying attention to get ALL (caps for emphasis) our required nutrients. And don’t bug me about what I eat especially if it’s simply within your line of site. My business.
I don't know why people dis veganism. Like, leave us alone. We are a group of kind, compassionate people who spend years researching diet plans and healthy alternatives to meat. It is a sacrifice. Humans are meant to eat meat. We make a sacrifice so that we do not hurt animals with our existance.
Also, we need fats in our diet. People who don't have fat in their diet can end up horribly malnourished. It's about the kinds of fat one eats, not how much.
That homelessness isn't just caused by bad life choices. It's very often caused by things outside the person's control. It's also a lot harder to come back from homelessness than many people think.
https://homelesslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Homeless_Stats_Fact_Sheet.pdf A very short and depressing paper, but the #1 cause of homelessness is not being able to afford a place to live. I'm not trying to be blith here, but it really is the landlord's greed that causes most homelessness.
Load More Replies...As someone who has come back from it, it took multiple attempts and failures from different programs and help sources to finally get the help I needed. I did have an addiction but I also reached out for help many times. It wasn't until addiction ravaged the PNW that there were things put into affect that did really help. Before that, it was much more difficult than you think. Even the officer trying to help said he couldn't fathom how we were able to get help on our own. That program saved my life. But I knew many people beat down by circumstance alone. It's the bad ones that make the rest look ungrateful and criminal
And when I first lost my housing, I wasn't an addict, the hopelessness helped fuel an addiction that took over my life.
Load More Replies...Even when it's caused by what people call "bad life choices" there are often powerful reasons behind those "bad life choices." People generally do not just wake up one day and decide to become a drug addict.
Through our church we worked with and helped some homeless. Most had some severe mental issues. Most of those self medicated with alcohol and drugs. Many were homeless due to addiction and/or poor choices. But many were homeless due to bad circumstances. Some of those fell into addiction afterward.
One of the disgusting things about homelessness in the UK is that you need an address and bank account in order to claim benefits. Things are slowly starting to change, and various charities and at least one bank are trying to help by providing an address that can be used to claim.
As someone who has volunteered at a shelter/foodbank for over a decade, that is true for about 5-10% depending on the economy. Over 90% of the homeless we see are addicts. They don't want help. The ones that don't want to be homeless we have a 95% success at getting them a permanent place and employment.
Did you also offer support to fight addictions?
Load More Replies...Most people don't realize they are just a lay off away from becoming homeless.
i remember that over 40 yrs ago i was struggling to get a job, living out of my pickup camper. i washed my uniform in the nearby gas station as well as myself every day. the owner of the station noticed i was a frequent visitor and later gave me a key for when the station was closed. never asked questions. it wasn't until a few years later that i acknowledged that i was homeless at the time. i was just caught up in the struggle of survival. wasn't homeless due to drugs, alcohol, or anything like that. it just happened. i have never forgot that struggle.
In America, anyway. All other developed countries have government funded healthcare. I will be permanently in debt from my medical bills. I have 'good' insurance that is $1300 / month. But I also have a chronic illness ( or 3...) and that means the bills never stop accumulating. My husband and I had to sever our financial ties (among other unions) because I was ruining his credit, even though all the bills were in my name. If he leaves me, I'm screwed lol
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The little stick on the left side of the steering column of every car is your turn signal. If you push it up, it will tell people around you that you are turning right and push it down to indicate a left turn.
It's recommended you use said signal BEFORE you hit the brakes to make the turn. Because afterwards I have sort of figured it out already.
Yes, and before almost running over pedestrians like me, who might have thought that no sign means you're driving straight ahead ...
Load More Replies...My brother won’t use turn signals because: “Then people would know what I’m doing.” Seriously. He said this seriously.
Look first, THEN signal, THEN break. You're warning people that you're about to turn from a part of the flow into an obstacle. I'm amazed at how people say "But I DID indicate!" when they really only did so after they'd already stopped.
Mirror, signal, maneuver. Because you need to check your whole surroundings
Load More Replies...We learned SMOG - works for making lane changes, pulling out from a curb, and some turns. (Maybe a double lane turn.) S - Signal (and not at the last second. Like a few seconds or few hundred feet, depending on your state.) M - Mirror, look in your mirrors. O - Over the shoulder. Look over the shoulder if the direction you want to go. G-Go- ONLY IF IT's safe and clear to proceed. Note- if your blinkers don't work, use hand signals out your window. Also, if you can hear your blinker doing double time ticks, chances are one of your blinkers is out. Have them checked.
Unless its the electrics and you have electric windows. My friend couldn't do hand signals out the window when all her lights, including indicators, packed up on our journey home from work. That wasn't fun. The amount of beeping we got shows how important indicators are!
Load More Replies...And a STOP sign means you must come to a complete stop. Just because the person in front of you stopped at the STOP sign, it does not mean you stopped. When it's your turn at the STOP sign, you must come to a complete stop. Do not roll thru just because there are no cars coming from the other directions.
That forgetting your headphones doesn't mean we want to hear you scrolling through tiktok on the bus
100% on this One, my phone media sounds are ALWAYS on mute when Im outside.
My phone media sounds are always on mute, unless I have headphones on. Partly because just in case, and partly because of that one time my phone butt-scrolled through tumblr and started playing a video about penises VERY LOUDLY in public from my pocket.
Load More Replies...Lol, I cant believe they think the headphones were forgotten. The type of person who does this never uses headphones anyway as they don't care about anyone else.
And Ive also noticed a growing number of people using the loud speakers during a call, walking around holding the phone at chest level, letting everyone hear the other person while themself having to talk loudly into the mic to drown out all the other noice around them. Like... why!? You are still holding up the phone - put it against your ear and use the regular speaker!
That forgetting your glasses doesn't mean we want to see you scrolling through OnlyFans for really huge boobs on the bus too.
It is absolutely annoying when those id10ts don't turn down the notifications, alarms, etc, etc! But it get worse when you're on an airplane and (almost) everyone around you, their phone goes mental making noises
The words virus, fungus and bacteria aren’t interchangeable
“My virus infection on my foot is well, now time to have some mushroom soup. Fun fact: mushroom is a bacteria. I’m going to take an antibacterial the doctor prescribed for my fungus caused strep throat”
Yeah, moms, don't insist upon a prescription for an antibiotic for your childs viral infection. It's not a disservice just to your kids but to the rest of the population. Especially eldery and immuno-compromised individuals.
I completely agree, but unfortunately I had to suffer for weeks before I was finally given antibiotics for an infection which cleared up three days after starting them and was gone after a 7day course. Sometimes doctors here are too dismissive of your symptoms. I tried the pharmacy several times only for them to tell me I needed antibiotics and to go back to the doctor (who initially wouldn't even give me an appointment)
Load More Replies...My DOCTOR gives me Penicillin when I have the flu... He studied medicine!
And toxins arent a thing unless you handle cyanide, strychnine, or similar, on a regular basis.
Playing music at full volume out of your phone does not sound good or make you look cool.
Playing an old, out-of-tune violin, using the neck of a loud, and particularly vociferous goose for a bow, would foster a friendlier atmosphere than your tinny phone music.
That is some serious imagery there 🤯
Load More Replies...LOL! Back in my day, people would crank their "boom box" up to 11, about 140 db.
Same goes for the a$**oles who blast music in their cars. I keep hoping their speakers burst and die
Morons using speaker phone and giving other peeps dirty looks because their conversation is "Priiivaaate" (...)
those little tin cans you use as speakers are just overpriced s**t ...... get REAL speakers
How long it takes a semi truck to stop
My partner drives a HGV, you'd be surprised how many people when approaching lights or stop signs just pull right in front or overtake just before cutting the stopping distance down drastically.
Or bikers who pull up in front of trucks but below their windows. How are they supposed to know you're there?
