yofuckreddit
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yofuckreddit
2d ago
I typically really disagree with your posts, but I think you've done a better job putting together evidence here FWIW.
Do we have any information about what triggered the "Invasion"? Any evidence that it was kickstarted by an NGO? I don't even need direct ties to the US or Israel, it just being there and somewhat responsible would be enough of a signal to accept this conspiracy as probably true in the year of our lord 2026.
yofuckreddit
2d ago
On Item 1, skipping the legal analysis completely (IANAL), it seems crazy to me that the village with so few people couldn't.... approve permits quickly?
Wouldn't that have been far superior to paying millions in arbitration and being garnished? Why enter into any development agreement at all?!? I find document 81 far more sympathetic than document 12, in short.
yofuckreddit
13d ago
I am now vaguely hoping you're unemployed for a whole year. Can't imagine getting to experience so many of these the first time.
You've seen many amazing recs, some I think are overrated.
I'll just drop The Homeworld Remastered Collection which is on sale for $3.49. The collection has essentially 4 games (HW1 and HW2, then the remastered versions of each).
The single player experience is really what you're looking for. While the remastered version has some mechanical issues, it does have some major QoL upgrades and is gorgeous. There's nothing else like it as far as I'm concerned. Enjoy!
yofuckreddit
13d ago
Congrats. Even with the additional context you've provided, as long as you're soliciting opinions, I do think there's some value in a partial exit, assuming you're optimizing for taxes etc.
I don't know how often you've failed to sell at a peak and lost, but it doesn't feel great. Cashing enough to cover that right now and then rebalancing might be good. If it's memory now, what's next? The PMCs mowing down NIMBYs blocking data center builds?
yofuckreddit
16d ago
I've taken GLP-1s for a single dose so I know exactly what you're describing. It led me to having smaller portions for 3-4 months. I've now backslid a bit and had to come up with more exercise to compensate.
yofuckreddit
17d ago
C'mon folks, two-a-days is how men are built.
yofuckreddit
17d ago
Agreed.
For GLP-1s, if you don't taper off the dosage and replace the hyperpalatable foods in your house with decent stuff while you have the temporary self-control, you'll gain the weight back. Has nothing to do with the drug and everything to do with the individual.
yofuckreddit
20d ago
In short, I believe there is a significant double standard right now. The left is very comfortable advocating for celebrating violence. Poll after poll confirms this among the rank and file, and then this is filtered again through the media apparatus.
yofuckreddit
22d ago
I think if I get to retire early I'll hop back into food service for at least a year, maybe 2. I miss it quite a bit.
yofuckreddit
22d ago
I played Crysis. I didn't finish it precisely because I never really liked the gunplay compared to even CoD or Halo. Was it the same?
yofuckreddit
22d ago
The HL2 pulse rifle is one of the most satisfying guns.... ever. I mean, the whole repertoire is good, even the pistol and SMG are fun. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I find the gunplay in HL2 and Counter-Strike to be a lot more compelling than "Parkour with a Rifle" in modern shooters.
yofuckreddit
23d ago
I'm glad you're having the same experience that I did. I played HL1 stone cold for the first time in... 2009? Zero Nostalgia. Still loved every second. The magic was very much still there.
yofuckreddit
23d ago
No, I do, I think the shooting was more real than the golf course stalking and the storming of the correspondent's dinner. It also had a lot of "I wish he'd aimed better".
Unless you're saying there's another I'm missing? I count 3.
yofuckreddit
24d ago
Eh, I'm more than happy to make fun of anything - 9/11, rape, my own crippling need for validation from strangers (especially women).
But frankly I'm still pissed that he got killed and that the bloodthirsty circlejerk online and IRL went largely unpunished. The double-standard for violence between the right and left is untenable. I was, perhaps, even more furious with this than Trump's first assassination attempt, and I considered Kirk a bit of an edgelord previous to his murder.
yofuckreddit
24d ago
Yeah same. I thought
yofuckreddit
28d ago
Oops, fixed!
