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Vrede too wrote:
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You just expressed your homophobic and misogynist bigotry, as we can all scroll up and see and as you've done many times before. Your desperate backtracking cower is laughable and pathetic.
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Some people just can't take a hint.
Really?

You don't say. 🙄
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Woman makes $50K selling her farts in a jar. Really. Lost the link but google it.

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Woman makes $50K selling her farts in a jar. Really. Lost the link but google it.
Those Republicans will fundraise off of anything.

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Woman makes $50K selling her farts in a jar. Really. Lost the link but google it.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/daniellaemanue ... farts-jars

I'm not seeing how much each jar sells for, nor how many farts she pack into each jar, nor whether one can buy larger jars with more farts in them. I need to know these things before purchasing.

Otoh, one single fart of mine can fill up an entire room. Does she use some sort of shrink wrap tech?
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Are farts heavier or lighter than air. If heavier, then bottling one would be fairly simple. Put something in the jar to absorb the odor, hold the jar under your ass and blow. But if farts are lighter than air, getting them to stay in the jar might be tricky. It may require an assistant. How's that for a job title - Fart Catcher. And then there might be Assistant Fart Catcher and Senior Fart Catcher.

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O Really wrote:
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Are farts heavier or lighter than air. If heavier, then bottling one would be fairly simple. Put something in the jar to absorb the odor, hold the jar under your ass and blow. But if farts are lighter than air, getting them to stay in the jar might be tricky. It may require an assistant. How's that for a job title - Fart Catcher. And then there might be Assistant Fart Catcher and Senior Fart Catcher.
Or worse, intern or trainee. Unpaid positions.
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O Really wrote:
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Woman makes $50K selling her farts in a jar. Really. Lost the link but google it.
One of my favorite TV shows used to be:

"Farter Knows Best"

Google it.

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Shirt fell off balcony. Thank goodness they had a crab they could use!
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O Really wrote:
Sat Dec 11, 2021 12:31 am
Are farts heavier or lighter than air. If heavier, then bottling one would be fairly simple. Put something in the jar to absorb the odor, hold the jar under your ass and blow. But if farts are lighter than air, getting them to stay in the jar might be tricky. It may require an assistant. How's that for a job title - Fart Catcher. And then there might be Assistant Fart Catcher and Senior Fart Catcher.
Since farts are primarily made of gas produced from decomposition of foods left in the lower intestine, and such gas is likely to be methane, primarily, and methane is lighter than air, I would surmise that farts are, in fact, lighter than air.

Note: that would be a relatively pure fart, not contaminated with the products of diarrhoea. Which, being moist, could weigh the fart gas down.

I seem to recall that someone somewhere sometime actually filled a balloon with fart gas and the balloon went up, not down.

Hey, you asked.

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Tue Dec 14, 2021 12:12 pm
Shirt fell off balcony. Thank goodness they had a crab they could use!
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinter ... urce=share
Lol, that's probably one less crab cake.

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Not to belabor the subject, but...

What the Frequency of Your Farts Says About Your Fitness
... In general, however goofy or unpleasant it may sound, try to stay attuned to your toots. If you’re not processing lactose the same way you did as a kid, your farts will let you know after a few slices of pizza. Plus, particularly foul-smelling gas could also be an indicator of irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease, or giardiasis; in this case, a doctor might help you develop an “elimination diet” to get to the root of the problem.

Meanwhile, flatulence can also be the sign of a healthy gut and balanced food choices. While fiber consumption does increase the build-up of gas and lead to farting throughout the day, keep in mind that regular farting is a good thing. It’s a sign that the digestive system is working. A diet rich in complex carbohydrates with fruits, vegetables and grains will give you a nice and diverse microbiome, alongside all sorts of other benefits (a healthier heart, a stimulated brain) that should supersede your fear of farting.

Remember: there are situations where farting will naturally become more common, like pregnancy, or old age (when you’re predisposed to more operations and illnesses that induce gas), or stressful events. It’s unfortunate, for that last one, that we’re at our gassiest when the stakes are at their highest, but “butterflies” in your stomach are actually a sign that gas production has ramped up in response to stress, anxiety or depression. The muscles in and around the stomach tense up, slowing down the entire digestive process.

One trick for keeping inopportune farting at bay — slow down while eating. The faster we eat, the more air comes down our gullets alongside the food. More air equals more gas. That’s another reason why carbonated beverages and chewing gum have also been linked to flatulence. The most important thing you can do, though, is embrace your farts. Let them out, take note if they smell absolutely insane (did you stress-eat last night?) and move on. It’s completely natural, much as we work to pretend that it isn’t. ...