Load More Replies...Especially some truck drivers - yes you the fack-wit that was tailgating me on the winding country A-road near Darlington
Trains, too. Takes a full mile for some trains. So when the crossing arms come down, don't try to go around them. Spoiler alert: the train always wins
Always make sure you a lot further ahead of a truck before pulling back in and use indicators to let them know you are pulling in. Be kind to truck drivers. They make the world run.
I absolutely hate it when I make sure to allow a good distance to pull in a lane in front of a truck and some idiot pulls in between me and the truck following me. Not only could they be endangering themselves, but leaving a trucker who can't stop traumatized when his vehicle decapitated them. Not to mentioning shoving them into the rear of my car.
Load More Replies...Fully loaded 80,000 lbs traveling @ 60mph. It takes me in my truck 586 feet. To stop. 11 years Otr experience
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That I don't control the f*****g prices of where I work at.
Of course we control the prices. Don't you know there's a special button that can be pressed to randomly change the prices just for certain customers?
Not am I am expert about these things. I put the BOX on the SHELF. I don't know anything more than you or Google knows about it.
Saw a middle aged man yell at a cashier for lack of staff on the floor. Like the cashier makes the staff schedules 🙄
I work at a thrift store and we sometimes have more than one or two people that price in the same department throughout the week. So often times, we get a couple different prices for the same thing. And ultimately we have to resolve that issue but I have to tell them all the time that I wasn't the one who priced the items.
People at the cinema: "Man that Popcorn is expensive. I will have the large with 4 liters" *throws away half the popcorn after the show * People at the cinema I worked at would constantly complain about a liter of coke costing 4€, but I would constantly throw away half full cups at the end of the show making a 120L trashbag weighing at least 25kg.
This. Or if you work fast food, we don't have a say on what menu items we serve. Call corporate if you have an issue!!!
Your complaints as a customer, direct to corporate have more chance to consideration than the workers themselves. Workers have very little voice - that includes mid and even senior management at times (under C-Suite).
I have told a customer that if I would make any decisions here do you think I would be here putting all this c**p on display.
How to say please and thank you
People get hung up on using specific words. Just be polite. Saying something like "i couldn't trouble you for another drink, could I?" is a hell of a lot more polite than saying "give me another drink please". The words aren't actually magic. Your attitude is much more important
Good point. Where I live Bonjour and au-revoir are for some reason THE most important words. And I'm busy saying please thanks and sorry 🤷🏼♀️ so yeah, gotta know what's important in the culture of where you live 💡
Load More Replies...One of my problems in foreign languages. Finnish doesn't even have equivalent for please so I'm often confusing it and thank you if I'm not paying attention.
I worked wit troubled & abused kids. Most came from horrible households. Our crisis unit workers were very polite & used proper etiquette. We did not demand of the kids but but after 203 weeks it rubbed off on most of the kids. Sadly then we had to hand them back to the mom that messed them up in the first place. Sorry, we rarely sad dads in the picture.
What the hekk does it mean to "not be good at please"? Does the entire concept somehow not exist in your culture? It's not like not being good at pole vaulting or clog dancing. You just say a word. Sheesh!
Load More Replies...Yeah I try to remember to say “you’re welcome” when something says “thanks” instead of “yup” or “sure.”
Sometimes I even get to the “Please and thank you” (🇨🇦). But I generally say “Excuse you.” instead of excuse me. I’m not the one being annoying or rude.
But you should also remember, saying "please" in some languages can be considered rude!
The "essential" in essential oils does not mean essential for human health.
Pfft, everyone knows lavender oil is for skin ailments 🙄 Eucalyptus is for cancer, duh /s
Load More Replies...They aren't essential either. They are concentrated versions of the chemicals that smell good in a plant. They are designed to attract a pollinator to transport their pollen to another plant. They aren't essential to the plants survival either. It just needs them to have someone pick up their kids and take them to a neighbor. The molecule Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) actually smells like hot dogs not oranges. Menthol and Menthone are the chemical in peppermint oils that actually do anything. You can get a better, cheaper dose of it in a halls cough drop or one of grandma's christmas candies.
They are "essential" in the original meaning of being the essence of something, not in the sense of being important.
Load More Replies...There are some limited uses for essential oils - as a room fragrance, a cleaning agent... Some of the strongest can even slightly alleviate the symptoms of a cold (eucaplyptus), a headache (mint) or athlete's foot (tea tree). But one cannot stress enough: NONE of all these is able to replace any medical treatment ever. They are a tool of wellness, not of medicine..
Imagine falling for the essential oils scam. We all know crystals and pyramids are the true healers. /sarcasm
My psychic told me that the pyramids are nothing more than interstellar antennae. My astrologer has the premium membership to the Aztec pyramids.My earth healer told me that you have to be careful with crystals. If they haven’t had a proper moon bath then the impurities that remain can cause an adverse reaction. Always have your tarot reader examine your crystals prior to use.
Load More Replies...And please read the MSDS before you start putting these on your skin at full strength or inhaling the vapor. I add certain EOs to my handcraft soap, and using too much of an EO can seriously mess you up. I told an MLM essential oil lady about this, and I think I broke her spirit.
Eucalyptus and Tea Trea oils are toxic, but also have very good disinfection / anti-bacterial qualities.
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Just because you can that doesn’t mean you should.
This is my friend group’s motto as we are too dumb for our own good
I will add to that: But if you do make sure someone films it and then calls the ambulance for you afterwards
As a Portuguese person lol, this is a lesson that out actual governent desperatly needs....
I mean, someone COULD cook a strawberry-jam-with-coffee-and-ham-bits-and-mushrooms-and-Oreos-and-chips-and-cereal JELLO, but it’s not really advised…
YES !!! My favorite is just because you can get it on over your hips doesn’t mean you should wear it!!
Everything is “chemical.”
That's why my work treats nuts like a potential bioweapon. I work in food production and anytime we work with nuts, dairy, or wheat, we isolate and double clean everything. Shellfish are not allowed in the building at all.
Load More Replies...Be Carefull! That thing is toxic in large quantities, and long term exposure to it can cause suffocation. In its pure form, it is know to be posinous and has killed many sealiving creatures. Furthermore it is the main constituance of cancer cells. It can cause severe rashes if your skin is exposed to it in its gassious state, and it is highly corrosive -so keep it away from steel constructions. I have even heard that some planes "spray" it into the atmoshere as they fly over our heads!
Load More Replies...Amen! I'm so sick of people using "chemicals" as a synonym for "poisons".
literally! Cuz technically Oxygen (yk the air we breathe) is a nonmetallic chemical element
Load More Replies...Sure - an apple is made of chemicals and arsenic is a chemical, too. That doesn't mean I should be eating both.
"Organic" means its molecules include a carbon atom; it does not mean "healthy," or "natural." It MAY mean that the molecules are found in nature as a product of living things, but it does not mean that it is a product of living things or that it is not toxic or carcinogenic.
Organic has a different meaning to chemists than it does to food producers, generally.
Load More Replies...Cyanide is "all natural". Come to think of it, so is dying...the act if not the method.
Well, all matter, anyways. Light energy and radio waves aren't chemicals.
I wish I saw it more often, but I once saw an infographic detailing every single chemical that makes up an apple. All of it natural.
Yelling louder doesn’t make you more correct.
It also doesn’t mean you won the argument. It just means you’re a loud and obnoxious a*****e.
That's very true. It's also true that being less visibly emotional and making a condescending show of how oh-so-very Calm And Rational you are compared to the person you're speaking with does not automatically make you correct, either. (I had a stepfather who liked to do one and a father who liked to do the other.)
AND IT DOESNT MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE PERSON WHO DOESNT SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE TO UNDERSTAND YOU.
Raising your voice or losing your temper means you lost the argument.
To not stop in the middle of the sidewalk and have a conversation, causing everyone to move around you
That one is often used by pickpockets. One stops at the end of the escalator causing a pileup and the other gets a nice chance to bump into people and steal their valuables
Load More Replies...Or string your family of 5 side by side as you shamble slower than a three-toed sloth and block the ENTIRE FREAKING SIDEWALK - GROCERY STORE AISLE - HALLWAY, etc.
