If I got free tickets to BTS, I'd definitely try to sell them... Their fans are insane.

But I heard David Hasselhoff is touring with his old songs... I'd be looking for the freedom to stay away as far as possible if I got those tickets for free.

It is known that the image of Santa Claus came from Saint Nicholas (of Myra), which to this day is said to visit kids on Dec 6th to bring small gifts.

The myth developed as a mix of Saint Nicholas stories, Roman Saturn and Norse Odin.

In some european parts, the role of the gift-bringer was replaced with baby jesus (which is also false, since the gifts were brought by the 3 wise men on Jan 6th... babies generally don't gift anything). Until recently it was quite common, for example in spain, to give gifts on jan 6th, not on christmas.

With colonization, the Dutch version of "Sinterklaas" was spread to the colonies.

The first appearance of Santa flying a wagon was in 1809 by Washington Irving. In 1822 a Poem by Clement Clark Moore went viral, spreading the idea further.

Coca Cola just took those mostly regional stories and put them on nation-wide stage first and world-wide stage later, spreading the idea around the world and establishing it further.

I'm pretty sure that some people learned about the stories from the coca cola commercials, but they merely adopted it and gave it a bit of their own spin (like santa wanting you to put out a coke for him instead of milk and cookies)

And when they are back home, walk up to the full fridge, open the door and find nothing they want to eat.

Humans - Evolutions pride and joy.

Could have been any type of food-issue going around with the primates that did not dislike vitamin-c finding more food sources than those that didn't want to eat it.

Evolution does not necessarily have to be an advantage, it can be enough that it is not a disadvantage.

If food supplements the Vitamin C intake, there are no negative consequences of no longer producing it.

If those with the gene variation that no longer produces Vitamin C do not have any disadvantages because of it, the gene can spread. Which is likely what happened.

definitely. When you crave some specific food, it's usually your body telling you that it needs those nutrients right now.

gets a bit skewed with highly processed food, but the body is smart in that way.

there are definitely psychological components to liking and disliking smells, but afaik the common explanation is that those of us who happened to develop a dislike for bad things just happened to improve their survival rate, causing their own genome to become more dominant than the genome of those that ate rotten food.

Same reason why a taste for salty, spicy or bitter food was preferred by evolution. Those who used additives in their food that preserved them were less likely to poison themselves.

"speed of light" is the speed in empty space, without any obstructions.

It is already known that any obstruction, reflection or other influence on the light can increase the time it takes to cover a specific distance. But if you would track the exact path it took, you'd get back to the speed of light.

But one of the primary ideas of the scientific method is that only the data from experiments matters. No value is unchangeable.

Since every change to the overall model needs to be consistent with all other data we have gathered and all previous experiments have to be explained as good or better than the previous, every change will only make the model better.

As a principle, if it does not correlate with the data, it is not a valid theory. Theories are "facts" that only are considered facts because all attempts to disprove it have failed.

Somehow, that's what I thought when I heard that Musk wants to release hydrogen-Teslas.

Audis e-gas technology might be interesting though.

check out "NPR Tiny Desk" on Youtube.

They regularly upload various artists and usually the unknown ones are even better than the popular guests.

Where do you work? I come by to get some free stuff if that's normal there.

Carbon emissions just happen to be only one metric. One that ev is good at. Other metrics look worse. There is a lot of pro ev advertisement going on right now, despite the technology not being where we would need it.

But companies have invested money, so consumers need to be motivated to spend now.

You will see in a couple years that things are not as great as you are being told right now.

News just has a pro ev narrative that is blind to the problems.

But your opinion is your opinion. If you care, you look it up, if not. Then not. As will everyone else.

oh, they won't end up in landfills... They will just use a ton of energy to recycle them at a low rate, with all that remains ending up in a landfill.

The energy-usage from production to recycling is still very high.

But of course it can be done a lot cheaper if oil is used to get the energy... Very eco-friendly...

EU directives about recycling goals are an indicator

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32006L0066

But generally speaking, I'm a huge fan of "do your own research" and a huge opponent of "believe random people on reddit because they posted a news article"

I do not expect sources for claims because I'd find my own trusted sources to confirm the statement before deciding on whether I believe it or not.

"Provide me with all that I need to learn that I was wrong or I just keep being wrong" Is not a notion I have ever identified with.

You're the only one who did I assume.

No one else in the world has ever read a single article about it....

I just prefer to read the scientific papers that are being released on those topics over the clickbait-articles by papers that take money for favorable articles.

I like to look a bit deeper than fortune-articles...

We might just disagree on the credibility of forbes.

In my experience they only write advertisement-pieces for firms that want their stock price to go up or their competitors to go down.

One of the factors that tell you that this is also true for this article is that it focuses primarily on how big the market is and how much money could potentially be made, while it makes no attempts to speak about the efficiency of the process.

It's also highly unlikely that a centralized plant will have a huge reach on a product that is likely to spontaneously combust, where no known method of extinguishing the flames is known, other than drowning it in water and waiting for the reaction to end.

But if you take it as evidence... Good for you. I don't.

Imho, a replacement for Lithium-Ion is closer than us solving all the issues with them.

Still too many issues with current models. Much to do still.

Unless some governments get the idea of making the manufacturers responsible for recycling the old batteries...

Still so many issues unsolved in electric vehicles.

tbf, a lot of the legendary artists that performed at woodstock weren't legendary at that time.

But other than that, I agree with the other commenters, that such events need an environment of hope and positive outlook into the future... We're currently not in times that express those emotions.

Since we have learned that Covid can cause long-term effects that impact us long after the actual infection is over, are there any similar/comparable effects known with the influenza virus?

CBG might work better. It's a THC antagonist.

Plenty of alternatives for literally every product-line Apple has to offer...

No, but that's what I'd be expecting if I bought a bentley.

mechanics-hour for peasants already costs 3 digits...

that's a corporate choice, isn't it?

Imho, if your devices cost double of what the competition charges, you should be required to pay your employees double...