The_Razielim

The_Razielim t1_jcw1lmi wrote

Reply to TIFU by telling my girlfriend she could use my computer cleaner to organize my spice rack, peppering us all. by [deleted]

I accidentally did something similar to my wife one time.

I was making gyoza filling and I like them with a bit of heat so I used a microplane to grate down a chili into the mix. My wife comes into the kitchen and immediately started coughing because apparently I aerosolized a serrano pepper and I didn't notice lol

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The_Razielim t1_jas2h8j wrote

Reply to Sea creatures in Greek manuscript and Norse mythology may have been whales with mouths agape — Fish instinctively swim toward apparent shelter of creature’s mouth, a phenomenon depicted in ancient texts as early as 2,000 years ago by marketrent

Funny thing is I just saw a post yesterday about a bird (I think some species of crane or egret?) that also takes advantage of that sheltering behavior of fish. It will wade out into the water and encircle its wings and tuck its head under, creating a shadowed area that fish will swim to because it's "sheltered", then just snap them up lol

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The_Razielim t1_j27f6h9 wrote

Reply to comment by Les923 in Private guards hired by MTA arrested for NYC subway beatdown by 1600hazenstreet

>A lot of men who go into police, security guard/bouncer, correction officer, etc work are men with anger issues, who used to be bullied when young

In my experience, it's been the ones who were the bullies who ended up becoming cops/etc as adults. The perpetual D-student meatheads who just loved shoving people around when they were kids/teens who grow up and want to be able to punch down legally.

But I'm sure examples could be found in either direction.

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The_Razielim t1_iz9yzo8 wrote

Reply to comment by damnatio_memoriae in Influential NYC comedy club Caroline's closing after 40 years by broadcastterp

Yep, there's locations that have been closed since before I moved into my current neighborhood (nearing 6 years now), and have just been vacant storefronts the entire time.

There's what used to be a small Italian(?) spot that closed maybe 1-2 weeks after I moved into this neighborhood that has just been shuttered for the last 5.5 years.

It's absolutely ridiculous how many things are allowed to just sit empty, doing nothing.

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