I'd suggest adding spoiler tags.
That said...
I meant to tell you, I went to see it partially on your rec.
I'm glad I did - probably one of the best shot and mastered movies in recent memory.
Though I have to say: I have lost my appetite for horror. It did fuck me up and make it hard to sleep. Based on the expressions of others in the theater, I was not alone.
I'm trying to figure out how much of the main actress's facial expressions were augmented with CGI, because I feel like very few people have that range.
yofuckreddit
30d ago
It's funny you pick on Huntsville, I have a cluster of friends there, and you're right that it's the same as other places. The good news is this was never as suffocating, culturally, as a place like Mobile or (god forbid) Montgomery.
I agree with your thesis completely. But what could be meaningfully regionally different for each city?
- Food: This is an obvious one, but the great food in each city is easily replicable in others. I can get great Phillies where I live, and even a passable Po-Boy, and BBQ joints generally cover the whole spectrum now.
- Bars: America has great beer, but it's trivial for a brewery to cover 4-5 major styles and do them fairly well. The differences end up being how nice the bartenders are and the decor.
- Activities: People generally like hiking, biking, and sitting near the water or up high to hang out. They go to sports games.
If you look at a Tier 1 city, I see better execution on some of these fronts, but that's it. There's a barcade, an escape room, and a go-kart track if you're down to trade money for an experience.
If I wanted to make a mark on a city to make it meaningfully different, I'd really struggle to come up with how. I feel like the only vector you really have is through jobs or maybe hosting a unique regular event. Maybe geography or architecture, but the latter gets more and more expensive to do so in a differentiated way every day....
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
First, condolences/vibes. I hope it's not some awful triggering situation leading to it happening.
I'm also therapy averse, and doubly so for couples therapy, but I'm sure it's worked for someone. I just don't know anyone who's given it a raving review yet.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
If it was Trader Joe's then this was their fault. Fuck the parking spots there.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
OK I'll be the asshole here - When I get my kids out of the car, I make sure to put my hand between the door and someone else's car. Two pieces of steel rubbing together doesn't feel like something we should be doing, on average.
It's another reason why the American obsession with SUVs for parents sucks so bad. The sliding doors on a minivan are far superior for this use case. But no, we have to pay $15-40k more for an equivalently-capable vehicle because mommy needs to be high up on the road AND see the hood, even though she's not very good at parking :(
I am sure you didn't scratch it and I'm taking it too seriously, but I just don't touch other people's cars and I don't like people touching mine.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
What about destination patterns? Did you enjoy any of the random cities a bit more or less than you thought?
Your music point is heard. I incur some non-trivial costs for playlist creation and maintenance, but over the past decade or so I've built up a critical mass of 1-8 hour playlist collateral I can safely just hit "Play" on in shuffle mode and fit the bill. I think it's worth doing so for a couple of your favorite artists and genres to start at least.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
It's so on the nose and makes me feel so good that my default position is that a lot of it is astroturfed bullshit. But:
- I react like that to excellent food when I have it in other countries
- I genuinely think that our food culture is undersung, and pretty much every euro I know who has actually visited here says it's way better than they expected
- Nobody is being brought to the ghetto or the middle of nowhere for these WC games, there's already some good filtering in what they're actually seeing and experiencing
Quite frankly a Greyhound is as simple as it gets, but incredibly good with the right grapefruit and vodka.
If I can tolerate something sweeter that day, a Painkiller is something worth buying ingredients for. Homemade hurricanes are superior to the Bourbon Street product - combine with mail order mulfalettas and conecuh-jambalaya for the best time.
As other people have mentioned, an Old Fashioned is an excellent drink - it's what my grandpa would have every day after work. I use fresh black cherries over maraschinos and skip the sugar.
It's not my go-to cocktail but the best one I've had in the past five years was "Naked on a Plane". Impossible to get at the average home bar, but I may make it my signature: Lemon twist and a frozen raspberry with mezcal, Yellow Chartreuse, and a combination of Amari, Aperol and Nonino.
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