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I'm just this guy, you know?

  • Three day special bridge rebuilding operation

  • I would walk 500 miles for a clear, dark night sky.

  • Not OP, but I'd be happy to never, ever, ever visit a city again in my entire life. As long as I can get electricity and bandwidth you can keep your "amenities." I'll take a star-filled sky.

  • The problem is we've all been mentally taught you can either live in island, R1A zoned suburbs which require driving to do ANYTHING or else you need to live in a huge metropolis like NYC

    I prefer areas zoned for agriculture over either of those. My favorite place I've lived so far is one where you look out at night and see nothing but inky black outside my windows. I'll walk 5 miles to the nearest town for that.

  • People are always like "humans need social contact to stay healthy" and I'm suddenly doubting my humanity

  • Not in a small town, but on the outskirts at the end of a long drive. I've lived in two houses like that and it was wonderful both times. I'm a boring person and enjoy doing yard work and I finally had enough to keep me busy and fit.

  • I used to raise pigs, and I saw bags of coal at the feed store one of the (many) times I was there. Later, I had a small store in town and, as a Christmas gag, I bought one of those bags of coal and some small fabric bags to sell for $5 a pop.

    Later I realized that coal can be pretty toxic and I probably shouldn't have been putting it in a bag that was gonna be next to candy in some kids' stocking

  • That's not entirely true. I've been a Mac user since 1989 and I also recommend Brother laser printers

  • Favorite Holy Book: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    Favorite Non-Fiction Book: Humankind by Rutger Bregman

    Favorite Print and Audiobook Series: The Aubrey-Maturin Saga by Patrick O'Brien, narrated by Patrick Tull

    Favorite Terry Pratchett Book: Going Postal

  • I've never found a rice cooker to be necessary. Just cover the rice with about an inch of water - i.e. the finger trick - bring it to a boil and then cover it and turn it off. The latent heat will cook it perfectly in about 20 minutes without any other thought.

  • I was sixteen so in a bunch of states that counts as an adult for some situations. We were on a band trip to Disney World to march in the Main Street parade, and we stayed at a very cheap motel that had a very scummy pool. Being an idiot sixteen year old I jumped in.

    First mistake.

    That night I woke up vomiting, but because my band needed me and I didn't want to miss a free trip to Disney World I toughed it out. I was queasy but okay by the time we got there, and was okay until everybody had to meet up by the Pirates of the Caribbean ride to go "backstage" to get ready.

    I was sitting on the wall there, next to my girlfriend, surrounded by classmates, when I trusted a fart.

    Second mistake.

    I told the band director and waited until everyone went backstage, and then proceeded to DESTROY a staff toilet while listening to two guys put their makeup on and bitch about the other cast members. Then I went back to the motel for a shower.

    I ended up marrying that girl, who is now my ex, and who makes my life miserable every time she can.

    Third mistake.

  • It would be a lot better if Congress could pass a comprehensive privacy bill, but we lack a functioning government so I guess this is the best we can do.

    Greatest democracy in the world, right here.

  • So it's only okay for them to suppress democracy and increase polarization if they use American platforms? Because that's already happening.

  • Yeah because Facebook totally doesn't do that.

  • Is that percentage by weight or by volume?

  • Yeah, I was commenting on the notion of mixing honey with corn syrup generally, not this shit.

    Though I'm sure there's a bunch of old ladies in Texas who have recipes on old, yellowed card stock that call for this.

  • Yeah, if China wants the data of Americans they should buy it from American companies, not harvest it themselves.

    They're not mad about leaking data, they're mad that China is drinking their milkshake.

  • The MBA who's in charge of their website. See, they heard that video was the future of the web, so they got a ton of budget to add video. But when nobody clicked on the videos they had the brilliant idea to autoplay them, which dramatically increases video viewership, thus justifying their budget.

  • If it was a bunch of different honeys they would have listed the types on the front of the bottle, I'm sure. The word "Texas" heavily implies that it's made out of something terrible.