>> ^BoneRemake:

>> ^Fusionaut:
Yeah, but conditioner isn't soap >> ^radx:
Like Jimmy Carr says, if you wash your cock in the morning, you're good for the day. And if you are very thorough, it might even be the best part of your day.


OH JESUS CHRIST, NEVER ! Never ! use conditioner.. I learned that when I was 14. You will not like what happens.


Huh? What happens? Can't say i've had the pleasure..

Yo. All the rappers claim to not give a fuck.
Well step aside bitches, cause I give the lowest amount of fuck humanly possible.

What?!

(I don't a give a fuck...)
About anything, fuck everyone and fuck everything, what
(I don't give a fuck...)
I literally don't give a fuck about anything

I don't give a fuck about motherfuckin' anything
People care about shit, I say fuck everything
Fuck you, fuck me, fuck the sky, fuck trees, fuck the sun
I don't need heat of Vitamin D!

And fuck toasters. I don't need to cook my bread
And fuck coasters. I use a little plate instead
And fuck roosters. With their useless cockadoodledoo
We invented the alarm clocks. We no longer need you

Don't give a fuck about chairs. I prefer to stand
And fuck air conditioners - I got a ceiling fan
And fuck the the movie the fan, staring westly snipes
Demolition man's the only snipes moving your light
And fuck liking shit. I don't even like the stuff that I like
Don't give a fuck about not liking all the shit I don't like
Like tissues. Fuck them! I blow my nose on the couch
And fuck my nostrils and my senses now I breathe through my mouth
Don't give a fuck about seeing bitch, fuck my eyes
Fuck physical perception yo, I'd rather be blind
Fuck time, seconds are too short and minutes are a joke
And I was awake too long, it should be half an hour at most
And fuck coasts, who gives a fuck about where water meets land
And fuck boats, just because you float you think you're so fucking bad
And fuck jokes, I don't need to be funny all the time
My dog has a tumor and he's probably gonna die, but...

(I don't a give a fuck...)
About anything, fuck everyone and fuck everything, what
(I don't give a fuck...)
I literally don't give a fuck about anything

Walked into a coffee shop and ordered a cup
The girl says "small, medium, large?"
I say "bitch I don't give a fuck"
She said "I can't process your order if you don't pick a size"
I said "fine, I'll take a large, but I still don't give a fuck, alright?"
Don't give a fuck about beverage size options motherfucker
And I don't give a fuck about liquids either
They're all wet and shit and tend to spill all over the place
Like human semen when I get it all over my face
I'm not gay, I just don't give a fuck about straight sex
And fuck my dick, I'll pee and cum out of my mouth instead.
Fuck biological functions, fuck the human body
I prefer the body of a bat with the head of a coyote
I call myself batyodie and I fight crime at night
I know its similar to batman but motherfuck copyright
I plagiarize all the time, I do it everyday
Cause I'm on the right track baby, I was born this way

And fuck birth, entering the world of space & time is a bitch
Searching for purpose in the random universe sucks dick
Is it deterministic or am I free to choose my way
Did I choose to not give a fuck about ice cube trays
If I want ice I'll go to the fucking corner store and buy a bag
Filling you up and waiting for the water to freeze is a motherfucking drag
You know what? Fuck the word fuck, I don't need to use it
I'll replace it with the word chainsaw for this chorus

(I don't a give a chainsaw...)
About anything, chainsaw everyone and chainsaw everything, what
(I don't give a chainsaw...)
I literally don't give a chainsaw about anything

If there was a contest to see who doesn't give a fuck the most
I wouldn't win cause I don't give a fuck about winning yo
I don't even give a fuck about not giving a fuck,
so I do give a fuck... wait, what?

(I give a fuck...)
About everything, I love everyone and care about everything
(I give a fuck...)
I literally care about every motherfucking thing

>> ^spoco2:

>> ^rychan:
I only have to run my sprinkler system about three months a year.

Holy frack! You have to use sprinklers on your lawn for a QUARTER OF THE YEAR and you think that's fine?
Do you people in the states have any concept of low impact? It truly is stunning... I mean, we here in Australia are pretty damn f cked up too, but we're trying...
What about fricken rainwater tanks? All new houses built in Australia require them now... and guess what? They give you heaps of water for watering any lawn you may want or your veggie patch or your fruit trees, or your small wheat crop.


Geesh, calm down. We actually have a shared rainwater tank here -- the groundwater that I already mentioned.

I calculated the electrical cost of running my sprinklers, and it came to 5 or 6 dollars a month. So yes, there's some carbon impact.

