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  • 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Are black holes just another form of a pulsar and when will the US finally learn that burgers taste better with mayo.

    Thank you.

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        1 year ago

        Well, they don’t offer mayo at Burger King and McDonalds where I live, plus every US movie I’ve ever seen that reflects on burgers in Europe removed about them having mayo, so… I just assumed.

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          Weird, McDonalds has mayo here or at least they had it on their deluxe. I don’t eat at McDonalds too often, but I’d say mayo is a pretty normal thing to put on a burger here just generally speaking. I just saw a commercial for Burger King as I was typing this and there was mayo on the burgers lol, maybe it’s a regional thing?

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              1 year ago

              Definitely strange, I can’t think of a burger place I’ve been to that doesn’t at least offer mayo as an option if not as a standard topping on at least 1 burger. In any event, I agree: On most burgers mayo is a solid condiment choice!

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      idk if you wanted a real answer or not, but: no, black holes are not pulsars. they are different kinds of objects. pulsars are neutron stars (or rarely, white dwarfs) that spin and emit beams of radiation, like a lighthouse. neutron stars form from stars that are less massive than a certain limit; bigger than that and they’ll become black holes instead. it’s probably true that not all neutron stars become pulsars.

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      1 year ago

      I utterly hate mayo on beef.

      On chicken or ham is fine. On fish as tartar sauce, it’s great. Beef? Fuck no.