[–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

I appreciate what you're saying. I see oil and gas deaths closer to 91,000, which is obviously too many, and it comes down to proper ventilation. Shit, I know I cook with windows open, and I know that was the norm when I was growing up, but mainly because it got hot af. And so, unfortunately, when you factor in the safety measures, the cost of transitioning 47 million homes to electric stoves becomes a burden.

And I don't know what the cost of a human life is. I hear this "If you save one life" thing, and I'm not sure it means anything. I've heard people spout it at hearings for cell phone towers. In an ideal world we'll achieve this perfection where nothing we do has any risk to anyone, but it's not realistic. We will always find some way to kill ourselves.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    The US are major exporters of LNG. It is cheap and effective in the US. When Europe was importing the majority of its gas, it makes sense they'd transition away when there's other options available.

    Everything is cost related. The cost of transitioning in the US doesn't make sense. I have gas appliances, and it'd be silly to transition to electric.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago

    We have a cushioned mat that goes under the toilet similar to this, though ours is mainly in front of the toilet, where this seems to go unnecessarily around the back. It gets thrown in the washer at the same time we throw the shower mat thingy in, the on you step on post shower.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 days ago

    I don't have that problem, thank you very much.

    But funnily enough, I told my daughter the only time that scream is appropriate is if someone was to nab her. I also tell my kids there's no way someone wouldn't just come and give them back when they realized the kids they just kidnapped. They can really be monsters sometimes.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    My daughter has this absolutely blood curdling scream. And and always has, back to the beginning. I hear static in my ears if she's close enough when she does it. And so yeah, I've had to tell her nobody wants to hear that outside, because it's true.

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