Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "Future Proof" channel.

People who just go to the gym for the equipment are more or less just renting equipment and you don't need a lot of it to cover your whole body. (Actually you need 0 equipment if you know what you're doing, but a chin up bar and a few other things are helpful) The reason to be the member of a gym are access to personal trainers and classes and even then only if you're actually going.
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They died because they're a logistical headache and not super easy to recycle either. I do think that plastic is going away, unless there's a solution to the recycling and trash issue. Aluminum with a tiny bit of plastic lining is the superior option for most things. Aluminum lasts forever, can be recycled as many times as you like with very little material lost and once it's been dug up and initially processed it takes relatively little energy to melt it down to make some more cans.
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Right now I'm drinking an oat milk latte. One of the nice things about oat milk is that it really does a pretty decent job of replacing milk in foamed milk beverages. Although it does have a slight taste to it that doesn't match, with an appropriate number of shots of espresso that's not much of an issue.
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@bluephreakr Mostly due to issues with contamination and having to get the bottle back to the same manufacturer as they tend to be custom. Plus, they degrade over time in terms of microplastics and hormones leeching into the fluid.
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If you're going to use glass, that's how to do it. Otherwise, just use aluminum with a plastic liner. It's virtually 100% recyclable and any impurities mostly burn away with very little material lost in the process.
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@dfcx1 They also made a significant portion of young people hearing impaired because they didn't ever fit right and you had to crank up the volume if you wanted to hear what was being played.
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@trala8911 We had freezing rain the week before Christmas and the sidewalks were literal sheets of ice a couple inches thick. Even with studs on my shoes, it was still slippery as an ice rink, but also kind of tilty as well.
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@lgsazar9715 Lactose intolerance is basically an enzyme issue. Some people produce it naturally, most people don't. If people want to eat milk products, then you're basic options are to get lactose removed products, add lactase via supplement, eat yogurts that have the relevant bacteria and enzymes or just tolerate the issues that come of lactose intolerance. Personally, I'm making up a batch of live culture yogurt that usually helps keep the lactose intolerance in check. But, from what I can tell, if you want the bacteria to live long term, they need to be ones that can live in an anaerobic environment.
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@lgsazar9715 It is and the main reason why we do it is that it was one of the few options for vitamin D when our species started living far away from the sunny weather of the equator. It's also why the bulk of the people who can properly handle milk products come from the far north.
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@testing_oscar There's a lot of reasons for that, even if you can digest it, dairy products are a major issue for the environment and the milk itself does have other health impacts both good and bad beyond lactose intolerance.
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IMHO, somewhere in the neighborhood of $50 to $100 is where you get the best sound quality for the money. Above that there isn't really much to be gained, and below that the quality is going to vary a lot.
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@cabbage-soup Skullcandy makes some. They're decent enough quality, not anywhere near as good as what you'd get for the same price if you don't need the bluetooth or are willing to get an over the ear style, but they're decent enough for the money.
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@dfcx1 Yes, and it's also relatively easy to foam if you're looking for an alternative that can be used to make decent foamed coffee drinks. The one that I"m drinking has been sitting here for a while and it's still got foam, even at the bottom. It's not quite as nice as if I used milk, but it's close enough that I don't have to think about what it's doing to my digestive track.
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@floralstripes8001 One of the nice things about most nut milks is that you can make them yourself at home if you've got the nuts and a bit of patience.
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The great thing about those cheap earbuds is that they signaled to everybody around them that they're probably hearing impaired and you can probably talk about them without them being able to hear what you're saying.
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Honestly, I bought a sub $100 pair of Sennheiser over the ear headphones years ago and they were good enough that I had to reencode most of my MP3s to something a bit better. I forget exactly how much they cost, but I think it was closer to $100 than $50. I think there's plenty of other companies that can do the same thing without charging a massive amount of money, especially since over the ear headphones have pretty much as much space as you need for good drivers and some extra circuitry. But, beyond that, it had some other nice features like the ability to replace the cable by just unplugging the one that came with it and plugging in the replacement and the ear cups were also similarly easy to replace.
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@mr.funnyman9765 No, many areas moved to recycling programs that made the deposit programs a bit of a problem.If you've got free curbside pickup of recyclables accepting a deposit for them means paying for collection twice and disincentivizes the use of the provided bin while also increasing emissions a slight bit as now you've got the bottles being driven back to the store on top of the truck that comes by to pick them up both from the store and from the house.
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That kind of thing has been an issue for many decades, at least the schools no longer force the kids to eat all the food that was in the lunch like they used to. I'd definitely recommend any parents that have kids being forced to buy the milk consider seeking legal action against the schools that are doing that because food allergies are allergies and there is a legal obligation of the schools to provide a safe learning environment for all the students, even those with food based medical issues.
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@jarretgosbee7717 Yes, although a foldable stationary bike isn't necessarily that expensive. A pretty decent one can be had for a couple hundred bucks and takes up no space.
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