Chetzemoka

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[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I don't know where OP is, but here in Massachusetts, we have no sales tax on groceries:

https://www.salestaxhandbook.com/massachusetts/sales-tax-exemptions

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Are you suggesting a privatized National Weather Service and toll bridges would be better? If so, I have a nice bear-ridden town in New Hampshire you might like to move to.

Regulations are exactly how you deal with negative externalities.The EPA makes corporations pay for reducing pollution and cleanup. Why do you think corporations target EPA so much? Because EPA costs them money. Never hear any corporations whining about that free taxpayer-funded geological data coming out of USGS

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You know, I should buy a spare. Thanks for the idea

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

Literally why I'm still sitting here on my Pixel 5.

In the past, manufacturers seem to "innovate" every few years and reinvent the small form factor phone. I'm waiting, hoping we see that trend breaking again soon.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I like clean water, good weather forecasts, and I want to fix the bridges.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

No, I'm happy with the direction they took her after the events of WV. I would just have liked to see that moment she decided to lean into it depicted onscreen instead of being an off screen development. That's a huge moment to just...not show. I think it would have added a lot to the movie.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 4 points 7 months ago

I loved the pieces of The Marvels. But the completed movie felt rushed and really really badly edited to me. Which made it so much more disappointing because the pieces were SO good. (Kittens and dancing, singing princesses?? Omg amazing.)

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 4 points 7 months ago

Deep cut Expanse reference. Specifically to an episode that had a lot of personal meaning for me.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 8 points 7 months ago (8 children)

Oh right, I was mixing up Spider-Man FFH & NWH.

Shang-Chi was the kind of quality I expect from MCU.

But I'll be honest, even MoM disappointed me. It felt like they just abandoned all of the character development poured into Wanda because "heh heh cool Sam Raimi movie" and the America plot was kind of tacked on.

Black Widow, Eternals, Thor L&T, The Marvels all had the potential to be great. It's like they just gave up on scripts and that notorious centralized quality assurance. Which I know is something a lot of people hated on them for, but I think the difference is obvious. Their centralized production over Phase 3 projects worked.

(We don't talk about Quantumania. That one was unsalvageable.)

I hope they get back to the old way of doing things as Phase 5 progresses.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 15 points 7 months ago (14 children)

And people seriously underestimate the simplest reason: poor execution. Phase 4 just had so many movies that weren't good. The writing was bad, a couple characters or moments would be what you expect, but the overall product was just shoddy.

I think you could say that about almost every single Please 4 movie except Guardians 3. There was just a massive drop in quality.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 11 points 7 months ago

I'm thrilled with Vanessa Kirby. That's exciting.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 116 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (8 children)

From a person with a lot of years of experience fighting mold on wood in a humid climate, what you want is borax:

https://www.thisoldhouse.com/green-home/21331232/killing-mold-on-wood

Borax kills mold and also soaks into wood and stays there to prevent future growth. Bleach does not help on porous surfaces like wood:

"Note that bleach should not be used to kill mold found on wood. While bleach is very effective for killing mold on non-porous surfaces, it doesn’t work well when it comes to wood. This is because the chlorine in bleach can’t penetrate wood, so only the water portion of the bleach gets absorbed.

The mold may appear to be removed from the surface, but it’ll likely continue to grow underneath and return within a few months."

 
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