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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier says criminal “geoengineering and weather modification activities" could have played a role in recent Texas floods⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Shh, just play dumb. Let them think they are so smart for figuring it out. Feed them climate change data and tell them there’s something suspicious about it all. I don’t care if they take credit for fixing it, just as long as it gets done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨True Story⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Just one more reboot and this time you’ll like the Fantastic Four, you’ll see. Just one more reboot and we’ll start making new films with new stories. We’ve just gotta change up the actors so we have to do the origin story over again, but this time for sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess I just don’t understand the way they think. I once gave away an old bike for free on craigslist and the lady who came to pick it up was super nice, she even gave me a bottle of wine in exchange, and she totally didn’t have to do that. I miss interactions like that. I wish people didn’t always feel like they need to get a deal when bargaining for secondhand stuff online.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bro, it’s even worse if you try and give away stuff for free. I tried for months to offload a sectional that I had no room for in my house and I got so many fucking bullshit calls about it. Finally, I decided that it wasn’t worth selling and I was just trying to avoid paying a fee to dispose of it, so I relisted it for free. It was FREE and I had people get upset that my one condition was that they take it away on their own. I would go whatever it took to get them to take it - I’ll shrink wrap it, I’ll put each piece on a pallet, I’ll even help them lift it onto their van or truck. Even if it takes them multiple trips. But I wasn’t about to go rent a truck to deliver it to them if they weren’t going to pay for it.

  The description was very clear, but every reply was “I want it, but can you deliver it to me?”. When I told them no, they’d always get aggressive and call off the “deal”, as if I care that they don’t want the thing I’m giving away for free. The people who did agree to come get it never showed up, which made it frustrating since I would have to take off time from work to be home.

  I’ve basically given up on trying to use online marketplaces to sell used things. They’ve been completely taken over by the most frugal cunts imaginable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Breaking the generational barriers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just pour the grease from mine into a ramekin and then put that in the refrigerator, optionally cover it with plastic wrap if you are worried about contamination or smell. Most people use a jar with a lid but I don’t cook fatty meats often enough to need a jar for all the grease I produce. If you left the pan out after cooking/overnight and the grease solidified before you could pour it, just heat it up again on the stove or in the oven until it turns back into a liquid. Obviously, wait until the pan has cooled enough to handle it without burning yourself while doing this pouring step, hot grease burns like hell and will send you straight to the emergency room with 3rd degree burns if it gets spilled on you.

  Once it’s in the container and in the refrigerator, it will solidify into a scoopable/spreadable semi-solid with a texture somewhere in between butter and ice cream. You can use it in place of fats or oils in other recipes (for example, if you need to grease a pan with butter or cooking spray before cooking, you can use a spoonful of the solid bacon grease instead). If you don’t want to use it and just want to dispose of it safely instead, just wait for it to solidify in the fridge and then scoop it into the trash. Takes about two seconds and won’t clog your plumbing

  It does go bad eventually. The grease will get rancid if left alone for too long, and it will start to smell foul and anything you cook with it will taste terrible and make you sick. If you are going to save it, use it within a month or so if you leave it uncovered, or covered it can last longer but give it a smell test before you put it in a pan - it should have a neutral smell at room temperature and be white in color or have a very slight yellowish hue. Throw it out if you see any spots or discoloration.

  A steak cooked in bacon grease is next level delicious. You should try it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s nothing left to be proud of. Just vague platitudes about freedom and performative military worship that have been socially beaten into people since 2001. I have no faith remaining in my fellow countrymen. I am unable to clearly see a future for myself living here as I am now. What is left to be patriotic about?

  All the true patriots are dead. They were buried long ago. Modern patriotism is a marketing gimmick. I refuse to be a party to it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Anybody who has ever been unfortunate enough to have to apply for any of these healthcare or food stipend programs would know that it’s not as easy as the government makes it seem. In fact, the amount of bureaucracy, means testing, and highly restrictive income limitations means that most people don’t qualify period and people who do qualify have to spend an inordinate amount of time waiting to hear back from the government to know if they have been accepted or not, all the while hoping and praying they don’t get sick and can manage their money long enough to continue feeding themselves.

  Case in point, my fiance is out of work right now and actively seeking work. She applied for both MediCAL and SNAP and was denied for MediCAL because she had earned too much already that year to qualify and the SNAP benefits totaled out to $20/month in food stamps, based on historical income, which is insufficient even for the most frugal of individuals to make work. This is for someone currently earning $0/month and being almost entirely supported by me.

