Sometimes it’s “because you’ll be paid for your time and your boss wants you on the call”.

My wife has your skill. I hold that skill to be of no value whatsoever.

You just gotta be cool with Jesus. The rest is all busywork.

I know a couple who have had eight kids in eleven years. Their youngest is two months old. There’s ALWAYS a baby on board. I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s already pregnant again.

They don’t have anything advertising the baby on their car though.

You do you but I’m good for now. I’m 100% the man I was born. I use Firefox but not always. I use Linux and have been adding installs at work and for others, but I also still need Windows for several things that are out of my control.

Sunday is the first day of the week. I actually have worked 40 hrs Sun-Tues. And fortunately unlike most weeks I’m almost done for the week. Camping in the back country of Colorado in a couple days. Can’t wait. After that I’m at a work conference in Denver next week, but I’m camping for that too, because why the hell not? My campground outside Denver at least has a shower. The first few nights I don’t even have a toilet, just dispersed camping somewhere west of Leadville and Twin Lakes.

That sounds like their problem, and they should fix that. Probably cheaper in the long run too.

I know an old guy who groomed a 17 year old from a student group he volunteered with, and right as she’s 18 and graduating she’s moving in with him. We didn’t have grooming laws six months ago but we do now. Still doesn’t apply. He “did nothing wrong” . Not all child predators are convicted.

Man I thought you were going a different direction with that, but I’m pretty sure it’s all of them.

5.56 puts out slightly higher pressures. I used to have a bolt action .223 rifle that wasn’t rated for 5.56. I sold it to an old guy in the country who was going to use it to kill coyotes stalking his chickens and small livestock.

28.35. And don’t expect more than 28. 3.5x8=28, and since every bag can’t be exact, that’s why lots of plugs have a bag or two that are just under.

And some science stuff. Often related to drugs.

I was on vacation in Florida with the family and popped into a beach burger place. I hadn’t planned for it but saw it was a challenge they had, it cost $30 but if you could eat it in 20 minutes you got a $30 gift card for another meal and your name on the wall.

They gave me credit for beating it but to be honest I would say I was five seconds late, I had a tiny bit left to swallow. It was also SUPER hot temperature-wise when I got it, and I love boiling coffee but it was a barrier. Even as I finished the chili cheese fries at the very end of 20 minutes, they were extremely hot.

We got the gift card and fed most of the family with it a couple of days later. The place closed during COVID though so I can’t do it again. I’m no pro, but I’ve tried seven eating challenges and only failed one, and on my failure I was very hungover.

I like tall burgers. I’ve eaten one with two pounds of beef (8 quarter pounders, almost a kilo) with cheese on each patty, a pound of bacon, a whole tomato, and a bunch of onion and lettuce, all on a standard size bun. It also came with two kilos of chili cheese fries. 10/10, would eat again.

I don’t have anything against the German communities but my vocabulary has some gaps. Also even when I understand all of the words I often don’t understand the context because of German memes referencing other German memes. Sometimes German politics are hostile also. I’ve lived there, that isn’t new.

Mostly I generally only get on Lemmy to relax as I’m preparing for sleep. At that time of day I don’t want to look up words I don’t know. And I don’t want to read things that even understanding all of the words, I don’t understand. I’ll likely never move back to Europe, I’d rather spend my time on more useful languages in the global and my regional realities. Spanish. Chinese, Japanese, maybe even Korean. I know some French, Dutch, Norwegian, Korean. German is my strongest 2nd language but I don’t expect to use it, or French or Norwegian anytime soon.

If I piss into a sinkhole in the woods, does a bear give a shit?

I have been self employed for almost 20 years. I pay a far higher tax rate than billionaires and I haven’t been able to afford to go to the dentist even once in that time.

I would not argue against being paid in gold. I would accept even a mere three or four pounds for my annual compensation in the current labor market.

Warum nicht?

Oh yeah Gouda, Parmesan, feta… I said less cheesy, not completely cheeseless.