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- Comment on Epstein survivors Sunday Super Bowl ad to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world 2 days ago:
Another vote for “failed while using Voyager”
- Comment on Is it really dangerous to fall sleep in the bath? 2 days ago:
Not an issue for me. I’m 6’4". The only way I’m drowning after falling asleep in the bathtub is if my legs dissolve.
- Comment on What's that word? 2 days ago:
According to Wikipedia, the term was in use in other languages before it was taken in English
- Comment on What is up with the trend of naming pets after food? 3 days ago:
- Comment on I detect no errors of logic here 4 days ago:
It’s not a treat if I’m not interested.
- Comment on I detect no errors of logic here 4 days ago:
Good point.
I think that’s where your premise really breaks down because I still wouldn’t be either.
- Comment on I detect no errors of logic here 4 days ago:
There’s also the people who just work to survive and have nothing left over.
Unless by “world” you’re only referring to those with too much money.
- Comment on Your teenager AND your husband 6 days ago:
When I was a teenager, my mom made some baked pasta and brought it with a 2 liter Pepsi to me while I was working on stage crew at the high school.
I took it up to the spot light booth and ate it.
When I got home she asked me how everyone liked it. I told her I ate it all. She said she made enough for the entire stage crew. I told her she was wrong, it was only enough for me.
I hit 6’4" tall when I was 14. At my lowest weight at that height, I was 165 pounds.
I wish I had been taught to eat a single serving, wait, and then eat more if necessary. It wouldn’t have made a difference at the times when I needed to eat like twelve people, but it would have made it easier to stop eating like twelve when I didn’t need to.
However, I’ve had smaller adults try to tell my kids that they were eating too much. How can you meet me, get a pain in your neck from looking up at me, and still think you understand how much my kids need to eat?
- Comment on Why is it I feel a tiny bit of empathy for the Guthries but really don;t care at all because people get kidnapped/ransomed every day, what makes he so special besides her daughter? 6 days ago:
- Comment on "Between raising two young boys and putting in long hours at a marketing job, Kevin Caldwell can almost never find the time to make dinner. So he and his husband spend about $700 a week to order in" 1 week ago:
The Jim Dandy is a banana split made in the super sundae bowl. The one pictured is a Reese’s Pieces super sundae.
Reese’s pieces, vanilla ice cream, peanut butter and marshmallow sauce, whipped cream and a cherry.
If I’m remembering correctly, the super sundae was originally supposed to be five scoops of ice cream.
I suppose it still could be, but maybe their scoops are shrinking.
- Comment on "Between raising two young boys and putting in long hours at a marketing job, Kevin Caldwell can almost never find the time to make dinner. So he and his husband spend about $700 a week to order in" 1 week ago:
Well then I guess thank you for conceding the point that I know more about the food I make than you do.
- Comment on "Between raising two young boys and putting in long hours at a marketing job, Kevin Caldwell can almost never find the time to make dinner. So he and his husband spend about $700 a week to order in" 1 week ago:
Well, I don’t like having Reece’s peanut butter cups in my ice cream, so I wouldn’t get that.
I think what you may not be considering is the ongoing shrinkflation happening at restaurants.
I used to get the “Super Sundae” at Friendly’s. It’s served in a fishbowl style dish. They used to fill it with ice cream past the top of the bowl, with toppings including whipped cream above that. The last time I was there, the top of the whipped cream didn’t reach the top of the bowl.
(it doesn’t look like this anymore)
In answer to your question, having home made ice cream at home, I’m having 4-5 large scoops.
I’m not going to reach the end of my life wishing I had eaten more ice cream.
- Comment on "Between raising two young boys and putting in long hours at a marketing job, Kevin Caldwell can almost never find the time to make dinner. So he and his husband spend about $700 a week to order in" 1 week ago:
When you cook at home, even if you use oils and other high-caloric ingredients, you still use way less than restaurants do.
How much do you want to bet?
One example:
I’m concerned that I didn’t get butter when I went to the store on Friday because after I came home my wife told me she moved the last four pounds of butter out of the freezer.
I also have heavy cream in the fridge to make ice cream. If there’s not a layer of lard on your spoon after you’re done eating your ice cream, you aren’t really trying.
- Comment on If the government raided your house and found a bunch of .mkv files but you insist its all legally obtained, how do they ascertain if they are actually pirated or not? 1 week ago:
I’m my case, I either have proof that I bought them in the form of the original DVD, or the movies are in the public domain, or they are digital copies of home movies.
- Comment on What's up with "Plex Servers"? 1 week ago:
I run an Emby server, but just for family. Two of my kids use it, one doesn’t. I posted previously that my daughter doesn’t have anything that can play a DVD, but she still gets them and I add them to my server so she can watch them.
I added my parents to it, and they watched some stuff, but they can’t remember how to use it. Every time I show them, my dad will watch things for a few days, then he forgets how.
I appear to be unique among the people running streaming servers in that I only add things if I own the DVD (or if they’re in the public domain). I also only have about 1300 movies.