  After a certain point, it becomes a massive drain on your time and resources that could be spent looking for a job, so you stop bothering with the system altogether because who wants to spend hours doing paperwork and submitting claims just to get enough spare change to buy a bulk bag of rice to feed yourself a struggle meal?

  I don’t want to hear shit about “handouts” from anybody. My fiance paid her taxes faithfully for years without ever having to rely on the program, so where are her benefits? She has undoubtedly paid more into the system than she will ever extract.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sign me up⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No no no, you see the the issue they have is that a woman is holding the whip. We only want to be oppressed in patriarchal chattel slavery societies, the way the God of Abraham intended!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Republican Senator callously says 'biblically, we are supposed to work' to millions set to lose health care⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Great, then he should have no problem voting to strip himself and his fellow congressmen of their 100% government funded healthcare.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have searched far and wide⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I also remember it having it when I was a kid. Before Costco had it’s Kirkland brand, they sold Fruit of the Loom underwear with the cornucopia logo, I’m sure of it. I think there was probably a knock-off/counterfeit brand that somehow wormed it’s way into department store/warehouse club supply chains, which is why so many people remember it that way, and also why FotL just denies it because they never discovered the replacement of product. I’d be willing to be there are some corporate folk out there who could say for certain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have searched far and wide⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone likes to blame the universe splinter on the Harambe Event, but I like to think we were once living in the Berenstein Bears timeline and something went terribly wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have searched far and wide⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why does the version with the Cornucopia look so much better? If it isn’t their logo, it fuckin’ should be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people hate drinking water?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people hate drinking water?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Former non-water drinker here.

  I was addicted to caffeinated/carbonated sodas. I never had any problems drinking almost exclusively diet coke for a long time. My caffeine consumption was well over the FDA recommendation for maximum daily intake.

  I would still drink water, especially when doing sports or exercise, but it wasn’t my go-to for hydrating myself throughout the day.

  Several times in my life, I quit drinking them, but I would always circle back around to it because I missed the taste more than anything, and I had never noticed any kind of significant health benefit to stopping.

  Recently some months ago, I was having some pretty severe bladder issues. Sudden onset urge to urinate. Like going from 0-100 in a racecar, the rapid urgency was the main issue. One minute I was fine and if you asked if I needed to use the bathroom I’d say “Nah”, and then 5 minutes later I’m literally dancing my way to the nearest toilet to just barely make it in time, like literally almost peeing my pants it was that bad.

  Went to the doctor about this, obviously, and that was when he told me that the extreme caffeine intake is causing irritation in my bladder and diagnosed me with Overactive Bladder Syndrome. I was instructed to completely cut out caffeine from my regular drinking habits, no tea or sodas, but I could have a cup of coffee in the morning to get me going, although initially I would want to quit cold turkey to purge my system of caffeine and let my bladder settle down. So water it was. Within about a month, I started to feel more regular again and I didn’t need to rush to pee as often and when I did I could hold it for longer periods of time.

  Now I pretty much drink only water all the time. I take a big 54oz jug with me to work and refill it towards the end of the work day. I’ll have a cup of coffee now and then in the mornings on weekdays, but I try not to make a habit of it, and I’ll have a sip of a soda at the movies or something, but I don’t even miss the taste of cola anymore. Occasionally I will buy the flavored waters at the grocery store just to get the carbonated experience, but I can’t drink those all the time. Water is great, it just takes forever to get your brain used to the idea that not everything you put in your body needs to have flavor. It’s super refreshing to get the filtered water pitcher right from the fridge, maybe pour it over a glass of ice, and drink it straight that way.

  In short, chugging sodas never used to bother me at all, but I guess as I’m getting older my body is just not having that shit anymore. Just like how I can’t eat straight junk food and not gain any weight like when I was a teenager, my metabolism has finally caught up with me on my soda/caffeine addiction and I had to cut that out too. I realize that I am better off now for it and I’m going to try and keep up the good habit I’ve started to form and keep drinking water.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'No gay, no pay': The RuneScape community is absolutely mauling Jagex's new CEO over his decision to cancel new Pride Month events⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cancelling a pre-loaded pride event because you’re scared of right wing nutcases being mean to your playerbase is the very definition of letting the terrorists win.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't people like Melon Tusk get tired of the shit they gave you pull through literally every day ? I mean doesn't the guilt of bad decisions pull them down enough like the rest of us ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I see you’ve never met a narcissist before. They are bad enough when you have to interact with them in your daily life, and I feel sorry for people who had to grow up with one as a parent. Letting multiple narcissists be in charge of the government has proven to be one of the worst decisions Americans have ever collectively made.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I always hope for a horsey⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s 2025. Pawn equality NOW!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's play this game again⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  All I’m seeing is upside tbh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is an example of a supermax prison? and how do you get sent there? And a regular prison in your state? Or what movies call club Fed which is the easiest? How do you get sent there?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I see. After looking into it more, I’m surprised to see the term getting applied very generously to a variety of different prison conditions. I would have imagined they’d have a set of standards that dictate this sort of thing.

