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Seriously, the two low/mid range Japanese clothing companies in my country (Uniqlo & Muji) both make very good garments, especially for the price.

The bit that is harder to interpret is whether my assumption of Muji and Uniqlo being good quality is true (even when compared to clothing of yesteryear), or if it's relative to most other clothes on the market being cheaply made trash.

Or do the nice high quality garments of previous generations survive (much like some tools, appliances, furniture), whilst the cheap crap existed, broke and just ended up in the landfill, creating the perception of things used to be made to a higher quality?

Wow, between this and your other post, this is a very thorough write up!

I hope to get around to doing some hydroponics this year, what crops are you growing?

Check your local council's advice, they will have written rules for what they require; for mine as long as it isn't caked in food they'll take it

Trip codes are I think what you're taking about, not all boards had them enabled but they were a way of authenticating a user on the boards that did

TBH kinda with you here, is it just the relatively recent proximity of the use of the word to refer those with intellectual disabilities?

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I actually looked this up and found a timeline, which shows the use is much more recent in medical contexts than I thought, Rosa's Law 2010 is where it's use was superceded in federal usage.

I honestly thought it was a kinda 50s to 70s kinda deal, not 70s - 2010; this does change my perspective and opinion a little bit, and I do feel a bit more sympathy as of how it's still very much within living memory for some.

At the same time, I wonder whether those who take issue with it being used casually (not in reference to intellectual disability), take the same issue with the use of idiot, moron or imbecile, as retarded was used because those terms became common place and slang, not exclusively medical words.

I think that once the cat is out of the bag, (and the fact that both the medical society, and general society has moved past a single catch all term for intellectual disability) you can't really keep a word from developing it's own life.

I will note, my opinion doesn't hold any real weight here, as I'm the UK we never had AFAIK a diagnosis of "Mental retardation"

Not who you responded to, but from the article:

“Blast furnaces in the UK have been loss-making for the better part of a decade and been economically unviable due to competition from Chinese and Indian blast furnaces, along with rising energy costs in the UK.”

Which makes me think there isn't much profit to be had even for business, I imagine China invested with the long term plan of effectively cornering the UK market and eventually shutting the plant down, increasing our reliance on Chinese steel.

And was the loss of money from the plant British money, or Chinese?

Either way, I am also in agreement that it should be nationalised.

I was curious if they were using farmed bugs or something else

From the page for the bug Dpads:

Rest assured, no creepy crawlies were harmed in creating these unique dpads – each bug was respectfully collected after natural passing, discovered in serene settings like windowsills, tangled in spider webs, or peacefully outdoors. These DPADs are not just gaming accessories; they're a tribute to the beauty of nature, combined with the thrill of Halloween! 🕷🍂

Devil's lettuce, Mary Jane and "marahuana" (in the Hank Hill voice) are probably my favorites that immediately come to mind

Wow, this is absolutely amazing, do you have a build guide or something to reference if I wanted to build one?

Either AI written, or a bad way of phrasing this update from their kickstarter, which suggests that there's a deadline for any unclaimed physical rewards from the kickstarter for Firmament, suggesting that they've still been shipping them up until now

Though the fact that they called it an upcoming title makes me think AI helped write the article.

The first half is reasonable, the 2nd bit is paranoid.

People take drug, drug does thing, body/brain react and over time produce long term tolerance so honeymoon period with med ends.

Surprised Pikachu face

You see it in other drug using communities; it's really common to see people say that the modern drug is nothing like what they took years prior, whilst ignoring their own neural pathways will have changed in that time.

Personally I've found NAC helps, where it didn't before when my meds still add their "magic"

Making their own ADHD meds? (If my understanding of your comment is right)

Cause I mean it's not hard but incredibly illegal, as Adderall is just amphetamine salts in a slightly different ratio than what you'd get by synthesizing it yourself.

It's not exactly closed source

Now, vyvanse would be quite a bit harder to clandestinely produce but not impossible, just as illegal though.