You’re judging them based off of what is ostensibly a first impression they have chosen for themselves. I can’t imagine a scenario where that’s not fair. And you don’t need to form an entire opinion, but the opinion starts there. If their picture was a sports team I didn’t like, some furry shit, or even MAGA, I’d form some opinions out of the gate.

In this (dubstep) vein, I never miss an opportunity to rep one of my favorites from back in the 2010-2015 dubstep days: Stinkahbell - Don’t Tell Mum About Ibiza.

Yeah, I’m in Jersey and it’s pretty easy to find places with outdoor seating. Got several in my small town.

I will say that the feel is not quite the same as sitting somewhere in Paris, or Nice, or Aix. They angle all the chairs to face outward, I’ve noticed, and the tables are so often just tables for two. I’m sure I’m misremembering a bit, but the sentiment still stands, to me. The outdoor seating is almost geared toward sit here and look out, not at your tablemate, and do some people watching. I love it.

So I can appreciate all of this. It is not a race. I can wait 5 seconds. I think I’ll give a toot at 5 seconds, because 5 seconds is legit a lot of time to not be looking where you’re supposed to be. And I have lights in my town that go green for 15-20s, before going red again for 45-60s. So when you eat up 25-33% of the green signal, it’s kinda rude, and so a double toot, to me, is more than appropriate.

Yeah, personally I’m all about clear the intersection. There’s conflicting movements and it’s a bottleneck, let’s all get through as efficiently as we can. This doesn’t mean flooring it, but we can at least apply some throttle, and not just through but beyond the intersection, because contrary to what some folks believe, there are people on the road other than you.

Yeah, and for anyone concerned, this doesn’t mean jam on the gas, but you got a make some move. You can be conscious of intersecting traffic and whether they’ve actually come to a stop, as well as aware of everyone behind you apparently being in a huge hurry, because they always are. So take your foot off the brake, let me see those brake lights go away, and it’s at least a signal to everyone that we are underway here at Silverstone.

First three seasons of AD are some of the best TV ever.

I got a ticket in France (I’m from the US) in a Hertz rental and never paid it, so I too will never rent from Hertz again.

Did it work after that?

The jesters that immediately come to mind for me are Wit from Storm light Archive, and then The Fool from Farseer, and each of them had the freedom to do whatever they wanted. It seemed like a nice gig, but you got a earn it.

I like dubstep too but I’m trying to figure out what word was supposed to be in “An important dubstep of that,” unless there’s some alternate meaning I’m unfamiliar with.

And to add to what you said here, check out the meal services that send you fresh ingredients to cook a meal. Find one that has a discount for getting started or whatnot. Don’t feel compelled to buy last the discount period or whatever, but it can be a nice way to familiarize yourself with cooking without worrying about compiling ingredients. I’m pretty happy with my kitchen prowess, and with our assortment of spices and whatnot, but there’s still times when I look up a recipe and it’s like, huh, I don’t have that one ingredient and it’s a big deal. The meal kits avoid that altogether.

Frozen veggies are also good in a pinch. They don’t lose their nutrition like canned veggies do (not that they don’t have value, just less value), and they obviously last a whole. I throw a cup of frozen mixed veggies in to a Nissin ramen and boom, my meal isn’t that unhealthy.

I’ll toss my easiest one. I get chicken breasts from Costco, so we freeze six 1.5lb packs and bust em out when we can. I generally don’t do frozen but have in a pinch, but chicken breast in a crockpot with a jar of your favorite salsa and either taco seasoning or some alternative, sazon packets, or some other shit. Eight hours on low, shred around 630, plop it back in, stir it up, and you have chicken that goes great over rice. Can of black beans, don’t drain, just dump it all in a pot, heat over medium, add some adobo. Super easy, my kids eat it, can go in a taco, rice, we do it on nachos from time to time. And best of all, it ain’t bad for you.

I’m fortunate, but I have time in the morning to drop my kids off at school and then hit the grocery store. School is a mile east from my house, ShopRite a mile west. I grab fresh veggies for whatever I’m making tonight, throw it in fridge, then shower and get to work. I was tired of having a plan for a dinner later in the week, but then life gets in the way.

I try to get meats in bulk and freeze, but veggies I usually buy and eat that day, save for the bags of carrots and peppers and cucumbers that we snack on. We do admittedly lose a cucumber every so often.

The judge can declare certain evidence to be confidential, not to be part of public record, for attorney’s eyes only. But with high level security clearances, the judge may not even be able to see it. So who knows!

Ha, it’s definitely not, but I can’t go back and change my comment now, so I must accept the shame.

This scenario is obviously incredibly unlikely and some dystopian shit. They’ll make the ads interactive first, if anything, the interaction being a requirement to move on. In either scenario, I’m just leaving. I pay for Amazon Prime. The delivery service works really well where I live. I won’t go on the video service because there might be ads. I am so turned off by ads, it makes it super easy to just not use shit.

Where YouTube Premium, and Spotify, and any number of services that I pay for (on a family plan I share with five friends), differ from Amazon is that none of them are tied to some other valuable service. If any of them hit me with ads, I’m out, ezpz. I was 13 in 2020. I pirated 'everything, because I didn’t have any money. I don’t pirate anymore because I am 37, and I have money, and I have no problem paying for good services. But I’ll equate not having money at 13 with refusing to pay for ads at 37, in that pirating is the solution to both problems.

Can you elaborate a bit, as far as where here is and what coalition? I have ideas but I don’t wanna make assumptions. And obviously that’s is you feel comfortable doing so, not trying to blow you up. But I’m interested in what’s happening elsewhere you know? And I am just not sure I trust the news.

I’m not sure you got what I meant, which was that the US may end up dragging others in its wake. Time will tell. I just know it’s not just the US that has seen a rise in right wing politics.

And so, yeah, I said it kind of tongue in cheek, but I’m concerned it’s the start of a trend. But hey, maybe there’s an asteroid inbound.

Not behind, ahead. Just you wait.