Or leaving a bus, stop to talk to the driver, holding up dozens behind you. Psycho misfits.
Honestly, people are doing this in cars! They see someone they know and rather than pull off to the side they stop on the middle of the road to chat! Usually in residential areas, but still!
You can't catch a cold from walking outside with wet hair.
Ps. My mom still believes this to this day.
The cold is caused by a virus, but cold can inhibit your immune response
I can't for the life of me understand the internet is so infatuated with the notion you can't catch a cold from being cold! I can't tell you how many times I've seen legit medical sites even (JHU, Mayo, etc.) explicitly describe experiments which demonstrated that being cold makes you vulnerable to catching colds, but then conclude their article with a denial that it does! A typical synopsis: we exposed people to cold viruses. Make one group cold and wet; let the other group stay warm and dry. First group comes down with colds much more often than the second group. Conclusion: you need to be exposed to a virus to catch a cold. WTH?
Load More Replies...Science has recently found immune system components inside the nose that stop protecting us from viruses when the nose gets too cold.
It's viruses and bacteria that give you illnesses, however, being out in the cold reduces the effectiveness of your body's first line of immune defense; your nostrils. Cilia in your nose sweep the mucus out that has those germs, but they don't beat effectively in cold weather. Additionally, your blood vessels constrict and white blood cells don't get to your nose and throat effectively. Hence, going out without adequate weather protection can definitely up your chances of catching cold. Wet hair definitely makes you colder, too.
But studies have found that people are more likely to catch a virus during cold weather. There are two reasons for this. People stay inside more, and so they have more time close to other people. Also, cold air is denser, which allows airborne viruses to travel farther in the breeze.
No but it will give me an instant migraine. Weird reaction, but I always get a headache when my ears get cold.
I get migraines from haircuts. The cooler temperature in the back of my head does it.
Load More Replies...I had swimming class during the last period in high school before the arrival of hair blowdryers, and walked home in sub-zero weather. Icicles formed on my hair. Why didn't I wear a cap? I dunno. But icicle-days never corresponded to head-cold days, so I never worried about it.
Coldness doesnt make a virus magically appear. But it DOES make it easier for a virus to successfully infiltrate. So yeah no youre wrong.
Ride a bike WITH traffic. Walk or run AGAINST traffic.
The only way you become not traffic is by getting off and pushing it. You do not have the right to ride across pedestrian crossings or ignore traffic lights.
Load More Replies...And if you are walking your doggos, or other critters, keep yourself between them and traffic.
When walking on the side of a road, you walk against the traffic in my country. Reason being that you see the cars comming at you on your side of the road. The cars comming at your back will be on the other side of the road.
My auntie always said it's so I can see the license plate of the car about to hit me to tell the police. Took me years to figure out it's so I can dodge the hit in the first place! lol
Load More Replies...Also, if you’re riding the bike at night, please have some sort of light/lights to indicate to us cars you’re there. Please don’t wear dark colors. If you insist on doing so, please wear a reflective vest. Even with our lights on, it’s hard to see someone wearing black in the dark. Not in time anyway.
I live in a hilly, wooded area with no sidewalks. Riding my bike with traffic would be putting my life at risk
Multiple studies (government safety agencies, universities, etc.) show that cyclists are LESS LIKELY to break the law than cagers in cars, yet the traffic terrorists in metal boxes turn a blind eye to their own behaviours.
In Quebec they do the opposite. They also NEVER signal or use hazard lights. Worst drivers in Canada !
When it comes to bike lanes in a city, due to the amount of traffic, bike lanes need to be more than just lines drawn on a road. They need to have physical safety measures. As well, consistent turning protocols at each intersection, not one way at one intersection and different rules at another. There needs to be a much better answer to combining cars and bikes on the same road. Who the h€!! thought it is a safe idea to combine a tiny, thin 2 wheel vehicle where the only protection a rider has is a helmet travel right along side, often without a lane for the bike, and traffic thick enough that a car can’t swerve away from the bike to give it room, and vehicles weighing thousands of lbs if not a ton, I don’t know. If something happens with the bike and it and the rider fall into the road, we do not have time to stop. Many times the road set up is just unavoidably ripe for disaster
This is why I don't bike. A cyclist is just as vulnerable to a car as a pedestrian.
The proper use of lose and loose.
Ye gods, THIS. We are dumbing ourselves into changing words because we can't figure out how to spell, just like how "literally" (which only pertains to the written word) is now in the Oxford Dictionary as a form of "actually". I have to stop myself from using it!
You just like literally spelled what everybody else was thinking.
Load More Replies...Would of, could of, should of??? Those drive me bonkers.
Load More Replies...And how common is it now to see people write ‘should of’ or ‘could of’ instead of ‘have’?
This one drives me crazy. How can you look at "loose" and see "lose"? It makes no sense.
Think it makes a lot of sense, particularly for native speakers. Native speakers tend to learn the spoken form before the written form, so associate a word and its spelling with its sound. In terms of pronunciation, the only difference is "loose" ends with a /s/ and "lose" ends with a /z/. All other sounds are identical. And when 's' crops up in the written form of the word, it's the same: 'se'. So you have to know that in this case, the double 'oo' or single 'o' of the vowel does not change the sound of the vowel itself, but instead changes the consonant that immediately follows it. Also, do we have many other examples of this? We have goose but not gose. And we have close (adjective) and close (verb), which follow the same pronunciation rules, but not the spelling. "It makes no sense" - think in this case it's the spelling that makes no sense.
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The left lane is not a hangout lane. Either pass or get the hell out of the left lane.
Yea, but just bc I am using the left lane there is no obligation to go warp speed. I am currently living in Germany. Just let me pass those cars and I will be gone!!!
Load More Replies...... except in South Africa, Australia, GB, India and several other British colonies when it's the right lane for passing.
Not just a "UK colony" thing, eg Japan and Thailand drive on the left
Load More Replies...Unless you drive on the left side of the road [which happens to be the right side :)] in which case it is the right lane.
In Germany it's actually forbidden to use a left lane on interstates if you arent 9assing.
It's illegal in the United States too, but people don't know it.
Load More Replies...I'm gonna catch s**t for this but New Yorkers in northeast PA on our turnpike doing 60 in the left lane when the speed limit is 70 and WILL NOT move your $95,000 Lincoln SUV driving a*s over because you feel privileged!!! AND stop driving at night with your high beams on when you're closer than 400 ft. I can see you 1000 feet back and it's annoying. Downvote away but I will die on this hill.
Thank you! I'm from So. Jersey and think you are 100% correct Bob.
Load More Replies...I believe the people who drive slowly in the left lane cause just as many accidents as the "speed demons." I drive the interstate every day and the number of times I/we have had to slam on brakes because we've come up behind someone who is driving below the limit. MOVE!
Also...coming up on an entrance ramp GET OVER A LANE if you can. Causes more slowdowns/ tie ups than you think.
I've seen wayyy too many people before exit just keep going straight after the exit even with all the backup right there because of the people who are in that lane for no reason
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That your local pharmacy doesn't have any control over the actual production of your meds.
Why is cough medicine out of stock? I don't know. Maybe a factory in Ukraine blew up and they are our main supplier. Maybe Jeff pressed the wrong button and contaminated all the medications in the production line. I DON'T KNOW.
And yes, I am well aware that a pandemic is currently occurring. Thanks for the reminder.
I hate people.
Sorry I won't do it again! But in my defense, I was wasted on cough medicine at the time...
Load More Replies...Sorry. You're right. I'll go ask the newsagent why you haven't got any cough medicine. Before I go though, can you tell me why the butchers have run out of sausages? The reason we ask is so we don't go chasing round every other pharmacy trying to get some if it's a supply issue.
