absolutely zero
23 November 2005, 13:02 in Stream of Nonsense
I am not a big fan of ice. I mean, yes, yes, the ability to create and utilize ice is probably on par with the use of fire in the spectrum of human development, although it comes a lot later.
And, I mean, harnessing cooling processes like evaporation in a low-tech fashion and spreading that technique (take 1 big clay pot, put another smaller pot in it, put sand in the interstitial space, fill small pot with stuff needing refrigeration, make sand wet, ENJOY) across less-developed countries is, quite frankly, badass.
But I hate ice in my drink. Also, you know what else is neat1? The Planck temperature, which is the hottest anything can get (1.41679 × 1032 K, and I like how that number is huge enough that you would think the extra .41679 wouldn’t make that much of a difference in terms of human conception, but somebody figured it out anyway), and to me seems to be the conceptual counterpart to absolute zero.
Hey, did you know that the Kelvin scale is the same as Celsius with different reference points?
Anyway, the point is, ice bumps into my teeth, dilutes my drink, and makes my throat cold. In your face, ice. In your FACE.
1 See how I avoided the pun there? You’re welcome.
jonathan said,
Dec 12, 03:46 PM #
I often tell people “No ice” when I order a soda, if I know there won’t be free refills. I hate the idea that I’m getting something that is 75% ice and only 25% soda; feels like a rip-off to me.Mary said,
Feb 8, 12:50 PM #
The British and French have no ice in their drinks. Perhaps you are of Celtic origin?jeremy said,
Jul 22, 08:29 PM #
Mary, sociologists would probably say that appreciation of ice in one’s drink is socially constructed. As a cyborg, however, my preferences are determined through an algorithm based on variables at the time of activation.Of course, that might just be the schizophrenia talking.