Speak for yourself. I only stream audio while driving, and YT is my only streaming video. Otherwise I’m physical media all the way.

It’s hard to beat carbon as a building block though.

There are also flushness urinals which use zero fresh water, just a floating, replenishable barrier fluid. I want one at home.

True, and I’ll consider that for certain things, but I’m not taking that particular risk again. Mental health is nothing to toy with, and cold turkey is not an option. I can function generally depressed, no problem. I can’t risk memory lapses and emotional whatever the fuck those were.

Yeah, I already started weaning myself off my depression meds. Went cold turkey once, and that was a nightmare. They’re planning to kill the VA, so fuck our service. I’m never getting cut off again. I’ll switch to natural alternatives, thank you.

Yeah, because corporate charity is super regulated and never ever misused.

And it’ll be in the middle of the car!

Slammed her huh?

Nope. I’ve definitely thought about it, but I’d have to put up with living under my parents again, and that would drive me into some very dark places. I’d also feel like a horrible creep if I tried dating again with all my adult experiences. No, reliving high school is not worth it to me.

Cool, then all your other objections are just quibbling about the details.

All I hear you saying is your admission that this method works to put the fire out.

If the water freezes, that means it puts the fire out. You realize that right?

But maybe I’m the one who just doesn’t understand physics.

What is your job Mr. Know-it-all?

We are not amused huh?

Besides being the queen of England, what else do you do for a living?

I suspect it’ll stay quite toasty, actually, considering it’s supposed to be extinguishing a self-sustaining exothermic reaction.

How long do you seriously think it takes thousands of gallons of water to freeze? Especially with a heat source they are trying to extinguish? Can you seriously not accept that there are professionals who know a lot more about this than you?

Just because some places freeze does not mean that all of the water will turn into an ice cube. Water freezes from the top, which then acts as an insulator for the liquid below. This is how ice fishing is possible. Are you just throwing objections at the wall to see what sticks?

A better objection with regard to freezing would be the fact that leaking water all over a highway presents a road hazard to other drivers. In which case, yes sand might be the better option. That’s why we have different methods for fighting them.

Every fire puts a firefighter at risk. That’s not a valid argument. This system does not require a person to stand right next to the fire. That’s why the box is deployed by a mechanical arm.

Well a horse is a horse.

What the fuck’s a Lemmy?