Medicine, maybe. Medicine mainly treats disease, rather than preventing it. (But, to that end, many of them are very effective at treating those diseases. Where would we be without antibiotics? And, actually, come to think of it, especially for things like bacterial diseases, curing one patient can prevent that patient from spreading it to many more.)

And there’s no way that vaccines haven’t made a huge difference. Entire diseases – that used to ravage populations horribly – are now completely eliminated.

Sanitation does deserve a lot of credit, sure … but it wasn’t sanitation that defeated smallpox.

You think this only happens in north america?

it’s not attacking you.

I’m not OP. I don’t know what that chicken was doing to him. But if it’s enough to drive him away from his fishing spot, I say that’s enough to warrant hitting back.

Rim brakes are just as good.

Um … no.

Having used both, I can tell you there’s a huge difference in stopping power and hand effort needed to stop.

There are also a few side benefits such as wheels no longer needing to be perfectly straight in order to prevent brakes from dragging, making it easier to remove and reinstall wheels, and being able to ford through deeper water without getting your braking surface wet.

I guess maybe if you’re just puttering around the greenway at walking speeds, then the difference won’t be important to you, but there definitely is a big difference. And even if you’re not using the bike for anything high performance, it’s still good to be able to stop faster, in case some kid runs out in front of you or something. Rim brakes are okay, if that’s all you’ve got. But for the relatively princely sum of $150, I’d expect an upgrade to discs. Hell, my current off-road bike has discs, and I bought that brand new for $200. You should definitely be able to find a used bike with discs for $150. For some old crap with rim brakes, I wouldn’t go over $50.

As an actual professional creator, yes. Fuck copyright.

As we all know, more code is almost inevitably an unmaintainable buggy mess.

…and 10x longer than it needs to be.

The 25th uses the president’s cabinet, which he’s filled with hand-picked loyalists. That won’t be happening.

Congress’s option is impeachment. And yes, they should grow a spine and use it. However, since the majority of Congress is currently composed of Republicans, spines are in short supply.

I’d be looking for disc brakes and a geometry that fit me well.

in something that can get warm enough to possibly melt the glue.

The yellow/green color scheme almost always indicates a grounding wire. (And the ground symbol molded into the plastic behind it seems to confirm that.) Unless something has already gone terribly wrong, there shouldn’t be much power at all flowing through this wire, so it shouldn’t get hot.

I wonder if popular ebikes may come in a fitting, rugged variant, that can survive being offroad like MTBs.

There are actual electric MTBs out there if you look for them, though the real MTB ones tend to be quite pricey.

Thankfully, it doesn’t really sound like you need a fully legit MTB. Plenty of ebikes out there on Amazon or whatever that have fat tires and suspension and should be able to handle some light off-road riding.

Defending yourself against a feral animal that’s attacking you is not abuse.

Where is the third panel where they fuck?

Should just delete and destroy all the records now. Then they can never be forced to hand them over.

Why are we talking with this guy again?

He lights cop cars on fire.

That reminds me. I should use emoji variable names next time I’m coding something. Just for the fuck of it.

Hard to be hopeful of a better tomorrow when things keep getting worse every day.

If anything, you’re likely to look back on the struggles of today as ‘the good old days’, back when things weren’t quite as bad.

Somehow, old Ronald McDonald in the middle is the creepiest one out of this whole crew.

If your husband can collect 70 cars without you noticing, you’re in a really shitty marriage.

You actually can get bikes for free pretty often, especially if you’ve got the ability to turn a wrench.

And while modern tires probably do incorporate some fossil ‘fuels’ (technically not fossil fuel if you’re not burning it, by the way), they don’t have to. Old school tires are made from vulcanized rubber, which can be made by reacting natural rubber from a rubber tree with sulfuric acid and heat. No fossil ‘fuels’ involved.