now that I can get behind!

That must be where the swedish word comes from then: “Hårfön”

I didn’t know that

Hah, I didn’t know it wasn’t. (not english native speaker)

Using that word misses out on the much more fun original name: Acetylsalicylic acid.

yeah, I get why “Aspirin” stuck

I’ve had two idiot brothers who for whatever reason never did learn how to clean themselves as kittens. If we didn’t wash them they started smelling, and the white fur became a nice nicotine yellow.

Years later we got a third cat, a rescue, who actually taught them to clean themselves!

who’d want someone that tall

I don’t think I’ll ever understand why people think this way.

the description fits my uneducated stereotype of the automotive industry.

Swede here. I’ve only heard about things like this in american movies.

funny how it still has a heat seeking missile

“oh dear, wrong button…”
“AGAIN?!”

f indeed

I would LOVE to know how!

“better catch up in case she wants my number”

Said no one ever, absolutely no one. Wtf is that even

the fact that would violate the laws of thermodynamics (infinite energy) is a pretty good indication that’s wrong.

Yes, as the system os what it is, if an organization want something done they need to play the game as it stands.

That doesn’t mean that’s a good thing

Shortage means supply doesnt meet demands, which is true. AI giants are gobbling up the available supply leaving us lower paying customers without any

Yes, guns might be killing people.

what

Yeah, you don’t need to be a celebrity with kids to empathize with that one

I’d love to start making up nerdy explanations, and I mean its plausible bending spacetime all willy nilly might have some local inertial side-effects, but the concept of inertial dampers is honestly quite out there. That and the artificial gravity.

They also use “impulse”, which seems to be a very high powered inertial type deal. That should follow the rules we’re used to