Our local pharmacist always gives an explaination for lacking deliveries if he can - like the war interrupted production or some a-hole in Hollywood used it to lose weight and people bought the whole stock worldwide
They *are* KINDA responsible for not giving my brother his damn ADHD meds without SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND checks… ma’am he need his Adderal before I have to kill him…
JITS will doom us all. JITS ("just in time stocking") is the theory that it's most efficient to keep only what you need in stock. After the big Japanese earthquake, Japan struggled to get back on its feet because no-one had the supplies to make the supplies that other people needed to make needed supplies. But rather than learn from such a deadly lesson, the whole world followed suit. They figure if a pharmacist has 30 patients who need a drug, why keep more than 35 orders of it on hand? It's cheaper this way! If a supplier skips a shipment for some reason, F the customer; that's not our problem! Never mind that the customer themselves isn't legally allowed to access more than a 30-day supply! Never mind that the customer can't legally shop for a pharmacist who hasn't run out yet! Never mind that skipping a couple days could cause severe, lasting harm! That's not our problem!
There was a kids' song about the stupidity of not keeping supplies needed to make supplies, called, "there's a hole in the bucket." Pay attention, you worthless JITS!
Load More Replies...What I want is to be able to reuse the stupid plastic bottle you gave me last time. I don't need a collection of the darned things.
If the generic brand packaging looks similar to the name brand, it's the same thing. Learn to read the active ingredients.
Sometimes, it one ingredient that's out of stock or back order because you know, november and december flu season was more virulent than usual because we social distanced for more than two years and didn't get exposed to the usual coktail of viruses, wich created an increase of demand for certain cold/flu meds.
Generally a true statement. Except when the pharmacy doesn own preparations, to which the circumstances might differ. Here, pharmacies have often reacted to supply problems during the pandemic with synthetisizing things like desinfectant or paracetamol syrup on their own until the supplieres were able to deliver again. A good pharmacy with a studied pharmacist can do that, while I doubt that with a chain like CVS.
Sorry to disappoint you, but pharmacists don't synthesize drugs. There's no laboratory/equipment in a pharmacy allowing them to do so. And even if there was, most drugs require a multi step synthesis with a lot of reactants, cleaning of every intermediate product and so on. What they do is mixing raw materials, if they can get a hold of it. No ethanol available, no disinfectant...only pure paracetamol available - make it administrable, like capsules, syrup, suppositories and so on. It is in fact part of the education, but it's simply not possible to synthesize drugs in a pharmacy.
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Idk if this is considered basic knowledge but it's really good to know:
If your car gets stuck in snow, take out the floor mats and stick them under your tires as best you can, in the direction you are wanting to go (so the tires can drive on them). This helps give you some traction. You can reuse this technique as far as needed, just parking, getting out, and moving the floor mats back to right in front/behind your tires.
It irks me when I watch TV shows where the characters get stuck and can't get out of the snow, when they clearly have floor mats in their car. It has come to my attention over the past couple years that a lot of people don't know this, so now I try and bring it up every time it remotely comes up in a convo.
Also, keep emergency supplies in your vehicle. Jumper cables, a flashlight and batteries (keep them stored separately because corrosion), food/water, gloves, winter boots if applicable where you are, etc. Also, look up the underwater car episode of Mythbusters, just good to know :)
EDIT: as u/ruetheblue says below, if the snow is covering the tailpipe TURN THE CAR OFF. (Carbon monoxide)
Better yet, if you live on a heavy Snow prone área, buy tire chains. ( Oh..... And be sure to know what are your car's drive wheels lol, i laugh my a*s off because some One got the chains in the rear wheels of a VW Golf. Which is a front wheel drive car )
There are some states in the US where chains are illegal. I live in Iowa and we get snow every winter but tire chains are illegal because they tear up the roads. I keep a large bag of kitty litter in my trunk in the event I get stuck and the floor mat trick doesn't work. The litter provides good traction and if I don't need it to get unstuck, then it gives me the extra weight in the back to keep my wheels in contact with road
Load More Replies...I've done the carmat traction before. No matter how slow you go, it shoots the mat right out.
I've had it work only on more wet snow so the mat doesn't slide against the snow as easily. I suspect some mats are better than others, too, like the ones that have a bit of texture.
Load More Replies...Buy a rechargeable charging device for your car. They cost about $100, which I know is expensive, but being able to charge your own car when you are by yourself is a life saver.
Sometimes you can get out of a slippy spot on an icy and snowy road without putting anything under the tyres, but it's not the easiest. You need to go as slow as possible and if your tyres are in a hole, you can try to get a forwards-backwards swinging motion going. Also if you have regular snowy winters, investing in a separate set of winter tyres to use is a smart move. Just remember to switch to them _before_ the first snowstorm hits.
My husband, sitting next to me right now....was going to tell him this tidbit of info re the floor mats, but I can just hear his answer now..."oh yeah, didn't you know that?" There's NOTHING he does not know. Just ask him. haha
Didn’t think about using floor mats I have however used cardboard before
Kitty Litter in the big chunky , old school style.
Load More Replies...I have a pair of "snow socks" for my car, which I can use if I get stuck. I've not had cause to use them yet, but it gives me something to try before having to call for a tow. My car is not terribly happy in the snow, being rear wheel drive, and I have previously had it stuck in very minor conditions. Winter tyres might help, but we don't get snow very often.
If you live in an area where it is a possibility to get stranded in the snow, keep a pack of tea candles and matches in the car. A single tea candle can warm up a car so that you don't freeze to death.
Shopping carts don't belong in parking stalls
In the UK and Ireland, all trolleys only unlock with a euro or pound coin, which releases when you return it. Is that not a thing everywhere?
They can damage cars too! Inconsiderate bastards. Takes ya 5 seconds to walk the cart back to the corral.
Shopping carts don't belong in bicycle racks either, but traffic terrorists will intentionally ram them into bikes.
Not everywhere but it should be. I believe when I lived in Wichita KS there was a supermarket that had this. If I recall correctly
I had to move TWO for my grandparents the other day out of a handicap spot, if I wasn’t there to get it, we would’ve had to park in the back of the parking lot, and with my grandmas condition, nobody wants that
If someone has just injured their back or head DO NOT MOVE THEM
Ahhh and this might seem grosse, but the best way for you to check if someone hás injuried its back or neck is checking if the person hás urinated or defecated it self, this would mean a possibly Lost of sfyncter control and there for a severe spine injury.
retired EMT- Dont tell ppl that. that IS NOT accurate info. UNLESS it’s a matter of life or death, do not move the person (n car or otherwise) leave it for someone that’s qualified. I don’t want to end up paralyzed just bcuz i didn’t soil myself during my accident.
Load More Replies...UNLESS not moving them puts them in danger (e.g. fire) but you really should take a first aid class. Could save a life.
There is a caveat to this though. If their position or location is posing a threat to their life then you should move them to a safe location or position. It doesn't help the casualty much if they have the best protected spine in the morgue. I have seen numerous instances where people have died from survivable injuries because people were too afraid to move them to a safe location or position.
Unless where they’re laying puts them in imminent danger, like if they’re in a burning house or on the edge of a cliff or something.
There are some exceptions: fire, flood, fumes and further collapse of a building. Basically situations where they're gonna die if you leave them there - worry about potential spinal damage afterwards in such cases. In every other case though, you shouldn't move them. Ask emergency services when you call them if you're unsure - they'll be able to talk you through many situations while waiting for the emergency services to arrive.
Airway and circulation concerns trump this. Not gonna be able to move anyway if you're braindead.
Likewise, after we witnessed a rollover (barrel roll) accident, the driver climbed out and was walking around. I STRONGLY advised her to lay down for EMT arrival
To add to Paulo's answer, if a man has a back injury and you see he has a raging hardon, that could well be the last one of his life along with paralysis
That’s more of an indicator of neurogenic shock.
Load More Replies...Not true in general - if the person is unconscious, you do move them if they are in any danger of suffocating (meaning turn them on the their side). Which can happen quickly if person is on their back because the tongue WILL obstruct the airflow. Simple thing - if back/head are hurt => person MAYBE dead after moving, maybe just disabled, maybe no consequences. If suffocated => person CERTAINLY dead. Also true for taking off motorcycle helmets. If person is already not breathing anymore, it should be obvious that CPR always wins agains ANY other concerns.
