In this thread I learned that the J. Peterman catalog is an actual thing that people order some rather kooky stuff, either to actually wear or for costumes. I had no idea this actually existed. It seemed so pretentious and made-for-tv on Seinfeld.
So, what have you learned this week?
I learned the same thing in this thread!
I also learned a bit about brewing beer last night.
That my earlier anxiety was a waste of energy. Everything turned out just fine.
I learned that there’s no point in actually reading my sociology book. I just took a test on 4 chapters. I read the first 2 chapters but not the second 2. I got 2 questions wrong. Guess which chapters they came out of…
I learned that Google docs is a great replacement for Word (lousy piece of shit). Thank you mhendo!
I learned that the best way to make a problem fix itself is to bitch about it publicly. I complained on facebook about an issue I was having with the advising office at school. The problem had been going on for 2 weeks. Not 5 minutes after I posted, I got a response from my adviser, which solved the entire problem without me having to drive 45 minutes to campus.
I learned that if you add water to reactive-grade phosphorus pentoxide, it generates so much heat (and hydrogen sulfide) that it bursts into flames. And the burning phosphorus pentoxide generates hydrogen sulfide. Which is explosively flammable. And of course the hydrogen sulfide kills you at ~700-1000 ppm or so.
… fortunately, I learned this via a video demonstration, because sheesh. But that did put an end to us pondering buying this stuff in railcars; we’ll stick to the 7000-lb bombs. Er, bins.