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Eat lead

Not to argue for creationism, but this argument sucks. Lead can be produced by supernova, not just through decay of heavier elements. But even that's besides the point, since if you believe some entity created the universe, surely said entity could have created whatever ratio of lead to uranium they wanted. It's not a falsifiable claim, there's really no disproving it, unfortunately.

(Not so fun fact: the environmental impact of leaded gasoline was discovered by trying to estimate the age of the earth using the radio of lead to uranium in uranium deposits, but the pollution from leaded gasoline was throwing the measurements off.)

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What are your favourite things under 50$ that make your life a bit easier or more pleasant?

  • A bidet attachment.
  • For me, an under-the-sink trash can that hands on the cabinet door has been a huge QoL improvement.
  • A back scratcher.
  • Much more situational, but our back gate has a padlock that was originally different from our house keys. Kwikset actually sells "programmable" padlocks so now it is the same key as our front door, which makes life a tad easier.
  • A computer mouse that fits my hands.
  • Enough phone and laptop chargers to not have to constantly go to another room to grab one.

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more maga corruption

I had a fake credit card account opened for me by Wells Fargo. It caused me to accidentally transfer money to the wrong account (from savings to the credit card), so I tried moving the -$10 from the credit card to my checking account, and then I was charged a cash advance fee, and then an overdraft fee. The class action settlement money didn't even cover one of the fees 🙃