Watched a guy on a motorcycle get hit by a car that ran a red light. Dude landed (after being at LEAST 20 feet airborne) and was frantically trying to get his helmet off, but I wouldn't let him. I opened the face mask as best I could and just told him to keep looking at me until the EMTs got there, he could have a serious neck injury. I don't know what happened to him. Also, if you DO witness an accident - POINT to a particular person and tell them to call 911 (999). In many situations people assume someone else has already done it and precious time can be lost.
When your turn signal starts blinking at 2x speed it's a warning that one of your turn signal bulbs is out.
Wish they had something like this for brake lights. I had a nice lady park beside my in the parking lot to tell me that both my brake lights weren't working. I has the guys at work check them (I work at a big box with an automotive department) and it turned out that both my light bulbs just burned out at the same time.
*me and had, not my and has. Autocorrect is off its rocker.
Load More Replies...is this true???? I never knew this and I have been driving for 30 years!
Pay attention to what's going on in your car? When the little light and the clicky noise double in speed there's your clue.
Load More Replies...Something I actually didn't know. How do you know if it's happening though, do you rely on someone else observing and telling you, or check your indicator before going on each trip?
My husband's truck blinker goes super fast but all lights work correctly. He hates it. It is called hyper blinker.
Ladies, don't flush your tampons. It doesn't matter if you are on city sewer or a septic system, it is _terrible_ and causes all kinds of issues.
But you CAN flush flushable wipes. This is a joke to get a rise out if Chucky. Please don't flush them. Water maintenance people hate them and they cause a lot of problems.
🤨...You better be joking around. Don't forget what happened with the roto rooter when we had to snake the drain.😏 But yeah, don't flush anything that doesn't dissolve in water down the drain. It's bad for the pipes, equipment, and makes utility costs go up.
Load More Replies...I have even found packages of wipes labelled as "flushable" which ALSO have microscopic print warning "do not flush".
My friend thought the whole tampon was flushable, applicator and paper. She found out the hard way in her 30s when their septic tank blocked up!
My house have a septic system and the first time I had it emptied and inspected (I had issues with it), the service guy explained to me how it worked and showed me me what clogged the filter between the compartments: looong hair balls from the previous owners, baby whipes, tampons, paper-towels, chunks of food (meats and other stuf flushed in the toilet), mice, condoms and even a pantie! That tank had never been properly serviced for a dozen years...
I (43F), after atleast three warnings, decided to ground my daughter for continuing to do this. She hasn't done it since.
I had to put a tampon in a glass of water to show a coworker what happened when she flushed tampons. She had no idea how big they swell up in water.
Where their water shutoff is in their house.
Oh, yes, and that there should be valves under a sink or behind a toilet to turn off the water if it's gushing out of control.
And check It regularly. A jammed shutoff is a real nightmare in an emergency.
My daughter recently had a leaking faucet fixture. She knew enough to turn off the water under the kitchen sink. I recommended that she know where all the shutoff valves are in her house, especially the main valve for the entire house. I also suggested she test them to make sure they're operable. In case of a huge water emergency, you don't want to be searching for the right one and when you finally find it, it doesn't turn. She credited me with being pretty smart for those suggestions. I replied, "Years of experience teach you a lot if you're willing to listen and learn."
Load More Replies...when we moved into my late mother's home, the main shut off was totally inaccessible. It's good now. Do not pile stuff around your water, gas, & electrical main shut-offs.
I right away showed my kids how to turn the toilet water off, specifically if they clog the toilet to do it immediately. When we first moved into our house, my husband showed me where the main fuse box is, and where the main gas and water shut offs are located. So important.
Ours is in a pit in the front garden. The pit is a refuge for dozens of snails, several large red-back spiders and one very large huntsman spider.
Just got a new emergency shut off for my water. It actually just cuts the power to my well pump.
that alcohol is a depressant, not a stimulant.
It lowers inhibitions and cognitive abilities as well. If you are a thrill seeker who loves adrenaline rushes you now have less ability to discern something is a bad idea and a lower threshold to decide to do it. Liquid courage is real. You aren't stimulated, just too drunk to identify your own emotions and thoughts.
I really wonder though if this doesn't vary somewhat by person. You know how they prescribe Adderall (basically speed) to ADHD folks to chill them out? Seems there are some of us who actually do perk up and feel better after a couple drinks
I can't dance but Jack Daniels tells me otherwise! I end up dancing like I'm looking for my car keys! LOL!
Alcohol is an "emotion amplifier" as it reduces your cognitive abilities and let the more primitive parts of the brain enter on the scene. Consuming alcohol at a party, and it is likely to make you happier, as people tend to be in a good mood/at a high spirit during a party. However if you drink when depressed, it can make things worse as it dampens your reasoning, which is what you will need to pull yourself out of the hole. However if you drink excessively, the alcohol will almost act like a kind of anestetic, that prevents you from sensing what is going on around you, and hence you won't experience -and can therefore not care about- what is going on around you like you normally would. That is why some people "selfmedicate" with alcohol, as it can be used to zone out and "turn of the horible world" ... at least for a short period. However this is not a cost-free deal to make, as the things you do (and not do) while under the influence can end up creating more problems in the long run
And this is why it isn't a good idea to drink when you are depressed. It will only make you MORE depressed. And if you suffer from clinical depression, that can have tragic consequences. People who are depressed are more likely to kill themselves if they are drunk, as it both increases the feelings of depression and lowers inhibitions.
ZIPPERING, the method of keeping a sustained stream of traffic from both sides be it merging or whatever.
I wish there were a public education campaign around this. Seems like so many people (at least where I live) think you are being greedy/inconsiderate if you don’t merge far ahead of time. Try to zipper and you run the risk of people not letting you in because they think you “cheated” by not sitting in traffic a mile before the merge point.
And then you get the numpty who blocks both lanes because its "not fair" that other people go past him and zipper further up the queue.
Load More Replies...Everyone face the US southern states and SCREAM this please. If the sign says one lane 2 miles ahead that does NOT mean form one lane immediately!
It is better to use all the roadway, begin a bit ahead of time to position yourself between the two cars you'll end up merging between, and zipper toward the end.
Load More Replies...He goes, you go, I go, next goes... it's just consideration! And driving etiquette...
This is "hilarious" cause in California I have heard people say they will not let you merge in and out because they "picked the right lane to begin with and just because you are an idiot I should not make space for you"
That is an incredibly horrible sentence structuring. I cannot understand what it’s saying. Can anyone decipher for me and restate what zippering is and if it’s good or bad?
They're advocating that, when two lanes of traffic are to merge into one, cars from each lane form a "zipper," with cars merging together in a way that he cars resemble a zipper with each car from the merging lane merging in between two cars from the other lane, and each car from the other lane allowing one car from the merging lane to merge in front of them. People have such a problem with this, with some trying to merge in right behind the merging car in front of them and some cars in the other lane refusing to let a single car between them and the car in front of them. Creates stoppage and anger while people try to sort out what should be a simple process and not a game of chicken.
Load More Replies...We had a lot of construction going on in town. All the street signs would say way back that a lane was ending, so the nice people would move lanes then the people in a hurry would drive right up to where the lane ended and expect to be zippered in.
They are correct. You are in the wrong. Wasting an an entire lane is not nice. You're supposed to zip where it narrows!!!
Load More Replies...In Australia there are two types of lane merging (two lanes combining into one, or an access road merging in from the side). Type 1 - no road marking between the two - in this case both streams of cars must adjust speed to ensure smooth merging. Type 2 - a dotted line between them - in this case a vehicle that crosses the dotted line must adjust their speed (faster or slower) to fit into a gap in the main stream of traffic.
A yield sign means to let the other vehicle go before you, not you trying to beat the other vehicle.
