Odd Stuff (Part 5)

Maybe meant to be a throw back then?

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Thinking of the stairs as a triangle- the hypotenuse would be longer. And a large open concept living/dining room wouldn’t need a hall.

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I suppose using the diagonal might slightly increase flat floor space at the expense of the stairs on one side and headspace. The steps themselves could accommodate drawers for storage.

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Ramp, we need a ramp. Multiuse house/skate park.

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It was an expo piece.

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You can still get an Action Sampler with a transparent case.

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… and SAM/cruise missile launch pad.

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Beavis And Butthead Comedy GIF by Paramount+

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A kitchen and bathroom would be handy.

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If I’m reading the picture right, there are four “levels”, being “living room”, “kitchen”, “bathroom”, and “bedroom”. I may be wrong. Maybe the second section is meant to be the “office”, and you’re meant to live on Ubereats forever.

I see what you did there.

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The idea, as Reuters puts it, is that it passes a small electric current to “concentrate sodium ion molecules on the tongue,” enhancing salty flavor. It’s like techno-umami. The company says the goal is to get people to eat healthier by letting them eat low-sodium food without being sad about how unsalty it is.

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Residents in a small city in northeastern Colorado were cleaning up Tuesday after hail the size of baseballs and golf balls pounded the community, with heavy construction equipment and snow shovels used to clear ice that piled up knee-deep the night before.

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The German cockroach evolved alongside humans, and its only natural habitat is inside our buildings

After a nuclear war, I’m sure they’ll manage without us.

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How about just add some salt? :thinking: Or MSG?

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I don’t think those two provide the same glorious taste sensations. It’s meant to simulate the taste of salt, thereby reducing salt consumption.

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Sure, but one can always use some sort of salt substitute that’s lower sodium, yeah? :woman_shrugging:

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Maybe it won’t then. Cities genuinely are an unusual habitat, and there are species that thrive there but not most natural environments. Dandelions for instance are a major invasive here, but when I get away from the short-cut lawns we provide, I rarely see them.

There are a few thousand other species of cockroaches than the German cockroach everyone thinks of first. Those probably outcompete it in the wild, and I’m sure they would manage as well or better without us.

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