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My farts vary in repertoire from circus music to the Three Stooges theme to Miles Davis slow jazz. Thanks for asking.

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Whack9 wrote:
Tue Dec 14, 2021 12:12 pm
Shirt fell off balcony. Thank goodness they had a crab they could use!
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinter ... urce=share
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As an arachnophobe I probably would have shit myself until I figured out it was a crab.
My crab would Never do this for me, he only cares about himself

He is so shellfish
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Whack9 wrote:
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Shirt fell off balcony. Thank goodness they had a crab they could use!
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinter ... urce=share
They could have used a baby brother.
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billy.pilgrim wrote:
Tue Dec 14, 2021 5:25 pm
Whack9 wrote:
Tue Dec 14, 2021 12:12 pm
Shirt fell off balcony. Thank goodness they had a crab they could use!
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinter ... urce=share
They could have used a baby brother.
A baby brother would have dropped it and laughed just before reaching the top. They're assholes.
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billy.pilgrim wrote:
Tue Dec 14, 2021 5:25 pm
Whack9 wrote:
Tue Dec 14, 2021 12:12 pm
Shirt fell off balcony. Thank goodness they had a crab they could use!
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinter ... urce=share
They could have used a baby brother.
I'd hate to be your baby brother, LOL.

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Man Paid in 90,000 Oily Pennies Cashes In With Coinstar

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Worker Andreas Flaten got paid, and did not have to clean the pennies.
Coinstar got priceless free advertising and can maybe write off its expenses.
Miles Walker is now nationally known as a petty cheat, liar and coward.
A OK Walker Luxury Autoworks has gotten incalcuable negative PR. Its "Contact Us" page is now blank, its yellowpages.com rating is 1 star and its Reviews appear to have been deleted except for "Pay in pennies!" accompanying a pic of dog shit with a coin in it.

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Karma. :---P
9 months later:
Ex-boss paid Georgia worker’s final wages in oily pennies. Now the feds are involved

A Georgia auto repair shop owner accused of dumping more than 90,000 oily pennies in a former worker’s driveway in a pay dispute last year is being sued for back wages, according to the U.S. Labor Department.

A federal complaint filed by the agency Dec. 30 accuses A OK Walker Autoworks owner Miles Walker of retaliating against the employee, who complained to the DOL when Walker gave him the runaround and refused to pay him after quitting the Peachtree City auto shop.

The department is seeking nearly $37,000 in back wages and liquidated damages from Walker after federal investigators say he violated overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, authorities announced in a Jan. 5 news release.

The DOL’s Wage and Hour Division found that Walker failed to pay his employees “legally required overtime” when they worked a 40-hour-plus work week and did not “keep adequate and accurate records of employees’ pay rates and work hours,” according to the release....

Authorities said they hope the complaint deters Walker from retaliation and overtime violations in the future.

“By law, worker engagement with the U.S. Department of Labor is protected activity,” Steven Salazar, district director of the Wage and Hour Division in Atlanta, said in a statement. “Workers are entitled to receive information about their rights in the workplace and obtain the wages they earned without fear of harassment or intimidation.”
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That was really stupid, but then most employers who refuse to pay OT are stupid. If he had just refused to pay, and the employee had filed a complaint with DOL, there would have been an investigation and the likely decision would have been the employer owes him some money - he could have paid it and been off with his sorry worthless life. But by acting the way he did, he could no longer claim "unintentional" violation and would be a "willful" violation, which includes an investigation that probes his ass all the way to where his heart would be, double back pay, and steep fines - all made worse because he probably pissed off the investigator too. Idiot.

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O Really wrote:
Thu Jan 06, 2022 10:44 am
That was really stupid, but then most employers who refuse to pay OT are stupid. If he had just refused to pay, and the employee had filed a complaint with DOL, there would have been an investigation and the likely decision would have been the employer owes him some money - he could have paid it and been off with his sorry worthless life. But by acting the way he did, he could no longer claim "unintentional" violation and would be a "willful" violation, which includes an investigation that probes his ass all the way to where his heart would be, double back pay, and steep fines - all made worse because he probably pissed off the investigator too. Idiot.
The 1/5 article is short on details, but it sounds like owner Miles Walker's oily penny stupidity led to his also being busted for shorting other workers:
... The DOL’s Wage and Hour Division found that Walker failed to pay his employees “legally required overtime” when they worked a 40-hour-plus work week and did not “keep adequate and accurate records of employees’ pay rates and work hours,” according to the release....
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