Sadly in North Carolina it is a suggestion. Getting on a crowded interstate? Go full speed and get ahead of everyone. Approaching a roundabout with cars entering and exiting? Speed up so you can get there just as someone else is entering or don't bother to stop at all.
Not just a Carolina problem. I found the issue to be very prevalent across the US and Canada.
Load More Replies...The number of people here who see "Free Flowing Right Turn" and slam on their brakes infuriates me.
Load More Replies...It also doesn't mean full stop. Very hazardous when tentative drivers who don't know how to merge safely and stop unnecessarily at a yield.
Yes, if the traffic is real heavy and you have to wait for a gap, do so at the start of the merging zone rather than at the end. That way you have a good chance of getting up to speed and need a smaller gap to enter.
Load More Replies...No one in Quebec knows this. They also don't know how to use a traffic circle. Worst drivers in Canada
We don't have yield signs in Australia, but I assume they are the same as our Give Way signs.
On a similar note (at least in the US), if your lane is ending, you have to merge and yield to the lane that is not ending
This reminds me of the (bad) traffic light definition: Red means stop, green means go, and yellow means hurry up!
It's not always that simple. When merging onto a faster road, a yield sign is usually followed by a speeding lane that lets you reach the speed of an oncoming traffic and merge safely at that speed rather than stopping/slowing down down, if possible. On highways that's mandatory, you can't just merge onto the highway from 0 km/h, you literally have no choice but to speed up to beat whoever is coming.
Each time you make a credit card purchase, you are taking out a short term, high interest loan which will accrue interest if you don’t pay it off by the end of the month.
That is why i don't have nor do i want to have credit cards, i only have debit cards, either i can afford it, or i can't.
In the UK, purchases over £100 are protected if you pay by credit card. So if I pay for a holiday, for example, and the company goes belly up, I can get a refund via the credit card. But not if I pay by debit card
Load More Replies...We charge only what we can afford to cards and pay them off at the end of the month, just to build credit. I refuse to give any company the satisfaction of getting even a penny of interest from me if I can help it, with the way they screw most people!
Isn't using a debitcard even better then? Less interest.
Load More Replies...Compared to payday loans, credit cards are actually relatively low interest. If you don't have the money, a credit card is a very bad thing as it allows you to spend money you don't have. However, if you have a reliable income, it can be used to pay for things that you know you will be able to afford over a period of time. They also come with benefits, such as reward points and insurance (in the UK for transactions over £100), which means that using a credit card AND PAYING IT OFF IN FULL EACH MONTH, can be benficial and also improves your credit rating. In fact with many banks you can set up a direct debit payment to pay off the cards and NEVER pay any interest. You do however need to be aware of what you are spending, just the same as if it were a debit card.
I have had credit cards for about 30 years, and have NEVER paid interest.
The answer is simple, pay it off each month by the due date and don't buy things if can't do that. There are many advantages to credit cards; loyalty rewards, travel insurance, protection from unscrupulous vendors, improved credit, access to funds in an emergency, etc.
I use a prepaid card for ordering online or for stuff that require a credit card. I transfer money needed for my purchases and then make the transaction. If I can't pay stuff, I can't get it on credit. Bonus: I it get lost or stolen, there's usually not enough money left in it and it's still tracable.
I now only use a credit card to keep my credit rating in good standing. I pay it off immediately. If you only use cash, if, god forbid, something happens and you need to have good credit, you won’t have any record of having any credit at all. Good luck.
That's not an issue in some countries. Not using credit cards has no bearing at all on credit ratings where I live. All that counts is assets, income, outstanding debts.
Load More Replies...Not if you spend within you means and pay your balance off every month. No debt, build excellent credit
Don’t put water on a grease fire. This is when your pan/pot catches fire while cooking.
Cover it with the pot or pan lid and turn off the heat
Edit: people in the replies have also added that baking soda and salt can work to smother the fire. Additionally a grease fire safe extinguisher is a good thing to have in your kitchen.
Don't worry though. If you can't afford pricey fire extinguishers or fire blankets, make sure you always have some marshmallows in and make the best of it.
I recently bought a fire extinguisher for $15 and a blanket for $6, both from Aldi. Cheap for the peace of mind. And marshmallows are so expensive!
Load More Replies...my old house had a fire blanket in it. came with the house. there was also a fire extinguisher. living in Australia, barbecue fires happen more often than you think. we thankfully never had to use it and it actually just sat there and gathered dust. but i believe every single house should come with both or at least one of those
Sorry, but this is seriously NOT recommended by fire services anymore. It is too difficult for people to always get the level of dampness correct. If it is wrong, it can actually make things worse. Sure, it can work, but is is not a given. Please always ensure you have kitchen fire extinguisher and A fire blanket. I've had a kitchen fire and thanks to having both there was little damage.
Load More Replies...A fire blanket is better, the fire extinguisher causes a lot of mess to clean up. The blanket keeps it easy to clean up afterwards. But if the fire gets too big the fire extinguisher if the only option, so better have both.
As long as the kitchen doesn't burn the fire blanket will easily do. Also pan lid made of glass will easily withstand the heat of the flames and put out the fire. Do not remove the lid until the pan is cooled down. Otherwise the fumes will ignite again.
Load More Replies...... and clean your exhaust hood regularly! If it is filled with years of buildup of condensated greasy vapor, you have effectively placed a large candle right above the stove. When you then create a large grease fire in a pot on the stove top, it can easily spread to the exhaust hood right above it. There it is hard to put out due to the inexcesibility of the inside of the duct, and the "hole" in the wall/ceiling that the fumes/vapor is normally exiting through can act as a free passage that the fire can use to spread to the rest of the house.
A house near me burned down because someone threw water on their deep fryer.
I hope no one was injured. That sounds like a recipe for serious burns to the person who threw the water.
Load More Replies...I always have a current extinguisher in my kitchen. AND in all of my bedrooms too.
If you go the fire extinguisher route, note that they have alphabet ratings like "A", "B", "C" which is the type of fire it's rated to put out. In a kitchen, get what's called an "ABC" fire extingusher, because you literally have every type of fire covered.
My husband used to work for a fire & security company and amassed a collection of leftover fire extinguishers. We have several in the garage, one in the pantry, one in the utility room, and one in the... master bedroom closet, for some reason. When one talks about things getting hot in the bedroom, that's not usually what they mean.
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How not to fall for a very obvious scam on the internet
Nigerian Princes are scams. I am a Senegalese Prince, looking to donate my money, pls give me your fb my princess so I can arrange transfer.
Load More Replies...Some scammers even use on first sight legit job offers. If they want to call to you over whatsapp and are pretty pushy about your personal infos, inform the police. You have to be really carefull about your personal data and the Internet in general.
These are getting more and more clever. You have to keep on top of the latest ones, like e-transfer scams (difficult if you are a business) job offers, just so many. I try to pay attention when the latest one hits the news, and I'm surprised at how devious these scumbags are becoming. It's rarely "You are late on taxes, pay us in Apple gift cards or we're going to arrest you!" anymore.
Yeah, the Tax Office must have a whole division just cashing in gift cards.
Load More Replies...Disregard ANY site that asks for your SSN, no matter how "official" they look.
But Microsoft asked them to get access to my computer to remove that virus I didn't know I had
I had a friend of mine at work (in the US) got an email from someone claiming to have the same last name as her. He was in the UK & that he was trying to save the family fortune. If she could only send her bank account information he would transfer the funds & so on. It took 6 of us yelling at this woman telling her it was a scam. She was still looking at us unsure that maybe it is legitimate. This is exactly what Nigerian scammers look for. They aren't bad people. They just really believe that a fool & their money are soon parted. Don't be the fool.
Drinking alcohol makes a person FEEL warmer but you're much more susceptible to freezing to death.
I would want to be drunk before meeting satan. LOL
Load More Replies...When your body is cold, blood is pumped more to you vital organs than your fingers and toes. It's a coping mechanism your body has to keep you alive. Alcohol basically reverses this, so your hands and feet will feel warmer but your vital organs are now colder and more likely to be under strain.
