AtTheFirePit

AtTheFirePit t1_j1hxj2y wrote

Reply to comment by AuthorSnow in Just a friendly reminder by b3_yourself

reddit doesn't charge for each word you read. why are you so hot about this? if it doesn't apply to you, move on. be proud of yourself; you already knew something others did not. you remembered more from driver's ed than others. go you.

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AtTheFirePit t1_ixckneb wrote

Reply to AskScience AMA Series: We're Competing to Make the Mars Habitat Food Production System! AUA! by AskScienceModerator

I read a while ago that one of the biggest obstacles of colonizing Mars is the dust storms and the static electricity they create. It was said that the dust would stick to and get into everything, reducing vision and mobility for anyone outside and damage equipment.

Is that actually a concern and if so, what's the plan to mitigate it?

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AtTheFirePit t1_ixbafvh wrote

Reply to comment by AngelaLambert in Maine has the highest rate of child abuse cases in the United States (1,904.4 per 100,000 people under 18). The data comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. by AngelaLambert

Child abuse happens at every socioeconomic level but all kinds of abuse are exasperated by; isolation, lack of social supports, lack of social safety nets, lack of/substandard education, lack of jobs that provide advancement, and poverty.

If I wasn't so tired I'd look to see how Maine ranks on all those other things, too.

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AtTheFirePit t1_it8ytb7 wrote

Reply to comment by NoMoLerking in If there’s a worse town motto than Fall River’s, I’d like to hear it by orleansville

Ware MA is "the town that can't be licked!"

"The Great Depression era nearly signaled the demise of the mills. But, the citizens of Ware banded together to buy shares in the struggling companies. The purchase was the first employee buy-out of a major manufacturer in America. Ware Industries was born, preserving the livelihood for hundreds of families. Ware's then-Chief of Police Bartholomew Buckley coined a new phrase for Ware, calling it “The Town that can’t be licked!” Life Magazine heralded the event in their May 23, 1938 issue with an article entitled Life Goes to a Party: Ware, Mass. Celebrates Comeback."

needless to say, things have... changed

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