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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • Nice straightforward one (idk why yellow missed me)…

    Connections
    Puzzle #1232
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    In case it comes up…

    for the non-Americans…

    In American football, “snapping” the football initiates the play. It’s (usually) when the Offense player in the Center position passes the ball behind him to the Quarterback. Idk if that term exists in Soccer football.






  • OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.world•Doing our part
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    8 days ago

    Why are you responding in such a condescending tone?  Was my reply in any way as rude?  Do you hold all of your internet conversations by talking down to your fellow contributors? You don’t know who we are; you don’t have any right to reply like that. Grow up. Keep your “gold stars” and “walk step by step for you’s” to yourself. If you can’t be civil to strangers, then keep your opinions to yourself.

    The compressed gas that “it” uses is compressed with electricity, yes.

    …and yes, I realize the gas is not compressed onboard, and that the car doesn’t accomplish this on “its” own.  I’m sorry my simpler phrasing upset you so. If I say “the car uses a DC power supply,” I don’t mean to imply that the car connects “itself” to the charger either. “It” (the car) utilizes a compressed gas source, which was electrically powered.

    Sure, that minuscule amount of electricity could be generated by way of fossil fuel power plants, but seeing as how this is a Tesla demo, probably a one-off (assuming Musk is lying about delivering - as he usually is), and Tesla’s “gigafactory” uses a massive solar farm in addition to the local power grid (which may include fossil fuels), it’s nearly a wash. A tiny “carbon footprint,” if any at all. Hell, manufacturing those bottle lids probably generates a larger carbon footprint.

    Like [@DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works]\ said, there are plenty of other aspects to this to make fun of.  Arguing that the compressed gas is somehow contributing to its global footprint is stupid. But then, so is arguing with strangers on the internet.







  • So you’re saying it’s ok to oppose something that doesn’t have any effect on you, even if it benefits someone else?

    Sure, college debt cancellation may not be a big boon for those who have no college debt, but it doesn’t harm them either. Seems kind of cruel to deny someone else an advantage, just because it doesn’t grant you an advantage too.