[–] 6 points 1 day ago

I guess that’s an imperial measurement? In metric, baby meerkats weigh 25-35 g [1] and are about 6-8 cm long [2, 3]. Let’s say they’re roughly a cylinder 1.5x7 cm, so 12.3 cm3 or about 137 g of gold.

So they either mean there’s as much gold as a baby meerkat weighs, 30 g give or take, or the equivalent baby meerkat volume, which would be 137 g-ish.

I’m no expert on meerkats or sewers so I can’t help you there 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 5 points 5 days ago* (1 child)

    Aucun certitude car je ne suis ni français ni en France depuis quelques années, mais ça ressemble aux phrases qu’on voit en anglais aussi : a person with a disability à la place de a disabled person voir pire an invalid. L’objet étant que l’handicap est une caractéristique qui décrit la personne et pas le seul.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Yes. The syrup has to be room temperature, then warmed by the food. Having to top-up with cold syrup late in the meal because you misjudged the ratio is unpleasant… maybe there is an application for this technique there, but I also don’t care to put pre-warmed syrup on as a rule.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    It makes it easier for the syrup elves to handle the bottles. Most people don’t recognize this part of syrup production and prefer to gloss over the cruelty behind their sweet treat. It can be ethically produced but most producers refuse to comment on their presence of elves in their operation.

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