  Anyway, cheers and thanks for the info.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is an example of a supermax prison? and how do you get sent there? And a regular prison in your state? Or what movies call club Fed which is the easiest? How do you get sent there?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you define as a “real” supermax? There are definitely some prisons that label themselves as supermax outside of ADX in Colorado. Pelican Bay comes to mind. That’s where they put people who are criminally insane or violent, and it’s 100% solitary confinement cells. Not sure about the visitation thing though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palworld confirms ‘disappointing’ game changes forced by Pokémon lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Palworld did more for the monster-collecting genre in one early access title than Pokémon has in the last decade of AAA titles.

  Why does Nintendo deserve these patents when they are going to produce anything meaningful with them and simply weaponize them to squash any real threatening competition?

  Pokémon is the highest grossing franchise in the world, and 2nd place isn’t even close. I think they can give a little ground to an indie developer who makes games that people are actually interested in playing. The patent bullshit is ridiculous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Want happier employees? Start with a 32-hour workweek – and 4 weeks vacation.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I do live with my parents. We do own our own house. You make broad generalizations about why everybody else is less successful than you, but you clearly have no clue what life is actually like for people living in America, or what actually working for a living is like, rather than just inheriting 500k euros and having your money make your money for the rest of your life like a rich cunt. Must be nice to have a golden parachute you can rely on for the rest of your life, but most people don’t have that luxury and we want to make things better for everybody, not just the owner-class or the capital-class of folk who have long since pulled the ladder up behind them.

  The staggering ignorance on display here is why nobody is taking you seriously, and don’t you dare blame it on mental health or autism. You don’t get to come out loud and proud as a person who lacks empathy and then blame it on external factors when you get called out for being a piece of shit.

  Don’t bother with a reply, you’re a waste of oxygen. Blocked. ✋🚫

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Want happier employees? Start with a 32-hour workweek – and 4 weeks vacation.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’d take more money too. However, I think I’d be happier with more time off to do the things I enjoy and also the things I don’t really enjoy but have to get done anyway, like chores and housework, since those are also part of my day that gets eaten up by my job.

  I wouldn’t expect a nepo baby like you to understand that though. You got everything in life handed to you, so it’s no big surprise you lack empathy for your fellow man.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Want happier employees? Start with a 32-hour workweek – and 4 weeks vacation.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You know what work reform I’d love to see? One where pay is based on production. Not time.

  Funny, that’s what we want too. Production now is higher than ever before in the history of humanity, yet our wages and salaries have been stagnant for decades. If we are producing more than ever before, why do we need to work so many hours per week? We should either be fairly compensated for that productivity or we should not be required to produce more than we are fairly paid for, which should translate to either a drastic salary increase to match the increased demand for productivity or a drastic decrease in hours worked (without a reduction in pay, since you agree that pay should be based on production).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would this list look like for your generation?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ohio gozaimasu.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨modern psychiatry be like⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There is an incorrect belief that autism is on the rise and that it must be caused by something, but in reality we are just getting better at identifying it and diagnosing people correctly. So it’s not that there is an autism epidemic, we’re just discovering that it’s less rare of a condition than previously assumed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not real... *for now*⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  True. If I ever use the internet without an adblocker, I am instantly reminded of how much heavy lifting it does. Normies will just roll over and take this since they are quite used to watching series of unskippable ads at this point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Patch this Bish!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I want my prehensile tail back, not this vestigial piece of SHIT!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  50 protests

  50 states

  1 day

  Thus 50501

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any games like Starfield?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As much as I’m a fan of the project, I don’t think SC/SQ42 would scratch the same itch that somebody who just got done playing Starfield or Mass Effect would feel. Star Citizen is way more on the simulation side and light on RPG elements.