The very many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXII

[Chukchi Husky]

Modern nuclear facilities have safety precautions that make meltdown risks and radiation negligible.

I keep telling them things like that, like how many things give out a higher radiation dose than a nuclear power plant, but they'll just bring up something like Chernobyl.

Well a) That's really lame. I think everyone should go out and see other parts of the world at some point in their lives, lest they end up close-minded nobs with no empathy beyond those in their own front yard.

They're the same people who want Britain to sever all ties with Europe, because they're all communists.

I don't think I'll ever be able to leave Britain.

b) Tell them they should probably stop using any and all electronic devices, stop wearing clothes, shoes, and stop reading any literature not written by a Brit.

They'll just say there's no choice, because nothing is made in Britain anymore.

and c) If they won't travel there, show them some pictures of Beijing or México DF

I don't think that will work.

 

[timtofly]

What type of food could be at the same time considered American and German?
Hamburger and everything barbecue related to be excluded, it's too cold for that.
EDIT: Needs to be a main meal.

meatloaf?

 

[The_J]

meatloaf?

hhmm...if we make that, we'll put shame on us, after we had a delicious and complicated meal today.
So thanks for the suggestion , but I'd rather have something more advanced .

 

[sophie]

I keep telling them things like that, like how many things give out a higher radiation dose than a nuclear power plant, but they'll just bring up something like Chernobyl.

There were a number of reason Chernobyl happened. Very few of them can be chalked up to the inherent dangers of nuclear power.

They'll just say there's no choice, because nothing is made in Britain anymore.

Well then the world obviously has something to offer other than food, doesn't it?

I don't think that will work.

Why?

LA smoggy day.

This isn't fog. This is smog created as a result of air pollution.
These towns

 

[Cutlass]

Why don't people use coal anymore?

It's cheap and easy.

 

[_random_]

What type of food could be at the same time considered American and German?
Hamburger and everything barbecue related to be excluded, it's too cold for that.
EDIT: Needs to be a main meal.

Bratwurst is very popular in some parts of the Midwest.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Because radiation is bad.



They have no plans to leave the country, as the rest of the world doesn't have anything to offer except for food.

Depsite the name, 1st world, properly regulated nuclear power plants emit almost no radiation.

Coal plants, on the other hand, emit lots and lots of radiation along with all of the other pollutants. Coal is mildly radioactive and when you burn it you put that in the air.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Question: is hand clapping a universal thing or a western thing?

 

[shadowplay]

What type of food could be at the same time considered American and German?
Hamburger and everything barbecue related to be excluded, it's too cold for that.
EDIT: Needs to be a main meal.

Potato salad + sausages of some kind? Brats sounded like a good suggestion.

 

[The_J]

Bratwurst is very popular in some parts of the Midwest.

I'd lump this also under "barbecue" :/.

Potato salad + sausages of some kind? Brats sounded like a good suggestion.

Frankfurter/Wiener would rather fit to that... mmhh...guess we'd then need something more complicated as desert, black forest cake maybe....
Damn, that is complicated .

 

[Borachio]

Question: is hand clapping a universal thing or a western thing?

I'm pretty sure it's a universal human thing, iirc.

It's a strange phenomenon, though. I don't think other primates do it.

edit:

The practice of clapping hands is common to all cultures. In some, it indicates approval, in others, it is an demand for the person to sit down and shut up (or similar equivalent). Such a basic gesture goes back so far in human custom that it is impossible to say where its various meanings originated.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

There were a number of reason Chernobyl happened. Very few of them can be chalked up to the inherent dangers of nuclear power.

They'll just say that the same things couldn't happen to any other kind of power station.

Well then the world obviously has something to offer other than food, doesn't it?

I don't know. They like things from other places, but they see no point to visiting other places in the world until at least they visited everywhere in Britain first. They also don't like the cultures of the rest of the world that have affected the Christian British way of life.

This isn't fog. This is smog created as a result of air pollution.
These towns

They want a return of smog to places like London.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

They'll just say that the same things couldn't happen to any other kind of power station.

