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One time, I thought it'd be easier to just dump the fries or whatever from the basket onto the plate. And it worked, except all of the accumulated old oil and crumbs also came out, too. That was pretty gross.
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Wanna see my Whitesnake?
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I've got a keg of Zima and O'Doul's on-tap.
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I mean, c'mon.
Right or wrong? I can hardly tell.
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Who is undetermined in 2024?
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Trying to keep up with you
But I don't know if I can do it
Oh, no! I've bread too much!
I haven't bread enough!
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Whoops, thanks, fixed it!
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2d ago
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He's down to pluck.
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Don't worry, he's just foolin'! Everything is great!
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Did it explain what that was supposed to look like? Just "free love" or was it trying to systematize it in some way?
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Could also be a lot of legless torsos flopping about, as well as torso-less legs, and all sorts of other less-precise halves.
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Isn't "an annoyed Aubrey Plaza" redundant?
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I recently had a friend tell me I "don't age" or "age in reverse." Something like that. My secret?
I was way, way fat when I was younger. My head looked like a thumb with vaguely discernible facial features. I was pushing 300 pounds and miserable. Truly hated myself. I steadily lost weight and mostly learned to keep it off (keto was huge, but not totally essential), then slowly added muscle. I'm not jacked. But the net effect is I look less like a puddle of misery than I used to.
Also Minoxidil! $30 for six-month-plus supply of the Walmart brand and it's been working better than expected, even at only half the recommended amount.
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Yeah, don't misconstrue me as supporting the messages of Chick tracts. I think their absurdity is (hopefully) inherently clear. They're insane.
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What's especially wild to me, personally, is that I grew up reading these as a very young kid, like single digits. I would be excited when I saw a new one, because it was a "fun comic" to read to pass the time in church! It's so, so, so, so, so, so fucked up. There was a spinning rack of them in the lobby of every church of a certain stripe.
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They're all still there. Some you have to "special order" if you want the physical ones.
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These particular ones are sadly all still available at chick.com. They have some real doozies.
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This is like a non-Christian version of my childhood fear of "The Rapture."
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By now, satellites and GPS can just navigate us around the triangle, kind of like with hurricanes.
I've long toyed with a mid-life pivot into a different field. Mostly, I lean towards IT as the most practical for me, but I love the idea of finally studying a hard science, which I grew to love, but never really got a good formal education in. I've heard/read, for example, that there aren't necessarily tons of astrophysics jobs out there, so if you only have a bachelor's degree, you might have a tough time. I don't even know that this is true, but I use it as an example. What are the hard science fields that would be the opposite of this? I could imagine there might be a lot of Chemistry-related jobs, for example, maybe? But I have a hard time imagining what you could do with a pure Physics degree (without also focusing on Engineering or something supplementary)? Would Biology get you anywhere by itself? Or is it just the hard truth of all hard sciences that you're pretty much worthless with just a four-year degree, from a job perspective?
If nothing else, skip to [~2:22](https://youtu.be/Ctb7B2QkDfQ?si=UV5r8dMCbaMzYl0k&t=137) for some wizardry.
Carrying on a conversation while delivering a masterclass on keys.
One of the greatest living guitar players.
There's a lot of gold for a 2:00 clip, but my favorite subtle part is that he appears to throw a [frisbee for her to fetch at 0:55](https://youtu.be/Uin6b2iGy9E?si=70fkeFf_IN0B9iH4&t=55), after telling her to scram and just before telling her she has a great ass.
It's just so cool. I would love to compose a piece of music on a punch sheet for one of these--like a precursor to MIDI that's arguably superior (in that it features real, physical instruments). Also sort of the "AI will destroy music" of the early 1900s.
Kind of random, but I've always enjoyed this. She's absolutely pitch-perfect and her voice pierces the room despite no microphone and being recorded on a crappy cell phone. I love the hushed awe and participation of everyone in the bar. Would have been a magical moment.
I find fractals extremely fascinating and way, way, way out of my depth. One example being the [Barnsley Fern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnsley_fern), which I find so cool. It feels a bit like someone cracked a little piece of the Matrix code. But is there anything really significant about the fact that it looks like a fern from a botanical/mathematical perspective? Do the two connect in any real way? Can we somehow find the math genetically or learn something about the mathematical properties of other leaves, for example? How "real" is it? If I could make an oak leaf from fractals, would it advance mathematics and/or botany or would it be equivalent to creating a cartoon using Geogebra (nice to look at, but basically meaningless)?
In the past, I've relied on whatever stream I happen to be able to find through whatever sketchy site and it's really frustrating. Are there any legit, reliable ways to catch NFL games as they're happening (ideally that don't require a cable subscription/tuner card)?
The way he keeps raising his voice somehow makes it so much worse.
I would describe it as Napoleon Dynamite meets Mister Rogers directed by Wes Anderson. It's a lovely show that got cancelled after 3 seasons, but the seasons they got were really special and worth watching. There's a very subtle, sweet storyline throughout the story that isn't immediately obvious if you just jump around via clips.
Inspired by [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF-93e26uys), which someone posted recently. And, yes, this is a legit showerthought!
