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Oh fucking please.

The sink situation is easily solved with either filling up that kettle, or using a stock pot. The fridge being out of frame means you're not having to go around the partial island.

This is a nice utilization of an awkward space. The stove placement means you don't have to teach young and/or stupid housemates 'hot behind' because there's space for both mis en place and to set a hot dish, in a way that doesn't mean someone has to scooch behind you and bumping butts.

This is far from the worst design this room layout could have and is actually pretty damn smart given the layout.

Agreed. Husband and I are constantly bumping ass because the space around our stove is just a hair too small. There's plenty of space to prep and drop cooked dishes.

I would enjoy a cubicle cooktop, i think

Fair

Oh yeah. The videos are horrific imo

Fair enough.

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Weird. We pass word documents back and forth all day and formatting is no problem. Even Adobe pdf to year conversions come out fine across the board.

Then stop.

You made your position public. That public posting opens you up to criticism. No one obligates you to write paragraphs defending it.

Your rewrite was better. As was this argument. But you're not going to convince anyone that they should subject themselves and their families to being less safe in order to be safer to others. Covid deniers proved you can't even convince people to be safer for themselves, and get the bonus of helping others. In fact you had politicians out there saying grandpa is happy to die for capitalism.

I still think your lashout was childish and I had the time and inclination to call that out. But let's be clear I never even implied you were a bad person for your position.

I don't get your first statement at all. I have no problem opening anything in office 365 and I'm the only one in my office with 365, everyone else has a version of office suite that you could buy outright (which is my biggest complaint about 365, personally I'd rather own it) and we have 0 issue transferring documents back and forth.

Including our insanely complex payroll excel sheet that should be a database. We pay people on 7 different pay schemes, from hourly, to commission, to peice rate, with base rates and bonuses, to special pay programs, using insanely complex macros and external sources, most of which are Google sheets. And that workbook functions from 365 to 2003

I always get warnings that I can break, but it never actually does

What are you doing in office that causes it to break between versions?

That's what kills me about people who rag on Americans.

We order our dates the way we say them, and we use a temperature system is a great way to describe feeling heat.

I've got no defense for imperial measurements beyond scooping up a cup of flour is easier than dumping it on a scale.

But people spend more energy shitting on the cultural norms of Americans than anyone else (especially Europeans) and then spend a lot of time telling us we have no culture.

There are high efficiency top loaders too. I have an old style one because I couldn't afford to keep repairing my HE, and 400 for a new top loader was cheaper than replacing the motherboard in my HE for the 3rd time.

Many top loaders will lock at certain points in the wash. Most often during the spin cycle. A top load with an agitator is just begging to break an impatient child's arm.

I'm not looking for any validation.

I just think the take of "you're part of the problem" is reductive and childish. And nothing you've said changes that.

Gas guzzlers contribute to man made climate change yes, but even if everyone went to an electric sedan tomorrow, it wouldn't slow climate change by more than a couple of days. The average person has no measurable effect on climate change by themselves.

And yes, you are. Because your resentment is pointed at the wrong person and is like a childish temper tantrum. The person you were speaking too isn't "attached" to the truck or suv, they actively said they would have no problem getting a different vehicle if their safety concerns were resolved. So calling them part of the problem is just lashing out.

Resent the people you're actually calling out. Not the person with a well reasoned argument and the desire to see change that would aid them the peace of mind to support your position. Snapping out at people like the previous poster puts people on the defensive and to dig in their heels, then you just alienate the people who would support you.