Well, just remind them that it's rather ordinary for a coal plant to pump out radiation during a normal day of operation, while it takes a catastrophe for the same to happen for a nuclear plant.

They want a return of smog to places like London.

I am starting to think your friends aren't real and this is the oddest attempt at undercover trolling ever.

Oh and thanks for answering my question Borachio!

 

[Borachio]

I think the nearest power station to where I live is nuclear, which they don't like. They also don't believe in air pollution.

I'd have thought your nearest power station was at Portishead, which is coal-fired, I believe.

The nearest nuclear plant was at Oldbury (Magnox). But that closed Feb 2012.

The next nearest is Hinkley Point. But that's further away than Portishead. Isn't it? I don't know. It's not the area of the UK, I'm most familiar with.

edit: Looking at the map, I'd say Portishead is nearer than Hinkley Point. But there's not a lot in it.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Well, just remind them that it's rather ordinary for a coal plant to pump out radiation during a normal day of operation, while it takes a catastrophe for the same to happen for a nuclear plant.

I don't know. They will want an example of a coal power plant that exploded, making the surrounding land impossible to live in and spread poison for thousands of miles causing many to develop cancer.

I am starting to think your friends aren't real and this is the oddest attempt at undercover trolling ever.

Oh and thanks for answering my question Borachio!

I think it's because smog gives the place a kind of charm that no longer exists.

I'd have thought your nearest power station was at Portishead, which is coal-fired, I believe.

The nearest nuclear plant was at Oldbury (Magnox). But that closed Feb 2012.

The next nearest is Hinkley Point. But that's further away than Portishead. Isn't it? I don't know. It's not the area of the UK, I'm most familiar with.

edit: Looking at the map, I'd say Portishead is nearer than Hinkley Point. But there's not a lot in it.

I thought the closest one was the one at Hinkley Point. It's the only one I've seen as it's close to Burnham on Sea.

 

[Arakhor]

I don't know. They will want an example of a coal power plant that exploded, making the surrounding land impossible to live in and spread poison for thousands of miles causing many to develop cancer.

You (or they) have the Internet for that. Sometimes, it really is simpler than asking someone else.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

You (or they) have the Internet for that. Sometimes, it really is simpler than asking someone else.

They dismiss everything on the internet.

 

[Borachio]

But they're video games designers?

 

[Ajidica]

They'll just say that the same things couldn't happen to any other kind of power station.

For the record, Chernobyl happened because:
a) The Russians didn't install a second layer of radioactive shielding. Once the steam explosion started there was nothing to contain it.
b) The Russians were doing a terrible and poorly thought out experiment where they were testing if the steam in the system could generate enough electricity to shut down the reactor by itself. Now we know it can't, and shouldn't try it again.

I don't know. They like things from other places, but they see no point to visiting other places in the world until at least they visited everywhere in Britain first.

Your friends remind me of this one sketch by Rowan Atkinson:
"I like curry, I really do. But, now that we have the recipe, is there really any need for [foreigners] to stay?"

I don't know. They will want an example of a coal power plant that exploded, making the surrounding land impossible to live in and spread poison for thousands of miles causing many to develop cancer.

You could show them the Canadian Oil Sands which are a natural disaster.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

But they're video games designers?

They say the internet could be a valuable source of information, but it's ended up as a place for angry teenagers to write their bad Sonic fan fictions.

For the record, Chernobyl happened because:
a) The Russians didn't install a second layer of radioactive shielding. Once the steam explosion started there was nothing to contain it.
b) The Russians were doing a terrible and poorly thought out experiment where they were testing if the steam in the system could generate enough electricity to shut down the reactor by itself. Now we know it can't, and shouldn't try it again.

Being badly designed is just will just be more proof for them that nuclear power is bad.

Your friends remind me of this one sketch by Rowan Atkinson:
"I like curry, I really do. But, now that we have the recipe, is there really any need for [foreigners] to stay?"

That's almost exactly how they speak about that.

You could show them the Canadian Oil Sands which are a natural disaster.

They know about the Canadian Oil Sands.