Trainguyrom @ Trainguyrom @reddthat.com

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Probably partly because the writing system is oriented for right-handers. You'd have the entire section of the desk under the page providing support whereas for a left hander in a right-handed desk (especially the ones with comically small writing surfaces) your hand is literally hanging off the edge, especially when writing a bulleted list or shorthand notes. We also have to raise our writing hands a bit when writing to avoid smearing which further hurts ergonomics

When I was in school it varied by classroom. Some classrooms were all desks like that (some with a larger writing surface, some with that useless one) some had the kind of desk you can store stuff inside (some with attached chair and some without), some just had tables and chairs. Oh and the chairs were a weird mix too. There was one variant that had a lower lumbar support that as a very boney and skinny person just pressed straight into a couple of vertibrae in my spine and was painful to sit in for more than 30 seconds

But without fail, any classroom that had these desks including a left handed desk or two would have it in the furthest back corner so it was always taken up by a right hander who would try to disappear in the back, not participate or take notes and would refuse to trade desks with you

US Healthcare is in a pretty bad spot as it is, any durable improvement would be an improvement nonetheless. Just like how the Affordable Care Act was a significant improvement over the wild under-regulated denial-fest that the pre-ACA insurance industry was

I worked in a call center for several years and received no shortage of bizarre threats. Never once did I feel that any of the threats were worth being concerned about. Granted these would be threats over lack of warranty coverage on usually budget model phones so very different from health insurance where the dollar values and stakes are many orders of magnitude higher

I remember looking up Brock Allen Turner the rapist on social media a couple of years ago and seeing he's learned absolutely nothing from all of this and just whines about how hard it is with everyone calling him a rapist. Y'know because he raped an unconscious girl behind a dumpster

Worth bearing in mind the very spartan Soviet blocks were incredible luxury compared to the homes people moved out of. For all of the torture, disappearing, political killing, forced labor, etc. that happened under Stalin, he at least got housing pretty well sorted for the people

Ideally you'll feel some amount of something for the excercise, but some activity is always better than nothing

Your fitness level really affects how much activity you find tiring. I remember back when I was a teenager working at a grocery store I freaked out because I saw a woman dripping with sweat and panting (I was worried it was a heart attack or other medical emergency) and she explained that she's fine, she just decided to walk her shopping instead of getting a motorized cart today.

Or for a more personal anecdote, I got on my bike for the first time in a decade early last spring and barely made it one block on the bike before being at the nearly-vomitimg-from-over-excersion point then by biking every day I got up to biking 8 miles a ride by the end of fall

I have a coworker who's been doing morning hikes with a friend who lives 1000 miles and an entire timezone away. They call each other and chat while they both go for a walk on whatever their local path of choice is, and it forces both of them to go out every day

You clearly haven't experienced the average person who thinks ketchup is a bit much and black pepper is too spicy

Elevating the most realistic comment from the linked thread:

This is quite common for extensions in the UK at least. If there is a man hole you can often get permission to build over it but you would need to be able to provide access should it be needed. In the 15 years of living in a houses with one under our kitchen no one has ever needed access. These is one just outside in the side passage so likely most blockages should they arise could be cleared from that one. A previous property was similar but they had tiled and concreted over so would make a mess should they ever need access.

Edit: one in our kitchen, if access was needed they would need to move kitchen units and break grout. https://imgur.com/gallery/OU0jFvk

I shall live forever then!

Not to be that guy, but as someone who quit caffeine entirely, honestly it's kinda great not needing caffeine. I traded my daily coffee for water and now I just drink shitloads of water and it's honesty glorious. Waking up and just...going is amazing

Wanted to throw it out there because it seems not many people try to kick caffeine

I mostly drink water and generally love me a good tall glass of ice cold water. Does that mean my water habit will kill me at some point?

Can I just point out this was standard practice for debt collectors like 15 years ago? Seriously they'd try to call your job, your family, neighbors and if they could, even friends to harass you to collect on the debt they bought rights to collect.

I've found my body is similar. Sweet spot for me seems to be about 7 hours consistently or a mix of 6s and 9s as they roll in.

I've also learned that I can do 6 hours for about 3 nights in a row and no more than that.

Whenever my kids let me sleep like a sane human I might become more consistent with my sleep

I mean frequent consumption is pretty well documented to be bad for your liver, and they don't call it a beer belly for nothing. Like any kind of indulgence, moderation is key

Also worth noting beer historically was very very light on alcohol, so it was effectively a method of making water safe to drink rather than about having fun getting drunk

Most radiators are just a big metal thing which a hot liquid slowly flows through to radiate the heat into the space. Kinda hard for that to be bad for you unless you burn yourself

Most heated blankets have such a feature

My wife uses on every night, and it's just a Walmart special no-name brand heating pad. Never had problems with burning even with kids and pets in the mix to really do a number on them