I visit thrift stores to get cheap DVDs. There’s one near me that charges $1/DVD, but they have a 50% off sale on the last weekend of every month.
I’m trying to be more particular about what I add. I had started thinking that for 50¢, I can buy a shittier movie, but now I’m only getting the movie if I know it’s worth it, or if it’s got > 7 IMDB rating.
Today’s haul included True Grit (the remake), Capote, and Ready Player One.
- Comment on What is a good present to get your dentist and dental assistant as a way of showing thanks? 1 week ago:
Not eating oreos on the way to the appointment.
- Comment on Should longer hair be handled by salons or male barbers? 1 week ago:
I’m definitely happy with it. I took my time at first until I knew what to do, but now it’s pretty easy to get the cut I want. I don’t notice any difference between what the flowbee can do and what the barbers used to do.
I haven’t been able to convince anyone else in my family to try it, but I definitely recommend it.
- Comment on Should longer hair be handled by salons or male barbers? 1 week ago:
I got one after a particularly bad experience with a barber.
Not a bad haircut. He was just an asshole.
I used to go a barber shop where you’d either write your name on their whiteboard under the name of the barber you wanted, or you’d just come in and sit down and get the next guy who was available.
Originally I didn’t care, but I’d end up with one short, older guy. I’m tall and long in the torso, so he’d complain that he couldn’t get the chair low enough, so I’d have to basically slide down in the chair until I was sitting on my back for him, with my tailbone over the edge of the seat.
That gets uncomfortable, so I started picking one of the taller barbers.
One day I was in a hurry and I didn’t want to wait for the tall guy, so I didn’t put my name up.
The guy took several people ahead of me who came in after me. At first I thought it was just people who stepped out and came back, but eventually I realized he was skipping me. Eventually one of the other barbers noticed and said something to him, and he started bitching about how I didn’t want him cutting my hair.
I didn’t know I was breaking up with a girlfriend. I thought he was just a barber.
The barber who confronted him took me next. I gave him a massive tip, and then I came home and ordered the flowbee.
That was a few years before the pandemic, and I’ve been using it ever since.
- Comment on Should longer hair be handled by salons or male barbers? 1 week ago:
- Comment on Why do people pronounce ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) like it's a word? 2 weeks ago:
Briefly mildly confusing maybe. Not very confusing unless you’re already pretty confused about everything.
How are people hearing I.C.E. referred to as ICE without any context?
I don’t think anyone is confused into thinking that frozen water is racist or murdering people indiscriminately.
Or are you saying that someone said “I hate ICE”, and you thought they were talking about frozen water? Admittedly, if it was blurted out as a non sequitur with no other information it might be briefly misunderstood. Also, given the storm that hammered the U.S. recently, folks here could easily be talking about frozen water.
But all you have to do is ask for clarification.
- Comment on Why are americans taking health advice from a former heroin addict ? 2 weeks ago:
This question really pushes the boundaries of the concept of “no stupid questions”, but I will respect the premise and answer with all seriousness.
There is nothing about being a former anything that is automatically disqualifying.
Not everything he says is without merit. Even a blind, dumb squirrel can accidentally find a nut.
Americans aren’t trusting him. He is only respected by the deluded cult members, and then only because their pedophile leader tells them to.
The people who don’t realize he’s full of shit are the people who can’t handle being the most ignorant person in the room. They’re swallowing all the bullshit that this administration spits out because it’s the only way they can pretend they are better than everyone else.
It’s all just corrupt, diseased minds taking advantage of other corrupt, diseased minds. If they didn’t reject the compassion of their opponents, I’d have sympathy for them. However, they chose the darkness.
- Comment on If the color of the Sun was orange, wouldn't the clouds and everything white also be orange? My friend is adamant that 30 years ago the "real" Sun was orange but got replaced with a white LED. 2 weeks ago:
You need to upgrade to a better friend.
- Comment on Why are they different shapes? 3 weeks ago:
You’re cruel.
I like it.
- Comment on Why are they different shapes? 3 weeks ago:
How can sliced bread not be great? It’s been the ruler by which all greatness is measured since it was created!
- Comment on Why are they different shapes? 3 weeks ago:
would you like a recipe?
If you have a good recipe, I’d suggest that your question should be restated in a form that includes that recipe.
- Comment on An open letter to the nasty motherfucker who shits with the aim of a stormtrooper: 4 weeks ago:
I’m thinking you meant “wiping thoroughly” and not “widening thoroughly”, but I’m not sure.
- Comment on Just say what you want! 4 weeks ago:
I’m trying to decide how much irritation my manager can handle.
- Comment on Just say what you want! 4 weeks ago:
I’m thinking of replying with this:
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- Comment on The shrinkflation 5 weeks ago:
Just because RFK jr is a brain-damaged POS doesn’t make vegetable oil automatically the better choice.
They are talking about the Minnesota Coronary Experiment, which suggests that using vegetable oil reduces cardiac disease, but leads to earlier death.
Rejecting science because it happens to be included in the garbage that an idiot believes would make you an idiot as well.
