BenPranklin

joined 1 year ago
[–] BenPranklin 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When I see people say stuff like "rc cola is almost indistinguishable from coke" it blows my mind. Do you actually mean you can't taste the difference? Or that you don't think the difference is worth the extra money?

[–] BenPranklin 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I hear this a lot since we converted to heat pumps. People don't realize basically every heat source these days other than wood needs electricity. We kept our oil system as a backup for very cold days but it also doesn't work with no power.

[–] BenPranklin 16 points 1 year ago

~~ITT~~ On this platform are many middle aged nerds

[–] BenPranklin 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its like how red cars get more speeding tickets.

[–] BenPranklin 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

While that's definitely what happened often the legal definition of "rape" in a state explicitly requires penetration with a penis. So a lot of things that a normal person would consider rape are classed as sexual assault and have to be reported as such in the media. You can see this in the recent E. Jean Carroll suit against trump. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/07/donald-trump-rape-language-e-jean-carroll

[–] BenPranklin -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You really seem intent on finding malice and being offended.

  • They said his sauce wasnt that hot, so clearly they're calling him a pussy.
  • They laughed, so clearly they were cruelly laughing at his expense.
  • They took a lot of time and effort to make a joke that played on the thing he'd made, so clearly they wanted to make sure this guy knows hes a piece of shit that isnt welcome at their meet ups
[–] BenPranklin -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Idk if its "his property" anymore, he left it behind with seemingly no intention of going back for it. But how would you not laugh at that? Some new guy you've never met shows up with this outrageously elaborate setup for his homemade ultra-hot hot sauce and when you try it, it isn't spicy

[–] BenPranklin 1 points 1 year ago

A manliness competition? Its a hot sauce social group, you can't actually be surprised that such a group would try to outdo each other with heat tolerance.

[–] BenPranklin 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)

Yeah if this is real then to my reading this is some high effort, high quality banter. They had to carve this into a piece of wood, find this guys house, and then drive it over. That's the sort of prank that's done amongst friends thats fondly reminisced about for literally decades. They basically hand delivered this guy a personalized invitation to come hang out more.

[–] BenPranklin 8 points 1 year ago

We can only hope

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