Superfluous J Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Why does my microwave have a button dedicated to setting the clock to am and pm? In addition to the button dedicated to setting the clock? How often does that come up, that it is more important than ... anything else? Like a +30 seconds button. For example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razark Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 2 hours ago, adsii1970 said: XV = 25 I wasn't that great at high school Latin, but something seems a bit off there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Lisias said: Pricing Psychology. Most people see "14 and something", instead of "almost 15". And since 14 is smaller than 15, they bite. I recommend exercising discretion on reading the following site, where this subject is explored: https://www.nickkolenda.com/psychological-pricing-strategies/ The first time I had learnt about Pricing Psychology, I got angry for days. I wish Starlink had bumped monthly fee from $99 to $109 instead of to $110. Bad marketing and I pay a buck more. But better than $119 I suppose. Still, it feels twice wrong. But happy I got the user terminal at the previous price. Edited March 26, 2022 by darthgently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 The pricing psychology is good, and the false economy of "saved 2 cents" is understandable... ... but looks weird when 1) the shop price doesn't include taxes ("$1498 + tax"); 2) they anyway give tips like "10%" to the waiters, taxi drivers, etc. Turning the actual sum into a random mess. 2 hours ago, Superfluous J said: Why does my microwave have a button dedicated to setting the clock to am and pm? To prevent you from eating breakfast in the evening. 1 hour ago, darthgently said: I wish <...> had bumped monthly fee from $99 to $109 instead of to $110. I see the 110 just being honest, rather than trying to fool the customer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: I see the 110 just being honest, rather than trying to fool the customer. Well, ok, but 109 would have been a dollar less. So I'm sure you see my POV, lol. I don't think mentioned anything about "fooling the customer" Edited March 26, 2022 by darthgently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Having the price a few cents lower also encouraged the naive to by multiples in order to save what seemed like a greater amount. @kerbiloid Based on your second spoiler inside the other spoiler for the hand signs for Roman Numerals. I got your nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Not mine. Romans'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 6 hours ago, razark said: I wasn't that great at high school Latin, but something seems a bit off there. @razark, Thanks for pointing it out. It's been a long week and I typed and sent without proofreading. And you're quite correct. XV is 15, not 25. I've edited the post. Thanks for keeping me straight. 5 hours ago, kerbiloid said: To prevent you from eating breakfast in the evening. Ha. Breakfast foods are my favorite! I don't care if the clock says a.m. or p.m., if the sun is up or it's the middle of night! There's something about breakfast foods that rock! No, not talking about cereal. Put away that box of corn flakes - that's horse feed. I'm talking pancakes, maybe an egg omelette with ham, mushrooms, sharp Wisconsin white cheddar, onions, tomato, biscuits and sausage gravy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) 34 minutes ago, adsii1970 said: Breakfast foods are my favorite! I don't care if the clock says a.m. or p.m., if the sun is up or it's the middle of night! Breakfast < break + fast, a fast break. When you already have woken up, what does it break? Nothing. The sleeping is over, the work did not yet begin. But when you stand up in the night to eat, and then go to bed again, it's the etymologically proper breakfast. A fast break in the sleeping session. Edited March 26, 2022 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Overheard at the breakfast table this morning: "Every time you waste real maple syrup, a Canadian kitten dies." Waiting for confirmation on this from @StrandedonEarth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) 35 minutes ago, TheSaint said: Overheard at the breakfast table this morning: "Every time you waste real maple syrup, a Canadian kitten dies." Waiting for confirmation on this from @StrandedonEarth. Well, I haven't heard of that one before, but maybe that explains why my cat Malibu (~4 yo, not a kitten but in his prime) died of unknown causes last summer. Vermont kittens may be at risk too... The current adolescent kitty, Gilligan, is still doing fine, finding new places to perch. But let's not push our luck, 'k? Edited March 26, 2022 by StrandedonEarth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 3/25/2022 at 1:10 PM, Admiral Fluffy said: Is lighting a campfire without permission arson? Depends on the location. Some places have burn bans, some don’t care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 2/6/2022 at 9:18 AM, StrandedonEarth said: If you watch a baby feed itself in a high chair, you’d realize babies actually absorb nutrition by osmosis…. Was digging through old pics for another thread, found some prime examples... Spoiler May have overdone it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 It's not uncommon to have millennials be grand parents now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Now millennials are being called "Olds" by the latest generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 15 minutes ago, Gargamel said: It's not uncommon to have millennials be grand parents now. When you get old enough is it just living past the warranty? isn't the "warranty" in question your mid/late 20's since that was a humans average lifespan back before civilization? Or is your warranty when you can't reproduce? I've heard of some animals who's groups abandoned them to die after they could no longer have children. And is there a warranty on your mind? of course your brain rots over time but the mind inside of it could probably last longer if your aging brain didn't destroy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, Minmus Taster said: Or is your warranty when you can't reproduce? I've heard of some animals who's groups abandoned them to die after they could no longer have children. Based on the related equipment defenseless location, it's not a warranty, but a temporary pass. Spoiler Thank you, Nature, you like us! Though, afair, the cancer diseases are most common in both pre-reproductive age (blood diseases) and post-reproductive (epithelic ones), and the post-finish hormonal shift increases their frequency by the metabolism disbalance. (Thus the Nature tries to remove the less healthy ones from the reproduction and food consuming. The intermediate age ones are relatively balanced and protected.) Actually, a multicellular organism is a colony which tends to act like monocellulars being disbalanced. Edited April 1, 2022 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben J. Kerman Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 If Europa is Europe in Spanish (And German, too), then what is Europa in Spanish, as in the moon? Can Yo voy a Europa could mean I'm going to Europe as well as I'm going to Europa? Is it a homonym where you need to use context, like crayon in French meaning both crayon and pencil, or crane in English meaning both a bird and what is in my PFP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Fluffy Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 The Jupiter moon doesn't support a Schengen visa. Thus, it's not a real Europe, but a useless fake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria Sirona Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 No it isn't @kerbiloid, some countries in Europe don't support schengen visas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Maria Sirona said: No it isn't @kerbiloid, some countries in Europe don't support schengen visas They belong to Jupiter moons, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 13 hours ago, Admiral Fluffy said: What? I believe the Gist of it was that language can be confusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria Sirona Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 2 hours ago, kerbiloid said: They belong to Jupiter moons, too. What do you mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 58 minutes ago, Maria Sirona said: What do you mean? Same far, and no Schengen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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