When my dad was in the 🇨🇦 army he taught arctic survival. Big emphasis on not taking a flask and drinking alcohol thinking it will keep them warm. A big “DO NOT DO THIS!!!!” and why. Well, out they go for a few lovely days in -40. Some idiot thought he knew better. Brought one with him. Hid it in his outside pocket so it’s all the faster to sneak. Alcohol freezes only at an incredibly low temperature. Waaaay lower than -40. When they stopped to rest, he snuck a big swig. His entire mouth and esophagus froze immediately. He died. Helluva object lesson for his guys.
Because it makes the blood flow to your extremities. That's also why you're susceptible to freezing to death, 'cause the blood is in your extremities and not the important places.
Load More Replies...Wrong way around. Its a vasodilator, you feel warm because more warm blood is closer to the skin but you loose heat more quickly because of it. Edit: clarification, in high concentrations you can use it to obliterate vessels, so 90% directly into a small artery will somewhat constrict, but some alcohol ib the entire body the dilation will overweigh
Load More Replies...Kids don’t need juice.
Kids need hydration. And if you find yourself with no potable water, the kids will need juice because it's better than not drinking at all.
If you’ve remembered to carry a carton of juice why didn’t your remember a bottle of water🤷♂️🤷♂️
Load More Replies...What is manufactured juice? Fruit + pressure = juice comes out
Load More Replies...Whenever I see someone filling a baby's bottle with Coke I get so weirded out. And I'd you try to argue that that's not really all that healthy, there comes the "oh, but if they see me drinking it they will want it, too. And if you don't give a baby what they want... THEY WILL DIE.". Yep, here in Brazil there is this myth that babies will literally *DIE* of not having something they saw someone drinking. Even alcohol. I just... I can't.
All things in moderation. I always cut my kids' juice with water anyway.
Yes, it is overly sweet and fairly disgusting. Not as healthy as plain water is. If a child hasn't had it, they really won't miss it.
Load More Replies...Anyone who thinks kids will drink water when juice exists has never tried to give a kid water.
they will drink water when they get thirsty enough, especially if there is no juice around.
Load More Replies...There are some cases where people need juice for medical reasons or if a kid refuses to drink or they just undergone a surgery in there throat and drinking hurts but they need liquid, cause to kids juice tastes better
Yes!!!! In our house juice is a once a day treat. Our kids drink water most of the day.
Measure twice, cut once
Give them two point five four centimeters, they take a yard. (I grew up with both being old enough and European enough, so understand both conceptually, but can only visualise imperial)
Load More Replies...Measure twice and average the results. If difference is greater than the length of your d**K get some one else to measure it.
No added sugar or preservatives is not the same as no sugar or preservatives. It just means no extra sugar or preservatives during packaging.
I love this. All the "natural" meat with no artificial preservatives. Read the label and it has celery extract AKA sodium nitrite. Its a less pure version of the same chemical as your artificial preservative.
All natural is a joke. Rocks and wood are natural. Still don't want to eat them.
Ah yes, like my father being shocked that his blood sugar spiked after eating half a kilo of grapes in one sitting. "But it's fruit, not sugar!?"
"No added sugar" means no added sugar. It does NOT mean the ingredients themselves have no sugar, but in the U.S., I haven't seen this used too deceptively*: you can't say "no sugar" when something has natural fruit flavoring, because the fruit has sugar. (*I do think this is a little misleading when put on candies made with sugar alcohols, since they're chemically related to sugar and worse for anyone except diabetics.)
Carbs are sugars. Eating a bunch of sugar free cookies can still drive your blood sugar crazy. My dad cut the number of sugar free cookies he had each in half & his need for insulin went way down.
Not exactly... carbs can be deconstructed into blood sugar. The simpler the carb is, the faster this happens. A complex carb may deconstruct slowly enough to not trigger insulin problems. A very complex carb may not deconstruct at all, such as fiber and chitin, the stuff that insects, crustaceans and arachnids' exoskeletons are made of.
Load More Replies...and that's why you check the carbohydrate levels, those include both natural and added sugars... besides, all foods have natural sugars, some just more than others (grapes are very high natural sugar-content, cucumbers bare have any at all)
No added sugar and still a high carbohydrate content they have added prunes
Just because it says it doesn't have extra sugar, doesn't mean they haven't added a sugar substitute. We watch for this because my wife is allergic to them. Same with "No artificial colors". They still add color, it's just a natural plant based one. For instance. Check your "all natural" Yellow cheese. I'm willing to be it will have "Annatto" in it, which what gives most cheese it's yellow color. Cheddar is naturally white, until they add a color. Then they charge more for the White cheddar to just not add the colorant to it.
Just basics of using a computer. Especially nowdays when most things are done digitally.
It’s just mind boggling when co-workers wifi does not work, or a program froze and they just don’t know what to do. Then when I reset the router or restart the computer they proceed to call me a Wizard. Like dude, what the heck?
I got an undeserved reputation as a technical wizard when a colleague of mine had difficulty arranging her keyboard (not wireless) to her preferred sitting position. I crawled under the table, unknotted the macramé of usb cables and put them back in, gaining her half a meter of cable and wiggling room. Boom!
I feel sorry for seniors. So much stuff is *only* online now, and it trips them up when they haven't a clue how it works. Lots of seniors traveling fell afoul of the Canadian government Covid travel app ArriveCan. They didn't have it because they didn't have a smartphone, and Federal airport security were AH about it, even in August. Was really dumb.
It’s hard though when people are older or just don’t learn tech skills as easily as other people. Be patient with them.
Speaking as an older person (72), I use the computer, mobile smart phone and other "conveniences," but new devices and systems come out so frequently that I can't always keep up on the most recent versions. While speed of learning can be a factor, there are other obstacles to staying on top of things.
Load More Replies...What surprises me more is the number of young people (under 30s) who lack fairly basic computer and research skills. A lot of the paralegals we get coming through can't format a Word document or research anything unless it's on Wikipedia.
THIS!!! Same at my workplace. Smart people but won't or ??? learn the basics.
Load More Replies...The basics of using a computer is ask someone who knows what the are doing to help you if you encounter problems!
I've had people come to me saying "I f*cked up my computer". I stopping saying I fixed it when they say that and started saying I unf*cked it . Now my nickname is the unf*cker at work. I can live with that.
I make a living doing this. Restart the router, not reset unless you know how to set it up again. Yeah, I'm surprised too. When in doubt, reboot.
Yeah, I'm a millennial and I get frustrated with how many Bluetooth/wireless things there are for home entertainment. It's too many variables if things aren't working. I would rather just have one TV with one remote and wires connecting my speakers.
You can calculate the percentage of something by multiplying it by a number between 0 and 1. Want 80% of something? Multiply by 0.8. Want 180% of something? Multiply by 1.8. The fact there's a percentage button on many calculators shows that this very basic idea is not well known as it should be....
I calculate tips by dividing bill by 10, then multiply by 2. Both are very simple calculations and give me 20% in a couple seconds.
Also sometimes it's easy to invert the numbers - 20% of 50 is the same as 50% of 20
The only thing I (barely) recall from math in school is the formula: "__ of __ is __". I think is means the multiplication, and you plug the numbers in a certain way... yes, I'm bad at math.
everytime math gets brought up I get the quadratic equation song stuck in my head ( https://youtu.be/VOXYMRcWbF8 )
Load More Replies...I think the percentage symbol can also be used for modulus (or something like that idk) division as well instead of just percentage
You can also calculate the price of a sale item by multiplying by the inverse of the sale. An item that is 20% off will be 80% of its original price. Original x .8 = sale price.
Income tax rates are tiered (or bracketed). You will never make less money by getting a raise. Only a portion of your income gets taxed at the higher rate once you enter the next bracket.
