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  • Lots of chefs think that way. I did, too, until I dropped the recipes and started experimenting on my own. Getting a feel for bread dough, knowing what various ingredients will do. Feeling out viscosity of batter. It's just as much an art as cooking, if you know what you're doing. And cooking has just as much science, what with acid, maillard reactions, etc.

    I mean... it's not like average people can get consistent results with chef recipes, either, without measuring certain ingredients precisely.

  • You should broaden your horizons. Many breeds concentrate on health. Behavior is important for many, too. Border collies couldn't do a vast majority of service animal tasks, and they make terrible pets, especially for families with small kids, which improves outstanding and mental health for children. There are other sports like scent and racing (for fun, not gambling.) Not to mention therapy animals. Border collies would have challenges there, too.

  • From what I understand, this idea was first printed in 1967, concurrent to but separate from this essay.

    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/father-sacrifice-son-train-bridge/

    Looks like it's even earlier than that. But it puts a different spin on it if the one is a loved one. It's not really a math problem. It's an illustration of sacrifice.

  • sweetest dog in the world

    won't be pleasant...really protective

    And THIS is why pit types overflow the shelters and cause the vast majority of injuries. The delusion in pit owners is tangible.

    Just because the dog is sweet with you and your family, doesn't make it sweet or safe. Nor does it mean it will stay that way if circumstances align badly. There are hundreds of dog breeds who are either genuinely sweet in all circumstances, or unable to cause serious damage if they aren't sweet.

    People are getting on your case because your comments are full of cognitive dissonance. You say it's irresponsible owners, while somehow missing the evidence that you defending the sweetness of a dog that is clearly aggressive in public makes you one of the irresponsible owners.

    Sure, muzzling your dog is a modicum of self- awareness, but these dogs simply shouldn't be around nearly as much as they are. People going on the internet and touting their sweetness is encouraging irresponsible people to breed, buy, and adopt them.

  • There are plenty of less common dog breeds that should be preserved that aren't classified as "working dogs" any more.

    Half the problem is that working breeds don't make good sedentary pets, but some of them are pretty or give off a certain vibe, so people buy them and can't take care of them. (See huskies, German Shepherds, Pit breeds, etc.)

    Less-popular breeds with responsible clubs do just fine. Give clubs the ability to work with law enforcement to find and shut down irresponsible breeders, and the problem would be quickly resolved. Whether that's licensing to breed or some other solution, it should be possible.

    Otherwise, I agree.

  • I'm probably going to get eviscerated for this, but that sexuality is purely genetic. I think that for the vast majority of people, sexuality is way more fluid than not, and much more influenced by environment than people would like to think.

    I also don't think that has any bearing on people's right to choose.

  • Oo, I got a bonus word! I spent way too much time trying to parse synecdoche from metonym.

    Apparently, synecdoche is something associated with, and metonym is a whole or a part of of. So "red hats" and "trust funds" referring to people are synecdoche and my examples were all metonyms.

    I'm geeking out a bit now.

  • They miss one important aspect. No matter the relative harm inflicted, no human being has a right to demand the use of another human being's body.

    You can't even force marrow or blood donation, let alone kidney or liver. Even after someone is dead, no one has a right to their body without consent. Yet, women are being forced to donate their bodies to someone else?

    There is no legal right to that.