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Refrigeration is a wonder. We harnessed the power of ice.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 3/12/25 at 4:50 pm
Sitting in my kitchen and I felt warm. Opened a little app, saw it was set to 75. Turned it down to 69 and immediately heard the AC kick on and started to feel the cool. Didn't even have to leave my seat.
Made me think...ice is of the last of the elements we mastered.
Fire, the gift of Prometheus, was the first.
Then with plumbing and pumps and waterwheels and dams we mastered water.
Windmills, sails and fans let us harness wind.
Great machines let us move earth, dig deep and bore through mountain.
And then...we mastered ice. What was once only a dream for all but those farthest north, now gets made in our kitchens. We hit a button and the deliciousness of cool air flows, even when it's burning hot outside. And that? Pure magic.
ETA:now obviously we don't have true mastery. Each of the forces, uncontrolled, become unpredictable and unstoppable. Nature is its own monster. But for humans, in our smallness? Still pretty cool.
Made me think...ice is of the last of the elements we mastered.
Fire, the gift of Prometheus, was the first.
Then with plumbing and pumps and waterwheels and dams we mastered water.
Windmills, sails and fans let us harness wind.
Great machines let us move earth, dig deep and bore through mountain.
And then...we mastered ice. What was once only a dream for all but those farthest north, now gets made in our kitchens. We hit a button and the deliciousness of cool air flows, even when it's burning hot outside. And that? Pure magic.
ETA:now obviously we don't have true mastery. Each of the forces, uncontrolled, become unpredictable and unstoppable. Nature is its own monster. But for humans, in our smallness? Still pretty cool.
This post was edited on 3/13/25 at 3:35 pm
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Posted on 3/12/25 at 4:52 pm to fr33manator
Quite the mindfrick when you think about how once it's below 32 outside that the whole place is one giant freezer. It's like you live inside of an ice box.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 4:52 pm to fr33manator
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ice is of the last of the elements we mastered.
Eskimos were building igloos before your 10xgreat-grandma crossed the Siberian land bridge, baw.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 4:53 pm to The Boat
Yeah the snow days were bizarre. The freezer was actually warmer than outside.
You could have gone in the freezer to warm up.
You could have gone in the freezer to warm up.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 4:54 pm to fr33manator
Walk in in your house?
Posted on 3/12/25 at 4:54 pm to fr33manator
if you’ve not seen “the mosquito coast”, that’s what the movie is about…an ice manufacturing system in the middle of the rainforest
Posted on 3/12/25 at 4:55 pm to Honest Tune
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Eskimos were building igloos before your 10xgreat-grandma crossed the Siberian land bridge, baw.
Still less impressive than having a baw in balmy Louisiana hit a button and have ice flowing out when it's...46 degrees above freezing.
And hell, I have ice when it's 100 degrees out. I don't know how our ancestors did it
Posted on 3/12/25 at 4:56 pm to fr33manator
Subtle remote thermostat brag.
Also, ice is water. So mastering water covers it, no?
You could also argue that AC is wind, which was also already covered in your list.
Also, ice is water. So mastering water covers it, no?
You could also argue that AC is wind, which was also already covered in your list.
This post was edited on 3/13/25 at 6:38 am
Posted on 3/12/25 at 4:57 pm to CocomoLSU
. I used to turn it up during the summer when the teenagers were home being shiftless. It feels like the one thing I control sometimes
Posted on 3/12/25 at 4:58 pm to fr33manator
They were tougher than us, point blank. And I consider myself pretty damn tough. I once went without AC a whole Nola summer a few years ago and found out what it was all about… not good!!
Posted on 3/12/25 at 4:59 pm to fr33manator
The ice machine was invented in Apalachicola, FL due it yellow fever issues.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 4:59 pm to fr33manator
Humans mastered the elements.
I just master baited.
I just master baited.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 5:03 pm to Honest Tune
I had a vehicle once where the front AC blower went out. Back was fine, kids were cool. But man...i stupidly resisted that fix (not knowing what it was, thinking it would be costly).
Had a little windshield mounted fan. I struggle busted, all summer. Then had a buddy ride with me and he says "man what's wrong with your AC?" I tell him I don't know. He says "pull into that auto parts store right there." $40 fan and 20 minutes later, AC blowing cold.
That's when I learned to ask instead of being stubborn.
Had a little windshield mounted fan. I struggle busted, all summer. Then had a buddy ride with me and he says "man what's wrong with your AC?" I tell him I don't know. He says "pull into that auto parts store right there." $40 fan and 20 minutes later, AC blowing cold.
That's when I learned to ask instead of being stubborn.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 5:14 pm to fr33manator
quote:Maverick never did.
We mastered the power of ice.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 6:56 pm to fr33manator
Freezing temps
Posted on 3/12/25 at 8:11 pm to fr33manator
quote:
Sitting in my kitchen and I felt warm. Opened a little app, saw it was set to 75. Turned it down to 69 and immediately heard the AC kick on and started to feel the cool. Didn't even have to leave my seat.
quote:
We hit a button and the deliciousness of cool air flows, even when it's burning hot outside. And that? Pure magic.
You’re welcome.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 8:23 pm to fr33manator
What’s amazing is that someone can take a crap and their poop will end up at a sewage treatment facility many miles away.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 10:02 pm to MardiGrasCajun
You must be an HVAC guy. And if so, I salute you
Posted on 3/12/25 at 10:12 pm to fr33manator
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I don't know how our ancestors did it
They never knew what AC was so the heat didn't bother them.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 10:16 pm to saintsfan1977
Mosquito Coast
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