CaptainPedantic

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CaptainPedantic,

Who needs wider pelvises when you can break your child’s collarbone instead?

Source: My collarbone broke when I was being born.

CaptainPedantic,

I’m not sure, I wasn’t really paying attention since I was brand new lol.

But the doctor wasn’t worried. In fact she told my parents that within a few months it would be impossible to tell my collarbone was ever broken.

The Internet says children typically wear a sling for 3 to 6 weeks for a broken collarbone. I’d assume my parents just swaddled me or something. I’ll ask them.

CaptainPedantic,

For real. When he releases the 5 hour Drydock episode every month, I usually spend the next week watching it at 2 times speed while I make dinner. Crazy amount of content.

CaptainPedantic, (edited )

Lemmino creates amazing documentaries about a wide variety of topics (DB Cooper, JFK Assassination, Jack the Ripper). He uploads very infrequently, but it’s totally worth it when he does.

Barely Sociable is similar in style and uploads high quality pieces about various mysterious occurrences.

Drachinifel uploads frequent, well researched content about naval history from the age of sail to the 1950s.

Our Own Devices is a very small channel that feels similar to Technology Connections (another excellent channel). He uploads content about the history and inner workings of old devices of all sorts.

Throttle House is the best car channel on YouTube.

Jason Cammisa’s Revelations series on the Hagerty channel has really good deep dives into the histories of some important cars.

Aging Wheels/Under Dunn are excellent car and/or wood project channels. Chickens make frequent appearances too.

Mentour Pilot has excellent analysis of airline crashes.

Jay Foreman uploads funny and informative content about maps (Map Men) and tidbits about the history of London.

Cathode Ray Dude uploads deep dives into weird computers, computer peripherals, and old cameras. I’ve watched his half hour video about modems at least 5 times.

Mustard uploads excellent content about crazy ideas in transportation (like the Soviet love affair with the ekranoplan).

CaptainPedantic,

For the most part, I agree. LEDs are not the problem. The problem is either moronic drivers, or poor implementation of LED lights. As a driver of a very low car, the vast majority of my complaints about bright lights boils down to lifted trucks with ridiculous light bars, LEDs bulbs in halogen housings, or dufoids driving with their highbeams on. It doesn’t matter if the highbeams are halogen or LED, they’re both blinding.

That being said, there are cars with LED headlights that are blinding from the factory:

  • 2023+ Subaru Outback.
  • Jeep Wrangler/Gladiator (compounded by having a factory or aftermarket lift)
  • Hyundai Palisade

Then there are the cars that are designed by morons that have all instruments in the center console. That makes it harder for drivers to see when their LED highbeams are on:

  • Toyota Prius
  • Tesla Model 3/Y

But there are plenty of cars with LED headlights that I don’t have any issues with. In my experience, Mercedes and Audi seem to do a particularly good job of having bright lights for the driver without blinding anyone else.

And there are plenty of other cars with halogen headlights that are blinding from the factory too:

  • Ford F-Series trucks with quad halogen headlamps
  • Dodge trucks
  • Chevy Cruze (or some other small to midsize American sedan, I can’t tell)

The luddites who want to strap jam jars with glowworms in them to the front of new cars are being ridiculous. Properly aimed LEDs are so much safer.

When I got my new car with LED headlights, I couldn’t believe how much more I could see. I could see fae down the road. Retroreflectors on lane markings far beyond the reach of my beams are visible. Pedestrians running across the street against the light wearing all black (true story) are visible! Despite clear lenses, new bulbs, and being correctly aimed, the halogen lights in my old Civic barely reached 100 feet down the road. My other halogen bulbed vehicle is better, but it’s still a far cry from what I’m used to now.

CaptainPedantic,

A good wool suit is quite insulating. I wore a 3 piece wool suit this summer when it was a bit warm. I wasn’t really sweating any more than I would be if I was wearing shorts and a Tee shirt.

When I get a lack of sleep, I often have a splitting headache the next day. Other people never get any headaches. What's wrong with me?

When I get a lack of sleep (or especially multiple nights of bad sleep), I often have a splitting headache the next day that makes me unfunctional and worsens until I get more sleep. Other people I’m with have the exact same sleeping routines and never get any headaches, and can still function despite being tired. What’s...

CaptainPedantic,

I’m interested in your pillow thickness comment. Do you have any more information about that, like a study?

I used to sleep on a very thin pillow since I was a stomach sleeper. As I’ve aged, I end up on my side and back more, and I had to get a thicker pillow.

CaptainPedantic,

When I was a kid, I somehow managed to breathe through my pillow. Or I’d prop up my forehead on the pillow and rest my chin on the mattress which left enough room to breathe.

Now as an adult, when I do sleep on my stomach, my head is turned to the side. My neck is horribly crooked, but that doesn’t seem to bother me. In fact, when I fall asleep, I apparently roll onto my back, and tilt my head to the side (perpendicular to the rest of my body). My wife has told me I’m a creepy sleeper since it looks like my neck is broken or is at an absurd angle. I somehow never wake up with neck pain.

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