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Big Yellow Brain Bin Bags are exactly as described ie they are coloured bright yellow and have brain fold details printed on them.
Instead of having squared corners they also have a softened oval contour. This all means that when stuffed with rubbish and a draw-string pulled, they fill out to resemble
oversized brains.
Now when there are garbage strikes such as in Paris at the moment, instead of dreary black bags, the streets will be filled with piles of large yellow brains.
Completely-compostable bin bag 'Big Lettuce' bag
https://www.grainge...Lawn-and-Leaf-4JMZ4
Sgt. Teacup's concept, partly realized. Just needs to be round and decorated as a lettuce. [a1, Mar 27 2023]
it is now possible to just tell your computer, "print me a spoon"
https://www.bing.co...on+is+too+big+image
"... safer to use Loglan. If you spoke English, results might be whimsical; multi-valued nature of English gave option circuits too much leeway." [a1, Mar 27 2023]
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Rats might make them pulsate in an interesting way. Well, maybe not pulsate, exactly - but move a bit, anyway. |
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Pulsations are always approved. |
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The basic idea lends itself to other bodily organs as well (liver, kidney, heart - all interesting shapes), and other cities have garbage strikes. |
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I left my heart in San Francisco. |
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Oh I thought these would be binbags (perhaps slightly blue-tinted with extra strong ties and seams) specially for disposing of any surplus big yellow brains that you have finished using. Because obviously it looks suspicious if you just put them in with the normal rubbish. |
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Human 'Garbage brains' have created the problem, so [+] for making behind-the-scenes visible. |
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I propose that the 'Big Yellow Brain' bags be used to dispose of items requiring smart processing to solve for their inevitable enviro-impact, eg: appliances, e-waste, layered fabrics requiring deconstruction. |
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The companion completely-compostable bin bag 'Big Lettuce' is filled with compostable items (foods/drinks, paper coffee filters, cottonballs) and can roll directly downhill at a compost farm to be made into new dirt. |
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// completely-compostable bin bag ... can roll directly downhill at a compost farm // |
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Already have 30 gallon paper bags for that, but rectangular. Might be a market for round ones that can be rolled down a hill. |
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This is arbitrary and unrelated, so sorry but I had to tell someone. Chatbots are now capable of creating instructions for 3-D printing of arbitrary objects. I am very excited about this. With a little copy-pasting and easy intermediate steps it is now possible to just tell your computer, "print me a spoon" |
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Man, have you learned nothing from science fiction? (link) |
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I remember seeing a Victorian butter wrap made of paper, printed with cabbage leaf design, so that when the butter pat was wrapped it looked like it was wrapped in cabbage leaves. Apparently cabbage leaves were a traditional wrap for butter in pre-butter-paper-wrap days. |
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TIL about butter and cabbage |
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Same here. After running the gauntlet with various search engines and chatbots, and ultimately finding the right way to frame the question: |
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"How was butter wrapped before paper wrapping became available?" |
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Before the invention of paper wrapping, butter was usually wrapped in other materials that were available at the time, such as leaves, animal hides, or cloth. |
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In many cultures, leaves were a common material used for wrapping food, including butter. For example, in India, banana leaves were often used to wrap and store butter. In Europe, cabbage leaves were sometimes used for this purpose. |
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Animal hides, such as the bladder or stomach of a sheep or cow, were also sometimes used to wrap butter. The butter would be placed inside the hollowed-out bladder or stomach, which would then be tied closed and stored in a cool place. |
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In some places, cloth was used to wrap butter. In Scandinavia, for example, butter was often wrapped in linen cloth and stored in a wooden container called a butter churn. |
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Overall, the materials used to wrap butter varied depending on the availability of resources and the cultural practices of different regions. |
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//butter churn//
A churn is for making butter, not for storing it. Must do better, ChatGPT. |
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It's almost as if ChatGPT copied their homework from someone else, isn't it? |
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// as if ChatGPT copied their homework from someone else, isn't it // |
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No, that was me - I copied here what it said without editing, proofreading or any fact checking. I don’t know if it’s accurate, even apart from misusing the word “churn” where wooden box, cask, or tub might have been a better choice. |
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If I had quoted a paragraph straight from Wikipedia, would you be making the same observation? |
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I'm totally at ease with AI, and confident that when it comes be being creative (in the manner of producing ideas like this one and many similar ones), there is no competition with the human mind's ability to produce mad ideas. |
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Concur. Can be helpful for collecting and presenting information but they can’t *create* anything. |
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