You’re gonna have to redo that last sentence there. I’m not catching the drift.

What data are they gathering? Like, what specific info from the appliance can tell the power company what it is you are running?

Yeah, 100%. It’s just that usually when something like this gets a large-ish negative reaction it’s because people associate it with furries or some other “taboo” fetish/lifestyle.

I also find that furry stuff gets way more hate than it deserves (which is none hate). I say boo to that! So long as stuff is consensual and nobody gets hurt (who doesn’t want to, lookin’ at you BDSM), then let people enjoy things.

Side note: It’s hilarious how for years people were cheering on Captain Kirk for banging green alien chicks, but cat ears and a tail is a no-go. Cross-species stuff is cool so long as they’re from another planet? What if it was planet Yiff? On the topic of aliens, do we even know if Superman has a human-like penis? Maybe Kryptonians bust onto egg clutches, who’s to say?

Anywho, people are silly and really like policing other people’s likes.

It would have to be an inference based on power draw. Not at all accurate or definitive, I don’t think. This seems a bit tinfoil-hatty to me.

I’m betting it relies on an assumption that every dishwasher would draw the same amount of current (within reason) as every other dishwasher. The same with every washing machine, every dryer, every AC, and so on. On top of that, all the current draws would need to be unique. If a dryer pulled the same current as an oven then the surveillance people wouldn’t know which you were running.

Sure, you could infer a little based on time of day and such, but who’s to say the homeowner isn’t just running 10 microwaves?

Eh, I say let the furries have their fun. Like, they’re going to do stuff like this anyway. Might as well sell it to them.

Well, it is exactly what it says on the tin then. I was sure it was made up, lol.

Turns out this is from a real study, and not just a meme lol.

Wow, I figured we didn’t have laws like that here. A few years ago we had a bunch of honkies drive on down to Ottawa. They had a website with their plans, and they literally said they were going there to overthrow the government. If you want here is a Wikipedia article about them

They got some house arrest

Edit: I have added a Wayback link to the MOU.

I don’t have kids, so I don’t really have a dog in this fight. I think it’s reasonable to feel weird about someone doing something you’re not used to. So long as they’re happy, nobody is getting hurt, and nobody is a jerk about it, everything should be fine. Like, if both guys know about one another then cool, if she’s two-timing both then maybe a discussion needs to be had.

Bit of a tangent: It’s weird to me how against things like polyamory or swinging North American society seems to be. I’ve seen people talk about cheating with less confusion and apprehension. Is it so alien that more than two people can consensually enjoy each other’s company? Archie comics have been a staple here for years, and those crazy kids are deffo in a proto-polycule.

You are right! The funny thing is I was trying to think of it that way and got it backwards anyway. Not enough mental RAM left after work for that kind of thing, apparently.

Unsolicited formatting help

If you want to see the arrows and not format as a quote throw some backslashes in front of the less greater than signs.

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Otherwise, if you want to get rid of the gaps between the quote lines then put less greater than signs on the empty lines.

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Edit: I had to fix some wonky formatting, lol

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I think they look neat and I don’t do any drugs. Not even the cool ones! Is it so hard for people to believe that different people have different tastes? Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a Hawaiian pizza to demolish.

P.S. I only think they look cool. Their build quality seems pretty bad, and the company CEO is a stain upon the earth.