Well, it depends. In my country, there are some social benefits that are only available if you're earning less than specified amount. Even if you're 1$ over the amount, you'll lose the whole benefit, so sometimes getting a raise can make you have less money in total.
This used to be the case in the UK for Universal Credit, but this is now phased so that you actually get to keep slightly more than the amount you are over the threshold. So if you were getting £100, and earn £20 over the limit, your benefit would be cut by say £15 rather than £20, meaning you get to keep £105 overall. We also had an appalling tax called Stamp Duty on property, which started at 1%, but if you were £1 over the threshold, you had to pay 1% on the full value of the property!
Load More Replies...In the U.S. you can indeed lose income benefits by getting a raise. (see panda "Sarah SH" below) That type of loss very definitely equates to losing money.
Seems to be that in the USA, the more money you make the LESS you pay in taxes.
When you get a raise, but your take-home pay goes down, that helps the tax man, not you.
In the US, before about 1980, when computing was far from universal, the US had tax brackets. If you made more money, you could jump in to the next bracket, and lose a little.
We still have tax brackets, but they’ve always applied to the amount you make over a certain amount. So the first $x is free, the next $x is 10%, etc. if you make one dollar over the free bracket only that dollar is taxed at the higher rate.
Load More Replies...In the US, being just over the threshold of qualifying for a credit can make a big difference.
Nope, not true. If you just break into the next tax bracket, you can in fact take home less money after taxes. Happened to me. I didn't "make" less money, but I had less take-home pay. Note: tax brackets aren't partial - ALL your income is taxed at the same rate for a given year.
How to read a tape measure
Some people don’t know how to read that? I must’ve been too optimistic about the human race then
There's a terrifying number of actual adult humans who think you start measuring at the '1.'
Load More Replies...Oh, but you should get a 魯班尺 Chinese tape measure! They're so much more fun, because they are in centimeters and Chinese inches, PLUS they have all sorts of fengshui measures written on them.
A lot of people flounder when you get into quarter-, eighth-, and sixteen the inch measurements.
If you're left handed, get a left handed tape measure. Or you'll be reading the numbers upside down!
If you need that, I've got some left handed hammers and screwdrivers for sale
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Check your oil
And all the rest of the fluids too...They're there for a reason, and if they leak out, bad things can happen.
My car has a sealed transmission, so that you have to take it to a dealer if you want it serviced. This annoys me no end.
Load More Replies...Every 4000km my Cars would get an oil Change, worst case scenario ( in case of severe brokness ) 5000km, 60 or 70€ oil Change is a lot cheaper than a 5 or 6000€ engine Change....
Tires too, both pressure AND tread. Daughter just got popped in NC trying to renew her tags (stupid ol' Dad told her 6 months prior). Would have still paid $800, but could have budgeted for it
Once knew a co-worker who bought a used car where the seller told her she'd be fine if she just kept a case of oil in the car at all times. I think it was about three weeks before she burned up the engine.
That there is an indicator on your car dash to tell you what side is your gas tank is on.
And after filling up my car probably hundreds of times, I still need to check the indicator every time. 🤦♀️
While this tip is often shared, not every car has this indicator (mine (older sports car) does not, but I know where my gas tank is...). It is common to have this little arrow beside the gas symbol, but it has never been formally made standard. It has saved me a lot of time when driving a rental car, though.
I have 2 cars, they are quite old but not old timers. Neither of them have the arrow...
Truck on left side, Escape on right...&%$# engineers need to standardize stuff
They mostly do. But you might not be the biggest import country so your car might be standardised to the opposite side. My car and our old 4x4 are both from the Far East where they also have right hand drive. The Vauxhall is now European so is standardised for LHD.
Load More Replies...😂 explaining that one to my parents was so much fun. They had just bought a new car and wanted to fill the tank. My dad wanted to pull over to see which side it was on. I told him to just check the indicator on the dash. Quizzical looks and several "what"s later, I pointed it out to them. ETA: I'm an adult and this happened 2 years ago. Apparently they always just pulled over to look which side it was on after buying a car every single time.
Since 1992 my husband's car's gascaps have all been passenger side, mine driver side. So, even though he usually pumps when we're driving together (the driving is more mixed up, regardless of whose car it is) he remembers by joking I always pump since it's always on "my side"
Tax write-offs are not as good as not spending the money.
Depends. If you’re a small business and need a truck, good to get the write-off.
I think, in this one, write-off needs to be qualified to a specific situation. For example, buying a second property because you can write-off the interest charges is asinine since you're "saving" a few hundred dollars on taxes in the face of a few thousand dollars of payments each year. On the other hand, as FH pointed out, a small business being able to write-off the depreciation of tools/equipment can be a saving grace.
budgeting edit: for clarity, I know almost all adults are familiar with the concept of budgeting, but I think a lot of people don't know how to do it irl. They forget things, both big expenses and small-ticket items that add up, and they don't know what to include. For example, I know someone in the process of a divorce, and she doesn't realize that she's not going to be able to afford a house like the one she lived in when she was married. She thinks it's just a mortgage payment and doesn't include basic additional expenses like property taxes, homeowners insurance, pool and yard maintenance, etc. when trying to create a budget.
There are more than 4 weeks to a month. If you have a weekly expense such as groceries, multiply by 52 for the year's total, and divide that by 12 for the monthly expense.
Or when people get paid early (usually Christmas) and they panic cos they'll not have enough money til the next payday !
The compartment in the dishwasher next to the detergent holder is for rinse aid which is inexpensive and works very well.
Dishwashers consume less water than hand washing. If you're poor (or just wanting to conserve water use) and have a dishwasher, it's the best choice for your budget.
Load More Replies...And if you're out of rinse aid, or it's not in this week's budget, vinegar works just as well.
Growing up, I had Dawn for dishes... (my youngest sister's name was Dawn... she never saw the humor in that tho...)
If you dont pay for the product, you ARE the product.
"Clothes with big brand names over them" : You PAY to advertise for the product.
A businessman once told me that the person who does the most talking gets to keep the product...
This. It extends past social media. That BOGO coupon for lunchmeat on your loyalty card works the same way. Your info was just sold to big ham.
8% of 25 is the same as 25% of 8
It's 2. And that's an oddly specific "basic knowledge" pet peeve, but okay.
The point is that you can do this switch for any % calculation to make it easier to do in your head. 17% of 50 = 50% of 17 19% of 10 = 10% of 19
Load More Replies...I was expecting "sugar rush is not real" to appear somewhere. That got to be one of the least know truths in the U.S.A.
I have one. That on every car dashboard. There is a marker, either on the left or right side of your gas tank symbol, and that tells you which side of the car should face the gas pump.
Not on every car I'm afraid. It is on mine, but not my husband's.
Load More Replies...That if you watch the pedestriancrossing light when approaching a intersection Ina vehicle,and it is still showing walk then don't slow the he'll down worried the green light turning yellow,if it flashing still two cars can make it thru before yellow,if it solid then turning yellow right away.
Store bought meat in America: treated with any combination of ~3,000 additives: steroids, endocrine disruptors, carcinogens, immune suppressants (which decrease effectiveness of vaccines and damage DNA). Also: irradiation. Even the packaging (PFAS) is toxic and leaches into food.
I was expecting "sugar rush is not real" to appear somewhere. That got to be one of the least know truths in the U.S.A.
I have one. That on every car dashboard. There is a marker, either on the left or right side of your gas tank symbol, and that tells you which side of the car should face the gas pump.
Not on every car I'm afraid. It is on mine, but not my husband's.
Load More Replies...That if you watch the pedestriancrossing light when approaching a intersection Ina vehicle,and it is still showing walk then don't slow the he'll down worried the green light turning yellow,if it flashing still two cars can make it thru before yellow,if it solid then turning yellow right away.
Store bought meat in America: treated with any combination of ~3,000 additives: steroids, endocrine disruptors, carcinogens, immune suppressants (which decrease effectiveness of vaccines and damage DNA). Also: irradiation. Even the packaging (PFAS) is toxic and leaches into food.