When I say 3 months a year, I don't mean 3 months of continuous operation, you realize? It's 2 and half hours every morning. In the Fall and Spring the grass doesn't need watering, and in the Winter it's under snow.

Anyway, if you want to yell at me for not being low impact, do so because I live 20 miles from work. I don't want to, but I don't have a choice.

Actually, I'm curious about your electrical consumption since you're shaming me for mine. I live in a state with one of the lowest per-capita carbon emission rates. I have aggressively programmed electronic thermostats and compact fluorescent lights. I run my air conditioner only about 30 days out of the year. I wonder if you're not actually living a higher impact lifestyle by trying to live in an arid area?

Theoretically yes, but the efficiency would be terrible with current tech.

If only relying on radiative cooling then the condenser would need to be huge just to cool something the size of a house. Of course, the hotter the coils, the more heat transfer there would be.

Then the radiation would need to be transmitted through the atmosphere. That would heat some of the air along the way, reducing the efficiency of the transfer and further increasing the amount of cooling needed to offset global warming (clouds wouldn't help either).

There's also the fact that the entire process consumes a lot of power to compress the coolant. Currently much of that power comes from sources that emit greenhouse gasses, reducing the net efficiency of the cooling offset. The machinery itself also creates heat, which would need to be offset with additional cooling.

I don't think her idea was "stupid"... she just doesn't understand the difficulties and cost involved. If we had unlimited solar power and extremely efficient large-scale AC farms then it might work, but there's also the unknown side effects of localized cooling on wildlife and the hydrological cycle.

It's a neat idea, and I'd love to run the numbers on it sometime for fun, but it's currently impractical and possibly counter-productive with our current capabilities.

In reply to this comment by jwray:
Ordinary air conditioners could only increase global mean temperature due to the law of conservation of energy. But if the condenser coils are in a vacuum surrounded by glass on top and a mirror on the bottom, then they just radiate into space.

So what he's saying is we should build a ton of very large air conditioners next to highways in the southern states...

>> ^MaxWilder:

Um, let's bring the conversation back down to the level it started at.
This is dumb because anybody who has ever examined an air conditioner will notice that cold air comes out of one side, and hot air comes out of the other.
You don't need to know anything further about the laws of thermodynamics to know why she's an idiot.


And if you don't there's no helping you.

Um, let's bring the conversation back down to the level it started at.

This is dumb because anybody who has ever examined an air conditioner will notice that cold air comes out of one side, and hot air comes out of the other.

You don't need to know anything further about the laws of thermodynamics to know why she's an idiot.

I concede that she was lacks a complete understanding of heat transfer and basic thermodynamics.

That said, people are actively working on heat sequestering. There are types of air conditioners that are essentially a heat pumps. This idea, in particular, is one that people are interested in. Because the earth is not a closed system we don't have to worry about the 2nd law.

My point would be: making giant heat sink is not the craziest solution anyone has ever proposed for global warming.

Ordinary air conditioners could only increase global mean temperature due to the law of conservation of energy. But if the condenser coils are in a vacuum surrounded by glass on top and a mirror on the bottom, then they just radiate into space.

>> ^Morganth:

If you're not very familiar with air conditioners, why should this be a stupid idea?

That's a bit like saying "2+2=5 isn't stupid if you're not familiar with mathematics."

If you're not very familiar with air conditioners, why should this be a stupid idea?

Outside portable air conditioners exist and are frequently used.

>> ^Psychologic:

Air conditioners have the net effect of creating heat. Put one in an enclosed room and it will get hotter in there even though one side of the AC puts out cooler air.
Even if the extra heat could be dealt with in a way that didn't warm the surrounding environment, there's still significant power consumption involved. Currently the power would come from sources that contribute to climate change.
Some of those issues could be addressed, but it would be extremely expensive for a negligible impact and have side effects of its own.


These are some good points. Also there's the acres and acres of air conditioners everywhere. Are we seriously debating the finer points of her laughably bad idea? It's a bad idea because SCIENCE.

Air conditioners have the net effect of creating heat. Put one in an enclosed room and it will get hotter in there even though one side of the AC puts out cooler air.

Even if the extra heat could be dealt with in a way that didn't warm the surrounding environment, there's still significant power consumption involved. Currently the power would come from sources that contribute to climate change.

Some of those issues could be addressed, but it would be extremely expensive for a negligible impact and have side effects of its own.

How about the *health channel?

And while running a hair dryer can work, may I recommend a white noise machine?
http://www.amazon.com/Marpac-SleepMate-980A-Electro-Mechanical-Conditioner/dp/B000KUHFGM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297049456&sr=8-1