Jaedos
Jaedos t1_itl4yay wrote
Reply to comment by ComicsNBigBooks in Just finished The Count of Monte Cristo by ComicsNBigBooks
"Happy" might be stretching it, ... ... "comfortable" might be more accurate, or maybe "secure". I went and looked up Fernand to see if he was worthy of forgiveness since it's been a while since I read the book.
Nope, pretty much just a solid bastard. Did he assassinate Haydee's father as well?
Jaedos t1_itku0fo wrote
Dante really ends up his own villain at the end. He ruined Mercedes out of narcissistic jealousy because for all intends and purposes, her and Fernand had a happy marriage. Fernand was absolutely deserving of his undoing; but Dantes could have spared Mercedes if he really loved her. She thought he was long dead for f*'s sake.
Danglers gets off fairly easy, but Mercedes cloisters. Then again, I guess I can't blame her much considering her life has been nothing but having the men she's loved lie and die.
Jaedos t1_it5blil wrote
Reply to comment by byllz in Why does alcohol kill bacteria, but not the cells that our bodies are composed of? by Chairman_Mittens
That... is a whole new realm of reading I'll have to do. It looks like there's both epithelial non-neuronal, and neuronal presentations of the protein, but I can't tell if the epithelial activation results in a brain-aware pain signal, or simply impacts the local biology such as increasing glandular activity, etc.
You are absolutely correct that ethanol is considered a strong agonist for TRPV1 though. I'll have to add an edit about the specifics of the burning sensation and read up some more on this.
Jaedos t1_isimaxb wrote
Reply to comment by listyraesder in TIL that before Lincoln Center could reward David Geffen's $100 Million donation by renaming "Avery Fisher Hall" to "David Geffen Hall", they had to pay the heirs of Fisher - the original donor - $15 million. Geffen's donation has a provision that requires his name to be on the hall "in perpetuity". by AspireAgain
I think a building a legally required to self-immolate at that point.
Jaedos t1_isilg8a wrote
Heat gun
Jaedos t1_ishd1vg wrote
Reply to comment by Bob_Chris in 250lb Battlebot is flipped and sticks the landing by jon-in-tha-hood
I get what you mean. It should have bounced around or something. What you're not seeing is the wobble happened because it speared the steel floor and got stuck.
Jaedos t1_iseulev wrote
Reply to comment by JohnfromMI in TIL that before Lincoln Center could reward David Geffen's $100 Million donation by renaming "Avery Fisher Hall" to "David Geffen Hall", they had to pay the heirs of Fisher - the original donor - $15 million. Geffen's donation has a provision that requires his name to be on the hall "in perpetuity". by AspireAgain
What's that? They sell the naming rights to some other asshole?
Jaedos t1_ise8byp wrote
I want to see a bot that uses a magnet like a scrap yard crane. Just pick the opponent up, swing it around, and yeet it out of the arena.
Jaedos t1_ise7s6q wrote
Reply to comment by Bob_Chris in 250lb Battlebot is flipped and sticks the landing by jon-in-tha-hood
These things are wider than most end tables and night stands. The camera angle really messes with perspective. It's stupid how fast these things are, but that's electric motors for you.
Jaedos t1_itot48a wrote
Reply to comment by SydneyCartonLived in Just finished The Count of Monte Cristo by ComicsNBigBooks
I haven't heard of that. The more I refresh myself on Fernand, the more that guy got everything that was coming to him, but ya, Count Dantes could have made a lot better choices.