Anyolduser @ Anyolduser @lemmynsfw.com

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Boy, folks on Lemmy just can't help but double down, can they?

And yet the question remains unanswered!

Finding the shirt crass because it references a lewd act is understandable, as is objecting to it because Timmy the ten year old who is at the theater is going to ask his parents some interesting questions after reading the shirt.

Objecting to it solely because it uses a dirty word is ... pretty fucking stupid.

So wearing a shirt that says "I'm just here to make love to the popcorn bucket" would have been just fine in your book?

There's a little of both in play here.

First, the whole black and white part of the illustration is a neck flap that may or may not have existed. It makes the neck look super thick, but it was just the artist's interpretation.

Second, penguins. Pterosaurs have big, hollow heads and skeletons that look like they should have flown. The same can be said of penguins.

Ahem, I believe the correct term is "cracking open a cold one".

Conversely why do I need to pay to read the opinion section?

No, we shouldn't wait.

We will, but we shouldn't.

I'm actively trying to find a non-Reddit content aggregator, then I'm getting the hell away from this freak show.

Spices. Twice. You can keep the rest.

For most of the middle ages lords kept their spices in a strongbox and locked it away with their gold and jewels because some of the spices were literally worth their weight in gold.

The big problem is that you couldn't just rock up to the local lord and ask him if he wanted to buy your spices. First, he probably wouldn't be able to afford them all. Second, depending on the time period merchant's guilds (like the Grocers in London) controlled who could trade spices. Third, you'd raise a lot of questions not speaking the language and carrying enormous wealth - a good way to get robbed and/or locked up

That being said, if managed carefully those spices could be sold piecemeal to avoid arousing suspicion of any of the established merchants, then that money could go towards buying a house in and shop in town and establishing a permanent business. That is probably the best outcome you could ask for.

So the cost aspect is absolutely massive. You can theoretically filter elemental gold out of sea water, but it's not reasonable to do that to supply gold for use in electronics. Similarly you can purify helium as much as you want but at a certain point the cost makes whatever you were doing with it prohibitively expensive.

Right now we're still pulling helium out of the ground alongside natural gas deposits. We're also not doing everything we can to recover, recycle, or substitute the industrial and scientific grade stuff either.

As less helium gets extracted the cost will go up. This will put market pressure on all users to use it more efficiently or find substitutes wherever possible. If the price goes high enough it might also drive producers to purify helium that might have been sold at a lower grade in the past.

This find in Minnesota pushes that future scenario down the road a bit, which can either extend the status quo or buy time for technological improvements to be made that will make use and extraction more efficient.

Look, there's one right there!

Buddy, the second I find a better content aggregator that isn't Reddit I'm out.

Jesus Christ not this guy again....

Amen. Some of the shit I see here...

No problem, glad you enjoyed it!

What does any of that have to do with you correcting me without doing even a modicum of research or having any familiarity with the topic?

The fuck is wrong with people here...

No, no it could not.

The stuff used in balloons isn't pure enough to be used for cryogenic purposes, which is what people really want it for.

And before you ask purifying it is really difficult.

... No, but I'd sure trust them to describe oil drilling to me.

Christ, Lemmy sucks ass

You're incorrect, but at least you're incorrect confidently, I guess.

Here's a link where a helium extractor explains the process:

https://rockymountainair.com/blog/how-is-helium-extracted/

It's a lot more complicated than "let it sit in a tank, bro. Trust me, bro".

The highest grade helium is grade 6, grade 4.7 gets used for cryogenic purposes. Balloon helium is grade 4.

Tommy's dad didn't steal grade 6 helium from a research lab for kid's birthday party.

Here's a link to a gas supplier's website with a chart: https://www.westairgases.com/blog/exploring-the-most-essential-and-underappreciated-uses-for-helium