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A $1 coin.

And two commemorative coins.

Fucking bastard.

Troops to secure the strait?

What are farts composed of?

Farts are primarily composed of five gases:

Nitrogen (N₂) — the dominant component, typically 20–90% of total volume. Most comes from swallowed air.

Hydrogen (H₂) — produced by gut bacteria fermenting carbohydrates. Can make up 0–50%.

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) — also from bacterial fermentation and swallowed air. Typically 10–30%.

Methane (CH₄) — produced by a specific subset of gut bacteria (Methanobrevibacter smithii). Only about 1/3 of people are “methane producers”; for them it can be 0–26%.

Oxygen (O₂) — small amounts from swallowed air, usually less than 10%.

The smelly stuff — the odor comes from trace compounds (typically under 1% total), mainly hydrogen sulfide (H₂S), methanethiol, dimethyl sulfide, and short-chain fatty acids. These are produced by bacteria breaking down sulfur-containing proteins..

Are they heavier than air?

Are farts heavier than air?

It depends on the mix, but on average, farts are roughly similar to air in density, and often slightly lighter. Here’s why:

∙ Air has an average molecular weight of about 29 g/mol
∙ The main fart gases: N₂ = 28, H₂ = 2, CO₂ = 44, CH₄ = 16
∙ A typical mix is dominated by N₂ and H₂, which are both lighter than air (especially H₂, which is extremely light)
∙ CO₂ is heavier than air (MW 44), but it’s usually a minority component

So a typical fart, being rich in nitrogen and hydrogen, tends to be slightly lighter than air — which is part of why it rises. However, a fart with a high CO₂ content could be close to air density or slightly heavier. Methane is also lighter than air (MW 16), so methane-rich farts are definitely buoyant.

In short: farts generally float upward, which your nose can confirm.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

That’s a lot of paintings.

Over 10T of debt from Trump’s terms. And we’re less than 2/3 through his total time in office, assuming he makes it to the end.

That’s hilarious

I’m reminded of when he said in his first term, “Nobody knew how hard health care reform would be”.

That’s about $290,000 per household.

Our debt just hit 39,000,000,000,000.

27% of that came from Trump’s terms, so far.

Best comment:

Every right wing Internet personality has a Hadith from Charlie Kirk saying he really cared about their thing

On a bridge over the seine, right bank behind you.

Seems to me to be too early to say but that is certainly the risk.

So Yanbu is THE major Saudi export hub for oil that doesn’t rely on the strait. So yeah.

Trying to figure out how much hyperbole there is in his concern.

On the one hand, Saudi and even Qatar are not dominant players in gas. On the other hand (I just learned from an Odd Lots podcast on the subject) NG is far more expensive to transport and the logistics are very sticky due to pipelines and long term contracts. It’s not as much as a ‘one global market’ as oil is.

I don’t know this guy, but he’s a macroeconomist who is followed by some respectable people and JD Vance.